I just wanted to inform the public that I was at the Westfield City Hall yesterday taking care of my errands when I couldn’t help notice how excessive the heat levels were throughout the building. My wife turned and looked at me and said the same thing as well as the comment about how nice it must be to have the heat at whatever levels you want when you’re not paying the bill. Please call town hall and or the mayor’s office and make a formal complaint due to the excessive abuse of the system. There is no way any taxpayer would have their own homes heated that high. The mayor concurs with the caller. That is why he is proposing to install a modern high-efficiency hot water system with state -of-the-art temperature controls. The present system; a turn of the last century stream heat system has served us well but as the caller experienced there is no way to adequately regulate the temperatures. In most offices it simply is a matter of turning on or off a steam valve to control the heat which contributes to wide swings of temperatures. Similar modern hot water high-efficiency boilers with modern room controls have significantly reduced gas consumption in our schools. Presently, one school measures nearly a 60 percent reduction in fuel consumption from this year to last year measured as degree day equivalents. But the PulseLine wants to know: if you were already in City Hall, why didn’t you ask someone this question while you were there? Why didn’t you file a complaint with the mayor’s office WHILE YOU WERE THERE?
Hello. I’ve been recently told that Chief Camerota has decided to bring back the old traffic sergeant on a special duty status. Well, it’s about time. Ever since he left, that department has gone down the drain. It was managed by people that had no concept of traffic management or traffic flow. I understand that the man in charge now, a lieutenant, has no prior experience in managing the traffic bureau or even an accident investigation. I work for a contractor who does a lot of work for the city. I’ve seen it firsthand. How things have deteriorated in the last three years. Sure, we used to get upset when the old guys came around and made us do things. But they were really right and things worked a lot better back then. I’m sorry. I think the next time Westfield gets a Chief of Police, they better start looking to the outside because things don’t look too well there now. Chief Camerota notes that Sgt. Brian Boldini has retired and, despite his appointment as a special officer, will have no role with his former bureau, which, the chief points out, has been expanded to have primary responsibility for police response to major emergencies under the command of Lt. Lawrence Valliere, in whom the chief said he has complete confidence. Camerota also said that Boldini’s expertise and experience gleaned from his years in the Traffic and Safety Bureau, and his other duties as a police officer, will stand him in good stead in his new role as a member of the city’s Traffic Commission.
