OFFICIAL BALLOT
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
NEW BOSTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
MARCH 10, 2009
Article 1. To choose all necessary officers for the ensuing year.
Selectmen for 3 years: Vote for ONE only
Gordon Carlstrom 353
Rodney Towne 897
Cemetery Trustee for 3 years: Vote for ONE only
Warren Houghton 1181
Fire Ward for 3 years: Vote for THREE only
Dan MacDonald 1150
Dave Rugg 984
Daniel K. Teague 1035
Library Trustee for 3 years: Vote for TWO only
Jed Callen 1053
Eric Seidel 988
Trustee of the Trust Funds for 3 years: Vote for ONE only
R. Frederick Hayes, Jr. 1144
Town Clerk for 3 years: Vote for ONE only
Irene Baudreau 1173
Article 2. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Establishment of Districts and District Regulations, Section 204.2, "COM" Commercial, as detailed in the warrant.
YES 872 NO 366
Article 3. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article VI, Definitions, Section 602, Term Definitions, as detailed in the warrant.
YES 865 NO 355
Article 4. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Establishment of Districts and District Regulations, Section 204.4, "R-A" Residential & Agricultural, as follows:
Add a new use to the list of Special Exceptions as follows:
"14. Accessory Dwelling Unit."
YES 854 NO 386
Article 5. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Special Provisions, to add a new Section 404 Accessory Dwelling Units, as detailed in the warrant.
YES 825 NO 403
Article 6. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Special Provisions, to add a new section 405, Small Wind Energy Systems, as detailed in the warrant.
YES 988 NO 275
Article 7. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Zoning Ordinance, Article III, General Provisions, Section 310, Temporary Uses and Structures, as follows:
Delete the existing section and replace with the following language:
"A building permit shall be required for any temporary structure or temporary use that would otherwise require a building permit if such structure or use were permanent."
YES 655 NO
Article 8. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Building Code, Chapter NB-2.0, Administrative, to add a new section NB-2.13, Temporary Permits and Uses, as follows:
"A building permit shall be required for any temporary structure or temporary use that would otherwise require a building permit if such structure or use were permanent. "
YES 626 NO 640
Article 9. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Building Code as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Building Code, Chapter NB-5.0, Sprinkler Systems for new One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes, Section NB-5.4, Design, to add a new section as follows:
"8. In addition to #7 above, all sprinkler systems installed in the Town of New Boston shall upon activation sound an alarm within the structure that will alert the occupants. This can be accomplished by connecting the sprinkler system to the household smoke detectors."
YES 792 NO 472
Article 10. Are you in favor of the adoption of the following amendment to the existing Town Floodplain Development Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board?
To amend the New Boston Floodplain Development Ordinance, Item VII, as follows:
Amend Section 1. by changing the reference in the second sentence from "Wetlands Board" to "Wetlands Bureau", so that it reads as follows: "Further, the applicant shall be required to submit copies of said notification to those adjacent communities as determined by the Building Inspector, including notice of all scheduled hearings before the Wetlands Bureau."
YES 935 NO 304
Article 11. To see whether the Town of New Boston, pursuant to RSA 155-E:1, (III), will vote to establish the Planning Board to be the Regulator, as that term is understood in RSA 155-E, with all of the authority provided for therein and, additionally, to rescind the prior vote taken on Article 17 of the 1980 town meeting which established the Board of Selectmen as the Regulator, and, additionally, since the Regulator is empowered to adopt regulations relating to RSA 155-E and earth material removal, and will be so empowered upon the passage of this article, to rescind, hereby, the following listed earth material removal or gravel regulations heretofore adopted by previous town meetings, the particular ordinances or amendments being rescinded, which are referred to below by Article # and Year of relevant Town
Meeting, include and are limited to, the following:
Article 16, Ordinance Annual Town Meeting March of 1972
Article 17 Replacement Ordinance Annual Town Meeting March of 1973
Article 26 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1977
Article 18 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1980
or take action relative thereto.
YES 798 NO 403
Article 12. To see whether the Town of New Boston will vote to rescind the following listed town ordinances adopted by previous town meetings, which ordinances purported to regulate private dumps, motor vehicles and machinery junk yards, house trailers and mobile homes, and advertising signs and billboards, as well as other matters more particularly set forth therein, since the subjects of these regulations have now, for the most part, been superseded by other regulations or state laws which govern the same matters, the particular ordinances or amendments being rescinded, which are referred to below by Article # and Year of relevant Town Meeting, include and are limited to, the following:
Article 8 Ordinance Annual Town Meeting March of 1965
Article 14 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1968
Article 10 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1971
Article 25 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1977
Article 19 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1989
Article 3 Amendment Annual Town Meeting March of 1999
or take action relative thereto.
