Precinct Four's TM Reps: Six Didn't Miss A Vote This Spring, Two Missed Nearly All of Them

We took a look at Precinct 1, 2, and 3, and today we check out what votes Precinct 4's Town Meeting Reps missed during Town Meeting.

Overall, they missed a combined 139 votes, and abstained 8 times

• Henry Houle on the amendment to Article 7 and on Article 14
• Billy Martin on Article 9
• George Ripsom on Article 18 and 29
• Brian Latina on Article 32
• Dennis Sheehan on Article 34
• And Elizabeth Ripsom on the motion to adjourn on the first night.

Here are the specific motions they missed 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

 

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 Missed Votes John Plunkett none James Comeau Everything except 3,4 and Adjourn Carl Steiling none Kirk Marshall 8, 11, 17, 19q, 25a, 26d, 19 to 34 Kevin Martin 8, 25a, 26d,25 to 34 Brenda Plunkett 8, 26d, 26 to 34 Mary-Jane Comeau 5, 10, 13 to 16 Linda Jones none Stephen Maffetone

17, 19q, 19 to 24,30, Adjourn

Billy Martin 8,11,16, 25a Dennis Sheehan 7a Daniel Sullivan none Henry Houle 7, 8, 19q, 19 to 24, 25a, 29 to 34 Brian Latina none Helen Manahan none Sheila Pichette 3 Elizabeth Ripsom 5, 6, 7a, 7, 9, 10a, 10 to 16, 18o, 18q, 18q2, 18, 20, 24, 25a George Ripsom 5, 10a, 18o, 20, 25

And here's a list of the Reps that did not show up, night by night.

 

Night 2

• James Comeau 
• Elizabeth Ripsom

Night 3

• James Comeau
• Henry Houle
• Stephen Maffetone
• Kirk Marshall

Night 4

• James Comeau
• Kirk Marshall
• Billy Martin