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Date: 4/20/2022
GRANVILLE — Scott Bergeron said he is excited that the townspeople of Granville believed in him enough to vote him in as the next Selectboard member, after Ted Sussmann chose not to run for re-election.
Bergeron won the election with 206 votes to 150 votes for Sarah Meiklejohn.
“My first course of action is to get up to speed on everything the board is working on and moving forward on,” said Bergeron.
Bergeron has lived in Granville for 50 years, spending much of his time in public service, but only now taking a spot in local government for the first time. He became a volunteer firefighter in 1986, and an EMT in 1988. In 1999, he switched gears to become a part-time police officer, where he served for eight years and rose to the rank of sergeant. He then moved to full-time policing in Granby, CT, where he worked for 14 years before retiring last year.
He maintained his EMT status for over 32 years. Much of his volunteer time was completed while working full time as a senior quality control IT analyst at Chubb Executive Risk in Simsbury, CT.
He took an early retirement from policing in Granby in May of last year.
During the campaign, Bergeron said he would treat the Selectboard position and town government like he is running a household with a budget. One of the biggest needs in his eyes is an upgrade to Granville’s Highway Department, which he said needs a new building, as the current building is out of code.
He originally wasn’t going to run for the seat, as he thought Sussmann was going to run again, and the two had gone to school together. When Sussmann said he was not running, Bergeron said he decided to take the chance.
“I think I will mirror a lot of Ted’s thought processes on how he approached subjects,” said Bergeron before the election.
No other races on the April 11 ballot were contested. Elected with no opposition were Richard Pierce as moderator for one year; Christina Teter as town clerk for two years, Brian Keith Falcetti as assessor for three years, Robert Gleason as library trustee for three years and Kevin Stromgren as constable for three years.
For a one-year Planning Board term with no candidates on the ballot, Mario Langlois received nine write-in votes.