Thursday, April 25, 2024

The gear of Somerville police officer Ashley Catatao in a ride-along video posted in 2019 on the city’s YouTube page.

Police officers in schools

School Committee Special Policing Subcommittee, 6 p.m. Tuesday. This subcommittee reviews the relationship between Somerville Public Schools and police, including when officers should be in school buildings and whether the high school should have a student resource officer. The virtual meeting will be televised on the city’s cable access channel, streamed on the city’s website and posted to YouTube after the meeting.

Clean energy updates

Commission on Energy Use and Climate Change, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The commission discusses progress on updating the Somerville Climate Forward plan, Community Choice Electricity and other sustainability initiatives. Watchable by videoconferencing.


Comment on city charter changes

Special Committee on Charter Review, 6 p.m. Wednesday. The City Council’s Special Committee on Charter Review, meeting as a committee of the whole, hosts a hearing on proposed changes to the city charter. This meeting will be held in the City Council chamber on the second floor of City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. in the Central Hill neighborhood, and by remote videoconferencing.


Council starts session

City Council, 7 p.m. Thursday. With new president Ben Ewen-Campen taking the reins, the City Council holds its first meeting of the year at City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. in the Central Hill neighborhood; televised and watchable by videoconferencing, and posted to YouTube after the meeting. The agenda was not posted as of press time.