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City Council — Agenda, May 29, 2025
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
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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
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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Withdrawn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Withdrawn.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.
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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
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