March 05, 2008 11:29 am Note: Winners are in bold
Contested races Fire Ward (Vote for not more than one) James Seaver: 388 Janice Pouliot: 396
Library Trustee (Vote for not more than one) Luis Sanchez: 273 David Knight: 480 ><p>
Town Clerk (Vote for not more than one) Doreen Moore: 702 Ann Perkins: 167
Town warrant Article 2008-3 — Define a Commercial Motor Vehicle as follows: A self-propelled or towed vehicle used on a Class I through V highway in commerce principally to transport passengers or cargo, if the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight of 10,001 pounds or more, whichever is greater; is designed to transport more than eight passengers (including the driver) for compensation; is designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; is used in transporting hazardous material in a quantity requiring placard; or requires a Commercial Drivers License. Exempted are: Farm vehicles owned and operated by the farmer within a 150-mile radius of the farm; emergency vehicles of a Fire Department; military vehicles operated by military personnel; or recreational vehicles. Passed Yes: 523 No: 338
Article 2008-4 — Define the front, rear and side lot lines and modify the definition of frontage. Frontage would be defined as the distance along the lot line dividing a lot from either a public highway or a street. A front lot line would be defined as separating a lot from a street right-of-way from which legal access to the lot may be obtained. A rear lot line would be the one opposite and most distant from the front lot line. A side lot line would be any lot line other than the front or rear lot line. Passed Yes: 552 No: 305 . Article 2008-5 — Eliminate the Retail/Commercial and Service Zone, create a new Danville Village District along the southern portion of Main Street and vicinity, extend the Highway Commercial and Light Industrial Zone,.and modify the boundaries of several zoning districts so that the zoning district boundaries follow existing lot lines. This article would specify how to determine a district boundary and define the objectives of a Danville Village District and the permitted uses within the district, as well as lot requirements and other rules for the district. Permitted uses would include single-family homes and accessory buildings; farms; customary/home occupations; and accessory uses such as an extended family accessory living unit. Drive-through service windows would be prohibited. Passed Yes: 530 No: 331
Article 2008-6 — Clarify that a roadway setback is measured from the edge of the right-of-way. Passed Yes: 623 No: 269
Article 2008-7 — Prohibit junkyards throughout town.. Passed Yes: 745 No: 175
Article 2008-8 — Operating budget of $2,426,942. Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $2,337,068...... Passed Yes: 467 No: 440
Article 2008-9 — $35,000 for the construction of a culvert on Long Pond Road at Pow Wow Brook and the withdrawal of $10,600 from the Long Pond Road Culvert Capital Reserve Fund. The balance of $24,400 is to come from general taxation. Failed Yes: 431 No: 494
Article 2008-10 — Add $10,000 to the Long Pond Road Culvert Capital Reserve Fund if Warrant Article 2008-9 fails. Passed Yes: 484 No: 435
Article 2008-11 — Add $40,000 to the Highway Sand/Salt Storage Building Capital Reserve Fund established to build a Highway Sand/Salt Storage Building to fulfill a future EPA requirement for stormwater management. ...... Passed Yes: 495 No: 430
Article 2008-12 — $34,000 to buy and equip a four-wheel-drive police vehicle. Failed Yes: 374 No: 558 Article 2008-13 — Sell 1988 police truck by competitive sealed bid and to appropriate the estimated sale sum of $2,000 to be placed in the New Police Station Capital Reserve Fund. Passed Yes: 808 No: 125
Article 2008-14 — Add $40,000 to the Police Station Capital Reserve Fund.. Failed Yes: 387 No: 516
Article 2008-15 — Create a Rescue Vehicle and Equipment Revolving Fund. Money received from billable ambulance services provided by the Danville Fire Department will be deposited into the fund, and the money in the fund shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year. There is no tax impact if this passes...... Passed Yes: 614 No: 284.........
Article 2008-16 — Buy a Fire Department vehicle. Use $33,200 to purchase and completely outfit a 2008 F-350. The money would come from the Fire Department Vehicle Capital reserve fund. There is no tax impact if this passes. Failed Yes: 431 No: 469
Article 2008-17 — Add $8,000 to the Fire Department Protection of Personnel Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Passed Yes: 524 No: 371...............................
