Joint Ordinance Committee & Charter and Rules Committee Meeting April 24, 2025

Apr 24 2025

6:30 pm City Hall Holyoke

536 Dwight St, Holyoke 01040

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Posted April 17, 2025, 12:33 p.m.

City Council
Holyoke Massachusetts

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25,
Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023,
notice is hereby given of a joint meeting of the committees on
Ordinance & Charter and Rules

Thursday, April 24, 2025
6:30 PM

Meeting to take place at
Holyoke City Hall, 536 Dwight St
and can be accessed remotely on Zoom Meetings
Per order of the Ordinance Chair: Israel Rivera
Per order of the Charter and Rules Chair: Meg Magrath-Smith
Remote access via www.zoom.us
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89139188529?pwd=IjfGeWZUWTWR4NN6JTx4ZANhbNWW39.1
Meeting ID: 891 3918 8529 Meeting Passcode: 167371 or by call in at 1 (646) 558-8656 with the same Meeting ID and Passcode.

Live Spanish interpretation will be available on local access channel 15 using the television’s SAP option, through the live stream on the city website, as well as on the Zoom feed by clicking the interpretation option and choosing Spanish.

Agenda

Item 1: (Ordinance) 4-1-25 Magrath-Smith, I. Rivera, Murphy-Romboletti — Ordered, that the City of Holyoke shall create an Administrative and Finance Department. Said acceptance shall be subject to implementation by city ordinance and any necessary amendments to the City Charter. This order shall be referred concurrently to Charter and Rules and Ordinance to be considered jointly, with recommendations regarding implementation to be reported back to the City Council jointly. See attached: Municipal Modernization Act of 2025.
*Amended and tabled 4-7-25, 4-16-25

Item 2: (Charter and Rules) 4-1-25 Magrath-Smith, I. Rivera, Murphy-Romboletti — Ordered, that the City of Holyoke shall create an Administrative and Finance Department. Said acceptance shall be subject to implementation by city ordinance and any necessary amendments to the City Charter. This order shall be referred concurrently to Charter and Rules and Ordinance to be considered jointly, with recommendations regarding implementation to be reported back to the City Council jointly. See attached: Municipal Modernization Act of 2025.
*Tabled 4-7-25, amended and tabled 4-16-25

Item 3: (Charter & Rules) 4-2-24 Bartley, Jourdain, Vacon – The City of Holyoke amends any charter, ordinance and any other regulations relative to its Tax Collector and combines the office with its City Treasurer so long as a charter change to appoint rather than elect Holyoke’s City Treasurer is approved by the legislature and Holyoke voters.
*Tabled 4-16-25, 4-16-25

Item 4: (Ordinance) 4-18-23 MCGEE – ordered that the position of Chief Administrative and Financial Officer be created and added to Schedule A
*Tabled 4-7-25, 4-16-25

Item 5: (Ordinance) 1-7-25 VACON, JOURDAIN – ORDER-that the City Council establish minimum eligibility requirements (such as a four your degree in accounting/finance & 3 years successful management experience), for appointment as Treasurer prior to the initial appointment(if voters approve the appointment).
*Tabled 4-7-25, 4-16-25

Administrative Assistant: Jeffery Anderson-Burgos
The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Agenda subject to change up to two business days (48 hours) prior to posted meeting time.