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Finance Committee — Agenda, Oct 21, 2025
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
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6:00 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Roll Call
1.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 25-1570)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of October 7, 2025.
Appropriations
2.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1543)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
appropriate $147,724.07 from the COVID-19
Stabilization Fund for the 2026 Warming Center.
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3.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1538)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
appropriate $56,215.42 from the Bike Share Stabilization
Fund for installation and startup costs of a Blue Bike
station at the 495 Columbia Street development site.
Grant and Gift Acceptances
4.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1520)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $500,000 grant with no new match
required, from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to
the Office of Sustainability and Environment for six
no-cost electric vehicle charging station installations.
Prior Year Invoices
5.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1504)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
pay prior year invoices totaling $13,084.20 using
available funds in the Parks & Recreation Department
Recreation Supplies Account for pool chemicals.
6.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1508)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
pay prior year invoices totaling $1,533.75 using available
funds in the Parks & Recreation Department Recreation
Supplies Account for pool chemicals.
Funds and Accounts
7.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1557)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval
create the BrickBottom Infrastructure Stabilization fund
and accept a payment to the fund of $763,814.81, from
off-site infrastructure and other contributions outlined in
the BrickBottom district project development covenants,
for the purpose of funding public infrastructure projects
that mitigate the impact of large-scale development in the
BrickBottom district.
8.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1559)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
create the Boynton Yards Infrastructure Stabilization
fund and accept a payment to the fund of $384,025, from
off-site infrastructure and other contributions outlined in
the Boynton Yards district project development
covenants, for the purpose of funding public
infrastructure projects that mitigate the impact of
large-scale development in the Boynton Yards district.
Contracts and Agreemets
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9.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1545)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension until 12/31/2028 for the contract
with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners for
design services on the Building Master Plan.
10.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 25-1546)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension until 12/31/2028 for the contract
with Kleinfelder Northeast Inc. for design services on the
Morrison Avenue Linear Storage Sewer project.
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