March 1, 2002 Election Returns
Limington Maine
Annual Town Meeting
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Selectman, Assessor
& Overseer of PoorVotes BLAKE, STANLEY JR. 248 Elected GAMMON, BARRY H. 122 MADDOCKS, KATHLEEN 181
Planning Board (vote for 2) Votes BOOTHBY, WILLARD T. 382 Elected ROSE, KREG 275 Elected
Library Trustee - 5 year term Votes COUSINS, WILLIAM L. 496 Elected
Library Trustee - 3 year term Votes HAWKINS, TERI L. 493 Elected
MSAD 6 Director Votes NOYES, NORMA R. 501 Elected
March 2, 2002 Limington Annual Town Meeting
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. |
ARTICLE | SUBJECT | DISPOSITION |
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Article 1 | Moderator | Charlie Huntress; Deputy Ray Webb |
Voting took place 8AM-8PM on Friday. Meeting recessed until 9AM Saturday. | ||
Article 2 | Salaries for town officials ($66,400) | Passed as read. |
Article 2A | Emergency Management Administrator salary & supplies ($600) | Passed as read. Includes cost for pager. |
Article 3 | CEO Salary, Mileage, supplies, schooling, & insurance ($36,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 4 | Payroll Taxes ($5,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 5 | Temporary Loans | Passed as read. |
Article 6 | Interest on Bank Loans ($3,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 7 | Old Town Hall expenses ($6,356) | Dispensed. |
Article 8 | New Town Hall ($10,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 9 | Establish 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 10 | Old 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 11 | Postage ($5,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 12 | Office Supplies ($3,000) | Amended to add the word "Town" before "Office". Passed as amended. |
Article 13 | Computer Support ($9,600) | Passed as read. |
Article 14 | Insurance ($38,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 15 | Audit Town Books ($4,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 16 | Town Reports / Ballots ($3,372) | Passed as read. |
Article 17 | Town Maps ($5,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 18 | Ballot Clerks ($5,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 19 | Legal Misc ($9,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 20 | General Misc ($4,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 21 | Town Lighting ($18,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 22 | Board 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 23 | Planning 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 24 | General Assistance ($11,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 25 | EMS Department ($35,000) | Amendment to remove selectmen approval of expenditures failed. Passed as read. |
Article 26 | New Fire Truck ($15,000) | Amendment to allow usage for unforeseen truck expenses failed. Passed as read. |
Article 27 | New 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 28 | Fire Dept Lifepack ($4,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 29 | Fire Dept Budget ($35,000) | Amendment to remove selectmen approval of expenditures failed. Passed as read. |
Article 30 | Communications ($9,800) | Passed as read. |
Proposal to reconsider Article 25 to take funds from surplus instead of appropriations failed. | ||
Article 31 | Keep tax acquired lot behind new Town Hall? (Map R10, Lot 18) | Passed as read. |
Article 32 | Constable Services ($638) | Dispensed. |
Article 33 | Accept 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 34 | General Highways ($35,000) | Amended to take funds from surplus rather than appropriations. Passed as amended. |
Article 35 | Bush Removal ($5,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 36 | Tarring and Patching ($100,000) | Passed as read. Staples Road will be paved this year. |
Article 37 | Salt Shed ($10,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 38 | How to use Excise Taxes? ($392,502 in 2001) | Amended to use for snow and ice. Passed as amended. |
Article 39 | Street Signs ($1,000) plus Coordinator's Salary ($1,500) | Passed as read. |
Article 40 | Door-to-door trash pickup ($45,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 41 | RWS 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 42 | Transfer Station Operation ($35,544) | Amended to require that a recycling committee be established. Passed as amended. |
Article 43 | Complete the Transfer Station Construction ($15,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 44 | Library Budget ($35,600) | Passed as read. |
Article 45 | Parade ($4,000) | Amended to remove "including public safety fees". Passed as amended. |
Article 46 | Youth League ($19,371.77) | Amendment to reduce to $11,000 failed. Amended to reduce to $13,500. Passed as amended. |
Article 47 | Youth League Field ($5,777) | Passed as read. |
Article 48 | New Soccer Field ($8,000) | Dispensed. |
Article 49 | Snowmobile Club ($1,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 50 | Moy-Mo-Da-Yo Beach (use boat excise taxes plus carry balance of $1,600) | Passed as read. |
Article 51 | Animal Shelter ($2,892.55) | Passed as read. |
Article 52 | S.M.A.A. on Aging ($1,404) | Passed as read. |
Article 53 | Counseling Services ($1,800) | Passed as read. |
Article 54 | Visiting Nurses ($2,991) | Passed as read. |
Article 55 | York County Comm Action ($3,300) | Passed as read. |
Article 56 | Caring Unlimited ($681) | Passed as read. |
Article 57 | York County Child Abuse ($400) | Passed as read. |
Article 58 | York County Shelter ($500) | Passed as read. |
Article 59 | Day One ($750) | Passed as read. |
Article 60 | Charles A. Warren Post ($2,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 61 | Girl Scouts ($1,600) | Passed as read. |
Article 62 | Cub Scouts ($1,025) | Passed as read. |
Article 63 | Academy Gym ($2,000) | Passed as read. |
Article 64 | Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission ($300) | Passed as read. |
Article 65 | Join "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.
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is not the official website of the Government of the Town of Limington. Question: Yes No Blank Emergency Management Ordinance 237 95 12 Passed
Rescue Subscription Service 216 121 7 Passed