City of Springfield, MA
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2024-03-18
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 67 Officers and Employees
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Article VII City Messenger
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 10 Assessors
- Ch 16 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 23 Deeds, Leases and Mortgages
- Ch 25 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 27 Departments
- Ch 32 Elections
- Ch 34 Emergency Services
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 49 Historic Districts
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 67 Art VII City Messenger
- § 67-52 Appointment; term.
- § 67-53 Duties.
- § 67-54 Delivery of notifications and summonses; notice of meetings.
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning
- Ch 82 Purchasing and Contracts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 115 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 118 Awnings, Canopies and Signs
- Ch 123 Biomedical Research
- Ch 131 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 149 Buses
- Ch 154 Community Gardens
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 165 Drugs and Drug Products
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 173 Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 182 Foreclosures
- Ch 184 Fortunetellers
- Ch 190 Gang Activity
- Ch 201 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 213 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 229 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 235 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 238 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 240 Loitering
- Ch 245 Marijuana
- Ch 247 Massage Businesses
- Ch 248 Military Leave
- Ch 259 Noise
- Ch 265 Parking, Valet
- Ch 270 Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 279 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 282 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 304 Sex Offenders
- Ch 311 Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 316 Smoking
- Ch 322 Snow and Ice
- Ch 327 Solid Waste
- Ch 334 Storm Drains
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 338 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Swimming Pools
- Ch 351 Tag/Garage Sales
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 362 Tobacco Products
- Ch 368 Tree Protection
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unregistered
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 401 Waste Hauling Services
- Ch 405 Water
- Ch 412 Weapons and Explosives
- Ch 417 Wetlands
- Appendix
- Ch A450 Special Acts and Resolves
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Title 2, Ch. 2.24, of the 1986 Code]
The Messenger shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve
at the pleasure of the Mayor.
A.
Subject to the direction and control of the Superintendent of Public
Buildings, the Messenger shall prepare and arrange the rooms in which
the City Council shall hold its sessions, or in which any committee
thereof shall hold its meetings, and see that the same are properly
and reasonably warmed and lighted.
B.
He shall attend the City Council while in session, and, under direction
of the proper committee or officers, provide such things as may be
necessary for their accommodation or for the accommodation of committees
while in session.
C.
Subject to the direction of the Election Commission, he shall see
that the rooms selected for polling places are prepared and properly
warmed and lighted.
D.
He shall be under the general supervision of the Superintendent of
Public Buildings and shall perform such other duties as the Superintendent
of Public Buildings or City Council may from time to time prescribe.
A.
The Messenger shall receive, deliver and execute all notifications,
summonses and precepts, the service of which is not otherwise provided
for, issued by the Mayor or the City Council or by any committee of
the same, and make due return thereof.
B.
He shall notify all committees of their meetings upon request of
the City Clerk or the chairman of such committee.
C.
He shall receive and deliver all notifications to officers elected
or appointed by the City Council.
