Minutes - Finance - 3-26-24 Dispositions — File 24-0401

City of Somerville, Massachusetts Finance Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions 7:00 PM City Council Chamber and Remote Participation Tuesday, March 26, 2024 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZvFTI0YyRU2YNUhvIbXhng Committee of the Whole This meeting was held in the Council Chambers and via Zoom, was called to order by Chair Wilson at 7:01 pm and adjourned at 9:02 pm with a roll call vote of 7 in favor (Councilors Ewen-Campen, Davis, McLaughlin, Clingan, Burnley, Scott, and Chair Wilson), 2 opposed (Councilor Mbah and Councilor Sait), and 2 absent (Councilor Pineda Neufeld and Councilor Strezo). Others present: Brendan Salisbury – City Clerk’s Office, Stephanie Widzowski – Clerk of Committees. Recesses were taken from 7:46 pm to 7:50 pm and from 8:00 pm to 8:20 pm. Quorum was re-established via roll call after both recesses. Chair Wilson moved to adopt a rule for this meeting that resolutions showing shared support for budget priorities require a two-thirds vote of the membership to be approved. This motion passed with 10 in favor (Councilors Ewen-Campen, Strezo, Mbah, Davis, McLaughlin, Clingan, Burnley, Sait, Scott and Chair Wilson), none opposed, and 1 absent (Councilor Pineda Neufeld). Roll Call City Councilor At Large Jake Wilson, Ward Two City Councilor Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott, Ward Two City Councilor Naima Sait, City Councilor At Large Willie Burnley Jr., Ward Four City Councilor Jesse Clingan, Matthew McLaughlin, Lance L. Davis, Wilfred N. Mbah, Kristen Strezo, Judy Pineda Neufeld and Ben Ewen-Campen Present: 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of March 12, 2024. 24-0373 Kept in committee 2. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of March 19, 2024. 24-0404 Kept in committee Page 1 of 3

Finance Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions March 26, 2024 3. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee of the Whole Meeting of March 19, 2024. 24-0405 Kept in committee 4. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee of the Whole Meeting of March 26, 2024. 24-0410 Kept in committee 5. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0202 Councilor Mbah Sponsors: Kept in committee 6. That the Administration fund the creation of an entire unit within the Department of Public Works tasked with battling the city's growing rodent infestation. 24-0204 Councilor Clingan Sponsors: Kept in committee 7. That the Administration include in the FY 2025 budget, additional funding for rodent mitigation efforts, including an Office of Rodent Prevention similar to the one proposed in Boston, with appropriate staffing. 24-0211 Councilor McLaughlin Sponsors: Kept in committee 8. That the Administration include in the FY 2025 budget, funding for a home air filtration pilot program to address air pollution along Interstate 93. 24-0212 Councilor McLaughlin Sponsors: Kept in committee 9. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0214 Councilor Wilson Sponsors: Kept in committee 10. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0327 Councilor Ewen-Campen Sponsors: Kept in committee 11. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0340 Councilor Pineda Neufeld Sponsors: Page 2 of 3

Finance Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions March 26, 2024 Kept in committee 12. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0342 Councilor Strezo Sponsors: Kept in committee 13. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0377 Councilor Burnley Jr. Sponsors: Kept in committee 14. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0378 Councilor Davis Sponsors: Kept in committee 15. Conveying budget priorities and requests for FY 2025. 24-0390 Councilor Sait Sponsors: Kept in committee Page 3 of 3