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Select Board schedules school RSU question for June 2 state election after May 18 proposal fails
Summary
After a failed motion to hold the school RSU vote at Town Meeting on May 18, the Trenton Select Board voted 3-1 to place the RSU question on the June 2 state election ballot.
The Trenton Select Board voted to schedule the school RSU question for the June 2 state election, after rejecting an earlier motion to hold the vote at Town Meeting on May 18.
A motion by Select Board member Susan Sargent to set the vote for May 18 failed on a 1-3 vote. A second motion by Judith Sproule to set the vote for June 2, seconded by Danielle Cole, passed 3-1.
Board members discussed two possible timelines for voter consideration before taking the two votes. The board did not record additional details about the RSU proposal in the minutes beyond the scheduling decisions. The outcome means the school consolidation/RSU question will appear on the statewide ballot on June 2 rather than at the town's May meeting.
The board's next steps are administrative: ensuring the warrant language and ballot mechanics comply with state election procedures ahead of the June 2 vote. Select Board members did not indicate any change to the substantive RSU proposal at the Feb. 17 meeting.
