AND. I'M. VERY. AND. >> I'M. GOING. I DON'T HAVE THIS. I DON'T I DON'T BUT. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YOU KNOW I GOT THAT PREACHER VOICE. I REALLY DON'T NEED THE MIC. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR MINYARD CULPEPER. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST OF THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE CITY CHARTER. AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL I WILL PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING UNTIL THE ELECTION OF A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE@BARTON.GOV CITY COUNCIL TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES AND ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MR CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON. HERE. >> COUNCILOR COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. HERE. >> COUNCILOR. >> DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. ME. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YEAH. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YEAH. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BISHOP THOMAS WILLIAMS, UH, PASTOR OF THE HOLY TEMPLE CHURCH IN ROXBURY TO PROVIDE TODAY'S INVOCATION AFTER THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . IF WE WOULD BOW OUR HEADS, LET US PRAY. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU EVEN NOW. FATHER GOD RECOGNIZING FIRST OF ALL LORD GOD THAT ALLOWING US TO COME INTO A BRAND NEW YEAR AS WELL AS LORD GOD AND OPENING OH GOD THIS BODY COUNCILOR FATHER GOD IN THE NEW YEAR OF 2026 AND GOD WE PRAY AND ASK IN JESUS NAME FATHER GOD THAT YOU WOULD MOVE WITH YOUR GRACE AND FAVOR UPON EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER. LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, INSIGHT AS WELL AS A SPIRIT OF UNITY AND HARMONY AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS AND THE AFFAIRS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON LORD GOD, TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. WE THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THEIR FAMILIES. OH GOD. UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FAMILY DYNAMIC PLAYS A VITAL PART IN THE EMOTIONAL AND THE MENTAL STABILITY OF THOSE OH GOD THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS CHARGE TO WE PRAY DEAR GOD THAT NOT ONLY THIS SESSION ON TODAY BUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR THAT YOU WOULD BE PRESENT, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM, LORD GOD, TO GOVERN AND TO GUIDE WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND WE'RE GRATEFUL AND WE ARE THANKFUL OH GOD FOR EACH AND EVERYONE THAT IS ON THIS COUNCIL FOR THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE OF YOUR DIVINE PROVIDENCE. WE THANK YOU, WE PRAISE YOU AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR GRACIOUS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. THANK YOU LORD GOD. AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN. WE'LL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE COUNSELORS? OKAY. >> COUNSELOR. >> DURKIN. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. NOW ONTO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 10TH, 2025. I'M SURE ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW THOSE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 10TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALTHOUGH THE POLLS SAY NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MEMBER THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE WILL VOTE TO ADOPT THE 2425 COUNCIL RULES AS TEMPORARY RULES OF THE BODY UNTIL PERMANENT RULES FOR THE NEW MUNICIPAL YEAR ARE ADOPTED. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0101. DUKKHA NUMBER 0101 ORDER TO ADOPT THE RULES OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR MUNICIPAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025 EXCEPT RULE 36 AS TEMPORARY RULES UNTIL PERMANENT RULES ARE ADOPTED FOR MUNICIPAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR MOVES FOR ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0101. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0101 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ELECTION OF A COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0102? THE NUMBER 0102 COMMUNICATION OF INTENT FOR THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO MOVE FOR ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WELCOME. >> DOCKET 0102 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. THE CHAIR MOVES TO PROCEED WITH THE ELECTION OF A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE CHARTER. THE CLERK WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. EACH COUNCILOR, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ELECT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 WHICH STATES AS FOLLOWS. ALL ELECTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE MADE BY A VOTE VOICE VOTE. EACH MEMBER WHO IS PRESENT ANSWERING TO THE NAME WHEN IT IS CALLED BY THE CLERK AND STATING THE NAME OF THE PERSON FOR WHOM THEY VOTE AND THE CLERK SHALL RECORD EVERY SUCH VOTE. NO ELECTION SHALL BE VALID UNLESS IT IS MADE AFORESAID. UH EACH COUNCIL WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK AND I SEE COUNCILOR. JILL UMA HERE WITH HER LIGHT ON PURSUANT TO RULE 39. UH COUNCILMEMBER HERE I WILL NOW TURN ON YOUR MIND TEN MINUTES. UM, SORRY I'M NOT READY. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE VOTES. I KNOW, FINE QUESTION. GOT YOU TOO MUCH, I GOT YOU. I'LL WAIT MY TURN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EACH COUNCILOR WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK. IF. >> NOT OKAY. >> OKAY. ONE MORE TIME. COUNCILOR WEBER SORRY. POINT OF ORDER. I'M JUST. UH. >> DO WE DO NOMINATIONS FIRST OR REACHED? WE'RE GOING IN ORDER. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT. THE CHAIR IS GIVING EACH COUNCILOR TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK? THOSE COUNCILORS WITH THEIR LIGHT ON AND NO ONE HAS A LIGHT ON WILL BE GIVEN THE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK. PURSUANT TO RULE 39. SO NO LIGHTS TAKEAWAYS UP. ON THE FLOOR. YES WE HAVE A WE CAN. >> HAVE A RECESS A BRIEF RECESS . YES. >> IF THE. THE COUNCIL IS BACK IN SESSION ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION WITH YOUR TEN MINUTES AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE SOME FOLKS SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WEREN'T CLEAR. YOU CAN NOMINATE NOW AS PART OF YOUR TEN MINUTES AFTER EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN. THOSE OF YOU THAT WISH TO SPEAK THE CLERK WILL COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL VOTE FOR A COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE ALL THE TEN MINUTES BUT YOU DO HAVE AT LEAST TEN MINUTES. THE NOMINATIONS ARE PART OF YOUR TEN MINUTES. WE CLEAR? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN IS LIGHT ON. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND NOMINATE, UH, CITY COUNCILOR BRIAN ALL. AND THE REASON I WANT TO NOMINATE CITY COUNCIL. SAC CITY COUNCIL, BRIAN. WELL, IS BECAUSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AND AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HE TREATED EACH COLLEAGUE WITH RESPECT. HE LISTENED TO PEOPLE. HE ENGAGED PEOPLE. SOMETIMES YOU. AGREE WITH BRIAN AND SOMETIMES YOU DIDN'T AGREE WITH BRIAN, BUT HE ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN DOOR AND HE ALWAYS LISTENED TO PEOPLE. I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL PART OF BEING A CITY COUNCIL OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. THE ABILITY TO LISTEN. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. BUT BESIDES THAT DURING DIFFICULT TIMES AS WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR WITH A CHALLENGING ECONOMY. UM BRIAN ENSURED EVERY CITY COUNCILOR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE BUDGET AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE MAYOR ABOUT CITY PRIORITIES. UH, HE DEMONSTRATED POSITIVE LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS NOT JUST AS WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR OR AS VICE PRESIDENT BUT AS A LOYAL COLLEAGUE THAT WAS THERE FOR THE FOR HIS FELLOW COLLEAGUES. AND IN MY OPINION HAS DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE CAN AGREE ON ISSUES AND WE CAN DISAGREE ON ISSUES BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY WITH COUNCIL AS WELL. AND AND I KNOW IF HE IS ELECTED CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HE'LL BE FAIR TO ALL OF. US ALL. 13 CITY COUNCIL IS EQUALLY. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE JOB. WHETHER PEOPLE VOTE FOR BRIAN FOR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT OR THEY DON'T VOTE FOR BRIAN. UM, IF HE'S ELECTED I THINK HE'LL ENSURE THAT EVERY CITY COUNCILOR IS HEARD AND RESPECTED. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE BODY, UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDS RELATIONSHIPS, SOMEONE THAT HAS A HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT CRITICAL LEADERSHIP THAT IS NEEDED IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES AS WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR. HE KNOWS THE BUDGET INSIDE AND OUT AND WE NEED THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP AS THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHEN WE GO INTO A DIFFICULT AND ROCKY ROAD UM OVER THE NEXT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS BUT ESPECIALLY AS WE APPROACH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET THINGS DONE, HOW TO ENSURE THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS COME TO THIS BODY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CITY CITY COUNCILORS. AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE JOB IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND I KNOW COUNCILOR WORRELL CAN DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT AS AN OUTSTANDING CITY COUNCILOR, AN OUTSTANDING FRIEND, AN OUTSTANDING DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR AND HE HAS A WONDERFUL WAY ABOUT HIM BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND THAT'S THAT'S NOT JUST IN HIS DISTRICT. HE REACHES OUT ACROSS THE CITY AND BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AS DOES HIS BROTHER UM REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS WORRELL AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE SOMEONE THAT I KNOW WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BECAUSE I'VE I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HE HAS THOSE EXACT QUALITIES TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, MISTER CHAIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN . I SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MURPHY'S LIGHT IS ON. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND WELCOME. TO THE BODY WITH US. UM. AS WE KNOW, THIS PROCESS SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT. BACKROOM DEALS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY. IT USUALLY IS AND HERE. WE ARE. >> SO I DO WANT TO SECOND. MY LIGHT. >> WAS ON FIRST. I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST BUT I DO WANT TO SECOND THE NOMINATION OF COUNCIL EARL. