City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 26-1243

• File #: 26-1243
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/10/2026
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/27/2026
• Final action: 9/15/2026
• Enactment date: 9/10/2026
• Enactment #: 221204
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $85,933.60 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to the Mobility Division for the Bluebikes state of good repair equipment replacement.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD-Mobility
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/15/2026	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
9/10/2026	1	City Council	Approved
9/3/2026	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
8/27/2026	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $85,933.60 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to the Mobility Division for the Bluebikes state of good repair equipment replacement.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $85,933.60 from the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to the Strategy and Development Mobility Division, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds. Matching funds totaling $21,483.40 have already been appropriated by this Council.

The purpose of this grant is to pay for the state of good repair replacement of Bluebikes equipment.

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