By Ed Pierce
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| Joe Bruno |
Raymond voters made their choices on Tuesday, casting ballots for a number of town positions and approving a number of municipal warrants for the town budget and the RSU 14 school budget proposal for the coming year.
Voting was conducted at Jordan-Small Middle School in lieu of the annual Town Meeting because of COVID-19 concerns. The ballots were four full pages on two sheets of paper and contained budget items and ordinances that would normally have been approved with an in-person vote at the town meeting.
All warrants on the ballot were approved by voters, including funding
for Raymond’s Public Safety and Public Works Departments, several land use
ordinances and greenlighting the $52 million annual budget for RSU 14.
The most contested race for voters was to elect a candidate for
Raymond’s open Board of Selectmen position. When all of the ballots were
counted, former selectman Joe Bruno earned 204 votes to win the seat, with Abigail Geer
receiving 171 votes and Dana DesJardins got 34 votes.
Kate Levielle was unopposed for a three-year seat on the RSU 14
Board of Directors and received a total of 310 votes.
Robert Gosselin tallied 264 votes and Kevin Oliver received 243
votes to win three-year terms on Raymond’s Budget and Finance Committee.
No candidates were declared or on the ballot to fill two open
two-year terms and one three-year term on the town’s Budget and Finance
Committee, but Raymond’s Town Clerk Sue Look said candidates receiving write-in
votes on Tuesday for these vacant positions, including Dennis Morse, Abigail
Geer and Marshall Bullock will be asked if they would be interested in serving
on the committee. <
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