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS COUNCIL. EARL HAS CONTINUED TO ENGAGE COLLEAGUES RESPECTFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY EVEN WHEN SUPPORT. >> WAS AN IMMEDIATE. BY STAYING IN CONVERSATION. AND DOING THE WORK REQUIRED TO . >> BUILD TRUST. HE EARNED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP I BELIEVE THIS BODY NEEDS. LEADERSHIP IS NOT DEMONSTRATED BY DECLARING VICTORY BEFORE. A VOTE IS TAKEN. THIS VOTE IS SUPPOSED TO BE US. US 13 MEMBERS WHO DECIDE WHO IS OUR NEXT PRESIDING COUNCIL PRESIDENT. IT'S NOT BY TREATING AN OUTCOME AS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. IN MY VIEW, LEADERSHIP ON THE CITY. COUNCIL REQUIRES ENGAGING. ALL 13 MEMBERS AND HAVING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF US. DESPITE WHERE WE LAND ON ISSUES OR UM, PERSONALITIES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL EARL. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. >> HAS SHOWN. EVERY DAY AS HE. COMES INTO THIS CHAMBER. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT BRIAN. WE'RE ALL FROM THE BEGINNING AND. I'M CONFIDENT HE WILL LEAD THIS. PARTY WITH HUMILITY, INDEPENDENCE AND RESPECT. >> FOR THE INSTITUTION. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTE FOR COUNCIL AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> I RECOMMENDED MOTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER WEBER. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES OR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UH, I JUST I'D LIKE TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD TO SAY ABOUT COUNCILOR EARL. I THINK HE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AS A WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR. UH, AND YOU KNOW, HE'S DEFINITELY IMPRESSED ME WITH HIS WORK ETHIC AND COMPETENCE ON THE COUNCIL. I THINK WHAT WE JUST HEARD WAS ABOUT HOW BACKROOM DEALS SHOULDN'T SWAY THIS COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IS A LOT OF BACKROOM DEALINGS. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO BE UP FRONT WITH PEOPLE AND NOT BE PICKING FAVORITES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS NOT BEEN THE FINEST ON THIS COUNCIL. UM, FOR THAT REASON I AM GOING TO NOMINATE THE LONGEST SERVING COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UH, SHE HAS IMPRESSED ME WITH HER ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BE A VOICE IN AN OFTEN TEMPESTUOUS STORM, UH, FOR CALM. AND I HOPE THAT SHE. >> CAN. BRING CALMNESS AND DELIBERATION TO THIS BODY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE REALLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACING US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MEMBER WEBER. PLEASE NO CLAPPING OR INDICATION FOR OR AGAINST EITHER CANDIDATE OR THEIR SPOKEN WORD COUNCILOR HERE. I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. UM, AND GOOD. AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE CELEBRATING THIS VICTORIOUS MOMENT WITH ALL OF US. SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT ME, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR ME. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT HOW WE GET THERE. THAN GETTING THERE. AND FROM THE ONSET, EVERY SINGLE ELECTION THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY. FOR ME TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING UM TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION. IN THE LAST TWO. ELECTION CYCLES WE. >> HAVE BEEN STRIPPED. AWAY OF THAT PROCESS. AND HAVE CREATED. >> A DYNAMIC IN WHICH A. SMALL BODY OF FOLKS. DETERMINED FOR AN ENTIRE BODY WHO IS GOING TO OVERSEE THIS BODY AND THAT CONTINUES TO ERODE. >> THE TRUST. IN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNERS OR LOSERS. IT IS. REALLY ALL ABOUT HOW WE. CHOOSE TO SHOW. UP FOR. EACH OTHER AND REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS BY. I FIND IT REALLY CHALLENGING IN THIS MOMENT. THAT WALKING. INTO THIS CHAMBER UM WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EVERYONE THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS MADE A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT IN THIS PROCESS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT LEADERSHIP WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE UNDER THIS TERM HAS BEEN COUNCILOR, WE'RE UP FROM THE MOMENT AFTER THE ELECTIONS WERE CERTIFIED BECAUSE. WE HAVE TO WAIT. THERE IS A PROCESS. UM COUNCILOR. MORRELL HAS COMMUNICATED HAS ENGAGED. HAS SPOKEN TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS BODY TRYING TO. IDENTIFY WHAT IS. >> GOING. TO BE THE VISION FOR 2026 AND 2028. THAT IS WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR. NOT A. GROUP OF PEOPLE DECIDING FOR A WHOLE BODY. HOW WE ARE. >> GOING TO FUNCTION. THAT DOES NOT SET US UP FOR SUCCESS. WHAT THAT. DOES IS CONTINUES TO PIT ONE PERSON AND ONE GROUP AGAINST THE OTHER. AND WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT HERE ON THIS BODY. AND SO MY HOPE IS AS WE CONTINUE TO. DISCUSS WHO. SHOULD BE. OVERSEEING THIS. BODY, WE SHOULD REALLY ASK. OURSELVES WHO DO WE WANT TO BE IN THIS NEXT TERM AND HOW ARE WE GOING. >> TO UTILIZE. OUR POLITICS. AND OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD. NOT IN THE INTEREST OF OURSELVES BUT IN THE INTEREST OF THOSE WHO PUT US IN THESE SEATS? AND SO YES, I. AM THE CALL OUT QUEEN AND I WILL BE CALLING OUT. BAD BEHAVIOR. THERE HAS. BEEN A LOT OF SHENANIGANS HAPPENING OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR RACE, AND I THINK THAT ALL EYES ARE ON US TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE INDEPENDENT AND THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS FOR. OURSELVES AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES DICTATING WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR LEADER. AND SO IF WE WANT TO BE THAT BODY AND GET IN LINE AND DO BUSINESS AS USUAL, THEN. SO BE IT. BUT IF WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE. BEEN ELECTED BY THE. PEOPLE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, THEN THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE. AND SO I AM. GOING TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY THINK ABOUT. HOW ALL OF. >> THIS. CAME TO BE BECAUSE YOU ALL PARTICIPATED IN IT AND AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE CANNOT HOLD ON TO POWER. HAVE DECIDED TO. ORCHESTRATE A WHOLE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THE PERSON WHO'S RUNNING WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED . I NEED TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE. I NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE VISION IS. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GOVERN. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS BODY IS GOING TO BUILD POWER. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE A TRUE INDEPENDENT BODY AND THE PERSON WHO HAS. DEMONSTRATED THAT LEADERSHIP HERE ON THIS BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN COUNCILOR WORRELL. I THINK. WE HAVE THE MOST DIVERSE COALITION. WE HAVE CONSERVATIVES. WE HAVE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. THIS BODY REPRESENTS A. DIVERSE UM CONSTITUENCY. AND IT CAN'T. JUST BE THE SAME OLD SAME OLD POLITICS. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AND WORK ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES AND THE WORK THAT. COUNCILOR WORRELL HAS. DONE TO GET US HERE DEMONSTRATES WHAT THIS CITY, UM ,IS ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY WITH. >> ALL EYES ON US. SO I'M ASKING. >> US TO REALLY CONSIDER THE NARRATIVE THAT'S OUT, UM, ABOUT WHO THIS COUNCIL IS. WHO WE HAVE BEEN. WE'RE NOT A RUBBER STAMP. WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT BODY ELECTED TO SERVE, UM, INDEPENDENTLY AND THAT WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS AND AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DOING POLITICS AS USUAL. AND SO I AM GOING TO, UM, STAND ON BUSINESS HERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS AND REGARDLESS OF WHO. THE PRESIDENT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR JOBS ARE TO LEAD WITH FIDELITY. UM AND MY HOPE IS IS THAT MY COLLEAGUES FIND THE POLITICAL COURAGE. UH. >> TO TO DO JUST THAT, UH, AND TO SUPPORT US IN SUPPORTING COUNCIL MORALE. UM, AS HE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD. THE THING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS JUST GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING THAT THEY DID NOT WORK HARD FOR AND THIS IS THE BODY THAT PEOPLE LOOK TO AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ANYONE COULD JUST BE PROPPED INTO A POSITION OR SHEPHERD INTO A TITLE WITHOUT REALLY DOING THE WORK. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE. COUNCIL OR ELSE HARD WORK PAY OFF AND UM WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT US IN THAT QUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL TO HEAR. COUNCILOR DURKAN I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR. UH, CULPEPER. UM, TODAY I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT LIZ BREADON AND I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND HER NOMINATION. UM, FOR ME. UM, I ACTUALLY SAT IN COUNCILOR BRADEN'S OFFICE OVER A YEAR AGO AND, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I TOLD HER IN A SMALL GESTURE YOU WOULD MAKE A GREAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES, THE WAY THAT SHE SPOKE WITH RESPECT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES. UM, AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT HER. I THINK, UH, WE'RE IN A MOMENT TODAY WHERE THE CITY IS FACING A TON OF ISSUES AND WE ARE ALL WORKING ON THEM IN OUR OWN JUNCTURES, OUR OWN DISTRICTS. UH, BUT TODAY THE REASON I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT COUNCILOR BREADON IS BECAUSE SHE TRULY IS GOING TO PUT OUR BODY FIRST. UM, THIS IS NOT ANY NEGATIVITY ,BUT THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN A WHIRLWIND AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT COUNCILOR CLYDE IS A PART OF WHAT HAVE MADE AN AMAZING PRESIDENT AND SHE WILL GET HER TIME TO SHINE. UM I TRULY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE NOT TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN, THAT WE PICK WHO WOULD BE BEST FOR THE BODY IN THIS MOMENT FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE 13 DIVERSE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. UM IN LIZ WE WOULD BE PICKING THE FIRST OUT LGBTQ MEMBER OUT . UH PRESIDENT WE WOULD BE UH PICKING UH OUR SOMEONE WHO HAS ACTUALLY LED MEETINGS BEFORE SHE SHE HAS EXPERIENCE AS THE PERSON WHO HAS HAD TO STEP IN AND THOSE MOMENTS AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, UM, IT'S REALLY THE CANDOR AND THE WAY SHE TALKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES THAT SHINES THROUGH. AND SO FOR ME, UM, I AM PROUD TO CAST MY VOTE FOR HER. THIS IS NOT NEGATIVE. THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT PICKING WHO I THINK WOULD BE BEST FOR THE COUNCIL. AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT DECISION TO MAKE. I HAVE RESPECT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. JUST BECAUSE WE COME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION DOESN'T MEAN UH YOUR VOICE AND YOUR VOTE IS INVALID. UH, BUT THE GAME OF CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS TO GET TO SEVEN. UM, AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M PROUD TO SERVE ON THIS AUGUST HISTORICAL BODY WHERE WE HAVE TRADITIONS. ONE OF THOSE IS PICKING OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON THIS VERY DAY. AND SO WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR US. BUT UM, TRULY LIZ IS GOING TO MAKE AN AMAZING COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING HER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DURKAN. