Official Voting Results - Town of Weathersfield, VT 3/3/2015

Town of Weathersfield, Vermont

Official Voting Results

Article 1:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield accept the reports of the Town’s officers for the period from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014?  YES

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?  YES

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?  YES

Article 4:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield establish an “1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse Capital Maintenance and Improvements Reserve Fund” pursuant to Title 24, Section 2804 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, to be used to perform capital maintenance and to make improvements to the building, allowing the Select Board to expend monies from the fund for that purpose?  YES

Article 5:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to convey [sell] Parcel No. 09-02-36, an approximately 33 acre parcel with a pond located on Tenney Hill Road, in accordance with 24 V.S.A. 1061(b), with the net proceeds from the sale used first towards paying off any loans borrowed for the purpose of making improvements to the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse and secondly deposited into the “1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse Capital Maintenance and Improvements Reserve Fund”?  YES

Article 6:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield move the start of both the Annual Town Meeting and the Annual School District Meeting to the Saturday preceding the first Tuesday in March beginning on February 27, 2016 and continuing for subsequent years until voters decide otherwise?  YES

Article 7:        To see if the Town of Weathersfield will vote to direct that the annual Town and School Auditors’ Reports be available to the public at the Town Clerk’s Office, in lieu of mailing, and mailed to those who request that a copy be mailed to them, and that a “Notice of Availability” be published in the designated newspaper of record for the Town no less than 30 days prior to the Annual Meetings, as required by Title 24, Section 1682, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?  NO

            Article 8:        To transact any other business deemed proper when met.  YES

Voting by Australian ballot:  OFFICIAL RESULTS

Article 9:        To elect all Town officers as required by law.

Moderator - One Year
Blank - 49
Spoiled - 1
C. Peter Cole - 466
Richard Clattenburg - 1
Edward Williams - 1
Total - 518

Town Clerk – Three Years
 Blank - 27
Spoiled - 2
Flo-Ann Dango - 486
Marion Ballam - 3
Total - 518

Town Treasurer – Three Years
 Blank - 44
Spoiled - 1
Steven Hier - 473
Total -518

                                    Select Person – Three Years
Blank - 80
David T. Fuller - 426
Chris Charest - 1
Nathaniel Johnson - 1
Steven Hier - 1
Chip Cobb -1
Mike Todd - 4
Jim Wimberg - 1
Peter Skalaban - 1
Julia Wright - 1
DeForest Bearse - 1
Total - 518

                                  Select Person - Two Years
 Blanks - 31
Spoiled - 1
Lynn Esty - 296
Michael A. Todd - 183
Chris Charest - 1
Richard Ballantine, Sr. - 3
Dick Clattenberg - 1
Ernie Shand - 2
Total - 518

                                    Lister – Three Years
Blanks - 68
Spoiled - 1
Philip L. Golding - 448
Steve Hier - 1
Total - 518

                                    Trustee of Public Funds - Three Years
Blank - 48
Spoiled - 1
Steve Hier - 468
Betty Jo Esty - 1
Total - 518

                                    Town Agent - One Year
Blanks - 31
Spoiled - 2
Flo-Ann Dango - 482
Marion J. Ballam - 2
R. Clattenberg - 1
Total 518

                                    Grand Juror - One Year
 Blanks - 42
Spoiled - 1
Carolyn A. Hier - 475
Total 518

                                   Cemetery Commissioner - Five Years
Blanks - 51
Julia Lloyd-Wright - 462
Greg Frazer - 2
Beverly Howe - 1
Hugh Stevens - 1
Total - 518

                                    Library Trustee - Five Years (1 Year)
Blanks - 76
Spoiled - 1
Roderick "Rick" Bates - 441
Total - 518

                                     Library Trustee - Five Years
Blanks - 69
Spoiled -  1
Nancy Nutile-McMenemy - 447
Doris Cole - 1
Total 518

Article 10:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,258,844 for the support and operation of the Town’s General Fund? $896,118 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.
 Blank - 7
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 332
No - 178
Total 518

Article 11:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,037,746 for the support and operation of the Town’s Highway Fund? $746,575 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.
Blanks - 5
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 361
No - 151
Total 518

Article 12:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $266,550 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.
Blanks - 6
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 397
No - 114
Total - 518

