Contested races: Two people are vying for one two-year term representing Ward 2 on the City Council: incumbent Devin Wilkie and Paul Roberts. Three people are vying for one at-large Council seat: Carline Roberge, Laurel Stavis and Lori Key. Unopposed are: incumbent Douglas Whittlesey, Ward I, and Nicole Ford Burley, Ward III. Five people are vying for three, three-year terms on the Lebanon School Board: Kaitlyn Ramos, Travis Talbert, Joseph Castelot, Laila Volle and Kerry O’Hara. Talbert, however, said in an email that he is dropping out to start a food truck business instead. Ramos told the Upper Valley Business Alliance that she also was dropping out.
Budgets and spending articles: The proposed school budget is $55.5 million, up from $55 million last year. A separate warrant article asks whether voters support the cost of a new collective bargaining agreement with the Lebanon Education Association, which includes an additional $1 million in the first year. Another article asks whether voters support calling one special meeting to address the cost of the new bargaining agreement with teachers if it is rejected in Town Meeting voting.
When, where and how to vote: Ballot voting will take place on Tuesday, March 11 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ward I votes in the SAU building gymnasium, 20 Seminary Hill, West Lebanon; Ward II votes at the United Methodist Church, 18 School Street; and Ward III votes in City Council chambers, 51 North Park St., Floor 1.