Mary Brownlow, wearing an alpaca hat at left, touches the mink coat worn by Selectboard candidate Priscilla Vincent, middle, as Doug Wilberding, right, looks on outside the polls at Tracy Hall in Norwich, Vt., on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. "It is organic and compostable and the warmest thing I've ever owned," said Vincent. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Mary Brownlow, wearing an alpaca hat at left, touches the mink coat worn by Selectboard candidate Priscilla Vincent, middle, as Doug Wilberding, right, looks on outside the polls at Tracy Hall in Norwich, Vt., on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. "It is organic and compostable and the warmest thing I've ever owned," said Vincent. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: James M. Patterson

NORWICH — At the polls on Tuesday, Norwich voters turned down a 10-year property tax exemption for the Norwich Farm Foundation, 942-323.

They also rejected a proposal to eliminate the position of town lister and replace it with a professionally qualified lister hired by the town, 780-467.

They said no to another proposal that would have given the Selectboard the ability to appoint the town clerk, 823-439.

But they supported, 681-574, an advisory article to consider the appointment of a full-time police officer in addition to the three budgeted officers for a total of five, including the chief.

Current Selectboard Chairwoman Marcia Calloway beat Selectboard member Rob Gere for a three-year term on the board, 830-403. Resident Priscilla Vincent beat Selectboard member Aaron Lamperti for a one-year term, 727-500. 

Voters approved a $7.24 million operating budget for the school district, as well as a bond for $768,000 for a new pre-treatment septic model and a bond for $307,800 for a new playground at Marion Cross Elementary School. Last year, voters approved a $6.6 million school budget.

Voters also approved a town operating budget of $5.5 million, which is up from the $4.9 million budget voters approved last year. 

Elected officials

Number of voters: 1,303

Number on checklist: 3,293

Moderator: vacant

Town Clerk: Lily Trajman

Treasurer: Cheryl Lindberg

Lister (3 years): Jonathan Vincent

Lister (1 year): vacant

Selectboard (3 years): Marcia Calloway

Selectboard (2 years): Pamela Smith

Selectboard (1 year): Priscilla Vincent

Cemetery Commissioner: vacant

Cemetery Commissioner: vacant

Cemetery Commissioner: vacant