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Council rejects four proposed debt-exclusion ballot questions, refers $36M vocational-school item to finance
Summary
After extensive debate over timing and fiscal impact, Malden City Council voted to send the $36 million Northeast Vocational Technical School debt-exclusion to the finance committee and rejected separate $10M and $25M debt-exclusion proposals for lead‑pipe work, Roosevelt Park, an art center and an East Side fire station.
The council took up five proposed debt-exclusion ballot questions the mayor’s office and some councilors had placed on the docket for a special municipal election on Feb. 10, 2026. The questions sought to authorize the temporary assessment of property taxes to pay for specific capital projects: $36 million for the Northeast Vocational Technical School (VOC); $10 million for lead-pipe and stormwater work; $10 million to remediate and restore Roosevelt Park; $10 million to outfit an art center in the old District Courthouse; and $25 million for an East…
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