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Wakefield housing director claims city owes $87,266

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — Sherri Graham, executive director of the Wakefield Housing Commission, used the public comment section of Monday’s Wakefield city council meeting to present council members with a typed report showing the city allegedly owes the commission $87,266.78 due to adjustments in electrical billing rates.

“In the last two weeks, I pulled every check,” said Graham of the financial analysis she was inspired to undertake after realizing differences in the city’s multiplier rates. Graham’s concern is over rates specifically charged to Sunset Manor, the c...