Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 1705

Roll call 9 of 11 at the meeting of December 13, 2023: 13 yes, 0 no.

See it on boston.gov

This record contradicts itself

The votes recorded below don't match the tally the clerk wrote in the description. Both come from the City; neither has been changed here.

  • The description says 12 voted yes; the record lists 13.
  • The description says 1 was not present; the record lists none.
  • The description names Fernandes Anderson as not present; the record doesn't.

The motion

City Council Discusses Grant for Fire Department's Evidence Management System and Training.

The City's own summary of the docket.

yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).

The clerk's full description

On the message and order, referred on November 13, 2023, Docket #1705, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Dollars and Forty Seven Cents ($47,890.47) in the form of a grant, for the FY22 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program (FP&S), awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the purchase of an evidence management system and necessary supporting items and provide one time training to personnel of the Fire Investigation Unit on the use of system,the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).

How each councillor voted

13 recorded

The City's open dataset records this vote differently

This page follows boston.gov. The City's 2008–2024 dataset has the same roll call with these differences:

  • Fernandes Anderson: not present in the dataset, yes on boston.gov.