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Councilors press police and city to map and address quality-of-life issues; decibel meters and targeted cleanup planned

3124757 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

Holyoke councilors asked city leadership and the police to map services and develop a comprehensive plan to address repeated quality-of-life complaints, including trash, loud music, abandoned properties, ATVs, and open-air drug activity.

Councilors asked city leadership and the police to produce a comprehensive plan to tackle recurring quality-of-life complaints, including overflowing dumpsters, loud music, abandoned properties, ATVs, illegal open-air drug activity and neighborhood litter.

The order, filed by Councilor Kevin Jourdain and cosponsored by several councilors, asked the chief of police, the board of health director, the mayor and the law department to meet with the council to review current strategies, identify resource needs and present a map of current and planned…

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