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fter several 5-to-5 votes, the City Council decided to postpone their decision on the next Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) until after the election when a new Ward 6 councillor is sworn in and will be able to break the tie. The council held a second round of public interviews this week with finalists Jonathan Davis, former deputy general manager and CFO of the MBTA, Daniel Grover, a mutual fund manager for Eaton Vance, and former Ward 6 Councillor Neil Kinnon, director of financial systems for Iron Mountain, a records management firm. A fourth finalist, Michael Bertino, the treasurer for Somerville, withdrew his name from consideration after meet-
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long campaign season comes to end on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when Malden residents head to the polls to cast ballots in the 2017 municipal election. Turnout in the last two municipal election cycles remained steady at 21 percent,
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but some hot races, especially in the wards, may draw more voters out to the polls this year. Voters will elect three AtLarge City Councilors from the following field of four candidates: Incumbents David Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arcangelo, Debbie DeMaria, Craig Spadafora and challenger Steven Winslow. Ward councilor candidates are running in a mix of un-
opposed and contested races. City Council President Peg Crowe in the only name on the ballot in the Ward 1 council race. Paul Condon is also running unopposed in Ward 2. Ward 3 voters will decide whether to re-elect incumbent John Matheson to a fourth consecutive term or to go with challenger Candance
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