2022 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, TOWN ELECTION, TOWN REPORT
DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION REGARDING
(1) 2022 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING [now passed, 5/2],
(2) 2021 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT [now available!], and
(3) 2022 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION [results are in/below]
(1) The 2022 Annual Town Meeting was held on Monday, May 2, 2022, at Berlin Memorial School, 34 South Street, Berlin, MA 01503. All advanced motions passed successfully (synopsis to follow shortly). A video of the entirety of the Annual Town Meeting was posted online by Berlin Cable TV's YouTube Channel - link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvKi5RnpmmM
Each voter household received in the mail this document package (click here) which included the following three (3) documents for voters to bring to Town Meeting (these documents were mailed on Monday, April 18, 2022, through the US Post Office, Berlin)
- The Pre-2022 Annual Town Meeting MAILER includes the following documents:
- The 2022 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
- The Finance Committee Annual Report
- The Finance Committee's Recommended Fiscal Year 2023 Budget (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023)
Other handouts which were available at the Town Meeting (and remain available for public viewing at the Town Clerk's Office, Room 202 of the Town Offices) include:
- Article 22 handout - Bullard House
- Article 23 handout - Conservation Commission land purchase - Horseshoe Pond Purchase
- Article 27 handout - Berlin Municipal Affordable Housing Trust
- Article 29 handout - Personnel By-Law
- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School - Budget Plan 2023
- Berlin Planning Board Housing Survey -- for the Master Production Plan/ & Master Plan Housing Chapter
Town Meeting was recorded by Berlin Cable TV and can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/vvKi5RnpmmM
(2) The 2021 Annual Town Report is available online here. This is the first year that this book will not be mailed to each voter household. This was done to avoid waste of paper and reduce costs and so much fewer books are being printed. Printed books are available now in the lobby of the Town Offices (23 Linden Street) and the Public Library (23 Carter Street). PLEASE only take one per voter household!
(3) The 2022 Annual Town Election was held from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Town Offices Building, 23 Linden Street, Berlin, MA 01503.
- Offices on the ballot are as follows: Moderator for one year; Select Board member for three years; Assessor for three years; Constable for three years; Assabet Valley Regional Vocational District School Committee for four years; Library Trustee for three years; Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; Cemetery Commissioner for three years; Planning Board for five years; Board of Health for three years.
Results are:
Annual Town Election - Monday, May 9, 2022
2,658 = total number of registered voters
86 = total votes cast
Moderator – One Year
Barry W. Eager - 75
Blanks - 11
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Select Board member – Three Years
Christine Keefe - 73
Blanks - 11
Scattering - 2
Total - 86
Assessor – Three Years
Roger L. Bradley - 82
Blanks - 4
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Constable – Three Years
Kevin Pond - 79
Blanks - 7
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Assabet Valley Sch. Comm.-Four Years
Linda G. Ryan - 82
Blanks - 4
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Trustee of Trust Funds – Three Years
Barry W. Eager - 75
Blanks - 11
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Cemetery Commissioner – Three Years
Robert H. Guild, Jr. - 82
Blanks - 4
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Library Trustee – Three Years
Beth Christensen - 82
Blanks - 4
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Planning Board – Five Years
Timothy H. Wheeler - 82
Blanks - 4
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
Board of Health – Three Years
Susan Reguera - 77
Blanks - 9
Scattering - 0
Total - 86
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