Taxpayers Win Big on March 10<\/p>\n
Results from town meetings across the state are pouring into CNHT. In general, voters said NO to many
\nof the big spending items, approved 7\/8 spending cap warrants, and continue to reject kindergarten expansions. They also disapproved of allotting taxpayer money to NGOs for various purposes such as Conservation land purchases.<\/p>\n
Here’s what we have so far for details…we will add more as it comes so please check back!<\/p>\n
NHAC Spending and Tax caps warrant articles PASSED in 7 out of 8 cases…see below.<\/p>\n
Allenstown<\/strong> Alton<\/strong> Amherst<\/strong> Ashland<\/strong> Atkinson<\/strong> Barrington<\/strong> Belmont<\/strong> Brentwood<\/strong> Charlestown<\/strong> Croyden<\/strong> Danville<\/strong> Deerfield<\/strong> Deering<\/strong> Derry<\/strong> Epping<\/strong><\/p>\n Epsom<\/strong> Farmington<\/strong> Fremont<\/strong> Gilford<\/strong> Gilmanton<\/strong> Hampstead<\/strong> Hampton<\/strong> Hillsboro<\/strong> Hudson<\/strong> Hopkinton<\/strong> Jaffrey<\/strong> Kearsage<\/strong> Kingston<\/strong> Litchfield<\/strong> Londonderry<\/strong> Lyndeborough<\/strong> Milford<\/strong> Milton<\/strong> Moultonborough <\/strong> Newton <\/strong> Nottingham<\/strong> Pelham<\/strong> Plaistow<\/strong> Raymond<\/strong> Rindge<\/strong> Salem<\/strong> Sandown<\/strong> Seabrook<\/strong> Wakefield<\/strong> Weare<\/strong> Wilton<\/strong> Windham<\/strong> There are still some towns who will vote in April or May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taxpayers Win Big on March 10 Results from town meetings across the state are pouring into CNHT. In general, voters said NO to many of the big spending items, approved 7\/8 spending cap warrants, and continue to reject kindergarten expansions. They also disapproved of allotting taxpayer money to NGOs for various purposes such as Conservation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-town-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n$1.5M wastewater treatment plant expansion FAILED
\nSchool and Town Budgets FAILED
\nSpending and Tax Cap for Town PASSED<\/p>\n
\nTown Budget FAILED
\nRenovations to Town Hall, Fire, and Police Stations FAILED<\/p>\n
\n$9.8 million Operating Budget FAILED
\n$6 million Road Bond FAILED
\n$1.3 million Land Purchase FAILED
\n$150K Fire Apparatus Cap Reserve FAILED<\/p>\n
\n$6.3M Town Budget FAILED
\nRoad and Bridge Repairs FAILED
\nA new police chief was elected who has yet to complete police academy.
\n(CNHT generally supports the election, rather than the appointment, of police chiefs.)<\/p>\n
\nPolice Budget FAILED
\nRecreation Budget FAILED
\nSandown Elementary Addition FAILED (All of Timberlane 4-School District)
\nSchool Budget passed, and PASSED by 62 votes although failed in 3 other towns in district (Timberlane)<\/p>\n
\nAll money issues on the town and school ballots FAILED<\/p>\n
\nRecycling FAILED
\nNew Plow FAILED
\nHeritage (and two others) Fund FAILED
\nPolice Vehicles FAILED
\nFire Truck FAILED<\/p>\n
\nFire Station FAILED
\nAuthorize the Conservation Commission to expend funds for contributions to “qualified organizations”
\nfor the purchase of property interests: PASSED* (The practice of giving taxpayer monies to private entities may be outlawed by RSA soon)<\/p>\n
\nPolice Station FAILED<\/p>\n
\nCongratulations to Jim Peschke, Croydon’s newest school board member by vote of 69-58.
