March 9, 2004
Dunbarton School
Offices
Dunbarton Town Offices
Dunbarton Town/Zoning Warrants
Goffstown School Offices
Goffstown School Warrants
Goffstown Town Offices
Goffstown Town Warrants
John Stark School
District Warrants
John Stark School Offices
New Boston School
Offices
New Boston School Warrants
New Boston Town Offices
New Boston Town Warrants
Weare School Offices
Weare School Warrants
Weare Town Offices
Weare Zoning/Town Warrants
Dunbarton
School Offices
Unofficial returns;  denotes
winner
School Board Member, for one year,
vote for two
Debra Foster
Betty Ann Noyes
Jeffrey Spill
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School Board Member, for three years, vote for two
Brian Little
Carl Metzger
Rene Ouellet
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout: xxx%
Dunbarton Town
Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Selectman, for three years, vote
for one
Lynda C. Burnside
"Mert" Mann
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Town Moderator, for two years, vote for one
"Fred"
J. Mullen
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Supervisor of the Checklist, for six years, vote for one
Alan
Rockenbach
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Tax Collector, for three years, vote for one
Martha
Rae
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Board of Assessor, for three years, vote for one
Bryan H. Clark
John Herlihy
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Trustee of the Trust Funds, for three years, vote for one
William
R. Jenkins
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Library Trustee, for three years, vote for one
Tiffany E. Dodd
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Cemetery Trustee, for three years, vote for one
Robert Josephson
Richard Schaeffer
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Ethics Committee, for three years, vote for one
Bridget
L. Cook
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout: xxx%
Dunbarton Town/Zoning
Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Amendment 1: Are you in favor
of adding a new Article 8, Personal Wireless Service Facilities
to the Dunbarton Zoning Ordinance? The amendment establishes a
new section of Article 8 to provide and regulate the placement
use and construction of personal wireless services, commonly known
as cell towers, and to require site plan review by the planning
board. The town presently has no regulations for personal wireless
service facilities. Recommended by the planning board.
Yes................................000
No................................000
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Amendment 2: Are you in favor of adding a new Article 9, Multi-family
Residential Housing District, to the Dunbarton Zoning Ordinance?
The amendment establishes a new Article 9 to provide for and regulate
the placement use and construction of multi-family dwellings.
Also, it provides for a restrictive zoning area where buildings
are allowed along routes 13 and 77, and regulates site layout
and constriction design relating to setbacks, buffer zones and
unit densities. The town presently allows multi-family construction
in principal residential zones. This new ordinance reduces those
areas where multi-family uses are allowed and provides increased
regulation. Recommended by the planning board.
Yes................................000
No................................000
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Amendment 3: Are you in favor of amending Article 4, Use and Dimensional
Regulation, to include new section F. Large Lot Zoning with Reduced
Lot Frontage, in the Dunbarton Zoning Ordinance, to read, "1.
As an elective option to less-than-traditional frontage requirements,
reduced lot frontage shall be permitted under the provisions of
this ordinance, provided each lot provides for an increase in
the minimum acreage per the Table of Dimensional Regulations (sub-section
B, Article 4), and associated footnotes." And amend section
B. Dimensional Regulations by adding a new category "All
Districts" and new minimum lot sizes and minimum frontage
requirements in the building setback table. Recommended by planning
board.
Yes................................000
No................................000
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4: To see if the town will adopt the 2003 International Residence
Code for one and two-family dwellings. This code will a supplement
the requirements of the New hampshire State Building Code adopted
by the town in March 2003 and shall be enforced by the building
inspector. It replaces the 1999 BOCA code for residential construction.
Yes................................000
No................................000
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout percentage: xxx%
Goffstown School
Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
School Board Member, for three
years, vote for three
Lorry D. Cloutier 2,521
Scott Gross 2,581
Ellen Vermokowitz 2,554
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Voter turnout: 4,051
Registered voters: 9,698 Turnout: 41%
Goffstown School
Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Shall the school district
raise $3,346,001 for the construction of a 10-classroom kindergarten
facility, for the payment of furnishings, equipment, architectural
and other fees, land acquisition, site development and related
incidental and necessary costs for such construction pursuant
to the plans and specifications as may be approved by the school
board, copies of which will be on file with SAU 19 in Goffstown,
and appropriations to the funded as follows:
$2,253,040 from kindergarten aid, and
$436,769 from impact fees from the town of Goffstown School Impact
Fee Fund, and
up to $400,000 from the unreserved fund balance at June 30, 2004,
and
$256,202 to be raised from taxes.
This appropriation is in addition to Warrant Article 4, the operating
budget. (Majority vote required.) (The school board and budget
committee recommend this article.)
Yes................................2,308
No................................1,664
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Article 3: Shall the voters of Goffstown School District adopt
the modifications to the AREA Agreement as recommended by the
AREA School Plan Review Board and approved for submission to the
voters by the New Hampshire State Board of Education on Jan. 21,
2004? A copy of the AREA Agreement shall be on file with the SAU
19 office in Goffstown. (Majority vote required.) (The school
board recommends this article.)
