2014 Town Voting Results

SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTING RESULTS

Wednesday,  March 4, 2014

The

ArtBy Australian Ballot

Article 3: To elect all School District Officers as required by law. (By Australian Ballot)

                  Moderator
                     Peter Cole - 584
                     Blank - 80
                     Ed Williams - 1
                     Horton - 1
                     Richardson - 1
                     Ed May - 1
                     Richard Clattenburg - 1

                    School Director, 3 year
                    Nate McKeen - 569
                    Blanks - 98
                    Horton - 1
                    Betty - 1

                    School Director, 1 Year
                    Sandra Dockum - 552
                    Blank - 114
                    Gloria Ballantine - 1
                    Valerie Davidson - 1
                    Sam Spaulding - 1

                    School Director, 1 Year
                    Robin Tindall - 530
                    Blank - 139

Article 4: Shall the voters of the Weathersfield School District approve a total budget in the amount $5,977,147, to provide grades K-12 education for the year beginning July 1, 2014. (By Australian Ballot)
                     Yes - 387
                     No - 279
                      Blank - 3

Article 5: Shall the voters of the Weathersfield School District authorize the School District Officers to raise an additional $45,000 to be placed in the Weathersfield School Bus Fund towards the purchase of a new school bus. (By Australian Ballot)
                    Yes - 377
                     No - 289
                    Blank - 3

Article 6:                To transact any other business which may properly come before the meeting.

Town of Weathersfield, Vermont

VOTING RESULTS

 Monday, March 3, 2014

Article 1:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield accept the reports of the Town’s officers for the period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013?     
                        PASSED

Article 2:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow money, if necessary, to pay current expenses in anticipation of taxes in accordance with the provisions of Title 24, Section 1786, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated? 
                        PASSED

 

Article 3:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to expend such grant monies, gifts, or bequests which may be received by the Town of Weathersfield, in accordance with the terms of said grants, gifts, or bequests?      
                        PASSED

Article 4:        To see if the Town of Weathersfield will vote to designate the Town of Weathersfield as a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) District to enable participating property owners to access funding for eligible energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and then pay back the cost as a regular municipal assessment on that property owner’s property tax or other municipal bill as provided for by 24 V.S.A. Chapter 87 (Section 3261 et seq.) and authorize the Select Board to enter into an agreement with Vermont Energy Investment Corporation d/b/a Efficiency Vermont to operate the PACE program?      
                        PASSED

Article 5          Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to convey [sell] the 1879 Perkinsville School building and site in accordance with 24 V.S.A. 1061(b)? 
                        DEFEATED

            Article 6:        To transact any other business deemed proper when met.     NONE

By Australian Ballot

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Article 7:        To elect all Town officers as required by law.

Moderator - One Year -

     Peter Cole - 601

     Blanks - 62
     Ed Williams - 1
     Ernie Shand - 1
     John Broker-Campbell - 1
     Andrea Cook - 1
     Charles Horton - 1
     Richard Clattenburg - 1

                                    Select Person – Three Years
                                          Dan Boyer - 300
                                          Michael Todd - 288
                                          Blanks - 74
                                          Richard Ballantine - 2
                                          Bette Jo Esty - 1
                                          Charles Horton - 1
                                          Ernie Shand - 1
                                          Maureen Bogosian - 1
                                          Cheryl Langan - 1

                                    Select Person - Two Years
                                          John Arrison - 239
                                          Charlie Horton - 215
                                          Lynn Esty- 178
                                          Blank - 30
                                          Spoiled - 2
                                          Richard Ballantine - 2
                                          Ed May -  1
                                          Michael Todd - 1
                                          Carl Wyman - 1

                                    Lister – Three Years
                                          Alexis Skalaban- 570
                                          Blank - 95
                                          Sally Harris - 1
                                          Cookie Shand - 1
                                          Wes Smith - 1
                                          Steve Brown - 1

                                    Trustee of Public Funds - Three Years
                                           Bette Jo Esty - 593
                                           Blanks - 71
                                           Ginger Wimberg - 1
                                           Lynn Esty - 1
                                           Brenda Lee - 1
                                           Maureen Bogosian - 1
                                           David Fuller - 1

