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NO. 151 293 FRIDAY,TUESDAY, DECEMBER JUNE 27, 8,2017 2017 75 75 cents cents Police seek help City Council takes locating missing teen care of business By DAN DESROCHERS as year-end looms Correspondent WESTFIELD–Police are looking for a missing teenager out of Chicopee who has ties to By AMY PORTER Office of Environmental Affairs Westfield. Correspondent Parkland Acquisitions program According to the Westfield Detective Bureau, police are seeking 15-year-old Cameron WESTFIELD –In the second for handicap accessibility Davis. According to their Facebook page, Davis was reported missing for four days and is in to last meeting of the year, the improvements to the Hampton need of medication. City Council moved quickly on Ponds playground. The cost of He was reported missing from Chicopee, though police believe that he may be in Westfield. Thursday to approve items on the upgrading the playground will be He is described at 5 feet 5 inches tall, skinny, with brown hair and blue eyes, and is usually agenda, mostly financial appro- just over $408,000. The grant priations and resolutions from will be for more than $285,000, seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt. City Hall, some requiring action leaving the city with approxi- If you have any information, you are urged to call the Westfield Police at (413)562-5411. CAMERON DAVIS before year’s end. mately $122,000 to match. Items approved for immediate $52,000 of the match will come consideration and passed includ- from the Commission for ed a grant of $1,790 to the Citizens with Disabilities account Westfield Police Department for from fees paid for parking in Carbon monoxide safety traffic enforcement and equip- handicap spaces. The remainder ment, part of the Drive Sober or (approx. 70,000) is in the plans Get Pulled Over initiative. for the Community Development Also approved was an appro- Block Grant for 2018, according key this time of the year priation of $17,000 to remove to City Planner Jay Vinskey, who By DAN DESROCHERS other items. asbestos and demolish the resi- also said in order to get the state Correspondent Carbon monoxide can be due to the dence at 8 Lewis Street. Mayor grant, the Council needed to vote WESTFIELD—As we reach the combustion and incomplete burning Brian P. Sullivan, in presenting on the resolution before the end end of the year the temperatures drop of the fuels, such as oil, gasoline or the item during his briefing, said of the year. The Council vote, and the heating sources get turned up, wood, used in these heating sources. the city now owns the building which was a commitment to but with that can come the risk of Exposure to carbon monoxide, after a long process. He said the matching the funds, passed unan- carbon monoxide exposure. according to Bishop, which occurs building is infested with animals, imously. During this time of year, when through breathing, can have a myriad Coats and other items outside of Mama and has a major hole in the roof. Also approved was the heating systems are used more regu- of symptoms. Cakes. “This is a project I’ve been appointment of Walter Tatro to larly, the potential to be exposed to “In low concentrations, it can be working on for over 3 years to the Off-Street Parking carbon monoxide in homes can confused with flu-like symptoms,” Winter coats and get this building secure and taken Commission through February, increase, meaning increased risks for Bishop said, such as fatigue, nausea down,” said Ward 2 Councilor 2018, to replace Bernard Puza residents, since increased carbon dizziness or headaches. other items available Ralph J. Figy, calling the build- who resigned. monoxide exposure can come with Other symptoms of exposure may ing an “eyesore.” A 3-0 vote from the Legislative medical risks up to and including include light-headedness, confusion, to those in need Figy also asked for immediate & Ordinance Committee to death. The Westfield Fire Department fainting. And if exposure is high consideration to accept a sanitary reduce the City Council salary by wants residents to be aware of this enough, it can lead to death. at local business sewer easement associated with $500 beginning January 1 to “silent killer” as heating sources According to Bishop, carbon mon- the Southampton Road sewer bring the ordinance into compli- using different fuels are being used oxide is odorless, colorless, tasteless By DAN DESROCHERS project, which the Mayor said ance was questioned by At-Large more frequently this time of year. and thus it being known as a “silent Correspondent cost the city $1, and would allow Councilor Dave Flaherty, who According to Westfield Fire killer.” WESTFIELD—If you’re ever walking them to clean up the area where said the amount of the reduction Deputy Chief Eric Bishop, there have In order to prevent these sorts of down Elm Street, you might notice a collec- the sewer had been put in. The should be $1,000. Figy said the been a total of 23 carbon monoxide issues from occurring, carbon mon- tion of coats outside of the Mama Cakes motion passed unanimously, as change in the amount had come incidents in the city this year since oxide detectors should be in homes. bakery. did all the matters before the out of the auditor and treasurer’s Jan. 1, 2017. And if fossil fuels are being used to That’s because the owner, Kimberly Council Thursday. office through the Legal These and incidents like them can heat homes, then Bishop said that McNutt, wants to provide warmth for those Ward 5 Councilor Robert A. Department. After some confu- come from a variety of sources, such carbon monoxide detectors are need- who may need it in the winter months. The Paul, Sr. asked to send several sion, the matter was transferred as wood-burning stoves, fuel-based ed at each hospitable level of the bakery, for the third year in a row, is now appropriations from the to the Finance Committee’s Dec. furnaces, portable or space heaters, home, as well as within 10 feet of offering coats, hats, blankets and other Community Preservation account 21 meeting, the last on the calen- generators, as well as vehicles being bedroom doors. According to the items to those out and about to make sure to the Finance Committee. All of dar for 2017. left to run inside attached garages of Massachusetts Department of Fire those who need the warmth this season can the appropriations had previously An amendment of an ordi- homes. Services’ “Carbon Monoxide Safety,” get at least some. been approved by the Community nance to allow the Fire Steps to help prevent this include, unfinished basements and attics do Preservation Committee. These Department to hold meetings in from the Massachusetts Department not need the detectors. “We know there’s a need for people to get warm,” McNutt said. included $136,000 for the Hangar the Little River Road Fire Station of Fire Services’ online document Bishop also said to be sure that the II Restoration and $135,000 for Community Room passed on its “Carbon Monoxide Safety,” inspec- detectors being used are less than 10 “It’s sad and people don’t realize how accessibility improvements to the first reading, and was moved to a tions of appliances should happen years old, in order to maintain effi- many suffer,” she said. Westfield Women’s Club second reading. Also passing its yearly from qualified service techni- ciency of the potentially life-saving McNutt started providing the items out- Building, both of which have first reading was a zoning amend- cians, you should check vent pipes, device. side of her store for free three years ago. It already been approved by the ment for exterior lighting, to flues and chimneys in the home for “If the alarm goes off you should started off modestly enough, according to City Council, but needed one strengthen the protections for leaks or blockages, not to use a gas seek fresh air and call the fire depart- McNutt, and by the second year she said more vote. The Council had not abutters and the environment. oven to heat your home, to never use ment,” Bishop said. that it was advertised on Facebook. More yet voted on the CPA approved Figy said the amendment set charcoal grills indoors and to not use “We have carbon monoxide meters people came and donated and she estimates funding of $250,000 for the standards that hadn’t existed gasoline-powered engines indoors or to checks homes. We want to make that at least 400 total jackets and hats had Hotel Bismarck Façade, which before. near open windows or doors, among sure you’re safe,” he said. come and gone from the spot. was held up this year while the Figy also said he had posted In addition, McNutt said a woman had deed restriction was approved by the Superintendent’s Report.