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66, will replace current commissioner Adam Frankel. He gained 39% of the vote to Chard’s 37% and DeCoste’s 24%.
Before running for local office, Markert had a long history in business. He has served as the president and chief marketing officer of various companies and currently is president of InfraGard, a partnership between the FBI and members of the private sector for the protection of U.S. critical infrastructure and the American people.
Markert is a 15-year resident of the city. His campaign centered on increasing public safety, more oversight of the budget, providing residents with clean water and finding solutions to the city’s traffic congestion.
For the city’s Seat 3 role, Casale defeated political newcomers Anneze Barthelemy and Nick Coppola. She gained 42% of the vote, to Coppola’s 37% and Barthelemy’s 21%. She will replace Boylston.
Casale, 55, previously served as a commissioner and deputy vice mayor from 2020 until 2023, when she was defeated for the position by a newcomer at the time, Rob Long. Her campaign priorities included better management of the city’s budget, neighborhood safety, supporting a new
Atlantic Avenue Historic District, using technology to improve traffic and building more workforce and affordable housing. She has lived in the city for nearly two decades.
Also on the municipal ballot this year was an amendment to eliminate the city’s Board of Adjustment, which considers and decides appeals and variances to the city’s land-development regulations. Voters did not approve the amendment, with 59% of voters voting against it.