Briefing
City Council meeting on May 13, 2026: multiple grant acceptances, budget and collective bargaining actions, hearings ordered on gun violence and mental-health response
The City Council met May 13, 2026 in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber (President Breadon presiding). Attendance: Councilors Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, and Worrell; Councilor Coletta Zapata absent. The Council adopted the May 6, 2026 minutes, considered and approved numerous grant acceptances and orders (including a $30,000,000 Inclusionary Development Policy Fund item referred to committee), approved funding adjustments related to FY26 police collective bargaining agreements, confirmed at least one appointment, and referred multiple dockets and hearings (notably on firearm trafficking and mental-health crisis response). The meeting adjourned at 3:46 P.M.; the next meeting was scheduled for May 20, 2026 at 12:00 P.M.
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