Meetings ▸ Agenda
Finance Committee — Agenda, Oct 20, 2022
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
City Council Finance Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Virtual
6:00 PM
Thursday, October 20, 2022
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Roll Call
1.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1667)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $200,000 grant with no new match
required, from the City of Boston Office of Emergency
Management to the Police Department for First Responder
portable radios.
2.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1538)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $16,900 grant with no new match
required, from Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council for
unrestricted operating support.
3.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1637)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting the appropriation
of $60,155 from the CPA Undesignated Fund Balance for
restoration of 181 Broadway.
4.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1671)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
create the Immigrant Legal Services Stabilization Fund.
5.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1672)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
appropriate $60,000 from the Immigrant Legal Services
Stabilization Fund to fund legal services for immigrants
seeking permanent residency.
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6.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1670)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of a
transfer of $60,000 from the SomerViva Professional &
Technical Services Account to the Immigrant Legal Services
Stabilization Fund to provide funding for immigrant legal
defense services.
7.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1674)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
establish a Consolidated Gift Account to accept donations for
the Vietnam Moving Wall event on Veterans Day Weekend.
8.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1673)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $1,000 donation from Iron Workers Local
7 Union to fund the Vietnam Moving Wall event November
10-14.
9.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1557)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
create the BikeShare Stabilization Fund and accept a payment
to the Fund of $75,000 from developer contributions to sponsor
new Bike Share Stations.
10.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1559)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
appropriate $75,000 from the Bike Share Stabilization Fund for
installation and startup costs of a BlueBike station at the 100
Chestnut Development site.
11.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1666)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to pay
prior year invoices totaling $255,097.62 using available funds
in various Department of Public Works Accounts.
12.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1677)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to pay
prior year invoices totaling $62,020 using available funds in
the Department of Public Works Grounds Account for tree
services.
13.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1535)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $36,000 grant with no new match
required, from the MA Department of Environmental
Protection to the Department of Public Works for the
Sustainable Materials Recovery Program.
14.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1678)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of a
transfer of $121,500 from the Salary Contingency, Salaries
Account to the DPW Highway, Other Lump Sum Benefits
account to fund an agreement with the Somerville Municipal
Employees Association.
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15.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1679)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of a
transfer of $15,000 from the Salary Contingency, Salaries
Account to the Law Department Judgments & Settlements
Account to fund an Agreement with the Somerville Municipal
Employees Association.
16.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1563)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting a supplemental
appropriation of $24,000 to the Law Department Salaries
Account to fund an anticipated deficit.
17.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1639)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of the
termination of the London Street easement.
18.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1662)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to
borrow $4,390,000 in a bond, and to appropriate the same
amount for the recurring FY23 Sewer Improvements program.
19.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1663)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to
borrow $7,110,000 in a bond, and to appropriate the same
amount for the recurring FY23 Water Main Rehabilitation
program.
20.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1664)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to
borrow $1,730,000 in a bond, and to appropriate the same
amount for the annual recurring FY23 Sewer System
Evaluation and Infiltration/Inflow Assessment.
21.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 22-1665)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to
borrow $1,477,738 in a bond, and to appropriate the same
amount for participation in the FY23 MWRA Lead Line
Replacement Program.
Note: The Committee may meet in Executive Session pursuant to MGL c30A s21(a).
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