Jolly, who received the most votes, with 1,387, had served one three-year term on the Select Board prior to the election. Goldberg, a member of the Town planning board, narrowly edged out Jacqueline R. Brown-Hazard by a margin of 11 votes, 1,320 to 1,309, to capture the second Select Board seat.
However, supporters of Brown-Hazard have picked up recount petition papers from Town Hall. They must get 10 signatures from each of the 12 town polling places by Friday at 5 p.m in order to obtain a recount.
Eddy Goldberg served on the Planning Board for five years and currently writes for business and technology magazines.
Jolly presently serves on the board of the UMass Fine Arts Center.
The Community Preservation Act (CPA), which will increase property taxes by one percent, passed by a 283-vote margin, 2,260 to 1,977. The tax will only affect those homeowners whose property value exceeds $100,000. The state of Massachusetts will match the funds collected from the CPA.
Amherst will be using the additional funds for historic preservation, affordable housing and open space preservation. A community preservation committee will make specific allocation recommendations if it is created at the annual Town Meeting, which starts on April 25.
A charter commission charged with reexamining Amherst's form of government, which presently includes an appointed town manager, was created by a 1,976 to 1,191 vote. Of the 13 people who ran for nine slots on the commission, winners included former Select Board member Bryan Harvey, Gerald Jolly, the husband of Select Board member Jolly, Stanley Durnakowski, Joan Golowich, Gordon Fletcher-Howell, James Pitts, Zina Tillona, H. Oldham Brooks and Martha Spiegelman.
A non-binding question regarding whether Amherst should "pursue alternatives" to the Town Meeting passed by a vote of 1,829 to 1,302.
Gerald Jolly said that in addition to examining the present form of government, he hoped to investigate alternatives. "One of our jobs should be to look at other forms of government," he said. "My personal opinion today is that I like the present form of government, but it's cumbersome. I like the town manager and the five-member Select Board. I think the Town Meeting needs to be looked at."
"We need to make it easier for people to get involved," he added.