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In a reversal of an earlier budget hearing, councilors decided the lone cut they'd make to the proposed $216.2 million budget should come from Pittsfield Public Schools.
A new ordinance, set to go into effect later this summer, will allow veterans living in Pittsfield to park in municipal lots for free.
The Pittsfield City Council opted out of the spraying portion of the city's mosquito control plan in 2021. An attempt to revive that spraying effort failed Tuesday by one vote.
The seven-member committee met for the first time this week, laying the groundwork for the first systematic review of the city's guiding document since its revision in 2013.
The City Council shot down a controversial push to place the design of North Street before voters on the November ballot. But alternate plans remain under discussion.