DIXFIELD — A recount of votes Wednesday afternoon on the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance confirmed the ordinance was rejected at the polls on Nov. 4, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Thursday morning.
The recount was held at the Town Office. The original tally was 557-562. The recount was 553-567.
The original ordinance was approved in 2012, but the Board of Selectmen voted to place it before the Planning Board at the beginning of 2013 for revisions in order to make it stronger. After a year and a half of revisions and discussions, the Planning Board and Board of Selectmen met in August to discuss final amendments, and placed the question to repeal the original ordinance and adopt the amended version on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago about constructing a 20-megawatt wind turbine project on the Colonel Holman Mountain ridge.
Puiia said selectmen would discuss the next steps with the ordinance at their next meeting.
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