DEERFIELD — Planning Board Chairman John F. Waite won re-election to the governing body Monday, and he will be joined by Ann-Mary Cloutier.
Waite led the pack with 360 votes, with Cloutier garnering 317. The race’s other two main candidates, James A. Olszewski and Steven L. Pistrich, got 139 votes and 32, respectively. Write-in candidate Erik Brown received 17 votes.
Cloutier said she is happy to be able to serve her town and she thanked everyone that voted for her.
“We in Deerfield have a lot to look forward to, and we also have thoughtful decisions to make. The Planning Board exists to provide a guide for the future of our town, and I am excited to be part of that process,” she said in an email. “I think the most important part of that is working within Zoning Bylaws and the Rules and Regulations Governing Subdivision of Land, and Deerfield’s residents’ vision of our future.”
In the election’s other contested races, Raymond J. Burniske Jr. won a term as constable, besting Roger J. Sadoski Jr., 321 to 131, as did Adam Sokoloski, defeating Michael A. Krusiewski, 318 to 109. Burniske won a two-year term; Sokoloski will serve a year.
The results of uncontested races are as follows: David W. Wolfram, Selectboard, three years, 370 votes (Write-in candidate incumbent Henry “Kip” Komosa got 53 votes); John P. Coderre, assessor, three years, 417 votes; Geoffrey D. Sharp, Deerfield School Committee, three years, 369 votes; Carey Etchells, Deerfield School Committee, three years, 126 votes; Leonard Grybko Jr., elector under Oliver Smith will, one year, 338 votes; Damien Fos not, Frontier School Committee, three years, 366 votes; Sharyn A. Paciorek, constable, three years, 383 votes.
Voters also passed Question 1 (the only question on the ballot), to not impose an excise tax on certain farm machinery, mules, horses, neat cattle, swine, sheep, goats, domestic fowl or mink owned by people, not including corporations, engaged “principally in agriculture or any individual under 18 years of age who owns and raises an such animals or fowl in connection with an agricultural youth program.”
Deerfield has 3,650 registered voters and 13.4 percent of them showed up to the polls at the Deerfield Municipal Building on Monday.
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