$340,000 for school tech on ballot.Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - Voters will decide three contested races and a $340,000 ballot question at the annual town election set for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Heritage School, 34 Oxford Road. Selectman se·lect·man n. One of a board of town officers chosen annually in New England communities to manage local affairs. Noun 1. selectman - an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns Scott D. Brown is running unopposed to retain Seat 4 on the board, while Seat 5-incumbent Kathleen W. Walker is challenged by Sandra Dam, a water-sewer commissioner. As town clerk since 1994, Susan Nichols is facing competition for the first time from Lawrence Gilligan of Muggett Hill Road. What was a three-way race for two seats on the Water-Sewer Commission changed when Stephen Zeveska of Old Muggett Hill Road withdrew his name. On the ticket for the two open seats are incumbent Cheryl McKissick and newcomer Robert F. Lemansky of Sunset Drive Sunset Drive, locally known as Sunset Drive and Southwest 72nd Street, is an east-west street that runs south of downtown Miami, Florida in Miami-Dade County, Florida. . Commissioner James McIntire is moving out of town and will not seek re-election. Board of Health member Barbara A. Dean will face James J. Millet millet, common name for several species of grasses cultivated mainly for cereals in the Eastern Hemisphere and for forage and hay in North America. The principal varieties are the foxtail, pearl, and barnyard millets and the proso millet, called also broomcorn millet of Richardson Corner Road to retain her three-year seat. Question 1 on the ballot seeks voter approval to assess an additional $340,000 in taxes to fund a technology update for the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District. Selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. and the Finance Committee unanimously agreed to place the capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. exclusion before voters to reduce the $340,880 gap between the district's assessment and what the town has budgeted for the schools. Superintendent of Schools Sean M. Gilrein has reported that the last five difficult budget years has shortchanged students, who use eight-year-old computers that cannot run today's software. Director of Assessing Deborah A. Ceccarini said yesterday that if the exclusion passes by a majority vote, taxpayers will be assessed an additional 22 cents for every $1,000 of their property value, from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. The increase would total $66 for a home valued at $300,000. Selectmen are counting on a one-time payment of nearly $500,000 from the state to work in support of the exclusion. The payment is related to the construction of the middle schools in 2000. A one-time state adjustment will reduce the tax rate next year by 28 cents for every $1,000 valuation. When offset by the 22-cent increase, taxpayers would see a net savings of 6 cents from what they are currently paying. Uncontested candidates on the ballot are incumbents for three-year seats: David M. Singer for moderator moderator - A person, or small group of people, who manages a moderated mailing list or Usenet newsgroup. Moderators are responsible for determining which email submissions are passed on to the list or newsgroup. ; Joan C. Wieczorek for library trustee; Patricia E. Gill for assessor; Warren E. Snow Jr. for Recreation Commission; Joel E. Stenquist for Cemetery Commission; Joseph S. Spiewak for the Dudley-Charlton Regional School Committee; and Olaf Garcia for the Southern Worcester County Worcester County is the name of several counties in the United States of America:
Incumbents running unopposed for five-year terms are Keith R. Cloutier for the Planning Board Noun 1. planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator advisory board governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc. and Laura B. Truscott for the Housing Authority. Raymond J. Chalk is unopposed to retain his one-year seat on the Dudley-Charlton school committee. Running unopposed to fill vacant seats are Richard G. Whitehead whitehead /white·head/ (hwit´hed) 1. milium. 2. closed comedo. white·head n. 1. for library trustee, and Stephen J. Comtois and John M. Roberts for constables. NAME: CHARLTON SELECTMEN; CHARLTON BOARD OF HEALTH; CHARLTON WATER-SEWER COMMISSION; PROPOSITION 2-1/2 CAPITAL OUTLAY EXCLUSION |
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