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Westfield proclaims March Disability Awareness Month; mayor's council pushes to codify advisory panel
Summary
The City of Westfield read a mayoral proclamation naming March 2025 Disability Awareness Month and heard a presentation from Nicole Sutherland, chair of the Mayor’s Council on Disabilities, which asked the council to consider creating a codified advisory council to give the group a longer runway and formal authority.
Mayor Scott Willis read a proclamation at the Feb. 24 Westfield City Council meeting declaring March 2025 Disability Awareness Month and recognized local volunteers and the newly active mayor’s council on disabilities.
The nut graf: Council Chair Nicole Sutherland described the mayor’s council’s recent activities — workforce development, sensory-friendly programming and community events — and asked the council to consider an ordinance to convert the current mayor-appointed mayor’s council into a codified Advisory Council on Disabilities with formal appointment rules and a set membership structure.
Sutherland, introduced at the meeting as chair of the Westfield Mayor’s Council on Disabilities, summarized the council’s mission: “to represent the needs and interests…
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