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Ordinance committee tables proposal to standardize meeting times after school committee objects
Summary
The committee postponed action on an order that would force municipal bodies to hold meetings at 5 p.m. or later after Devin Sheehan of the school committee said daytime meetings are sometimes necessary to reach parents and for negotiations. The committee will reconsider with input from the absent filer.
The Ordinance Committee of the Holyoke City Council voted Feb. 24 to table an order that would require municipal boards appointed by the mayor or council — and, as filed, elected multi‑member bodies including the city council and school committee — to hold public meetings at 5 p.m. or later.
Devin Sheehan, a member of the Holyoke School Committee, told the committee that the school board sometimes must schedule meetings during the…
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