Benjamin J. Weber
Context
District 6 Councilor. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.
Issues
- English learner services and spending in Boston Public Schools
- Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance
- Private way pothole repairs
- Proposed ban on data centers
- Data center electricity costs for ratepayers
- Quarterly Revenue Reports
- Residential Property Assessment Equity
- Federal Public Housing Funding Cuts
- Police Detectives Contract Funding - reported for Ways and Means
- Surveillance Oversight Ordinance Amendment - sponsor
- MBTA General Manager Summons - voted present
Log
- 2026-10-21 - 2026-10-21 - City Council - Official minutes: recorded present on the MBTA summons; voted yes on the Blue Bikes grant and Election Day holiday.
- 2026-09-30 - 2026-09-30 - City Council - Reported the four police contract funding orders for Ways and Means (all passed 13-0).
- 2026-09-23 - 2026-09-23 - City Council - Sponsor of the surveillance oversight ordinance amendment; recorded present on two workforce grants.
- 2026-10-21 - 2026-10-21 - City Council - Voted present on the MBTA general manager summons; spoke against the federal public housing cuts; asked to be recorded as yes on several earlier roll calls.
- 2026-10-08 - 2026-10-08 - Ways and Means Committee - Chaired the Docket No. 0586 hearing; asked about the state assessment audit, outlier treatment, annual reassessment, the exemption versus other cities and large apartment buildings, and asked the professor whether the top-20 versus bottom-20 comparison was cherry-picking.
- 2026-10-08 - 2026-10-08 - Government Operations Committee - Joined the Docket No. 1099 hearing; asked how long reports take after quarter end, what "by item" means, and about longer-range projections and what the last quarter adds; suggested clarifying who receives the report.
- 2026-10-15 - 2026-10-15 - Labor, Workforce & Economic Development Committee - Joined at about 30:03; asked about payroll submission compliance, fines and what White Stadium's data shows.
- 2026-10-15 - 2026-10-15 - Government Operations Committee - Drew on his past life on a gravel private way in Jamaica Plain; asked what paving would require and whether gravel roads like The Grove can be filled, and urged resident organizing.
- 2026-10-19 - 2026-10-19 - Planning, Development and Transportation Committee - Asked the administration and panelists on Docket No. 1718 whether zoning can require green energy, why hyperscale is unlikely in Boston, and whether state or local action is better.
- 2026-10-13 - 2026-10-13 - Education Committee - Joined at about 12:20; asked about the bilingual share, the move off cohort classes, staffing and budget priorities, and inclusion for English learners; said he chairs Ways and Means.
- 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.