HomeMy Public PortalAbout2017-10-24 Cape Cod Reg'l District Election Report Cane Cod Regional--Technical High School District Election
October 24, 2017
Report of the
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District Election
October 24th, 2017
In accordance with the Warrant, the inhabitants of Brewster, qualified to vote in the
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District Election met at the Brewster
Baptist Church , Tuesday, October 24th , 2017 .
The polls were declared open at 12 : 00p . m .
The election workers duly sworn -in were ; Curt Taylor; Warden , Charlie Brooks ;
Deputy Warden , Jackalyn Courchesne ; Precinct One Clerk, Edward Swiniarski ;
Precinct Two Clerk and Cynthia Mathison ; Precinct Three Clerk . The Checkers and
Counters were as follows : Barbara Bartolomei , Patricia Busch , June Cameron ,
Suzanne Clowry, Lauren Elliot- Grunes , Lisa Gerrish , Robert Harris , Terri Iaccheri ,
Aline Johnson , Marilyn Lahive , Anne LeMaitre , Tammi Mason , Mary-Jo Nabywaniec ,
Marjorie Oliver, David Quinn , Sharon Ryone , Joan Scheffer , Peter Scheffer, Pamela
Smith , Lynn St. Cyr, David Tately, Elizabeth Taylor, Thomas Thatcher, David
Whitney and Karen Whitney and Assistant Town Clerk Jayanne Sci .
The polls were closed at 8 : 00p . m . with the following results .
Precinct 1 : 488
Precinct 2 : 533
Precinct 3 : 411
Total 1432 of 7893 eligible voters for a total of 18% .
QUESTION
Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the Cape Cod
Regional Technical High School District adopted on August 24 , 2017 , to authorize the
borrowing of $ 128 , 062 , 881 to pay costs of designing , constructing , originally equipping and
furnishing a new District high school to be located at 351 Pleasant Lake Avenue , Harwich ,
which vote provides , in relevant part , as follows :
"VOTED : That the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District (the " District") hereby
appropriates the amount of $ 128 , 062 , 881 for the purpose of paying costs of designing ,
constructing , originally equipping and furnishing a new District high school to be located at 351
Pleasant Lake Avenue , Harwich , including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto
(the " Project") , which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational
facility for the instruction of school children of at least 50 years , and . for which the District may
be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority
(" MSBA") , 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 Chapter 71 , Section 16 ( n ) of the General Laws and the District Agreement, as amended , or
pursuant to any other enabling authority . The District acknowledges that the MSBA's grant
program is a non -entitlement , discretionary program based on need as determined by the
MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and
received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District ; provided further that
any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of
( 1 ) forty-five and forty-five hundredths percent (45 . 45 % ) of eligible , approved Project costs ,
as determined by the MSBA , and (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the
MSBA , and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced
by any grant amount set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed
between the District and the MSBA .
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Cane Cod Regional Technical High School District Election
October 24, 2017
If the District were to receive an MSBA grant in the amount of 45 . 45 % of eligible , approved
Project costs , it is anticipated that the net principal amount of this debt allocable to each
member town of the District, exclusive of interest, would be approximately as follows :
Barnstable $25 , 4811352 Mashpee $ 8 , 215 , 299
Brewster 579877422 Orleans 210887635
Chatham 11392 , 424 Provincetown 696 , 212
Dennis 9 , 329 , 238 Truro 4171727
Eastham 21088 , 635 Wellfleet 17253 , 181
Harwich 10 , 721 , 662 Yarmouth 197076 , 204
The debt authorized by this vote of the Committee shall be submitted to the registered voters of
the District's member towns for approval at a District-wide election to be held on October 24 ,
2017 in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 71 , Section 16 ( n ) of the General Laws and
the District Agreement. "
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Total
Blanks 0 0 0 0
*Yes 363 404 308 1075
No 125 129 103 357
Total 488 533 411 1432
A True Copy Attest:
Colette M . Williams
CMC / CMMC
Town Clerk
Brewster, MA
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