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City Council approves $29.3 million FY27 department budgets

Salem City Council approves $29.3 million in FY27 budgets across five departments. The Committee on Administration and Finance, chaired by Councillor Kyle Alexander Davis, unanimously recommended budgets for the Solicitor and Licensing Board, Human Resources, IT/GIS, Library, and Mayor's Office in

Salem Tree Commission approves prior minutes, schedules June events

Salem Tree Commission approves prior meeting minutes, schedules two June tree events. Chair Darleen Melis led a five-member meeting that approved March 16 minutes and scheduled two June events: a Liberty Tree planting ceremony on June 6 at 9:30 a.m. in front of St. Peter's Church with Mayor

City Council backs tour bus permit and fine increases for peak season

City Council backs tour bus permit and October fare hike. The Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs and the Committee of the Whole approved ordinances establishing a $50 daily parking permit fee for tour buses, rising to $100 in October, with a $150 fine for standing or idling buses.

Salem implements first-ever tour bus parking permit program.

Salem council approves first-ever tour bus parking permit program. The City Council voted unanimously to implement permits with a $50 annual base fee and $100 rate for October, Salem's Haunted Happenings tourism peak, with tracking through the Passport App system. The 1.1 million visitors in

Salem approves $644,000 for Greenlawn Cemetery projects

Salem board approves $644,000 for Greenlawn Cemetery renovation and improvement projects. The Board of Trust Fund Commissioners unanimously approved $124,000 for Dickson Chapel Restoration and $520,000 for a Planned Improvement Project from the Dickson Chapel, Meldon Trust, and Perpetual Care Trust