Yes................................2,678
No................................1,116
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Article 4: Shall the Goffstown School District raise and appropriate
as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special
warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the
amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as
amended by vote of the first session totaling $27,135,334?
Should this article be defeated, the operating budget will be
$26,436,328, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments
required by previous action of the Goffstown School District or
by law. In the event this article is defeated, the governing body
may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40;13, X
and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.
(The school board recommends $27,135,334 as the operating budget.)
(The budget committee recommends this article.)
Yes................................2,251
No................................1,652
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Voter turnout: 4,051
Registered voters: 9,698 Turnout: 41%
Goffstown Town
Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Selectmen, for three years, vote
for two
Laurent P. Beaulac 634
Jeremy Dupuis 1,003
Barbara
J. Griffin 2,127
Bruce
F. Hunter 1,517
Frederick R. Plett 1,098
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Budget committee, for three years, vote for four
Eric Geissenhainer 1,626
William
J. Gleeson 2,198
Phillip
E. Kendall II 1,836
Raymond
J. Labore 1,886
Jeffrey
A. Tate 1,974
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Budget committee, for two years, vote for one
David
W. Rowe 1,798
Gordon M. Schaaf 1,093
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Budget committee, for one year, vote for one
Vivian
Blondeau 2,972
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Cemetery trustees, for three years, vote for one
Jean
Walker 3,211
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Library trustees, for three years, vote for two
Lisa
M. Iodice 1,578
Susan
L. Osburn 2,381
Kenneth J. Rose 1,547
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Library trustees, for one year, vote for one
Henry
C. Boyle 1,978
Stephen Brzozowski 1,198
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Planning board, for three years, vote for two
James
Raymond 2,300
Lowell S. Von Ruden 1,504
William
J. Wynne 1,947
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Sewer commission, for three years, vote for one
Paul
E. Laperle 3,053
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Supervisor of the checklist, for six years, vote for one
Rosemary Garretson 1,209
Sara
Ann Sarette 2,045
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Town moderator, for two years, vote for one
Rodney
Stark 3,115
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Trustees of trust funds, for three years, vote for one
Kenneth
J. Rose 3,001
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Trustees of trust funds, for one year, vote for one
Earl
S. Carrel 3,015
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Voter turnout: 4,051
Registered voters: 9,698 Turnout: 41%
Goffstown Zoning/Town
Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Shall the town adopt
Amendment 1 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning
ordinance as follows: Limit the residential density of manufactured
housing parks and subdivisions?
Yes................................2,880
No................................595
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Article 3: Shall the town adopt Amendment 2 as proposed by the
planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows: Edit
changes for clarification, voiding approvals when implementation
action has not been taken, and requiring certified foundation
plans?
Yes................................2,518
No................................1,095
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Article 4: Shall the town adopt, pursuant to RSA 674:51-a, an
amendment to the existing town building codes as proposed by the
planning board as follows: Repeal the present BOCA building codes
and adopt, be reference, the International Codes 2000 published
by the International Code Council and all future supplements of
the International Residential Code, and any future supplements
of the other International Codes that are adopted by the state?
(Recommended by the planning board)
Yes................................2,725
No................................846
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Article 5: Shall the town adopt an amendment to the existing town
zoning ordinance as proposed by petition as follows: Amend the
zoning district by changing the zoning of map 18, lot 17, from
commercial to residential 2? The property address is 7 Joffre
St. Not recommended by the planning board.
Yes................................1,016 No................................2,489
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Article 6: Shall the town adopt an amendment to the existing town
zoning ordinance as proposed by petition as follows: Amend the
zoning district by changing the zoning of map 18, lot 28, from
commercial to residential 2? the property address is 8 Joffre
St. Not recommended by the planning board.
Yes................................968 No................................2,534
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Article 7: Shall the town raise $578,541 for the purpose of initiating
a municipal curbside recycling program and to authorize the issuance
of not more than $533,800 of bonds or notes with bond related
fees in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance
Act; and to authorize selectmen to issue and negotiate such bonds
or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon. The bonded
amount of $533,800 is for capital expenses, including barrels,
truck, 40-foot by 60-foot building, skid steer and attachments.
The operating costs of $44,741 includes employees wages and benefits,
vehicle operating expenses and recycling disposal fees. The operating
costs will be raised by property taxes. It is anticipated that
the savings generated from this program will cover the costs of
the bond and at the end of the bond term will save the town an
additional $100,000 per year. If this passes, the operating budget
Article 8 will be reduced by $69,475, which is the equivalent
to about four months of the recycling contract.
A 3/5 ballot vote is required. Recommended by selectmen and the
budget committee.
Yes................................2,623
No................................1,137
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Article 8: shall the town raise as an operating budget $14,828,949?
Should this article be defeated, the operating budget shall be
$14,378,200, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments
required by law. One special meeting may be held to discuss the
default budget. Recommended by selectmen and the budget committee.
