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The Council unanimously approved a $175,000 transfer to fund Public Works salaries and adopted a retroactive salary schedule for approximately 27 employees. It also unanimously passed a resolution seeking up to $95,000 in savings by reducing discretionary ward improvement and Fourth of July funds.
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The salary action brings Public Works employees’ pay current through the current fiscal year under a recently reached labor agreement, with increases retroactive to July 1, 2024. The Council also supported flood-resilience legislation, citing projections of one-foot flooding in parts of Malden, especially Wards One and Two, potentially by the 2030s. Several licenses and two mayoral reappointments were approved, while an Open Meeting Law complaint was referred to the Legal Department for a response due April 1.
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