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON AND UH, YOU HAVE SPOKEN AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OTHER COUNCIL WANTS TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GIVE YOU, UH, BACK TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. I DON'T THINK YOU USE ALL TEN, BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU TWO. MR. CLERK, ARE THERE ANY. THAT WE CAN GO? THANK YOU. >> I SEE MR FITZGERALD'S LIGHT IS ON. COUNCIL MURPHY I WILL COME BACK TO YOU, BUT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF SPEAKING. UH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR TWO MINUTES. MR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL. UH, FIRST WHEN IT COMES TO MY MIND. THAT'S YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA PUT ME ON THAT. IT'S ON. UM. >> THANK YOU AND WELCOME, SIR. UM. >> FIRST I. >> JUST WANT TO. >> ADDRESS SOME OF THE RHETORIC. AND FEELING IN THE ROOM OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BACKROOM DEALS AND SHENANIGANS AND STUFF. GUYS. WHAT DO WE EXPECT? THIS IS THE JOB. BUT WE. WERE SAYING THAT ELECTED. TO DO THIS IS HOW IT OPERATES. ONLY ONCE IN A STRONG MAYOR SYSTEM. IN ON THIS BODY AS US AS ELECTED COUNCILORS. DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALL TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO DELIVER AN IMPACT. FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEES. >> THAT WE GET AND MAKING THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE. LEVERAGE TO DEAL WITH US RIGHT OR LEVERAGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEAL WITH US . SO THAT'S ALL THIS IS I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN WE TALK TO WHEN. >> WE WHEN WE USE THAT RHETORIC GUYS EVEN WHEN WE USE THAT IT DOESN'T HELP US RIGHT? THIS IS THE JOB. NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED EVERY. TWO YEARS. THIS IS THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS. AND IT'S OKAY THAT IT HAPPENS BUT WE DO HAVE TO USE IT EVERY WEEK AND ONE OF US ARE TRYING TO POSITION. OURSELVES TO DELIVER FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT IS THE JOB. NONE OF. >> US CAN GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED US AND SAY HERE'S. >> THE. DEAL I GOT AND I TOOK IT BUT THERE WAS A BETTER ONE ON THE TABLE. THEY WILL LOOK. >> AT US AND SAY, JOHN, WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT DEAL? RIGHT? WE PUT YOU THERE TO DELIVER FOR US. SO THAT'S ALL THIS IS I THINK. AMONGST US ALL I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A GENUINE FRIENDSHIP AMONGST. ALL OF US I REALLY DO. SOMETIMES WE HAVE. HARD DECISIONS BUT THAT'S WHY WE WE PUT OURSELVES HERE BECAUSE IF FOLKS WERE IN OUR SHOES TO BE HERE AND LOOK FRIENDS IN THE EYE AND TELL. THEM ONE. >> THING AND DO ANOTHER. IT HURTS. IT'S HARD BUT IT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. SO NO MATTER. WHO IS ELECTED, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO. >> ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO SET THE TONE OFF. >> RIGHT THIS YEAR FOR 2026 SO I LOOK. FORWARD TO IT. WHOEVER IS THE PRESIDENT. I COMMEND THEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND ALL OF YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FITZGERALD. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I COULD IF HE WANTS TO HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL WEBER, JUST. IF YOU. >> WANT TO, UH, LAST A QUESTION YOU CAN TELL ME FOR AN ANSWER. WHEN YOU HAD NOMINATED YOUR CANDIDATE COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAD SAID THAT ONE OF THE REASONS BECAUSE SHE'S THE LONGEST SERVING. IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILOR. FLYNN IS. THE LONGEST. SERVING IN COUNCIL AND MEJIA CAME IN IN THE SAME YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS CLARIFICATION NOW. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCIL MURPHY IS THERE. THAT WAS YEAH IF I HEARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC LISTENS IN AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE'S FOR LONGEST SERVING THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO THANK YOU. IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN. YOU'RE THE OLDEST. YEAH WELL YOU'RE THE OLDEST BY AGE. >> BUT MR WEBER. PLEASE CHAIR JUST A SHORT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR YOUR POINT THAT I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO SAY LONG, LONG SERVING, UH, COUNCILOR NOT LONGEST SERVING. I APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILOR FLYNN. I APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILOR MEJIA . UH, I DO STAND BY MY COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK, UH, COUNCILOR BREADON, UH, IS SOMEBODY WHO IN VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IS SOMEBODY WHO'S BROUGHT THIS BODY BACK. TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN. >> BE PRODUCTIVE AND AND I I THINK BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN IN ONE TERM HERE THAT IF SHE CAN DO IT THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED HER. UH, AND UH. YOU KNOW. I ALSO JUST WANT TO. UH. >> SUPPORT WHAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAID AND I REALLY YOU. KNOW. >> REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN, YOU HAVE SPOKEN. UM. >> WE DID NOT KEEP YOUR TIME BUT I WILL GIVE YOU. YOU DID? DID IT? >> DID HE USE HIS LAST ALL TEN MINUTES? HE'S GOT TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN. THANK. >> THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? UM. ASKING COUNCIL RELL AND COUNCILOR BREADON TO OUTLINE THEIR VISION, UH, ON WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND HOW THEY WILL WORK WITH ALL COLLEAGUES. UM, I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE BODY. SO WE ALL KNOW, UM, WHERE BOTH COUNCILORS STAND ON HOW THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ADDRESSED, HOW ISSUES ARE UH, DISCUSSED, UH, HOW THEY WILL INTERACT WITH CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF BOTH CITY COUNCILORS WOULD BE WILLING TO AT LEAST OFFER WHAT THEIR VISION IS TO BE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. NOW YOU KNOW, MR FLYNN COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN, THAT THEY HAVE TEN MINUTES AND IT'S THEIR CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT THEY USE THOSE TWO MINUTES. I DON'T SEE EITHER ONE OF THEIR LIGHTS ON. AND SO UNTIL I SEE ONE OF THEIR LIGHTS ON COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN WE KEEP ON MOVING. NOW IF I DON'T SEE EITHER ONE OF THE LIGHTS ON, I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER FITZGERALD TO COME TO THE DIAS AND I'LL COME AND TAKE YOUR SEAT AND I'LL MAKE MY STATEMENT. AS A CHAIR. IN ORDER TO MAKE MY STATEMENT I HAVE TO LEAVE THE DIAS TO MAKE MY STATEMENT AND I'LL COME BACK AFTER I MAKE MY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHT. >> HEADS UP WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE AND, UH. SO HERE WE ARE. YOU KNOW I. LIKE IT UP HERE, GUYS. UM. UH. ANYBODY ANYBODY HAVE NOMINATIONS? I HAVE A NOMINATION TO GIVE. ALL RIGHT. UH. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND YOU DO LOOK GOOD UP THERE. >> UH, THIS TWO. COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY HUMBLED TO JOIN YOU AS THE ONLY NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER TO THIS BODY. AS WE WALK AWAY FROM OUR SWEARING IN JUST HOURS AGO AND INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF SERVICE, I KNOW THAT WE DO SO WITH A DEEP ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY ENTRUSTED TO US BY THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS CITY. AND WHILE I MAY BE NEW TO THIS CHAMBER, I AM NOT NEW TO THE WORK OF THIS CITY NOR TO THE COMMUNITIES WHO DEPEND ON THIS COUNCIL TO LEAD WITH DISCIPLINE ,FAIRNESS AND CARE. I TAKE MY ROLE AND I TOOK MY ROLE AS THE PRESIDING MEMBER OVER THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ELECTION SERIOUSLY. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ROLE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS NOT CEREMONIAL. IT'S OPERATIONAL. IT'S INSTITUTIONAL. IT REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS PROCESS COMMANDS TRUST ACROSS HIS BODY AND KNOWS HOW TO TRANSLATE DEBATE INTO DELIVERY. WHO WE ELECT MUST BE READY TO STAND IN AS ACTING MET OF THIS CITY. A MOMENT WE NEVER WISH TO GET TO OR WELCOME. BUT ONE MUST BE READY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE TO ENACT. IT IS IN THAT SPIRIT THAT I AM HONORED TO NOMINATE AND SUPPORT COUNCIL BURRELL TO SERVE AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. OVER THAT NOTE REMEMBER I SAID YOU CAN. OVER THE LAST TWO TERMS COUNCIL WORE WELL HAS DEMONSTRATED COUNCILMAN WORRELL CLEARLY AND CONSISTENTLY WHAT EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP TO THIS COUNCIL LOOKS LIKE. AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL, MORRELL HAS OVERSEEN SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND CONSEQUENTIAL WORK THIS BODY UNDERTAKES. HE LED THE COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND PASSES OF A 4.8 BILLION OPERATING BUDGET, A 4.8 CAPITAL BUDGET. HE GUIDED THE APPROVAL OF MORE THAN $250 MILLION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. HE HELPED TO OVER $9 MILLION IN NEW COUNCIL DRIVEN INVESTMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET INVESTMENTS SAVED BY EQUITY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY NEED. IN HIS VERY FIRST TERM AS CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE COUNCIL WILL DEMONSTRATE WHAT PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST RARELY IN THIS COUNCIL TO OVERRIDE A VETO. THAT MOMENT WAS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. IT WAS ABOUT PROCESS, PARTNERSHIP AND THE COUNCIL ASSERTING ITS ROLE AS A CO-EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND IN FISCAL YEAR 26 IT WAS COUNCIL WHO WILL DIRECT LEADERSHIP HIS ABILITY TO WORK WITH EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BODY AND ACROSS COALITIONS THAT