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Khrystian E. King

Context

At-Large councilor; frequently moves amendments and follow-up orders. Source: City Council journals (official minutes); spellings from the minutes.

Issues

Log

  • 2026-10-13 - City Council — Challenged the number of DPW inspectors and equipment utilization on the winter report; advocated pedestrian hybrid beacons (moving that the City Manager coordinate with schools on notification, adopted 11-0); led the school safety audit exchange and moved the Safe Routes to School strategic plan request and a hybrid beacon near Chandler Elementary (14a to 14c, adopted 11-0); voted no on referring Rules 61-63 (10-1) and on the 5:30 PM proposal (8-3), and moved the Rule 5 special meetings review (14e); sponsored under suspension the AI workforce report (13c) and the two-police-academy-classes report (13d), per the minutes.
  • 2026-10-06 - City Council — Rule 30 reconsideration of his bathrooms order failed 3-8; withdrew 17b, argued for the immediate need and said a business was ready to fund temporary relief. Held Rivera's public-comment order; added jobs data to the Amazon order and a separate AI workforce motion; added the unsheltered 60 to Petty's Medicare order; voted against the border signs (9-1) and the WPI report (9-2); sponsored the hotspot cleanup and 311/911 orders; asked the Clerk and Solicitor to explain charter options.
  • 2026-09-29 - City Council — Moved to hold Rosen's Optiline order a second time (11-0). Asked many questions on hydrants (maintenance data, risk tiering, speed cushions), hybrid beacons on Lake Ave., 'ghost' police cars, cadet programs, the Burncoat project (MMA advocacy, annual payments, Education Committee role) and the old CSX fund advisory committee, all as report orders. Sole nay on the noise-fine order, questioned the one-day event hearing item and then voted to file it; moved his amended bathrooms order (denied 5-6), rejected Bergman's softer version as a friendly amendment, then held it (4 votes); all eight of his homelessness follow-up orders were adopted 11-0, including the Municipal ID report; urged filling the nine-member homelessness commission; added a cost analysis to the two-officers-per-car report.
  • 2026-09-22 - City Council — Held 9c, 9d and 9g (Public Safety Chairman's orders) and 10j (bathrooms) under privilege; drew from the City Manager and Commissioner that the $25 fine was added after the steering committee reviewed the plan and that no one with lived experience weighed in; moved to place the ordinance on file (failed 1-9, his own vote) and abstained on recommitting; moved nine follow-up orders (overflow winter shelter, readiness report, displacement and survival, gateway cities lobbying, encampment maps, clinical co-response) and two on Optiline (adopted 11-0); sponsored the Ward Way street and midwifery orders; supported Mitra's Rule 63 but opposed 62; asked about police reform communications with the Research Bureau.
  • 2026-09-15 - City Council — Held the Public Camping Ordinance under privilege; moved to keep public comment open until all spoke (failed 6-5); questioned Public Works on how street timelines are set and moved a best-practices report (adopted 11-0); added the CMRPHA report to Rosen's order; got Toomey's Public Safety invitation redirected to Public Health; praised Fresolo's accountability and moved an executive session on a police officer's conduct (failed 4-6, reconsideration 1-9) after the Solicitor said the Council has no role; his Rules 48/49 report adopted 10-0; supported Boucher's compliance report but asked it go to the City Manager first.
  • 2026-09-08 - City Council — Rule 30 reconsiderations of his immigration-signage orders denied 5-6 (the multilingual one first 4-7); on the civilian review board objected that the 55-page slide deck reached desks that day, rejected the recommendation, said no qualitative data was presented, recited his Human Rights Commission orders of December 2024, September 2025 and February 2026, and recalled the 1993 Christina Hernandez death as the first call for a board; his motion to get the Research Bureau report before the Council was withdrawn and a motion to suspend Rule 21 for more time failed 5-6. Wanted to speak on Toomey's DOJ order before it was filed. His in-road warning-light crosswalk order (with Economou) was adopted 10-0 and his Education/School Committee joint meeting motion was referred 10-0; his motion to postpone the August 18 agenda failed 5-5.
  • 2026-08-24 - Public Health and Human Services Committee - Vice chair. Recounted his 2023 vaping curriculum order and a 2025 request for vape sensors in middle schools; asked for a city-wide public service campaign, which became a Chairman's Order.
  • 2026-08-18 - City Council — Moved to recommit the Mero-Carlson appointment (failed 3-7); his immigration signage orders were denied 5-5; moved to postpone most of the agenda to September 8 (failed 5-4) and reconsideration failed 5-5; opposed the Common safety order; abstained on speed camera referral. Per the captions he opened the evening by moving to suspend the rules and postpone the meeting out of solidarity after "horrific events" that day; presided as vice chair on the CSX order; in the Common debate he cited the city's image and Chamber of Commerce criticism.
  • 2026-07-21 - City Council — Held the civilian review board item and his two immigration signage orders under privilege; moved follow-up reports on St. Joan of Arc noise, public indecency, Hope Ave. safety and a street capital program; abstained on the $100 million road loan report and on the traffic ordinances; opposed the loan order. Per the captions he asked for the civilian review board item out of order and called the recommendation premature; questioned the City Manager at length on St. Joan of Arc, Hope Ave., the loan program and the Holden suit; asked about account-transfer language in the loan order; amended the Isaiah Thomas order to refurbish the plaque; held three City Clerk items on City Council office staffing; opposed the NCAA bid reports.