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Holyoke Public Safety Committee clears jacket, sends traffic and enforcement items to DPW and police grant
Summary
The Public Safety Committee reviewed more than 120 orders on Dec. 30, 2024, tabling many items, referring numerous traffic and enforcement requests to DPW or to Sergeant Zurheide under a police grant, and asking the mayor and police department to explore funding for body cameras.
The Public Safety Committee of the Holyoke City Council met on Dec. 30, 2024, to review a large agenda of orders and petitions, moving many items to withdraw or to future meetings and referring numerous traffic, enforcement and safety requests to city departments and the police grant for follow-up.
Chair Jenny Rivera called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. and opened with a moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter. Committee members present included Councilor Patty Devine, Councilor Carmen Ocasio and Councilor David Bartley; Attorney Bissonnette participated online.
The committee acted on a long list of routine and substantive items. Several items were given leave to withdraw or were marked “received” when city departments had already complied. Others were tabled pending review by the incoming city engineer or asked to be refiled for later consideration. The chair and members moved…
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