Moderator (1 for 2 years)
* Electra Alessio: 959
Selectman (1 for 3 years)
* Charles Hart: 892
Treasurer (1 for 3 years)
* Jayne Ramey: 897
Supervisor of the checklist (1 for 6 years)
* Robert L. Pothier: 911
Trustees of the trust funds (2 for 3 years)
* Donna Winslow: 857
* Bradley R. Maxwell: 773
Trustees of the trust funds (1 for 1 years)
No candidates
Library trustees (2 for 3 years)
* Anthony Whitcomb: 747
* Kathleen McDonough: 824
Library trustee (1 for 2 years)
* Robert Grier: 867
Library trustee (1 for 1 year)
* Mary Magnusson: 940
Kristen McClellan: 17
Fire ward (1 for 3 years)
* Kent Walker: 888
Planning Board (2 for 3 years)
Stanley Shalett: 390
* Richard G. Wilson: 622
* Daniel Mastroianni: 607
Budget Committee (4 for 3 years)
* Sandy Seaman:27
* Wanda Miller: 19
* Carela Crane: 16
* Keith Dias: 16
Budget Committee (2 for 2 years)
* Stanley Shalett: 690
Zoning Board of Adjustment (1 for 3 years)
* "Jay" Alberts: 540
Earl Branch: 82
Robert L. Morse: 377
ARTICLE 2: Amend Article 303, Sign Ordinance, by adding:
5. Rules for Sign Removal:
a. All businesses must remove its sign within ninety (90) days of closing.
b. All business signs must be "blanked-out" within ninety (90) days of closing by owner of property; standard or post need not be removed.
c. In a residential setting, signs must be removed at once upon closing of business.
d. In a non-conforming setting, a sign must be removed within ninety (90) days of closing, and the standard or platform must be removed within one year of closing of business.
e. All of the above are based on the sign and stand, platform or standard being in good, safe condition, not posing a safety issue with the public.
* Yes: 936
No: 159
ARTICLE 3: Amend the Historic District I regulations to provide consistent zoning along both sides of the "Plains" by removing the following lots from the Single Family Residential Zone
* Yes: 615
No: 428
ARTICLE 4: Amend Article 108, Commercial Zone I, by adding the following multifamily Workforce Housing as a permitted use.
* Yes:569
No: 456
ARTICLE 5: Replace Article 302 with the following: Article 302: Outdoor Lighting Ordinance
* Yes: 607
No: 439
ARTICLE 6: Adding an Industrial Zone as a zone in which the principal of use of land is for industry, professional/technology/retail park and associated uses.
* Yes: 752
No: 299
ARTICLE 7: Operating budget of $4,446,831. Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $ 4,443,179.
* Yes: 684
No: 416
ARTICLE 8: Authorize the tax collector to allow a 1¬½% deduction from Property Tax when payment is made within 30 days of billing?
* Yes: 1,081
No: 48
ARTICLE 9: Establish a municipal water utility, to accept future dedications of water utility infrastructure, plant and property which the Selectmen judge to be suitable for establishing a municipal water utility, with the further understanding that any agreement to accept or acquire such plant or infrastructure shall either be paid for from monies appropriated for general government purposes, or alternately, in the Selectmen's discretion, any agreement to acquire or a determination of acquisition price shall be presented to a future Kingston Town Meeting for approval and ratification prior to final acquisition of water utility property?
Yes: 696
* No: 376 (Needed 2/3 —708 — to pass)
ARTICLE 10: $50,000 for the Town Buildings Maintenance and Repairs Capital Reserve Fund?
* Yes: 643
No: 464
ARTICLE 11: $50,000 for the Highway Department Equipment Replacement Capital Reserve Fund?
* Yes: 653
No: 445
ARTICLE 12: Discontinue the following Expendable Trust Funds, the full balances of which were expended during prior years for the purposes set forth in the original articles by which the funds were established, or were transferred by vote of Town Meeting to other funds, or were renamed and are reported under another fund name: The Police Cruiser Expendable Trust Fund established in 1983; the Police Station Expendable Trust Fund established in 1985; and the Animal Fund Expendable Trust Fund established in 1990?
* Yes: 895
No: 188
ARTICLE 13: Discontinue the following Capital Reserve Funds, the full balances of which were expended during prior years for the purposes set forth in the original articles, or were transferred by vote of Town Meeting to other funds: The Dump Closure Capital Reserve Fund established in 1987; and the Landfill Closing Capital Reserve Fund established in 1989?
* Yes: 937
No: 153
ARTICLE 14: $80,000 for the Fire Department Building Replacement, Upgrade and Refurbishment Capital Reserve Fund?
