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Item 1: Minutes of April 30, 2024 meeting

Item 2: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 44 Sec. 53A, the City Council hereby accepts the provisions of the “USDA URBAN & COMMUNITY FORESTRY IRA GRANT, $1,000,000, NO MATCH” grant and authorizes the establishment of a Fund or other method appropriate for the accounting of the receipts and expenditures of all resources associated with the administration of said grant.
Sec 2-509 – Grant Reporting
Any city department, of which has received grant funding by approval of the city council pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, or any other authorizing criteria, shall within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 60 days from the conclusion of said grant, generate a detailed report which outlines the planned outcomes with the documented actual results. Said report shall be submitted to the city clerk for addition to the city council’s next agenda.

Item 3: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100 Dollars ($1,000) as follows:
FROM:
11751-51223    DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALIST        $1,000
TOTAL:    $1,000
TO:
11751-51300    OVERTIME        $1,000
TOTAL:    $1,000

Item 4: 5-7-24 From Retirement Board, communication regarding COLA

Item 5: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, THIRTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 Dollars ($30,000) as follows:
FROM:
12201-51105    FIREFIGHTERS        $30,000
TOTAL:    $30,000
TO:
12201-51300    OVERTIME        $30,000
TOTAL:    $30,000

Item 6: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX AND 00/100 Dollars ($4,136) as follows:
FROM:
12101-51204    POLICE PT PRINCIPAL CLERK        $4,136
TOTAL:    $4,136
TO:
12101-51110    POLICE PRINCIPAL CLERK        $2,336
12101-51201    MATRON        1,800
TOTAL:    $4,136

Item 7: 3-19-24 MURPHY-ROMBOLETTI — Ordered that the City Council invite the Mayor, Police Department and relevant financial department heads to a future meeting of the Finance Committee to provide an update on the status of the off-duty police account and former vendor Off-Duty Blue.

Item 8: 5-7-24 From Community Preservation Act Committee, FY25 CPA Budget Proposal

Item 9: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY AND 00/100 Dollars ($4,750) as follows:
FROM:
11451-51103    DEPUTY TREASURER        $4,750
TOTAL:    $4,750
TO:
11451-51300    OVERTIME         $4,750
TOTAL:    $4,750

Item 10: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, THIRTEEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 Dollars ($13,000) as follows:
FROM:
14211-51306    ADMIN OVERTIME-SUPERVISORS – DPW        $13,000
TOTAL:    $13,000
TO:
14301-51400    REFUSE PAY-LONGEVITY         $750
12941-51300    FORESTRY PAY- OVERTIME         1,600
14101-51400    PARKS PAY-LONGEVITY         1,000
14211-51300    ADMIN PAY-OVERTIME         2,000
14212-53190    ADMIN EDUCATION EXPENSE        2,000
14222-52505    PROPERTY R&M SENIOR CENTER        4,000
14222-52514    PROPERTY R&M N HOLYOKE FIRE STATION        1,000
14261-51400    AUTO PAY-LONGEVITY         650
TOTAL:    $13,000

Item 11: 5-7-24 Devine- Ordered, that there be and is hereby appropriated by transfer in the fiscal year 2024, FORTY FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 Dollars ($45,000) as follows:
FROM:
14101-51105    PAY-SR CIVIL ENGINEER        $20,000
14101-51101    PAY-ENGINEER        25,000        TOTAL:    $45,000
TO:
14102-53010    PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES        $45,000
TOTAL:    $45,000

Item 12: 4-2-24 Devine- ORDER:
WHEREAS:: Mass. General Law, Chapter 440, Section 5B authorizes a municipality to create a stabilization fund for a specified purpose and to appropriate amounts thereto, provided that such action is effective for at least three years and;
WHEREAS: Chapter 77 of the General Acts of 2023 eliminated the minimum three year provision and authorizes a municipality to terminate a specialized stabilization fund at any time and;
WHEREAS: the City of Holyoke, through its City Council, had voted in June, 2023 to create such a fund to accumulate revenue received from the Massachusetts Statewide Opioid Settlement and;
WHEREAS; The City of Holyoke now wishes to terminate the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund and the dedication of revenues received from the settlement as authorized under Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2023. and to create a special revenue fund for ongoing opioid settlement revenues as authorized by the Department of Revenue (as per attached DOR Bulletin-2023-7).
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED;
The stabilization fund created in June, 2023 to receive opioid settlement funds and the dedication of any revenues thereto is hereby terminated as authorized by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2023 and under MGL Chapter 40, Section 5B.

LAID ON THE TABLE
Discussion is not expected to take place

Item 13: 6-21-22 JOURDAIN — Acting DPW Superintendent please provide the City Council & Parking committee the following report:  for the prior 5 years (need to consider pre/post pandemic usage changes), amount of meter revenue and amount of parking garage revenue.  Please provide total usage % (used spaces divided total spaces) at both parking garages annually.  Please also provide any analysis of cost to get all meters fully operational.  Please provide the expected life cycle of the new meters if purchased.  Please also provide us the current amortization schedule for the Mayor Taupier Suffolk Street Parking Garage
*Tabled 6-7-23, 1-31-24

Item 14: 8-1-23 (copy) JOURDAIN — Ordered, That Cook and Company be invited to a future finance subcommittee meeting to review their recent health insurance analysis for the city.
*Tabled 1-17-24

Item 15: 8-2-22 JOURDAIN, ANDERSON-BURGOS, RIVERA_I — That the City Council conduct a comprehensive study of employee safety for the benefit of our Holyoke municipal employees and our taxpayers.  The City Council should invite in the Personnel Director, our Workers’ Comp representatives, Mayor, law department, department heads, union leadership, and others as needed to gather all of the information we need to study the root causes of employee injuries, how they are handled, how are they mitigated, how are we handling risk management to avoid future losses.  Our goal should be to keep employees safe, reduce lost hours, productivity and overall cost to the city.  We need to collect all relevant data including a prior 3 year report tracking injury claims, workers’ comp claims, injured on duty claims, and related.  Ideally, the City Council will produce a report within 6 months on its findings in conjunction with all key stakeholders.
*Tabled 9-12-22

Item 16: 3-1-22 (copy) JOURDAIN, PUELLO — The Mayor’s office please provide the City Council with a list of all current host community agreements from marijuana companies in our city.  Please also provide us a list of how much revenue we are generating annually from each of these agreements.
*Tabled 1-17-24

Item 17: 2-6-24 Rivera. I.- Order that the honorable city council ask the police department to provide us with an itemized budget breakdown of dollars received and expended over the last 5 years from the criminal seizure and forfeiture account.
*Tabled 3-4-24

Item 18: 5-2-23 MCGEE — Ordered, that the city engineer provide a list/layout of non-accepted roads and come in to discuss options to fixing the roads.
*Tabled 5-10-23, 4-3-24