LED TO THE MAYOR FINALLY ACCEPT THE MAYOR WHO I LOVE THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET. THAT OUTCOME DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE COUNCIL LORUSSO WELL KNOWS HOW TO LISTEN, HOW TO NEGOTIATE, HOW TO BUILD CONSENSUS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THIS INSTITUTION. TAKEN TOGETHER THOSE MOMENTS SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS AS ITS NEXT PRESIDENT SOMEONE WHO CAN COLLABORATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WHILE ALSO RESTORING STRENGTH IN THE CITY COUNCIL AS A SERIOUS EFFECTIVE CHECK WHEN NECESSARY. THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP REQUIRES MORE THAN POLICY KNOWLEDGE. IT REQUIRES STEADINESS, TRANSPARENCY, THE CONFIDENCE OF COLLEAGUES ACROSS DISTRICTS AND IDEOLOGIES. COUNCIL WILL WELL HAS EARNED THAT CONFIDENCE BY MANAGING COMPLEXITY WITH CARE AND KEEPING THIS INSTITUTION FUNCTIONING EVEN WHEN DIFFICULTIES ARISE BEYOND THE BUDGET. COUNCIL WILL RAIL HAS FAR MORE THAN 70 PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND PASSED NEARLY 30 AND I COULD KEEP GOING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. BUT I INSTEAD OF YOU MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS AND MY COLLEAGUES OF THE COUNCIL WHO AMONG US STANDS READY TO CREATE A SENSE OF UNITY IN THIS BODY AND RESTORE CONFIDENCE WITH THE PUBLIC WHO AMONGST US HAS PROVEN THROUGH RECORD NOT JUST WORDS THROUGH RECORDS THAT THEY CAN STAND AS A CHECK TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND GENERATE CONSENSUS ACROSS VIEWS. THE OBVIOUS CHOICE IS COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL. COUNCILOR WORRELL HAS ALREADY SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. HE UNDERSTANDS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAIR. HE UNDERSTANDS THE RHYTHM OF THIS CHAMBER AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT TO DOMINATE DEBATE BUT TO ELEVATE IT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY COUNCILOR, EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY RESIDENT KNOWS THEY HAVE A FAIR VOICE IN THIS INSTITUTION. AS FOR ME, I'VE BEEN ASKED WHAT COMMITTEE DO I WANT? EVERYONE KNOW THAT. >> MY EXPERTISE IS. >> IN HOUSING. BUT I WILL TAKE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE BATHROOM CLEANING COMMITTEE. FOR ME IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT COMMITTEE I TAKE. I TAKE THIS WORK SERIOUSLY. THAT'S WHY I RAN. AND OF COURSE. WHEN I LOOK AT MY COLLEAGUES, ALL OF YOU TAKE IT SERIOUSLY TOO. LET ME JUST CLOSE ON THIS DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID IF YOU'RE A STREET SWEEPER THEN SWEEP STREETS LIKE MICHELANGELO PAINTED PICTURES, SWEEP STREETS LIKE BEETHOVEN, COMPOSE MUSIC LIKE SHAKESPEARE. WHOA. POETRY. I TELL YOU THE COUNTLESS THAT WE HAVE TO DELIBERATE DEBATE. AND WE HAVE AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AT HEART. AND SO I SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES ONE DAY HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL LOOK DOWN AT. US AND THEY WILL SAY AND THEY'LL PAUSE AND SAY THIS COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL THIS WAS A COUNCIL THAT DID WELL BY THE CITY OF BOSTON, THIS COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL THAT DELIBERATED, DEBATED AND MADE DECISIONS ON THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS COUNCIL DID THEIR JOB WELL . MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MY NOMINATION IS FOR COUNCILOR WORRELL AND MY VOTE WILL ALSO GO TO COUNCILOR WU. GOD BLESS YOU. NO CLAPPING. MISS OFFICIAL. I WILL NOW RETURN TO THE. >> DIOCESE THE BATHROOM CLEANING COMMITTEE AS USA. MR. CLERK. >> COUNCIL OF AROUND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR TEN MINUTES. STARTED THAT TIME A LITTLE EARLY I DIDN'T GET UP YET. UM, BUT GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COLLEAGUES. AND IT'S HARD TO GO AGAINST, UH, MINISTER A REVEREND, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST. UH, MR. CLERK FAMILY, FRIENDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE WATCHING. FIRST THING FIRST, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON EARNING ANOTHER TERM. I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES. THE LONG DAY THAT TURNED INTO LONG NIGHT. THE NEVER ENDING MEETINGS, THE WEEKENDS THAT AREN'T REALLY WEEKENDS. THE DOORS YOU KNOCK THE HANDS YOU SHAKE. THE HARD CONVERSATIONS. YOU DON'T GET TO SKIP. AND BEHIND EVERY EACH ONE OF YOU IS A TEAM FAMILY THAT CARRIES A LOT OF THAT WEIGHT QUIETLY, CONSISTENTLY IN OPTING OUT WITHOUT THE CREDIT. TO TO YOUR TEAMS AND TO YOUR FAMILIES. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER WELCOME. YOU HERE BECAUSE YOUR DISTRICT BELIEVES IN YOU. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ENGAGED IN THIS WORK BECAUSE WE KNOW YOUR WORK ISN'T NEW TO THE CITY AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BATHROOM COMMITTEE. I THINK YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR TALENTS FAR EXCEED THAT. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR PRESIDING OVER OUR INAUGURATION AND ALSO FOR OUR LEADERSHIP. BUT I STAND HERE TODAY HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL AND I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND I ACCEPT IT NOT AS A TITLE, CERTAINLY NOT AS A TROPHY. BUT AS A. RESPONSIBILITY A RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD BRIDGES. TO STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY. >> TO GOVERN AND. TO MAKE SURE EVERY. DISTRICT IN BOSTON HAS A COUNCIL THAT SHOWS UP FOR THEM. OUTSIDE OF BEING A FATHER. THIS IS THE BEST. JOB I'VE EVER HAD AND ONE DEFINED BY A SIMPLE SHARED MANDATE DELIVERED FOR BOSTON. THIS IS. >> REFLECTED IN THE OATH WE JUST TOOK A. COMMITMENT TO. >> SERVE AND EMPOWER OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S ROOTED IN. >> THE. FIRST MOST. POWERFUL WORDS OF OUR CONSTITUTION. WE THE PEOPLE. THOSE WORDS ARE CLEAR. OUR LOYALTY IS TO THE PEOPLE. WE SERVE AND NOTHING ELSE. THAT MEANS. USING THIS PLATFORM TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE PLAINLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. HOW IT. >> AFFECTS THEIR LIVES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP SHAPE IT. UNFORTUNATELY WE MISTAKE PERCEPTION. >> FOR TRUTH. THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THE. TRUTH ABOUT OUR KIDS, THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT. THIS COUNCIL CAN DELIVER. I GREW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SHAPED BY. POLICIES POLICIES THAT. CONTRIBUTED TO SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY. LIMITED ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION AND KEPT FAMILIES OUT OF HOUSING. THESE POLICIES ARE STILL. DRIVING NEGATIVE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY TODAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND EVERYTHING IS FINE. THE CENSUS. THE ECONOMY. THE LATEST RATE. THE NUMBERS TELL US. THE REAL STORY. >> WHO'S BEING LEFT BEHIND? I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS MY FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE AS. >> A YOUNG. BLACK BOY IN DORCHESTER. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ODDS WERE STACKED AGAINST ME. I HEARD PREDICTIONS. ABOUT MY LIMITS INSTEAD OF MY POSSIBILITIES. THIS WASN'T A. DESIRE FOR VICTIMHOOD. IT WAS A MATTER OF FACT. EXPECTATION SETTING. INFORMED BY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. I THOUGHT I MADE PEACE WITH THAT REALITY. UNTIL I BECAME A FATHER. WHEN MY SON WAS BORN I FELT AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND THEN A WORRIED. WITH THE WORLD SEE HIS GIFTS OR REDUCE. >> THEM TO ANOTHER STEREOTYPE. THAT FEAR IS. >> REAL AND URGENT. THAT FEAR BEING LEFT BEHIND. IT'S NOT JUST THOUGHT BY YOUNG BLACK BOYS FROM DORCHESTER. IT CUTS ACROSS. NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEMOGRAPHICS . IT'S OUR SENIORS ON FIXED. INCOMES OR. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TRYING TO HANG ON. OUR YOUNG. >> ADULTS ONE THAT CAN AFFORD TO STAY. AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES WHO. KEEP FIGURING OUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YOU CAN HEAR IT AT EAST. HIGH PARK, SOUTH BOSTON CHINATOWN, MATTAPAN. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. SAME FEARS. BOSTON CAN AND MUST BE THE PLACE WHERE NO ONE IS WRITTEN OFF, WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE A FUTURE AND WHERE SYSTEMS WE BUILD PULL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. STRUCTURAL EQUITY. MEANS CHANGING CONDITIONS. NOT ONE OFF MOMENT. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OPPORTUNITY SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL IT. IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. BECOMING A HOMEOWNER TRUST IN A SCHOOL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING A JOB A SMALL BUSINESS THAT PAYS A LIVABLE. WAGE SO THAT PEOPLE INDIVIDUALS WORKING CLASS. FAMILIES CAN STAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WHEN PEOPLE. CAN SEE. >> A REAL PATH FORWARD IT. >> BREEDS HOPE, CHANGES THE CHOICES. >> THEY MAKE AND. CREATES A. >> SENSE OF BELONGING. THAT IS JUST THAT THAT THIS CITY IS. TRULY THEIRS. THIS ISN'T ABOUT HANDOUTS. BECAUSE I. >> BELIEVE IN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT SYSTEMS MATTER. I THINK. >> ABOUT A YOUNG MAN I MET AT A SUMMER PROGRAM WHO TOLD ME OH, YOU KNOW ONE PERSON ON MY STREET WHO WENT TO COLLEGE. HE DIDN'T SEE IT AS A REALISTIC FOR HIM UNTIL HE. GOT INTO A PROGRAM A PROGRAM THAT PUT HIM ON A CAMPUS, PAIRED HIM WITH THE MENTOR. AND GAVE HIM A JOB THAT RESPECTED HIS TIME. HE SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME. I COULD SEE MYSELF THERE. THE STATISTICS. ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. BUT HIS BELIEF DID. THAT'S WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS DID. >> FOR ME. THEY DIDN'T RACE. >> THE DATA. BUT THEY CONVINCED ME THAT THE. DATA DIDN'T HAVE THE LAST WORD ON MY LIFE. IT'S NEVER ONE THING. IT WAS A COMBINATION. FAMILY. DISCIPLINE SELF-RESPONSIBILITY ,PUBLIC. POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS OPENING UP DOORS. TOO OFTEN THOSE PATHWAYS ARE A LOTTERY. OUR JOB AS PUBLIC SERVANTS IS TO. BUILD THEM AT SCALE. SO OPPORTUNITY IS INFRASTRUCTURE NOT LUCK. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. >> TO CELEBRATE INDIVIDUAL WINS. WE HAVE. >> TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE BUILD OUT POLICIES AND MAKE INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE AT SCALE, WE CHANGE LIVES ACROSS GENERATIONS. WE ARE THE LEGACY OF. LEADERS WHO FOUGHT, ORGANIZED AND LEGISLATED FOR. THE REPRESENTATION. >> THAT WE HAVE ON THIS COUNCIL TODAY. THEY DIDN'T FIGHT SO WE COULD STAND ALONE. AND CELEBRATE. PROGRESS AT THE MARGINS. THEY POSSIBLY. >> CAN. STAND TOGETHER AND TRANSFORM THIS CITY SO THAT FAMILIES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN. SHARE IN THE. OPPORTUNITY THAT BOSTON HAS TO OFFER. OUR JOB NOW IS TO MATCH THE. PRESENT WITH PERFORMANCE AND TO LET THAT SHOW AND HOW WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. REPRESENTATION MATTERS. RESULTS MATTER AND RESIDENTS DESERVE BOTH. