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Home My WebLink About2002-04-02 Annual Town Election ResultsANNUAL TOWN ELECTION April 2, 2002 Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a Local Election was held for all eight precincts at the Hawkes Field House. The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Cheryl A. Johnson, when on motion of Warden Helen Monroe, it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk. The ballot boxes were examined by the respective Wardens and each found to be empty and registered 00. The Town Clerk declared the polls open at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 8:00 p.m., with the following results: 6254 ballots (39 %) of registered voters cast as follows: Moderator for one year - Vote for One Candidate Pr 1 Pr 22 -PT -3 pro Fr Pr 6 Px-2 per8 Total Alan E.Foulds* 642 416 366 662 480 579 640 574 4359 Other 1 3 1 3 0 3 3 1 15 Blanks 272 197 150 271 173 280 248 289 1880 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 *Elected 1 4271 3171 241 481 294 396 1 4271 509 3092 Board of Selectmen for three years - Vote for Two Candidate Pr I Pr 2 -Px 3 Pro Pr P-r-fi Pr 7 Pr 8 Total George V. Hines* 520 296 243 541 358 482 526 459 3425 Gail F. Wood* 512 323 263 485 364 457 478 396 3278 Gerald L. MacDonald 369 296 287 363 290 388 348 364 2705 Other 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 8 Blanks 1 4271 3171 241 481 294 396 1 4271 509 3092 Total 1 18301 12321 1034 1872 1306 17241 17821 1728 12508 *Elected Board of Assessors for three years - Vote for One Candidate Pr 1 'Ii r 2 —Pr Pr 4 Pr5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr8 IaW Robert 1. Nordstrand* 619 414 343 624 442 560 586 540 4128 Other 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 Blanks 294 201 174 312 211 301 304 323 2120 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 *Elected Board of Library Trustees for three years - Vote for Two Candidate Pr 1 Pr 22 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pry PT-fi Pr 7 Pr 8 Total Stephen M. Conner* 478 309 276 540 371 471 433 404 3282 Pasquale M.Iapicca 370 244 199 319 226 294 397 367 2416 Victoria V. Yablonsky* 384 254 233 384 306 361 374 309 2605 Other 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 Blanks 596 425 326 629 403 598 575 648 4200 Total 1830 1232 1034 1872 1306 1724 1782 1728 12508 *Elected 1 18301 1232 10341 1872 1306 1724 1782 1728 12508 Municipal Light Board for three years - Vote for One Candidate Pr 1 Pr -PT -3 pro Pry Pte{ pr2 Pr 8 Total Robert H. Soli* 588 388 345 580 424 516 553 513 3907 Other 1 2 0 2 1 0 8 1 15 Blanks 326 226 172 354 228 346 330 350 2332 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 *Elected 1 2 01 21 0 4 2 1 12 Municipal Light Board for one year - Vote for One Candidate Pml Pr 2 Pr 3 Pro Fx�5 Pr 6 Pr7 Pr 8 Total Andrew K. Herlihy* 591 379 327 559 392 510 524 470 3752 Other 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 13 Blanks 324 235 190 376 260 349 362 393 2489 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 *Elected 1 2 01 21 0 4 2 1 12 School Committee for three years - Vote for Two Candidate ELI EL2 -PT -3 Pr4 P 5 Er-6 Vr-7 Pry TTDW Susan C. Cavicchi* 526 308 219 552 340 432 489 433 3299 James A. Keigley 333 189 152 315 240 340 368 268 2205 Carl McFadden* 451 310 292 460 323 406 431 426 3099 Linda M. Phillips 281 223 227 275 218 328 271 331 2154 Other 1 2 01 21 0 4 2 1 12 Blanks 238 200 144 268 185 214 221 269 1739 Total 1 18301 1232 10341 1872 1306 1724 1782 1728 12508 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) p highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the I year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty -four Cm:dtdare PLl ELI Pr ,l Pr 4 P 5 PiLfe PLZ Pte$ low Patricia A. Andrews* 397 James E. Barry* 356 Roy A. Benjamin, Jr.