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Council adopts multiple grants and approves bus‑monitor contract changes; school capital messages assigned for further action
Summary
The council adopted several small grants, approved a collective‑bargaining adjustment affecting bus monitors and read into the record two school capital appropriation messages covering window and door replacement projects; committee votes and roll-call tallies were recorded for key items.
At its meeting the Boston City Council adopted a string of grant orders and recorded committee recommendations that together touch school facilities, workforce supports and emergency preparedness.
The council adopted Docket 0688, a $20,000 Local Food Policy grant to the Office of Food Justice, and Docket 0689, a $13,735 award from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind to support MassHire centers. The Committee on Ways and Means also read and assigned two capital appropriation messages (Dockets 0570 and 0571) for first reading; 0570 covers a roughly $20.2 million appropriations message for window and door replacement and accessibility upgrades at Adams Elementary (with an expected MSBA reimbursement of about $10.4 million), while 0571 covers $1.1 million in design costs for several schools.
Ways and Means reported on collective bargaining dockets 0619 and 0620, which fund a three‑year United Steelworkers Local 2936 agreement affecting approximately 700 bus monitors. Committee testimony summarized base wage increases of about 2% annually, a $1 hourly increase beginning in January 2026 and a $0.70 hourly bump in January 2028; the agreement also funds 15 minutes of paid time for completing incident reports and requires additional training. Committee members said the dockets passed in committee and were recorded on the floor with affirmative votes.
Separately, the Committee on Public Safety recommended passage of a FEMA port‑security grant (Docket 0321) to strengthen port‑wide risk management and protection of critical infrastructure; the council accepted the committee recommendation. Councilors highlighted the grant’s role in supporting public-safety preparedness for Boston’s active port and terminal infrastructure.
Votes at a glance: Docket 0688 — adopted (suspension and passage); Docket 0689 — adopted (suspension and passage); Docket 0570 — read for first time and assigned for further action (committee acceptance reported); Docket 0571 — read for first time and assigned for further action (committee acceptance reported); Docket 0619 — passed (recorded unanimous yes); Docket 0620 — passed (recorded unanimous yes); Docket 0321 — accepted and passed (committee recommendation accepted).
What’s next: 0570 and 0571 will return for further action after design phases; the CBA-related appropriations will be implemented per contract dates and administrative steps.