Article 13:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $70,000 for a period not to exceed five years for the purpose of making improvements to the 1879 Perkinsville School building? The funds may be borrowed and spent beginning in the current (FY2015) fiscal year.
 Blanks - 10
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 288
No - 219
Total - 518

Article 14:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $35,000 for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of purchasing a light duty pickup truck with plow? The cost of the light duty pickup truck with plow will not exceed $40,000. The new truck will replace a 2006 Ford F-350 with over 114,000 miles on it. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the light duty pickup truck with plow will come from the sale or trade-in of the Town’s existing light duty pickup truck.
 Blanks - 4
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 292
No - 221
Total 518

Article 15:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $16,000 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 new cruiser will replace a 2009 Chevy Impala police cruiser with over 108,000 miles on it. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the cruiser will be taken from the Police Cruiser Reserve Fund and the sale or trade-in of the Impala. The funds may be borrowed and spent beginning in the current (FY2015) fiscal year.
Blanks - 5
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 324
No - 188
Total - 518

Article 16:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $15,000, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Highway Maintenance and Repair Equipment? [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 6
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 324
No - 187
Total 518

                       

Article 17:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $15,000, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Motorized Fire Apparatus? [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 16
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 289
No - 212
Total - 518

Article 18:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $30,000 to be deposited in the Weathersfield-Proctor Library Capital Improvements reserve fund? [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 12
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 223
No - 282
Total - 518

Article 19:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $100 to support the activities of the Weathersfield Directory?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 13
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 271
No - 233
Total - 518

Article 20:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,800 to support the activities of the Connecticut River Transit (CRT)?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 13
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 310
No - 194
Total - 518

Article 21:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,145 to support the activities of the Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS)?   [Not in Budget]
 Blanks - 11
Spoiled - 2
Yes - 258
No - 247
Total - 518

Article 22:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $400 to support the activities of Springfield, Vermont Area Public Access Television (SAPA TV)?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 13
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 288
No - 216
Total - 518

Article 23:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,200 to support the activities of Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA)?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 13
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 281
No - 223
Total - 518

Article 24:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $600 to support the activities of the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 10
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 357
No - 150
Total - 518

Article 25:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $9,680 to support the activities of the Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire (VNAVNH)?   [Not in Budget]
Blanks - 7
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 371
No - 139
Total - 518

Article 26:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $480 to support the activities of the Windsor County Partners (WCP)?   [Not in Budget]
 Blank - 17
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 256
No - 244
Total - 518

ARTICLE I: Shall the general obligation bonds or notes of the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($238,000), less any reserve funds, grants, donations or other funding sources, be issued for the purpose of financing the cost of a new fire truck, such fire truck estimated at a cost of Three Hundred Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($385,000)?

Blanks - 42
Spoiled - 1
Yes -226
No - 249
Total - 518


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

Moderator
Blanks - 54
Spoiled - 3
C. Peter Cole - 459
Mike Todd - 1
Edward Williams - 1
Total - 518

School Director, 3 Years
Blanks - 419
Spoiled - 1
Dot Grover - 1
Bart Mair - 1
Jackie McCuin - 1
Gloria Ballantine - 1
Robin Tindall - 63
R. Clattenberg - 1
Peter Cole - 1
Betty Brooks - 1
Rodney Cole - 1
Gary Cross - 1
Richard Ballantine - 3
Lisa Slade - 6
Kelly O'Brian - 1
Ginger Wimberg - 1
Jason Worrall - 1
Colin Tindall - 2
Susan Whittemore - 1
Rhonda Lamber - 1
Ed Williams - 1
Rob Petrie - 1
Stoddard - 1
Steve Hier - 1
Kelly Murphy - 1
Lorraine Zigman - 1
Nat Whitney - 1
Lorraine Shand - 1
Amy Beth Main - 1
John Arrison - 1
Total - 518

School Director, 1 Year
Blanks - 95
Spoiled - 1
Sandra Dockum - 421
Gloria Ballantine - 1
Total - 518

School Director, 1 Year
Blanks - 86
Spoiled - 1
Amy D. Hill - 430
Tamara Kinsman - 1
Total - 518

Article 4:  Shall the voters of the Weathersfield School District approve a total budget in the amount of $6,250,217. to provide grades K-12 education for the year beginning July 1, 2015. (By Australian Ballot)

Blanks - 8
Spoiled - 1
Yes - 302
No - 207
Total - 518