State Sen. Dylan Fernandez said he secured $40,000,000 in legislative funding for Falmouth projects and has sponsored a senate bill to reform the state's local-aid formula to base distributions on community needs rather than prior allocations.

City staff presented SAFE 2.0 performance-standard survey results required by new state law; Worcester completed a 164-question survey (151 applicable) and identified gaps under 80% in disease control/prevention, administration, environmental health and food enforcement.