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Home My WebLink About2006-06-05-STE-Referendum-Results WARRANT FOR SPECIAL ELECTION—(SEE WARRANT FILE) MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006 In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Lexington met in their respective voting places in said Town on Monday, June 5, 2006 at 7:00 a.m. The following places were designated as the voting places for the various precincts: Precinct One, Cary Memorial Building; Precinct Two, Bowman School; Precinct Three, Jonas Clarke Middle School; Precinct Four, Bridge School; Precinct Five, Cary Memorial Building; Precinct Six, William Diamond Middle School; Precinct Seven, Joseph Estabrook School; Precinct Eight, Central Fire Station; Precinct Nine, Maria Hastings School The election officers and Wardens of the nine precincts were assigned for duty as follows: Precinct 1: Warden: Richard Pemberton [U]; Co-Clerk: Margaret Blouin [D], Barry Sampson [U]; Inspectors: Richard Spillane [U], Edwina Spillane [U], Jeanette Cerulli [D], Eileen McAlduff [D], Doris Pemberton[U],Margaret Kelly[U],Leonora Feeney[D],William Barrett[R]. Precinct 2: Warden: Rebecca Fagan [D];Clerk:Arthur Katz [D]; Inspectors: Clifford Pehrson [U],Arline Burns[D], Dorothy Bond [U], Lillian MacArthur[U],Susanne Hays[U],Winston Flynn [R], Peter Saradjian [U],Dorothy Zamborowski[D],Marita Hartshorn[U],Susan Solomon[R]. Precinct 3: Warden:Shirley Frawley[D]; Clerk:Faith Fenske[U];Inspectors:Robert Tracey[D], Samuel Berman[D],Rita Casey[D],Lillian Drury[U],Barbara Sandler[U],Anthony Sacco[U],Henry Beerman[D], Elizabeth Sullivan[D],William Frawley[D],Elizabeth McLaughlin[D],Laura Welby[U]. Precinct 4: Warden: Gulli Kula[D];Clerk:Robert W.Bennett[U];Inspectors:Mary Devoe[U],Beverly Aker [U], Dana Regillo [R], Eleanor Smith [U], Evangeline Puopolo [U], Gloria Curran [U], Stacey Cannon [D], Thomas Sullivan[D]. Precinct 5: Warden: Eric Kula [D];Clerk: Bernice Gerrig [U]; Inspectors:Alice Stringos[U], D. Peter Lund [R], E. Ashley Rooney [D], Samuel Berman [D], Francine Edwards [D], Timothy John Quinlan [R], Edward DuBois[R],Linda Cohen[U],Martha Shurtleff[U],Joyce Defandorf[U],John Defandorf[U]. Precinct 6: Warden: Dorothy Boggia[R];Clerk: Harriet Morrison [U]; Inspectors: Hazel Graham [D],Alla Fedus[U], Barbara Simmons[R], Burton Smith [R],William Simmons[R], Phyllis Richardson [D],Charles Price[U]. Precinct 7: Warden:Alice Pierce[D];Co-Clerks:Margaret Bradley[D],William Johansen [D]; Inspectors: Mabel Amar [D], Isabelle Bennett [R], Mildred Collentro [D], Nancy Hubert, John Pompeo [D], Edna Holloran[D],Susan Johansen[D],Charlotte Ford[D]. Precinct 8: Co-Warden: Marie Hill[U],Leo Chudigian[U];Co-Clerk:Barbara Perrotta[D],Judith Chudigian [U]; Inspectors: Elinor Bettencourt [R], Claire Abernathy [U], John Ayvazian [D], Ann Diamond [U], Anne O'Neill[U],Salvatore Casella[D],Julie Miller[U]. Precinct 9: Warden: Duncan MacQueen[U];Clerk:Renee Reynolds[D];Inspectors: Carole Scalise[R], Edith Paster[D],Robert Ryan[D],Carole Butler[U],Elizabeth Adam[R],Elizabeth Weiss[U],Janet Lowther [R],Anne Taylor[U],Mary Conner[D],Dorothy Bolduc[U],Clark Schuler[U], The election officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The polls were declared open in each precinct at seven o'clock A.M. and remained open until eight o'clock P.M., at which time, after due notice,the polls were declared closed. Total of 20,076 registered voters eligible to vote as of May 16,2006: PCT Registered Democrat Republican Unenrolled Other* Voters 1 2069 776 277 1008 8 2 2349 1040 248 1049 12 3 2046 788 276 974 8 4 2317 987 270 1048 12 5 2252 875 336 1032 9 6 2339 986 358 981 14 7 2340 944 286 1100 10 8 2172 861 295 1004 12 9 2192 807 251 1124 10 Total 20076 8064 2597 9320 95 *Political Designations include: American Independent, Conservative, Green Party USA,Interdependent 3'd Party,Reform,Socialist,and Time Sizing Not Downsizing. Election results were delivered to the Town Clerk at the Town Office Building. 53% of the registered voters cast their vote. The Town Clerk canvassed results as follows: ABSENTEE BALLOT BREAKDOWN Ballots Ballots Not Pct Applications Timely Returned/Late or Ballots Processed Returned Undeliverable Counted 1 41 37 4 37 2 44 41 3 41 3 55 53 2 53 4 57 53 4 53 5 44 43 1 43 6 61 53 8 53 7 45 39 6 39 8 58 54 4 54 9 37 36 1 36 Totals 442 409 33 409 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