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File #: 25-0482    Version: 1
Type: Home Rule Petition Status: Approved
File created: 3/11/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/13/2025 Final action: 4/11/2025
Enactment date: 3/27/2025 Enactment #: 218642
Title: Proposing a Home Rule Petition to establish a charter for the City of Somerville.
Sponsors: Ben Ewen-Campen, Matthew McLaughlin, Lance L. Davis
Code sections: Home Rule Petition -
Attachments: 1. HRP Charter Revision, 2. HRP Charter Revision - Clean, 3. 03.27.25 CC HRP Charter Revision
Related files: 25-0749

Agenda Summary

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Proposing a Home Rule Petition to establish a charter for the City of Somerville.

 

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Official Text

Proposing a Home Rule Petition to establish a charter for the City of Somerville. See attached.

 

CONDITION/AMENDMENT

AMENDMENT: 9-1 b) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the city shall not be subject to provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws. Uniform positions within the police department below the rank of deputy chief shall continue to be subject to said chapter 31. All uniform positions within the fire department, except the assistant chief position and the employee serving in such capacity, shall continue to be subject to said chapter 31. Uniform positions within the police department below the rank of chief of department, and the uniform positions within the fire department, shall continue to be subject to said chapter 31. Tenured civil service employees of the city shall continue to be subject to the provisions of said chapter 31 in the classification held at the time of the effective date of this charter.