Preliminary Town Election Results in PDF

A listing of Townwide and Town Meeting candidates and the ballot question for the March 28 Town Election is provided below.

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MARCH 28, 2006 TOWN ELECTION

TOWNWIDE CANDIDATES | BALLOT QUESTION | TOWN MEETING CANDIDATES

TOWNWIDE CANDIDATES

ASSESSOR - FOR THREE YEARS - VOTE FOR ONE

Molly K. Reed
8 Avon Lane
Candidate for Re-Election

MORSE INSTITUTE LIBRARY TRUSTEE - FOR TWO YEARS - VOTE FOR ONE

Gerald Mazor
8 Running Brook Circle

PLANNING BOARD - FOR FIVE YEARS - VOTE FOR ONE

Andrew J. Meyer
31 Prescott Avenue

REC AND PARKS COMMISSIONER - FOR THREE YEARS - VOTE FOR ONE

David W. Ordway
28 West Street
Candidate for Re-Election

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BALLOT QUESTION

Ballot Question Committees

For #1: Natick Community Preservation Alliance
Against #1: Natick Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility

QUESTION #1

Shall this town accept sections 3 to 7, inclusive of Chapter 44B of the General Laws, as approved by its legislative body, a summary of which appears below?

YES________

NO_________

SUMMARY

Sections 3 through 7 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, also known as the Community Preservation Act (the "Act"), establish a dedicated funding source to enable cities and towns to acquire, create and preserve open space; to acquire, create and preserve land for recreational use, including active and passive recreational use; to create, preserve and support community housing; to rehabilitate or restore open space, land for recreational use and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in the Act; to acquire, preserve, rehabilitate and restore historic resources; and to set aside for later spending funds for specific purposes or general purposes that are consistent with community preservation.

There would be a surcharge on real property of one percent (1%) of the real estate tax levy against real property, as determined annually by the Board of Assessors, which surcharge shall commence in fiscal year 2007. There would be two (2) exemptions from such surcharge: 1) property owned and occupied as a domicile by any person who would qualify for low income housing or low or moderate income senior housing, as defined in Section 2 of the Act, in the Town of Natick; and 2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of the value of each taxable parcel of residential real property in the Town of Natick. The surcharge to be paid by a taxpayer receiving an abatement of real property authorized by law shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of such abatement. A taxpayer receiving an exemption of real property authorized by law shall be exempt from any such surcharge on real property.

Any amount of the surcharge not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the annual rate provided by applicable law. The remedies provided by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate shall apply to said surcharge on real property.

A Community Preservation Committee, consisting of not less than five (5) and not more than nine (9) members, would be established by by-law. The Committee shall study the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town of Natick regarding community preservation, shall consult with Natick boards in conducting such studies, shall hold one or more public informational meetings, and shall make recommendations to Town Meeting for any of the foregoing community preservation purposes, including their anticipated costs.

The funding source for the foregoing community preservation purposes would be a Community Preservation Fund of which the Town Treasurer would be the custodian. The following monies would be deposited into that Fund: a) all funds collected from the real property surcharge or bond proceeds in anticipation of revenue pursuant to the Act; b) all funds received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other source for the purposes of the Act; and c) proceeds from the disposal of real property acquired with funds from the Community Preservation Fund. Only Town Meeting may approve expenditures from the Community Preservation Fund. The expenditure of funds from the Community Preservation Fund shall be limited to implementing the recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee, to providing administrative and operating expenses to that Committee, and to appropriating money to an affordable housing trust fund.

In every fiscal year, and upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee, Town Meeting shall spend, or set aside for later spending, not less than ten (10%) percent of the annual revenues in the Community Preservation Fund for each of the following purposes; for open space, but not including land for recreational use, for historic resources, and for community housing. Appropriations in any fiscal year from the Community Preservation Fund for administrative and operating expenses of the Community Preservation Committee shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the annual revenues in that Fund. Funds spent from the Community Preservation Fund shall not replace existing operating funds, only augment them. The Town of Natick may appropriate money in any year from the Community Preservation Fund to an affordable housing trust fund.

