Officials now know how they d like to spend $5.6 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money: Infrastructure projects that improve public health in city buildings, two new public health
Pittsfield's lost revenue calculation came to $2.33 million. Here is where that number comes from. berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PITTSFIELD â Mayor Linda Tyer has submitted her budget proposal to the City Council, foreshadowing the second year of budget talks held under the cloud of the pandemic.
Despite the regionâs success getting shots into arms, there was another sign last week that the pandemic is still very much with us â the Fourth of July Parade, the cityâs largest annual tradition, has been cancelled for the second straight year in a row, while festival organizers brainstorm ways to mark the occasion remotely.
On the budget front, department heads have gone through the process of developing spending plans in concert with municipal Finance Director Matt Kerwood and Tyer. The School Committee adopted its budget request the last week in April, hitting the deadline set by the cityâs charter.
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The Pittsfield, Massachusetts City Council got a COVID-19 update and voted to end a controversial mosquito spraying program at Tuesday night’s virtual meeting.
Mayor Linda Tyer told the council that the city remains in the state’s “yellow” designation for COVID-19 transmission, but that cases per 100,000 are dropping from a 14-day average of 37.21 on April 12th.
“Today, the case rate is 24.38 per 100,000 – so you can see that we have a nice trend, a nice downward trend here,” she said.
Tyer said the same trend applies to positive test rates per 100,000.
“On April 12th, the 14-day positivity rate per 100,000 was 4.16, said the mayor. And today, the positivity rate is 3.02.”
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