Council at full strength

Jennifer Bush took the oath Monday as Peabody’s newest city council member, restoring the city council to its full five-member membership for the first time since before City Administrator Paul Leeker arrived last August.

Since May, the city has rebuilt its governing body seat by seat after a series of departures that at one point left officials working simply to restore a quorum.

Bush first sought a council seat during last year’s election because she believed the community deserved to have its concerns heard.