Selectman (3 years, elect 1)
Edmund Gleason: 1,365
George "Joe" Puddister IV: 1,159
Budget Committee (3 years, elect 3)
John Lavallee,*: 1,698
Dennis Viger*: 1,636
Martha Lowe*: 1,539
Cemetery trustee (3 years, elect 2)
James Morgan: 867
David Provencal*: 1,266
Nathan Boutwell: 1,308
Library trustee (3 years, elect 1)
Francis Garboski*: 1,918
Trustee of the trust funds (3 years, elect 1)
No declared candidates
Supervisor of checklist (3 years, elect 1)
Laurie Hogan*: 1,903
Planning Board (3 years, elect 2)
Roger Montbleau*: 1,533
Timothy Doherty*: 1,750
*incumbent
Article 2: Revise and amend Article XV, Conservation Subdivisions, to provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for the development of workforce housing by allowing deed restricted affordable units within Conservation Subdivisions and considering those units among the features qualifying for density offsets.
YES: 1,771
NO: 900
Article 3: Revise and amend Article IV, Establishment of Districts to expand Pelham's business zone along Bridge Street (Route 38) north of Rita Avenue and south of Balcom Road.
YES: 2,246
NO: 545
Article 4: Revise and amend Article XII Special Exceptions to clarify the limitations on display of vehicles for sale on residential properties to two within any 12-month period and to clarify that the limitation on home occupations regarding the ratio of residential use to business use shall not exceed 49 percent of the square footage including accessory structures on the property.
YES: 1,959
NO: 801
Article 5: $4.7 million for a new fire station (three-fifths majority required)
YES: 1,057
NO: 1,734
Article 6: Operating budget of $10.6 million
YES: 1,546
NO: 1,193
Article 7: $54,100 to hire and equip a School Resource Police Officer.
YES: 1,348
NO: 1,449
Article 8: Cost items included in the one-year collective bargaining agreement between the town and the Pelham Public Works and Municipal Employees, Local 1801 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
YES: 1,509
NO: 1,214
Article 9: Cost items included in the four-year collective bargaining agreement between the town and the Pelham Supervisor's Association.
YES: 1,137
NO: 1,558
Article 10: Cost items included in the three-year collective bargaining agreement ratified by selectmen and the Local 3657 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Pelham Police.
YES: 1,670
NO: 1,098
Article 11: Shall the town enter into a four-year lease agreement for $139,880 for the purpose of lease/purchasing a highway plow truck, and raise and appropriate $34,970 for the first year's payment.
YES: 1,629
NO: 1,123
Article 12: Raise and appropriate $36,828 for the purchase of a one-ton diesel, 4-wheel-drive pickup with plow.
YES: 1,920
NO: 870
Article 13: Raise and appropriate $261,619 for repair, maintenance and upgrading of town roads, to be offset by the State Highway Grant for highway maintenance.
YES: 2,192
NO: 594
Article 14: Raise and appropriate $32,500 for the purchase of a skid steer loader for the transfer station.
YES:1,664
NO: 1,130
Article 15: Raise and appropriate $45,000 from the Forest Maintenance Fund. Funds requested come from revenues produced by timber harvesting, not property taxes.
YES: 1,653
NO: 1,127
Article 16: Raise and appropriate $185,000 for a 2009 GMC ambulance and to authorize the Selectmen to withdraw $85,000 from the Ambulance Replacement Revolving Fund for this purpose?
YES: 1,718
NO: 1,069
Article 17: Designate the Harris Pond, Gumpas Pond and the Coburn Avenue wetland systems as prime wetlands.
YES: 2,313
NO: 486
Article 18: Accept the following roads as Class V town roads: Ivers Grove Lane, Dogwood Circle and Rocky Hill Road.
YES: 2,188
NO: 529
Article 19: Establish a non-lapsing, expendable Cemetery General Maintenance Trust Fund
YES: 2,194
NO: 535
Article 20: Modify the Elderly Exemptions from property tax to be as follows: for a person 65 years of age up to 75 years $33,000; for a person 75 years of age and over, A qualifying taxpayer must have a net annual income of not more than $25,000 if single or, if married, a combined net annual income of not more than $37,000, and own assets, excluding the property for which the exemption is applied, of not more than $80,000.
YES: 2,070
NO: 674
Article 21: Raise and appropriate $279,000 for the purpose of improving Senior Center bathrooms and replacing the septic system, and to further authorize the withdrawal of $100,000 from the Senior Center Capital Reserve Fund.
YES: 1,149
NO: 1,614
Article 22: Discontinue the following Capital Reserve Funds with said funds with accumulated interest to be transferred to the town's general fund: landfill closure ($145,969); revaluation, ($4,847); Valley Hill; Gibson Cemetery; Highway Department Vehicle; St. Margaret's Drive; Abbott Bridge; Golden Brook Park.
YES: 2,230
NO: 513
Article 23: Discontinue the following Expendable Trust Funds with said funds with accumulated interest to be transferred to the town's general fund: Brett Circle ($14,207); Vital Open Space; Emergency Way; Cable System; Health Insurance; PVMP Maintenance Pump ($443).
YES: 2,242
NO: 433
Article 24: Authorize selectmen to receive all economic stimulus or other monies and to expend such monies for their intended purposes.
YES: 2,075
NO: 600
Article 25: 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: 1,844
NO: 818
Article 26: Encourage the selectmen to be mindful of the potential negative impacts of foreclosures and vacant, poorly maintained properties and to use all legal means to ensure vacant properties don't negatively affect health, safety, welfare and the values of surrounding properties.
YES: 1,860
NO: 780
