Rockport says no to wastewater treatment facility and Route 90 sewer extension, elects Michelle Hannan and Denise Munger to Select Board
Rockport Deputy Town Clerk Shay Ames and Assistant Town Clerk Wendy Charland begin processing the 300-plus absentee ballots submitted for the June 11, 2024 election. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Voting at the Rockport Public Library, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The Rockport Public Library, voting day, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Rockport Deputy Town Clerk Shay Ames and Assistant Town Clerk Wendy Charland begin processing the 300-plus absentee ballots submitted for the June 11, 2024 election. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Voting at the Rockport Public Library, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The Rockport Public Library, voting day, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Yes 693
No 286
Article 6, to create an Affordable Housing Ordinance known as Section 818 Affordable Housing.
Explanation: The Town finds that an adequate supply of affordable housing for persons of moderate income is desirable for public health, safety and welfare in that it promotes a community rich in economic, social, and cultural diversity. It is therefore a public purpose to make available and integrate into the Town an adequate supply of housing for people of all economic segments of the community.
Yes 714
No 259
Article 7, amend the land use ordinance with proposed with Cluster Development definitions.
Yes 651
No 286
Article 8, to amend the land use table with changes to definitions.
Yes 648
No 260
Article 9, amend the land use ordinance concerning lot size for developments and remove special district standards.
Yes 646
No 258
Article 10, amend definitions and reduce required lot sizes for various developments.
Yes 650
No 261
Article 11, amendments to the land use ordinance regarding section 816.
Yes 648
No 259
Article 12, accept the 2024-2025 $11.4 million municipal budget, up 26 percent from the current budget.
Yes 725
No 270
Article 13, Accept revenues of $3.9 million to help reduce the taxpayer load.
Yes 828
No 175
Article 14, accept privately built roads to be maintained by the town: “The dedication in fee simple of all of Business Circle, Rolling Meadow East, and Rolling Meadow West comprising approximately 1,600 feet of private right-of-ways located off of West Street Extension, as shown on the subdivision plan recorded in the Knox County Registry of Deeds at Cabinet 25, Sheet 131, as amended, and to accept and establish such ways as municipal roads to be Town-owned and maintained?”
Yes 701
No 241
Article 15, appoint an advisory committee to study the costs and benefits of a collaborative approach for improving wastewater treatment systems in the towns of Rockport and Camden, including a municipal utility district, and to have such committee report findings to the Board prior to the 2025 Rockport Town Meeting and prior to funding the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant?
Yes 663
No 306
