Finance Committee
City Hall, Room #105 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148
Agenda — 14 items
- 1 Roll Call
- 2 Minutes to be Approved
- 2 Also Present: Council President Linehan, Councillors Colon-Hayes, Crowe, O'Malley, Winslow Maria Luise-Special Assistant to the Mayor Carol Ann Desiderio-City Clerk Christopher Mooney-Assistant City Solicitor Daniel Grover-Treasurer Ron Hogan-Strategic Planner Councillor McDonald called the meeting to order at 6:09 PM. There will be audio and video via TEAMS for this meeting.
- 3 Minutes of December 9, 2025 to be approved.
- 4 Minutes of December 16, 2025 to be approved.
- 5 Business
- 6 Order: That during the City of Malden Special Municipal Election to be held on February 10, 2026, the following debt exclusion ballot question be included: Shall the City of Malden be allowed to temporarily assess an additional $36,000,000 in real estate and personal property taxes through a debt/expenditure exclusion, for the specific purpose of paying for the construction of the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical School, for which the monies will be used for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2052? A yes vote would support a temporary increase in real estate and personal property taxes beginning with fiscal year 2027 (07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027) until fiscal year 2052 (07/01/2051 to 06/30/2052). A no vote would make no change to the current tax structure.
- 7 Order: The Finance Committee will vote whether to go into Executive Session with Legal Counsel in accordance with Exemption One, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A Section 21(a)(1), and Exemption Seven, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A Section 21(a)(7), to comply with or act under the authority of any general or special law, specifically to comply with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A Section 23(b), to act on the pending Open Meeting Law Complaint filed by Brian DeLacey of 1 Earl Street on December 12, 2025 against the Finance Committee of the Malden City Council related to the December 9, 2025 duly posted Finance Committee meeting. And if so allowed by the Committee, to admit the City Council. (Roll Call Required)
- 8 Other Business
- 9 The Committee will discuss scheduling of educational forums in advance of the upcoming Special Municipal Election in March.
- 10 Tabled Papers
- 11 Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) 9.20.050 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL WASTE is hereby amended by striking Subsections A, B, and C in their entirety and inserting the following in their place:
- 12 Adjournment
- 13 If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Maria Luise, ADA Compliance Coordinator at mluise@cityofmalden.org or 781-397-7000 Ext. 2005 For instructions on enabling live translated captions in Teams, please visit: www.cityofmalden.org/captions