A write-in bid for first selectman by former Selectwoman Brenda Avery failed in balloting Friday at the annual town meeting.

First Selectman Bruce Clavette defeated Avery 95-33 for a one-year term.

In the only contested race, Second Selectman Charles Rotondi beat ballot challenger Herbert Hampe 114-25 for a two-year term.

Third Selectman Guy Anton was returned to office, as were Road Commissioner John Barron, School Board Director Karen Corson, Town Clerk/Tax Collector Tracey Rotondi and Town Treasurer Donna Courtemance.

In voting from the floor of the town meeting Saturday, residents agreed to give selectmen the authority to buy trucks for the highway department when they become available, rather than wait and possibly miss a good opportunity. The cost per truck is not to exceed $50,000.

Clavette said the state of Vermont rotates its trucks every seven years, making available some good used vehicles that can be had for as little as $30,000 each.

"We can't keep going with the two trucks we've got," Clavette said. "Seven years is not old to us."

Some voters disagreed, saying buying new is better than buying used, but the "yes" votes prevailed.

Residents also agreed to spend $30,000 to stockpile sand and salt for next winter. The Budget Committee had recommended spending only $24,000.

Spending to run the town this year came in at just over $408,000, with all of the financial articles passed as written.

Voters agreed to cede a strip of town-owned property between the Grange Hall and the Corner Store to the store at no cost to taxpayers.

Store owner Steve Jewell Sr. offered to pay for the land, on which the previous owners built after a fire, but voters would have none of it.

"We don't need (the money)," Karen Corson said from the floor of the meeting. "He has given a lot back to this town for the trash-a-thon and other things."

Residents agreed and deeded the small piece of land outright to the store.