Article 2008-18 — Add $50,000 to the Fire Department Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund. Failed Yes: 348 No: 541
Article 2008-19 — Fire Department SAFER Grant. $37,950 to partially fund two full-time weekday firefighter/EMT staff beginning in July and to accept a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant of $37,950 from the Department of Homeland Security to partially fund this staffing. The remaining funding of $10,660 will be provided from the Fire Department's operating budget. The SAFER Grant is a five-year.plan that will provide a total grant amount over the five-year period of $210,850.. Danville's portion would be paid from the Fire Department's operating budget for the first three years.. Passed Yes: 491 No: 408
Article 2008-20 — Add $5,500 to the Municipal Mosquito Control Expendable Trust Fund established for the management of and spraying for mosquito control. Passed Yes: 733 No: 169
Article 2008-21 — Public Educational and Government Access Budget. Appropriate $6,683 from the Cable Access Special Revenue Fund for Public Education Government Access (PEG). The money is from fees returned to the Town from Comcast or its successor company, under the Franchise Agreement, and there is no tax impact if this passes. Passed Yes: 605 No: 288
Article 2008-22 — Historic Webster Stagecoach Stop & Store Accept title to the building known as the Webster Stagecoach Stop/Store and spend $34,782 to relocate the building to town-owned property at the corner of Sandown Road and Main Street. This money will be entirely offset by DOT grants, LCHIP grants, Heritage Fund and donated services. Upon completion of the project, any residual funds will be placed into the Heritage Fund..There is no tax impact should this pass. Passed Yes: 620 No: 281
Article 2008-23 — Disposal of Town Property. Allow the Selectmen to sell by competitive bid, trade, or otherwise dispose of town owned equipment or vehicles which are no longer used in the Town's normal operations, and authorize indefinitely, until specific rescission of such authority, the Selectmen to dispose of the aforementioned town owned property..Any revenue received will be added to the general fund. Passed Yes: 790 No: 145
Article 2008-24 — Discontinue mailing Town Reports, thereby reducing the cost of printing and the cost of mailing.. The Town will continue to make the Town Reports available at the Danville Town Hall, the Colby Memorial Library, by mail upon request and on the Town Website at www.townofdanville.org. Passed Yes: 621 No: 311
Article 2008-25 — Spend $1,205 on library shelving. The money would come from interest income earned from the library's checking account and the checking account portion of the NHPDIP (New Hampshire Public Deposit Investment Pool) account. There is no tax impact if this passes.. . Passed Yes: 671 No: 259
Article 2008-26 — Extend hours at Colby Memorial Library from 35 hours a week to 43, at a cost of $12,577...... Failed Yes: 321 No: 611........... .............................. Article 2008-27 — Add West Parcel to Conservation Easement. This land would be used as a parking lot for the town forest. Passed Yes: 693 No: 213
Article 2008-28 — $30,000 to replace the culvert with necessary materials and repave the Sandown Road Bridge to allow weight limit restrictive passage. This appropriation is to repair the bridge culvert only and not to repair the bridge structural damage or flooding problems that exist with the current roadway. Submitted by petition. Failed Yes: 461 No: 478
Annual Timberlane Regional School District Election
Article 2 — Operating budget of $59,464,070. Yes: 376 No: 533 ><p>
Article 3 — Add up to $100,000 to the School Building Construction, Reconstruction, Capital Improvement and Land Purchase Capital Reserve Fund established in 1996, with such amount to be transferred from the June 30, 2008, surplus available for transfer on July 1 of this year. Yes: 490 No: 416
Article 4 — $144,000 for the Special Education Space Upgrade for Specialized Middle School Program (Autism). The money will be used to renovate and upgrade instructional space provided for the specialized needs of an "Intensive Needs Program" at the Middle School for highly disabled students and come from the School Building Construction, Reconstruction, Capital Improvements and Land Purchase Capital Reserve Fund. Yes: 493 No: 409
Article 5 — Accept reports of agents, auditors and committees as written in the 2007 Annual Report. Yes: 678 No: 192
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