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Somerville council adopts obsolete‑ordinance repeal, authorizes fitness‑court award and approves grants, bills totaling $3.46M
Summary
The Somerville Borough Council on May 4 adopted an ordinance removing an obsolete newspaper‑recycling code, authorized a National Fitness Campaign EUS contract for a fitness court, approved multiple grant applications (including a Transit Village grant for Veterans Memorial Drive EV charging and crossings), and voted to pay $3,464,726.75 in bills.
The Somerville Borough Council voted on several administrative and procurement items at its May 4 meeting, approving an ordinance to remove an obsolete curb‑side newspaper‑stacking rule, authorizing a grant and a limited‑bid contract, and passing consent resolutions and a bills payment by unanimous roll calls.
Council adopted Ordinance 2800 to eliminate a decades‑old code section on newspaper stacking at the curb that no longer reflects current recycling practices; a staff member told the council the language dates from the 1980s and is obsolete. The public hearing on the ordinance was opened and closed with no public comment and the ordinance was adopted by unanimous roll call.
On the consent agenda the council approved multiple…
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