                                    Town Agent - One Year
                                           Flo-Ann Dango - 607
                                           Blanks - 57
                                           Marion Ballam - 3
                                           Horton - 1
                                           Carolyn Hier - 1

                                    Grand Juror - One Year
                                            Carolyn A. Hier - 595
                                            Blanks - 74
                                            
                                    Cemetery Commissioner - Five Years
                                            Michael Stankevich - 604
                                             Blanks - 62
                                            Maureen Bogosian - 1
                                            Jeff Spurr - 1
                                            Bradley Litchfield - 1

                                    Library Trustee - Five Years
                                           Susan Whittemore - 589
                                            Blanks - 78
                                            Linda Spurr - 1
                                            Kay Barrows - 1

Article 8:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,224,933 for the support and operation of the Town’s General Fund? $872,142 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.
                        Yes - 411
                        No - 253
                        Blanks - 5

Article 9:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,052,974 for the support and operation of the Town’s Highway Fund? $755,704 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.

                        Yes - 439
                         No - 225
                         Blank - 5

Article 10:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $230,918 for the support and operation of the Town’s Solid Waste Management Facility? These monies shall be raised by the collection of fees, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate fees for the services.

                         Yes - 492
                        No - 165
                         Blank - 12

Article 11:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $160,000 for a period not to exceed five years for the purpose of purchasing a highway grader? The cost of the grader will not exceed $385,000. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the grader will come from the sale or trade-in of the Town’s existing grader.

                         Yes - 340
                         No - 322
                         Blank - 7

Article 12:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $115,000 for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of purchasing a truck/snowplow for the maintenance of Town highways? The cost of the truck/snowplow will not exceed $199,000. The new truck will replace a 2000 Mack truck/snowplow with 146,000 miles on it. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the truck will be raised by the sale of the 2000 Mack truck/snowplow and taken from the Town Highway Maintenance and Repair Equipment Reserve Fund.

                        Yes - 398
                        No - 266
                        Blank - 5

Article 13:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $18,000 for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of purchasing a Police cruiser? The cost of the cruiser will not exceed $34,000. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the cruiser will be taken from the Police Cruiser Reserve Fund.
                         Yes - 329
                         No - 338
                         Blank - 2

Article 14:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield assess One-Half Cent ($0.005) per One Hundred Dollars of valuation on the Town’s Grand List, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Highway Maintenance and Repair Equipment? [Not in Budget] [One-Half cent raises approximately $14,000]

                         Yes - 436
                         No - 227
                         Blank - 6

Article 15:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield assess One-Half Cent ($0.005) per One Hundred Dollars of valuation on the Town’s Grand List, to be deposited to a Reserve Fund for Highway Maintenance? [Not in Budget] [One-Half cent raises approximately $14,000]

                        Yes - 393
                        No - 258
                        Blank - 18                                
              

Article 16:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield assess One Cent ($0.01) per One Hundred Dollars of valuation on the Town’s Grand List, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Motorized Fire Apparatus? [Not in Budget] [One cent raises approximately $28,000]

                        Yes - 368
                        No - 290
                        Blank - 11

Article 17:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,000 to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Fire Equipment? [Not in Budget]

                        Yes - 393
                         No - 254
                         Blank - 21
                         Spoiled - 1

Article 18:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $5,000 to be deposited into the Police Cruiser Reserve Fund? [Not in Budget]

                         Yes - 311
                        No - 348
                         Blank - 10

Article 19:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,600 to assist the Friends of the Meetinghouse repair the front steps of the Weathersfield Center Meetinghouse?   [Not in Budget]

                        Yes - 370
                        No - 289
                        Blank - 10

Article 20:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $800 to support the activities of the Weathersfield Directory?   [Not in Budget]
                        Yes - 261
                        No - 357
                        Blank - 51

Library Bond Vote
 ARTICLE I: Shall the general obligation bonds of the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,300,000), less any grants or other funding sources, be issued for the purpose of financing the cost of making certain public improvements at the Weathersfield Proctor Library, including constructing an addition onto the existing library building, such improvements estimated at a cost of One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000).
                        Yes - 302
                         No - 365
                         Blank - 2