Yes................................2,098
No................................1,579
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Article 9: Shall the town raise
$1,810,490 for the road improvement plan, which was initiated
two years ago? Recommended by selectmen and the budget committee.
Yes................................2,344
No................................1,389
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Article 10: Shall the town raise $80,000 for the conservation
capital reserve fund, which was established last year for the
purpose of land acquisition, easements and/or land rights for
conservation purposes. This appropriation is in addition to Article
8. Recommended by selectmen and the budget committee.
Yes................................2,365
No................................1,343
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Article 11: Shall the town raise
and appropriate $15,000 to fund the nonprofit Goffstown Main Street
program for 2004?Recommended by selectmen and the budget committee.
Yes................................2,230
No................................1,521
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Article 12: Shall the town modify
the elderly exemptions from property tax based on assessed value
for qualified taxpayers to be as follows: For a person over 65
years of age up to 75, $25,000; for a person 75 up to age 80,
$30,000; for a person 80 or older, $40,000? Recommended by selectmen.
Yes................................3,058
No................................827
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Article 13: Shall a charter commission
be established for the purpose of revising the municipal charter
or establishing a new municipal charter? Recommended by selectmen.
Yes................................2,336
No................................1,409
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Article 14: Shall the town adopt
provisions of RSA 72:35-I-a for an optional veterans tax credit
of $2,000 for service connected total disability on residential
property and replace the standard tax credit in its entirety?
Submitted by petition.
Yes................................2,212
No................................1,545
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Article 15: Shall the town adopt
provisions of RSA 72:28, II and IV, for an optional veterans tax
credit of $500 on residential property and replace the standard
tax credit in its entirety? Submitted by petition.
Yes................................1,988
No................................1,766
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Article 16: Shall the town adopt
the provisions of RSA 72:29-a, II, for an optional veterans tax
credit of $2,000 on the real and personal property of the surviving
spouse of a veteran who was killed in action or died while on
active duty in the armed forces of the United States or any of
the armed forces of any governments associated with the United
States in the wars, conflicts or armed conflicts or combat zones?
Yes................................2,465
No................................1,328
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Article 17: Shall the town deposit
50 percent of the revenues collected in a conservation fund, with
said funds to be used for conservation land and easement acquisition
and costs associated therewith?
Yes................................1,359 No................................2,944
John Stark
School District Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Results are Weare and Henniker votes combined
Article 2: Shall the district
vote to set the salaries of the school board and compensation
of any other agents of the district as printed in the 2004-05
budget? Supported by the school board.
Yes................................1699
No................................655
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Article 3: Shall the district raise and appropriate as an operating
budget, not including appropriations by special or separate warrant
articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts
set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended
by vote of the first session for the purposes set forth therein
totalling $10,226,883. Should this article be defeated, the operating
budget shall be $10,030,973, which is the same as last year.
Yes................................1134 No................................1266
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Article 4: Shall the district vote to ratify and be bound by the
financial costs of a three-year collective bargaining agreement
enetered into between the school board and John Stark support
staff wherein the estimated additional costs for 2004-05 are $83,872;
the estimated additional costs for 2005-06 are $51,900; the eestimated
additional costs for 2006-07 are $48,653; and to raise and appropriate
$83,872 to fund the additional first-year costs? Supported by
the school board.
Yes................................1197
No................................1170
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Article 5: Shall the district vote to raise $5,000 to be added
to the expendable general trust fund for the purpose of upgrading,
repairing and maintaining the sewer and septic systems at the
school? Supported by the school board.
Yes................................1750
No................................645
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Article 6: Shall the district authorize the school board to continue
to investigate land lease, transfer, sale and/or purchase for
the purpose of septic, wells and athletic fields and to raise
and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for any expenses related on
the above? Supported by the school board.
Yes................................1456
No................................930
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Voter turnout: 2.480
Registered voters: 7,229 Turnout percentage: 34%
SIZE="+2"John
Stark School Candidates
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
At-large School Board Member,
for three years, vote for two
Gary
McGrath 1368
Denise
Purington 1668
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School Moderator, for one year, vote for one
James
D. Gleason 1872
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Voter turnout: 2,480
Registered voters: 7,229 Turnout: 34%
New Boston
School Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
School Board member, for two years,
vote for one
James
Neefe 989
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School Board member, for three years, vote for two
David
Smith 974
Marti
Wolf 960
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout: xxx%
New Boston
School Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Shall the School District
vote to approve the cost item included in the Collective Bargaining
Agreement reached between the School Board and the New Boston
Education Association which call for increases in salaries and
benefits and further raise and appropriate the sum of $62,348.00
for the 2004-2005 fiscal year.
Yes................................786
No................................437
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Article 3: In the event the above Article number 2 is defeated,
shall the District authorize the School Board to call a special
meeting for the purpose of reconsidering the cost items of the
proposed collective bargaining agreement without requiring the
permission of the Superior Court.
