Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0871

Roll call 14 of 17 at the meeting of April 29, 2026: 11 yes, 0 no, 2 not present.

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The motion

City Council Discusses a Resolution for an Investigation into a Death at the Suffolk County Jail.

The City's own summary of the docket.

the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata), absent 1 (Louijeune).

The clerk's full description

Councilors Culpepper, Mejia, Flynn, Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution calling for an independent investigation into the in custody death of Shacoby Kenny at the Suffolk County House of Correction. On motion of Councilor Culpepper, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Mejia and Flynn as original co sponsors. Recess. On motion of Councilors Culpepper, Mejia, and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata), absent 1 (Louijeune). Recess.

How each councillor voted

13 recorded