Northampton City Council heard that the downtown parking garage has "concrete cancer" that could cost up to $33 million to fix. Hoffman Architects engineer Rob Marsoli said alkali-silica reaction and chloride-saturated concrete have corroded the 37-year-old E.J.
Northampton City Council adopted a rewritten sign ordinance 8-0, capping commercial ground signs at six per business and digital display area at 50 percent while keeping an 11 p.m. lighting cutoff. Councilor Perry recused himself, citing prior comments about fundraisers.
The Northampton City Council voted 9-0 to put the planning director in charge of local permitting for small solar and battery-storage projects under a new state law taking effect Oct. 1.
The Northampton City Council approved a $152,000 emergency elevator repair at Northampton High School and voted to refer a proposed 365-day data center moratorium to committee.
Northampton council moved school and audit money while opening a data center zoning debate.
Northampton City Council funded expanded mental-health response hours and renewed an open-ended anti-crime task force contract.
Northampton's City Council put off $1.1 million in fiscal 2026 budget transfers, approving prior meeting minutes 9-0 but pushing two funding orders to a July 15 second reading.
Northampton City Council approved a $152.5 million city budget and debated a new sidewalk-enforcement tool. The council voted 7-2 to pass the $136,225,218 general fund budget, with Councilors Robbins and Stratton opposed, and unanimously approved $16,307,311 in enterprise fund budgets.
Northampton's Finance Committee split on a recommendation for the $152 million fiscal 2027 general fund budget, sending it to the full City Council Thursday without consensus.
Northampton City Council heard FY27 budget presentations from fire, police, DPW, central services and climate departments, with no vote taken on the spending plan itself.
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