(Greenfield, MA) Greenfield residents of precincts 4, 5, and 6 are invited to a Greenfield City Council Community Relations Committee meeting on Monday, October 16th at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Meeting Room, 2nd floor. This is an opportunity for residents to express the concerns facing their precinct. While precinct councilors may attend, due to Open Meeting Law, they will be unable to participate, however they may be able to guide residents to appropriate resources. There is another anticipated precinct meeting for precincts 7, 8, and 9 in November, date and time to be announced.
Full Announcement From The Office of City Council:
On Monday, October 16th, 2023 the Greenfield City Council Community Relations (CR) Committee invites all residents of Precincts 4, 5 and 6 to attend a meeting at the City Hall Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, 14 Court Square, Greenfield, at 6:00 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting to allow virtual and physical attendance.
The City Council, the Legislative body of Greenfield, is providing this venue for you to express your concerns facing your precinct. While your precinct Councilors may attend in the audience, they will be unable to participate in the meeting due to Open Meeting Law and quorum constraints. While this is unavoidable we believe holding the meeting will be beneficial for you to have this forum available to convey your concerns.
Please know that the Council will not be able to fix the issues you bring forth; however, we are here to take notice of your concerns and potentially put you in contact with the appropriate resources.
At the meeting there will be a sign-up sheet for you to put your name on to be called upon to air your concerns to those attending. The CR Chairperson Christine Forgey will address those attending with some procedural guidelines for the meeting. In order to allow everyone who would like to address the committee equitable time, there will be a time limit per speaker from precincts 4, 5, and 6.
We request all who attend to be polite and not admonish anyone when making comments including those in attendance or other municipal officials.
At this time it is anticipated that there will be a similar meeting in November for Precincts 7, 8, and 9. Date and time for the meeting have yet to be determined.