GREENWOOD – Seventy-eight voters on Saturday approved a Municipal Recall Ordinance with a vote of 44 to 34 after over an hour of comments.

Selectman Ivan Roberts started the discussions with extensive explanations of how he viewed himself as serving the community to the best of his ability. No accusations were made by the voters, but some comments pointed to Roberts as the cause for the ordinance to be on the warrant.

Incumbent Selectman Fred Henderson was re-elected for a three-year term and three SAD 44 School Board directors were elected. Richard Melville was re-elected for a three-year term, Walter Brough for a two-year term and Gerald Broomhall was elected for a one-year term.

Of the 47 articles on the warrant, all were approved but one.

The total budget will rise approximately $272,00 over last years budget of $830,052.

Borrowing $125,000 for maintenance and repair of the Alder River Dam was approved unanimously. Roberts said he was confident the town would get some grant money, but the town needed to approve the bond so the funds would be there. Citizens were in agreement that something had to be done before the pond turned into mud flats. One person said the water was presently at the lowest it had been for fifty years.

It was questioned whether the town actually needed a new plow truck, but Road Foreman Alan Seames said he liked to replace them every 10 years so they don’t lose too much value. The one to be replaced is 11 years old. The article asking for $59,756 was approved after it was amended to appropriate the funds from surplus rather than borrow the money to avoid debt service.

Voters approved $64,200 for insurance and health and $7,023 for education services, both without discussion.

The town also approved raising and appropriating $25,000 for tax revaluation in 2007.

The town also voted to allow a 2 percent discount on taxes paid within 30 days from date of the mailing of tax bills. This called for an appropriation of $10,000 for discounts on taxes.

Article 24 requiring a demolition permit/notification for any structure larger than 12 feet by 12 feet was defeated after discussions over the clarity of the article.

The town voted unanimously to support a resolution on recycling.

Selectman Fred Henderson said it would save the town thousands of dollars if more recycling was done. Disposal presently costs $89 a ton, but with recycling the cost would reduce to $65 a ton.