Yes................................772
No................................425
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Article 4: Shall the School District vote to approve the cost
item in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the
School Board and the New Boston Support Staff Association which
call increases in salary and benefits and to raise and appropriate
the sum of $21,150 for the 2004-05 fiscal year.
Yes................................759
No................................442
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Article 5: In the event the above Article number 4 is defeated,
shall the District authorize the School Board to call a special
meeting for the purpose of reconsidering the cost items of the
proposed Collective bargaining Agreement without requiring the
permission of the Superior Court.
Yes................................743
No................................412
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Article 6: Shall the voters adopt the modifications to the AREA
agreement as recommended by the AREA School Plan Review Board?
Agreement is on file with the SAU 19 office.
Yes................................852
No................................285
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Article 7: Shall the School District vote to raise and appropriate
as an operating budget for the amount of $7,736,867. Should this
article be defeated, the operating budget shall be $7,727,958
which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required
by previous action of the School District or by law or the governing
body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13
X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget
only.
Yes................................752
No................................412
New Boston
Town Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Selectmen, forthree years, vote
for one
David
Woodbury 1,108
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Town moderator, for two years, vote for one
Lee
C. Nyquist 1,149
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Tax collector, for one year, vote forone
Karen
Heselton 1,123
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Fire wardens, for three years, vote for two
Richard
Moody 1,108
Clifford
Plourde 1,087
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Trustee of the trust funds, for three years, vote for one
Christopher
Levin 1,085
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Library trustees, for three years, vote for three
Joseph
W. Constance Jr. 1,057
Patricia
H. Jennings 1,092
Deanna
L. Powell 1,068
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Cemetery trustee, for three years, vote for one
Irene
C. Badreau 1,090
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Supervisor of the checklist, for six years, vote for one
Sarah
P. Chapman 1,134
New Boston
Town Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Are you in favor of
the adoption of an Amendment as proposed by petition for the Town
of New Boston Zoning Ordinance, as follows:
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section
202, Zoning Map, to change the district relative to portions of
two parcels of land located on the Easterly side of Byam Road
in New Boston. Said zoning will contain 3.5 more acres more of
less, with road frontage of 300 +/- feet. Yes................................000
No................................000
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Article 3: Are you in favor of the adoption of following amendments
to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning
Board:
Article III: General Provisions/ Section 309- Location of Driveways,
to read as follows: "Any lot's frontage shall be capable
of having a driveway installed thereon"
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 4: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendments
to the existing Town Zoning ordinance as proposed by the Planning
Board:
Section 402 - Recreational Camping Park Standards. Section 402.5
- Amend this section to include "interior campground road"
in the first sentence, so that the section reads: "No trailer
space, tent site, service building, interior campground road or
recreational facility shall be located within the specified buffer
area. Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 5: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendments
to the existing Town Zoning ordinance as proposed by the Planning
Board:
Article VII: Administration and Enforcement / Section 701 - Building
Permit. Section 701.1,C Amend the section to include the words
"and as amended" at the end of the sentence, so that
the section reads: "Any activity requiring permit as described
in the Building Code for the Town of New Boston, as adopted March
11, 1986' and as amended.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 6: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following proposed
amendment to the existing Town of New Boston Building Code as
proposed by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-1.0 General.
Add a new section NB-1.5.1 to read: "The Town, by this Ordinance,
shall adopt the International Residential Code, 2000, as published
by the International Code Council, and as amended."
Renumber Section NB-1.5.4 to NB-1.5.2 and add the words "and
as amended", so that the section reads: "The Town, by
this Ordinance, adopts the 1999 edition of NFPA 13D, Standard
of the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family
Dwellings and manufactured Homes, as published by the national
Fire Protection Association, and as amended, as the standard that
shall apply to all new one-and two-family dwellings and manufactured
homes, if the builder or owner wishes to install a sprinkler system
(s) in lieu of a required fire fighting water supply."
Section NB-1.5.5 Delete this section in its entirety.
Section NB-1.6 Building Classes. Delete this section in its entirety.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 7: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following proposed
amendment to existing Town of New Boston Building Code as proposed
by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-2.0 Administrative. Section NB-2.4 Violations. Replace
Section NB-2.4 with the following language: "Enforcement
of the provisions of this Code shall be pursuant to the provisions
of RSA 676:17, and any other appropriate statutory remedy available
to the Town. Pursuant to RSA 676:17 (V), the Town hereby designated
the Building Inspector as the official with the authority to enforce
the provisions of this code."
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 8: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following proposed
amendment to the existing Town of New Boston Building Code as
proposed by the Planning Board:
Section NB-2.5 Right of Appeal. Replace Section NB-2.5 with the
following language: "A building code board of appeals is
hereby created which shall consist of five members which shall
be appointed by the Selectmen. The Selectmen may also appoint
up to five alternates as provided in RSA 673:6. The qualifications
for such members shall be consistent with RSA 676:3 and once constituted,
the building code board of appeals shall exercise the authority
provided for in RSA 674:34, and the other applicable statute.
