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The Finance Committee continued reviewing the proposed FY2027 budget, including staffing reductions in health, recreation, legal, and City Clerk services. Recreation officials reported that 95% of program participants are Malden residents, while new poll pads have cut required precinct staffing in half.
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Several positions would be eliminated or reduced under the proposed budget, including roles supporting the Senior Center, Teen Center, Veterans Affairs, language access, health services, legal work, and election outreach. Departments plan to redistribute work, use multilingual staff and translation tools, and seek donations or grants to preserve services; recovery coaches will continue through donated funding. The City Clerk’s Office is also using online census forms, centralized early voting, and poll pads to reduce costs, while monitoring language-access and outreach needs.
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