\nSchool Budget Cut by $65K PASSED<\/p>\n
\nOperating Budget FAILED
\nFire Vehicle and Police Overtime FAILED
\nCulvert Work FAILED
\nSchool Budget failed but passed overall by 62 votes in 4-town district (Timberlane)<\/p>\n
\nAll Zoning Articles FAILED
\nAll Big Money Items FAILED
\nCongratulations to Harriet E. Cady who was elected School District Clerk and School District Treasurer.<\/p>\n
\nJohn Greene got elected selectman by virtue of coin toss after he and his opponent both got 160 votes. A recount confirmed his win.<\/em>
\nGSFTC’s anti-Pledge warrant (a backdoor way to institute an added state income or sales tax) FAILED<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCongratulations to Kevin Coyle & Janet Fairbanks who were re-elected to selectman<\/p>\n
\nRepeal of SB2 FAILED by 3-1 which proves that once people see
\nwhat it’s like to vote by private ballot, they don’t want to give up that right.<\/p>\n
\nBudget FAILED<\/p>\n
\nBudget FAILED (default will be used)
\nHighway Fund FAILED
\nTown Hall Renovations FAILED
\nCapital Reserve Fund FAILED
\nHistoric Museum Fund FAILED
\nFire Truck Fund FAILED
\nRadio Equipment FAILED
\nHighway Equipment FAILED
\nRoad Repairs FAILED
\nPolice Cruiser FAILED
\n“Qualfied Organizations” Fund FAILED
\nVarious Land Purchases FAILED<\/p>\n
\nPolice Station Addition FAILED
\n3 Administrators FAILED
\nCongratulations to Skip Murphy who was re-elected to the Budget Committee<\/p>\n
\nStaffing for Donated Library FAILED<\/p>\n
\nSpending and Tax Caps for School and Town PASSED
\nHire Two New Police Officers FAILED
\nFund Ambulance Replacement FAILED<\/p>\n
\nTown Budget FAILED<\/p>\n
\nTown Hall Renovation FAILED<\/p>\n
\nPublic Kindergarten FAILED
\nAll Major Budget Items FAILED<\/p>\n
\nSchool Contract FAILED
\nTown Manager Government FAILED
\nPay as You Throw FAILED<\/p>\n
\nSpending and Tax Cap PASSED<\/p>\n
\nSmaller Budget PASSED<\/p>\n
\nSpending and Tax Cap for School PASSED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nTeachers Contract FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nSped Fund FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nHalf Million Architect Fees for New School FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nFacilities Maintenance FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nFireworks FAILED
\nTown Buildings FAILED<\/p>\n
\nTown Budget FAILED
\nTwo Union Contracts FAILED<\/p>\n
\nFire Station FAILED
\nOperating Budget ($2.5M lower than default!) PASSED<\/p>\n
\nTwo Rooms for Kindergarten Mandated by State FAILED<\/p>\n
\nBuildings for Kindergarten FAILED<\/p>\n
\nFire Station FAILED
\nTown Budget FAILED
\nSchool Budget LOWER PASSED<\/p>\n
\nVoters missed SB2 for the town and school but Epsom’s 3-1 vote to keep it
\nproves that once you have it you won’t want to let it go.<\/p>\n
\nSpending and Tax Cap for School PASSED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nTeachers Contract FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nSped Fund FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nHalf Million Architect Fees for New School FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nFacilities Maintenance FAILED (Sanborn Regional School District)
\nPolice Station FAILED
\nExtra Police Officer FAILED<\/p>\n
\nCongratulations to Eugene Reed who was elected as one of the 3 members of the new the board of assessors.
\nSchool Budget (SB2) which is lower than default budget PASSED
\nSchool Standby Generator $40,000 FAILED
\nSchool irrigation system for soccer field $8,000 FAILED
\nSchool architectural planning for school expansion\/design $32,000 FAILED (a setback for the school board’s unapproved quest for school expansion)<\/p>\n
\nFire Station FAILED
\nSchool Resource Officer FAILED
\nSenior Center Renovations FAILED<\/p>\n
\nSidewalk Constuction FAILED
\nPlayground Equipment FAILED
\nSchool Budget failed but passed overall by 62 votes in 4-town district (Timberlane)<\/p>\n
\nConservation Funds for Outside Land Purchases FAILED
\nConservation Commission to expend funds for contributions to “qualified organizations” for the purchase of property FAILED* (The practice of giving taxpayer monies to private entities may be outlawed by RSA soon)
\nDis-continuation of the Parks and Recreation Vehicle Replacement Fund PASSED<\/p>\n
\nSpending and Tax Cap for Town PASSED<\/p>\n
\nSchool Pay Raises 4 Contracts FAILED
\nSpecial Meeting to Reconsider Above FAILED
\nSpending and Tax Cap for School PASSED (Town vote is Saturday)<\/p>\n
\nOld Home Day and Fireworks FAILED
\nOffroad Trail FAILED
\nSchool Budget failed but passed overall by 62 votes in 4-town district (Timberlane)<\/p>\n
\nFire, Police and Town Contracts FAILED<\/p>\n
\nImpact Fees FAILED
\nOpera House Repaid FAILED
\nTruck Lease FAILED<\/p>\n
\n$13.5M School Budget FAILED
\nTown Budget FAILED
\nTeachers Contract FAILED
\n$1.2M Highway Garage FAILED
\nFire Truck FAILED
\n(14\/19 Spending Items FAILED)<\/p>\n
\nSchool Bond FAILED<\/p>\n
\nSchool Budget FAILED
\nTrack and Athletic Fields FAILED
\n$5M Conservation Land FAILED
\nSchool Building Study FAILED
\n—<\/p>\n