Searsport voters approve four municipal referendum questions
SEARSPORT — Voters in Searsport cast ballots July 14 on four municipal referendum questions.
Each of those questions, ultimately, passed. Below is a breakdown of the votes.
Question 1: Appropriation of up to $150,000 to fund items within the 2020 budget otherwise raised by taxes?
Yes: 543 votes
No: 95 votes
Question 2: Appropriation of up to $100,000 from money drawn down in 2012 from Maine State Retirement to fund items within the budget otherwise raised by taxes?
Yes: 453 votes
No: 182 votes
Question 3: Designate a municipal development and tax increment financing district?
Yes: 408 votes
No: 218 votes
Question 4: Amend marijuana ordinance to allow for one permit for a marijuana medical dispensary in the mixed residential zone and to remove the ability of one marijuana testing facility and one marijuana cultivation facility in that zone?
Yes: 324 votes
No: 301 votes
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