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WAMC News has learned that Pittsfield, Massachusetts city councilor Nick Caccamo will not seek a fifth term.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council approved three new city positions and the reclassification of Human Resources Director Michael Taylor's position for a salary increase.  This motion passed 7-4 with Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon, Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Morandi, Ward 4 Councilor Christopher Connell and Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio voting in opposition. The three new city positions are a grant manager, chief assessor, and an information technology (IT) position. Taylor's job reclassification is aimed to better compensate him for his responsibilities. He will experience an increase...

4:29 The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council is creating a new grants administrator role for the city’s police department. During the public portion of Tuesday’s meeting, the only four speakers were uniformly in opposition to any expansion of the police department budget, which came in around $11.5 million for fiscal year 2021. “It was just nine months ago back in June that Pittsfield was urging city council to reduce the Pittsfield police budget and to reduce spending on policing its residents," said resident Kelan O’Brien. “While I and many others are grateful that the council ...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday approved an appropriation of $960,000 in Pittsfield Economic Development funds for infrastructure improvements on Dan Fox Drive. The motion passed 10-1 with Ward 4 Councilor Christopher Connell voting against. These funds will go toward the extension of water and sewer lines along Dan Fox Drive, connecting the lines immediately to Bousquet Mountain. Though Bousquet is an immediate part of the equation, these improvements will make the area capable of handling future growth and is purposed to promote the "much needed" development. The ski ar...

3:42 The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has approved the use of almost a million dollars from the municipal General Electric settlement fund for an infrastructure project. The Pittsfield Economic Development Fund was established in 2000 as part of the city’s agreement with GE over decades of pollution that left cancerous chemicals in Pittsfield’s ground and water. Members of Mayor Linda Tyer’s administration made the case as to why it was the best way to fund the construction of water and sewer lines on Dan Fox Drive out to Bousquet Mountain, the city’s ski resort. “From the...