City Council

Salem parks secure $3.7 million in FY27 budgets. The City Council Committee on Administration and Finance unanimously recommended operating budgets for seven facilities including the Witch House, drawing 97,000 annual visitors with a proposed $5 ticket surcharge for high school funding; the Council

Salem Council committee unanimously backs ranked choice voting petition. The Government Services Committee, meeting jointly with the Committee of the Whole, voted 5-0 to adopt amendments and recommend advancing a Home Rule Petition with proportional ranked choice voting language. The revision was

City Council hears $4.1 million Public Services, $10.5 million capital budgets. The Committee on Administration and Finance and Committee of the Whole met jointly on June 3 to hear departmental presentations on Fiscal Year 2027 budgets. Public Services Director Ray Jodoin presented an operating

City Council approves $1.6 million in FY27 budgets. The Administration and Finance Committee unanimously approved operating budgets for Sustainability and Resiliency ($294,927), Conservation Commission ($39,460), Planning Board ($40,563), Planning Department ($888,391), Marketing and Tourism

Salem City Council approves FY27 budgets totaling $16.6 million for key departments. The Committee on Administration and Finance unanimously approved budgets on June 1, including $11.9 million for the Fire Department, $1.85 million for Traffic and Parking, $1.05 million for Electrical, and $1.02