About this meeting
- Government Body
- Finance Committee
- Meeting Type
- Finance Committee
- Location
- Somerville, MA
- Meeting Date
- October 20, 2026
Video will appear here as soon as Somerville Finance Committee posts it — usually within a day of the meeting
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
6 items on the agenda.
Roll Call
Committee Minutes (ID # 26-1520)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of October 6, 2026.
Mayor's Request (ID # 26-1472)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to appropriate $100,000 from the Racial and Social Justice Fund to implement the 2026 Community Grant Cycle.
Mayor's Request (ID # 26-1414)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $35,000 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Department of Mental Health to the Police Department for overtime/backfill to support officers and supervisors in obtaining/maintaining Crisis Intervention Team Training certification.
Mayor's Request (ID # 26-1487)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to borrow $3,143,557 in a bond, and to appropriate the same amount for additional costs of design, construction, and equipping of the Poplar Street Pump Station.
Mayor's Request (ID # 26-1486)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting authorization to reduce the borrowing appropriation of $89,332,819 for the Poplar Street Project by $2,097,667.05.