Halifax voters will go to the polls on Saturday, May 13, to make their selection for elected offices and register their choice on the debt exclusion needed to make repairs and renovations to the Halifax Elementary School, replace its roof, some windows, and other items. Unlike an override, a debt exclusion does not remain a permanent part of the tax levy, it only lasts for the life of the debt.
The polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The positions appearing on the ballot are:
Board of Assessors, three-year term. Vote for one. John J. R. Shiavone is a candidate for re-election. He is running unopposed.
Board of Health – Three year term, vote for one. John W. Delano is a candidate for re-election. He is running unopposed.
Highway Surveyor – Three-year term. Vote for one: R. Steven Hayward and Michael J. Schleiff are both seeking election to this position.
Holmes Public Library, Board of Trustees: Two-year term. Vote for one. Paul A. Delaney is seeking a two-year term. He is running unopposed.
Holmes Public Library, Board of Trustees: Three-year term. Vote for TWO: Meredith M. Goodwin, Ralph W. Goodwin, Jr.
Park Commissioner, three – year term. Vote for ONE. John D. Campbell and Michael J. Schleiff are candidates for this position.
Planning Board, four-year term. Vote for ONE. There are no candidates for this position.
Planning Board, five-year term. Vote for ONE. Gordon R. Andrews is a candidate for re-election. He is running unopposed.
Board of Selectmen, three-year term. Vote for ONE. Troy E. Garron, candidate for re-election, is being challenged by former selectman Michael J. Schleiff.
Halifax Elementary School Committee, three-year term. Vote for TWO: Robert W. Johnson, candidate for re-election, Edward J. Bryan, Alexander J. Meade, John P. Sexton, and Alison J. Vance, give a field of five from which two will be chosen.
Silver Lake Regional School Committee, three-year term. Vote for ONE. Edward W. Desharnais, Jr., a candidate for re-election, is running unopposed.
Board of Water Commissioners, three-year term. Vote for ONE: Richard A. Clark, a candidate for re-election, is running unopposed.
Question: “Shall the Town of Halifax be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued to pay for the costs of repairs and renovations to the Halifax Elementary School, including but not limited to the fire suppression system, including but not limited to any architectural, engineering, and administrative work associated with this project?”