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Two Precinct Three Reps Missed About Half of the Votes During Spring Town Meeting

Part Three in our continuing series analyzing the 2013 Spring Town Meeting.

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Following up our look what votes Town Meeting Reps from Precinct 1 and 2 missed, today we look at Precinct 3, focusing on the specific warrant articles where they did not cast a "yes", "no", or "abstain" vote.

Overall, they voted "yes" just over 70 percent of the time, "no" 13 percent of the time, with 83 missed votes and the following 5 absentions

  • Elizabeth Logan on the final vote for the Turf Fields (Article 18)
  • George Zaharoolis on the two Billboard motions (Article 26)
  • Harold Matzkin on the revolving funds for FY '14 (Article 9)
  • and Ruth Monahan on the 9 North Road Citizens' Petition (Article 32)

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

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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.

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First Name

Last Name

Missed Votes Steven Flynn 17, 19m, 32 Brian MacPhee 9,19m, 32 Richard Grove   Jeffrey Miller 8, 19m, 19 to 34 Elizabeth Logan 17 Elizabeth Twombly 18q, 28 John Abbott   Richard Day 15,27,28, Adjourn Peter Klenk   Nancy Knight 15,16 Ruth Monahan 8 George Zaharoolis 18o Pamela Armstrong 21 George Dixon, 26d,26 David Hadley 3,5 to 7,7a, 9 to 16, 10a, 18o,18q,18q2,18, 25, 25a Harold Matzkin 17,18o,19m,19 to 24 Michael McCall 5,6,10a,11,18o,25a Jaclyn Matzkin 5,6,7a,7, 10a, 17,18o, 22,32

We also got a list of who signed in and who didn't during each night of Town Meeting from the Town Clerk's office. Here's Precinct 3, as well as 1 and 2.

Precinct 1

  • Kathryn Brough: Night #1

Precinct 2

  • Bernardette Gilet: Nights #1 and #4
  • Bill Dalton: Night #2
  • Stefani Bush: Night #4
  • Bruce Clark: Night #4
  • John Thompson: Night #4

Precinct 3

  • David Hadley: Night #2
  • Jeffrey Miller: Nights #3 and #4
  • Harold Matzin: Night #3

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