We will be compiling and publishing some of the more significant results from town and school meetings all over NH as we receive them. Send yours to webmaster@cnht.org
If you sent out a voter guide, let us know how you fared with regard to its recommendations.
Allenstown
Teachers Contract – FAILED
Amherst
Operating budget – FAILED
Land purchase ($180,000) – FAILED
Lease/Purchase for new fire truck ($154,000 first of 4 years) – FAILED
Overall, the voters agreed with our voter guide on 10 of 12 articles for an 83% success rate.
Complete results here: http://www.amherstcitizen.com/VOTE-2012/2012-Town.pdf
Brentwood
Town and School SB-2 – FAILED by small margins
(Under SB2, all town warrant articles are considered by voters at the polls. Many towns and school districts have switched to SB2)
Candia
Town Budget – FAILED
School Budget – FAILED
Danville
Fine for Not Recycing – FAILED
Deerfield
Town Budget – FAILED
School Budget – FAILED
Enfield
$24M School Bond – FAILED
(see press release)
Exeter
$110,000 to purchase property next to library – FAILED
Farmington
School Budget – FAILED
Teacher Raises – FAILED
Fremont
New Fire Truck – FAILED
Town Budget – FAILED
Gilford
New Firetruck – FAILED
Gilmanton
SB2 for Town – PASSED
Goffstown
Town Budget – FAILED
School Budget – FAILED
Full results for Town here: http://goffstown.com/images/stories/Town_Hall/Town_Clerk/Election_Documents/2012/town_articles.pdf
Full results for School here: http://goffstown.com/images/stories/Town_Hall/Town_Clerk/Election_Documents/2012/school_articles.pdf
Hampstead
Police Station – FAILED
Hudson
Collective Bargaining (3) – FAILED
Lee
Voters Keep SB-2
Lisbon
Town Administrator – CUT
Littleton
$7.5 M Town Budget – FAILED
New Boston
New Salt Shed – FAILED
New $206,678 Dump Truck – FAILED
New Ipswich
Town Budget – FAILED
Newton
Town Budget – FAILED
Nottingham
School Addition – FAILED
Voters Keep SB-2
Nottingham School Warrant Articles
Article 2 – School Addition (school addition bond issue for $3,500,000. Total cost over 15 years = $4, 500,000. School addition promoted arts and craft room, conference room, new and expanded library, 2 part time reading rooms for SPED, no full time classrooms. Soundly defeated as birth rates decline.) needed 3/5s vote to pass.
Yes 316 No 666
Article 3 School Budget (Budget proposal was less than default budget!)
Yes 695 No 301
Article 4 Teachers’s Contract (featured $500 per years step raises and increased employee heath insurance contributions to 3% increase over 3 years.)
Yes 564 No 453
Plaistow
$4.8 M Timberlane Regional High School’s athletic facility renovation – FAILED
Commuter Rail – FAILED
Recreation Pavilion – FAILED
Sanborn (Kingston and Newton)
$2.2 M School Restoration – FAILED
Weare
Teacher Contract – FAILED