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Votes at a glance: Holyoke council actions April 15

3022664 · April 15, 2025
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Summary

The Holyoke City Council took multiple formal actions April 15, including adopting a Westfield-support resolution on battery storage, passing an administrative-leave ordinance, approving a $777,000 levee grant, and approving a series of transfers, reappointments and departmental requests.

At its April 15 meeting, the Holyoke City Council recorded the following formal actions (motions, votes, and referrals) during a meeting that included public comment, committee reports and several suspended-rules votes.

Key adoptions and grants - Resolution supporting Westfield on a 219-unit lithium battery-storage proposal (Item 51): Adopted by unanimous roll call; clerk recorded all present councilors as voting yes. (See full article for details.) - Ordinance on administrative leave, codifying state-law approach to suspension without pay and clarifying application to collective bargaining (Item 8): Passed on roll call, 12-1 (Bartley recorded as the lone no). - Acceptance of a $777,000 state grant for levee design, outreach and a seed construction…

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