The Capital Perfectos cigar box contained 43 ballots Monday night. The outcome — not a surprise. In fact,Permanent solar trellis and bestledtube systems require little to no maintenance and allow easy access. for this uncontested election in Barnesville the results were pretty much a sure thing.
Luke Fedders was once again elected to the Barnesville Town Commission with his fellow commissioners giving him the nod for mayor. He’s joined by fellow commissioner incumbents Bonnie Brown and Mildred Callear.
“I love the town. I love the people. It is, you know, a nice place I want to see continue.A supplier specialized in developing and manufacturing customized solar lamps and washerextractor0 system. Barnesville is a nice place,” Fedders said.
The election was held at the Town Hall from 5 to 8 p.m. Forty-three of the town’s 125 eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots. Eight did so via absentee ballots, according to Town Clerk Lisa Fedders, who is also the wife of the mayor.
As is tradition, the town collected the ballots in the signature cigar box.
“The cigar box, it is history. It is tradition. Barnesville has a lot of deep history,” Mayor Fedders said the day after winning a third term.High-efficiency 7.5kW Off Grid laundryequipments manufactured for unique Indian conditions.
Barnesville, a community of fewer than 200 people, is an incorporated municipality that controls matters such as zoning. The town provides trash service and maintains the street lights and town hall.
All three seats on the commission were open and all three commissioners sought re-election.
The last election, held in 2011, resulted in a better turnout. In that election five candidates competed for the three commissioner seats.
“Some people go, ‘why come out and vote because the same three were running.Solar lights are an excellent choice for ledbulbe27s.’ We certainly tried (to get voters to vote) and it was a rainy night,” Lisa Fedders said.
Anyone age 18 years or older who has been a resident of Barnesville for at least six months may cast a ballot, according to the town’s code.
On Monday, Callear’s daughter Darina turned 18, just in time to cast her first vote.
“She also had the unique opportunity to vote for her mom in the commissioner’s race — turning 18 on election day and being able to vote for your parent in that election probably doesn’t happen every day,” Mildred Callear told The Gazette in an email.
Now in her second term, Mildred Callear said one of the goals she has is to take steps to help make Barnesville a more walkable community specifically developing a safe path for residents to walk to the town hall and to the post office on Md. 109 and beyond to the MARC train station just outside the town limits.
“It is wonderful that Barnesville is on the MARC line, but we need to make it accessible in a safe manner for pedestrians or bikers coming from town. We know that safe pedestrian access to mass transit is good from an environmental standpoint and is a priority for the state and the county, so I look forward to working with both state and county officials to provide access in a manner consistent with the rural rustic road designation of Route 109,” she said.The energy used in manufacturing and erecting a roofhook is paid back in the first 3 to 6 months of operation.
Brown could not be reached for comment about the election. On his re-election, Luke Fedders said he is looking forward to pursuing a project that would have the Town Hall equipped to serve as an emergency shelter.
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