City Council
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How to follow this board
- Residents can send written comments to the City Clerk at publiccomments@somervillema.gov, by mail, or in person at City Hall (93 Highland Ave.), with their full name, their ward or address (the address is redacted on the agenda), and the item they're about. Comments received by close of business on the Friday before a regular meeting go on its agenda. To testify at a public hearing remotely, register by the Zoom link on the agenda. Email to citycouncil@somervillema.gov reaches every councilor. Source: City Council page, Public Comments (opens in new tab).
- Meetings are broadcast and recorded by GovTV (Somerville City TV) (opens in new tab).
- New agendas and minutes from every board are in this site's RSS feed.
All recorded meetings
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City Council
Approved $2,500,000 settlement from Free Cash and $3,143,557 bond for Poplar Street Pump Station; referred AI ordinance and upzoning overlay district.
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City Council
Approved Armory arts space lease and $2,082,498 fire truck bond; referred $3,143,557 Poplar Street pump station bond.
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City Council
Approved Eversource conduit on Newton Street, a Home Rule Petition on anticoagulant rodenticides, and three ordinances; referred a $2,082,498 fire truck bond.
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City Council
Approved Assembly Square and East Somerville tax increment financing zone; ordained homeless shelter zoning amendment; approved $332,497 Tufts Street soil fund.
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City Council
Approved $937,409 firefighter union contract funding and four utility conduit grants; referred rodenticide ban and $332,497 Tufts Street soil fund to committees.
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City Council - Special Meeting
Approved accepting and spending a $231,635 state grant for a police body-worn camera program, and approved its surveillance use policy and impact report.
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City Council
Tabled a $231,635 body-worn camera grant; approved Line and Elm Street conduit grants and ordained a ban on tax-payer funds for self-promotion.
Meetings recorded here start in January 2026. Earlier meetings are on the city's Legistar calendar (opens in new tab).