Danville Election results

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

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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

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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...........

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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

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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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