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Finance committee votes to add longtime $15,000 stipend to public works foreman's base pay
Summary
The Peabody City Council Finance Committee approved an amendment to the city's compensation ordinance to fold a longstanding $15,000 stipend for the Public Works foreman (motor equipment) into base pay for John Keon; committee voted 5-0.
The Peabody City Council Finance Committee voted 5-0 to amend the city's compensation ordinance to move a longstanding $15,000 stipend for the Public Works foreman (motor equipment) into that position's base salary.
Mayor (unnamed) told the committee the stipend has been paid for decades and that the change would formalize that payment by adding it to the employee's base salary. "He has been receiving, that goes back, a couple of mayors ago, a stipend of about $15,000," the mayor said. The mayor identified the employee as John Keon and said the change is…
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