Selectman (3 years, elect 1)
Peter Broderick: 1,072
Town clerk-tax collector (3 years, elect 1)
Melissa Fowler: 608
Bettie Ouellette: 793
Road agent (3 years, elect 1)
Richard St. Hilarie: 1,205
Trustee of trust funds (3 years, elect 1)
Edmund Caillouette: 1,104
Trustee of trust funds (2 years, elect 1)
George MacMahon: 1,052
Trustee of trust funds (1 year, elect 1)
Donna Winslow: 1,075
Police officers (3 years, elect 2)
James Champion: 1,158
Joel Johnson: 1,104
Library trustee (3 years, elect 2)
Jane Christie: 1,031
Wilhelmina Bradley: 945
Library trustee (2 years, elect 1)
Karen Conti: 643
Robert Grier: 367
Fire warden (3 years, elect 1)
John Merrill: 1,078
Planning Board (3 years, elect 2)
Mike Higgins: 502
Ernest Landry: 608
Daniel Mastroianni: 294
Jay Alberts: 728
Municipal Budget Committee (3 years, elect 1)
Gary Finerty: 996
Municipal Budget Committee (2 years, elect 1)
Ronald Conant: 1,029
Zoning Board of Adjustment (3 years, elect 2)
Raymond Donald: 982
Article 2: Adoption of amendment number 2 to the existing town zoning ordinance as proposed by the Kingston Planning Board as follows: Sign ordinance
YES: 684
NO: 500
Article 3: Amend Kingston Historic District Sign Ordinance
YES: 726
NO: 578
Article 4: Amend Zoning Ordinance for C-1 District prohibitions to only include truck terminals.
YES: 628
NO: 556
Article 5: Amend Zoning Ordinance for C-III prohibitions to only include truck terminals.
YES: 628
NO: 536
Article 6: Amend Zoning Ordinance to rezone some lots from Rural Residential to Commercial Zone II. This article would provide for an expansion of the C-II district to the easterly side of Route 125.
YES: 633
NO: 550
Article 7: Amend Zoning Ordinance for Commercial Zone C-II to add under permitted uses establishments serving food and beverage such as, but not limited to restaurants, cafes, and taverns.
YES: 801
NO: 401
Article 8: Amend Zoning Ordinance to include the following as permitted uses animal hospitals, kennels and veterinarian establishments and residential units as an accessory use to these primary principal uses; general indoor recreation facilities (i.e. a building for indoor activities such as a health club, indoor soccer facility or racquetball facility; warehousing.
YES: 805
NO: 340
Article 9: Amend existing Commercial III prohibited uses to include residential construction except as provided in pre-existing use exception and add in a mixed commercial/residential use plan when the residential structures are for over age 55 housing and are a minimum of 1,000 feet from the center line of Route 125.
YES: 631
NO: 489
Article 10: Amend Historic District I regulations to add the following permitted uses: bed and breakfast establishments and inns; multi-family housing; assisted living facilities; nursing homes; adult day care facilities.
YES: 516
NO: 634
Article 11: Amend Historic District I regulations to provide consistent zoning along both sides of the Plains.
YES: 609
NO: 571
Article 12: Town operating budget of $4.4 million.
YES: 693
NO: 624
Article 13: Allow a 1/2 percent property tax deduction when payment is made within 30 days of billing.
YES: 1,301
NO: 63
Article 14: Raise and appropriate $75,000 to be placed in the Expendable Trust Fund to repair, maintain and improve town buildings?
YES: 473
NO: 841
Article 15: Raise and appropriate $75,000 to be placed in the previously approved Capital Reserve Fund for future replacement of highway equipment.
YES: 640
NO: 699
Article 16: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $75,000 to be added to the Fire Apparatus Replacement Capital Reserve Fund?
YES: 634
NO: 716
Article 17: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $29,000 to be added to the Fire Department's Building Replacement, Upgrade and Refurbishment Capital Reserve Fund?
YES: 584
NO: 754
Article 18: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate the $55,000 for the purpose of installing new lighting, insulation and a ceiling in the apparatus bays of Central Station, and authorize the withdrawal of said $55,000 from the Fire Department's Building Replacement, Upgrade and Refurbishment Capital Reserve Fund created for such purpose?
YES: 641
NO: 700
Article 19: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $5,000 for the purpose of a fireworks display during the Kingston Days 2009 celebration?
YES: 576
NO: 773
Article 20: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $40,000 to be added to the existing Nichols Memorial Library Capital Reserve Fund for Future Library Expansion and name the Nichols Memorial Library Board of Trustees and the Kingston Board of Selectmen as agents to expend?
YES: 480
NO: 877
Article 21: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate $1,500 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?
YES: 846
NO: 514
Article 22: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $600,000 to purchase approximately 200 acres of land located in the northwest corner of town and allow withdrawal of $600,000 from the Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund for this purchase? Further, shall the town authorize the Board of Selectmen to place a conservation easement on said property. This purchase will be in partnership with the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire. This article has no tax impact. At the 2008 Town Meeting, Kingston voters passed a similar article, but because the transaction was not completed in 2008, the appropriation lapsed. This warrant article will re-appropriate the $600,000.
YES: 695
NO: 485
Article 23: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $29,000 to be placed in the Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund for the future purchase of development rights, conservation easements, and other land acquisition.
YES: 623
NO: 565
Article 24: Shall the town vote to change the intent of the existing Recreation Capital Reserve Fund to include updating and refurbishing the former "YWCA" building, building equipment and land purchased in 2008? (This requires a 2/3 vote.)
YES: 666
NO: 502
Article 25: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $45,000 for the purpose of repairing and renovating the former YWCA land and buildings and building equipment at 24 Main St. for use as a community recreation facility, and authorize withdrawal and expenditure of up to that amount from the Recreation Capital Reserve Fund?
YES: 618
NO: 563
Article 26: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $2,040 to support Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels Program's service?
YES: 1,047
NO: 149
Article 27: Shall the town vote to create a permanent, part-time position of Cable TV Operator/Coordinator and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,300, which represents nine months of funding? This position shall be funded from the franchise fees paid to the town from the cable operating company.
YES: 509
NO: 674
Article 28: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $2,500 for the purpose of funding Phase II of the Historic District Commission's Design Guidelines?
YES: 485
NO: 682
Article 29: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate $4,000 (to be matched by the council with an additional $4,000), to treat the remaining open channel bay of Powwow Pond for Najas Minor aquatic vegetation?
YES: 941
NO: 418
Article 30: Shall the voters advise the Selectmen of the Town of Kingston to cap any increase of their Annual Budget to any projected increase in revenue above the last Annual Budget and in no case to increase the Annual Budget more than the rate of inflation as defined by the National Consumer Price Index?
YES: 860
NO: 431
Article 31: Shall the town vote to approve a resolution to state lawmakers and the governor that says the property tax has become unjust and unfair and calls for an open discussion covering all options, and adopt a revenue system that lowers property taxes?
YES: 1,029
NO: 301
