The City Council unanimously approved $505,501.70 from the Stabilization Fund for continued PCB-related soil remediation at Szot Park, with work expected to take about two months.
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The funding will support the next phase of cleanup around the Szot Park pools, including managing contaminated soil and discharge water while the city works with the DEP. Officials said testing and sampling are complete, but there is no guarantee this will be the final PCB cleanup step. The council also approved several appropriations and donations and referred parking enforcement, public reporting tools, school safety training, and property overgrowth issues to committees.
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Approved a unanimous $505,501.70 appropriation from the Stabilization Fund for continued Szot Park remediation.
Approved a unanimous $15,860.62 appropriation for indemnification of police and fire first responders injured on duty.
Accepted a $23,369 donation to the Chicopee Public Library.
Approved $6,000 for travel expenses connected to the public health nurse's home visits.
Accepted $6,414.99 in donations for Chicopee Council on Aging programming and $5,119 for December 2025 senior meals.
Opened nominations for the Board of Health and Library Board of Trustees, with submissions due by 2:15 PM on January 29, 2026, and reappointments scheduled for consideration on February 3, 2026.
Referred discussions on See Click Fix, reverse parking bans, and winter parking-ban enforcement to the Public Works, Utilities, Water Resource Committee.
Referred active-shooter training for paraprofessionals and other staff to the Public Safety Committee.
Referred a proposed property-overgrowth ordinance, including a $150 noncriminal fine, to the Ordinance Committee.
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