MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — Voters at the municipal polls Tuesday elected a slew of board candidates and approved an override of tax-limiting Proposition 2 1/2 to raise $660,000 to help finance a new Department of Public Works facility.
In unofficial results, the Proposition 2 1/2 capital expenditure exclusion to access an additional $660,000 in real estate and personal property taxes was OK’d by 431-207 votes. The money will finance the design and engineering work for a planned DPW facility.
The election’s top vote getter was Eli G. Boling, who earned 533 votes in the non-contested race for moderator. The former Select Board member will succeed outgoing Moderator Alan Wilson who, after serving 30 years in the position, decided not to seek reelection.
In the ballot’s contested races, the unofficial winners are, according to Town Clerk Christine Dixon:
Select Board: Incumbents Catherine Marie Bilotta and Brian Sollosy were returned to their seats for another years, by 452 and 403 votes, respectively. Challenger Maryann Anastas Wood earned 321 votes.
Planning Board: The winner of the three available seats for three-year terms are Sandra Jean Bodmer-Turner who earned 469 votes. Gordon A. Brewster with 461 votes, and Brian Alexander Frey who picked up 432 votes. Sandra J. Rogers fell short, earning 210 votes.
Housing Authority: Voters awarded Elaine Claire Persons another 5-year term. Persons earned 357 votes to challenger George W. Cooper’s 146 votes. No candidates were listed on the ballot for a three-year term, but 45 write-in votes were cast.
Voters also returned incumbent Sarah Dunn Davis, who earned 450 votes, to the Board of Library Trustees as challenger Leslie Beatty only picked up 143 votes.
In other uncontested races:
Manchester Essex Regional District School Committee: Candidates Lindsay Torres Banks and Nadia Wetzler will serve three years, winning 492 and 418 votes, respectively.
Constable: The three incumbents — Joseph Paul Aiello, 491 votes, Kevin J. Leach, 383 votes, and G. David MacDougall, 415 votes — will each serve another three years.
Dixon said 176 voters had cast ballots by midday Tuesday, including 30 who had voted by absentee ballot. She said there are 4,372 registered voters in Manchester.
“It’s been quiet but smooth,” she said early Tuesday afternoon. “It’s been good.”