The terms of the members of the building code board of appeals
shall be for a period of three years and shall be staggered as
required by RSA 673:5,II. The Selectmen, upon making the initial
appointments shall appoint members in a manner that insures no
more than 2 appointments occur annually in the case of a 5 member
board, except when required to fill vacancies. Appeals may be
had to a from the building code board of appeals in the manner
provided by applicable statutes. The building codes board of appeals
shall, within ninety days of its original appointment, pursuant
to RSA 676:1, adopt rules of procedure governing the manner of
conducting its business and may include the subject matter of
such rules matters that may be necessary to provide for an appeal
process, to the extent not consistent with applicable statutes."
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 9: Are you in favor of
the adoption of the following proposed amendment to the existing
Town of New Boston Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board:
Section NB-2.6.2 Tests. Delete Section NB-2.6.2 in its entirety.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 10. Are you in favor of
the adoption of the following proposed amendment to the existing
Town of New Boston Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-3.0 Definitions. Delete the definitions of BOCA and
CABO.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 11. Are you in favor of
the adoption of the following proposed amendment to the existing
Town of New Boston Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-4.0 Amendments. Delete Chapter NB-4.0 in its entirety.
Yes................................000 No................................000
Article 12: Are you in favor of
the adoption of the following proposed amendment to the existing
Town of New Boston Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-5.0 Smoke Alarms.
Renumber this chapter from NB-5.0 to NB-4.0.
Replace the words "outside of each separate sleeping area
in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms" with " in
each bedroom" in the first sentence, so that the sentence
reads: "Smoke detectors shall be installed in each bedroom
and on each additional story of the dwelling, including basements,
cellars and unfinished spaces, but not including crawl spaces
and uninhabitable attic."
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 13: Are you in favor of the adoption of the following
proposed amendment to the existing Town of New Boston Building
Code as proposed by the Planning Board:
Chapter NB-6.0 Sprinkler Systems for new One-and two-Family Dwellings
and Manufactured Homes.
Renumber this chapter from NB-6.0 to NB-5.0.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 14: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of $1,261,900 for costs related to the construction and
original equipping of a new library.
3/5 ballot vote required.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 15: To see if the town will vote to change the Tax Collector
position from an elected three-year term to an appointed three-year
term as followed by RSA 669:17-b.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 16: Shall we modify the elderly exemptions from property
tax in the Town of New Boston , based on assessed value, for qualified
taxpayers, to be as follows: for a person 65 years of age up to
75 years, $40,000; for a person 75 years of age to 80 years, $55,000;
for a person 80 years of age and older; $80,000. (Given certain
qualifications are met.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 17: Shall we modify the veterans exemption from property
tax in the Town of New Boston as follows: under the optional tax
credit allowed under RSA 72:28-II increase the credit from $100
to $200.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 18: Shall we modify the exemption from property tax in
the Town of New Boston as follows: under the optional service
connected disability credit allowed under RSA 72:35-I.a. increase
the credit from $1,400 to $2,000.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 19: Shall we modify the qualifying income limits for the
disabled exemption in the Town of New Boston from $12,000 for
a single person to $13,400, and from $15,000 if married to $20,400
to comply with the new minimums under RSA 72:37b.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 20: To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special
warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the
amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as
amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth
therein, totaling $2,739,840. Should this article be defeated,
the operating budget will be $2,646,271, which is the same as
last year with certain adjustments required by law. Selectmen
and finance recommended. Should this be defeated, one special
meeting may be held to discuss the operating budget.
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 21: To see if the town will raise and appropriate $40,000
for the construction of a skateboard park, with the approximate
dimensions of 60 feet by 75 feet. At least $15,000 to come from
gifts and donations or grants, and no more than $25,000 to come
from taxation. (Selectmen and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 22: To see if the town will vote to establish a recreation
building capital reserve fund under the provisions of RSA 35:1
and to raise $50,000 to be placed in the fund for this purpose.
(Selectmen and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 23: To see if the town
will vote to raise $20,500 to purchase a replacement Jaws of Life
unit for the fire department. Of the total, $10,000 will be a
grant and the other $10,500 will come from taxation. (Selectmen
and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 24: To see if the town
will raise $90,000 to be placed in the existing fire department
capital reserve fund. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 25: To see if the town
will vote to raise and appropriate $31,200 to purchase a replacement
sedan for the police department. Of the total, $26,000 is for
the vehicle itself and the other $5,200 is for the console, cage,
light bar and various items of emergency related equipment placed
in the trunk of each police vehicle.
