Somerville’s fiscal year 2025 budget public hearing, June 4

On June 3, 2024, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times

Tomorrow’s public hearing on the FY25 budget will be primarily virtual at: https://somervillema.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Community members in need of technical assistance are welcome to join in-person at City Hall (93 Highland Ave.). All info at http://somervillema.gov/budget.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne has submitted Somerville’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal featuring major investments in schools, workforce equity, and builds resources for core city services. Highlights from the $360 million budget include:

-More than 36 new, net full-time-equivalent positions for Somerville Public Schools

– Funding for union contracts, closing gender gaps, and ensuring fair and competitive wages for City workers.

– Continued funding for the Taxi to Health program and the Somerville Council on Aging‘s multicultural performance and lunch series to provide needed services and enrichment for our seniors and persons with disabilities.

– A proposed curbside composting pilot program.