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Council business: housing trust, Greylock school construction, transit outreach and census reminders
Summary
Council updates included the new Affordable Housing Trust convening monthly to pursue projects, demolition and site work starting for the Greylock Elementary rebuild with Fontaine Brothers as contractor, a Berkshire Regional Transit Authority public meeting on March 16 about route changes, and a clerk reminder to return mailed census forms.
Brief updates at the March 10 meeting covered several ongoing municipal items.
Councilor McCarron said the Affordable Housing Trust held its first meeting and will meet twice monthly while it begins ordinance review and project planning. The trust is empowered to collect and spend funds to support low‑ and moderate‑income housing projects.
City and school officials reported that the new Greylock Elementary School project has a contractor, Fontaine Brothers, and demolition and abatement work is beginning with an anticipated construction period of about 18 months. The mayor's office provided a letter to nearby residents with contact information for project representatives and construction hours.
Councilors noted the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority will present proposed route and schedule changes on March 16 in the council chamber and encouraged riders to attend and comment; staffing shortages were cited as a driver for the proposal.
City Clerk Lisa Blackmir reminded residents to return the mailed census forms and offered a phone number and an online blank form for residents who did not receive a mailing.
Ending: Councilors encouraged public engagement on transit and construction updates and reiterated the importance of census returns for municipal funding.
