Finance Committee

Virtual

Agenda — 30 items

1. 1 (Posted online: 5/19/26 at 4:30 PM)
2. 1 This meeting was held virtually via Zoom and was called to order at 6:07 pm by Chair Wheeler and adjourned at 7:23 pm with a roll call vote of 5 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott and Wheeler), none opposed, and none absent. Also present: Yasmine Raddassi - Legislative Liaison, Richard Raiche - Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management, Charles Breen - Somerville Fire Chief, Alan Inacio - Director of Finance and Administration, Edward Bean - Director of Finance, Anoop Malik - Health and Human Services Finance Manager, Eric Weisman - Department of Public Works Commissioner, Thomas Galligani - OSPCD Executive Director, Rachel Strutt - Interim Director of Arts Council and Delaney Fisher-Cassiol - Clerk of Committees
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4. 3 Roll Call
5. 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of April 21, 2026. 26-0724 Accepted Pass
6. 5 Appropriations
7. 2. Requesting approval to appropriate $182,469 from the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Stabilization fund for the Healthcare for the Homeless program. 26-0803 Recommended to be approved Pass
8. 7 Arts
9. 3. Requesting approval to establish an Arts Council Furniture Account and to use $2,000 in available funds from the Arts Council Professional & Technical Services Account to purchase new desks and chairs for staff. 26-0738 Recommended to be approved Pass
10. 10 Community Preservation Act Appropriations
11. 4. Requesting approval of a transfer of $4,000 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) Undesignated Fund Balance to the CPA Historic Preservation Reserve. 26-0733 Recommended to be approved Pass
12. 12 Contracts and Agreements
13. 5. Requesting approval to enter into a 60-month contract renewal term with Waste Management of Massachusetts Inc. for solid waste disposal. 26-0763 Recommended to be approved Pass
14. 6. Requesting approval of a time-only contract extension until 5/22/2027 for the contract with UELContractors Inc. for the completion of improvements at Junction Park. 26-0740 Recommended to be approved Pass
15. 15 Financial Districting
16. 7. Requesting approval of an amendment to the Assembly Square District Improvement Financing District Map and Program to include the Assembly Square Fire Station, 45 Middlesex Avenue, and improvements to the intersection of Middlesex Avenue and Mystic Avenue. 26-0745 Recommended to be approved Pass
17. 17 Bond Servicing
18. 8. Requesting approval to appropriate $3,940,905 from the Street Reconstruction and Resurfacing Stabilization Fund to the Street Resurfacing Bond Fund to pay down street reconstruction and resurfacing expenses. 26-0818 Recommended to be approved Pass
19. 9. Requesting approval to appropriate $2,381,625 from the Street Reconstruction and Resurfacing Stabilization Fund to the Somerville Avenue Streetscape Bond Fund to pay down capital expenses. 26-0808 Recommended to be approved Pass
20. 10. Requesting approval to appropriate $320,000 from the Street Reconstruction and Resurfacing Stabilization Fund to the Union Square Streetscape and Plaza Bond Fund to pay down streetscape improvement expenses. 26-0810 Recommended to be approved Pass
21. 11. Requesting approval to appropriate $999,000 from the Facility Construction and Renovation Stabilization Fund to the Building Improvements Bond Fund to pay down building renovation expenses. 26-0807 Recommended to be approved Pass
22. 22 Fire Department Grant and Gift Acceptances and Transfers
23. 12. Requesting approval to appropriate $545,985 from the Capital Projects Stabilization Fund to Fire Pumper Bond Fund 51855 for the purposes of funding a new fire pumper. 26-0819 Recommended to be approved Pass
24. 13. Requesting approval to appropriate $532,449 from the Capital Projects Stabilization Fund to the Fire Pumper Bond Fund 5187 for the purpose of funding a new fire pumper. 26-0820 Recommended to be approved Pass
25. 14. Requesting approval to accept and expend an $11,000 grant and a $4,200 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for fire safety education and supplies for school children and senior citizens. 26-0732 Recommended to be approved Pass
26. 26 Police Department Prior Year Invoices
27. 15. Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $6,660 using available funds in the Police Department Maintenance Software Account for fingerprinting machine software. 26-0707 Recommended to be approved Pass
28. 28 Police Department Grants
29. 16. 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 Kept in committee
30. 29 Referenced Documents: • Finance - 2026-05-26 Memo (with 26-0803) • Finance - 2026-05-26 Memo (with 26-0707)