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Chicopee to consider $37,000 annual pay raise for mayor, increases for treasurer, city clerk and other elected officials Updated Jan 18, 2021; CHICOPEE – Citing a salary study that shows the mayor, treasurer and other elected employees are underpaid, the city’s top leader has submitted a proposal to hike annual salaries by amounts ranging from $37,000 to $6,500 a year. The proposal also calls for increases for City Councilors and law department employees of about $2,000 each. The mayor’...

Chicopee City Councilor Lucjan Galecki removed from all subcommittees, asked to reconsider resignation after Facebook posts about sexual assault Updated Dec 22, 2020; A Chicopee city councilor has been removed from all subcommittees after writing insensitive remarks about sexual assault survivors online last week. “I am removing you from all your sub-committee assignments,” a letter from city council president Shane Brooks posted to Facebook states. Not the greatest of pictures but I wante...