These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website.
Student discipline and records
School Committee Rules Management Subcommittee, 5:30 p.m. Monday. This group led by Leiran Biton and Emma Stellman looks at policies on how students go from schools to related programs; how students are administered timeouts, seclusion and physical restraint; how the committee plans and runs meetings; and issues around student records and student photographs. In-person at 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill.
Resolving questions at Rosebud
Licensing Commission, 6 p.m. Tuesday. Chair Joe Lynch seeks to resolve the issue of the Rosebud diner in Davis Square, where the operators at Bindaas Concepts closed without warning in mid-May, telling commissioners July 21 that they were negotiating to buy the diner’s property at 381 Summer St. If successful, “in two to three weeks” the Rosebud would reopen to customers. It didn’t happen, and the item has bounced along from monthly agenda to agenda since. Teele Square Liquors, 1119 Broadway, faces an 11-day suspension starting Nov. 30. In-person at 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill, and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Teen center staffing and AI
City Council Finance Committee, 6 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councilor Ben Wheeler looks at the cost of staffing Somerville High School to be used as a teen center after school hours; seeks a report of all artificial intelligence vendors and services for which the city has contracts or obligations; explores the impact of a bankruptcy and empty lab building at 808 Windsor Place, Boynton Yards; and directs $3.1 million toward design, construction and equipping of a pump station for a 4-million-gallon stormwater storage tank to be installed under the ArtFarm park (part of a total $87.2 million in borrowing for the project). Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Two homes expecting teardown
Historic Preservation Commission, 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. Members seek to determine the historical significance of the carriage barn at 65 Derby St., Ten Hills, an 1890 home, and weigh in on 333 Highland Ave., Powderhouse, a 1900 home, before demolition. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Neighborhood Connect in Ward 2
2026 Neighborhood Connect Meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Formerly known as City Hall Community Meetings, these sessions bring the mayor, City Council and School Committee to Somerville’s seven wards to answer questions and share information on city initiatives, neighborhood updates, crime stats and more. The new format has primarily a science-fair format instead of formal presentations and starts with a social half-hour with free pizza and snacks. (Find out which ward you live in with the MySomerville address lookup tool.) In person in the cafeteria at the Albert F. Argenziano School, 290 Washington St. , Ward 2, Somerville.
Empty storefronts, double poles
City Council Sustainability and Infrastructure Committee, 6 p.m. Oct. 26. This committee run by city councilor Jesse Clingan asks for a report on enforcement of a law meant to shorten how much time properties stay vacant and for the utilities Eversource, National Grid, Comcast, Xfinity, Astound and Verizon to appear and talk about their double poles – the ones they leave standing after installing what was supposed to be their replacement. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
