Committee Advances Housing and Climate Appointments
SomervilleJul 6, 20261 min read
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The committee recommended approval of 17 appointments, including 13 Climate Action Commission candidates selected from 49 applications for 13 vacancies.
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The recommendations move forward appointments to the Fair Housing Commission, Affordable Housing Trust, Wage Theft Advisory Committee, and newly expanded Climate Action Commission, but final confirmation is not recorded here. The committee also assigned staggered one-, two-, and three-year terms to six Wage Theft Advisory Committee nominees. A proposed hiring-practices order for City Council and City Clerk positions remained under committee review.
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Recommended approval of Taylor Perkins to the Fair Housing Commission.
Recommended approval of Rodrigo Badaro, Bea Gomez-Mouakad, Marianne Walles, Martin Sanchez, Yesenia Alfaro, and Marcy Goldstein-Gelb to the Wage Theft Advisory Committee.
Assigned the six Wage Theft Advisory Committee nominees staggered terms: the first two names for one year, the next two for two years, and the last two for three years.
Recommended approval of Jurett Mooltrey-Weathers to the Affordable Housing Trust.
Recommended approval of Calli Masters to the Fair Housing Commission.
Recommended approval of 13 Climate Action Commission appointments: Alexis Washburn, Corey Donahue, Courtney Koslow, Kenzie Ballard, Zahra Atti, Lauren Gunther, Ritika Philip, Paxti Martinez, Larry Yu, Monte Allen, Sierra Moll, Bhavika Kalia, and Rio Hunter Black.
Kept a proposed order on hiring practices for City Council and City Clerk positions in committee.
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