Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 1557

Roll call 4 of 16 at the meeting of August 5, 2026: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 not present.

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The motion

Resolution recognizing August 6 as Jamaica Independence Day in Boston.

The City's own summary of the docket.

the resolution was adopted: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

The clerk's full description

1557 Councilors Worrell, Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution recognizing August 6 as Jamaica Independence Day in the City of Boston. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

How each councillor voted

13 recorded