Maldden alld a Vol. 32, No. 27 den AADD -FREEC ouncillor-at-Large Craig Spadafora has been in his post for all of the past 20 years. He knows a landmark issue when he comes across one. When it comes to fi nance, revenue and cost management, he doubles down, having been a seasoned professional in the high end of the fi nance industry for longer than that. When a pair of resolutions were off ered by fellow Malden Councillor-at-Large Carey McDonald at a recent City Council meeting, Councillor Spadafora did not mince any words. “These are the most important issues we must address as City Councillors, and we must work together to fi nd solutions,” Spadafora said. “We have no other choice. The fi nancial future of our city depends on it.” Councillors McDonald and Spadafora’s colleagues agreed. Carey McDonald Councillor-at-Large The Malden City Council unanimously endorsed and passed a pair of papers which outlined a series of far-reaching and intensely topical issues that directly impact the city’s fi nancial status and well-being today – and into the immediate and longterm future. First-term Councillor McDonThe Advocate Online: Scan Here for Local News in 6 Languages! CTE OCAT AT www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Financial future of the city addressed by two key resolutions passed unanimously by City Council Finance Chair McDonald authors pair of landmark papers steering Council to address critical revenue and funding issues By Steve Freker ald and other Councillors have broached the subject of the city’s present and future fi nancial stability before during this Council term, particularly when various issues have been raised by the city’s Chief Strategy Offi - cer, Ron Hogan, and other top municipal agents, including Mayor Gary Christenson himself. The Council has already created an ad hoc Long-Term Financial Planning & Strategy Committee, which has already met formally and will continue to meet when the Council reconvenes full-time in September. But McDonald’s resolutions, which were offi cially signed on as cosponsors by all of the 11 Councillors before their passage, pinpointed exact present and future targets of the Council as it comes to addressing fi nancial stability. “We must address these issues now and work toRESOLUTIONS | SEE PAGE 9 Malden Celebrates the Fourths 617-387-2200 2023 election By Steve Freker U nless there’s a late run up just before the deadline, it appears this year’s municipal election is leaning toward the quiet side. The deadline for taking out nomination papers for Malden elected positions is July 31, and the deadline for submitting them to the Board of Registrars of Voters is the day after that, August 1. As it stands now, for the second consecutive election there will be a contested mayoral race. Three-term incumbent Gary Christenson has declared he will seek reelection to a fourth fouryear term, and challenger Lissette Aracely Alvarado has taken out papers and is collecting nomination signatures, according to information displayed by City Clerk Carol Ann Desiderio on the City of Malden’s website. For City Council, three ward Council seats are being challenged at this time, and a fourth candidate has taken out papers in the Councilor-at-Large race, as have all three at-large incumbents. The Ward 5 Councillor’s post being vacated by Council President Barbara Murphy is being contested at this time by two hopefuls. Councillor Murphy announced earlier this year she was not seeking reelection this year. If nothing changes by the July 31 deadline, fi ve ward Councillors would run unopposed in the fall election. The latter is the same tune in ELECTION | SEE PAGE 17 E Friday, July 7, 2023 Less than a month remaining before filing deadline for municipal election nomination papers No challengers so far for candidates running for School Committee reelection; opponents pulled papers for Ward 2, 5, 6, at-large Council and mayoral races STARS & STRIPES FOREVER: Celebrating the Fourth in Ward 4, from left to right: volunteer Junior Perez, Fran O’Malley, Pearl Street Station Restaurant owner Paul Solano and Ward 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley displayed the patriotic spirit during Saturday’s 4th of July celebration in Ward 4 at Coytemore Lea Park. See Ward 7 July 4th event photo highlights on pages 12-13.
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