March 1, 2002 Election Returns
Limington Maine
Annual Town Meeting
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Selectman, Assessor
& Overseer of Poor
  Votes  
BLAKE, STANLEY JR.248Elected
GAMMON, BARRY H.122
MADDOCKS, KATHLEEN181

Planning Board (vote for 2)  Votes  
BOOTHBY, WILLARD T.382Elected
ROSE, KREG275Elected

Library Trustee - 5 year term  Votes  
COUSINS, WILLIAM L.496Elected

Library Trustee - 3 year term  Votes  
HAWKINS, TERI L.493Elected

MSAD 6 Director  Votes  
NOYES, NORMA R.501Elected

There were a total of 554 ballots cast of which 50 were absentee ballots.

REFERENDUM BALLOT  YES    NO   
Revaluation115433Failed
[To see if the town will vote to raise or appropriate an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, for the purpose of a town wide professional property revaluation to be performed during the year 2002 and completed for the year 2003 property tax assessment.]

March 2, 2002 Limington Annual Town Meeting
SUMMARY OF WARRANT ARTICLE RESULTS

Annual Town Report ending 12/31/2001 Please see the Town Report for the complete text of the warrant articles.
Please see the Town Clerk for the official minutes of the meeting.

ARTICLESUBJECTDISPOSITION
Article 1Moderator Charlie Huntress; Deputy Ray Webb
Voting took place 8AM-8PM on Friday. Meeting recessed until 9AM Saturday.
Article 2Salaries for town officials ($66,400)Passed as read.
Article 2AEmergency Management Administrator salary & supplies ($600)Passed as read. Includes cost for pager.
Article 3CEO Salary, Mileage, supplies, schooling, & insurance ($36,000)Passed as read.
Article 4Payroll Taxes ($5,000)Passed as read.
Article 5Temporary LoansPassed as read.
Article 6Interest on Bank Loans ($3,500)Passed as read.
Article 7Old Town Hall expenses ($6,356)Dispensed.
Article 8New Town Hall ($10,500)Passed as read.
Article 9Establish an Old Town Hall Preservation Committee?Taken up out of order before Article 7. Motion to table failed. Amended so that alternates are only appointed by the selectmen (final 6 words removed). Passed as amended.
Article 10Old Town Hall Maintenance ($14,751.20)Taken up out of order before Article 7. Motion to table failed. Amended with the added condition that the committee come up with a plan this year for the use of the building. Passed as amended.
Article 11Postage ($5,000)Passed as read.
Article 12Office Supplies ($3,000)Amended to add the word "Town" before "Office". Passed as amended.
Article 13Computer Support ($9,600)Passed as read.
Article 14Insurance ($38,500)Passed as read.
Article 15Audit Town Books ($4,000)Passed as read.
Article 16Town Reports / Ballots ($3,372)Passed as read.
Article 17Town Maps ($5,000)Passed as read.
Article 18Ballot Clerks ($5,500)Passed as read.
Article 19Legal Misc ($9,000)Passed as read.
Article 20General Misc ($4,000)Passed as read.
Article 21Town Lighting ($18,000)Passed as read.
Article 22Board of Appeals and Budget Committee ($2,700)Amended to remove the $1,000 appropriation so that total funds are $1,700 carried over. Amended to require that all public meetings shall be broadcast in their entirety live on local cable and/or recorded for later broadcast on local cable. Passed as amended.
Article 23Planning Board ($5,000)Amended to appropriate $3,400 and carry balance of $1,600. Amended to require that all public meetings shall be broadcast in their entirety live on local cable and/or recorded for later broadcast on local cable. Passed as amended.
Article 24General Assistance ($11,000)Passed as read.
Article 25EMS Department ($35,000)Amendment to remove selectmen approval of expenditures failed. Passed as read.
Article 26New Fire Truck ($15,000)Amendment to allow usage for unforeseen truck expenses failed. Passed as read.
Article 27New Rescue Unit ($25,000)Amended to require that the funds be set aside in a special account for the future needs of the EMS department. Passed as amended.
Lunch 12 Noon to 12:45 PM
Article 28Fire Dept Lifepack ($4,500)Passed as read.
Article 29Fire Dept Budget ($35,000)Amendment to remove selectmen approval of expenditures failed. Passed as read.
Article 30Communications ($9,800)Passed as read.
  Proposal to reconsider Article 25 to take funds from surplus instead of appropriations failed.
Article 31Keep tax acquired lot behind new Town Hall? (Map R10, Lot 18)Passed as read.
Article 32Constable Services ($638)Dispensed.
Article 33Accept Danylle Drive as a town road?Amendment to require that for the road to be accepted that it must meet the town's subdivision ordinance standards failed. Passed as read.
Article 34General Highways ($35,000)Amended to take funds from surplus rather than appropriations. Passed as amended.
Article 35Bush Removal ($5,000)Passed as read.
Article 36Tarring and Patching ($100,000)Passed as read. Staples Road will be paved this year.
Article 37Salt Shed ($10,000)Passed as read.
Article 38How to use Excise Taxes? ($392,502 in 2001)Amended to use for snow and ice. Passed as amended.
Article 39Street Signs ($1,000) plus Coordinator's Salary ($1,500)Passed as read.
Article 40Door-to-door trash pickup ($45,000)Passed as read.
Article 41RWS Baler Fees ($191,535)Amended to appropriate only $12,000 and instead take $103,000 from surplus. Full dollar amount of the article was approved. Passed as amended.
Article 42Transfer Station Operation ($35,544)Amended to require that a recycling committee be established. Passed as amended.
Article 43Complete the Transfer Station Construction ($15,000)Passed as read.
Article 44Library Budget ($35,600)Passed as read.
Article 45Parade ($4,000)Amended to remove "including public safety fees". Passed as amended.
Article 46Youth League ($19,371.77)Amendment to reduce to $11,000 failed. Amended to reduce to $13,500. Passed as amended.
Article 47Youth League Field ($5,777)Passed as read.
Article 48New Soccer Field ($8,000)Dispensed.
Article 49Snowmobile Club ($1,000)Passed as read.
Article 50Moy-Mo-Da-Yo Beach (use boat excise taxes plus carry balance of $1,600)Passed as read.
Article 51Animal Shelter ($2,892.55)Passed as read.
Article 52S.M.A.A. on Aging ($1,404)Passed as read.
Article 53Counseling Services ($1,800)Passed as read.
Article 54Visiting Nurses ($2,991)Passed as read.
Article 55York County Comm Action ($3,300)Passed as read.
Article 56Caring Unlimited ($681)Passed as read.
Article 57York County Child Abuse ($400)Passed as read.
Article 58York County Shelter ($500)Passed as read.
Article 59Day One ($750)Passed as read.
Article 60Charles A. Warren Post ($2,000)Passed as read.
Article 61Girl Scouts ($1,600)Passed as read.
Article 62Cub Scouts ($1,025)Passed as read.
Article 63Academy Gym ($2,000)Passed as read.
Article 64Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission ($300)Passed as read.
Article 65Join "Maine Municipal Employees Health Trust"?Passed as read.
Meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:30PM

Note: Dollar figures in parenthesis are total of proposed allocation and carry-overs.

This meeting was televised live on Cable Channel 5.  A videotape of this meeting will be aired on cable and a circulating copy of the tape will be placed in the Davis Memorial Library.


November 6, 2001 Election Results:

Question:   Yes     No   Blank 
Emergency Management Ordinance2379512  Passed  
Rescue Subscription Service2161217Passed


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