{"id":2860,"date":"2022-03-02T18:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T23:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2022-03-02T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T23:44:33","slug":"norwich-town-meeting-results-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/norwich-town-meeting-results-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich Town Meeting results for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-18-39-44-2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results-pdf-1024x956.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-18-39-44-2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results-pdf-1024x956.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-18-39-44-2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results-pdf-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-18-39-44-2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results-pdf-768x717.png 768w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-18-39-44-2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results-pdf.png 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the exception of the Police and Public Safety Study article, which was defeated, all other articles on the Norwich Town Warning received voter approval. In the only contested race for office, incumbent Roger Arnold bested Pam Smith for the three year Selectboard seat.  The Town posted the results this afternoon <a href=\"http:\/\/norwich.vt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Town-Mtg-Election-Results.pdf5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also of note, funding for the Norwich Fair fireworks passed by 90 votes. In comparison, the measure passed by over 300 votes last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some vote tallies on selected articles are below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Article 4, Town budget: Yes 739, No 182.<\/li><li>Article 7, Unanticipated Expense and Emergency Fund: Yes 518, No 397.<\/li><li>Article 8, Operational Performance and Development Fund: Yes 494, No 395.<\/li><li>Article 9, Police and Public Safety Study: Yes 342, No 577.<\/li><li>Article 10, sidewalks, bikeways and trails study: Yes 530, No 402.<\/li><li>Article 11, Emerald Ash Borer Response Fund: Yes 721, No 192.<\/li><li>Article 24, Fireworks for Norwich Fair: Yes 506, No 416.<\/li><li>Article 25, Norwich Public Library: Yes 855, No 89.<\/li><li>Article 41, Norwich School District budget: Yes 651, No 263.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">&#8212;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the exception of the Police and Public Safety Study article, which was defeated, all other articles on the Norwich Town Warning received voter approval. In the only contested race for office, incumbent Roger Arnold bested Pam Smith for the three year Selectboard seat. The Town posted the results this afternoon here. Also of note, funding for the Norwich Fair fireworks passed by 90 votes. In comparison, the measure passed by over 300 votes last year. Some vote tallies on <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/norwich-town-meeting-results-for-2022\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Norwich Town Meeting results for 2022<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,28,16,64,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article-7-2022","category-elections","category-police-and-fire","category-sidewalks","category-town-meeting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Norwich Town Meeting results for 2022 - Norwich Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/norwich-town-meeting-results-for-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Norwich Town Meeting results for 2022 - Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the exception of the Police and Public Safety Study article, which was defeated, all other articles on the Norwich Town Warning received voter approval. 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