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TOWN MEETING

TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 1
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
FOUR FOR TWO YEARS
FOUR FOR ONE YEAR

Nancy A. Lavash
46 Silver Hill Lane #2
Candidate for Re-Election

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 2
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR ONE YEAR

John R. Culkin
3 Elwin Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Douglas S. Farquharson
7 Hardwick Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Theodore E. Rollins Jr.
28 Curtis Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Richard A. Zucker
16 Ivy Lane
Candidate for Re-Election

Richard A. Sugarman
243 Speen Street

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 3
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR TWO YEARS

Michael K. Lamont
13 Kelsey Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Joseph S. Libbin
8 Autumn Lane
Candidate for Re-Election

Garry M. O'Brien
19 Windsor Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

George A. Reardon
11 Surrey Lane

Daniel L. Ross
11 Marshall Avenue

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 4
SIX FOR THREE YEARS

John A. Donovan III
24 Lake Street
Candidate for R-Election

Alissa R.E. Leonard
16 Park Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Steven Levinsky
25 Park Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Matthew Brunell
66 Summer Street

Frances Green
1 Fairbanks Place

Michael J. Price
5 Franconia Avenue

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 5
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR ONE YEAR

Andrew W. Luke
63 Evergreen Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Bonnie S. Rosenthal
40 Liberty Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Bruce A. Snow
13 Waring Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Bruce P. Wright
41 Birch Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Jeanne Ackerley
13 Birch Road

Thomas E. Ackerley
13 Birch Road

Charlotte Swartz
25 East Evergreen Road

Fred E. Witte
7 Ash Street

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 6
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR TWO YEARS

Peter S. Golden
5 Vermont Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

David J. Murphy
14 Euclid Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Jeanne Williamson Ostroff
18 Erlandson Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Thomas R. Townsend
31 Harwood Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Gwendolyn T. Bronson
8 Otis Street

Catherine M. Coughlin
13 Maine Avenue

Michael P. Coughlin
13 Maine Avenue

Lawrence W. Forshner
15 Keane Road

Michael F. Linehan
14 Milford Avenue

Mary Ellen Moran Siudut
83 Winter Street

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 7
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR ONE YEAR

Teresa M. Evans
73 Washington Street
Candidate for Re-Election

James T. Furdon
5 Stillwater Circle
Candidate for Re-Election

Harlee S. Strauss
21 Bay State Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Richard T. Sullivan
22 Eisenhower Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Linda Wollschlager
24 Arbor Circle
Candidate for Re-Election

Edward J. Wynne
1 Chestnut Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Amy K. Mistrot
120 Walnut Street

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 8
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
TWO FOR TWO YEARS

Glen B. Glater
28 Reynolds Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Ronald J. Miller
5 Walcott Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Richard Sidney
30 High Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Arthur L. Lamont
22 D Cedar Gardens

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 9
SIX FOR THREE YEARS
ONE FOR TWO YEARS

Mary E. Avalos
56 Union Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Wilson E. Idzal
40 Algonquian Drive
Candidate for Re-Election

Daniel T. Mahoney III
8 Coolidge Avenue
Candidate for Re-Election

Sarah T. Allahverdi
1 Westview Terrace

Janet Phlegar
11 Malden Street

Richard J. Parsons
30 Strawberry Hill Road

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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 10
SIX FOR THREE YEARS

James V. Arena, Jr
156 Cottage Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Dight W. Crain
10 Clover Lane
Candidate for Re-Election

Martin Kessel
43R Water Street
Candidate for Re-Election

Ellen McKeon-Levine
9 Dover Road
Candidate for Re-Election

Susan G. Salamoff
8 River Bend Drive
Candidate for Re-Election

Seth Levine
9 Dover Road

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