Bennington residents approved 28 of 29 warrant articles at this year’s town election, including a town budget of $1.92 million.

Around 260 voters participated in this year’s election.

The only article to fail was Article 16, which proposed appropriation of $15,000 to the Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund. The article failed by two votes, 132-130.

Voters supported Article 27, proposing that Bennington establish a Recreation Revolving Fund so that any money raised by recreation activities will be used to sustain and support recreation activities for residents. The money could only be used for recreation purposes. The Select Board moved to establish the fund after the town’s Recreation Department was relaunched in summer 2024.

Voters also approved $6,000 in funding for the Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center, an Antrim-based nonprofit which provides family and youth services to the region.

Article 28 established an Accessible Voting System Capital Reserve Fund to pay for voting access technology for disabled voters as required by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Currently, the town provides a iPad for voters who cannot access a voting booth.

Bennington is an SB2 town, which requires towns to host a deliberative session presenting warrant articles in advance of the Town Meeting ballot session. Any amendments to warrant articles must be proposed at the deliberative session. All warrant articles are voted on at town elections.

Bennington had no contested elections for town offices. Travis McClure was elected for a three-year term on the Select Board. Jill Wilmoth for library trustee, Karen Belcher for a three-year term as cemetery trustee and Robert Christian for a two year term as cemetery trustee were also elected.

Melissa Clark and Todd Wheeler were elected to the Planning Board. Clark was also elected to a three-year term on the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and Robert Christian was elected for a two-year term.

As of Wednesday morning, there were still vacant slots on the Trustees of the Trust Funds, with write-in candidates under consideration. A one-year position on the ZBA was also still open.

Debra Belcher was re-elected as town clerk. Melissa Clark and Jonathan Charlonne were elected to the Water and Sewer Commission for three- and two-year terms, respectively.