City Council

Remote Participation

Agenda — 23 items

1. 1 Published July 23, 2026, 4:15 PM, Revised Published July 27, 2026, 2:15 PM.
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4. 1. OPENING CEREMONIES
5. 3 The meeting was called to order at 6:33 PM by Ward Six City Councilor Lance L. Davis.
6. 1.1. Call of the Roll. 26-1230 Placed on file
7. 2. CITATIONS
8. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
9. 4. ORDERS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS OF MEMBERS
10. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
11. 5.1. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $231,635 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for a body-worn camera program. 26-0378 Approved Pass
12. 6. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
13. 7. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MAYOR
14. 7.1. Requesting that this City Council hold a public hearing regarding the implementation and use of body worn cameras by the Somerville Police Department. 26-1222 Approved Pass
15. 7.2. Requesting approval of the Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy for Body Worn Cameras. 26-1228 Approved Pass
16. 7.3. Requesting approval of the Surveillance Technology Impact Report for Body Worn Cameras. 26-1229 Approved Pass
17. 8. COMMUNICATIONS OF CITY OFFICERS
18. 8.1. Director of Intergovernmental Affairs conveying information on body-worn cameras. 26-1231 Placed on file Pass
19. 9. NEW BUSINESS
20. 9.1. Sixteen residents submitting comments re: item #26-1222, requesting that this City Council hold a public hearing regarding the implementation and use of body worn cameras by the Somerville Police Department. 26-1232 Placed on file Pass
21. 10. SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
22. 11. ADJOURNMENT
23. 21 The meeting was Adjourned at 10:10 PM on a roll call vote of 11 in favor (Ewen-Campen, Link, Scott, Clingan, Strezo, Sait, Wheeler, Hardt, McLaughlin, Mbah, Davis), 0 opposed.