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Councilors press RSJ and Commission for Persons with Disabilities to pursue mediation after meeting breakdown
Summary
Councilors discussed a March meeting in which the Commission for Persons with Disabilities's session was closed by a staff liaison; councilors and the Department of Racial and Social Justice described outreach attempts and urged mediation to restore collaboration.
Councilors pressed the Department of Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) and the Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD) to pursue a path forward after a March meeting in which the commission's meeting was shut down by a staff liaison.
Councilor Strezzo introduced the item and said the dispute stemmed from a meeting in which the staff liaison "shut down the meeting" and attempted to override the commission's work. Strezzo said the episode was part of a larger, long-running impasse and stressed the volunteer nature of the commission's work, noting commissioners…
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