Budget Presentations Continue
This week the City Council heard from the following departments regarding their requests for funding: Budget Forecasting and Presentation Mayor Tax Collector Assessor Treasurer Auditor All [...]
HCMI Board Meeting April 17, 2025
In attendance: Scott MacPherson, E.D. Jennifer Myszkowski, President (remote) Carey Baker, Clerk (remote) Daniel O’Sullivan, Treasurer (remote) Ismary Santiago (remote) Gloria Caballero Not in [...]
Ordinance Committee 5/21/2025
En español Agenda Item 1: Minutes of March 19, 2025 meeting. Item 2: PUBLIC HEARING 4-1-25 Devine-ORDERED that a public hearing be held inviting the Planning Department, Health and Conservation [...]
Budget Process Begins: How to Spend $180M
The first of three budget hearings held before the City Council had directors of several departments explain their requests. The budget for city departments can be viewed here. First up […]
Mayor: A Better Future is Possible
HOLYOKE MAYOR JOSHUA GARCÍA presented his proposed $180 million budget to the City Council on Tuesday, emphasizing that the balanced budget will usher in an era of putting into place […]
Years of Grime at HPD Appalls Councilors
City Councilors could not have been more aghast at how the city Police Department headquarters became a pig pen that has lasted decades, forcing police officers and staff to endure […]
Dispose of Your Garbage and Recyclables Appropriately or Get Fined
The critical and continuing issue of all things garbage bedevils the city. To get actionable information about how to resolve as best as possible some of the issues, from overflowing […]
Police Chief Discusses Improvements
Police Chief Brian Keenan discussed what the police are doing to improve quality of life issues, from holding property owners accountable for overflowing trash dumpsters to excessive noise, and [...]
City In Talks To Reorganize Economic Operations
A Joint Meeting of the Ordinance and Charter & Rules Committees discussed what a reorganized city financial office would look like — how many employees, salaries, who responds to who, [...]
Inequality in Schoools Goes Unsolved
The Development & Government Relations Committee (Complete meeting above) had two elected officials on hand to hear concerns about the city. State Rep. Patricia Duffy and State Sen. Jhn Velis [...]