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU ENTRUST ME WITH THIS ROLE. I WANT A PRESIDENCY THAT AMPLIFIES YOUR WORK. A STRONG INDEPENDENT COUNCILOR. GOOD FOR. >> EVERY COUNCILOR AND EVERY CONSTITUENT. THAT MEANS MATCHING YOUR PASSIONS AND SKILLS WITH REAL RESPONSIBILITY. I WANT COMMITTEE CHAIRS LEADING IN AREAS. WHERE THEY'RE. >> ALREADY DOING THE WORK WHETHER THAT'S SCHOOLS, HOUSING. PUBLIC SAFETY, SMALL. BUSINESS. >> TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE. AND TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. CAPACITY WITHIN OUR BELOVED CENTRAL STAFF. THE CONSTITUENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON ON. ON ALL OF OUR RESULTS. IT ALSO MEANS A FAIR PROCESS. THERE'S NO ALIENATION. RESIDENTS EXPECT US TO WORK TOGETHER ON. >> THEIR BEHALF TO GET THINGS DONE. DISAGREEMENT IS PART OF THE JOB. BUT NO ONE SHOULD FEEL SHUT OUT OF THE WORK. AND TO TRULY BE AN INDEPENDENT EFFECTIVE BODY WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN. OUR OWN CAPACITY. AND LOVE TO WORK. TO BOLSTER. OUR COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS SO RESIDENTS ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR AND. >> WHAT WE'VE BEEN DELIVERING. >> ON THIS COUNCIL TOGETHER. AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE BUDGET. STAFF SHOUT OUT TO CHARISMA. SO THAT. >> EVERY MEMBER HAS THE ANALYSIS YOU NEED TO. ADVOCATE FOR YOUR PRIORITIES AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S THE KIND OF COUNCIL I WANT TO LEAD. WHEN WE SHARE POWER. SHARE CREDIT. AND SHOW THE CITY THAT THIS BODY IS NOT JUST REACTING TO THE MOMENT BUT SETTING THE AGENDA FOR. BOSTON'S FUTURE. SO NOW'S OUR TIME. TO RECREATE THAT VISION FOR. THIS GENERATION. IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT. BRINGS HOPE TO THOSE. >> WHO FEEL DISCONNECTED AND IN THAT IT DELIVERS WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FEEL IT THE MOST. BELIEF COMES. >> WHERE RESIDENTS SEE US TACKLING THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE LIVING WITH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AN AMBITIOUS. AGENDA AND THE. COALITION TO MATCH IT, NOT CONFRONTATION FOR ITS OWN SAKE . WE'LL PARTNER WITH POSSIBLE PUSH WHERE NECESSARY. BUT EITHER WAY. >> WE WILL PROGRESS. AS MEL KING HAS TAUGHT US, PROGRESS IS THE CHAIN OF CHANGE . THAT EVERY IDEA CLEARS ON THE FIRST. VOTE AND THAT'S OKAY. OUR JOB IS TO START CONVERSATIONS. BIG ENOUGH TO. >> CHANGE THE CITY AND KEEP ADDING LINKS UNTIL THEY DO SO. I'LL KEEP REIMAGINING POLICIES. INSTITUTIONS AND HOW WE DO THE WORK. I CARRY THAT WEIGHT WITH ME. NOT AS AN ABSTRACTION BUT AS THE FATHER. MY SON ELIAS IS. TWO AND. >> HE'S TURNING 3 IN 15 DAYS. HE'S DEEP. >> IN HIS WHY STAGE RIGHT NOW IS WHY BROCCOLI? WHY THAT TIME WILL POINT TO SOMETHING ON THE TABLE. AND SAY. >> WHAT IS THAT ONE DAY THOSE WHYS AND WHAT WILL GET. BIGGER THEY'LL START ASKING THE SAME QUESTION THAT WE ASK OURSELVES NOW. WHY DID MY FRIENDS FAMILY HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WHY DOES MY. SCHOOL LOOK SO DIFFERENT. FROM THE ONES IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOWNS? AND WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU. SAT IN THAT SEAT AND YOU HAD THE. POWER TO CHANGE IT? WHEN THAT DAY COMES. I DON'T. >> WANT TO TELL THEM HOW WE MANAGE THE STATUS QUO, BUT I WANT TO LOOK MY SON IN THE EYE. AND EVERY CHILD IN THIS CITY AND I WANT TO TELL THEM HOW. >> WE DELIVERED. . >> OH HOW WE FOUGHT LIKE TRYING. I'M ASKING. >> YOU TODAY. AND EVERY DAY TO JOIN ME IN THAT FIGHT. BUT WILLING TO THINK BOLD. BIG AND BOLD. BUILD COALITIONS AND STAY FOCUSED ON RESULTS. WE CAN. >> USE THIS POWER ON THIS COUNCIL TO FINALLY CLOSE. A LOT OF THOSE. GAPS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE WILL. THEN NO OTHER COMMENTS. I SEE ONE MORE GREEN LIGHT ON. I SEE TWO GREEN LIGHTS ON. COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT. THANK YOU CHAIR CULPEPER AND WELCOME TO BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU AMONG US. UM MY NAME IS LIZ BREAD AND I'M THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT NINE ALLSTON BRIGHTON. I AM AN IMMIGRANT FROM NORTHERN IRELAND. UH, A PHYSICAL THERAPIST BY PROFESSION AND I CAME HERE IN 1995. UH, BEFORE THE PEACE, UH, PROCESS IN NORTHERN IRELAND KICKED OFF. UH, I NEEDED A BREAK FROM GUNS AND BOMBS AND ALL OF THAT. UH, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME OF YOU KNOW MY STORY, I. I GREW UP IN A RURAL COMMUNITY IN COUNTY FERMANAGH, UH, WHICH WAS PRETTY MIXED CATHOLIC PROTESTANT BUT IT WAS AN AREA OF SOUTHEAST FERMANAGH THAT WAS DEEPLY UH, UNDERINVESTED IN UH BY THE GOVERNMENT. UH, I WENT TO A PRIMARY SCHOOL OUT OF TWO ROOMS. UH, WE HAD TWO TEACHERS. UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. WE DIDN'T HAVE RUNNING WATER. UH, I WENT TO COLLEGE. I WENT TO A COLLEGE AND STUDIED TO BECOME A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND SERVED IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. UH, I WISH WE HAD A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE WORRYING ABOUT GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. BUT I HAD THAT PRIVILEGE OF WORKING IN THE HEALTH SERVICE FOLLOWING MY FAMILY, MY MOM AND MY ARMSTRONG NURSES. UH, AND IN 1995 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY UM, AT THE URGING OF A COLLEAGUE, A FRIEND OF MINE FROM COLLEGE WHO, UH, CAME HERE TO WORK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF UNION UNIT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SHE SAID COME ON OVER. THERE'S 27,000 VACANCIES FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND I NEEDED, UH, A BREAK, A LITTLE SABBATICAL, SO TO SPEAK. AND I CAME HERE FOR 18 MONTHS TO, UH, WORK IN BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. UM, BEING A PHYSICAL THERAPIST ,YOU SEE EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. UH, AND I'M VERY ACUTELY AWARE OF THE INEQUITIES AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. UH, HAVING SERVED AND WORKED IN THE CITY OF DERRY AS A STUDENT . UM, IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT THE INEQUITIES THAT WE SEE IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ARE A DIRECT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF POVERTY, DISINVESTMENT AND UH, JUST INEQUITIES IN CARE ACROSS THE BOARD. I CONSIDER MYSELF AN ALLY FOR UH, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. UM, AND IT IS VERY HUMBLING FOR ME TO BE HERE AMONG YOU ALL TODAY. UH, ASKING YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COMING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL ELECTED BODIES CAN JUST WASTE TIME AND NOT GET ANYTHING DONE FOR THE PEOPLE. THAT'S THE THAT'S BEEN THE CASE AND IN THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY FOR MANY YEARS. THANKFULLY THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER. UH AND THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN. WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER THIS BODY AS THE NEXT ELECTED UH, CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS I AM SO LUCKY TO BE ELECTED IS TO BE FAIR. I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE AS A CITY COUNCIL. UH, I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US ONE OF US IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE THAT WE SUPPORT, THE DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK FOR AND THE JUST THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY IN THIS VERY, VERY SORT OF DANGEROUS MOMENT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE FACING INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES. WE HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS SYSTEMATICALLY DIS INVESTING IN OUR IN OUR UH IN OUR GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE CITY AND IN THE STATE. THEY MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT THAT WE ARE A A PROGRESSIVE BLUE STATE AND A BLUE PROGRESSIVE CITY WITH A PROGRESSIVE MAYOR AND THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO TAKE US OFF THE RAILS AND UH, HELP US, YOU KNOW, JUST DEMEANORS AND DEVALUE US AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR THAT. WE STOOD TOGETHER WITH THE MAYOR ON THE CITY UH, ON ON THE PLAZA A FEW MONTHS AGO. UH, UNITED IN OUR SUPPORT AGAINST THE THE INCREDIBLE INJUSTICE AND, UH, WRONGHEADED POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON. WE HAVE TO BE UNITED. WE ARE FACING SOME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN THIS BODY IN THE COMING YEARS. THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE HEADED INTO DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, FURTHER CUTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO OUR UH, BUDGETS ETC. BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND I FEEL THAT IN THIS POSITION AS, UH A LONG SERVING COUNCILOR FROM NORTHERN IRELAND WHO APPRECIATES THAT UH, POLITICAL DIFFERENCE UH IS VERY PROFOUND AT TIMES BUT WE CANNOT LET POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND IDEOLOGICAL IDEOLOGY OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS GET IN THE WAY OF DOING THE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. IT'S INCREDIBLY HUMBLING FOR ME TO BE HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD BE STANDING HERE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. UM BUT THAT SAID I AM READY TO LEAD. I FEEL THAT I CAN BRING A CERTAIN MINDSET TO THIS JOB. I RESPECT EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, AND ALL THE SKILLS THAT YOU BRING TO THIS JOB. I ALSO HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR YOU, YOUR STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DEMONSTRATE EVERY DAY IN THIS BODY. UM, I REALLY, UH, HAVE NOT MUCH ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT THAT I'M VERY, UH, DETERMINED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PEACEMAKER, A BRIDGE BUILDER AND SOMEONE WHO HOPEFULLY WILL, UH, BE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GO FORWARD POSITIVELY WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM ALL OF US AND A UNITED LEADERSHIP FROM ALL OF US SO THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN THRIVE AND OUR PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT WE WILL PROSPER AND GET THROUGH THIS VERY DIFFICULT PASSAGE THAT WE ARE IN AT THE MOMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO BE YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND UM JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BREEDEN. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I STILL HAVE FIVE KNOWLEDGE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEJIA. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UH. >> SO I I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE. >> THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT WE GET TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE. WHY WE HAVE IT BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE THAT WE'LL MAKE TODAY DECIDES THE TYPE OF BODY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTION. IT IS ALL ABOUT POLITICAL COURAGE AT THIS MOMENT. