GEORGETOWN

During their annual meeting Saturday, Georgetown voters set into place a budget that lowers property taxes slightly.

Town Clerk Kristen Coombs reported that 90 voters turned out for the meeting and passed all but one article as written.

Article 55, which would have allowed the town to increase its property tax levy limit, was withdrawn.

Among the appropriations passed Saturday was a $5,000 appropriation for Fields for Our Future, a nonprofit organization that aims to raise $562,000 to install artificial turf at McMann Field in Bath.

In total, voters approved an annual budget of $4,265,679, which is 0.8 percent more than last year’s figure of $4,230,467.

However, the budget approved will raise $15,098 less from local funds than last year, resulting in a slight decrease in the property tax rate from roughly $7.10 per $1,000 of valuation to approximately $6.90 per $1,000 valuation.

In voting on June 12, the town also elected local officials. In the race for town clerk, incumbent Kristen Coombs won with 191 votes to 151 votes for write-in candidate Robin Doak. Coombs also won the post of tax collector, taking 183 votes over write-in Doak’s 141 votes.

Selectwoman Dolores Pinette won her re-election bid by just over 20 votes, beating challenger Charlies Collins 226-204.

Uncontested elections confirmed Mary McDonald as town treasurer, Dale Savoie as road commissioner, and Nina Roth-Wells as school committee member.

The only incumbent unseated in the June 12 elections was Bronwen Tudor, who held a seat on the Townowned Property Management Board. Challenger Mark Donovan beat out Tudor with 221 votes to Tudor’s 180.

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