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Votes at a glance: Pittsfield Council approves grants, appointments and routine orders; Verizon pole and traffic items cleared
Summary
The council unanimously approved a series of administrative items — grants, transfers, appointments and traffic requests — and filed several committee reports. A Verizon request for a jointly owned pole and multiple grant acceptances were approved without substantive debate.
At its meeting, the Pittsfield City Council approved several routine and ministerial items by unanimous vote and took action on traffic and zoning petitions. Councilors grouped small-dollar grants and departmental transfers, accepted committee reports and approved a utility pole petition from Verizon and Eversource.
Key outcomes (votes recorded at the meeting):
- Approved the minutes (February): unanimous. - Reappointed Dr. Jeffrey Lepo to the Board of Health: approved unanimously. - Accepted the mayor’s communication reappointing Andrew Hochberg to the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority Board and placed it on file: unanimous. - Accepted multiple grants and transfers (unanimous): Med Project Drug Stewardship Grant $1,300; Police Department internal transfer $19,000; Executive Office of Public Safety grant $32,000; Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association grant $25,000; Fire Department transfer $125,000; Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities grant $150,000. - Approved Verizon New England and Eversource Energy petition to install a jointly owned pole on West Housatonic Street: unanimous. - Accepted the solicitor’s and director’s communication on code enforcement at 53 Roberts Street and placed it on file: unanimous. - Filed without prejudice the petition from 38 Degrees North and the Community Development Board requesting to allow large-scale ground-mounted solar in the R-20 zone (Community Development Board recommended against amendment 5-0): unanimous filing without prejudice. - Referred the mayor’s ordinance amending City Code Chapter 2, Article 29 (Board/Commission language) to Ordinance & Rules: unanimous. - Accepted traffic-committee reports and approved or declined traffic orders as recommended: several items approved (reflective signs at Van Hebert Boulevard, petition to evaluate crosswalks; catch-basin cleaning remediation on Springside and Norman avenues) and one traffic order (Dawes/Edward/Revere Parkway amendment) was not approved and was placed on file per the committee recommendation. - Motion to adjourn: unanimous.
Most of these items were routine communications from the mayor’s office or committee reports and were approved with no recorded debate.
