GRANBY — Jeff Lawson triumphed over Ro Rosen on Monday in a race for a Select Board seat being vacated by member Glenn Sexton.
Running on a campaign to unite Granby after a bumpy year, Lawson secured 56% of the 881 votes. The 31-year Granby resident and part-time police dispatcher also promises to avoid a raising the taxy levy via a Proposition 2½ override vote while also supporting renovation of Granby Junior Senior High School.
Rosen, a retired human resource professional, aimed to apply her budgeting expertise to steady and support Granby’s financial future. She received 44% of the votes.
Neither Lawson nor Rosen could be reached for comment.
Voter turnout was 16.8% this year, slightly below the 17.5% of voters who cast ballots last year.
Perhaps most surprising, Mael Walkowiak unseated 50-year Board of Health member Richard Bombardier by 238 votes. Bombardier served as the chair of the group for many years, applying his experience as an engineer to strict septic systems and food codes.
In the uncontested races, Nita Abbott will serve as both a library trustee and planning board member. Paula Beaulieu, Candace Ribeiro and Angela Chagnon won three-year library trustee seats. Assessor Gregg Leonard will continue to serve for another three years. Matthew Skipton secured another term as Commissioner of Burial Grounds. Write-in candidate Thomas Hamel will join Trevor Augustino on the School Committee.
