I recently received a letter from Chief Assessor Anthony Dulude informing the Council that the Assessors were relinquishing their taxpayer funded cell phone at a cost of $180 per month.
As you know as a Holyoke First follower, I called for a top to bottom review of all taxpayer funded cell phones in the city. The school superintendent recently stated he needs all of his 49 cell phones at a cost of over $2000 per month. I turned that over to the School Committee to police.
The Tax Collector and others cell phones will be eliminated shortly and placed on a rotational, as needed basis if they should happen to be out of town and need it for emergency contact with their offices.
I am thankful that the Assessors have taken a leadership role in recognizing city government needs to control all costs.
As your fiscal watchdog at City Hall, I will continue to monitor and report any savings to tax payers that can and should be implemented.
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