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Election 2021: Kennebunk results are in
Four elected to the select board. Voters cast ballots for RSU 21 trustees and approved both municipal and RSU 21 budgets.
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Voters elected four select board members, two RSU 21 board members, returned two unopposed sewer district trustees to office, elected a Kenenbunk Light & Power District trustee, approved all town meeting referendum questions and ratified the RSU 21 budget on Tuesday, June 8.
KENNEBUNK – Voters elected three new select board members and returned one incumbent to office in municipal elections Tuesday. Two new members were also elected to the Regional School Unit 21 Board of Trustees.
For select board, elected from a field of eight candidates for three, three-year terms were Kortney Nedeau, Lisa Joy Pratt and incumbent Shiloh Schulte.
If the nomination papers currently in circulation are any indication, several candidates are poised to throw their hats into the proverbial ring to run for office during the elections in local towns this June.
Nomination papers in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells and Ogunquit became available at town clerks’ offices in late February and are due back there by Friday, April 9.
Here s a rundown of how the races are shaping up:
Kennebunk
In Kennebunk, Deputy Town Clerk Carrie Weeman reported Monday that six people have taken out nomination papers for the trio of three-year Select Board seats currently occupied by Wayne Berry, Edward Karytko and Shiloh Schulte.
KENNEBUNK, Maine – The select board has authorized town administrators and officials to meet with representatives of the Kennebunk Light and Power District to resolve what Chair Blake Baldwin described as an impasse regarding streetlights.
At issue is the town’s LED lighting project and its recent discovery that KLPD – not the town – owns the 800-plus streetlights that would be involved. Central Maine Power owns the other streetlights in the community.
Town Manager Michael Pardue said Tuesday that he had contacted KLPD Director Todd Shea about organizing a discussion and coordinating schedules.
“I view this as a partnership and am confident that upcoming discussions will prove fruitful,” Pardue said.
Kennebunk streetlight conversion hits snag
It turns out the town doesn t own the lights; Select board hopes to work out a resolution with KLPD.
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Kennebunk voters approved a conversion to LED of more than 800 streetlights in town, but the select board later learned the town doesn’t own the existing lights, so they plan to meet with Kennebunk Light and Power District officials to work out a resolution.
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KENNEBUNK – Voters in the July 14, 2020, municipal election approved a bond for new LED streetlights – part of a package that also included street work, an ambulance, a couple of police cruisers and other items. The premise on the streetlight conversion was to reduce Kennebunk’s carbon footprint and lower operating costs.