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Posted Wednesday, March 9th

Results of Annual Town & School Australian Ballot

Results of Australian ballot on March 8, 2011:

Town Moderator, 1 year Michael Kainen     946
Selectman 3 years, Sabino (Sam) Romano 513  F. X. Flinn 433                  
Selectman 2 years, Kenneth H. Parker 517  Richard "Dick" Grassi 431
Selectman Remaining 1 year of a 3 year term,  Mark Donka 521   Charles Rataj 310
Lister 3 years, Chip Jameson 796
Library Trustee 5 years, no one over 30 votes
Library Trustee Remaining 3 years of a 5 year term, Stuart E. Ofstad 800                  
 
2. Shall the Town appropriate a total general fund expenditure for operating expenses of $12,557,604 of which $9,895,708 shall be raised by taxes, $2,461,896 by non-tax revenues and $200,000 by prior year surplus. (By Australian Ballot)
 
In Favor: 765                                      Opposed: 222
 
3. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Forty Thousand Five Hundred Ninety ($40,590) Dollars to Advance Transit for the purpose of providing public transportation services. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 804                                   Opposed: 206
 
4. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($15,250) Dollars for the purpose of assisting various associations owning or in control of Cemeteries in said Town, to be divided as follows:
 
Hartford Cemetery Assoc.-Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500) Dollars
Christian Street Cemetery Assoc.-Six Hundred ($600) Dollars
Mt. Olivet and St. Anthony's Cemeteries Assoc.-Three Thousand Eight Hundred ($3,800) Dollars
West Hartford Cemetery Assoc.-Nine Hundred ($900) Dollars
Quechee Cemetery Assoc.-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty ($2,450) Dollars
(By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 894                                   Opposed: 106
 
5. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Six Thousand ($6,000) Dollars to be paid to The Family Place, to help support programs which benefit Hartford residents. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor:801                                    Opposed: 193
 
6. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000) Dollarsfor the purpose of helping to defray the expenses of the Hartford Historical Society in collecting, conserving and displaying the Town’s history. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 786                                   Opposed: 204
 
7. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000) Dollars to the Boys & Girls Club-Hartford Unit to help defray the cost of their operating budget, and to help provide additional funding for programs for Hartford teens. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 741                                  Opposed: 256
 
8. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Seven Thousand ($7,000) Dollars for the purpose of helping to defray the expenses of operating and maintaining Headrest's information and referral and crisis intervention services. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 731                                   Opposed: 263
 
9. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Seven ($10,367) Dollars to help support outpatient, mental health and substance abuse services by the staff of Health Care & Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (By Australian ballot)   

In Favor: 730                                    Opposed: 255
 
10. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500) Dollars to Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) to assist Hartford in responding to the emergency needs of the community and providing all available and applicable services. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 784                                   Opposed: 211
 
11. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Forty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Two ($41,882) Dollars to support the home health care and hospice care of patients in their homes by staff and volunteers of the Visiting Nurse Alliance of Vermont and New Hampshire, Inc. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 871                                  Opposed: 125
 
12. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500) Dollars for services provided by Windsor County Partners to Hartford young people. (By Australian ballot)
 
In Favor: 703                                      Opposed: 279
 
13. Shall the Town appropriate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars to Women's Information Service (WISE) to help defray the cost of their operating budget. (By Australian ballot)

In Favor: 708                                      Opposed: 283
 

Town School District Moderator, 1 year, Michael Kainen, 930
School Director, 3 years, Ken Boumenot 218  Leif Smedman 186
School Director, 2 years, Lorraine "Lori" Dickerson 492  Luke Eastman 364  Erin Hyser 110

Question #1: Shall the voters of the School District approve a total budget in the amount of $30,811,229.

Yes: 612                                               No:  329

Dated at Hartford, Vermont this 9th day of March, 2011

                          ATTEST: Mary E. Hill, Town Clerk