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Peabody Council approves appointments, CPC funding moves and school bus violation detection resolution

2818213 · March 28, 2025
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At its March 27 meeting the council confirmed three board appointments, advanced several Community Preservation Committee (CPC) transfers and unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing a school bus violation-detection monitoring program under MGL c.90 §§14 and 14C.

The Peabody City Council on March 27 approved mayoral appointments, multiple Community Preservation Committee (CPC) transfers and a unanimous resolution to adopt school bus violation detection monitoring authorized under Massachusetts General Laws.

Appointments: Mayor Joe Bettencourt introduced three appointments to city boards. The council voted 10–0 to confirm Michael Rizzo and Francis Hardy for reappointment and to appoint Maureen Murphy to the Liquor Licensing Board. Murphy, introduced by the mayor and briefly welcomed by several councilors, said she recently purchased a home in Ward 2 and said she would be “honored” to serve.

School bus violation detection: In its Legal Affairs report the council adopted a resolution authorizing the city to establish a school bus violation detection monitoring system and to use MGL Chapter 90, sections…

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