WORCESTER The City Council Tuesday managed to get the $733.8 million fiscal 2022 budget moved out of the Finance Committee, but held off on final approval of the measure for another week.
And unless the state Legislature adopts permanent changes to the state Open Meeting Law this week regarding remote participation, the council could be voting on that budget next week in the first open meeting held in City Hall since March 2020.
City Solicitor Michael Traynor told the council Tuesday that Gov. Charlie Baker s executive orders issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire June 15, and with it will expire suspension of provisions of the Open Meeting Law that allowed the council to meet remotely for more than a year.
WORCESTER – Hundreds of students signed up for the city’s first at-school COVID-19 vaccine clinic Tuesday, where some hoped to protect family members, give themselves peace of mind and help ensure there will be no more mandatory remote learning this fall.
According to school officials, around 260 students had enrolled for the event, which was hosted at Worcester Technical High School – nearly one-fifth of the school’s population. Another two clinics are scheduled for Wednesday at North High School and South High Community School, followed by ones Thursday at Doherty Memorial High School, Claremont Academy and University Park Campus School, and one more Friday at Burncoat High School.