(Selectmen and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 26: To see if the town
will raise $14,000 for a portable traffic monitoring unit that
will record vehicle speed as well as keep track of the number
of vehicles and the times of the day vehicles pass the unit. (Selectmen
and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 27: To see if the town
will raise $20,000 toward the engineering study required to qualify
for application for the state bridge aid program in order to eventually
replace the single lane bridge on Lyndeborough road nearest the
intersection with the 2nd NH Turnpike. (Selectmen and finance
recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 28: To see if the town
will vote to establish a backhoe capital reserve fund under the
provisions of RSA 35:1 and to raise $45,000 to be placed in the
fund for this purpose. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 29: To see if the town
will vote to raise and appropriate $28,000 to be placed in the
existing highway dump truck capital reserve fund. (Selectmen and
finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 30: To see if the town
will vote to raise $139,000 for the purchase of a replacement
loader for the highway department, $80,000 to be transferred from
the capital reserve fund established for this purpose. The balance
of $59,000 is to come from taxation. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 31: To see if the town
will vote to raise and appropriate $65,000 to upgrade Twin Bridge
Road. (Selectmen and finance recommended)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 32: To see if the town
will raise $37,000 to purchase a set of scales for the transfer
station. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 33: To see if the town
will raise $15,000 that will be added to the $9,000 already approved
and encumbered from previous years to fund the completion of the
master plan. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 34: To see if the town
will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000 to be placed in the
existing cemetery expansion capital reserve fund. (Selectmen and
finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 35: To see if the town
will raise $1,500 to engage an architect to assist with issues
related to a possible future renovation of the first floor of
town hall and to prepare cost estimates of same. (Selectmen and
finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 36: To see if the town will raise $32,000 to be placed
in the existing town hall roof/chimney capital reserve fund. (Selectmen
and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 37: To see if the town
will raise $35,000 to be placed in the existing town revaluation
capital reserve fund. (Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 38: To see if the town
will vote to raise $150 as a donation to the YWCA Crisis Service.
(Selectmen and finance recommended.)
Yes................................000 No................................000
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Article 39: To see if the town
will vote to discontinue the real property/land rights capital
reserve fund and to allow the proceeds in the fund of $2,831 to
be transferred into the general fund.
Yes................................000 No................................000
Weare School
Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
School Board, for three years,
vote for one
Marjorie Burke
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School Board, for one year, vote for one
Helen
Dutton
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout: xxx%
Weare School
Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Shall the district
set the salaries of the school board and the compensation for
any other officers of the district as printed in the 2004-05 budget?
(This warrant article is supported by the school board. Majority
vote required. The 2004-05 amount is included in Article 3, the
operating budget.)
Yes................................1148
No................................478
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Article 3: Shall the district raise and appropriate as an operating
budget, not including appropriations by special or separate warrant
articles or other appropriations voted separately, the amounts
set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended
by the first session totaling $8,779,344?
Should this article be defeated, the operating budget shall be
$8,511,209, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments
required by previous action of the district or by law, or the
governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with
RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating
budget only.
(This article is supported by the school board. Majority vote
required.)
Yes................................829
No................................826
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Article 4: Shall the district raise and appropriate $48,228 to
pay the salary and benefits for a guidance counselor for the Weare
Middle School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................781 No................................875
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Article 5: Shall the district raise and appropriate $40,000 to
purchase a portable classroom for Weare Middle School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................665 No................................996
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Article 6: Shall the district raise and appropriate $59,000 to
purchase new computer equipment, additional software licenses,
and hire technical support staff for the Center Woods Elementary
School and Weare Middle School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................864
No................................793
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Article 7: Shall the district raise and appropriate $48,228 to
pay the salary and benefits for a Grade 3 teacher for Center Woods
Elementary School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................863
No................................784
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Article 8: Shall the district raise and appropriate $15,000 to
hire a half-time custodian for the Center Woods Elementary School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................653 No................................999
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Article 9: Shall the district raise and appropriate $8,300 to
purchase padding for the walls of the Center Woods Elementary
School gym?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................674 No................................985
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Article 10: Shall the district raise and appropriate $8,300 to
hire a band director for Weare Middle School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................670 No................................983
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Article 11: Shall the district raise and appropriate $49,770 to
pay the salary and benefits for a Dean of Students for the Weare
Middle School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................363 No................................1286
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Article 12: Shall the district raise and appropriate $24,115 to
pay the salary and benefits for a half-time reading specialist
at the Center Woods Elementary School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................904
No................................744
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Article 13: Shall the district raise and appropriate $15,905 to
pay the salary and benefits for a receptionist at the Center Woods
Elementary School?
(This article is supported by the school board. It is in addition
to Warrant Article 3, the operating budget. Majority vote required.)
Yes................................504 No................................1140
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Article 14: Shall the district appropriate $25,000 of any remaining
surplus remaining at the close of the current fiscal year to the
School Building Repair Expendable Trust Fund, previously established
in March 2001, for the purpose of major building repairs and improvements?
(This article is supported by the school board. Majority vote
required.)
