By Molly Lovell
Staff Writer

    Kennebunk and Kennebunkport residents approved all local referendum questions Tuesday, including a proposal in Kennebunk to enhance its downtown.
    Kennebunk residents voted 2,896 to 2,250 to approve borrowing $1.3 million from the town’s Tax Increment Financing district fund to make downtown improvements.
    Residents voted down the project in June for a little more than $2 million.
    Town Manager Barry Tibbetts said the next step is for selectmen to discuss awarding bids at an upcoming meeting.
    The board will then meet with the contractor to talk about a timeline for the project.
    Tibbetts also said now, the town’s Economic Development Commission will probably start putting information together to help businesses locate to the downtown and how the changes will benefit them.
    Kennebunk residents also voted to allow a Webber Hill contract zone to allow construction of a cell tower. Residents voted 3,760 to 1,262.
    Overall in Kennebunk, 5,308 ballots were cast – 1,650 of which were absentee ballots. The total number of registered voters, including the 111 who registered at the polls, was 9,145. Kennebunk had a 58 percent voter turnout.
    Here’s how Kennebunk residents voted in the state referendum election:

Question 1: People’s veto:
Yes: 2,231  No: 3,056  Blank: 32

Question 2: Citizen initiative, excise tax
Yes: 1,449  No: 3,793  Blank: 77

Question 3: Citizens initiative to repeal consolidation
Yes: 1,506  No: 3,612  Blank: 201

Question 4: TABOR
Yes: 1,970  No: 3,228  Blank: 121

Question 5: Medical marijuana
Yes: 3,309  No: 1,939  Blank: 71

Question 6: Bond issue
Yes: 3,846  No: 1,331  Blank: 141

Question 7: Petition signature verification
Yes: 2,552  No: 2,488  Blank: 278