Northfield Annual Town Meeting seeks approval for proposed taxes, radio purchase
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NORTHFIELD The Selectboard has finalized the warrant for Annual Town Meeting, which asks voters to approve an $8.7 million budget, buy new radios and equipment for the Fire and EMS departments, and approve three taxes that would generate revenue for the town.
Annual Town Meeting will be held Monday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Pioneer Valley Regional School gymnasium. The Selectboard approved and signed the warrant on April 12, after holding meetings with the Finance Committee to discuss the warrant articles and department budget figures.
“The Finance Committee worked very hard on it, trying to meet every need,” Town Administrator Andrea Llamas said during discussion with the Selectboard.
Greenfield City Council approves $163K for new radios for first responders
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GREENFIELD The city’s first responders have the green light and the $163,000 they need to buy new radios to improve communications and join a statewide system.
The City Council unanimously approved the money for the digital radios Wednesday night at its monthly meeting, with councilors saying they want to see their community and its firefighters and police officers safe. The $163,000 will be provided from the city’s free cash account.
“We have an outdated system, that if we don’t do this, will cost us a lot more in the long run,” Greenfield Fire Chief Robert Strahan explained. “These radios were purchased 15 years ago.”
Greenfield police, fire look to buy radios, join statewide system
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GREENFIELD If the City Council approves money for new radios for the fire and police departments, Greenfield should be able to connect to the statewide radio system sometime early next year.
The council will do a first reading of the request from fire and police at its meeting Wednesday and will vote on the issue in January.
Greenfield Fire Chief Robert Strahan said if all goes well, $163,000 will be provided from the city’s free cash account to fund the capital project, which has been discussed by the two departments for more than a year.