Yes................................1217
No................................439
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout percentage: xxx%
Weare Town
Offices
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Selectman, for three years, vote
for one
Heleen
Kurk 1079
Brian McDonald 549
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Town clerk, for three years, vote for one
Evelyn
M. Connor 1488
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Town treasurer, for three years, vote for one
Donald
E. Thomson 1357
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Moderator, for two years, vote for one
Neal
M. Kurk 1284
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Checklist supervisor for six years, vote for one
Janice
Proctor 1342
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Library trustee, for three years, vote for one
Lynn
F. Hanna 1327
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Cemetery trustee, for three years, vote for one
Janet
Brown 1359
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Trustee of trust funds, for three years, vote for one
Wilbur
C. Beaupre 1316
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Board of fire wards, non-member FD, for three years, vote for
one
Timothy
Maskeil (write-in) 71
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Board of fire wards, member FD, three years, vote for one
Scott
Dinsmore 1306
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Voter turnout: xxx
Registered voters: xxx Turnout: xxx%
Weare Zoning/Town
Warrants
Unofficial returns; denotes
winner
Article 2: Amends the zoning ordinance
to redefine the word "driveway," and sets size requirements.
Yes................................823
No................................807
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Article 3: Amends the zoning ordinance to define common driveways
as having access to no more than two lots.
Yes................................1061
No................................559
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Article 4: To amend the zoning ordinance to say "Where cluster
condominiums, duplex or multi-family housing is proposed, the
requirements of Table 1-1 shall apply for each dwelling unit."
In-law apartments are not considered separate dwelling units.
Yes................................1161
No................................434
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Article 5: To amend the zoning ordinance Article 28.7 to remove
the words "special exception" and renumber other articles.
Defines permit needs for wetlands zone.
Yes................................1123
No................................480
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Article 6: Are you in favor of adopting amendment five of the
zoning ordinance, to adopt an interim Growth Management Ordinance
pursuant to RSA 674:23. Recommended by Planning Board.
Yes................................1211
No................................429
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Article 7:Are you in favor of adopting Amendment six, which states,
"to amend Town Zoning Map by modifying the zoning of Tax
Map 201 Lot 247, said parcel located on South Stark Highway to
change it from commercial to residential?" Recommended by
Planning Board.
Yes................................1066
No................................543
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Article 8: Are you in favor of adopting Amendment seven, which
states, "To modify the zoning of two acres of Tax Map 201,
Lot 14, said parcel being located of John Connor Road/North Stark
Highway, to change from commercial to residential?" Recommended
by Planning Board.
Yes................................1044
No................................564
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Article 9: Are you in favor of adopting Amendment 8, which states,
"To add Article 30-B, the Clinton Grove Historic Overlay
District, to the Zoning Ordinance?" Recommended by Planning
Board.
Yes................................1119
No................................479
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Article 10: Are you in favor of adopting Amendment nine, which
states, "To amend the Town Zoning Map, by modifying the zoning
of Tax Map 411, said parcels located on Forest Road, Helen Dearborn
Road, with the exception of 5.17 acres fronting on Oak Ridge Road;
to be moved from residential to residential manufactured housing
senior clusters? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................474 No................................1148
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Article 11: Shall the town raise as an operating budget the amounts
set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended
by vote of the first session, totaling $3,534,548. If defeated,
the default budget would be $3,461,443. One special meeting may
be held to discuss the operation budget if this article fails.
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................514
No................................1131
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Article 12: Shall the town raise the sum of $442,610 to be added
to the Capital Reserve Fund. Recommended by Selectmen
Yes................................725 No................................928
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Article 13: Shall the town raise $175,000, to be placed into the
Fire and Rescue Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund to purchase a fire
truck? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................602 No................................1059
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Article 14: Shall the town authorize the Selectmen to enter a
seven-year lease purchase agreement for a new ambulance at the
cost of $153,000 and raise $24,947 as the 2004 lease payment?
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................907
No................................756
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Article 15: Shall the town establish a Capital Reserve Fund, to
be known as the Police Advanced Equipment Fund and to raise $1,000
to be put in the fund? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................600 No................................1041
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Article 16: Shall the town raise and fund $1,750 To fund a D.A.R.E.
program for the children of the town? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................891
No................................765
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Article 17: Shall the town hire two full-time officers to be funded
by the C.O.P.S. Grant Program enabling the town to have 24-hour
police coverage and to raise the sum of $166,106 to cover the
first- year salary? Of this, $29,027 would be paid by the town,
and $87079.66 would be paid by the federal government. Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................735 No................................932
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Article 18: Shall the town of raise $20,000 to pay wages and related
expenses to re-institute the Community Service Officer Program
in the Weare Police Department? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................506 No................................1150
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Article 19: Shall the town raise $1, 500 for speed and safety
enforcement details on holidays and other designated periods?
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................514 No................................1156
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Article 20: Shall the town raise $1,500 for DWI patrols on holidays
and other designated periods? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................553 No................................1104
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Article 21: Shall the town raise $1,800 for sponsoring a Civilian
Police Academy for Weare? Not recommended by the Selectmen.
