AMENIA — On Tuesday, June 22, registered Republican voters may cast their ballots in this year’s Primary Election for who they want to represent them on the Republican ticket for Amenia town supervisor and for the Amenia Town Board when the General Election rolls around come November. They may also elect two members to the Dutchess County Republican Committee on the 22nd.
Polling place
According to the Dutchess County Board of Elections (BOE) website, www.elections.dutchessny.gov, all election districts in the town of Amenia will vote at the Wassaic firehouse, located at 27 Firehouse Road, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Republican Committee
The town supervisor term is for two-years; the two Town Board positions are for four-years each and the two terms on the Dutchess County Republican Committee are for two-years each.
As printed on the Dutchess County sample ballot for the 2021 Republican Primary, for the Dutchess County Republican Committee, Jeanne Rebillard and Apostolis Stefanopoulos are running against longtime committee member Mark Doyle.
Town supervisor
For town supervisor, newcomer Julie Doran, of the newly created Amenia Strong party, will be running against incumbent town Supervisor Victoria Perotti.
Perotti will be running for her fifth term as supervisor under the Republican and Conservative party lines. From 2014 to the present time, she was elected to serve four two-year terms as supervisor. Additionally, Perotti served two four-year terms on the Town Board, from 2006 to 2014; she was appointed deputy supervisor by former town Supervisor Wayne Euvrard from 2010 to 2011; and was appointed deputy supervisor by former town Supervisor Bill Flood from 2012 to 2013. She has also been involved with the boards for the Amenia Free Library, the Indian Rock Schoolhouse and the Association of Towns.
In her campaign against Perotti, Doran will be running on both the Republican and the Amenia Strong lines. As published online at www.ameniastrong.com, Doran has been a resident of Dutchess County for the last 26 years. She also has a 30-year background in management and real estate and is currently employed as the officer manager at Silo Ridge Field Club, which has close ties to the Amenia Strong party. Doran is also currently named in a hefty lawsuit against the town of Amenia.
Town councilmembers
Meanwhile, newcomers James Vitiello and Brad Rebillard are running on the Amenia Strong line as well as the GOP line for Town Board against incumbents James Morris and Michele Somogyi. Morris and Somogyi are both running for their second terms.
In addition to his role as a councilman, Morris has served as a liaison between the board and some of its committees, including the Ethics Committee, the Wastewater Committee and the Enhancement Committee.
Somogyi has served on the Emergency Committee, Recreation Committee and the committee for installing the kitchen at Town Hall, among others.
Rebillard owns Dutchess County Realty in Millerton, is currently a member of the Amenia Lions Club and is on the Amenia Wastewater Committee and an alternate on the Zoning Board of Appeals. He has also worked with the NorthEast-Millerton Library.
Vitiello is a longtime resident of Dutchess County. He currently serves as deputy civil defense coordinator for Dutchess County; was co-founder and executive vice president of the technology provider company Vitech Systems Group; and has served on various committees and boards within the county, including Astor Services for Children & Families.
For more information on the primary, go to www.elections.dutchessny.gov or call the BOE at 845-486-2473.
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