Finance Committee

Virtual

Agenda — 24 items

1. 1 (Posted online: 8/29/26 at 6:45 AM)
2. 2 Pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025, this meeting of a City Council Committee will be conducted via remote participation. We will post an audio recording, audio-video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the City of Somerville website and local cable access government channels. Copy & paste the following link into your internet browser to view this meeting live: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DczskNf3REW8HRT0S84yDw Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should contact the ADA Coordinator in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or ADA@somervillema.gov.
3. 4 This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Wheeler at 6:03pm and adjourned at 7:05pm on a roll call vote of 5 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott, and Wheeler), 0 opposed, and 0 absent. Others present: Alan Inacio – Director of Finance for Planning & Strateg, Michael Mastrobuoni – Budget Director, Megan Huckenpahler – Director of Finance & Administration of Public Works, Michael Richards – Director of Finance for Infrastructure & Asset Management, Madalyn Letellier - Assistant City Clerk.
4. 6 Roll Call
5. 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of July 7, 2026. 26-1214 Accepted Pass
6. 9 DPW
7. 2. Requesting approval of a transfer of $60,000 from the DPW-Admin Salaries & Wages Temp Account to the DPW-Admin Professional & Technical Services Account to support temporary clerical staffing. 26-1316 Recommended to be approved Pass
8. 11 Public Space and Urban Forestry
9. 3. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $187,200.00 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to the Public Space and Urban Forestry Division for the Green and Cool Somerville: Sustainable Sidewalk and Tree's project. 26-1255 Recommended to be approved Pass
10. 13 Strategy and Planning
11. 4. Requesting approval to pay a prior year invoice totaling $3,572 using available funds in the Professional & Technical Services Account for the implementation of ArcGIS Urban module. 26-1242 Recommended to be approved Pass
12. 15 Mobility
13. 5. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $284,700 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to the Strategy and Development Department for Eastern Washington Street Transit Priority Project. 26-1241 Recommended to be approved Pass
14. 17 Infrastructure
15. 6. Requesting approval of a transfer of $315,000 from the Sewer Enterprise Debt Service Account to the Morrison Avenue & Greater Davis Square Area Sewer Separation Design Capital Fund to fund required project expenditures. 26-1226 Recommended to be approved Pass
16. 7. Requesting approval to appropriate $332,497 from the Tufts Street Soil Project Stabilization Fund for remediation efforts at 50 Tufts Street. 26-1250 Recommended to be approved Pass
17. 8. Requesting approval to create the Tufts Street Soil Project Stabilization Fund and accept a payment to the Fund of $332,497 from the Unifirst Corporation to pay for cleanup and soil disposal costs associated with remediation work at 50 Tufts Street. 26-1249 Recommended to be approved Pass
18. 9. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $366,729.25 grant with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Mobility Division, for new e-bikes, replacement batteries and two new docking stations as a part of the Bluebikes bikeshare system. 26-1248 Recommended to be approved Pass
19. 10. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $85,933.60 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to the Mobility Division for the Bluebikes state of good repair equipment replacement. 26-1243 Recommended to be approved Pass
20. 23 Police Department
21. 11. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $20,239 grant with no new match required, from the United States Bureau of Justice Assistance to the Police Department for overtime related to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association In World Cup 2026 summer games. 26-1256 Recommended to be approved Pass
22. 12. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $12,000 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Department of Mental Health to the Police Department to partially fund the operation of the jail/arrest diversion program. 26-1220 Recommended to be approved Pass
23. 13. Requesting approval to accept and expend a $65,000 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Department of Mental Health to the Police Department for operational funding for the Metro Boston Crisis Intervention Training and Technical Assistance Center. 26-1219 Recommended to be approved Pass
24. 14. Requesting approval to use available funds in the Police Salaries account in the amount of $8,800 to fund Fiscal Year 2027 cost of living increases for the Deputy Chief positions. 26-1234 Recommended to be approved Pass

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