Cape Elizabeth Library bond passes; Powers, Morrissey elected to School Board

Cape Elizabeth, Maine - Cape Elizabeth voters have approved a $4 million bond for renovations and new construction to the Thomas Memorial Library. Unofficial results election night show 3,587 voting for the bond, and 1,798 against. The approval also authorizes a $200,000 contingency and an additional $150,000 for providing temporary library facilities during the renovation. In 2012 voters turned down a more expensive library proposal.

Municipal Election Unofficial Results

Library Bond

Yes - 3587
No - 1798
Town Council (two seats):

Patricia Grennon - 3343
Kathy Ray - 3640
School Board (two seats):

Joanna Morrissey - 2231
Barbara Powers - 3417
Elizabeth Scifres - 1503


In the only contested municipal race, School Board challenger Barbara Powers was elected to a three-year term, unseating incumbent Elizabeth Scifres. Joanna Morrissey, also an incumbent seeking one of two seats on the board, was re-elected to a three-year term. Powers garnered the most votes for School Board with 3,417, followed by Morrissey's 2,231.

In an uncontested race for two seats on the Town Council, newcomer Patricia Grennon and
incumbent Kathy Ray were elected to three-year terms.

Democrat Kim Monaghan-Derrig was also re-elected to a term as State House representative in District 30, defeating Republican challenger Pauline Wilcox 3,169 to 1,859.

Cape Elizabeth voters also favored a ban on bear baiting, Question 1 on the state referendum ballot, casting 3,645 votes for the ban and 1,804 against.

Town Clerk Debra Lane said there were more than 5,500 ballots cast in Cape Elizabeth. Turnout calculations will be available in the morning.

Here is a summary of unofficial results as of 11 p.m. Nov. 4:

State and Referendum Ballot Questions - Cape Elizabeth results only

United States Senator (Vote for 1)
Bellows, Shenna, Manchester - (Democratic) - 2194 votes
Collins, Susan M., Bangor - (Republican) - 3307 votes

Governor (Vote for 1)
Cutler, Eliot R., Cape Elizabeth - (Independent) - 780 votes
LePage, Paul R., Augusta - (Republican) - 1793 votes
Michaud, Michael H., East Millinocket - (Democratic) - 2986 votes

Representative to Congress Dist. 1 (Vote for 1)
Misiuk, Isaac J., Gorham - (Republican) - 1528 votes
Murphy, Richard P., Sanford - (Independent) - 326 votes
Pingree, Chellie, North Haven - (Democratic) - 3516 votes

State Senator, District 29 (Vote for 1)
DeSena, William R., Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 2105 votes
Diehl, Mark D., - (Green Independent) - 473 votes
Millett, Rebecca J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democratic) - 2823 votes

Representative to the Legislature, District 30 (Vote for 1)
Monaghan-Derrig, Kimberly J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democratic) - 3169 votes
Wilcox, Pauline S., Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 1859 votes

Representative to the Legislature, District 32 (Vote for 1)
Hamann, Scott M., South Portland - (Democratic) - 207 votes

Judge of Probate Cumberland County (Vote for 1)
Mazziotti, Joseph R., Falmouth - (Democratic) - 4052 votes

Sheriff Cumberland County (Vote for 1)
Joyce, Kevin Jay, Standish - (Democratic) - 4122 votes

District Attorney District 2 (Vote for 1)
Anderson, Stephanie, Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) - 4141 votes

County Commissioner Cumberland District 4 (Vote for 1)
Coward, Thomas S., South Portland - (Democratic) - 3931 votes

Question 1: Citizen Initiative
Do you want to ban the use of bait, dogs or traps in bear hunting except to protect property, public safety, or for research?

Yes - 3645
No - 1804

Question 2:  Bond Issue

Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service?

Yes - 3711
No - 1611

Question 3:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy?

Yes - 3748
No - 1534

Question 4:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine?

Yes - 3773
No - 1525

Question 5:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity?

Yes - 3350
No - 1897

Question 6:   Bond Issue

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State’s long-term economic base and competitive advantage?

Yes - 3994
No - 1331

Question 7: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds?”

Yes - 3857
No - 1441

Municipal Ballot Questions

TOWN COUNCIL - For a three-year term until December 11, 2017. Vote for up to two (2)

GRENNON, PATRICIA K. - 3343
RAY, KATHARINE N.- 3640

SCHOOL BOARD - For a three-year term until December 11, 2017. Vote for up to two (2)

MORRISSEY, JOANNA L.- 2231
POWERS, BARBARA S. - 3417
SCIFRES, ELIZABETH K - 1503

PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES - For a five year term·until November 2019. Vote for up to one (1)

ROSS, WAYNE H. - South Portland - 3587

Citizen Vote on Proposed Library Project

Shall the expenditure recommended by the Town Council of up to Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000), for renovations to the Thomas Memorial library, plus an additional $150,000 for constructing temporary library facilities during the renovation, and the expenditure of such additional funds on the project as may be contributed by the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation and accepted by the Town for that purpose, be approved?

Yes - 3587
No - 1798

Explanation
On August 11, 2014, the Town Council approved expenditure of up to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), plus an additional contingency amount of $200,000 for unanticipated expenses for renovations and expansion of the Thomas Memorial library, together with an additional $150,000 for providing temporary library facilities during the renovation, all subject to a referendum vote by the citizens of the Town of Cape Elizabeth. The Town Council also voted to accept contributions from the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation of up to $500,000 and to use such funds to pay for furnishings, fixtures and equipment for the Library. A prior more expensive renovation project was not approved by the voters. Funding for this construction project shall be by the issuance of a municipal bond in the amount of approximately $4,000,000, contributions by the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation and, to the extent necessary, other funds available to the Town.