Brian Worrell

Context

District 4 Councilor. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify. Co-sponsor of Docket No. 1718 (data center ban); captioned "Earle" at the October 19, 2026 hearing.

Issues

• Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance
• Skilled trades pipeline for Boston residents
• Construction wage data reporting
• Private way pothole repairs
• Community Preservation Act Affordable Housing Allocation
• Proposed ban on data centers
• Data center economic impact
• Civil rights and rapid transit equity in Boston
• Blue Hill Avenue Transportation Action Plan
• Orange Line extension along Blue Hill Avenue
• Quarterly Revenue Reports
• Residential Property Assessment Equity
• Neighborhood Based Affordability Standards
• Success Link Youth Employment Program
• MBTA General Manager Summons
• Neighborhood Impact Commission Ordinance - sponsor
• Worst Landlords List Ordinance - second sponsor
• Displacement Impact Mitigation Trust Fund - co-sponsor
• Blue Bikes E-Bike Expansion Grant - not present

Log

• 2026-10-21 - 2026-10-21 - City Council - Official minutes: not present for the Blue Bikes vote; offered the Dorchester courthouse naming resolution; voted yes on the MBTA summons and Election Day holiday.
• 2026-09-30 - 2026-09-30 - City Council - Sponsor of the Neighborhood Impact Commission ordinance; co-sponsored the Question 6 resolution.
• 2026-09-23 - 2026-09-23 - City Council - Moved several grant approvals; offered a resolution to revive the Codman Square Merchants Association (13-0).
• 2026-10-21 - 2026-10-21 - City Council - Second sponsor of the worst landlords ordinance and co-lead of the displacement and neighborhood affordability ordinances; spoke on the Community Preservation allocation, youth jobs and the MBTA summons; sponsored the Judge Harris courthouse resolution.
• 2026-10-08 - 2026-10-08 - Ways and Means Committee - Co-sponsor of Docket No. 0586 (residential assessment equity); a sponsor joined at about 38:15 but the captions garble the name, so no remarks are attributed.
• 2026-10-08 - 2026-10-08 - Government Operations Committee - Lead sponsor of Docket No. 1099; said the ordinance codifies quarterly revenue reports for transparency, floated monthly reporting, asked about delinquency and neighborhood breakdowns, and wanted reports to show each month; the docket stays in committee.
• 2026-10-15 - 2026-10-15 - Labor, Workforce & Economic Development Committee - Chaired the hearing on Docket No. 0218; asked for wages to be reported with hours, asked how workforce programs can target high-paying trades with low resident shares, and asked about the Living Wage Advisory Committee.
• 2026-10-15 - 2026-10-15 - Government Operations Committee - Lead sponsor of Docket No. 0807; said residents of private ways can face six-figure costs, asked that asphalt be added to the temporary repairs allowed, clarified that the ordinance does not take over streets, and asked Public Works to estimate the cost of filling potholes behind closed 311 cases.
• 2026-10-20 - 2026-10-20 - Community Preservation Act Committee - Lead sponsor of Docket No. 1601; argued the committee should be flexible when one CPA category is under pressure (ARPA ending, homeownership funding drying up) and asked about the 2020 housing share and Acquisition Opportunity Program amounts.
• 2026-10-19 - 2026-10-19 - Planning, Development and Transportation Committee - Co-sponsor of Docket No. 1718 (captioned "Earle"); asked for a baseline of current data centers, impacts and non-tax revenue, and questioned panelists on permanent jobs and economic benefits.
• 2026-10-14 - 2026-10-14 - Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement Committee - Co-sponsor of Docket Nos. 1340 and 1341; called for a modern evaluation of rail beside bus options, citing the MBTA's own framework and fair share revenue, and pressed panelists on earlier planning studies.
• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.