A significant portion of the Appointments & Ordinance Committee’s November 11 meeting was devoted to a proposed ordinance that would require vacated rental units in Greenfield to be inspected by…
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The motion to authorize the borrowing authority for the new library project was on the floor for discussion by the Council, and it became clear that Councilor Sund was going…
While the tree work I saw last week on Smith Street seems not to have been anything the town was doing, it got me interested in how tree management works…
Update: I talked to the Greenfield DPW, and this work is apparently not anything f they are doing. They said they currently have one tree in Smith Street that is…
I sat down for coffee last week with Precinct 8 Councilor Doug Mayo to discuss his proposed ordinance regarding privatization of municipal services such as garbage and recycling collection and…
I reached out to Town Councilor Isaac Mass earlier this week to ask why he believes that a special election would be required to change GCET’s status to an Enterprise…
Last night at Greenfield High School, Department of Public Works Director Don Ouellette hosted a public forum on waste disposal. There were two topics on the agenda: The proposal to…
I’m trying something new with this evening’s DPW public forum. Instead of live-tweeting the meeting and annoying all my non-Greenfield Twitter/Facebook followers, I will be live-blogging it here (assuming everything…
I posted earlier about enterprise fund versus Municipal Light Plant status for GCET. In response, Town Councilor Otis Wheeler mentioned that the town’s legal counsel is advising that GCET needs…
While I have not yet had a chance to sift through how Municipal Light Plants work and why GCET was created as one, the other question I have been meaning…