‘Embarrassed’ council gives Agawam mayor a bigger raise
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
AGAWAM — The people want a better-paid mayor, city councilors said Monday before voting to increase the salary to $110,000.
They had already voted, on Dec. 21, to raise the salary from its current $85,000 to $95,000, to take effect after the next election. In the weeks since then, however, they’ve heard from constituents who thought they should have endorsed the full $130,000 requested by Mayor William Sapelli.
“I did also talk to some people who came up to me and said they were embarrassed by the amount of money this council was going to give him,” said Councilor Paul Cavallo.