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Annual Town Election Results 5/15/10
Votes
%
For Member, Board of Selectmen (3-year term)         Vote for One
John E. Murray, Sr.
57
40%
Mark L. Karlberg
80
57%
Beth VanNess (write-in)
2
1%
All Others (write-ins)
0
Blanks
2
Total Votes Cast
141
For Member, Board of Health (3-year term)               Vote for One
Virginia T. Conner
99
70%
Steven Rosenthal (write-in)
1
Meredyth Babcock (write-in)
2
Colleen O'Connor (write-in)
2
All Others (write-ins)
0
Blanks
37
Total Votes Cast
141
For Cemetery Commissioner (3-year term)                Vote for One
William F. Cavanaugh
109
77%
Charles Andrews (write-in)
1
1%
Meredyth Babcock (write-in)
1
All Others (write-ins)
1
Blanks
29
Total Votes Cast
141
For Member, Finance Committee (3-year term)         Vote for Two
Stephen A. LaBelle, Sr.
93
33%
Dan Parnell (write-in)
9
3%
Lisa Pitney (write-in)
1
Doris Egee (write-in)
1
Mike Falk (write-in)
1
Mark Karlberg (write-in)
2
Jeanne Robinson (write-in)
2
Steven Rosenthal (write-in)
2
Madeleine Swindlehurst (write-in)
1
Ann Spadafora (write-in)
1
All Others (write-ins)
0
Blanks
169
Total Votes Cast
282
For Member, Planning Board (5-year term)                Vote for One
Colleen Cox (write-in)
1
1%
Robert Podolski (write-in)
1
Robert Ronzio (write-in)
32
Harvey Lerner (write-in)
1
Dan Parnell (write-in)
1
Richard Furlong (write-in)
2
Madeleine Swindlehurst (write-in)
2
Susan Schieder
1
Meredyth Babcock (write-in)
1
All Others (write-ins)
0
Blanks
99
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 1
Shall the town vote to change the composition of the board of selectmen from a three member board to a five member board?
YES
36
26%
NO
65
46%
Blanks
40
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 2
Shall the town vote to have its elected TOWN CLERK become an appointed TOWN CLERK of the Town?
YES
33
23%
NO
67
48%
Blanks
41
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 3
SHALL THE TOWN OF BECKET BE ALLOWED TO EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION 2 1/2, SO-CALLED, THE AMOUNT OF $50,500 TO PAY FOR A NEW ALL SEASON STAINLESS STEEL DUMP BODY FOR HIGHWAY TRUCK #2 (COSTING $37,000) AND A NEW STAINLESS STEEL SPREADER/SANDER FOR HIGHWAY TRUCK #6 (COSTING $13,500)?
YES
81
57%
NO
48
34%
Blanks
12
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 4
SHALL THE TOWN OF BECKET BE ALLOWED TO EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION 2 1/2, SO CALLED, THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 TO PAY FOR A NEW AMBULANCE?
YES
79
56%
NO
50
35%
Blanks
12
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 5
SHALL THE TOWN OF BECKET BE ALLOWED TO EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION 2 1/2, SO CALLED, THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 TO PAY FOR A NEW CHASSIS FOR THE BECKET AMBULANCE AND FOR THE COST OF PLACING THE EXISTING AMBULANCE COMPARTMENT ON THAT CHASSIS?
YES
58
41%
NO
65
46%
Blanks
18
Total Votes Cast
141
QUESTION 6
SHALL THE TOWN OF BECKET BE ALLOWED TO EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF PROPOSITION 2 1/2, SO CALLED, THE AMOUNT OF $19,000 TO PAY FOR THE TAKING OF LAND IN JACOB’S WELL DESCRIBED AS MAP 213, LOT 32.22, 2.0 ACRES, ASSESSED VALUE FOR 2010 AT $32,000, LOCATED ON JACOB’S WELL LANE, RECORDED IN THE BERKSHIRE MIDDLE DISTRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS IN BOOK 1289, PAGE 356?
YES
78
55%
NO
50
35%
Blanks
13
Total Votes Cast
141
Registered voters:  
1251
Ballots cast:  
141
Percent Voting
11%

 
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