Politics & Government
Precinct Two's Reps Missed One Out of Five Votes During Spring Town Meeting
The second of nine precincts in our series looking at which Town Meeting Rep voted for what this spring.
This week we started taking a look at who voted and who didn't at Town Meeting starting with Precinct 1, and today we move to North Chelmsford and take a look at Precinct 2.
Of the 738 total combined votes for the Precinct's 18 Town Meeting reps, 482 were "yes", 97 were "no", there were 5 abstentions and 154 non-votes (20.8%)
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We've attached the FinCom Warrant book with more information on each of the warrant articles, and here's the key for the procedural votes in the grid below
Abbreviation Motion Adjourn Day 1: Motion to adjourn on Day 1 due to Special Election the next day. 7a Day 2: An amendment to reduce Article 7 FinCom Reserve Fund From $400,000 to $200,000 10a Day 2: An amendment on Article 10 to go through each line item in the FY '14 Capital Reserve Budget 18o Day 2: A motion to move Article 18 (Turf Fields) after Article 12 18q Day 2: The first call to question on Article 18 (just before Nick DeSilvio's son) 18q2 Day 2: The second call to question on Article 18 (just after Nick DeSilvio's son) 19q Day 3: Call to question on Article 19 (Energy Controls) 25a Day 4: Amendment to change a date in Article 25 (Marijuana Moratorium) 26d Day 4: Motion to delay Article 26 (Billboard Overlay District) to the Fall
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You can check also out the roll call votes for focused on articles rather than people on the Town Website as well as on our Day One, Two, Three, and Four overviews, where you can also find the context for all the procedural votes.
First Name Last Name "No" Votes "Abstain" Votes Did Not Vote Karen Thorp-Dussourd7a,10a,19q,26,
32,34,Adjourn
12,14,23 William Dalton 26,32,345,6,7a,7,9,10a,10,
11,12,13,14,15,16,18o,
18q,18q2,18
David Irvine 7a,10a,18,26,34 23 Delores Miller4,7a,10a,18q,
26d,32,34
26 Kenneth Tassi 18q,19q,26d,34,Adjourn 25aJohn Thompson 10a,19q,Adjourn
8,25a,25,26d,26,27,
28,29,30,32,34
Stephanie Bush 7a,10a8,19q,25a,25,26d,26,27,
28,29,30,32,34
Bruce Clark5,6,7a,7,8,9,10a,
13,14,15,16,21,22,
23,24,25a,25,26d,26,
27,28,29,30,32,34
Maria Karafelis 7a,10a,18q,32,34 Laura Lee 7a,10a,19q,26d,34,Adjourn 10,12 Laura Merrill4,7a,10a,14,15,
16,18q,18q2,18,
20,26d,26,27,Adjourn
3,4,8,25a,25,26d,26,27,
28,29,30,32,34,Adjourn
George Merrill 10,16,19,32,34,Adjourn12,17,20,21,
22,23,24,27,28
Janet Murphy 7a,10a,19q,32,34 26d 26,Adjourn Janice Spence 7a,10a,26d,32,34 10,19q,19,20,21,22,23,24 Judy Metz7a,10a,17,19q,
19,26,32,34,Adjourn
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