Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0740

Roll call 9 of 20 at the meeting of June 3, 2026: 13 yes, 0 no.

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The motion

Authorizing $28.5 million for City equipment in Fiscal Year 2027.

The City's own summary of the docket.

The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of, the foregoing, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed.

The clerk's full description

On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0740, authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more lease, lease purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2027 in an amount not to exceed Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($28,500,000.00). These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of, the foregoing, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed.

How each councillor voted

13 recorded