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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Holyoke City Council again fails to strike ordinance banning city employees from serving - MassLive.com

HOLYOKE — The City Council has again rejected striking language from a 2017 ordinance that bans municipal employees from serving on the council.

The order failed to garner the necessary supermajority vote.

As it reads, the ordinance would prevent Councilor-elect Israel Rivera, a School Department employee, from serving on the body come Jan. 3. The council also voted on the order during the Dec. 7 meeting, but that vote resulted in an 8-5 outcome.



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