Election Results for Village Annual Meeting and Essex Special Town Meeting
This year, the community of Essex Junction held their Annual Meeting by Australian ballot on April 13th. Ballots were mailed to all active voters in the Village to vote on school and town budgets, Village Trustees candidates, and a re-vote on a merger plan. A Special Town Meeting election was also held for all of Essex to reconsider the merger plan that failed in March. Preliminary municipal vote results are as follows:
TOWN OF ESSEX SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
(Merger Re-Vote)
|
MERGER RE-VOTE |
YES |
NO |
BLANK |
|
Article I: Shall the Town of Essex Adopt Plan of Merger with the Village of Essex, Vermont |
4199 |
4225 |
114 |
VILLAGE OF ESSEX JUNCTION ANNUAL MEETING VOTES
|
ARTICLE # |
YES |
NO |
BLANK |
|
ARTICLE 1. Shall the voters approve an annual General Fund Budget in the amount of $5,641,278 for fiscal year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, $3,745,866 of which is to be levied in taxes against the Village Grand List? |
2536 |
807 |
204 |
|
ARTICLE 2. Shall the Village authorize the transfer of the remaining balance in the Land Acquisition Fund, estimated balance to be approximately $82,700, to the Economic Development Fund to be used for downtown development. |
2608 |
768 |
171 |
|
ARTICLE 3. Shall the voters approve extending the one cent Capital Improvement tax (also known as Economic Development tax), as established in 2016, to be reconsidered at annual meeting in 2024. |
2433 |
905 |
209 |
|
ARTICLE 4. Shall the annual stipend for the position of a Trustee of the Village Board of Trustees be raised from $500 to $1,000? |
2281 |
1110 |
156 |
|
ARTICLE 5. Shall the voters approve holding the 2022 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 to act upon any articles not involving voting by Australian ballot and to reconvene on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 to vote for the Village officers and transact any business involving voting by Australian ballot? |
2936 |
373 |
238 |
|
ARTICLE 6. By a non-binding resolution, shall the Essex Junction Board of Trustees be advised to draft a charter to create the independent City of Essex Junction, for consideration by the Village of Essex Junction voters no later than November 2021, should efforts seeking a vote for reconsideration on the issue of merger fail. We advise that the charter shall not include any union municipal districts, interlocal contracts, special tax districts or other relationships within the Town of Essex for the provision of Village Government services. The only exception may be for the consideration of police services. |
2689 |
709 |
149 |
|
ARTICLE 7. To elect Village officers required by law including: Moderator (one-year term); two Village Trustees (2 three-year terms); one Library Trustee (five-year term)? |
See below |
ESSEX JUNCTION CANDIDATE ELECTIONS
|
POSITION |
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
|
Trustee (two 3-Year Terms) |
|
|
|
Andrew Brown |
2666 |
|
|
Amber Thibeault |
2585 |
|
|
Write-ins |
48 |
|
|
Blank |
1795 |
|
|
Moderator (one 1-year term) |
||
|
Stephen Eustis |
2937 |
|
|
Write-ins |
29 |
|
|
Blank |
581 |
|
|
Library Trustee (one 5-year term) |
||
|
Jeanne C. Grant |
2925 |
|
|
Write-ins |
20 |
|
|
Blank |
602 |
*Provided by Susan McNamara-Hill, Clerk/Treasurer, Village of Essex Junction / Town of Essex