The Peabody City Council approved a consolidated fee listing Tuesday that the clerk will maintain after a 2024 recodification of the municipal code removed specific fee amounts from ordinance.

Councilor Andy McGinn explained the recodification adopted last year replaced explicit fee amounts in the code with language that sets fees "by resolution," making fee updates possible by motion or resolution rather than ordinance. He said the intent of the approved action is to post a single document in the city clerk’s office listing current fee amounts so the public and staff can see the fees in effect.

The council voted 10–0 to approve the fee listing attached to 'late communication 2' after McGinn moved to accept the document. The clerk completed a roll-call vote with all present councilors voting yes.

Separately, Councilor Melville moved that the finance or police department prepare a report of all fees collected under Chapter 19 (parking permits and parking-ticket fees) to inform budget planning for the coming fiscal year; that motion was made for council consideration as a next-step request.

No substantive opposition was recorded on the floor; the council treated the fee-listing approval as closure of a recodification loose end and noted the listing can be updated by future council action.