Vote 2016: Candidates and Bond Issues For Rockland

CANDIDATE LIST

November 8, 2016 Municipal Election

The following is a list of the names and addresses of the candidates for City offices whose names will appear on the ballot for the November 8, 2016 Annual Municipal Election (Order determined by drawing 9/28/16).

City Council

(3-year term, 2 seats)

Brian R. Harden

19 Traverse Street

Stephen K. Carroll

526 Old County Road

Larry R. Pritchett

39 Brewster Street

Edward B. Glaser

548 Old County Road

RSU #13 Board of Directors (3-year term, 2 seats)

Steven R. Roberts

11 Acadia Drive

Gerald A. Weinand

26 Grove Street

RSU #13 Board of Directors 

(2-year term, 1 seats)

Thomas G. Peaco

6 Pen Bay Avenue

Rockland Port District Board 

(5-year term, 1 seat)

David A. Leon

6 Kelly Lane

Matthew C. Ondra

65 Pleasant Street

Noah A. Barnes

352 Old County Road

Election Warden 

(1-year term, 1 seat)

Chelsea M. Avirett

10 Fulton Street

Ward Clerk 

(1-year term, 1 seat)

Hannah D. Woodman

42 Crescent Street 

QUESTION #1 BOND ORDINANCE – SEWER REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $10,400,000 To Finance the Cost of Repairs and Improvements to the City’s Water Pollution Control Facility and Waste Water Collection System, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION #2 BOND ORDINANCE – LIBRARY REPAIRS

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $1,100,000 To Finance the Cost of Repairs to the Rockland Public Library Building Envelope and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION #3 BOND ORDINANCE – ROAD REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION

AND RESURFACING

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $2,700,000 To Finance the Cost of Road Repairs, Reconstruction and Resurfacing, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION #4 BOND ORDINANCE – FIBER OPTICS BROADBAND NETWORK

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $400,000 To Finance the Cost of Improvements to the City’s Fiber Optics Broadband Network, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION #5 REGION 8 MID-COAST SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

Shall the Cooperative Board of the Region 8 Mid-Coast School of Technology (“Region 8”) be authorized to issue bonds or notes in the name of Region 8 for a school construction project in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 to construct and equip a new career and technical school building and related facilities to be located at 1 Main Street in the City of Rockland and as part of that project, to demolish the existing school building?

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November 8, 2016 Referendum Ballot For Maine

Ballot questions that will appear on the November 8, 2016 referendum ballot: (in the order they will appear on the ballot):

Question 1: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

Question 2: Citizen Initiative
Legislation 

Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

Question 3: Citizen Initiative
Legislation 

Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

Question 4: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

Question 5: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

Question 6:   Bond Issue
Legislation

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds?

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Vote 2012

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Secretary of State Charles E. Summers, Jr. Reminds Voters of the Deadline to request an Absentee Ballot

**Absentee Ballots must be requested by the close of business June 7, 2012 for the June 12, 2012 Primary Election**

AUGUSTA, Maine -Secretary of State Charlie Summers reminds voters that the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the June 12 primary election, pursuant to Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011, is Thursday, June 7, 2012. Except in special circumstances allowed by law, voters must request their absentee ballots by the close of business on the Thursday prior to an election. This includes requests to vote the ballot in the presence of the Municipal Clerk. After this deadline, a voter may request an absentee ballot only if the voter completes a Special Circumstances Application and indicates one of three allowable reasons to request an absentee ballot after this deadline.

The deadline for returning voted absentee ballots has not changed, ballots can be returned until 8 p.m. on Election Day, June 12, 2012.

The Online Absentee Ballot Request Service is available at: http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl