Voters Reject One Fire Budget; All Commissioners Win

UPDATE: Later figures show that Villas fire district budget passed Yes 80, No, 37.
COURT HOUSE – Voters in Ocean View rejected their fire district’s proposed budget Feb. 21. Commissioners in all districts won their seats with scant opposition.
Ocean View Fire Commissioners sought $350,000 to support the budget.
According to Cape May County Clerk Rita Fulginiti, the following totals are unofficial until certified.
Results are also available on the Cape May County Votes website, www.capemaycountyvotes.com under the 2015 Election Result.
Dennis Township
District 1: Ocean View Vol. Fire Co., Ocean View: David McMichael, 45, Donna Raffa, 43, Jon Ganssert, 1. Budget: Yes, 12, No 47.
District 2: Dennis Vol. Fire Co., Dennisville: Michael Gihorski, 16. Budget: Yes, 16, No, 1.
District 3: Belleplain Vol. Fire Co., Belleplain: Tami Kern, 12, Corey Shaffer, 13. Unexpired two-year term: Frank Germanio Jr., 13. Budget: Yes, 13, No,0.
Lower Township
District 1: Villas Vol. Fire Co., Villas: Vote for one, Carrise Mornick, 60, Dale Gentek, 76. Budget: Yes, 80, No, 37.
District 2: Town Bank Vol. Fire Co., North Cape May: Lewis H. Conley Jr., 91, Robert Nolan, 96. Budget: Yes, 60, No, 45.
District 3: Erma Vol. Fire Co., Erma: Gary Douglass Sr.,60, Dennis Robertson Sr., 57. Budget: Yes, 54, No, 17. Question: May the Board of Commissioners use $246,250 to be appropriated from the Restricted Fund, previously funded by taxpayers, associated with the acquisition of fire apparatus and various capital improvements to the fire station in the 2015 budget? Yes, 61, No, 9.
Middle Township
District 1: Cape May Court House Vol. Fire Co., Court House: Keith P. Arenberg, 134, Joseph J. Trombetta, 123, John Donahue, 1. Budget: Yes, 115, No, 33.
District 2: Rio Grande Vol. Fire Co., Rio Grande: Kirby Stiltner, 37, Anyone but him, 1. Budget: Yes, 36, No, 6.
District 3: Green Creek Vol. Fire Co., , Green Creek: James M. Ernst, 29, William J. Mulligan, 28. Budget: Yes, 24, No, 6.
District 4: Goshen Vol. Fire Co., Goshen. Vote for two: Robert K. Goodheart III, 18, Thomas C. Campbell, 19, Joseph F. Eagan IV, 11. Budget: Yes, 23, No, 5.
Upper Township
District 1: Strathmere Vol. Fire Co., Strathmere. Steve Nickelsberg, 13, Donna Diefenderfer, 15. Budget: Yes, 12, No, 3.
District 2: Tuckahoe Vol. Fire Co., Tuckahoe: W. Scott Mauger, 9, Robert J. Young, 9. Budget: Yes, 5, No, 4. Capital appropriation for capital expenses over the next five budget years. Amount to be raised is $125,000 for use by the fire company, Yes, 6, No, 3.
District 3: Marmora Vol. Fire Co., Marmora. Jeffery McAfee, 49, Kurt F. Austin, 52. Budget: Yes, 52, No, 1.
District 4: Seaville Vol. Fire Co., Vote for tw: Rob Hiddemen, 50, Charles Webb, 51, Mickey Mouse, 1. Budget: Yes, 47, No, 4.