Union elects Adam Fuller to Select Board, approves mining moratorium

Wed, 06/14/2023 - 12:00am

    UNION: Citizens in Union took care of their annual town meeting business June 13 at the polls with 721 ballots cast. They approved a mining ordinance, elected Adam Fuller with 372 votes to the Select Board, and Nichole Taylor with 360 votes to the RSU 40 school board, and agreed on a $4.2 million municipal budget.

    Voters also elected Argera Nestor, with 328 votes, to be a trustee of the William L. Pullen Fund, and John Mountainland to the Budget Committee.

    The  municipal ballot included the town warrant with 36 additional articles, including a moratorium on mining in Union and a citizens’ initiative to amend the land use ordinance to regulate and control mining. The warrant also includes the municipal budget.
     
    The $34 million budget for RSU 40 passed by a vote of 489 to 200. RSU 40 comprises Waldoboro, Warren, Friendship, Washington and Union K-12 public schools.
     
    The results follow:
     
    Article 3: To see if the town will accept a donation of land from Wyman’s Inc on the Carroll Road for relocating the road away from the river.
     
    Yes: 638
    No: 59
     
    Article 4: Shall an ordinance or amendment entitled, ‘Amendments to the Town of Union Land Use Ordinance to Regulate and Control Industrial Metallic Mineral Mining’ be enacted. (Citizens’ petition)
     
    Yes: 580
    No: 129
     
    Article 5: Shall the Town enact a moratorium, titled “mining moratorium” to prevent any metallic mining, including industrial mining and explorations, to give the Planning Board the time to rectify the inconsistencies in the current ordinances and comprehensive plan
     
    Yes: 632
    No: 81
     
    Article 6: To see if the Town will raised and appropriate the sum of $4,000 for the partial cost of repair and upgrade of the informational sign
     
    Yes: 481
    No: 214
     
    Articles 7 through 17 addressed a $4.24 million budget, which passed.
     
    Article 18 proposed reducing total tax bills with $1.5 million revenues, and passed.
     
    Articles 19 through 36 concerned municipal business, such as setting the tax payment dates and imposing an 8 percent interest on unpaid taxes.
     
    They passed.
     
    Article 31 assessed $146,699 on Washington for ambulance service and Appleton $134,410. It passed.

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