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT TYPE OF BODY WE ARE GOING TO BE. THE FACT THAT COUNCILOR BREADON JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE JUST LEARNED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE UP FOR THIS POSITION SHOULD LET. US IN. BEHIND THE VEIL IN TERMS OF HOW POLITICS IS GETTING DONE IN THIS DAY AND AGE. IF THAT DOES NOT ALARM YOU AS YOU DECIDE WHAT VOTE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TODAY. ALL EYES ARE ON US. ARE WE AN INDEPENDENT BODY WILLING TO TAKE A STAND AND SPEAK UP OR ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO DICTATE HOW THIS BODY FUNCTIONS? THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH HERE AFTER WE MAKE THIS VOTE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO REALLY CONSIDER. PEOPLE ALREADY BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT FUNCTION AS A COLLECTIVE . PEOPLE ALREADY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A RUBBER STAMP. THIS IS A MOMENT Y'ALL TO DEMONSTRATE REAL COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AT A TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO STRIP US AWAY OF OUR POWER ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AND RISE. I THREW MY NAME IN THE HAT JUST TO BE DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT GOING TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND HERE IT COMES DOWN TO A VOTE THAT THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED AND HAS ACCEPTED THAT NOMINATION HAS ADMITTED THAT THEY WEREN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO THAT. SAID LET IT BE SEEN HERE FOR THE RECORD HOW WE ARE. ALREADY SETTING THE STAGE FOR HOW THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO LEAD. SO JUST LET THAT MARINATE AND SINK IN WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. >> LET ME. >> JUST LOOK AT RULE 39 AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. BUT COUNCIL BREDON IF THIS IS YOUR FINAL AND THIS IS THE ONLY LIGHT I SEE ON A FEW OF THE FINAL SPEAKER AND HOW MUCH TIME DID SHE HAVE LEFT FOR A MOMENT. WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE MINUTES AFTER COUNCILOR BREEDEN. MY PRAYER IS I WILL MOVE TO THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BREDON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT I WAS INTENDING TO ASK. WE MOVE TO A VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MR. CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL AND SECONDED. MR CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BREADON. RANDOM COUNCILOR BREEN FOR COUNCIL BREADON COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO LIZ BREADON. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. ROLL COUNCILOR EARL. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. BREADON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL OF RIGHT AND WRONG. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ALSO. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. BREADON. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. >> ISADORA. COUNCILOR. >> MEJIA. COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. >> CRIME FOR US. COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR PER CAN. WHAT'S THE WORD? COUNCIL PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. BRAIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR BRIEF. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCIL AGREED. COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. >> COUNCILOR. >> WORLD FOR COUNCILOR. WORLD. 1256. >> GOOD JOB. RIGHT ONE. SIX. 466. UH. >> REIGNS SEVEN SIX. THE CLERK HAS TALLY THE VOTES AS CASS AND COUNCILOR BREADON IS OUR NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR BREADON. CONGRATULATIONS. UH. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND THIS IS THE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND FELLOW COUNCILORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. IT IS AN HONOR OF MY LIFE TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND SERVE ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE NEXT. IT WILL BE MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE NEXT BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS I JUST MENTIONED, MY NAME IS LIZ BRITAIN. I'M THE CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT NINE REPRESENTING ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND I CAME TO THE ROLE OF BOSTON AS CITY COUNCILOR AS SOMEONE WHO PLANNED A CAREER, HAD NEVER PLANNED A CAREER IN POLITICS. BUT AS SOMEONE WHO CAME TO PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH COMMUNITY BEFORE I WAS ELECTED I WAS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN THE IN ALSO IN BRIGHTON. AND IN THIS ROLE I LEARNED THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT TITLES BUT PERSISTENCE IS ABOUT SHOWING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN EVEN AT THOSE TIMES WHEN IT'S MOST DIFFICULT. AND AT THOSE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE UH, JOUSTING WITH WINDMILLS AND THE NO CHANCE OF WINNING. TODAY IS INAUGURATION DAY. IT'S A DAY OF RENEWAL AND RESPONSIBILITY. AND AS I LOOK OUT AT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, I SEE A BODY THAT CONTINUES TO BETTER REFLECT THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. AS PRESIDENT I COMMIT TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU DISTRICT COUNCILORS AND AT-LARGE COUNCILORS TO STRENGTHEN THIS INSTITUTION TO SEEK TO CREATE A COUNCIL CULTURE THAT VALUES EXPERTISE, DEBATE AND MUTUAL RESPECT. FIRST I WANT TO THANK WELCOME THE REVEREND COUNCILOR MINARD CULPEPER. UH, AS MAYOR WU SAID IN HER ADDRESS TODAY, THIS MAY BE YOUR FIRST DAY ON THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT YOUR FIRST DAY IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK OUTGOING CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RISHI LOUIJEUNE FOR THE INTENTION AND DEVOTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE SHE BRINGS WITH HER EVERY TIME SHE STEPS INTO THIS CHAMBER. AND I AM TRULY IN YOUR DEBT. THANK YOU RUSTY FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST. >> TWO YEARS. COUNCILOR. >> UH, JIM HERE WE HERE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UM. >> JULIA IS FAMOUS FOR WINNING BY ONE VOTE. UH, WHICH IS ALSO HER BIRTHDAY IS THE 1ST OF JANUARY, SO GO FIGURE. NUMBER ONE'S A VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR JULIA. UH, COUNCILOR MIA SHE IS INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IN HER FIGHT FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY . AND I COMMIT MYSELF TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH YOU. JULIE. UH, COUNCILOR MEJIA, COUNCILOR MURPHY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE, UH ,STRONG WOMEN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES UH, COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND, UH, I THINK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT MANY FOR A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE HOPE AT THIS POINT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TOGETHER. COUNCILOR HENRY SANTANA FOR EMPOWERING BOSTON'S YOUTH AND ENSURING ALL VOICES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. AS ALSO WAS THE FIRST LGBT UH UH LESBIAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY FOR LGBT COMMUNITY HERE IN THE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILOR GABRIELA, UH, COLLETTA ZAPATA FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UH, COMMITTEE OVER THIS PAST FEW YEARS YOU'VE DONE A REALLY INCREDIBLE JOB IN LEADING THAT. UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSIONATE ADVOCACY AND ONGOING, UH, PERSISTENT AND INSISTENT ADVOCACY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS WE FACE. UH, ESPECIALLY ALL ACROSS BOSTON BUT ESPECIALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE WATERFRONT. COUNCILOR EDWARD FLYNN FOR YOUR STALWART ADVOCACY FOR VETERANS. UH, AND AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD WAS THE STEWARD UH STEWARD UM, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WAS GOING TO CLOSE OUR HOSPITALS AND YOU WERE RIGHT IN THE FIGHT FOR THAT, UH, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT COUNTY HOSPITAL. IT'S NOT OVER YET. WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE ACCESS IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, IS IMPROVED IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT ALSO THROUGHOUT ALL OF BOSTON IN YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE, UH, THE, UM YOUR COMMITTEES. COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS IS HARD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO WAYS AND MEANS, UH, AND TO WORK TO ENSURE THE DREAM OF YOUR WORK TO ENSURE THE DREAM OF HOMEOWNERSHIP IS ATTAINABLE FOR MORE BOSTON RESIDENTS. WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE BEING FORCED OUT OF OUR CITY. UH, AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IS. THE NEATEST WAY TO TO. IT'S A GREAT WAY OF RENT CONTROL. UH, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE, YOUR STRONG ADVOCACY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THAT THAT ADVOCACY WORK WITH YOU GOING FORWARD. COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN FOR CHAMPIONING CHAMPIONING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WORKING TO MAKE BOSTON SAFER FOR ALL. UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BRING TO THE FOREFRONT OUR FOCUS THAT PEDESTRIANS AND LITTLE PEOPLE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR ELDERS AND OUR PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO BE SAFE ON OUR ROADS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR COUNCILOR BEN WEBER, FOR CONSTANTLY FIGHTING FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND PROTECTING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE WORKERS . COUNCILOR DURKAN, FOR YOUR UNABASHEDLY BOLD SOLUTIONS IN THE HOUSING CRISIS WE NOW FACE, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK WITH YOU AND TO ALL THE CENTRAL STAFF, COUNCIL STAFF AND ALL THE CITY STAFF WHO KEEP BOSTON RUNNING. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR WU. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE CONTINUING OUR BOLD WORK TO ADVANCE EQUITY, AFFORDABILITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST FOR THE LOUDEST VOICES ON THE MOST RESOURCED INTERESTS. UM I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. I WANT TO JUST GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, ALLSTON. BRIGHTON IS A PLACE OF CONSTANT CHANGE AND DEEP ROOTS. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS, STUDENTS AND SENIORS, LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND NEWCOMERS. