City Council

Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Dockets #0822-0830- FY26 Budget: Boston Transportation Department (BTD), Public Works Department (PWD)

Agenda — 8 items

1. 1 Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Dockets #0822-0830- FY26 Budget: Boston Transportation Department (BTD), Public Works Department (PWD)
2. 2 On the message and order, approving the Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2026, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted, the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 13. 2025-0822
3. 3 On the message and order, approving the Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2026, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Mejia, Murphy). 2025-0823
4. 4 On the message and order, approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund authorized under Chapter 32B, §20, as added by Chapter 479 of the Acts of 2008. The latest available OPEB actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2023 estimated the City’s unfunded liability at $2.68 billion, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed. 2025-0824
5. 5 On the message and order, approving an appropriation of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant fund to address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure or any other public purpose substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in the city. Such funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed. 2025-0825
6. 6 On the message and order, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) from Surplus Property Disposition Fund, credited to the Capital Fund for planning, design, and construction, for Dorchester Field House, General Parks Improvements, Restroom Facility Improvements at the Boston Common, and the Municipal Animal Shelter, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed. 2025-0826
7. 7 On the message and order, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the Parking Facility Fund, credited to the Capital Fund for planning, design, maintenance and construction, for the parking facilities, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed. 2025-0827
8. 8 Councilor Worrell called Docket #0828, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Six Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($266,100,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, Police, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Breadon, Mejia). 2025-0828