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Committee sends model home‑rule petition language to legal on banning certain rodenticides
Holyoke City Charter and Rules Committee · April 8, 2026
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Summary
Committee voted to send a model home‑rule petition (modeled on other Massachusetts communities) to the city solicitor to put in legal form so Holyoke can ask the state legislature for authority to locally prohibit certain anticoagulant rodenticides.
The Charter & Rules Committee voted to send a model home‑rule petition to the city solicitor seeking authority for Holyoke to prohibit the sale and use of specific anticoagulant rodenticides within city limits.
Committee members said the products, commonly used to control mice and rats, have in practice caused…
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