Mayor's directive

Authorize grant for gravestone conservation at Dorchester North Burial Ground

Last activity May 7, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    May 4, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council authorized accepting and spending a grant not to exceed $157,650 from the National Parks Service Semiquincentennial Grant for gravestone conservation at the Dorchester North Burial Ground in Dorchester. The order passed after suspending rules on May 6, 2026, and an attachment to the matter is available.

Affects Dorchester residents and City of Boston park and recreation program participants

In Dorchester

Now with the City Council

About Parks & Public Space and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($157,650.00) from the United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service Semiquincentennial Grant. This grant is awarded to the City of Boston through the Parks and Recreation Department for gravestone conservation in Dorchester North Burying Ground located in the neighborhood of Dorchester.

Timeline

  1. May 6, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).