Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the public budget hearings are being held virtually in partnership with Focus Springfield. Those departments having a budget hearing today included: Health and Human Services, TJO Animal Control, Elder Affairs, Library, Veterans Services, Police, and Fire/Emergency Communications.
Those attending the meeting were: Mayor Sarno, City Councilor Tim Allen, CAFO TJ Plante, Deputy CAFO Lindsay Hackett, Grants/Budget Director Melanie Acobe, Communications Director William Baker, HHS Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris, TJO Executive Director Pam Peebles, TJO Supervisor Hannah Orenstein, Elder Affairs Director Sandy Federico, Library Director Molly Fogarty, Library Assistant Director Jean Canosa Albano, Veterans Services Director Tom Belton, Veterans Services Deputy Director Joe DeCaro, Veterans Services Admin. Assistant Danielle Witherspoon, Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood, SPD Captain Jeff Martucci, SPD Director of Business and Technology Jennifer Leydon, SPD Budget Director Lisa Willis, Fire Commissioner BJ Calvi, SFD Deputy Chief David Wells, SFD Deputy Chief Michael Hess, SFD Deputy Director of Emergency Communications Rebecca Ocasio, SFD Director of Finance Erica Floyd, and Budget Analysts Hamediah Mohammed, Sean Pham, and Chris Fraser.
