Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 9:32pm
At an election held on November 2, 2017, Incumbent Police Officer Dennis Smith won re-election to the Taunton Retirement Board for a new 3-year term. Smith easily outdistanced his only challenger, Firefighter Thomas Bernier, by almost 2 to 1. The unofficial vote tally was 482 votes for Smith and 244 votes for Bernier. It was Bernier’s third attempt to land a seat on the board. Says Smith…”I am very humbled by the vote of confidence that the members and retirees have placed in me. I want to say thank you to all who voted and pledge to continue to do my best to help manage the retirement plan and provide the well-deserved retirement benefits for our hardworking active and retired public employees!”