FY24 Mayor Budget Overview FINAL — File 23-0924

FY24 Budget Overview MAYOR KATJANA BALLANTYNE CITY OF SOMERVILLE JUNE 1, 2023 MASSACHUSETTS 1

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Delivering Services and Meeting Our Obligations Core Services Community Priorities Obligations Goals for Progress Staff & Resources

The Fiscal Year 2024 extends from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 Link: somervillema.gov/budget 4 $337.4M FY24 City of Somerville Operating Budget $27.9M increase over FY23

Revenue at a Glance

FY24 Budgeted Revenue - at a Glance

Annual New Growth since Fiscal Year 2004 Somerville had the third-most new growth in the Commonwealth in FY22 (FY23 pending) 7 2024 Projected

FY23 Budget: A Foundation for Progress Strong Fiscal Management Quality Core Services Shared Community Goals for Progress 8 EQUITY With Equity at the Core

Delivering on goals in FY23 Completed the renovation of the Healey Schoolyard Laid groundwork to launch City's first Municipal Housing Voucher program Opened two Teen Centers Planted a record number of trees: 504 Installed record number of safe streets facilities Expanded rodent control efforts Invested tens of millions in affordable housing projects, initiatives, and supports to help prevent displacement Opened city’s first overnight warming center for unhoused persons Advanced numerous infrastructure projects Increased digital and planning equity Expanded LGBTQ+ services Opened Day Engagement Center for unhoused residents Advanced efforts to open an Overdose Prevention Site (Supervised Consumption Site) Launched Participatory Budgeting, Civilian Oversight Committee, Youth Justice League, Public Safety for All Task Force, and more Expanded Anti-Displacement Task Force and efforts Launched Cultural Capacity Planning for the Arts 9

Somerville Achieves AAA Bond Rating 10

FY24 Budget: Advancing Progress for Our People, Places, and Planet Places Planet People Staff & Resources 11 Strong Fiscal Management Quality Core Services Shared Community Goals for Progress EQUITY

Expenditures at a Glance City and Schools Budgets combined

Investing in Our People Public Schools Budget 7.8% increase Out-of-School Time Funding Teen Center Staff and Expansion of Programs Family Services Housing Stability, Anti-Displacement, Affordable Housing Food Access Art Space & Services, New Dance Facility Library Access 13 People People

Investing in Our People ADA Compliance Capacity Building Council on Aging Capacity & Programming Expanded Recreation Programming for Older Adults Jail Diversion and Anti-Violence Language Justice Information Access Language Access Emergency Services 14 People People

Mobile City Hall BRINGING ESSENTIAL SERVICES OUT OF CITY HALL AND INTO THE COMMUNITY Community Health Workers Equity Support Team Library Social Worker 15 People People

Funding Stewardship of Our Places Trees and the Urban Forest Rodent Control Street Safety/Mobility Improvements Roadway Paving Maintenance Infrastructure 16 People Places

Taking on Legacy Infrastructure Challenges Flooding, combined sewers, systems well beyond expected lifespan Aging Water & Sewer Old structures, outdated systems, under-resourced maintenance Old Buildings & Deferred Maintenance 01 02 03 We need to update infrastructure to meet VisionZero priorities Roads Built for Cars, Not Vulnerable Users

Strategic Planning & Investment We've undertaken a comprehensive effort to carefully map out a financial plan for new investments in our schools, our fire stations, our below-ground services, City buildings, and more. Capital Projects is stress testing equipment and assessing. The City has not been doing this the past 20 years: we started this with the current FY23 budget. We have committed to increasing systems monitoring and replacement. 18 New Approach to Maintenance

Funding Stewardship of Our Places  Building Systems Manager in the Department of Public Works (DPW)  DPW Procurement Analyst  DPW Deputy Director of Finance & Administration  Sanitation & Hazardous Materials Program Manager  GIS Manager  Asset Management Program  Planning for building projects: Brown School, the Winter Hill Community Innovation School, and City buildings  Systems stress testing for Argenziano & Capuano Schools  311 Deputy Director 19 People Places

Community Process for Disposition of Two Buildings 24 Cross St. East, East Somerville, old insulation building, “the basilica” 45 College Ave., West Somerville, former church Community process for new nonprofits uses ◦Searching for partners ◦Working within neighborhood zoning restrictions ◦Looking for nonprofits or developer to work with nonprofits 20 People Places

Helping to Protect Our Planet Sustainability and Resiliency Coordinator Electric capacity pilot study Feasibility study for vertical geothermal projects T-Pass Program suppporting sustainable transit Bike lanes CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) long-term control plan Green stormwater infrastructure 21 People Planet

Scaling the Organization to Meet Needs Places Planet People Staff & Resources 22

Scaling the Organization to Meet Needs Employee Engagement & Retention Specialist Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Part-time support staff for the City Council Updated Information Technology positions Plumbing Inspector Licensing Operations Manager Information Technology upgrades Increased capacity in Auditing Deputy Assessor Curb Management Program Manager 28% increase in HVAC repair and replacement 23 People Staff & Resources

Initiatives Funded Outside the Budget UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PILOT MUNICIPAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTER YEAR-ROUND ENGAGEMENT CENTER AND WINTER OVERNIGHT WARMING CENTER FOR UNHOUSED PERSONS STABILIZATION FUND FOR EMERGENCY DISPLACEMENT

In Somerville it's about the "we", the "us", the "village" that it takes to get things done. Thank you