Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept equipment valued at Forty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($46,725.00) from the Thermo Environmental Instruments, LLC for the purpose of detecting COVID-19 in the air.
Docket 1015 message in order authorizing the city of Boston to accept equipment valued at $46,725 from the Thermo Environmental Instrument LLC for the purpose of detecting COVID 19 in the air. Thank you. The chair recognizes Counsel Ricardo Arroyo, Chair of the Committee on Public Health. Chair Arroyo. The floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Chair. This grant order would allow the city of Boston to accept five units of aerosols and sampler equipment, which would allow the city to detect the presence of COVID 19 aerosols in the air. The equipment will be part of a pilot program that's being run by the Boston Public Health Commission and will use to test unoccupied office space after they've been deep clean due to confirmed COVID 19 cases in the workspace. The Health Commission is also committed to working with various city departments interested in testing devices. This equipment specifically and this pilot program are an important way for the city to continue to minimize the spread of COVID 19, especially in city hall for our city workers that have returned to work in person. And for that reason, I am asking we suspend the rules and pass this docket today. Thank you very much. Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, chair of the Committee on Public Health six. Suspension of the rules and passage of Docket 1015. All those in favor please indicate by saying I oppose. Nay, the ayes have it. The docket is passed. And thank you to our representatives from thermo environmental instruments for being here today. And thank you for your very generous donation to the city. Before we go to reports of public officers and others, I just wanted to acknowledge two friends we haven't seen in a while. Great to see back in the chamber, of course, our friend Mike. It's always great to be with you, Mike. As well as our old pal Reggie column and James column. And great to see you, Reggie. Thanks for being here. Madam Clerk, would you now please read reports of public officers and others? Thank you. Would you like me to read 101631022? Yes, please, Madam Clerk.