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HELPS BOSTON'S ECONOMY AND CULTURAL LIFE. YET SO OFTEN FINDS ITSELF TREATED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE DOWNTOWN WHETHER ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING OR PUBLIC SERVICES. I HAVE FOLKS WHO COME TO ME AND ARGUE THAT MADE THAT BRIGHTNESS NOT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. GO FIGURE. UH AS. >> THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY, I INTEND TO CHANGE THAT. NOT JUST FOR ALLSTON BRIGHTON BUT FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS FELT OVERLOOKED AND UNDERVALUED BECAUSE CITYWIDE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT MEAN FLATTENING OUR DIFFERENCES. IT MEANS RECOGNIZING THEM, RESPECTING THEM AND ENSURING THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A REAL VOICE IN SHAPING BOSTON'S FUTURE. IN THIS MOMENT WE MUST GOVERN WITH REAL URGENCY. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE FACE DEEP UNCERTAINTY ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC NORMS, ON CIVIL RIGHTS ON AND A SOCIAL SAFETY NET THAT SO MANY BOSTON BOSTONIANS RELY ON IN THIS CONTEXT. CITIES MATTER MORE THAN EVER. BOSTON MUST CONTINUE TO LEAD BY PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS, BY ADVANCING RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, BY INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, BY TREATING HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT AND BY STANDING FIRMLY BY OUR LGBTQ PLUS UH EQUALITY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE. THE COUNCIL IS A CITY WIDE BODY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE ENTIRE CITY AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY IS TO THE PEOPLE WHO SENT US HERE. WE ARE ELECTED BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS ACROSS BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WITH THAT MANDATE COMES DUTY A DUTY TO GOVERN TRANSPARENTLY COLLABORATIVELY AND WITH INTEGRITY. AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPRESENTATION. BUT REPRESENTATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE DO WHAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH THE POWER THAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO US. IN CLOSING, I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT WHEN WE SHARE A RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNING WE SHARE IT AND WE SHARE IN ITS SUCCESS. I AM GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR CONFIDENCE. TO MY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT. AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT NINE FOR BELIEVING THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES A STRONGER VOICE IN CITY HALL. TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MEET THEM THIS MOMENT, STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONTINUE BUILDING A BOSTON THAT TRULY WORKS FOR ALL. THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0103 THROUGH 0111? DOCKET NUMBER 0103 NOTICES RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR FOR ABSENCE FROM THE CITY ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH 2025 AT 2:55 P.M. RETURNING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2025 AT 5 P.M. DOC AND NUMBER 0104. NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF APRIL 9TH 2025 DOCKET NUMBER 0105. NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF OCTOBER 29TH 2025. NUMBER 10106 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025, DOCKET NUMBER 0107. NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF DECEMBER 3RD 2025. TALKING ABOUT 0108 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979, WE GET AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF DECEMBER 10TH 2025 TALKING NUMBERS 0109 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS MARINELLO ASSESSING COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BENJAMIN STRATTON AS AN ASSISTANT ASSESSOR EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 6TH, 2025. DOCKET NUMBER 0110 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS MARINELLO ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GEOFFREY MURATA AS AN ASSISTANT ASSESSOR EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 29TH, 2025 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0111. COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM EVANDRO CARVALHO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE CASES REVIEWED AND ADJUDICATED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UM, BEFORE I GO ON, I JUST WANT TO UH I DIDN'T HAVE THE LIST OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE. UH, I'M HONORED TO HAVE MAYOR WRESTLING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. COUNCILOR MONICA, COUNCILOR AND REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND COUNCILOR YANCEY. THANK YOU. >> WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS AUDITION RESOLUTIONS. OH YES. UM. THANK YOU. DOCKETS 01010320111 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. UM HERE RULE 39. THE LEAD SPONSOR MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES WHEN THE NEW FILE DOCKET IS INTRODUCED. CO-SPONSORS MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR TWO MINUTES. UH, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE. WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0112. DOCKET NUMBER 0112 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING PARKING ACCESS FOR TRAVELING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. >> AS SOME OF US MAY KNOW, MANY OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES INCLUDING ESPECIALLY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ,RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS, SPECIALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF TRAVEL TO MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY EACH DAY AS PART OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THESE TRAVELING EMPLOYEES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVE THE SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES THEY NEED. CURRENTLY, BP PROVIDES A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARKING PASSES TO EMPLOYEES WHO MUST TRAVEL BETWEEN SCHOOL SITES AND SOME EMPLOYEES AS WE KNOW HAVE INCURRED UM SIGNIFICANT PARKING FINES WHICH IS A PERSONAL COST AND ALSO A LACK OF UM TIME WASTED DURING THE DAY TRYING TO GET AROUND AND SPENDING MANY MOST OF THEIR TIME LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT SUPPORTING OUR TRAVELING EDUCATORS NOT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS BUT THOSE WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS ON IEPS I BELIEVE DESERVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARKING AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. AND SO THIS WAS UM A HEARING THAT I FILED LAST YEAR THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP. >> IN. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST. UM HEARING ORDER FILED FOR THIS TERM AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL HELP MAKE SURE THAT THIS AND ALL THE OTHER HEARING ORDERS THAT WE FILE GET HEARD IN THE PROPER COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? IS ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN HUNTER HERE. AND SO WEBER, COUNCILOR COLLETTA CLATTERS THE POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND UH SORRY COUNCIL WORRELL AND COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0304 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. OH SORRY. WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG 10112 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 000 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UNTIL SUCH TIMES AS WE HAVE COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. OH OKAY. OKAY. PRESIDENT. UM. >> THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. RECOGNIZES. WHEN ARE WE GOING? WITH THE NEXT DOCKET 0113. UH COUNCILOR. UM, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ UH, DOCKET 0113. TALKING NUMBERS 0113 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSURE AND MERGER ACTIONS RELATED TO THE 2026, 2027 AND 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH, COUNCILOR UH, MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR FRIENDS ADDED. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> AND. ADD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AS A THIRD SPONSOR. UH. >> COUNCILMEMBER UH, COMES FROM HERE. SO ADDED THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, ADVANCED A SERIES OF SCHOOL CLOSURES MERGES IN GRADE RECONFIGURATION PROPOSALS BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2025 WITH INFORMATION TIMELINES EXTENDING THROUGH THE 26, 27 AND 2728. SCHOOL YEAR. THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAS VOTED ON MULTIPLE CLOSURES AND MERGER ACTIONS DURING 2025, AND ADDITIONAL DECISIONS AFFECTING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. IN JANUARY OF 2025, I FILED A HEARING ORDER ALONG WITH COUNCILOR EARL SEEKING OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSURE PLANS AND ITS LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL. DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE CLEAR ,TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC. THAT HEARING THAT WAS FILED 12 MONTHS AGO DID NOT OCCUR DURING THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL TERM DESPITE CONTINUED CLOSURE AND MERGER ANNOUNCEMENTS, GROWING CONCERN FROM AFFECTED SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND REPEATED DOCUMENTED EFFORTS BY MY OFFICE TO HAVE THE MATTER SCHEDULED BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE. I REGULARLY RECEIVE CALLS, EMAILS AND REQUESTS FOR ADVOCACY FROM STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHEN SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS ARE ANNOUNCED AND CITY COUNSELORS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAR, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND, ADVOCATE AND SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACES REAL FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES INCLUDING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. THE CONCLUSION OF ONE TIME FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE AGING FACILITIES AND PUBLIC RESOURCES. THIS HEARING ORDER IS NOT INTENDED TO CHALLENGE WHETHER LONG TERM FACILITY PLANNING IS NECESSARY, BUT RATHER TO EXAMINE HOW DECISIONS REGARDING SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS ARE BEING MADE COMMUNICATED IN JUSTIFY FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT LIMITED TRANSPARENCY, UNCLEAR CRITERIA AND INSUFFICIENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING CLOSURE AND MERGER ANNOUNCEMENTS. DPS IS REQUIRED AS PART OF ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN WHILE VPK IS REFERENCED ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS BUILDING CONDITIONS AND UTILIZATION METRICS, THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE NOT YET BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE COMPLETE CLEAR AND ARTICULATED LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN SO. TIME IS UP. