Fire District Budgets Approved, Commissioners Elected

COURT HOUSE – Voters in the county’s four townships approved their respective fire district’s budget Feb. 18, and cast ballots for fire commissioners.
The following results from the Cape May County Clerk’s Office are unofficial since that office does not certify those results which were submitted by the individual districts. 
Dennis Township 
Fire District No. 1, Ocean View, Commissioner, full term, three years, vote for one, Robert O. Clayton Jr.: 35
Budget: $361,000: Yes, 32, No, 3
Question: Expenditure not to exceed $450,000 for purchase of a tanker-tender type fire truck: Yes, 33, No, 2 
Fire District No. 2, Dennisville, Commissioner, full term, three years, vote for two: Clifford Lockwood: 11, Bruce Knoll Jr.: 12
Budget: $292,506: Yes, 10, No, 2 
Fire District No. 3, Belleplain, Commissioner, full term, vote for two: Oliver Twist III: 19, Frank Germanio Jr.:19
Budget: $165,927: Yes, 18, No, 1 
Lower Township 
Fire District No. 1, Villas, Commissioner, full term, three years, vote for one, Richard Harron Jr.: 149, Richard Sambenedetto: 70, Joseph Wareham:163, Padraig Hughes, 2
Budget: $609,838 with amount to be raised by taxation of $559,838: Yes, 134, No, 54 
Fire District No. 2, Town Bank, Commissioner, full term, three years, vote for two, Raymond Scott Brown: 121, Charles Prendergast: 127, David Sobel, 2, Maddie Jane Sobel, 1, Matti Sobel, 1, Daniel Anderson, 1, Dan Anderson, 1, Robert Quinn Sr., 1, Robert Quinn, 1, Jim Nevelle, 1, Scott Ridgeway, 1, Robert Lamoreux, 1
Budget: $1,249,500 with $989,500 to be raised by taxation: Yes, 91, No, 51 
Fire District No. 3, Erma, Commissioner, full term, three years, vote for two, Steven Douglass: 40, Robert Sweeten: 38, Gregory Boris, 2
Budget: $1,070,939 with $754,533 to be raised by taxation: Yes, 33, No, 12 
Middle Township 
Fire District No. 1, Court House, Commissioner, full-term, three years, vote for one, Michael McNulty: 81, John Hand, 1, Mike Butterfield, 4
Budget: $1,216,283.50: Yes, 77, No, 16 
Fire District No. 2, Rio Grande, Commissioners, full-term, three years, vote for two, Robert W. Zimmerman: 37, Conrad Johnson Jr.: 36
Budget: $596,800: Yes, 34, No, 5 
Fire District No. 3, Green Creek, Commissioner, full-term, three years, vote for one, David A. Zeiss: 48
Budget: $485,446 with the amount to be raised by taxation of $485,446: Yes, 47, No, 5
Question: Shall commissioners be authorized to expend not to exceed $625,000 for the purchase of a firetruck?: Yes, 45, No, 7 
Fire District No. 4, Goshen, Commissioner, full-term, three years, vote for one, Cynthia G. Gorman: 23, David P. Ennis, 1
Budget: $187,343: Yes, 24, No, 3 
Upper Township 
Fire District No. 1, Strathmere, Commissioner, re-election, vote for one, full-term, three years, Randall Roash: 14
Budget: $84,834: Yes, 12, No, 3
Fire District No. 2, Tuckahoe, Commissioner, vote for one, full-term, three years, James Tarby: 20
Budget: $498,300: Yes, 17, No, 3
Question: A capital appropriation for general expenditures over the next five budget years, the amount to be raised $25,000 annually, totaling $125,000 for five years for use by the fire company.: Yes, 20, No, 0 
Fire District No. 3, Marmora, Commissioner, vote for two, full-term, three years, R.A. DiNicolantonio: 41, Scott Douglas Snyder: 44
Budget: $562,608: Yes, 41, No, 6 
Fire District No. 4, Seaville, Commissioner, vote for one, full-term, three years, Don Fancher: 27, Justin Mason: 28
Budget: $552,170 with $542,895 to be raised by taxation: Yes, 52, No, 4