Matters βΈ Attachment
Minutes - Charter Review - 4-12-23 Dispositions β File 23-0535
City of Somerville,
Massachusetts
Charter Review Special Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
6:00 PM
Virtual
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
This meeting was held via GoToWebinar and was called to order by Chair Scott at 6:03 pm and
adjourned at 9:06 pm on a Roll Call Vote: 10 in favor (Councilors McLaughlin, Davis, Ewen-Campen,
Clingan, Wilson, Burnley, Gomez Mouakad, Kelly, Strezo, Scott), 0 opposed, 1 absent (Pineda
Neufeld).
Councilor McLaughlin joined the meeting at 6:50pm following the Public Safety Building Committee
meeting.
Others present: Cindy Amara β City Solicitor; Aneesh Sahni β Intergovernmental Affairs Director;
Michael Mastrobuoni β Budget Director; Neha Singh β Legislative Liaison; Kimberly Wells β City
Clerk; Bernabe Rodriguez β Assistant City Clerk; Brendan Salisbury β Legislative and Policy Analyst;
Stephen McGoldrick - Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management; Beverly Schwartz β Charter
Review Committee Member
Roll Call
Chairperson Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott, Vice Chair Kristen
Strezo, Willie Burnley Jr., Matthew McLaughlin, Lance L. Davis,
Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Jake Wilson, Beatriz Gomez
Mouakad and Charlotte Kelly
Present:
Judy Pineda Neufeld
Absent:
Approval of the Minutes of the Charter Review Special Committee of the
Whole Meeting of March 22, 2023.
23-0448
Accepted
Chairperson Scott, Vice Chair Strezo, City Councilor At Large
Burnley Jr., McLaughlin, Davis, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Wilson,
Gomez Mouakad and Kelly
Aye:
Pineda Neufeld
Absent:
2.
Charter Review Committee conveying its recommendations and proposed
Charter text.
22-1520
Kept in committee
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