VERONA ISLAND — In what everyone present agreed was a record-setting event, a small band of residents made their way through 33 warrant articles in less than a half-hour at the annual Town Meeting April 28.

To be exact, it took the 20 voters who came out Saturday evening 27 minutes to elect their municipal officials and approve the town’s annual budget. In most cases, voters opted to stick with what was already in place.

Town clerk, treasurer and tax collector Marlene Smith was returned to her posts, and Selectman Russell Ames was re-elected. Voters also agreed to stick with the same six-member Budget Committee after Smith — one of those six — said she’d “like to see the same people as last year.”

That philosophy was repeated when voters were asked to decide what selectmen would be paid. A motion was approved to “keep it the same as it was last year” — $4,200 for the first selectman and $2,500 each for the second and third selectmen.

“If they don’t want a raise, we’ll let them stay where they are,” said one resident, with a chuckle.

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