Docket 0762
Roll call 2 of 13 at the meeting of May 20, 2026: 11 yes, 0 no, 2 not present.
The motion
Council Discusses and Votes on Accepting Grant for Free Tax Help Program
The City's own summary of the docket.
the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Durkan), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
The clerk's full description
0762 Councilor Worrell called Docket #0762, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the form of a grant, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund services to underserved populations in the most difficult to reach areas, both urban and rural, through free basic tax return preparation for qualified individuals, from the Committee on Labor and Economic Development. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Durkan), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).