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July 30, 2025
3 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Called to order by Ward Six City Councilor Lance L.
Present: Willie Burnley, Wilfred Mbah, Kristen Strezo, Jake Wilson, Matthew McLaughlin, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Lance Davis
Absent: J.T. Scott, Naima Sait
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Mayor's Request #25-1273
Requesting the appropriation of $654,019 from the Salary Contingency Account to various Police Department Personal Services Accounts to fund a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Somerville...
Requesting the appropriation of $654,019 from the Salary Contingency Account to various Police Department Personal Services Accounts to fund a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Somerville Police Superior Officers Association.
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED AYE: City Councilor At Large Wilson, Ward Three City Councilor Ewen-Campen, Ward One City Councilor McLaughlin, City Councilor At Large Burnley Jr., City Councilor At Large Strezo, Ward Four City Councilor Clingan, City Councilor At Large Mbah, and Ward Six City Councilor Davis ABSENT: Ward Two City Councilor Scott, and Ward Five City Councilor Sait.”
Mayor's Request #25-1275
Requesting the appropriation of $77,400 from the Salary Contingency Account to the Department of Public Works School Custodians Salaries Account to fund a Memorandum of Agreement with Service...
Requesting the appropriation of $77,400 from the Salary Contingency Account to the Department of Public Works School Custodians Salaries Account to fund a Memorandum of Agreement with Service Employees International Union Local 3 - School Custodians.
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED AYE: City Councilor At Large Wilson, Ward Three City Councilor Ewen-Campen, Ward One City Councilor McLaughlin, City Councilor At Large Burnley Jr., City Councilor At Large Strezo, Ward Four City Councilor Clingan, City Councilor At Large Mbah, and Ward Six City Councilor Davis ABSENT: Ward Two City Councilor Scott, and Ward Five City Councilor Sait.”
Mayor's Request #25-1272
Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $375 using available funds in the Human Resources Professional and Technical Services Account for arbitration services
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED AYE: City Councilor At Large Wilson, Ward Three City Councilor Ewen-Campen, Ward One City Councilor McLaughlin, City Councilor At Large Burnley Jr., City Councilor At Large Strezo, Ward Four City Councilor Clingan, City Councilor At Large Mbah, and Ward Six City Councilor Davis ABSENT: Ward Two City Councilor Scott, and Ward Five City Councilor Sait.”
From the Somerville City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s Legistar meeting calendar (July 2022 on) and its older meeting portal (2010 to mid-2022), both linked from the City Council page on somervillema.gov. We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Somerville (somervillema.gov) official headshots for Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Lance Davis, Wilfred Mbah, Naima Sait, J.T. Scott and Kristen Strezo; The Somerville Times (thesomervilletimes.com) for Emily Hardt, Jon Link, Matthew McLaughlin and Ben Wheeler. Former councilors show initials.
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