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING AND THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE UM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AS THE PREVIOUS HEARING ORDER THAT I FILED I WOULD HOPE. AS THE NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS SCHEDULED IN THE APPROPRIATE. MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE HERE TO HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HER LONG TIME ADVOCACY OF DPS, UM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND IMPORTANT HEARING I'VE RECEIVED LIKE PROBABLY ALMOST ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASKING WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS DOING OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UM, HEAR THE VOICES OF THOSE IMPACTED SCHOOLS GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL AND WHY IT SHOULD STAY OPEN OR IT SHOULDN'T STAY OPEN. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S WHY THIS HEARING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND MOST OF OUR STUDENTS OR A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR. I THINK THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND TO BE RESPECTED HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, CONSUMER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR FIERCE ADVOCACY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU CAN WORK ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES. YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN TEND TO LEAN MORE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE AND I'M ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS THAT I SERVE, I KNOW HOW I CAN REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING AND FIGHTING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO I'M REALLY, UM, HAPPY TO JOIN YOU IN THIS HEARING ORDER. AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER CALL OUT, UM, AND REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS BODY IN THIS ITERATION OF THIS BODY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. COUNCILOR, UM PRESIDENT UH, BRIGHTON UM, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL HOSTING PUBLIC HEARINGS ,BRINGING IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND DOING OUR JOBS. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHOEVER GETS ASSIGNED AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF EDUCATION TO ACTUALLY STEP INTO THEIR POWER AND LEAD IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO GET US THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN START DOING THE WORK. UM, AND REALLY HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATE, A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT, A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL AGITATOR AND ORGANIZER I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE WHOEVER IS THE NEXT EDUCATION CHAIR TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT PIVOTAL MOMENT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO HOST HEARINGS AND EXECUTE AND DO OUR JOBS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS HEARING IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HEAR UM, IN THIS TERM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE UH, LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. UH COLETTA ZAPATA COUNCIL. DURKAN COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL OUR REL AND UH PLEASE ADD MY NAME. DOCKET 110113 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. UM, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT WE HAVE SOME LATE FILE. WE MOVE ON TO LATE FILES WE HAVE FOR LATE FILE MATTERS FOR PERSONNEL ORDERS. UH, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LATE FILE MATTERS SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE LATE MY LATE FILE MATTERS WILL BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ THE LATE SIGNED MATTERS INTO THE RECORD. FIRSTLY FILE MAN OF PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR OFFICE EMPLOYEES LATE FILE NUMBER THE SECOND LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL OF CULPEPER FOR OFFICE EMPLOYEES LATE FILE THIRD LATE FILED PERSONNEL ORDER COUNSELOR CULPEPER FOR OFFICE EMPLOYEES AND THE FOURTH LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNSELOR CULPEPER FOR COUNSELOR PIPPIN. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THE THIS LATE FILE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE ZERO NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES TO ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MEMORIALS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ONTO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO LIFT UP THE UM UH, LIFT UP THE NAME OF ANYONE? WE HAVE. ANY LIST? >> DOES ANYONE WISH TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF ANYONE? WITH A FEW? >> COUNCILOR UH, RESOLUTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCILOR UH, REPRESENTATIVE WORRELL WHO'S HERE? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. UH. >> COUNCILOR RESOLUTION, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I BETTER GIVE YOU THE MIC. UM. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BENTON. I'LL DEFER FIRST TO THE. COUNCILOR FLYNN. OH, SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU. UM. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER MY GOOD FRIEND FROM SOUTH BOSTON, JUDGE MICHAEL FLAHERTY, WHO'S THE FATHER OF CITY COUNCILOR FORMER CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY JUNIOR. I WAS ALSO CLOSE WITH JUDGE FLAHERTY. HE'S A US NAVY VETERAN WHO'S A MEMBER OF THE SAME VETERANS POST THAT WE WE WERE PART OF THE THE FITZGERALD POST 561 IN SOUTH BOSTON. BUT I KNOW JUDGE FLAHERTY REALLY IS MICHAEL FLAHERTY WHO WAS A WONDERFUL MAN. I WAS CLOSE WITH HIS WIFE ALSO PEGGY FLAHERTY UM AND THEIR SONS OBVIOUSLY MICHAEL AND JOHN AND THEIR DAUGHTER. UH. >> WHO'S WHO'S A JUDGE HAVE YOU FLAHERTY UM, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HIM AS A NEIGHBOR IN SOUTH BOSTON THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MY COMMUNITY ALWAYS GIVING BACK WHETHER IT WAS FOR THE SOUTH BOSTON CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OR TO THE SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH HOCKEY PROGRAM OR OTHER SPORTS PROGRAMS. YOU COULD SEE MICHAEL FLAHERTY DOWN AT THE HOCKEY RINK COACHING KIDS, MENTORING KIDS ALSO GETTING KIDS YOUNG ADULTS INTO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS A JUDGE HAD TWO PHONE CALLS AT 12:00 1:00 IN THE MORNING HELPING PEOPLE GOING INTO DETOX. SO THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT MICHAEL FLAHERTY AND I OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM. WE HE WAS BURIED LAST WEEK BUT I KNOW HE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORT THERE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW CITY COUNCILORS FOR REMEMBERING MICHAEL FLAHERTY. UH, JUDGE MICHAEL FLAHERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU. >> HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO. DEFER BECAUSE I. JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST REMEMBER, UH, JUDGE FLAHERTY. UH, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM, BUT THE FATHER OF, UH, A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF OURS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO. UM. >> MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER HIM. AND I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT JOSEPH EUBANKS, UH, JUNIOR WHO PASSED AWAY. UM. >> UH, BIG ADVOCATE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN ROXBURY IN AND AROUND OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPLIFT AND REMEMBER, UH ,JOSEPH EUBANKS THANK YOU. COULD YOU JOSEPH EBANKS. JOSEPH EUBANKS EUBANKS. E YOU THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I WANT TO UPLIFT ALSO. UM, BUT I WON'T REFER TO THEM AS JUDGE FLAHERTY. I'LL REFER TO THEM AS BIG MIKE BECAUSE I FIRST MET HIM WHEN I HAD HIS GRANDCHILDREN IN CLASS AND ELLA AND JACK, MICHAEL'S KIDS WERE VERY PROUD TO INVITE THEIR GRANDFATHER IN FOR CAREER DAY. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YEARS YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS LATER WE STILL TALK ABOUT THAT DAY BIG MIKE CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP PEGGY, JOHN, MICHAEL AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN IN. OUR PRAYERS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR, COUNCILOR MURPHY UM COUNCILOR UM CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO LIFT UP JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS, ONE WHO SERVED ON THE BENCH FOR MANY YEARS, ONE WHO SERVED IN ROXBURGH FOR MANY YEARS AND WE MAKE SURE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S LIFTED UP AND REMEMBERED FOR ALL THAT HE DID IN THE ROXBURY COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE CITY OF BOSTON. I ALSO WANT TO SOCIAL MYSELF WITH COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE AND REMEMBERING UH, JOSEPH EUBANKS ONE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF MY CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. MOTHER WAS ALSO A. MEMBER OF. >> THE CHURCH MANY. MANY YEARS. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THIS TO NAME. JOSEPH EUBANKS. EUBANKS YES. AND JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS. GERARD JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS. COULD YOU SPELL THAT LAST NAME. H A R R I S? JOSEPH EUBANKS OKAY. UM, COUNCILOR UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, IT'S GREAT TO SAY THAT, UM, SO WE HAD A HIT AND RUN TRAGICALLY IN THE BACK BAY OVER THE WEEKEND. UH, JOHN AXELROD WAS HIT. IT WAS UM IT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT ESSENTIALLY, UM, SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN MY DISTRICT OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE WAS, UH, WELL KNOWN ART COLLECTOR AND UM, HIS DOG ALSO PASSED AWAY UH, IN THAT MOMENT OF COLLISION. UM, TURNS OUT IT WAS, UM, INTENTIONAL AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HIM AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS WORK, UH, OR HIS, UM, COLLECTION IS AT THE MFA. UM, HE WAS A HUGE COLLECTOR OF BLACK ARTISTS AND HE REALLY WAS AN ART COLLECTOR WHO VALUED, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE LESSER KNOWN BUT HAVE BECOME BIG, UM, BIG DEALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS PHILANTHROPY AND MOURN WITH HIS FAMILY. UM, IT'S INCREDIBLY TRAGIC TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN ON THE COMMENT OF MY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPLIFT HIM JOHN AXELROD. JOHN AXELROD. ANYONE ELSE? >> THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY AS IT DOES IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUAL DOCTOR AND JUDGE MICHAEL JOSEPH EUBANKS, LESLIE HARRIS AND JOHN AXELROD. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY AYE. UH. >> THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED UNTIL THE BODY IS CALLED TO MEET AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. OKAY? OKAY.