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City Council — Agenda, May 29, 2025

City Council meeting, May 29, 2025·3 pages·📄 Original PDF (city portal)
City of Somerville, Massachusetts City Council Special Meeting Agenda City Council Chamber and Remote Participation 7:00 PM Thursday, May 29, 2025 Special Meeting Published May 27, 2025, 6:45 PM, Revised Published May 29, 2025, 2:35 PM. This Special Meeting of the City Council has been called by the Mayor solely for the presentation of the proposed FY 2026 municipal and enterprise fund budgets, with related appropriations, transfers, and other financial items. NOTICE: Pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025, this meeting of the City Council may be conducted via remote participation. We will post an audio recording, audiovideo 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. Register at the following website to listen to this meeting live or to testify at any public hearing: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zLgg9sVCSFunUNNqHKX7ng Individuals 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 and activities of the City of Somerville or to attend meetings, should contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance, at [phone removed] x2059 or ada@somervillema.gov. 1. OPENING CEREMONIES 1.1. Roll Call (ID # 25-1029) Call of the Roll. 2. CITATIONS 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS 4. ORDERS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS OF MEMBERS 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Page 1 of 3
City Council Special Meeting Agenda May 29, 2025 7. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MAYOR 7.1. Withdrawn (ID # 25-1026) Withdrawn. 7.2. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1028) Requesting the appropriation of $736,080 to fund the FY 2026 Kennedy School Pool Enterprise Fund budget. 7.3. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1027) Requesting the appropriation of $237,000 to fund the FY 2026 Dilboy Fields Enterprise Fund Budget. 7.4. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1033) Requesting the appropriation of $373,680 from the Kennedy School Pool Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings to support the FY 2026 Kennedy School Pool Enterprise Fund Budget. 7.5. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1030) Requesting approval of the expenditure limitations for departmental Revolving Funds for FY 2026. 7.6. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1034) Requesting approval to appropriate $2,055,000 from the Facility Construction and Renovation Stabilization Fund to the Assembly Square Fire Station Capital Fund to reduce debt service costs for the project. 7.7. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1032) Requesting approval of a transfer of $216,000 from the Department of Public Works (DPW) Custodian Salaries Account to the DPW Electrical Other Lump Sum Account and the DPW Highway Salaries Account to remediate year-end deficits. 7.8. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1031) Requesting approval of a transfer of $37,740 from the Department of Public Works Admin Salaries Account to the Department of Public Works Grounds Salaries Account to remediate a year-end deficit. 8. COMMUNICATIONS OF CITY OFFICERS 9. NEW BUSINESS 10. SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS 10.1. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1042) Requesting the appropriation of $362,915,509 to fund the FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget. 10.2. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1040) Requesting the appropriation of $87,000 from the Dilboy Field Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings Account to subsidize the FY 2026 Dilboy Field Enterprise Fund Budget. Page 2 of 3
City Council Special Meeting Agenda May 29, 2025 10.3. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1035) Requesting approval to appropriate $2,715,270 from the Street Reconstruction & Resurfacing Stabilization Fund to various capital project funds to reduce debt service costs for these projects. 10.4. Mayor's Request (ID # 25-1025) Requesting approval of a transfer of $54,412 from the Salary Contingency Salaries Account to the Law Department Salaries Account to remediate a year-end deficit. 10.5. Officer's Communication (ID # 25-1037) Superintendent of Schools conveying the School Department budget, approved by the School Committee on May 28, 2025. 11. ADJOURNMENT Page 3 of 3