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Votes at a glance: Jan. 3 Chicopee City Council actions on appropriations, appointments, donations and ordinances
Summary
The council approved multiple mayoral orders including appropriations for police and DPW and accepted several donations for city events; it referred several ordinances and appointed or reappointed board members. This roundup lists each formal action recorded during the Feb. 3 meeting and the council’s immediate disposition.
This “Votes at a glance” summarizes the formal mayoral orders, communications and ordinance items taken up at the Chicopee City Council meeting on Feb. 3 and the council’s action on each item. Items are listed in the order discussed and reflect the council’s roll-call outcomes and committee referrals recorded in the meeting minutes.
Appropriations and Grants - Mayor’s Order 1 — Appropriate $113,178.76 to police salary account for prior-year salaries (cadet academy pay correction). Action: Received, passed through all stages (approved). - Mayor’s Order 2 — Appropriate $60,000 to DPW Sanitation special account for hazardous-waste cleanup (engine fire on Mass Pike). Action: Received, passed through all stages (approved). - Mayor’s Order 3 — Appropriate $21,500 to Emergency Management special account to pre-fund grant spending/disaster relief. Action: Received and passed through all stages (approved). - Mayor’s Order 4 — Accept MEMA Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), $21,500, to reimburse emergency management spending. Action: Received and accepted under MGL c. 44, §53A (approved). - Mayor’s Order 5 — Appropriate $10,804.95 to Human Resources special account for indemnification (medical claims for first responders, city self-insured). Action: Received and passed through all stages (approved). - Mayor’s Order 14 — Appropriate $16,250.56 to Planning salary account for an associate planner (grant/project management) from stabilization. Action: Received and passed through all stages (approved).
Donations (acceptance under MGL c. 44, §53A/§53A½) - Mayor’s Orders 6–12 — Acceptance of donation lists for Spooktacular ($15,171.63), Fireworks ($21,500), National Night Out ($14,800), Bridal Night for Seniors ($12,000), Tree Lighting ($8,642), Flag Raisings ($3,800), and Chalk Love Walk (in-kind/donated pizza, $52.94). Action: All donation lists accepted; several votes recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous with one abstention noted (councilor who donated to fireworks list).
Appointments and Reappointments - Mayor’s Order 15 — Appoint Tim Riley as Assistant City Solicitor (reappointment/confirmation). Action: Received and approved (reappointment confirmed). - Mayor’s Order 16 — Appoint Lisa Brantley to Cultural Council. Action: Referred to Human Resources committee for public hearing (appointment process). - Mayor’s Orders 17–18 — Reappointments to Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation (Ed CPL Jr. and Maria LaFlamme). Action: Received and approved (reappointments confirmed).
Ordinances, Committees and Other Orders - Mayor’s Order 13 — Establish Envision Our Chicopee 2040 Implementation Committee and submit ordinance for first reading/consent to ordinance committee. Action: Received and referred to Ordinance Committee for public hearing. - Proposed Ordinance (chapter 7 salary adjustments for two mayor’s office positions). Action: First reading and referred to Ordinance Committee for public hearing. - Multiple ordinance committee items concerning parking, bus-stop adjustments and isolated stop signs were referred or postponed for further review by PVTA or engineering in several cases; a handful of parking-prohibition and stop-sign ordinances were approved and enrolled. - Zoning items: A special-permit application for 78 West Street (towing/storage) was sent back to the Zoning Committee for an additional public hearing after public comment and committee review. A number of other zoning and site-plan related waivers were acted on as recorded by the clerk.
Communications - Planning Director Lee Poulliot’s SS4A communication: Read into the record to correct prior public comments about the Safe Streets for All grant budget and timeline; the council voted to place the communication on file.
How to read the record - “Received and passed through all stages on the written recommendation of the mayor” indicates the council approved the mayoral order after roll-call vote and sent it through the standard ordinance/appropriation stages where applicable. "Placed on file" means the council accepted a communication for the public record.
This summary reflects the council clerk’s roll-call notations and the council’s committee referrals recorded at the Feb. 3, 2025 meeting. For full vote tallies, ordinance language and committee minutes, refer to the council clerk’s official minutes and the city website.
