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Human Services Advisory Council approves prior meeting minutes.

Human Services Advisory Council approves prior minutes and prepares for agency funding recommendations. Chair Rosalind Kopfstein and six voting members discussed state-mandated conflict-of-interest training, with Rosa Tobango disclosing affiliation with Rights of Passage. Staff will revise two

Commission on Disabilities approves December minutes, hears transit priorities

The Pittsfield Commission on Disabilities unanimously approved December 2025 minutes and heard from Kathleen Lambert, the new Berkshire Regional Transit Authority Director, on expanded paratransit service, same-day ride software development, and East-West Rail coordination. The Commission learned

Historical Commission approves three demolition applications in one meeting

Pittsfield Historical Commission unanimously approves three demolitions in single meeting. Chair John Dickson and board members voted to allow removal of 86 John Street (built 1893), the Wahconah Park Grandstand (1949), and 136 Linden Street (1885). The Wahconah Park project includes a new

Conservation Commission approves Parker Pond dredging, denies group home application

Pittsfield Conservation Commission approves dredging of Parker Pond while denying group home application. The commission unanimously issued Order of Conditions for Jeffrey Carr's project to remove 4,500 cubic yards of sediment through controlled pond lowering with floating turbidity curtains. In

Homelessness Advisory Committee approves prior minutes, hears continuum updates.

Pittsfield's Homelessness Advisory Committee unanimously approved prior minutes and heard from the Three County Continuum of Care on federal funding shifts and the January 25 winter point-in-time count. Michele LaFleur, Data and Evaluation Manager, reported that the Department of Housing and Urban