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Wakefield candidate says town’s collaborative budgeting approach reduces near-term need for override

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Thomas Markham told WCAT he does not anticipate supporting an operational override for Wakefield in the near term, crediting collaborative relationships among the school committee, town council, finance committee and town administration for fiscal stability.

Thomas Markham said Wakefield likely differs from neighboring communities that have proposed overrides because of what he described as close collaboration among the school committee, town council, finance committee and town administration.

“Between the school department, and the school committee and the town hall is the collaborative relationships, that we have,” Markham said,…

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