The Peabody City Council held three consecutive meetings on March 12, 2026: a Committee of the Whole, a Finance Committee, and a Regular City Council meeting. Key actions included a 3% raise for the mayor, approval of $2.1 million in overtime and salary transfers for police and fire, and passage of several special permits and license transfers. Discussions highlighted ongoing overtime cost concerns and budget pressures.
Like the call to order the committee of the whole meeting. We have two items. I'm sorry, we have one item on the agenda. And it's to uh the it's the review of the salary of the mayor. Section two dash thirteen. Yeah. Is there any discussion to be had Councillor Turco? Thank you, Councillor Higgins. Um I am correct. We're we're discussing the uh salary of the mayor, correct? I just walked in the door. So yes, with that, um I think the standard raise given to uh you know every uh municipal department in the city uh this past year would be uh appropriate to give to the mayor the three percent raise given to all union and non-union personnel, and I would gladly support the three percent. Thank you, Councilor Turko. Any other counselors have any comments? Uh I could make it in the form of a motion. Uh yeah, I didn't to take a motion. Okay. Uh be it ordained by the city council of the city of KPD as follows. Section one of the code of the city of PB adopted on April eleventh, two thousand twenty-four, and amended is here by further amended deleting the following section salary of the mayor. The salary of the mayor shall be one hundred and thirty-nine thousand dollars per annum and such excuse me, Chair. Just one moment, Councillor. I think you're reading the ordinance that we adopted last year. Right. I was gonna read that ordinance and then uh change. Okay. Oh, okay. Um so the motion is to adjust the salary the mayor of the salary uh to uh three percent to a total of one thirty one forty-three thousand. I have two different numbers here. I'm gonna go by counselor here again uh to the clerk through you to the clerk. Do we need an exact uh amount, um Alison, or can I just use the three percent number? Council, I think it's a good idea if we give the exact amount. Okay. Uh we might need a recalculation then because Councillor Gamash, uh excuse me, Counselor uh Hawkman has one forty-three one seventy. Uh but the number given to me was one forty-three two twenty-one. So let's get some verification on that if we can uh hold off on the motion for about one minute. I think you had one forty-three one seventy, is that correct? Correct. Uh so to increase the mayor's salary uh three percent to a total of one hundred and forty three thousand one hundred and seventy dollars per year. So moved. You heard the motion uh Councillor Gabash? Yeah, I um I'm trying to figure out this. This was given to us by Mike Ingers, the um uh from his office. And I'm looking at the at the uh hearing tonight of one thirty nine, that was that was given to me is one hundred thirty-nine oh forty nine effect of seven one twenty-four. And seven one twenty-five. It was one forty three two twenty-one twenty-six. On the one forty-three two twenty-one. Which I would the ordinance that was advertised and adopted is one hundred and thirty-nine thousand dollars back in twenty twenty-five. I'm sorry, one hundred and forty-two thousand dollars. Right. So is it on that one forty two, or is it on the so what was that figure again?