BUCKLAND — With 252 ballots cast, voters approved all three ballot questions in this year’s town election, including a $151,262 override that will fund the fiscal year 2024 operating budget.

Voters who cast their ballots on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the override by a vote of 171-80. The override was already approved at Annual Town Meeting in May.

Also on the ballot were two questions asking if the elected constable and tree warden positions should become appointed ones. Voters approved these questions with 167 and 182 “yes” votes, respectively.

The election saw an 18.6% turnout rate. It also ushered in new Selectboard member Joan Livingston, who received 218 votes in an uncontested race for a three-year term; a new town clerk, Alicia Graves, who earned 218 votes in an uncontested race for a three-year term; and a new Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee member in David Henry, who got 210 votes in an uncontested race for a three-year term.

The remaining results, with all races being uncontested, are as follows:

■Board of Health, three-year term — Margaret Louise Hart, 221 votes.

■Board of Health, one-year term — Julia Godfrey, 222 votes.

■Board of Assessors, three-year term — Pamela Guyette, 223 votes.

■Library trustee, three-year term — Horace Taft-Ferguson, 222 votes.

■Constable, three-year term — Dena Willmore, 25 write-in votes.

■Finance Committee, three-year term — Lawrence Langford, 209 votes.

■Finance Committee, three-year term — Abigail Straus, 205 votes.

■Moderator, one-year term — Phoebe Walker, 215 votes.

Reach Bella Levavi at 413-930-4579 or blevavi@recorder.com.

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