Mayor's directive
Accept $8,500 Percheron horse for Boston Parks
Last activity July 9, 2026 (2 months ago)
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Introduced
July 6, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
City Council approved a mayoral order to accept and expend a gift: a Percheron gelding valued at $8,500 from the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit. The horse would be used by the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit in the Parks and Recreation Department. The action occurred July 8, 2026, with supporting materials including the Parks Horse Donation attachment.
Affects City residents
Now with the City Council
About Parks & Public Space
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a gift of a Percheron Gelding Horse, valued at Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($8,500.00) from the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit. This gift is awarded to the City of Boston through the Parks and Recreation Department for use by the Mounted Unit of the Boston Park Rangers.
Timeline
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July 8, 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 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Louijeune, Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).