Next week, the City of Malden will be the first Gateway City in 17 years to ask voters for a Proposition 2 ½ override tax hike or else face cuts to city services.
If it passes, it will be the first such city to do so in 35 years.
The ballot in the March 31 special election asks Malden voters to choose between three options: whether the city should collect an additional $5.4 million in property taxes over its levy limit; whether it should collect $8.2 million; or whether to reject the override altogether…