WESTFIELD – By the slimmest of margins, the City Council voted 7 to 6 on Dec. 19 to approve the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Northampton and the City of Westfield to become part of the ValleyBike integrated bike share system.
In introducing the motion, William Onyski, chair of Legislative & Ordinance, said his committee, Michael Burns and himself, voted 2 to 0 against the MOU. He said last year, they recommended ValleyBike for Westfield, but the company operating the system went bankrupt. Under the new ownership of DropMobility, Northampton will be the lead community, and the agreement will be made with them.
