LIMERICK — About 60 people at Saturday’s town meeting voted to raise $936,171 and increase the snow removal budget.

The municipal budget represents a $35,639 decrease from last year’s budget, said Board of Selectman Chair Debra Stitson. A portion of the decrease can be attributed to tipping fees for municipal solid waste, which decreased by $8,000.
Residents voted to increase the cost to remove snow from sidewalks, snowbanks, and intersections by $5,000 to $20,000. They also agreed to raise an additional $5,000 to remove snow from the sidewalk on Washington Street.

“It was a wonderful meeting. We had a lot of people there. We were afraid the weather would keep people away,” Stitson said. “There weren’t too many changes.”

Residents voted to raise $3,700 to update the comprehensive plan; $79,900 for door-to-door trash and recycling pickup; and $38,000 for the salary of an intermediate EMT firefighter for the Limerick Fire Station. They also decided to raise an additional $10,000 for the fire department’s operating budget for capital improvement projects.

In elections, Kimberly Oliver was elected as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor for a three-year term. She won the seat by a large margin over Joanne Andrews, who had 137 votes and Kevin Neyer, who got 32 votes. John Medici was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors for School Administrative District 57. Three secret ballot citizens petitions to change the zoning ordinance failed by large margins.

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