Citizens aired a host of grievances at Tuesday night's Town Council meeting. Among them, several town members raised questions about the crosswalk positioned on Central Avenue.

Jim Baker was the first speaker of the night to express displeasure with the placement of the crosswalk in the middle of the block on Central Avenue, instead of at the street's intersection with Sycamore Street. He then criticized Councilman Mark Ciarrocca's implication from a previous meeting that he based this disapproval on Democratic Party issues.

Maria Carluccio — who asked to be referred to as Mrs. Carluccio, as using her first name implies friendship, which is something she does not have with the Council, she said — questioned the need for a crossing guard at Central Avenue, where "there are almost no points of conflict," but the absence of a crossing guard at areas with points of conflict, such as at Grove Street and Central Avenue and Park Street and Central Avenue.

Carluccio's neighbor, Adina Enculescu, also addressed the Council with concerns about the signage surrounding the crosswalk in front of her house on Central Avenue. The signage, she said, confuses drivers, who then pull their cars into her driveway, and she fears damage to her property. The crosswalk causes an unsafe situation for family, property and pedestrians, she said.

Retired Westfield police officer Greg Kasko also spoke to the Council, addressing what he called "mismanagement" by Mayor Andy Skibitsky and the town Council. He attended the meeting armed with a memo from 2007, circulated inside the Westfield Police Department, "exposing these facts" about the "stealing of time" by police officers. He said that he hopes to force the mayor to cut wasteful spending.

The Council also revealed its decision to suspend enforcement of commuter parking permits in Westfield's South Side train lots from Dec. 20 through Dec. 31, as it did last year. The town will cover all of its parking meters during this time as well. This decision was made in an effort to support local businesses and patrons during the holidays.