I watched last night’s Committee Chairs meeting and was able to get a better sense of the timeline for a final vote on funding for the new fire station. When we last left off at the City Council’s regular meeting in November, there was a first reading of the Mayor’s request to appropriate $6 million…
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November 15, 2020 – The week ahead
Here’s what I will be focusing on over the coming week: Monday: Budget & Finance Subcommittee meeting (School Committee – The posted agenda for this meeting is pretty thin. The only item of note is “FY21 Budget to Date.” Tuesday: Ways & Means Committee meeting (City Council) – This meeting looks to be feeding into…
The other controversial topic at this week’s City Council meeting? Why, the library, of course.
Somewhat lost amongst all of Wednesday night’s City Council meeting discussions of the Safe City Ordinance was a rather surprising item that came up during the “Communications from Mayor, City Officers and Employees” portion of the agenda. During his remarks, Mayor Martin stated that he had initiated a safety and accessibility evaluation of the current…
LIVEBLOGGING: Greenfield City Council March meeting
The Greenfield City Council is having its regular March meeting this evening. I’ll be live-blogging it here (assuming, as usual, that wifi holds up). There’s a slight delay in getting started while the sort out the people who can’t find seats. People are currently being turned away at the door. Alright, here we go… Public…
What happened with the library vote…
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 to vote no. Without his vote, the motion lacked the two-thirds majority required to pass it. A no vote by the Council would have permanently…
LIVEBLOGGING: Greenfield Town Council, December 2018 monthly meeting
Assuming the shaky wifi here at Greenfield High School holds up, I will be live-blogging tonight’s meeting of the Greenfield Town Council. The bandwidth here is terrible, so I’m having to update in larger batches… 7:08 PM – Meeting has been called to order. Proceeding to public comment. 7:10 PM – It is a relatively…
The Town Council votes tonight on whether the new library project moves forward.
The Greenfield Town Council is set to vote at their regular monthly meeting this evening on whether or not to authorize borrowing authority for the proposed new library project. Here is the actual language: Upon recommendation of the Mayor, that the sum of $19,541,296 be appropriated for the construction of a new Public Library, and…
LIVEBLOGGING: Public meeting on the new library
The house is filling up here in the Greenfield High School auditorium… things should be kicking off shortly. 7:15 PM – A bit of a late start, but getting under way now… some introductory remarks from the Library Board of Trustees. 7:18 PM – A laundry list of thank-you from the project manager for the…
Tonight is the public forum for the new library proposal.
There will be a public meeting at 7:00 PM this evening (Thursday, 12/13) to provide information regarding the proposal for the construction of a new building for the Greenfield Public Library. The meeting will held in the auditorium at Greenfield High School at 21 Barr Avenue. As far as I know right now, there will…