AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE HOLYOKE CITY COUNCIL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 438 of the acts of 1896, as most recently amended by chapter 189 of the acts of 1992, is hereby further amended by striking out section 12 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 12–Special Meetings of the City Council;
The mayor or the president of the city council may at any time call a special meeting of the city council by causing written notifications thereof, together with a statement of the subjects to be considered thereat, to be electronically delivered to all city council members not less than 48 hours prior to the commencement of the meeting. Members of the city council may elect to alternatively receive all such notices by mail, hand delivery to their place of residence or to their city hall desk by designating their preference to the clerk or the assistant to the city council.
SECTION 2. So much of chapter 438 of the acts of 1896 and chapter 327 of the acts of 1936 and acts in amendment thereof and addition thereto, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, June 17, 2026.