Editing Westfield, Massachusetts (section)

==Government and politics==
Westfield is governed by a mayor and a city council, elected every two years. The office of the mayor is responsible for a variety of services throughout the city, and the mayor also serves as chairman of the School Committee. The City Council meets the first and third Thursday of every month at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. in City Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.cityofwestfield.org/122/City-Council |publisher=City of Westfield |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>

Westfield was involved in a mitigation action regarding water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PFASProject Westfield |date=April 21, 2017 |url=https://pfasproject.com/westfield-massachusetts/ |access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

The current mayor of Westfield is Michael A. McCabe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor  |url=https://www.cityofwestfield.org/122/City-Council |publisher=City of Westfield |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> In the [[Massachusetts General Court]], the current senator, representing the [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district|Second Hampden and Hampshire district]], is [[John Velis]]. The representative for the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district|Fourth Hampden district]] is [[Kelly Pease]]. Westfield is located in the Eighth [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] district and is represented by Tara Jacobs<ref>{{cite web|title=Councillors|url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/councillors|access-date=2023-09-23}}</ref>

The Westfield City Council is composed of the following members:

{| Current city counselors
|-
! Ward
! Councilor
! Years on City Council
|-
| Ward 1
| Nicholas J. Morganelli, Jr.
| 2008–2011, 2018, 2020–present
|-
| Ward 2
| Ralph J. Figy
| 2014–present
|-
| Ward 3
| Bridget Matthews-Kane
| 2020–present
|-
| Ward 4
| Michael J. Burns
| 2018–present
|-
| Ward 5
| John J. Beltrandi, III
| 2010–2013, 2017–present
|-
| Ward 6
| William Onyski
| 2016–present
|-
| At-Large
| Kristen L. Mello
| 2020–present
|-
| At-Large
| Brent B. Bean II
| 2002–2007, 2010–present
|-
| At-Large
| Cindy C. Harris
| 2014–present
|-
| At-Large
| Daniel J. Allie
| 2014–present
|-
| At-Large
| David A. Flaherty
| 2010–present
|-
| At-Large
| James R. Adams
| 2004–2009, 2012–2015, 2020–present
|-
| At-Large
| [[Rick Sullivan|Richard K. Sullivan, Jr.]]
| 1990–1993, 2020–present
|}

The current city council president is Brent Bean II.

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 1, 2019<ref>{{cite web |title= Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of February 1, 2017 |publisher= Massachusetts Elections Division |access-date= 2019-02-01 |url= https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20190201.pdf }}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 5,622
| align = center | 23.0%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 4,492
| align = center | 18.3%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| align = center | 13,893
| align = center | 56.7%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | 121
| align = center | 0.5%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of the United States}}
| [[Green-Rainbow Party|Green-Rainbow]]
| align = center | 36
| align=center   | 0.2%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 24,493
! align = center | 100%
|}
[[File:Westfield Mass.jpg|thumb|right|A snow-covered residential neighborhood in Westfield.]]
[[File:1899 Westfield public library Massachusetts.png|thumb|right|Westfield public library, 1899]]

===Public safety===
According to NeighborhoodScout in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=NeighborhoodScout Westfield Crime Archive |url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ma/westfield/crime#description |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817120649if_/https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ma/westfield/crime#description |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-08-17 |access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref> violent crime in Westfield such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder occurs at a rate of 1 in every 375, or 3 in every 1000.