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Finance committee sends $2.35 million bond order for city capital projects to advertise

3494272 · May 24, 2025
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Summary

Peabody finance committee voted 5-0 to advertise a $2.35 million bond order to fund a package of city capital projects including a Council on Aging roof and mechanical upgrades, vehicles for public works and police, Ross Park playground work, a stump grinder, cemetery expansion, and technology upgrades.

The finance committee of the Peabody City Council voted to advertise a $2.35 million bond order to fund multiple city capital projects, moving the proposal forward on a 5-0 vote.

The bond order packages a set of projects the mayor presented as priorities: $950,000 for the Council on Aging roof; $335,000 for mechanical upgrades at that building; $515,000 for vehicles (including two 1-ton public works trucks and four police cruisers); $200,000 for Ross Park improvements (Adventures for Angels playground replacements); $80,000 for a stump grinder; $200,000 for cemetery expansion (Area K1 at Cedar…

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