The Enterprise
The organizers behind an initiative to change Falmouth’s current form of government will not be able to gather the required number of signatures to put the question put to voters in May. The group, headed up by F. Bradley Stumcke Jr. of Sailfish Drive, East Falmouth, needed to obtain signatures of 3,872 registered voters, or 15 percent of the electorate, to place the question on the ballot.
Financial directors across South County are in the midst of preparing city budgets. As in past budget cycles they are accounting for police, utility and labor costs. What makes this year unique is the uncertainty created by Initiatives 1100 and 1105 on the general election ballot. The passage of either or both of the initiatives, each involving the future function of the state’s Liquor Control Board, will impact city coffers.
Voters can expect to see a ballot measure Nov. 3 by the city of Lynnwood asking them to extend the city’s Emergency Medical Services property tax levy rate through 2019.