EV Vol. 31, No.8 -FREEEVE ER TT A household word in Everett for 30 years! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, February 25, 2022 Soaring To Success Everett High School graduate Jordan Goudreau described how his life growing up in the city prepared him for a career in aviation. See page 3 for story and photo highlights. (Photo Courtesy of Jordan Goudreau) City Council votes to keep mayor’s longevity pay at $2,500 By Christopher Roberson T SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com he City Council, during its February 17 meeting, voted 6-5 to enroll the ordinance sponsored by Ward 3 Councillor Anthony DiPierro to keep Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s longevity pay at $2,500 per year. “In government, you have to compromise; I believe my ordinance does just that,” said DiPierro. “The current individual serving as mayor has 28 consecutive years of service to this community.” Yet, on January 31, the council’s Committee of the Whole voted 6-4 to recommend that the mayor’s longevity pay be reduced to $1,700, which would have been consistent with the longevity pay of other department heads. Therefore, Ward 4 Councillor Jimmy Tri Le suggested adopting the committee’s recommendation. However, Le was unsuccessful as DiPierro had already made a motion for favorable action on his ordinance. Prior to the vote, resident Anthony Raymond called attention to the $180,000 that DeMaria allegedly collected from prior longevity payments, which had reportedly been infl ated. Raymond said Chief Financial Offi cer Eric Demas should be held personally responsible for “disrespecting the Everett taxpayers regard ing the longevity payout.” Le said the matter pertaining to the $180,000 has been referred to Massachusetts Inspector General Glenn Cunha. He also said the ongoing stream of emails from residents was unnecessary. Therefore, Le asked City Council President John Hanlon to intervene. “Could you please tell the taxpayers of Everett to put a halt on emailing us, demanding that the mayor repay that money?” Le asked. “We have no authority over him whatsoever and it’s out of our jurisdiction.” However, Hanlon did not agree with Le’s request. “I’m COUNCIL | SEE PAGE 9
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