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Council approves routine appropriations, donations and grant acceptances
Summary
Councilors approved a package of routine appropriations, grant acceptances and donations including funds for sanitation equipment, leak detection, personnel indemnification and senior services.
The Chicopee City Council approved a package of mayor’s orders and donations by roll call.
Key approvals included:
• Sanitation equipment: $397,717 from the DPW sanitation revolving 'yellow bag' fund to purchase a sanitation packer.
• Water leak detection: $60,000 from the water surplus account to fund a DEP/MWRA‑mandated citywide leak detection survey performed every two years.
• Indemnification: $23,065.25 from stabilization to cover medical bills for police and fire personnel under the city’s self‑insured program.
• Wastewater prior‑year billing: $12,653.20 to cover pump station alarm monitoring service invoices that were missed due to vendor billing errors.
• Donations: $100 to Chicopee Public Library (in memory of Margaret Pajeo), $7,000 from Holyoke Medical Group to sponsor city events (note: one councilor abstained from that vote because of employment affiliation), multiple donations to the senior center totaling $7,704, and a $250 donation from Our Father’s House Ministry Center for National Night Out.
All motions were approved by roll call; the common vote result was 11–0 for appropriations and acceptances with the Holyoke Medical Group donation recorded as 10 yes and 1 abstention. The clerk recorded each appropriation and the votes as presented on the mayor’s written recommendations.
