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Minutes - Charter Review - 4-26-23 Dispositions — File 23-0664
City of Somerville,
Massachusetts
Charter Review Special Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
6:00 PM
Virtual
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
This meeting was held via GoToWebinar and was called to order by Chair Scott at 6:06 pm and
adjourned at 9:28 pm on a Roll Call Vote: 8 in favor (Councilors Davis, Ewen-Campen, Clingan,
Wilson, Burnley, Kelly, Strezo, Scott), 0 opposed, 3 absent (McLaughlin, Pineda Neufeld, Gomez
Mouakad).
Others present: Aneesh Sahni – Intergovernmental Affairs Director; Kimberly Wells – City Clerk;
Brendan Salisbury – Legislative and Policy Analyst; Stephen McGoldrick - Edward J. Collins Center
for Public Management; Marilyn Contreas - Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management; Beverly
Schwartz – Charter Review Committee Member
Roll Call
Chairperson Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott, Vice Chair Kristen
Strezo, Willie Burnley Jr., Lance L. Davis, Ben Ewen-Campen,
Jesse Clingan, Jake Wilson and Charlotte Kelly
Present:
Matthew McLaughlin, Judy Pineda Neufeld and Beatriz Gomez
Mouakad
Absent:
Approval of the Minutes of the Charter Review Special Committee of the
Whole Meeting of April 12, 2023.
23-0537
Accepted
Chairperson Scott, Vice Chair Strezo, City Councilor At Large
Burnley Jr., Davis, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Wilson and Kelly
Aye:
McLaughlin, Pineda Neufeld and Gomez Mouakad
Absent:
2.
Charter Review Committee conveying its recommendations and proposed
Charter text.
22-1520
Kept in committee
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