Somerville Appointments Advisory Committee Needs New Members

SOMERVILLE, MA — The City of Somerville is seeking five members for the Mayor’s Appointments Advisory Committee (AAC), which recommends staffing appointments for more than a dozen of the city’s boards and commissions.

These boards and commissions are tasked with a wide range of critical duties, such as making public health decisions, issuing permits, providing funding for affordable housing development, and job training, the city said.

AAC members review applications, interview candidates, and recommend finalists to the Mayor for consideration. The AAC is charged with ensuring Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s core values of equity, access, and inclusion are upheld with each appointment made.

The AAC interviews candidates for the following groups:

• Affordable Housing Trust Fund
• Board of Health
• Condominium Review Board
• Conservation Commission
• Design Review Committee
• Ethics Commission
• Job Creation and Retention Trust Board
• Historic Preservation Commission
• Housing Authority Board
• Licensing Commission
• Planning Board
• Redevelopment Authority
• Traffic Commission
• Zoning Board of Appeals

The AAC typically meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. Members serve three-year terms. Because the AAC is an advisory committee to the mayor, new AAC members are appointed by the mayor only and do not need to go before the City Council for approval.

To apply, send a statement of interest to Hannah Carrillo at hcarrillo@somervillema.gov or Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Somerville MA 02143. Anyone with questions may email Carrillo or call her at 617-625-6600 ext. 2100.