Meetings and Events

City Council Committee Moves Forward on School Compensation Changes

In a focused session on May 7, 2025, the City Council Committee on Ordinances, Licenses, and Legal Affairs in Salem tackled two key issues: simplifying the school committee's compensation ordinance and addressing a public license hearing.

School Committee Compensation Update:
- The council sought to simplify the existing ordinance concerning school committee compensation.
- Current ordinance is extensive and redundant, setting school committee members' salaries at 8% of the mayor’s salary.
- The committee proposed to strike out the requirement for biennial reviews of the salary by the city council, considering it's already tied to the mayor's salary.
- The measure to simplify the ordinance passed, aiming to streamline administrative processes.
Hearing on Public License Denial:
- The committee also planned an executive session to discuss Eddie Espanol’s denied public license.
- The session was set to proceed post the discussion on school committee compensation.
- An adjournment to executive session was approved to address this matter in depth.

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