City Council approves assistant city clerk salary ordinance 11-0 in single sitting

MARLBOROUGH -- May 25, 2023, Marlborough City Council passes assistant city clerk salary ordinance 11-0 in two-minute sitting. At a special meeting called to order at 7 p.m. May 25, councilors took up a single item, Order 23-100-8877, amending City Code Chapter 125, Section 6 to revise the salary for the assistant city clerk. Ward 5 Councilor John J. Irish moved approval, and a transmittal letter from Council President Michael H. Ossing, which recommended the measure "be advertised and referred to the finance committee" for discussion during the fiscal 2024 budget, was read into the record. The council instead moved the ordinance through suspension of the first reading, enrollment, and ordination on three consecutive 11-0 votes, clearing the two-thirds threshold Ossing's letter flagged as required. The council adjourned at 7:02 p.m.