While waiting for GCTV to post the video of yesterday’s meeting the City Council Committee Chair meeting, I have been reading through the full agenda and meeting materials PDF. As one does. One of my favorite parts of this beat, is when unexpected drama pops up in obscure corners of municipal government. In this case,…
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Where things stand with the Mayor’s fire station budget request heading into December
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…
The City Council hears from GCET, funds Wisdom Way work, and continues to fret about the fire station and the library.
Despite the amount of time they consumed, the DPW cuts, Accessory Dwelling Units, and Greenfield’s tax classification were not the only topics the City Council addressed on Wednesday evening. Wisdom Way Per DPW Director Marlo Warner’s comments to the Council, the project to fix the crumbling sidewalk and embankments on Wisdom Way has been in…
The DPW takes the hit from a $370k cut from the FY21 Operating Budget.
A third major item on the City Council’s November 18 agenda (two others being Greenfield’s tax classification and Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning amendments) was a bucket of cuts to the current year’s operating budget. Per the Mayor’s comments at this meeting and the previous night’s Ways & Means Committee meeting, these cuts are necessary to…