City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 25-0922

• File #: 25-0922
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 5/6/2025
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/8/2025
• Final action: 5/29/2025
• Enactment date: 5/22/2025
• Enactment #: 219045
• Title: Requesting the appropriation of $151,502 from the Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to the Law Department, Legal Services Account for additional outside legal counsel services.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Law
• Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2025	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
5/22/2025	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
5/20/2025	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
5/8/2025	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting the appropriation of $151,502 from the Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to the Law Department, Legal Services Account for additional outside legal counsel services.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $151,502 from the Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to the Law Department, Legal Services Account (0115152-530010) for the purpose of additional outside legal counsel services.

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor