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New Hampshire Elections

March 8, 2010

Sandown town warrant

Selectman (1 for 1 year)

Sonia Obinger-Silva: 416

* Thomas Tombarello: 692

Selectmen (2 for 3 years)

Ralph A. Shalsi Sr.: 191

* Stephen Brown: 619

* Brenda L. Copp: 478

James E. Devine: 359

Frank J. Landino Jr.: 282

Moderator (1 for 2 years)

* Ted Winglass: 1,049

Police chief (1 for 3 years)

* Joseph Gordon: 1,075

Planning Board (1 for 1 year)

* Mark Traeger: 634

Ernest Brown: 455

Planning Board (2 for 3 years)

* Marilyn Cormier: 595

Fred Daley: 525

* Stephen Meisner: 552

Budget Committee (2 for 2 years)

Ralph Millard: 42

Robert Millard: 26

Heidi Chaput: 14

Budget Committee (2 for 3 years)

Ralph Millard: 25

Robert Millard: 25

Brenda Copp: 17

Library trustee (2 for 3 years)

* W. Steven Clifton: 819

* Carol Stafford: 927

Trustee of trust funds (1 for 3 years)

* Arlene F. Bassett: 1,074

Cemetery trustee (1 for 3 years)

* Carroll L. Bassett: 1.075

Fire Department Engineers (2 for 3 years)

* Mark VanAuken: 793

* Fred Teague Jr.: 982

Supervisor of the Checklist (1 for 6 years)

* Diane A. Thompson: 957

ARTICLE 2. Operating budget of $3,191,510. If defeated, the default budget is $3,243,445, the same as last year's budget. Recommended by selectmen and the Budget Committee.

* Yes: 815

No: 133

ARTICLE 3. $268,000 for the road improvement capital reserve fund.

* Yes: 699

No: 505

ARTICLE 4. Authorize selectmen to accept a $138,795 grant for road improvement programs recommended by the High Department.

* Yes: 1,023

No: 186

ARTICLE 5. A citizens petition asking to create an unpaid position of elderly affairs director with selectmen to determine the duties and qualifications.

Yes: 537

* No: 664

ARTICLE 6. $176,000 to be put in a capital reserve fund for a new police station.

* Yes: 618

No: 587

ARTICLE 7. $21,900 to replace the furnace at Town Hall.

* Yes: 897

No: 310

ARTICLE 8. Revise the town's ethics awareness policy. Provide each volunteer, elected official, employee and board member with a copy of the current policy and require them to sign a form stating they will follow the policy.

* Yes: 868

No: 331

ARTICLE 9. $25,000 for continuing the mosquito surveillance and control program.

* Yes: 892

No: 317

ARTICLE 10. $4,500 for the annual Old Home Day celebration.

* Yes: 816

No: 396

ARTICLE 11. $1 to purchase and install a generator at the recreation building to be used during emergencies.

Yes: 584

* No: 615

ARTICLE 12. $35,000 for a new forestry/utility vehicle for the Fire Department. The department's current 24-year-old vehicle would be sold and the proceeds placed in the general fund

* Yes: 688

No: 526

ARTICLE 13. Change from 100 percent to 50 percent the amount of land use change tax revenue to be placed in the conservation fund and place the remaining 50 percent into the general fund.

Yes: 516

* No: 705

ARTICLE 14. Discontinue the Cable TV fund. Money in the fund would be transferred to the general fund. If Article 15 fails, Article 14 would be voided.

* Yes: 888

No: 298

ARTICLE 15. Establish the Cable TV revolving fund for operation of the town's public television station. Revenue from cable franchise fees would be placed in the fund. $32,615 from the unreserved fund balance would be deposited into the fund. If this article fails, Article 14 would be voided.

* Yes: 617

No: 563

ARTICLE 16. Spend $3,000 from the Police Department safety and enforcement special revenue fund for the maintenance of off-highway recreational vehicles and outfitting of officers with safety gear while patrolling the trails.

* Yes: 792

No: 427

ARTICLE 17. $5,000 to purchase an in-car video system. This amount is contingent upon the town receiving a grant to pay half the cost.

* Yes: 721

No: 427

ARTICLE 18. Create a trust fund and appropriate $7,500 in surplus money for repairing and maintaining town property as a result of emergencies.

* Yes: 699

No: 505

ARTICLE 19. Create a revolving fund and appropriate $5,000 to pay for police special details. The fund could also be used for purchasing new cruisers for special details.

* Yes: 644

No: 534

ARTICLE 20. Create a capital reserve fund and appropriate $32,894 for a highway excavator.

Yes: 428

* No: 730

ARTICLE 21. Increase the elderly exemption: 65 years old to 75, $85,000 to $100,000; 75 to 80, $100,000 to $125,000; 80 and older, $125,000 to $150,000. Increase net income limit for all ages groups: single - $50,000 to $65,000; married $70,000 to $75,000.

Yes: 540

* No: 637

ARTICLE 22. Approve a resolution defining "marriage."

* Yes: 662

No: 502

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