Marblehead Looks To Fill 2 Open Finance Committee Seats

MARBLEHEAD, MA — The Marblehead Select Board needs to fill two open seats on the town Finance Committee ahead of what is expected to be a challenging 2022-2023 budget season.

Those interested should send letters of interest and resumes to the Select Board, Abbot Hall, 188 Washington Street, or email them to Keith Wiley at wileyk@marblehead.org.

The deadline to submit the letters is Oct. 21. Applicants will be interviewed during the Select Board meeting on Oct. 26.

The positions are open ahead of a budget season in which what have been described as "structural budget challenges" are expected to cause the town to request a general tax override to fulfill contractual obligations.

Marblehead Public Schools sought a $3 million supplemental budget override this spring, which the Finance Committee and town meeting members endorsed, but was soundly defeated in a townwide vote in June.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)