* 398 Lawrence D. Chomsky* 426 Susan Bryant Conley* 389 Lynne A. Crawford* 408 Mark L. Dockser* 422 Catherine S. Durant* 356 William R. Grace* 341 Mary Frances Grimmer* 348 Marc Guyott* 309 Andrew K. Herlihy* 313 Nancy Huntin ton -Sta er* 348 Ellen Mounteer* 416 S. Paul Pedi* 274 Steven L. Perry* 388 John F. Russo 269 Thomas Joseph Ryan* 285 Jane M.Spano* 397 James K. Taylor* 354 Lynda M. Zarrow* 360 Jeffrey Scott Camenker 270 Mary Jean Cookson* 389 David Francis Lee, Jr. 273 Sheila M. Mulroy* 384 William F. O'Halloran, Jr. 245 Nancy W. Ortiz* 440 Alvin A. Robinson, Jr. 184 Elaine L. Webb* 427 Other 11 Blanks 11783 Total 21960 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the I year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty -four Candidate Pr l Pr2 Pr 3 Pr4 Pr 5 P'-6 Pr7 Pr 8 Total Virginia M. Adams* 311 Mary E. Bishop* 298 Francis P. Burke* 262 Susan C. Cavicchi* 331 Joseph T. Conneamey, Sr.* 239 Peter G. Coumounduros* 241 Debbie H. McCulley* 275 Alice M. O'Sullivan* 273 Anthony L. Rickley* 267 Rita C. Robertson* 236 Tina N. Truedson* 266 Gail F. Wood* 326 John D. Wood* 290 Sara Galehouse Forbes* 267 Amanda Lee Foulds* 273 Karen T. Janowski* 267 David H. O'Sullivan* 284 Christopher P. Flanagan* 34 Carolyn L. Johnson* 28 Thomas Hennings* 27 James L. Carroll* 16 Christine Ford* 15 Rosalind N. Post* 11 Lizabeth Ann Malinski* 10 Other 47 Blanks 98901 1 Total 14784 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) r— highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty-four Candidate ELI PCB Pr 3 Pro PCB Px-fi rxI P[$ Total Douglas A. Bruce* 251 Robert J. Coffey* 226 Stephen L. Crook* 215 Jeanne MacDonald Duran* 236 Alice C. Grau* 221 George E. Loner an, Jr.* 1 2251 1 Gerald L. MacDonald* 284 Catherine L. Martin* 224 John T. O'Connor* 237 Steven G. Oston* 217 Lance Watson* 218 Ronald L. Wood* 203 Cheryl A. Johnson* 273 Marjorie A. Merrill* 244 Francis J. Bur, holzer, Jr. * 11 Michael A. Caggiano* 11 Joseph M. D'Alessio* 11 Robert A. D'Ambrosio* 11 Richard W. Fischer* 11 Albert Garbarino* 11 Paul J. Murphy* 11 Robert M. Murphy, Jr.* 11 Anthony M. Warren* 11 Roberta "Robin" C. D'Antona* 4 Other 1 1 26 Blanks 1 1 9005 Total 1 1 12408 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year tern. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 year tern; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than Eight Cmtdi&W Pr I Pr 2 Pr 3 Pro Lr-5 Pr6 Pr 7 Pr8 Total Jonathan E. Bames* 317 Martin J. Benison* 311 Lynne Hastings Cameron* 298 Michele Abu Carrick* 316 Stephen M. Conner* 415 Jennifer H. Culbert* 387 Karen M. Epstein* 401 Randy Scott Gearhart* 323 Nancy M. Graham* 418 Russell T. Graham* 465 Glen M. Hartzler* 304 Susan B. Kalmakis* 449 David Lautman* 403 Robert W.LeLacheur 296 Richard E. McDonald* 350 Thomas J. Meharg* 1 346 Everett J. Roscoe, Jr.* 318 Robert S. Salter* 403 Nancy J. Twomey* 550 Timothy R. Twomey* 521 Ralph L. Vinciguerra* 368 Andrew W. Grimes* 1 356 Krissandra Holmes* 354 Dirk U. Petersen* 311 Brian C. Snell* 400 Other 7 Blanks 13077 Total 22464 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty -four Candidate Pr Ex-2 Pr 3 PrA PrS P{ Pr 7 Pr 8 Total Camille W. Anthony* 323 Loretta E. Cava aro* 265 Joseph G. Duffy* 280 Paul C. Dustin* 296 Robert L. Fuller* 249 Brevard S. Garrison* 219 John J. Greichen, Jr.