City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 26-0385

• File #: 26-0385
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/18/2026
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 3/26/2026
• Final action: 4/14/2026
• Enactment date: 4/9/2026
• Enactment #: 220433
• Title: Requesting approval to accept a gift with an approximate value of $15,000 from the Town of Medway, Massachusetts to the Fire Department for use by the Auxiliary Fire Department as a lighting and pump support unit.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Fire
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/14/2026	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
4/9/2026	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
4/7/2026	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
3/26/2026	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation	Pass

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept a gift with an approximate value of $15,000 from the Town of Medway, Massachusetts to the Fire Department for use by the Auxiliary Fire Department as a lighting and pump support unit.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve a gift of a 2012 used former ambulance with an approximate value of $15,000 from the Town of Medway, Massachusetts to the Fire Department, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A.

The purpose of this gift is to provide the Auxiliary Fire Department with a repurposed support vehicle.

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

Respectfully submitted,

Jake Wilson, Mayor