Re-Elect Holyoke's Fiscal Watchdog!

Re-Elect Holyoke's Fiscal Watchdog!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Meeting Notes from March 2, 2010 Meeting

Meeting Notes from March 2, 2010 Meeting

Noteworthy Items:

  • Election of 2 year seat on the Whiting Street Fund. Maria Burke elected on first ballot. Maria Burke received 10 votes.
  • Election of 1 year seat on the Whiting Street Fund. John Pietrzykowski elected with 9 votes on 2nd ballot.
  • Creation of a new temporary Munis Administrator Position to oversee the upgrades of the Munis system in city government. The position was approved by a vote of 12-3. The votes was as follows:
    • YES: Devine, Jourdain, Lisi, Lopez, McGee, McGiverin, Murphy, Purington, Tallman, Vacon, Vega and Welch
    • NO: Keane, Leahy, O'Neill
  • City accepted a grant for $350,000 for the Smart Growth Zoning Incentive from the state that can be used to update Master Plan and help with downtown revitalization
  • A special permit was approved to allow a Taco Bell to be located in K-Mart Plaza.  K-Mart also promised to repair their parking lot as part of the project.
  • We approved a proclamation for Auxilary Police Chief Ron Dietrich recognizing his 50 years of dedicated service to the city.  He is a great guy.
  • Councilors Lopez and Purington filed an order to address the feeding of feral cats.