What happened at the Nov. 4 council meeting: a 12-0 age waiver, an 11-0 bike lane request, and a dozen items sent to committee

The City Council held its first meeting after the state election on Wednesday, Nov. 4, and adjourned at 3:31 p.m., according to the city's draft minutes on Legistar. Council President Liz Breadon chaired. All 13 members are listed as present at the start, though some missed individual votes.

Our preview Wednesday morning listed what could be decided. Here is what the city's record shows so far. The minutes are still a draft, and the city had not yet entered results for several items, mostly resolutions, as of Thursday morning. We will update our meeting page as they arrive.

Recorded votes

• Police age waiver, 12-0. The home rule petition from City Councilors Ruthzee Louijeune and Benjamin Weber passed under a suspension of the rules, with City Councilor Enrique Pepén not present (docket 2096). It asks the Legislature to let a 43-year-old applicant be considered for the police academy despite the age limit. We don't name applicants, who are private residents. It is the fifth such petition this year, and none has drawn a no vote (our Oct. 29 story).
• O'Connor Way bike lane costs, 11-0. City Councilor Ed Flynn's request for what the city spent to build and then remove a South Boston bike lane passed with City Councilor Sharon Durkan voting present and City Councilor Brian Worrell not present (docket 2103; our story).
• Two gifts to community centers, 12-0. Nine office chairs worth $630 for the BCYF Quincy center (docket 2088) and $6,000 in basketball referee services for BCYF Curtis Hall (docket 2087), both moved by City Councilor Erin Murphy. City Councilor Julia Mejia was not present for either.

Stayed in committee

• School buses (docket 1920) remains in the Education Committee. The recording of Monday's hearing on it still was not posted Thursday morning (our story).
• Condo conversions (docket 1711) remains in the Government Operations Committee. It still has not had a public hearing.

Sent to committee

New hearing orders went where hearing orders usually go:

• Charlestown High's proposed closure (docket 2097) to Education. It lists 12 of the 13 councilors as sponsors (our story).
• The Massachusetts Forensic Oversight Board's review of the police crime lab (docket 2100) and the Oct. 27 bomb threats at schools and colleges (docket 2101) to Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
• Community input on the mayor's restaurant zoning changes (docket 2099) and whether the delivery-app ordinance is working (docket 2102) to Planning, Development and Transportation.
• El Niño preparedness (docket 2098) to Environmental Justice, Resiliency and Parks.

Several money items from the mayor went to committee instead of passing the same day:

• $787,501 for the BPS custodians' contract (docket 2081) and the matching transfer out of the collective bargaining reserve (docket 2080), to Ways and Means.
• $798,000 for e-bike subsidies from a MassDOT grant (docket 2083), to Planning, Development and Transportation.
• Four job-training grants totaling $1,373,156, to Labor and Economic Development (dockets 2082, 2084, 2085 and 2086).

Placed on file

The administration's Section 17F answers on BPS contracting (docket 2091), parking meters (docket 2090) and White Stadium costs (docket 2089) were placed on file, as were the first-quarter budget report (docket 2094) and Flynn's letter asking for legal guidance on closing the council on Election Day (docket 2095). Placing a response on file ends the council's action on it; councilors can still raise the subject at a hearing.

Not yet recorded

As of Thursday morning, the city's record had no result for:

• Mejia's resolution asking the School Committee to postpone its Dec. 2 closure vote (docket 2106). Boston 25 News reported that Mejia spoke on it at the meeting, but did not report a vote.
• Flynn's resolution supporting a residency waiver for the crime lab director (docket 2107), and his 17F requests on an O Street block party (docket 2104) and on agreements between BPS and the police (docket 2105).
• Durkan's resolution on hiring more parking enforcement officers (docket 2108), and resolutions on Veterans Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims and homicide survivors' awareness month.
• Three grants that had been heard in committee: $60,000 for recycling programs, $25,000 for block party stipends and $1,361,182 for broadband at two Boston Housing Authority campuses.

What's next

• Nov. 5 to 12: A full week of committee hearings, including the Blue Hill Avenue hearing that MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng will not attend. Our schedule story lists the changes.
• Nov. 11: No meeting, for Veterans Day.
• Nov. 18: The next regular meeting, at noon, according to the draft minutes.