WORCESTER — After a week-long hold and some additional wrangling Wednesday night, the City Council voted to support a resolution calling for the state to allow the city to act on its own to require all new construction in the city move away from fossil fuels.
The council also Wednesday officially started the fiscal 2022 annual budget process by sending City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr.'s proposed $733 million fiscal 2022 budget and the annual capital budget to committee.
The resolution asks the state to commit to swift building "decarbonization" by allowing municipal action, including the adoption of a net-zero energy stretch code designed to move toward renewable energy sources, primarily electricity.