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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/28/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Special Meeting
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23-1123 11.1.Roll CallCall of the Roll.Placed on file  Action details Video Video
23-1125 11.2.RemembrancesRemembrances.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-1126 11.3.MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Special Meeting, June 1, 2023.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0922 15.1.OrderThat the City Solicitor appear in executive session pursuant to MGL Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(3) to update this council on the status of collective bargaining negotiations with all municipal bargaining units.Laid on the table  Action details Video Video
23-1121 16.A.1.Committee ReportReport of the Committee on Finance, meeting on June 27, 2023.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0457 16.A.2.OrderThat this City Council discuss data from the FY 2023 budget hearings and assess the budget hearing process for FY 2024.Work completed  Action details Not available
23-0667 16.A.3.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a multi-year lease agreement for the East Somerville Police Station.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0813 16.A.4.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $6,781 Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) grant, with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for fire prevention education for students.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0814 16.A.5.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $2,677 Senior Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) grant, with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for fire prevention education for older adults.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0827 16.A.6.OrdinanceAmending Section 2-323 of the Code of Ordinances, Salary Ranges, to provide cost-of-living adjustments for School Committee Members and City Councilors.Referred for recommendation  Action details Video Video
23-0844 16.A.7.Mayor's RequestRequesting authorization to borrow $6,430,638 in a bond, and to appropriate the same amount for the Assembly Square Fire Station fit-out.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0846 16.A.8.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $24,117.07 grant that requires a match, from the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition Community Safety Initiative to the Police Department for youth violence prevention.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0847 16.A.9.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a transfer of $8,039.02 from the Police Department Personal Services Overtime Account to the Police Department Special Items Grant Match Account to fund the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition Community Safety Initiative Shannon Grant match.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0925 16.A.10.Mayor's RequestRequesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 2-322 and 2-323 of the Code of Ordinances, to update categories and associated salaries for non-union positions.Ordinance ordainedPass Action details Video Video
23-0947 16.A.11.Mayor's RequestRequesting the appropriation of $80,000 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) Fund Undesignated Fund to Vida Real for continued restoration of the bell tower at 404 Broadway.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0951 16.A.12.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept the 2023-2024 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant, Home Investment Partnership and Emergency Solutions Grant programs, totaling $3,321,097.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-1063 16.A.13.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of the First Amendment to Fiber Optic Communications Easement Agreement with TOWARDEX.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-1065 16.A.14.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $500,000 grant amendment with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services to the Health and Human Services Department for regional youth substance misuse prevention efforts.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-1088 16.A.15.Mayor's RequestRequesting authorization to seek funding and enter into related agreements with the Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) grant, appropriate funding, and dedicate 217 Somerville Avenue as open space and recreational use in perpetuity.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-1119 17.1.Mayor's RequestRequesting the transfer of $310,000 from the Health Insurance Account to the Law Department's Damages to Persons and Property Account to fund settlement of John Doe v. City of Somerville & Josh Wairi.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-1120 18.1.Officer's CommunicationCity Solicitor requesting to appear in Executive Session with attorneys from Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP, to discuss John Doe v. City of Somerville & Josh Wairi.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video