2016 Town Meeting Vote Results

« back The Australian ballot vote was held Tuesday March 1, 2016 at South Hero Town Hall. See below for the full results.

Town Meeting Ballot Results

MODERATOR – TOWN (1 year)
Timothy Maxham 676
SELECTMAN (3 years)
Graham Skip Brown 657
SELECTMAN (2 years)
George Rice 348
Ross A Brown 284
LISTER (3 years)
Bernita Tourville 436
Uno Ro 203
LIBRARY TRUSTEE (2 years)
Elissa Giroux 632
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (3 yrs)
James G Robinson 676
TOWN GRAND JUROR (1 year)
H. Ohmer Corbin 676
TOWN AGENT (1 year)
Peter R. Yates 680
CONSTABLE (1 year)
Everett Dubuque 654
ARTICLES – TOWN YES NO
ARTICLE 1: To elect Town Officers as required by law. 741 9
ARTICLE 2: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $847,208 of which $679,178 will be raised by taxes for the General Town expenses for the year ending June 30, 2017? 569 176
ARTICLE 3: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $510,020 of which $479,980 will be raised by taxes for the Highway expenses for the year ending June 30, 2017? 566 186
ARTICLE 4: Will the legal voters of the Ton of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $73,355 of which $73,335 will be raised by taxes for the Town Library expenses for the year ending June 30, 2017? 566 186
ARTICLE 5: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $15,000 to be raised by taxes for the Town Cemetery expenses for the year ending June 30, 2017? 593 145
ARTICLE 6: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $25,000 to be raised by taxes to establish an equipment replacement fund for the South Hero Rescue? 664 87
ARTICLE 7: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $25,000 to be raised by taxes for the South Hero Rescue expenses for the year ending June 30, 2017? 692 67
ARTICLE 8: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $5,500 to be raised by taxes for repair of the Rescue Building? Such as repair/replace of the overhead door and other maintenance? 681 77
ARTICLE 9: Will the legal voters of the Town of South Hero vote to expend a sum of $4,000 to be raised by taxes in support of the Masonic Lodge? 266 481

School District Meeting Ballot Results

MODERATOR – SCHOOL (1 year)
Timothy Maxham 686
SCHOOL DIRECTOR (3 years)
Kristina Bowser 602
SCHOOL DIRECTOR (3 years)
R.J. Sweeney 595
SCHOOL DIRECTOR (2 years)
Bentley Vaughan 85
Lucas Tremble 72
ARTICLES – SCHOOL YES NO
(Articles 1-3 were part of the informational Town Meeting held on Saturday & were not on the Australian Ballot)
ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters of the school district approve the school board to expend $3,485,703 which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $14,309 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 2.01% higher than spending for the current year. 448 266
ARTICLE 5: To elect all School Officers as required by Law? 701 12