Westfield's City Council finance subcommittee reviewed department budgets across public works Monday, focusing on a $2 million spending cut ordered by the mayor and a push to modernize transfer station access controls.
Westfield Finance Committee reviews six departmental budgets, spotlighting a South Hadley dispatch deal and a shrinking cable fee.
Westfield's Finance Committee approved four appropriations totaling more than $2.6 million at its May 27 session, headlined by a $124,380 transfer to fund 87 police body-worn cameras and a $2.43 million free cash draw to wipe out the DPW snow and ice deficit.
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