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25-0937
| 1 | 1. | Committee Minutes | Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of May 6, 2025. | Accepted | Pass |
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25-0902
| 1 | 2. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $11,400 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for fire education for school students and senior residents. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0852
| 1 | 3. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $30,000 grant that requires a match, from the RIZE Massachusetts Foundation to the Health and Human Services Department for public health vending machines. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0860
| 1 | 4. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $36,000 grant with no new match required, from Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Public Works for the Sustainable Materials Recovery Program. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0813
| 1 | 5. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $122,681.25 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Community First Partnership to the Office of Sustainability and Environment for an Energy Advisor and outreach materials. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0848
| 1 | 6. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $38,500 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Special Response Team equipment. | Kept in committee | |
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25-0849
| 1 | 7. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $127,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Special Response Team equipment and training. | Kept in committee | |
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25-0662
| 1 | 8. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $583.03 using available funds in the Department of Public Works Fleet Motor Parts and Accessories Account for the purchase of vehicle parts. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0663
| 1 | 9. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $270 using available funds in the Department of Public Works R&M Vehicles Account for vehicle inspections. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0664
| 1 | 10. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $1,137.70 using available funds in the Department of Public Works R&M Parks and Playgrounds Account for irrigation services. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0665
| 1 | 11. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $504 using available funds in the Department of Public Works Administration Police Details Account for police detail services. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0850
| 1 | 12. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $90 using available funds in the Police Department Professional and Technical Services Account for case management for workers' compensation. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0863
| 1 | 13. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $8.87 using available funds in the Police Department Professional and Technical Services Account for managed care services for workers' compensation. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0861
| 1 | 14. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval of a transfer of $400,000 from the Department of Public Works Highway Wages Account to the Snow Removal Account. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0862
| 1 | 15. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval of a transfer of $600,000 from various Department of Public Works Personal Services Accounts to various Department of Public Works Ordinary Maintenance Accounts to fund projected budget shortfalls. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0873
| 1 | 16. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval of a transfer of $363,000 from the Department of Public Works Grounds Wages Account to the Snow Removal Account. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0854
| 1 | 17. | Mayor's Request | Requesting the transfer of $200,000 from the Community Preservation Act Undesignated Fund Balance to the Open Space Reserve. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0666
| 1 | 18. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval of a transfer of $5,777 from the Police Overtime Account to the Police Grant Match Account for the FY 2025 Shannon Grant match requirement. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0892
| 1 | 19. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to amend the purpose of the Street Tree Stabilization Fund to align with the Tree Preservation Ordinance. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0857
| 1 | 20. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to appropriate $228,000 from the Medicinal Marijuana Stabilization Fund for the salary and fringe of three positions related to youth-serving staff in FY 2026. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0874
| 1 | 21. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to appropriate $450,000 from the Facility Renovation Stabilization Fund for the replacement of the Brown School Boiler. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0875
| 1 | 22. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to appropriate $350,000 from the Facility Renovation Stabilization Fund to replace the Department of Public Works Water Department Boiler System. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0836
| 1 | 23. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to appropriate $45,000 from the Street Tree Stabilization Fund for FY 2025 Ash tree treatments. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0855
| 1 | 24. | Mayor's Request | Requesting the appropriation of $200,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Open Space Reserve for the design of the Kennedy Schoolyard. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0846
| 1 | 25. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval to accept and expend a $274,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) training. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0922
| 1 | 26. | Mayor's Request | 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. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0919
| 1 | 27. | Mayor's Request | Requesting approval of a lease agreement at 50 Tufts Street. | Recommended to be withdrawn | |
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25-0270
| 1 | 28. | Communication | Conveying the cost of changes to identity documents, in support of item #24-1686. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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25-0336
| 1 | 29. | Public Communication | Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition submitting comments re: item #24-1686, creation of an LGBTQ Legal Services Stabilization Fund. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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24-1686
| 1 | 30. | Order | That the City Solicitor confirm whether an LGBTQ Legal Services Stabilization Fund can be created to pay fees associated with gendered document changes and potential court sealing of records associated with such documents. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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25-0905
| 1 | 31. | Order | That the city hereby adopts Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1987, An Act Increasing Local Control Over The Annual School Budget. | Recommended to be approved | Pass |
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25-0510
| 1 | 32. | Order | That the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management discuss with this Council what strategies and resources are being utilized to bring Somerville’s Tannery Brook Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) into compliance with the current and future long-term CSO control plans. | Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation | Pass |
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25-0568
| 1 | 33. | Order | That the Director of Housing include a line item contribution to the Affordable Housing Trust’s FY 2026 ordinary maintenance budget in order to sustain its funding for affordable housing development and assistance to households facing rent or mortgage arrears. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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25-0569
| 1 | 34. | Order | That the Director of Housing Stability calculate and present a budget proposal for sufficient funding that will enable it to continue its programs of municipal flex funding, legal assistance and related housing search services for residents facing displacement and homeless families and individuals in FY 2026. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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25-0570
| 1 | 35. | Order | That the Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment clarify the situation regarding the federal grant application for composting and, depending on its likely fulfillment, calculate a budget line item to insure that the small-scale pilot program can continue into FY 2026 and expand to more households. | Recommended to be marked work completed | |
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