* 239 Eleanor K. Hi gott* 246 Timothy J. Houston* 226 Janice M. Jones* 270 Catherine R. Kaminer* 275 Paul A. Kelley* 310 Timothy J. Kelley* 303 Lawrence E. Mabius* 247 Philip R. Maher* 237 James B. McGrath* 236 Gary M. Nihan* 331 Lynne E. O'Brien* 257 Peter John O'Shea* 264 Kathleen S. Vaccaro* 314 Christina Louise DiNardo* 273 Kevin M. Fulgoni* 235 Cynthia(Cynda)R. Rohmer* 1 1 272 Emerson W. Tucker* 280 Other 12 Blanks 9213 Total 15672 *Elected Fill Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty -four Candidate Pr I Pr2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pry Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr $ Total James E. Bonazoli* 303 Robert A. Brown* 314 Ralph A. Colorusso* 393 Kevin M. Douglas* 355 James J. Fandel* 332 Diana M. Kaine* 1 3121 1 James A. Keigley* 430 Robert R. Lynch* 298 Jacquelyn A. Mandell 276 Robert L. Mandell 261 Alexander McRae* 282 Mary Ellen O'Neill* 1 1 355 Gary D. Phillips 276 Linda M. Phillips* 305 Gael Phillips- Spence* 332 Raymond F. Porter 246 Stephen P. Quigley* 374 Diane N. Slezak* 1 365 Michael F.Slezak* 359 Kevin Sullivan* 315 Nathan C. White* 292 Drucilla Wood- Beckwith* 347 Margaret M. Carlman* 316 Ronald M. D'Addario* 366 Clarence W. Enos* 371 James B. Francis* 293 Richard Joseph Gedies 249 Clayton D. Jones* 289 Erin C. Squeglia* 277 Other 70 Blanks 11335 Total 20688 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 vear term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than twenty -four fA didate Pr I P2 Pr 3 _P_r4 Pr5 Pr6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Total Alan F. Barton* 262 Mildred L. Barton 243 John E. Carpenter* 347 Michele Webber Chiappini* 363 Cathy Ellen Commito* 439 Joanne T. Cusolito* 289 Harvey (Pete) J. Dahl* 452 Christopher R. DiMattei* 294 Charles V. Donnelly -Moran 239 John (Jack) K. Downing* 365 Martin J. Foodman* 252 Carol S. Grimm* 312 George V. Hines* 421 Mark H. Johnson* 273 Norman F. Kozlowski* 307 Jennifer K. Lachmayr* 250 William C. Leach* 275 Nancy B.Matheson* 298 Sandra J. Michaud* 310 Mark Eric Nelson* 284 Frances C. Sansalone 218 Richard W. Schubert* 307 Jeffrey W. Struble* 250 Kathy J. Whittaker* 319 Denise D. Wyer* 1 276 Brook W. Chipman 244 Pasquale M.Iapicca* 413 Marjorie C. O'Donnell 241 Kenneth J. Rossetti* 251 Other 10 Blanks 12580 Total 21384 *Elected Town Meeting Members receiving the highest eight (8) votes receive the 3 year term. The next eight (8) highest votes receive the 2 year term; and the following eight (8) highest votes receive the 1 year term. Town Meeting Members for three years - Vote for not more than Eight Candidate Pal Pry -ELI Pr 4 E[5 L'iLfi Pr 7 IPr $ to William C. Brown* 349 Nancy Ellen Gadzuk* 315 Kathleen E. G olini* 338 William J. Griset, Jr.* 384 Kim R. Honetschlager* 286 Frederick (Rick) F. Martin* 325 Kevin M. Nestor* 260 Robert I. Nordstrand* 330 John H. Russell* 302 Margaret W. Russell* 304 Kenneth R. Tucci* 316 Paula L. Tucci* 316 Frederick Van Magness* 309 John E. Brzezenski* 259 Tina P. Brzezenski* 268 Kendra J. G. Cooper* 299 Gail M. Donovan* 274 Brian E. Grottkau* 273 Karen Gately Herrick* 280 Paula D. Koppel* 352 John G. McDonagh* 299 George B. Perry II* 301 Monette Dugas Verner* 266 Thomas John Walsh III* 262 Other 30 Blanks 13439 Total 20736 *Elected Question #1 (Article 7) Shall the Town of Reading be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and a half, so- called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued for the purposes of developing one or more schematic designs for making extraordinary repairs and/or additions to the Reading Memorial High Schoc at 62 Oakland Road, including