Details Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/24/2015 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (30) 30 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 198423 2 198423 Public Communication Senator Jehlen responding to #198182 re: the senior property tax deferral. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 197739 3 197739 Order That the City Auditor advise this Board of the status of the Gosder Cherilus Foundation check to refund the money used by the City to pay for the equipment for the Somerville Youth Football program. Work completed   Action details Not available 198401 4 198401 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a grant of $5,999 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, for the City Clerk's assessment and preservation of certain historic records. Approved   Action details Not available 198416 4 198416 Mayor's Request Requesting acceptance of a grant of $110,000 from the MA Government Innovation Office partially funding a longitudinal integrated data system for the Public Schools in concert with SomerPromise and Code for America. Approved   Action details Not available 197976 4 197976 Order That the Director of Capital Projects present to this Board, no later than January 22, 2015, a 5- and 10-year plan for the use, development and sale of City buildings. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 198234 5 198234 Mayor's Request Requesting, as required by the PARC grants, the authorization to utilize State and Federal funding necessary to construct Otis Playgound. Approved   Action details Not available 198232 5 198232 Mayor's Request Requesting the dedication of Otis Playground for Open Space and Recreational Use in perpetuity. Approved   Action details Not available 198228 5 198228 Mayor's Request Authorization to borrow $300,000 and appropriate that amount in a bond for resignalization and an upgrade to the Powderhouse Square Rotary. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 198235 5 198235 Mayor's Request Requesting Use of Available Funds totalling $2,108 in the Auditing Dept. Salaries Account to adjust the salary of the Accounting Analyst position. Approved   Action details Not available 198400 5 198400 Mayor's Request Requesting the expenditure of $2,057.31 in FY15 appropriations to pay four outstanding FY14 invoices in the Police Dept. Approved   Action details Not available 198415 5 198415 Mayor's Request Requesting approval of an intradepartmental transfer of $17,500 in the Health and Human Services Dept., from the Personal Services Account to the Professional and Technical Services Account, to cover Shape Up Somerville's contract with the Head to Fitness Program Coordinator through FY15. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 198475 5 198475 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a grant of $64,423 from the MA Office of Public Safety and Security for Fire Department staffing. Approved   Action details Not available 195833 5 195833 Order That the Director of Finance and the City Treasurer research the possibility of providing direct deposit pay stubs online to employees and determine the potential savings to the city by doing so. Work completed   Action details Not available 196058 5 196058 Officer's Communication Assistant City Solicitor responding to #195769 re: GPS devices on city vehicles and collective bargaining rights. Placed on file   Action details Not available 196125 5 196125 Public Communication Sanford Pooler submitting comments re: #195769, installing GPS devices in city vehicles. Placed on file   Action details Not available 198452 5 198452 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a $4,314 grant from the MA Vest-a-Dog program for a cruiser insert for the Police Dept.'s K-9 dog. Approved   Action details Not available 198450 5 198450 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $34,779.40 From Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to the Personnel Professional and Technical Services Account to pay an FY2014 training invoice. Approved   Action details Not available 198417 5 198417 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a grant of $20,000 from DCR for the Arts Council to complete a sculpture project for Baxter Park. Approved   Action details Not available 197349 5 197349 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works provide this Board with the invoices for electric light poles as they are purchased in FY15. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 197611 6 197611 Mayor's Communication Communicating information regarding the needed relocation of the Public Safety Building. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 197852 6 197852 Mayor's Request Requesting an Order of Taking of real estate property at 515 Somerville Avenue to provide for the relocation of the Fire Department from its current facility in Union Square. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 197850 6 197850 Order That the Director of Finance and/or the City Treasurer report to this Board on what categories of grants, gifts, payments, donations, etc. and by what type of entities need to be formally accepted by a vote of this Board and which do not require official acceptance. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 198451 6 198451 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of grant funds totaling $250,000 from the MA Office of Housing and Economic Development for the East Broadway Streetscape Project. Approved   Action details Not available 198233 6 198233 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) grant totaling $400,000 to construct Otis Playground. Approved   Action details Not available 195734 6 195734 Resolution That the Administration provide this Board with a breakdown of special events (festivals, concerts, road races, etc.), indicating if they are/were city sponsored and/or privately sponsored, and including city expenditures for each. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196588 8 196588 Order That the Recreation Superintendent appear before this Board to provide an update of all expenditures for the current fiscal year. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196859 8 196859 Officer's Communication Director of Finance submitting a report on SPCD Professional & Technical Services Accounts. Work completed   Action details Not available 197339 8 197339 Mayor's Request Requesting that the City-owned portion of 163 Glen Street be declared available for disposition. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196288 10 196288 Mayor's Request Requesting the transfer of a parcel of land at 163 Glen Street to the Redevelopment Authority for neighborhood development. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195769 13 195769 Mayor's Request Requesting approval to appropriate $106,812.60 from Free Cash to the Highway Professional & Technical Services Account to provide the first year of GPS monitoring services for city vehicles. Placed on file   Action details Not available