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Committee approves sweeping textual fixes — 'town' becomes 'city', agency titles updated
Summary
The committee directed codification staff to change typographical and agency-name inconsistencies across chapters, including replacing 'town' with 'city' for North Adams and changing references from 'Commissioner of Public Works' to 'Commissioner of Public Services'.
Members moved to replace multiple typographical and agency-title errors throughout the codified text. Staff identified recurring references to 'Commissioner of Public Works' that should read 'Commissioner of Public Services' and several instances where the word 'town' should be replaced with 'city' when referring specifically to the City of North Adams.
A motion to update all references to 'Commissioner of Public Services' carried, and the committee also voted to replace 'town' with 'city' where appropriate in the ordinances. The committee instructed General Code/codification staff to make uniform substitutions during the compilation process and to flag cases where 'town' could correctly refer to another municipality or an historical reference.
