Salem 2022 Town, School Election Voting Results

SALEM, NH —Here are the unofficial results from the March 8, 2022, town and school elections in Salem.

Town Races

Board of Selectmen, one three-year seat.

• Keith Stramaglia: 2,082
• Everett McBride Jr.: 1,512

Budget Committee, two three-year seats.

• DJ Bettencourt: 2,252
• Donna Loranger: 1,803
• Dane Hoover: 1,312

Town Moderator, one two-year position.

• Christopher Goodnow: 2,786

Supervisor of the Checklist one six-year position.

• Kelly Dortona: 2,502

Library Trustee, one two-year seat.

• David Kickernell: 2,634

Trustee of the Trust Funds, one three-year seat.

• Gregory Davis: 2,459

Trustee of the Trust Funds, one one-year seat.

• Richard O'Shaughnessy: 337

Planning Board, two three-year seats

• Sean Lewis: 2,616
• George Perry: 253

Zoning Board of Adjustment, one three-year seat.

• Bonnie Wright: 2,515

Zoning Board of Adjustment, one two-year seat.

• Kellie Annicelli: 295

Town Articles

Article 2: Establish Charter Commission, approved

Article 3: Re-establish Height Limit in Recreational District, approved

Article 4: Allow Minor Setback Waivers, approved

Article 5: Eliminate Special Exceptions in Recreational District, approved

Article 6: Revise Floodplain Development Ordinance, approved

Article 7: Revise Sign Ordinance, approved

Article 8: Former Wastewater Treatment Facility Remediation ($6.5 million bond; requires a three-fifths vote for approval), approved

Article 9: Land acquisition, 47.15 acres on Keewaydin Drive; 4.15 acres on Lowell Road ($4.8 million bond; requires a three-fifths vote for approval), rejected

Article 10: Bridge Street Bridge Construction ($1 bond; requires a three-fifths vote for approval), approved

Article 11: Various Town Vehicles Lease-Purchase ($1.93 million bond; requires a three-fifths vote for approval), rejected

Article 12: 2022 Operation Budget ($57.5 million), approved

Article 13: 2022 Road Construction and Engineering Program ($4.5 million), approved

Article 14: OPEB Trust Fund ($50,000), approved

Article 15: Town Facility Maintenance and Improvement Capital Reserve Fund ($100,000), approved

Article 16: Change Elderly Exemption Threshold, approved

Article 17: Change Disabled Exemption Threshold, appoved

Article 18: Change Blind Exemption Threshold, appoved

Article 19: Salem Police Employees Association Collective Bargaining Agreement (4% annual salary adjustment each year across 5 years; $1.77 million), approved

Article 20: Salem Administrative and Technical Employees Union Collective Bargaining Agreement ($450K; 2.5% annual salary adjustment each year across 5 years), approved

Article 21: Salem Public Administrators Association Union Collective Bargaining Agreement (2.5% salary adjustment annually for 4 years; $363K), approved

Article 22: Fund Special Election to Elect Charter Commission ($9,075, if Article 2 is approved), approved

Article 23: Authorize the Sale of Town Property (former Wastewater Treatment Facility parcel), approved

Article 24: Land Conveyance, Salem School District, approved

Article 25: Petition: Fund Kelley Library Employees’ Economic Benefits ($19K, 2.5% COLA increase), approved

Article 26: Petition: Discontinue the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, approved

Article 27: Petition: Funding to be added to the Library Building Capital Reserve Fund ($110K), approved

Article 28: Petition: Funding for Comprehensive Updating the town’s 2001 Master Plan ($150K), rejected

Article 29: Petition: Require Hand Counting of Ballots, rejected.

Schools

School Board, two three-year seats

• Patricia Corbett: 2,140
• Peter Morgan: 1,703
• Lorie Ball: 1,630
• Marnie Wells: 1,175

School District Moderator, one three-year position

• Terrence Scanlan: 2,579

School District Clerk, one three-year position

• Kelly Bryant: 2,629

School District Treasurer, one three-year position

• Lucille Ramsey: 2,629

School Articles

Article 2: SAU 57 School District Budget ($82.9 million; default budget set at $82.4 million), approved

Article 3: Salem Education Association Collective Bargaining Agreement (3%, 2.5%, and 2% wage scale increases across 3 years; $3.4 million), approved

Article 4: Salem Educational Personnel Association Collective Bargaining Agreement (3.4%, 3.5% wage scale increases across 2 years; $78K), approved

Article 5: Salem School Custodian Employees Association Collective Bargaining Agreement (wage brackets plus 2%, 3.75%, 3.5% across 3 years; $228K), approved

Article 6: Salem Educational Support Personnel Association (2.85% each year for 2 years; $435K), approved

Article 7: Retain Unused Portion of Year-End Unassigned General Funds, approved

Article 8: Grant easement to an existing sewer line on Woodbury Middle School property to private property owner, approved

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