Yes: 467
* No: 598
ARTICLE 15: On petition of the Kingston Fire Wards, Kingston Fire Chief and 31 registered voters, $85,000 to be placed in the previously established Fire Department Capital Reserve Fund for Apparatus Replacement. If Article 16 passes, this article is null and void.
Yes: 465
* No: 577
ARTICLE 16: On petition of the Kingston Fire Wards, Kingston Fire Chief and 34 registered voters, to see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of RSA 31:95-c to restrict 100% of resident ambulance revenues to expenditures for the purpose of replacement of fire department apparatus and equipment. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund to be known as the Fire Department Apparatus and Equipment fund, separate from the general fund. Any surplus in said fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus and shall be expended only after a vote by the legislative body to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the fund or source of revenue. The passage of this article will nullify Article #15.
Yes: 334
* No: 708
ARTICLE 17: On petition of the Kingston Fire Wards, Kingston Fire chief and 38 registered voters, $38,000 and to authorize the hiring of a full-time Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician (preferably a Paramedic) for the Town of Kingston. This appropriation is for salary and benefits for 6 months. If approved, this position will become part of the operating budget in ensuing years.
Yes: 369
* No: 698
ARTICLE 18: On petition of the Kingston Fire Wards, Kingston Fire chief and 31 registered voters, $9,500 for conceptual drawings and pricing for an addition to the central Fire Station located on Main Street. This would include an addition with apparatus bays, storage, administrative offices, training spaces, Emergency Operations Center, and common areas, and to authorize the withdrawal of said $9,500 from the Fire Department's Building Replacement, Upgrade and Refurbishment Capital Reserve Fund with a current balance of approximately $309,000 created for such purpose.
Yes: 505
* No: 557
ARTICLE 19: On petition of 26 registered voters, $5,000 for a fireworks display during the Kingston Days 2010 celebration.
* Yes: 631
No: 433
ARTICLE 20: $45,000 for the purpose of repairing and renovating the former YWCA land and buildings and building equipment at 24 Main Street in Kingston for use as a community recreation facility, and authorize withdrawal and expenditure of that amount from the previously approved Recreation Capital Reserve Fund.
Yes:
No:
ARTICLE 21: On petition of 48 registered voters, $40,000 to be added to the existing Nichols Memorial Library Capital Reserve Fund for future Library construction and name the Nichols Memorial Library Board of Trustees and the Kingston Board of Selectmen as agents to expend?
* Yes: 553
No: 518
ARTICLE 22: On petition of 39 registered voters, $28,000 to be placed in the Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund for the future purchase of development rights, conservation easements and other land acquisition to stabilize the tax base, maintain large tracts of land as such, and to help ensure that the development of additional large multi-house subdivisions do not have significant impact on taxes for town services such as education, fire, and police.
* Yes: 624
No:441
ARTICLE 23: On petition of 25 registered voters, $2,380 to support Rockingham Nutrition & Meals on Wheels Program's service providing meals for older, homebound and disabled Kingston residents in the Town's 2010 Budget.
* Yes: 1013
No: 109
ARTICLE 24: On petition of 46 registered voters, and submitted by the Kingston Lake Association, Inc., $1,000 for the purpose of conducting courtesy inspections of boats using the boat launches on Main Street, on Kingston Lake, to remove fragments of exotic invasive aquatic species and to educate the public on how to prevent the spread of exotic species from waterbody to waterbody. This wouldprovide a Lake Host with ten hours a week for ten weeks to conduct inspections and educate boaters, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 2010, thereby minimizing the potential for an infestation of an exotic species, such as variable milfoil, that could make recreation on Kingston Lake dangerous, disrupt the ecological balance of the lake, reduce the value of shoreline properties and would be expensive to control and difficult to eliminate.
* Yes: 807
No: 305
ARTICLE 25: On petition of 39 registered voters, designate the Class VI portion of Tucker Road as a Class A Trail, beginning at the northern end of Tax Map R33, Lot 31 and continuing northerly along Tucker Road to the south end of Tax Map R32, Lot 12. Passing this warrant article would enhance efforts by the town to apply for funding for such things as bridge repair, through the "Recreational Trail" and "Grant in Aid" funding programs available from the N. H. Bureau of Trails, as well as through programs of other public and private sources.
* Yes: 861
No: 227
ARTICLE 26: On petition of 26 registered voters, to see if the Town will vote to approve the following resolution to be forwarded to our State Representatives, State Senator, the Speaker of the House, and the Senate President. Resolved: The citizens of New Hampshire should be allowed to vote on an amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution that defines "marriage".
* Yes:719
No: 346
