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Votes at a glance: Key appropriations, grants and ordinances approved Feb. 18 by Chicopee City Council
Summary
The Chicopee City Council unanimously or strongly approved a slate of mayor's orders Feb. 18, including grants, donations, firefighter equipment, wastewater funds, and ordinances referred to committee. Several items passed by roll call; one appropriation to crisis communications passed 11-1.
The Chicopee City Council on Feb. 18 considered and acted on multiple mayor’s orders, grant acceptances, donations and ordinance referrals. Below is a concise list of each formal action recorded during the meeting and its outcome.
Votes at a glance
- Mayor’s Order 1 — Appropriation of $24,101 to human-resources special account for indemnification of police and fire (self-insured medical bills). Motion received and passed; roll call recorded as passed.
- Mayor’s Order 2 — Appropriation of $30,000 to police expense account for special services (crisis communications). Amendment to send to finance failed; appropriation passed (11 yes, 1 no).
- Mayor’s Order 3 — Acceptance of FY23 COPS anti‑heroin task force program grant, $10,000 from Massachusetts State Police to Chicopee Police Department (reimbursement grant for overtime/investigations). Motion received and passed; roll call recorded 12 yes.
- Mayor’s Order 4 — Acceptance of $9,500 donation from New North Citizens Council to Chicopee Police Department for C3-related purchases. Motion received and passed; roll call recorded 12 yes.
- Mayor’s Orders 5 & 6 — Acceptance of firefighter safety equipment grant $14,162.68 from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security/Department of Fire Services and appropriation to fire special account for purchase of equipment (hydraulic ram/extrication tool). Motions received and grant accepted; appropriation passed by roll call.
- Mayor’s Order 7 — Appropriation of $1,168.72 to human-resources special account for employee assistance program (EAP) license increase. Motion received and passed; roll call recorded 12 yes.
- Mayor’s Order 8 — Acceptance of $200 donation from Diane Kowalski to Chicopee Public Library, in memory of Teresa Kowalski. Motion received and passed; roll call recorded 12 yes.
- Mayor’s Order 9 — Appropriation of $266,100 to law special account for settlement in Gagliarducci Construction v. Scott Chaplin (school maintenance procurement dispute). Motion received and passed; roll call recorded as passed.
- Mayor’s Order 10 — Appropriation of $226,000 to DPW wastewater expense account for chemicals (multiple job/account line items) after rebid yielded a single bid at higher cost. Motion received and passed; roll call recorded 12 yes.
- Mayor’s Order (senior center donation) — Acceptance of $6,408 to Chicopee Senior Center for senior meals (January 2025). Motion received and passed.
Other council actions
- Multiple favorable Public Works Committee reports were received and placed on file, including items referring empty lots, signage, paper streets clarification, property-specific matters (22 Dorothy Ave.), stop signs and speed/safety signage. Those reports were received and placed on file on roll calls recorded in the transcript.
- Ordinance referrals: Council voted to send proposed revisions on hawkers/peddlers/solicitors and handicapped-parking schedule language to the ordinance committee for public hearing and first reading.
How to read the tallies: Where the transcript recorded a roll-call total it is shown above; other motions were recorded as passed by roll call without a specific tally given in the excerpted transcript.
