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SELECTMEN SCHOOL COMMITTEE TOWN MEETING MEMBERS

Three Year Term Elect Two Three Year Term Elect Three PRECINCT 1
MICHAEL G. HEYLIN ANDREA L. THORROLD
162 Cliffwood Lane 200 West Falmouth Highway Candidate For Re-election Three Year Term Elect Nine
SAMUEL HANSON PATTERSON, JR. TERRI ANN MEDEIROS LYSBETH ACKERMAN ABRAMS
24 Grasmere Drive Candidate For Re-election 146 Old Campus Drive Candidate For Re-election 28 Locust Street
NANCY ROBBINS TAYLOR LEAH LILLIAN PALMER HARRY CARTER HUNT, JR.
4 Sheeps Crossing Lane 207 Turner Road 54 Linden Road

(Write-in) (Write-in)
MEGHAN D. PALANZA
84 Two Ponds Road Candidate For Re-election

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JOHN P. NOLAN
19 Katy Hatchs Road

(Write-in)
LINDA D. WHITEHEAD
LIBRARY TRUSTEE 7 Gregory Lane Candidate For Re-election
CHARLES A. SWAIN
Three Year Term Elect Two FALMOUTH HOUSING  31 Oyster Pond Road Candidate For Re-election
JUDITH FENWICK JOHN B. WATERBURY
18 Mill Road Candidate For Re-election AUTHORITY 779 Palmer Avenue Candidate For Re-election
LINDSAY M. HOPEWOOD C. DIANE SALTER
86 Emmons Road Candidate For Re-election Five Year Term Elect One 7 Siders Pond Road Candidate For Re-election

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ROBERT P. MASCALI KENNETH H. FOREMAN
38 Oxbow Road 108 Sippewissett Road Candidate For Re-election

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SUSAN L. SHEPHARD
35 Cumloden Drive Candidate For Re-election
JAMES E. FOX
PLANNING BOARD TOWN MEETING MEMBER 141 Locust Street 2

Three Year Term Elect Three PRECINCT 1 (Write-in)

JAMES E. FOX (Write-in)
141 Locust Street 2 Candidate For Re-election Two Year Term Elect One
PAMELA HARTING-BARRAT MATTHEW W. WATERBURY (Write-in)
74 Rockledge Drive Candidate For Re-election 47 Place Road
JOHN L. DRULEY VIVIAN E. ESSWEIN (Write-in)
270 Teaticket Highway Candidate For Re-election 105 Two Ponds Road

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QUESTION 1: 
Shall the Town of Falmouth be allowed to assess an additional $971,507 in real estate and personal property taxes
for the purpose of funding the salaries and benefits of eight (8) firefighters for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1,
2020?
YES
NO
QUESTION 2:
Shall the Town of Falmouth request the Board of Selectmen to communicate to Governor Baker and the State
Legislature that the Town favors using all means available at the Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant to ensure that: (1)
spent nuclear fuel be secured in better quality dry casks and hardened onsite, storage; and (2) spent fuel pool and
casks be protected with heightened security to prevent intrusion in order to protect the health, welfare, and
economic interests of the Town?

YES
NO
QUESTION 3:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE TOWN
MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO GENERAL PROVISIONS SUMMARIZED BELOW?
To enhance the clarity and consistency of Charter language, certain words and phrases are changed as follows: a)
committees, councils and boards are to be referred to as governmental bodies; b) the Master Plan will be known as
the Local Comprehensive Plan; c) the Long Range Plan will be known as the Strategic Plan; d) the Representative
Town Meeting will be known as the Town Meeting; and e) the Registrar of Voters will be known as the Board of
Registrars. Charter section C1-3 is amended to include a reference to governmental bodies to emphasize their
importance in town governance. The Local Comprehensive Plan is defined as the community vision of the future.
Charter section C2-14 is amended to rename the Watchman of the Warrant to Watcher of the Warrant. All provisions
naming the Board of Selectmen are amended to rename the board as the Select Board.

YES
NO
QUESTION 4: 
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO TOWN MEETING MEMBERSHIP SUMMARIZED BELOW?
The Representative Town Meeting shall consist of not more than two hundred and fifty two (252) members chosen
for overlapping three year terms as determined by Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1935 and any amendments thereto.
This amendment clarifies the authority for Town Meeting membership but does not change the number of members.

YES
NO

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QUESTION 5:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING

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HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Charter provisions relative to the Finance Committee are moved from Article VIII, Financial Provisions and
Procedures, to Article II, The Representative Town Meeting, to reflect its legislative function. A vacancy in Finance
Committee membership may be filled by vote of Town Meeting at an annual or special town meeting. Certain duties
and functions of the Finance Committee are clarified to conform to its duties and responsibilities found in town
bylaws, including the approval of transfers from the reserve fund and coordination with department heads on
budgetary matters. The Charter provision allowing members of the Finance Committee to serve on advisory boards
in a non-voting capacity has been eliminated.

YES
NO
QUESTION 6:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND POLICY LEADERSHIP
SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Section C3-3B, Policy Leadership, is amended to provide for the board to hold public meetings with other
governmental bodies for consideration of the town’s Master Plan and other planning and policy initiatives.

YES
NO
QUESTION 7:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE TOWN
MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO BOARD OF SELECTMEN POWERS SUMMARIZED
BELOW?
A new section C3-7H is added to the Charter granting to the Board of Selectmen the power and authority to adopt
rules and regulations for the conduct of town business, the use of town real and personal property and other matters
within the board’s jurisdiction and set penalties for violations thereof.
YES
NO
QUESTION 8: 
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARIZED
BELOW?
Section C4-6D, Planning Board, of the Charter is amended to require that all Planning Board recommendations on
proposed amendments to the zoning bylaws include a written explanation of the proposed amendments consistency
with the Master Plan.
YES
NO
QUESTION 9:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO APPOINTED TOWN BOARDS SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Section C7-2A, General Provisions, of the Charter is amended to provide that the charter shall include reference to
appointed town boards which are mandated or authorized by state law and which exercise regulatory or other
authority. Sections C7-16 and C7-17 are added to the Charter to include among the appointed town boards included
in the Charter the Community Preservation Committee and the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation
YES
NO
QUESTION 10:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF BYLAWS SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Section C9-9, Revision of Bylaws, of the Charter is amended to provide that the Board of Selectmen shall ensure
the bylaws are periodically reviewed and revised without a five year review as previously required. Bylaw review will
now be a regular process.

YES
NO
QUESTION 11:
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019 RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Section C4-7, Housing Authority, of the Charter is amended to provide that members of the Housing Authority shall
be elected for five year overlapping terms in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth. The number of
members of the Housing Authority does not change, but this amendment conforms to recent changes in state law
regarding their election.
YES
NO
QUESTION 12: 
SHALL THE TOWN OF FALMOUTH APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY TOWN MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 12, 2109 RELATIVE TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS SUMMARIZED BELOW?
Section C7-5, Board of Assessors, of the Charter is amended to exempt the Board of Assessors from the term limits
imposed on members of appointed town boards by C7-2H of the charter.

YES
NO

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