At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of consolidated ward one in the City of Brewer, qualified by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Maine, voted in an election held on June 9, 2015 and the said inhabitants gave in their vote for the City of Brewer Charter Amendment questions and the same were received, sorted, counted, declared and registered in open ward meeting, by the Warden who presided, and in the presence of the Ward Clerk and City Clerk, who formed a list of the whole number of ballots given in, and of the amendments voted for, and made a record thereof as follows:

1. “Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment summarized below?”

Repeal Section 8 to Article III of the Brewer City Charter that the City Council shall require, as a condition of employment, that the Superintendent of Schools become a resident of the City of Brewer within three (3) years after he or she begins employment as the Superintendent of Schools and the beginning date of the earliest contract shall cause the three (3) year period within which the Superintendent of Schools must establish residency in the City of Brewer to begin to run.

YES                                                                             NO

475                                                                              187

BLANK BALLOTS 6                                        TOTAL BALLOTS CAST   668

2. 2. “Shall the municipality approve the charter amendments summarized below?”

Add to Article IX, Recall, of the Brewer City Charter Section 1 (Procedure for Initiating Recall Petition), Section 2 (Form of Ballot in Recall Election), Section 3 (Vote Required) and Section 4

(Election after Recall) to provide the same recall provisions for School Committee members as are outlined in the City Charter for City Council members.

YES                                                                             NO

539                                                                              111

BLANK BALLOTS 18                                      TOTAL BALLOTS CAST   668

30% of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election (1261) as required by State Law for the above amendments to become effective were not cast so therefore the questions were defeated.

 

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CITY OF BREWER, MAINE
RETURN OF VOTES CAST

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of consolidated ward one in the City of Brewer, qualified by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Maine, voted in an election held on June 9, 2015 and the said inhabitants gave in their vote for the City of Brewer School Budget Approval question and the same were received, sorted, counted, declared and registered in open ward meeting, by the Warden who presided, and in the presence of the Ward Clerk and City Clerk, who formed a list of the whole number of ballots given in, and of the items voted for, and made a record thereof as follows:

Do you favor approving the City of Brewer School budget for the upcoming school year that was adopted at the City Council meeting held June 2, 2015 and that includes locally raised funds that exceed the required local contribution as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act?

YES                                                                             NO

478                                                                              188

BLANK BALLOTS 1                                         TOTAL BALLOTS CAST   667