GREENFIELD — Charles “Chuck” Green defeated David Roulston in Tuesday’s race for a seat on the Board of Assessors.
Green will fill the vacancy left by current Chair Joe Ruggeri, who did not seek reelection. Green received 2,392 votes to Roulston’s 1,091 votes, according to unofficial election results.
“I’m very excited and grateful,” said Green. “I can’t believe so many people voted for me, and I’m going to do my best.”
The election, which also included contested races for mayor, School Committee and City Council, took place Tuesday at Greenfield High School
After taking an early retirement from his role as a research engineer at General Motors in Detroit, Green, 54, moved to Greenfield. Currently, he works part-time on a continuing research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
At the encouragement of others, Green said, he decided to throw his hat into the ring. In preparation, he reviewed 2022 property tax data, which raised some questions for him about how properties are assessed. Green said the city needs to first “figure out what it’s dealing with” before deciding how to address what he believes are inequities in the assessing process.
His background in research and analysis are two skills he said will be relevant to his new role on the Board of Assessors.
Roulston expressed his support and confidence in Green after hearing of his opponent’s victory on Tuesday.
“I liked the analysis and energy he was bringing to the position and I feel like Greenfield will be well-served by him,” Roulston said.
In other contested races, Virginia “Ginny” Desorgher defeated incumbent Mayor Roxann Wedegartner in the mayoral race; Stacey Sexton, Ann Childs and incumbent Amy Proietti were elected to School Committee; and John Garrett and Wahab Minhas were elected to serve as at-large city councilors.
“I’m also really grateful that the voters chose to put in people who are going to work together,” Green said on Wednesday. “I supported Ginny during the campaign and she got elected. I supported Ann Childs and Stacey Sexton, and they got elected. I supported John Garrett and he got elected. I’m excited all these people who also supported me also got elected.”
Residents also voted for Martha Maloney and Sally Ahearn to serve two-year terms as trustees of the A.K. Warner Trust Fund. For trustees of the Jennie L. Bascom Education Fund, Deborah Richards, Ann Mayo and Maria Burge were elected with 1,758, 1652 and 1,619 votes, respectively.
Reporter Mary Byrne can be reached at mbyrne@recorder.com or 413-930-4429. Twitter: @MaryEByrne. Reporter Julian Mendoza contributed to this article.