City Council President Joseph McGiverin announced his appointments to all of the 5 Standing Committees of the City Council. President McGiverin announced the return of 3 Chairs and the selection of 2 new Chairs. He selected Ward 2 Councilor Diosdado Lopez to chair the Ordinance Committee and Councilor At Large Kevin Jourdain to chair the Redevelopment Committee. Councilor Jourdain released the following statement upon selection for this important post, "Firstly, I have served with Councilor McGiverin for the past 16 years and I am very thankful to him for selecting me for this important chairmanship. The City of Holyoke's future is tied to its ability to grow and develop. The Redevelopment Committee will oversee a continued re-birth of our community economically and civicly and I am honored to support the numerous projects, such as the new high tech computing center, that are coming to Holyoke. I look forward to working with the other members of the committee and City Council, as well as, Mayor Pluta to deliver real results for the people of our great city!" Councilors Lopez and Jourdain are 2nd and 3rd respectively in seniority on the City Council behind President McGiverin. Councilor Jourdain also pointed out that he maintained his important seat on the powerful Finance Committee and will continue his Fiscal Watchdog role on that committee.
The 2010-2011 Committee Assignments
Ordinance: Lopez, O'Neill, Keane, Purington, Lisi
Finance: McGee, Tallman, Leahy, O'Neill, Jourdain
Public Safety: Devine, Tallman, Purington, Vega, Murphy
Public Service: Leahy, Welch, Lisi, Murphy, Vacon
Redevelopment: Jourdain, Welch, Keane, Vacon, Vega
(The first name listed is Chair and the second name listed is Vice-Chair)
Ad-Hoc Cmte on Personnel: McGiverin, Devine, Purington
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