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Council introduces affordable-housing zoning measures and adopts fee and salary ordinances
Summary
Council introduced Ordinances 2785–2787 (cap bank and affordable housing zoning/overlay) and adopted Ordinances 2781 (special service charge/OPRA fees), 2782 (salary ranges), and 2783 (inspection fee clarifications) by roll call; a grant acceptance of up to $40,500 from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund was also approved.
At its Feb. 17 meeting, the Somerville Borough Council introduced several ordinances related to the 2026 municipal budget and affordable housing and moved to adopt additional administrative measures.
The council introduced Ordinance 2785, which would allow the borough to exceed 2026 municipal budget appropriation limits to establish a cap bank of previously banked levy capacity; council members moved to introduce the ordinance and recorded roll-call…
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