MassachusettsHolyoke council would set schedules for choosing city officers
Holyoke's city council would choose several officers on set schedules, with two- or three-year terms, if the proposal becomes law.
What it does
The proposal sets schedules and terms for Holyoke's council assistant, audit director, assessors, and water commissioner. The council could remove them for sufficient cause.
Argument forSet schedules and terms could help residents know when Holyoke chooses its council assistant, audit director, assessors, and water commissioner.
Argument againstCouncil control over choosing and removing these officers could make their positions more dependent on council decisions.
More detail
The proposal sets schedules and terms for choosing several city officers. The rules cover the council's administrative assistant, the Director of Internal Audit, assessors of taxes, and the water commissioner. The city council may remove any of these officers for sufficient cause. The bill would repeal only parts of earlier Holyoke laws that conflict with it; it does not identify those parts. If enacted, the act would take effect immediately. The assistant would serve two years; the audit director, assessors, and water commissioner would serve three years.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 24Read second and ordered to a third readingLatest
- Aug 24Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Jul 27Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Jul 23Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Jul 9Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jul 9Rules suspended
- Jul 9Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Jul 1Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- Jun 11Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1
- May 26Senate concurred
- May 21Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional GovernmentIntroduced
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