JAY – By more than a 2-to-1 margin, voters rejected an article to raise $200,250 for emergency dispatch services, effectively leaving the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department to provide those services for the town. That article failed 500-239.

Voters rejected a couple of school articles and two municipal articles.

Residents elected Warren Bryant to fill a three-year selectman’s term with 335 votes. He was challenged by Thomas Goding, who received 317 votes, and Kurt Hawes, who received 44.

Residents also elected Daniel DiPompo and re-elected Nancy Chaney to fill two School Committee seats. DiPompo received 352 votes and Chaney received 297. Incumbent Committee Chairman Clint Brooks received 292 votes and Marga Hutchinson received 225 votes.

Voters rejected spending $9.96 million for education by a 386-340 vote.

Residents also nixed raising an additional $2 million for local funds for education, which exceeds the state’s school funding formula. The vote was 412-318.

Voters also rejected an article to raise $79,760 for the town’s share of the SAD 36/Jay adult education program.

Residents also disagreed with raising $2,500 to donate to the pulp and paper museum in a 385-335 vote.

They also rejected raising $76,600 to reconstruct the town’s tennis courts.

All other articles in the $16 million school and municipal budget passed, including one that authorizes selectmen to transfer up to $500,000 to keep the school’s operating until a school budget passes.

The $9.96 million school spending plan reflected a decrease of $504,221 from this year’s spending budget and $243,681 less to be raised in tax dollars if approved.