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At-a-glance: Most annual and special warrant articles pass; summary of key outcomes
Summary
At Mashby’s combined special and annual town meetings, the bulk of warrant articles passed, including multiple collective-bargaining appropriations, capital projects, and enterprise-fund authorizations; notable exceptions were a failed CPC grant for a privately owned house and a failed petition to ban fur sales.
Voters approved most items on the special and annual warrant, including routine appropriations, collective-bargaining pay items, capital projects and several borrowing authorizations. Highlights include:
• Special town meeting: Articles 1–3 passed by large margins; Article 4 (wastewater design authorization) passed 263–112. Article 12 (CPC grant for the First Pentecostal Church) passed 278–147; Article 13 (CPC grant for the Horatio Amos house) failed 17–20.
• Annual town meeting: The omnibus operating budget (Article 2) passed 301–56. Multiple collective-bargaining first-year appropriations (Articles 5–12 in the annual sequence) were approved. Article 17 (road improvements borrowing) and other capital items were approved; Article 24 (Quashnet School HVAC borrowing) passed by the required two-thirds (187–35). Article 29 (conservation restriction) and Article 31 (short-term rental amendment) passed; Article 33 (fur-sale ban petition) failed 133–115. Article 34 (dog-barking bylaw petition) passed 210–39.
Most articles had select board and finance committee recommendations at meeting time; where an article required a two-thirds vote the moderator announced the threshold and results. Many motions were made by select board members and recommended by the finance committee; if further actions (borrowings subject to Proposition 2½ exclusions) are required, these will appear on upcoming ballots.
