2009 Town Election and Meeting Results

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (Election)
Saturday, March 14, 2009 (Business meeting)

Contested Races

Library Trustee

Article 2, Planning Board Questions

1. Sign ordinance changes.

2. Variance must be obtained from Zoning Board for lot or building that does not conform to zoning ordinance.

3/14/2009 Town Meeting Warrant Articles

Art. 3a  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,200,000 for water main replacement at Bullet Tank/Cathedral Rd/Prescott Rd, contingent upon receiving federal stimulus grants.  Anticipated bond debt service of $560,000 to be paid from Water fund reserve. APPROVED (by secret ballot)

Art. 3b  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,662,000 for water main extension to Stone Arch Bridge industrial area, contingent upon receiving federal stimulus grants.  Bond debt service to be paid from Stone Arch Bridge TIFD. APPROVED (by secret ballot)

Art. 4  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3,400,000 for wastewater treatment plant upgrade, installation of pellet boiler, and sewer system improvements, contingent upon receiving federal stimulus grants.  Bond debt service  to be paid 2/3 by sewer user fees and 1/3 from general tax revenue. DEFEATED (by secret ballot)

Art. 5  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,200,000 for environmental assessment and preliminary design work for downtown traffic throughpass/bypass, contingent upon receiving federal stimulus grants. DEFEATED (by secret ballot)

Art. 6  To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $100,000 for purchase of Arthur Hunt property on Squantum Rd in order to expand Humiston Field. APPROVED (by secret ballot)

Art. 7  Accept all reports submitted by Town Officers as printed in Annual Report. APPROVED  (with stipulation that marriage records in Vital Statistics will be corrected.)

Art. 8  Accept costs included in collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the Public Works union, AFSCME Local 2973. APPROVED

Art. 9  Passed over.

Art. 10  Accept costs included in collective bargaining agreement between the Town and the Police union, AFSCME Local 3657. APPROVED

Art. 11  Passed over.

Art. 12  Raise and appropriate $7,590,372 for general municipal operations.    Amendment offered on floor to increase budget by $140,000 for road construction/maintenance purposes, for a total budget of $7,730,372. AMENDED BUDGET APPROVED (by head count)

Art. 13  Raise the income limit for elderly property tax exemptions to $24,000 individual or $30,000 married. APPROVED

Art. 14  Raise and appropriate $3,000 for Cemetery Trees Trust Fund. APPROVED

Art. 15  Raise and appropriate $2,500 for Gravestone Restoration Fund. APPROVED

Art. 16  Raise and appropriate $3,000 for Meeting House Trust Fund. APPROVED

Art. 17  Accept the revised Stone Arch Bridge Tax Increment Finance District Financing Plan. APPROVED

Art. 18  Accept the revised Downtown Tax Increment Finance District Financing Plan. APPROVED

Art. 19  Adopt provisions of RSA 36-A:4-a,I(b) to authorize Conservation Commission to expend funds for property interests/transactions where the Town will retain no executory interest in the property. APPROVED

Art. 20  Adopt provisions of RSA 36-A:4-a,I(a) to authorize Conservation Commission to expend funds for property interests/transactions outside the boundaries of our municipality. APPROVED

Art. 21  Establish a Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund under the provisions of RSA 35:1 as part of the Town's Capital Improvement Program, for acquiring of land or conservation easements upon strategic open space. APPROVED

Art. 22  Raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to be deposited into the new Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund. APPROVED

Art. 23  Raise and appropriate the sum of $16,000 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 $6,000 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  Raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to Park Theatre in Jaffrey to demonstrate the Town's commitment to the restoration and re-opening of the Theatre. APPROVED

Art. 30  (by motion on the floor) To see if the Selectmen will appoint a committee to study how to make taxes more fair and equitable. APPROVED