2008 Town Election and Meeting Results

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (Election)
Saturday, March 15, 2008 (Business meeting)

Contested Races

Selectman (3-yr term)

Supervisor of the Checklist

Article 2, Planning Board Questions

1. Rename the "Jaffrey Land Use Plan" to the "Jaffrey Zoning Ordinances".

2. Delete Para 4.26C of the Land Use Plan, which states that undevelopable land will not be considered in calculating density requirements. 

3. Establish Mountain Zone as its own zone, rather than an overlay district.

4. Revise Open Space Development Plan section of zoning ordinances, set new criteria for density bonuses.

5. Update the Floodplain Ordinance with revisions as proposed by the National Flood Insurance Program.

3/15/2008 Town Meeting Warrant Articles

Art. 3  Accept all reports submitted by Town Officers as printed in Annual Report. APPROVED  (with stipulation that Vital Statistics will appear in future Annual Reports.)

Art. 4  Accept costs included in collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the Public Works union. APPROVED

Art. 5  Passed over.

Art. 6  Accept costs included in collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the Police union. APPROVED

Art. 7  Passed over.

Art. 8  Raise and appropriate $6,975,714 for general municipal operations. APPROVED

Art. 9  Add $45,000 to capital reserve fund for property revaluation. APPROVED

Art. 10  Raise and appropriate $125,000 for purchase of new sidewalk plow. APPROVED

Art. 11  Raise and appropriate $25,000 for purchase of new emergency backup generator at Fire Department. APPROVED

Art. 12  Raise and appropriate $70,000 for purchase of 1-acre lot from State of NH to complete the ball-field complex and as the site for a possible community center location. APPROVED

Art. 13  Ratify expenditure of up to $160,000 for acquisition of water quality/conservation easement on 56 acres at Grey Goose Farm on Squantum Road. APPROVED

Art. 14  Raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000  to be deposited into the Cemetery Trees Trust Fund. APPROVED 

Art. 15  Raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to be deposited into the Gravestone Restoration Trust Fund. APPROVED

Art. 16  Raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to be deposited into the Meeting House Trust Fund. APPROVED

Art. 17  To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 12 of the 1998 Town Meeting to provide that the Town Clock fund is to be utilized for the maintenance and repair of both Town Clocks. APPROVED

Art. 18  Accept the revised Stone Arch Bridge Tax Increment Finance District Financing Plan. APPROVED

Art. 19  Accept the revised Downtown Tax Increment Finance District Financing Plan. APPROVED

Art. 20  To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept as a town roadway (Class V) the construction and completion of approximately 1300 feet of Perry Road (Clover Farms Subdivision). APPROVED

Art. 21  To see if the Town will vote to rescind Article 21 of the 1987 Annual Town Meeting regarding the discharge of firearms in the vicinity of Cheshire Pond. APPROVED

Art. 22  To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 23 of the 1993 Annual Town Meeting to authorize that any proceeds which accrue from forest management on town-owned property shall be apportioned 50% to the Conservation Fund and 50% to the Town’s General Fund, Enterprise Fund or Special Revenue Fund. APPROVED (by secret ballot)

Art. 23  Raise and appropriate the sum of $18,000 to support the Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance for the ensuing year. APPROVED

Art. 24  Raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000 for the support of the Monadnock Community Early Learning Center, a non-profit agency. APPROVED

Art. 25  Raise and appropriate the sum of $7,163 for Monadnock Family Services. APPROVED

Art. 26  Raise and appropriate the sum of $17,000 to support HCS – Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services to support the continuance of visiting nursing services being provided to the residents of Jaffrey. APPROVED

Art. 27  Raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to help support the work of The Community Kitchen, Inc. in Keene, NH. APPROVED

Art. 28  Raise and appropriate the sum of $3,800 (three thousand eight hundred dollars) to Southwestern Community Services, Inc., a private non-profit, multi-service, anti-poverty agency. APPROVED

Art. 29  To See if the Town will vote to approve the following resolution to be forwarded to our elected officials at the local and state levels: Resolved: We the citizens of Jaffrey, NH believe in a New Hampshire that is just and fair. State leaders who take a pledge for no new taxes perpetuate higher and higher property taxes. We call on our State Representatives, our State Senator and our Governor to reject the “Pledge”, have an open discussion covering all options, and adopt a revenue system that lowers property taxes. APPROVED