Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 1777

Roll call 18 of 19 at the meeting of September 23, 2026: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 not present.

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The motion

City accepts $250,000 grant for Boston Family Days Program support.

The City's own summary of the docket.

the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia).

The clerk's full description

1777 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, Boston Family Days Program Support, awarded by The Boston Foundation to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant would fund support of the Boston Family Days Program from Amazon via the Boston Foundation. The previous instance of this grantor's support for the program (via project code ART24026) occurred when the program was known as the Cultural Access Pilot Program, or BPS Sundays. On motion of Councilor Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia).

How each councillor voted

13 recorded