Rutland Herald
By Lola Duffort
STAFF WRITER | March 02,2016
STAFF WRITER | March 02,2016
Robert Layman / Staff Photo
Beverly Anderson checks in Bernard Krasnoff signs in at the Killington Town Office Tuesday afternoon.
“I feel very good about winning. I’m glad I got support from the town. And I look forward with moving forward with all the differing things on our plate,” she said by phone Tuesday night.
She bested challenger Jim Haff, a former selectman, by just 61 votes, according to results reported by Town Clerk Lucrecia Wonsor about an hour after the polls had closed Tuesday. McGrath received 264 votes, while Haff won just 203 of the ballots cast.
Reached by phone Tuesday, Haff said he wasn’t bitter about losing.
“I got out of it what I wanted to say,” he said.
Haff’s message has been that the town isn’t adequately planning for capital expenses, mishandling its finances, and focused too heavily on economic development.
On the ballot last year — he narrowly lost to incumbent Selectman Chris Bianchi — Haff said he didn’t quite know yet if would be running again next year.
“I’m going to celebrate losing tonight,” he said. “My wife will be really happy to hear that I don’t have to sit on a board.”
The man suing the town for allegedly misappropriating funds, violating the public records act and overcharging taxpayers will continue to serve as Killington’s town moderator.
Running unopposed, Melvin B. Neisner Jr. garnered 346 votes for the one-year position, Wonsor said.
Voters Tuesday also approved the town’s $4.15 million budget and a $200,000 bond to replace the Sherburne Memorial Library roof. The town’s anticipated municipal tax rate is $0.3298 next year.
Killington Elementary School’s $1.68 million budget passed by a voice vote held at the elementary school Monday.
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