The Recorder – City Council and police funding | #citycouncil
Published: 1/25/2023 4:05:08 PM Modified: 1/25/2023 4:04:42 PM Last week, Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. made an aggrieved presentation to City Council claiming that he has to cut the night shift because the Council defunded the police, and he said that this would make our town unsafe. But the council’s budget cut came after the chief […]
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The Recorder – Mayor vetoes City Council vote on $2.2M for capital stabilization
GREENFIELD — Mayor Roxann Wedegartner has vetoed a City Council vote to transfer $2.2 million from free cash into capital stabilization. Wedegartner, who originally sought $2.5 million for capital stabilization, said her veto was in acknowledgment of councilors’ previously expressed concerns about borrowing. She also rationalized that the contract stabilization account — the pool of […]
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The Recorder – My Turn: The buck stops with the mayor
On May 6, 2022, when Patrick Buchanan won his case against Greenfield for racial discrimination, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner told the Recorder that she needed to “sit a little while with the facts,” because “it’s fresh information for me.” Nothing that happened at Buchanan’s trial should have been “fresh information” for Wedegartner. Her own decisions were […]
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The Recorder – Greenfield mayor launches monthly podcast
Published: 11/2/2022 2:55:28 PM Modified: 11/2/2022 2:55:08 PM GREENFIELD — In an effort to increase communication with residents, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner has launched a new monthly podcast in which she plans to interview city officials and other guests about local issues. “I’m looking forward to using this new forum to provide some additional context about […]
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The Recorder – Citing lack of trust in administration, Greenfield City Council tables funding police audit | #citycouncil
GREENFIELD — The City Council has tabled a financial request by Mayor Roxann Wedegartner to support an audit of the Police Department, with residents and councilors alike concerned that recommendations from such an assessment would be ignored by the city’s administration. “I have really mixed feelings about the audit,” said Precinct 5 Councilor Marianne Bullock, […]
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The Recorder – Greenfield mayor’s pitch to expand industrial park met with support
Published: 9/2/2022 7:02:49 PM Modified: 9/2/2022 6:59:11 PM GREENFIELD — Residents and business owners at Thursday’s Planning Board meeting appeared receptive to the mayor’s proposed expansion of the Interstate 91 Industrial Park, located northeast of downtown Greenfield and directly off Route 2. This expansion would come in the form of rezoning 11 parcels east of […]
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The Recorder – Greenfield City Council censures one of its own | #citycouncil
Published: 8/18/2022 6:07:35 PM Modified: 8/18/2022 6:04:08 PM GREENFIELD — The City Council censured Precinct 7 Councilor Jasper Lapienski Wednesday night after what councilors described as unprofessional and disrespectful behavior. “Councilor Lapienski continues to use derogatory comments on the floor of the council and (use) his council title in publications, media and other meetings, representing […]
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The Recorder – Greenfield mayor proposes rezoning to expand industrial space
Published: 8/9/2022 8:18:36 PM Modified: 8/9/2022 8:15:19 PM GREENFIELD — In an effort to address what officials believe to be a lack of industrial space in Franklin County, the Planning Board will consider the mayor’s proposal to expand the Interstate 91 Industrial Park, located northeast of downtown Greenfield and directly off Route 2. Specifically, during […]
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The Recorder – Greenfield City Council tables PD audit funding request, looks to expand community involvement | #citycouncil
Published: 7/21/2022 7:41:33 PM Modified: 7/21/2022 7:41:09 PM GREENFIELD — In favor of an audit process with more community involvement, City Council tabled a request from the mayor to authorize $175,000 to fund an independent audit of the Police Department’s structure, policies and practices. “The (Ways and Means) Committee decided that we needed to table this,” […]
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The Recorder – My Turn: Congratulations to the Greenfield City Council | #citycouncil
Published: 7/18/2022 12:30:12 AM Modified: 7/18/2022 12:29:48 AM Congrats to the Greenfield City Council on imposing budget cuts which have a detrimental effect on not only most junior members of the Greenfield Police Department, but it will also most likely will affect the taxpayers when they need the police. Let’s highlight some: delayed response to […]
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