COURT HOUSE – Voters in Dennis, Lower, Middle and Upper townships went to the polls or mailed in ballots for Feb 15 fire district elections. All budgets were passed.
Goshen voters, 66-51, approved the construction of a firehouse not to exceed $2.4 million.
Numbers are total votes.
Dennis Township
Fire District No. 1, Ocean View
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Robert Clayton Jr., 77.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $390,300, Yes, 69, No, 9.
Question: Shall the Commissioners have approval to issue a purchase order, in 2020, to Pierce Manufacturing for a new rescue pumper and take delivery in 2021, the cost shall not exceed $825,000? Yes, 70, No. 8.
Fire District No. 2, Dennisville
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for two
Cliff Lockwood, 36, Bruce Knoll Jr., 38, Bryan Adams, 1.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $331,574 Yes, 34, No, 6.
Fire District No. 3, Belleplain
Board of Fire Commissioners, full term, vote for two
Francis Smyth Jr., 34, Oliver Twist III, 32.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $180,740, Yes, 28, No, 9.
Lower Township
Fire District No. 1, Villas
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Joseph Wareham, 110, William Howard, 105, Mr. Two Face, 1, Blank, 3.
Budget: $562,700 with $562,700 to be raised by taxation, Yes, 91, No. 37.
Fire District No. 2, Town Bank
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Raymond Scott Brown, 201, Charles Prendergast, 197, Walt Snyder III, 1, Richard Rader, 1, Daniel Anderson, 1, Robert Quinn, 1, Blank, 2.
Budget: $2,528,600 million with $1,011,600 to be raised by taxation, Yes, 121, No. 109.
Fire District No. 3, Erma
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Steven Douglass, 97, Robert Sweeten, 96, Lloyd Daignault, 1.
Unexpired two-year term, vote for one
Allyn Devlin, 88.
Budget: $1,018,572 with $822,466 to be raised by taxation, Yes, 67, No. 31.
Middle Township
Fire District No. 1, Court House
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Michael McNulty Sr., 328, Michael Clark, 1, Mark Garvey, 1, Violet Rixey, 2, Michael Butterfield, 1, Jeff Conlin, 1, Blank, 1.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $1,470,838, Yes, 248, No, 130.
Fire District No. 2, Rio Grande
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for two
Robert Zimmerman, 85, Conrad Johnson Jr., 90.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $714,600, Yes, 78, No, 21.
Question: Resolved that a sum not to exceed $50,000 pf the reserve be authorized for command vehicle, Yes, 75, No, 20.
Fire District No. 3, Green Creek
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
David Zeiss, 40, Edward Lord, 1.
Budget: $519,321 with $519,321 to be raised by taxation, Yes, 32, No, 12.
Fire District No. 4, Goshen
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for one
Cynthia Gorman, 106, Abstain, 1, Illegible, 1.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $225,321, Yes, 93, No, 24.
Question: Permission to construct a new firehouse for an amount not to exceed $2.4 million? Yes, 66, No, 51.
Upper Township
Fire District No. 1, Strathmere
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Randall Roash, 18.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $94,602, Yes, 17, No, 1.
Fire District No. 2, Tuckahoe
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
James Tarby, 51.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $528,300, Yes, 45, No, 9.
Question: A capital appropriation for capital expenditures over the next five budget years, the amount to be raised is $25,000 per year, totaling $125,000 for five years for use by the fire company. Yes, 47, No, 8.
Fire District No. 3, Marmora
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Paul Hoster, 120, Scott Snyder Sr., 114.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $647,047, Yes, 101, No, 18.
Question: Shall the Commissioners of Upper Township Fire District No. 3 be authorized to purchase miscellaneous firefighting equipment such as firefighting air pack units, in an amount not exceeding $55,000 per year and appropriate the amount of the purchase in the 2020 or 2021 capital budget? Yes, 114, No, 8.
Fire District No. 4, Seaville
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for one.
Don Fancher (three-year term), 70, Ron Collins, 1, Thomas T. Strunk, 1
Rich Stevens (one-year term), 71.
Budget: $585,389 with $576,089 to be raised by taxation, Yes, 68, No, 11.
