Article updated: 4/11/2012 9:00 AM

Milton Township votes down referendum questions

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Dan Bailey of Wheaton gives his opinion on the motion to dissolve the township during the Milton Township annual meeting Tuesday at the Wheaton Park District Community Center. Well over 250 people attended this function.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

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More than 250 concerned residents attend the Milton Township annual meeting Tuesday at the Wheaton Park District Community Center.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

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Milton Township residents will not be voting in November on the future of their township or the township budget.A vocal majority of the approximately 260 registered voters attending Tuesday nights annual township meeting soundly defeated resolutions to get two advisory questions on the November ballot; one asking whether the township budget should be slashed by 20 percent and one asking if the entire township should be dissolved.Supervisor Chris Heidorn, who previously called both questions poorly written and meaningless, said the vote validates the communitys support for the services the township provides such as food pantries, doing road maintenance and offering services for seniors.