Yes................................157 No................................1498
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Article 22: Shall the town raise $2,500 for planning and conducting
an emergency management exercise for all community agencies? Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................680 No................................968
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Article 23: Shall the town raise $298,500 for road reconstruction
and resurfacing of roads? $209,297.35 comes from state funds,
$9,202.65 from taxation. Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1196
No................................465
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Article 24: Shall the town raise $46,079 to cover the wages and
benefits for an additional full-time employee at the Public Works
Department? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................614 No................................1035
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Article 25: Shall the town raise $16,000 to cover the costs of
the Town's participation in two, (spring and fall), local Household
Hazardous Waste Collections in the year 2004? Recommended by the
Board of Selectmen.
Yes................................1113
No................................541
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Article 26: Shall the town raise $5,000 to be added to the established
Expendable General Maintenance Fund titled Gasoline System?
Yes................................718 No................................923
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Article 27: Shall the town raise $9,318 to hire a part-time assistant
for the Town Finance Administrator? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................494 No................................1141
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Article 28: Shall the town raise 3,000 for weed inspections at
the Chase Park boat ramp? The cost will be partially or totally
offset by a new launch fee. Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................906
No................................749
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Article 29: Shall the town raise $19,770 to cover costs associated
with upgrading the Land Use Coordinator to a full-time position?
Recommended by the Selectmen.
Yes................................600 No................................1043
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Article 30: Shall the town deposit $14,000 of the revenues produced
by the Cable Franchise fees into the Community Access TV Equipment
Fund to provide for equipment acquisition? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................942
No................................704
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Article 31: Shall the town raise $15,000 for cemetery improvements?
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1071
No................................583
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Article 32: Shall the town raise $1,937 for general maintenance
and upkeep of the town forests; and further, to authorize Selectmen
to withdraw $1,937 for this from the Town Forest Account? Recommended
Selectmen.
Yes................................1191
No................................469
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Article 33: Shall the town raise $6,000 to purchase fireworks
for the 2004 Weare Patriotic Celebration? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1042
No................................629
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Article 34: Shall the Town discontinue the Chase Park and Ball
Fields Improvement Capital Reserve Fund; Account is $128,505 and
will be deposited into the General Fund. Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................866
No................................774
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Article 35: Shall the town establish a Capital Reserve Fund, to
be known as the Chase Park Fund, and raise and fund $33,505 to
be deposited into the Fund? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................738 No................................895
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Article 36: Shall the town discontinue the Recreational Field
Development Capital Reserve Fund; Funds are $17,910 and will be
deposited in the general fund. Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................881
No................................731
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Article 37: Shall the town establish a Capital Reserve Fund, to
be known as the Recreational Field Development and Improvement
Fund, and to raise and fund $47,952 to be placed in the fund?
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................644 No................................980
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Article 38: Shall the town vote to establish a Capital Reserve
Fund, to be known as the Building Department Vehicle Replacement
Fund, and to raise $0 for the fund, and to designate the Selectmen
as agents to expend? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................619 No................................992
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Article 39: Shall the town raise $4,333 for lawn care for the
town? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................695 No................................936
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Article 40: Shall the town discontinue a portion of Mt. Williams
Pond Road starting at the south access southerly to point where
it meets Old Martin Road? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1130
No................................476
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Article 41: Shall the town discontinue a portion of Bart Clough
Road from the point the road changes form Class V to Class VI
northeasterly to where it meets Melvin Valley Road? Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................1113
No................................492
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Article 42: Shall the town discontinue a portion of East Road
starting at the end of the paved portion of East Road then southerly
through the Brown Farm to a point where it meets Melvin Valley
Road? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1111
No................................493
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Article 43: Shall the town discontinue Saw Mill road starting
at Mt. Dearborn Road south westerly to a point where it meets
Sate Route 149? Recommended by the Selectmen.
Yes................................1096
No................................512
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Article 44: Shall the town rescind the authority provided by 2002
Warrant Article #12 in which authority was given to the Board
of Selectmen to seek an issuance of a bond for the safety complex? Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................1215
No................................372
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Article 45: Shall the town tear down the old center fire station?
Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................854
No................................702
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Article 46: Shall the town grant the Weare Conservation Commission
authority to petition on behalf of the town for unlimited access
to the Natural Heritage Inventory for Weare, to enhance natural
resource management and potential conservation land acquisition
plans? Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1124
No................................491
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Article 47: Shall the town adopt the provisions of RSA 31:95-c
to restrict 95 percent of the revenues from income derived from
providing police contracted details to expenditures for paying
the police officers to provide contracted detail service? Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................1067
No................................538
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Article 48: Shall the town discontinue the Computer Maintenance
Capital Reserve Fund; such funds are approximately $8.13, and
will be deposited into the general fund. Recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................1358
No................................267
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Article 49: Are you in favor of decreasing the Selectmen to three
members? Not recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................697 No................................921
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Article 50: Shall the town designate as scenic roads: 1. the entire
length of Nichols Road, from West Quaker Street to Reservoir Drive;
2.the entire length of West Quaker Street to Nichols Road. Recommended
by Selectmen.
Yes................................1085
No................................540
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Article 51: Shall the town vote to elect its police chief by ballot
to serve a three-year term. Not recommended by Selectmen.
Yes................................903
No................................766
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