By Chris Paul
There were 4,043 of the 17,015 registered voters in town coming out to the polls on Tuesday, March 8, with 120 voters signing up that day.
There were three articles on the ballot that didn’t pass were the articles to move forward with Pickleball courts, the Pillsbury Cemetery Capital Reserve Fund and a Town-wide Speed Limit Reduction.
The amount of voters was a record-high number from recent years, but was still just 25 percent of the registered voters.
The following list are the “unofficial results” that were posted on the town website this week.
Town Council
(two-seats)
John Farrell – 2,190
Chad Franz – 2,049
Ted Combes – 1,936
Budget Committee
(two-seats)
Patrick Cassidy – 1,631
Ron Dunn – 1,196
Tara Myles – 1,041
Janet Huttula – 1,003
Maureen Hardy – 991
Supervisor of the Checklist
(one-seat)
Cara Dunn – 1,463
Kristin Grages – 1,796
Treasurer
Kathy Wagner – 2,620
Write-In – 457
Trustee Of The Library (three-seats)
Kimberly Bears – 1,760
Liz Thomas – 1,447
Jan McLaughlin – 1,329
Vicki Stachowske – 1,176
Heather Burr Carey – 1,027
Trustee Of The Trust Fund
(one-seat)
Patrick Cassidy – 1,180
Jan McLaughlin – 1,106
Howard Bookman – 465
Jason Hopkins – 254
ARTICLE 2: Operating Budget of $38,996,682.
Yes: 2,585
No: 1,258
ARTICLE 3: Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund of $180,000 for Town Buildings.
Yes: 2,430
No: 1,408
ARTICLE 4: $650,000 for the Roadway Maintenance Trust Fund.
Yes: 2,503No: 1,319
ARTICLE 5: Public Water System Study of $100,000.
Yes: 2,406
No: 1,415
ARTICLE 6: $100,000 for the Fire Department Equipment Capital Reserve Fund.
Yes: 2,424
No: 1,408
ARTICLE 7: $75,000 for the Pillsbury Cemetery Capital Reserve Fund.
Yes: 1,883
No: 1,925
ARTICLE 8: Establish and fund a Technology Capital Reserve Fund with $100,000.
Yes: 2,257
No: 1,535
ARTICLE 9: Establishing a Recreation Revolving Fund with $1,000.
Yes: 2,758
No: 1,071
ARTICLE 10: Firefighter Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Yes: 2,592
No: 1,287
ARTICLE 11: Special Meeting if Article 10 fails.
Yes: 2,811
No: 1,012
ARTICLE 12: Dissolve Eco Park Capital Reserve Fund
Yes: 3,165
No: 652
ARTICLE 13: $32,800 to the Master Plan Capital Reserve Fund
Yes: 2,722
No: 1,085
ARTICLE 14: Cable Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
Yes: 2,550
No: 1,195
ARTICLE 15: School District Lease
Yes: 2,611
No: 1,160
ARTICLE 16: Restore Former School District Office Site
Yes: 2,652
No: 1,108
ARTICLE 17: 35 Gilcreast Road Real Estate Transaction
Yes: 1,887
No: 1,852
ARTICLE 18: 35 Gilcreast Road Real Estate Transaction (Conservation)
Yes: 2,027
No: 1,768
ARTICLE 19: Town-Wide Speed Limit of 30-miles per hour
Yes: 1,295
No: 2,569
ARTICLE 20: Pickleball Engineering Work
Yes: 1,847
No: 2,016
ARTICLE 21: Transaction of Other Business
Yes: 2,449
No: 951