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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The City Council approves a single property tax rate for 2021.
One of the many items up for discussion at the Greenfield City Council’s November 18 regular meeting was whether city would stay with a single property tax rate. The motion on the floor for this meeting was to adopt a single tax rate—i.e., residential and commercial property owners all public the same rate. Greenfield has…
The Ways & Means Committee votes for a single tax rate for FY21.
About half of last night’s meeting of the Ways & Means Committee of the City Council was devoted to discussion of the the city’s tax classification for the coming year. Every year, the City Council needs to vote on what the property tax rate for the city will be—as well as how it will be…
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 recording of the Ways & Means Committee meeting from April 10, 2018 is available.
Greenfield Community Television has posted the video of this past Tuesday’s meeting of the Ways & Means Committee: Ways & Means is one of several committees of the Town Council and is tasked with dealing with town spending and budget issues. This week’s meeting featured a presentation of the proposed FY2019 budget by Mayor Martin…
If you’re interested in the FY2019 budget, go watch the Ways & Means Committee on GCTV now.
UPDATE: The meeting has ended, but if you are interested in watching it, GCTV typically posts the recorded video 2-3 days later. The Ways & Means Committee is currently discussing Mayor Martin’s proposed FY2019 budget. You can watch the proceedings live via GCTV. After Ways & Means, the budget moves to the full Council for…