Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0351

Roll call 8 of 10 at the meeting of February 11, 2026: 9 yes, 0 no, 4 not present.

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The motion

City Council Discusses Reopening South End Library and Honors Marleen Nienhuis' Work.

The City's own summary of the docket.

the resolution was adopted: yeas 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Santana, Weber, and Worrell), not present 2 (Coletta Zapata, Murphy), absent 2 (Mejia, Pepén).

The clerk's full description

0351 Councilors Culpepper, Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of reopening the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library and recognizing the contributions and efforts of Marleen Nienhuis to Improving the South End Branch Library. Councilor Culpepper moved to substitute language. Seconded by Councilor Durkan. Motion prevailed. On motion of Councilor Culpepper, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Santana, Weber, and Worrell), not present 2 (Coletta Zapata, Murphy), absent 2 (Mejia, Pepén).

How each councillor voted

13 recorded