HomeMy Public PortalAbout2023-01-10 Nauset District Election Report Nauset Regional District Election - January 10 , 2023
Report of the It
Nauset Regional District Election
January 10th, 2023
In accordance with the Warrant, the inhabitants of Brewster, qualified to vote in
the Nauset Regional District Election met at the Brewster Baptist Church Hall ,
Fellowship Hall, Tuesday , January 10th , 2023 .
This was a dual election , being held in conjunction with the Special Town
Election Debt Exclusion question to fund the additional funding request if
passed . Mass General Law Chapter 71 section 16 (n) sets the hours at 8
maximum , the, polls were open from l lam until 7pm to be consistent with the
prior election in March 2021 , for the same project . Brewster mailed out vote - by-
mail application postcards to all registered voters in town on December 6th , 2022 .
2088 individuals returned those requests and were mailed ballots for Brewster's
election as well as the Special Town Election .
Prec . 1 Prec . 2 Prec . 3 Total
Early Voting Ballots
Requested 734 688 666 2088
Returned 8s Counted 529 502 519 1550
a
1
The polls were "declared open at 11 : 00 a . m .
The elections ` workers duly sworn-in were ; Charles Winn ; Warden , Joan
Scheffer / Anne Best, Precinct One Clerks , June Cameron , Precinct Two Clerk;
and Cynthia Mathison / Lauren Elliott- Grunes , Precinct Three Clerks . The
Checkers and counters were ; David Briggs , Nancy Burdych , George Carey, Helga
Dyer, James Eddy, Mary Eddy, Beth Finch , Deborah Gengris , Robert Harris ,
James Holland , Joanne Hughes , Peter Johnson , Judy Lagregren , John Marten ,
Julie Menges , Paula Miller , Marjorie Oliver, Christine Patterson , Peter Scheffer,
Patricia Stanley, Elizabeth Taylor, Karen Whitney and Jayanne Monger,
Assistant Town. Clerk .
The polls were closed at 7 : 00 p . m . with the following results .
Total votes cast in Precinct 1 : 829
Total votes cast in Precinct 2 : 766
Total votes cast in Precinct 3 : 823
Total votes cast. 2418
Registered voters : 8659 28% voter participation.
QUESTION
_ NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION
Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the
Nauset Regional School District adopted on November 3rd , 2022 to authorize the
borrowing of $ 38 , 100 , 000 to pay additional costs of renovating and adding to
Nauset Regional High School , located at 100 Cable Road , North Eastham,
Massachusett$., including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto ,
which vote provides , in relevant part, as follows :
1
Page I of 2
Nauset Regional District Election - January 10 , 2023
"VOTED : That the Nauset Regional School District (the "District") hereby
appropriates the sum of Thirty- Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($ 38 , 100 , 00) , for the purpose of paying costs of renovating and adding to Nauset
Regional High School , located at 100 Cable Road , North Eastham,
Massachusetts`, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto ,
which amount shall be expended in addition to the One Hundred Thirty- One
Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars
($ 131 , 825 , 665) previously appropriated for this purpose (the "Project") , which
school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for
- - the instruction of school children for at least 50 years , said amount to be
expended at the direction of the School Building Committee . To meet this
appropriation the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and
pursuant to G . L. c . 71 , § 16 (n) and the District Agreement, as amended , or
pursuant to any other enabling authority . The District acknowledges that
although the amount originally appropriated to pay costs of the Project is eligible
for grant funding through the Massachusetts School Building Authority
("MSBA") , the additional amount appropriated by this vote will not be eligible for
grant funding through the MSBA . "
i
Prec . 1 Prec . 2 Prec . 3 Total
Blanks 1 1 0 2
*Yes 484 473 485 1442
No 344 292 338 974
Total 829 766 823 2418
i
A True Copy Attest;
cdo LwkQ
a�
Colette M . Williams , MMC / CMMC
Town Clerk
Brewster, MA
Page 2 of 2