PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council breezed through 12 departmental budgets on the third day of hearings last week for fiscal year 2025. All were preliminarily approved with a.
Dottie s Coffee Lounge plans to serve light dinner and alcoholic beverages as part of an expansion that will take them into the space that once held Mission Restaurant just next
Day 1 budget review here. Day 2 budget review here. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On the third day of the fiscal 2023 budget hearings last week, the City Council, sitting as the.
Pittsfield city councilors recommended Mayor Linda Tyer increase her budget proposal by an additional $115,000 to hire another building inspector and fulling fund the building maintenance budget for city schools.
Human Resources The budget of $218,982 is $17,277 more than the previous year and is attributed to salary increases. Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon asked the Director of Huma Resources Michael Taylor why there is a line item for Diversity and Inclusion when the city is implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. Taylor said there will still be an element of DEI that falls under his department despite the new office. We re still going to work very collaboratively with this new office, whether it s on recruitment and retention efforts, or it s on professional development, he explained. And instituting the recommendations on that DEI group had a pretty heavy professional development component and training requirement, not just for city employees, also city boards, commissions, elected officials and so forth.