North Station

Mayor's directive

Approve $384.7 million capital budget for city projects

Last activity July 6, 2026 (3 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    April 2, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The Committee on Ways and Means referred three docketed capital appropriation orders to fund a citywide capital plan. The measures authorize about $384.705 million for departments such as Housing, Public Libraries, Parks, and Public Works, plus $13.855 million for Boston Public Schools. The actions were reported to the full Council for discussion and action.

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Councilor Weber called Docket #0738, message and order approving an appropriation order in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Million Seven Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($384,705,000.00) 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 & Culture, Parks and Recreation, Planning, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Departments, from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body. On motion of Councilor Weber, the order was read a second time and again passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

Timeline

  1. April 8, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, April 8, 2026

  2. June 3, 2026

    The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed.

    City Council

    Councilor Coletta Zapata in the chair. Councilor Breadon in the chair. Recess. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell). Assigned for further action.

    Minutes, June 3, 2026

  3. June 24, 2026

    The order was read a second time and again passed.

    City Council

    Minutes, June 24, 2026