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PITTSFIELD — Some Pittsfield city councilors said Wednesday they aren’t ready to decide whether to support a proposal to reform trash collections. And with that, a majority agreed Wednesday that any such program should not begin before summer 2022. At a Committee of the Whole meeting, councilors voted 8-3 to set July 1, 2022, as the earliest date on which such a proposal would go into effect. The council agreed it needs more time weigh the modified “pay-as-you-throw” proposal and hear more from residents. With the vote, “we let people know that they have over the next...

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has postponed a proposed overhaul of its trash system until at least 2022.

  The City Council voted 7-4 to cap meetings at four hours and to start an hour earlier. The votes followed about an hour of debate and a number of amendments.   Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Morandi, Ward 4 Councilor Chris Connell, Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey, and Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio voted against the time limit. Council President Peter Marchetti, Morandi, Connell, and Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon voted against starting meetings at 6 p.m.   The four-hour limit will go into effect at the next meeting on Feb. 23 and 6 p.m. schedule will begin April 1 to give the public and c...

PITTSFIELD — Following more than two hours of discussion Monday night, a City Council subcommittee voted narrowly to reject a measure to change new traffic patterns on lower North Street

PITTSFIELD — The city’s leadership this week will delve into a traffic project and waste management proposal that are already generating strong opinions in the community. The city has for years been looking for ways to rein in curbside waste disposal costs, and the newest proposal aimed at achieving just that will be outlined and no doubt scrutinized at Wednesday’s 7 p.m. Committee of the Whole meeting. At-Large Councilors Peter Marchetti, Earl Persip III and Pete White proposed a bag-based “pay-as-you-throw” system for curbside waste disposal that subsidizes what sha...