Finance Committee

Virtual

Agenda — 19 items

1. 1 (Posted online: 9/16/26 at 11:45 AM)
2. 2 This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Wheeler at 6:02 pm and adjourned at 7:19 pm on a roll call vote of 5 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott, and Wheeler), 0 opposed, and 0 absent. Also present: Colin Zeigler — Director of Public Health, Anoop Malik — Health and Human Services Finance Manager, Alan Inacio — Director of Finance & Community Development, Maria Teresa Nagel — Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs Director, Josh McCorkle — Property and Tenant Relations Manager, Eric Weisman — Commissioner of Public Works, Brad Rawson — Director of Transportation & Infrastructure, Emily Wisdom — Somerville Police Department Finance and Administration Director, Megan Huckenpahler — Department of Public Works Finance and Administration Director and Delaney Fisher-Cassiol — Clerk of Committees
3. 3 Roll Call
4. 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of September 3, 2026. 26-1382 Accepted Pass
5. 5 Immigrant Advancement
6. 2. Requesting approval to appropriate $350,000 from the Immigrant Legal Services Stabilization Fund for legal services for immigrants and asylum seekers seeking permanent residency. 26-1334 Recommended to be approved Pass
7. 7 Health and Human Services
8. 3. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $215,919.15 grant with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Health and Human Services Department for a Shared Services Coordinator and a Clinical Community Health Worker. 26-1254 Recommended to be approved Pass
9. 9 Arts
10. 4. Requesting approval to enter into lease agreements with various tenants to provide commercial arts space at the Somerville Armory Building, 191 Highland Avenue. 26-1354 Recommended to be approved Pass
11. 11 Mobility
12. 5. Requesting approval to appropriate $255,045 from the Transportation Network Receipts Reserved Account to the Transportation Network Revolving Account for Fiscal Year 2027 Vision Zero efforts. 26-1240 Recommended to be approved Pass
13. 13 DPW
14. 6. Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $80,852.95 using available funds in various Department of Public Works accounts for various services. 26-1341 Recommended to be approved Pass
15. 15 Police Department
16. 7. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $24,500 grant with no new match required, from the State 911 Department to the Police Department for emergency medical dispatch. 26-1320 Recommended to be approved Pass
17. 8. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $295,463 grant with no new match required, from the State 911 Department to the Police Department for E911 dispatcher personnel costs. 26-1322 Recommended to be approved Pass
18. 9. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $159,754.04 grant with no new match required, from the State 911 Department to the Police Department for training costs for E911 dispatcher certification and recertification. 26-1323 Recommended to be approved Pass
19. 10. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $9,809.81 grant that requires a match, from the United States Bureau of Justice Assistance to the Somerville Police Department for body armor vests. 26-1221 Recommended to be approved Pass

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