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Minutes - Charter Review - 5-10-23 Dispositions — File 23-0732
City of Somerville,
Massachusetts
Charter Review Special Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
6:00 PM
Virtual
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
This meeting was held via GoToWebinar and was called to order by Chair Scott at 6:03 pm and
adjourned at 9:28 pm on a Roll Call Vote: 9 in favor (Councilors McLaughlin, Davis, Ewen-Campen,
Clingan, Wilson, Burnley, Kelly, Strezo, Scott), 0 opposed, 3 absent (Pineda Neufeld, Gomez
Mouakad).
Others present: Kimberly Wells – City Clerk; Brendan Salisbury – Legislative and Policy Analyst; Neha
Singh – Legislative Liaison; 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., Matthew McLaughlin, Lance L. Davis,
Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Jake Wilson and Charlotte Kelly
Present:
Judy Pineda Neufeld and Beatriz Gomez Mouakad
Absent:
1.
Approval of the Minutes of the Charter Review Special Committee of the
Whole Meeting on April 26, 2023.
23-0665
Accepted
Chairperson Scott, Vice Chair Strezo, City Councilor At Large
Burnley Jr., McLaughlin, Davis, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Wilson
and Kelly
Aye:
Pineda Neufeld and Gomez Mouakad
Absent:
2.
Public Hearing on Item #22-1520.
3.
Charter Review Committee conveying its recommendations and proposed
Charter text.
22-1520
Kept in committee
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