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Holyoke disabilities commission seeks independent budget funded by handicap-parking fines
Summary
The Holyoke Commission on Disabilities described a newly submitted first-time budget request funded by decades of handicap-parking fines and outlined next steps including a finance-committee review and outreach to supporters.
The Holyoke Commission on Disabilities on May 22 detailed a first-time city budget request to use revenue from handicap-parking fines for services and programs benefiting residents with disabilities.
The commission’s chair, Lynn Horan, said the request covers four categories of work the commission plans to pursue, and that funds would come from fines collected over many years. Horan said the mayor and Councilor Patty Devine were supportive and that Councilor Devine planned to place the request on the city finance committee agenda for May 27. "They are definitely going to put it on the agenda for Tuesday, the 20 seventh," Horan said. Treasurer Rory provided figures to…
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