the costs of engineering and architectural fees, plans, documents, cost estimates, and related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the School Building Committee? Question 1 PLL Pr 2 Pr 3 PL4 PLS Prst P -I PL$ Total Yes 586 355 244 629 401 518 579 545 3857 No 315 248 252 289 238 319 285 296 2242 Blanks 14 13 21 18 14 25 27 23 155 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 Question 2 (Article 9) Shall the Town of Reading accept the provisions of General Laws Chapter 44 s 3 -7, proposed by vote of Town Meeting on November 15, 2001 under Article 9 of the Subsequent Town Meeting, known as the Community Preservation Act, which established a special "Community Preservation Fund" that may be appropriated and spent for certain open space, historic resources and affordable housing purposes, to approve a property tax surcharge in an amount of one percent (1%) of the taxes assessed annually on real property which shall be dedicated to the fund, such surcharge to be imposed on taxes assessed for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2002, and to exempt from the surcharge the following: (1) property owned and occupied as a domicile by a person who would qualify for low income housing or low or moderate income senior housing in the community; (2) $100,000 of the assessed valuation of Class One Residential, parcels? Question 2 PLL PL2 _Pr a Pr 4 Pry PrL6 Pr 7 PL$ Total Yes 415 234 207 499 318 430 451 377 2931 No 452 350 273 399 307 396 395 437 3009 Blanks 48 32 37 38 28 36 45 50 314 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 Question 3 (Article 11) Shall the Town of Reading approve the amendment to the Reading Home Rule Charter proposed by vote LI of Town Meeting on November 19, 2001 under Article 11 of the Subsequent Town Meeting relating to th( provisions of Section 8 -1 (b) of the Reading Home Rule Charter by deleting in the second paragraph "in a place convenient to the public at all reasonable times" and substituting therefore "in the office of the Towr Clerk so that the second paragraph of 8 -10 (b) reads as follows "These rules and minutes shall be a public record kept in the office of the Town Clerk, and copies shall be kept available in the library. "? Question 3 Er-I Pr 2 Pr d P_r9 Er -5 Er ( P.C-Z PL$ Iota] Yes 700 451 357 738 492 663 657 623 4681 No 95 87 89 94 90 91 95 118 759 Blanks 120 78 71 104 71 108 139 123 814 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 Question 4 (Article 12) Shall the Town of Reading approve the amendment to the Reading Home Rule Charter proposed by vote of Town Meeting on November 19, 2001 under Article 12 of the Subsequent Town Meeting relating to Section 2 -12 of the Reading Home Rule Charter by inserting in the paragraph entitled "Rules Committee" between the words "Committee" and 'consisting' the words 'chaired by the Town Moderator who shall bi a non - voting member" so that the paragraph shall read in its entirety: "Rules Committee There shall be a Rules Committee, chaired by the Town Moderator CI who shall be a non - voting member, consisting of the Precinct Chairmen, which shall review all aspects of the operation of Town Meeting, and make an Annual Report in writing to Town Meeting setting forth its findings, recommendations, and proposals for rules governing the conduct of Town Meeting. "? Question 4 Erl Erb Pr 3 Pr 4 Er_5 Erb Ex_7 Erb Total Yes 641 418 334 693 453 615 621 579 4354 No 118 101 92 113 103 110 104 137 878 Blanks 156 97 91 130 97 137 166 148 1022 Total 915 616 517 936 653 862 891 864 6254 a true copy. Atte C eryl A. 7o son Town C erk