YES 881 NO 335
Article 13. Shall the Town vote to adopt the provisions of RSA 36-A:4-aII(b), to authorize the Conservation Commission to expend funds for contributions to “qualified organizations” for the purchase of property interests, or facilitating transactions related thereto, where the property interest is to be held by the qualified organization and the town will hold no interest in the property?
YES 781 NO 461
Article 14. Shall the Town adopt the provisions of RSA 466:30-a, which make it unlawful for any dog to run at large, except when accompanied by the owner or custodian, and when used for hunting, for guarding, working, or herding livestock, as defined in RSA 21:31-a, II(a)(4), for supervised competition and exhibition, or for training for such. For the purpose of this section, “accompanied” means that the owner or custodian must be able to see or hear, or both, or have reasonable knowledge of where the dog is hunting, where training is being conducted, where trials are being held, or where the dog is guarding, working, or herding livestock. Nothing herein provided shall mean that the dog must be within sight at all times.
YES 802 NO 503
Article 15: To see if the Town will vote to change the Selectmen position from a three year elected position with no limit on number of terms in office to a three year elected position with a limit of two consecutive terms in office. There shall be no limit on the number of non-consecutive individual terms. By Petition.
YES 729 NO 571
Article 16: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one million four hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,460,000) for the construction and original equipping of a new library, and to authorize the issuance of not more than four hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars ($499,000) of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA 33) and to authorize municipal officials to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon; furthermore, to authorize the withdrawal of one hundred and four thousand dollars ($104,000) from the Library Capital Reserve Fund created for this purpose; with the balance of eight hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars ($857,000) to come from fund raising. (3/5 vote
Required)(Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 790 NO 612
Article 17. Shall the Town 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 three million, eight hundred eighty eight thousand, nine hundred and eighty seven dollars ($3,888,987). Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be three million, seven hundred eighty five thousand, three hundred and twenty five dollars ($3,785,325) which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Town of New Boston 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. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 799 NO 511
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one hundred and eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) to purchase a 10-wheel dump truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the withdrawal of one hundred and fifty six thousand dollars ($156,000) from the Capital Reserve Fund created for that purpose. The balance of twenty four thousand dollars ($24,000) is to come from taxation. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 780 NO 548
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate thirty six thousand dollars ($36,000) to be placed in the existing Capital Reserve Fund for Highway Department Trucks. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 850 NO 473
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) to be placed in the existing Capital Reserve Fund for Highway Department Heavy Equipment. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 800 NO 516
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to go toward the costs related to the 2011 revaluation of the community. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 712 NO 592
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for an energy audit of the Town Hall. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 703 NO 616
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate thirty five thousand and five hundred dollars ($35,500) for the refurbishment of the Town’s Hose/Reel Fire truck. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 984 NO 344
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate fifty four thousand five hundred dollars ($54,500) to be placed in the existing Capital Reserve Fund for Fire Department Vehicles. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 927 NO 398
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to install culverts and make other improvements to a section of Lyndeborough Road and to shore up an abutment of Howe Bridge damaged by the 2007 flood. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 891 NO 430
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to continue the funding for the 2010 replacement of the single lane bridge on Lyndeborough Road nearest the 2nd NH Turnpike. Replacement is being funded under the state bridge aid program with an 80/20 state/town cost share. This will be a non-lapsing appropriation under RSA 32:7 VI and will not lapse until the project is complete or until 2012. (Majority Vote Required) (Selectmen and Finance Committee recommend 8-0)
YES 893 NO 431
New Boston Central School Ballot Results
Michael McMurray, School Board 1097
Article 2 Shall the School District vote to approve the cost items included in the three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement reached between the New Boston School Board and the New Boston Support Staff Association which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits:
Year Estimated Increase
2009 – 2010 $37,575
2010 – 2011 $39,245
2011 – 2012 $41,715
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARDS ($37,575.00) for the 2009-10 fiscal year, and to take TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS ($2,270.00) from the Food Service Revenue accounts with the remaining THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIVE DOLLARS ($35,305.00) to come from taxation for the purpose of funding the balance of the said 2009-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement or to take any other action in relation thereto? This appropriation is in addition to Warrant Article #3, the Operating Budget Article. (The School Board recommends this Article.) (Majority vote required)
Yes 884 No 467
Article 3 Shall the 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, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($10,497,147.00). Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED FORTY TWO DOLLARS ($10,456,342.00) 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. This warrant article (the Operating Budget Article) does not include appropriations in ANY other warrant articles. (Majority vote required)
Yes 1046 No 296
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