Wicked Local It’s not often a government official says, “money is waiting there to be spent,” but that is precisely what Councilor-at-Large Alison Leary stated about Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding for the rehabilitation of city fields. Leary, like several other councilors at a recent Programs and Services meeting, pushed Nicole Banks, commissioner of the Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture Department, to create a timeline with priorities for upgrading the fields. Banks and councilors at the meeting agreed that in order to move forward, the parks department will need to create funding proposals to be assessed by the Community Preservation Committee (CPC).