2006-06-05-STE-Referendum-Results

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June 5, 2006 Special Election, cont.... Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8 Pct 9 TOTAL Total Registered Voters 2069 2349 2046 2317 2252 2339 2340 2172 2192 20076 Total Votes 953 1318 933 1303 1158 1320 1238 1213 1105 10541 Percent 46% 56% 46% 56% 51% 56% 53% 56% 50% 53% QUESTION 1 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional$2,614,509 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of meeting educational goals including preserving 36.15 teacher and staff positions and programs that include elementary Spanish and high school German;fee-free elementary music;integration of computers in the K-8 curriculum;moderating athletic fees;most high school science instruction at six periods per week;help sessions and other instructional duties in high school social studies,mathematics,and foreign language;preschool,secondary and K-12 health and physical education personnel;existing debate travel;moderating elementary school class sizes;and new teacher training for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2006? Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8 Pct 9 TOTAL YES 357 732 473 718 509 680 594 632 451 5146 NO 592 584 456 583 649 638 641 575 652 5370 BLANKS 4 2 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 25 QUESTION 2 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional$551,607 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of meeting educational goals including restoring textbook and supply budgets;providing needed secondary school classes and moderating secondary school class sizes; funding additional debate travel;and providing for the operation of the high school language lab for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2006? Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8 Pct 9 TOTAL YES 333 706 466 708 482 671 559 619 431 4975 NO 618 609 465 593 675 645 674 588 670 5537 BLANKS 2 3 2 2 1 4 5 6 4 29 QUESTION 3 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional$1,059,100 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding necessary and appropriate maintenance of municipal and school buildings and properties including a school preventive maintenance program for four new renovated buildings;two additional staff to supervise building maintenance and monitor energy consumption in ten school buildings;three custodians to reduce custodial overtime expenditures;a municipal reserve fund for ongoing building envelope renewal and repair;four fuel-efficient replacement vehicles;restoration of the highway superintendent position to ensure efficient operations;and equipment to maintain the automatic transmissions of the DPW fleet for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2006? Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8 Pct 9 TOTAL YES 379 765 510 766 552 740 637 650 495 5494 NO 572 551 420 528 605 579 596 555 607 5013 BLANKS 2 2 3 9 1 1 5 8 3 34 QUESTION 4 Shall the Town of Lexington be allowed to assess an additional$799,335 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of restoring and preserving municipal services including a Middle School Police Resource Officer;a Human Resources Director;an Information Technology Director;a records management/archives program;training and professional development of staff;updating of Fire and Emergency Medical Services(EMS)equipment;purchase of a police cruiser;a Police Administrative clerk; Sunday hours of operation at Cary Library;operation of the East Lexington Library;an Economic Development Officer;10 hours/week of Lexpress transportation operation;an Assistant Conservation Officer;continued scheduled collection of cathode ray tube(CRT)and related electronic refuse(e-waste); 12 weekly curbside yard waste collections;and the tree planting program for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2006? Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8 Pct 9 TOTAL YES 382 781 489 722 541 699 603 632 478 5327 NO 570 534 443 579 616 619 630 577 624 5192 BLANKS 1 3 1 2 1 2 5 4 3 22 A true copy. Attest: Donna M. Hooper, Town Clerk