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 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
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Article I City Council
- 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 61 Art I City Council
- § 61-1 Compensation.
- § 61-2 Regular meetings.
- § 61-3 Special meetings.
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- 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
[Amended 1-24-1997; 10-22-2013; 12-19-2022]
The annual compensation of the President of the City Council
shall be $28,500, and the annual compensation of all other members
of the City Council shall be $28,000 per annum, effective January
1, 2024, and thereafter. Said sums shall be paid in equal installments
at the end of each month of service.
A.
Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the first and third
Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise ordered from time
to time by the City Council President.
[Amended 1-7-2019; 2-8-2021]
B.
In the event a legal holiday falls on a scheduled meeting night,
then the meeting shall be held on the following Tuesday at the scheduled
time; and if a regular meeting falls on the evening before a state
or City primary or election, the meeting will then be held on the
following Monday at the scheduled time.
C.
Only one meeting shall be held during the months of July and August,
namely, on the third Monday of each of such months.
D.
Meetings
shall be held in the Council chambers.
E.
Additional meetings may be held from time to time for the purpose
of conducting public hearings and acting upon orders amending Rules
of the Road only.
A.
The Mayor, and in like manner the President of the Council, may at
any time call a special meeting of the Council by causing a written
notice of such meeting, specifying the subject which he/she desires
to have considered, to be left at the usual place of residence of
each Councilor, or given to him in hand, at least 48 hours before
the time appointed for the meetings, and no business other than that
specified in the notice and on file in the office of the City Clerk
shall be transacted at such special meeting.
B.
On written petition of any five members of the Council, the President
shall call a special meeting of the Council to act upon any matters
set forth in the petition on file in the office of the City Clerk.
Certification of the proper notice of all such special meetings shall
be made to the City Clerk in a manner determined by him in accordance
with the rules of the Council and law.
