Candia School Warrants
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Article 2: To raise and appropriate $7,486,408 as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately. The default budget would be $7,526,161, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Candia School District or by law. If this article fails, one special meeting to take up the issue of a revised operating budget may be held. Recommended by the School Board and the Budget Committee.
• Yes................................697 No................................302
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Article 3: To see if the district will approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement between the Candia School Board and the Candia Education Association, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits:
Year Estimated increase
2008-09 $83,347
2009-10 $87,742
2010-11 $87,742
and further to raise and appropriate $83,347 for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Recommended by the School Board and the Budget Committee.
• Yes................................621 No................................400
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Article 4: To raise and appropriate up to $12,500 to be added to the Technology Fund and to authorize use/transfer in that amount from the June 30, 2008, fund balance (surplus). Recommended by the School Board and the Budget Committee.
• Yes................................675 No................................347
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Article 5: To raise and appropriate $150,000 to be placed in the Capital Reserve Fund established in March 2006 to be used for Candia School District facility needs. (Withdrawal of this money from this capital reserve fund will require a vote of the legislative body.) Recommended by the School Board and the Budget Committee.
• Yes................................620 No................................398
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Article 6: Special warrant article: To raise and appropriate $91,885 for the purpose of furnishing and installing a complete standby diesel generator package, including exterior pad mounted generator, authomatic transfer switch and realted general construction, thus providing an emergency backup power supply for the entire buildng or to take any other action related thereto. Furthermore, to authorize the district to make application for and accept all grants which may now or hereafter be forthcoming for this purpose and shall be applied to reduce the use of said sum. Recommended by the School Board and the Budget Committee.
Yes................................484 • No................................527
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Article 7: To see if the district will vote to approve a tuition agreement with the Auburn School District for the education and district sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in Auburn as negotiated by the School Board, which, among other things, provides for an initial term of 20 years beginning September 2008 and calls for payment of tuition based on school perating costs per pupil and the payment of a capital charge based on a shared cost of construction of a new middle school and take take such other and further acts necessary to give effect to this resolution, including the adoption of minor amendments to the agreement from time to time during its term, without further action by the legislative body, and further to raise and appropriate $296,708 for payment of Candia's share of the costs of this agreeemnt for the 2008-09 school year to be offset by Candia's pro rata share of any interest earned by Auburn on the bond. This article and appropriation is contingent upon the Auburn voters' approval of the joint tuition agreement and the bond article to construct a new middle school and it will be void and of no effect if either the contract or the bond proposal are not adopted by Auburn at their 2008 Annual School District Meeting. Recommended by the School Board, 4 to 1; not recommended by the Budget Committee.
Yes................................278 • No................................766
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Article 8: To authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the School Board, to appoint a deputy treasurer. (by petition)
Yes................................513 No................................481
Candia School Candidates
Unofficial returns, • denotes winner
School District Moderator, for one year, vote for one
• A. Ronald Thomas - 889
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School District Clerk, for one year, vote for one
• (write-in)
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School District Treasurer, for one year, vote for one
• Amanda Soares – 730
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School Board, for three years, vote for two
• Karen A. Smith – 770
• (write-in)
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School Board, for one years, vote for one
• (write-in)
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Voter turnout: 1,080
Registered voters: 3,142 Turnout: 34%
Candia Town Candidates
Unofficial returns, • denotes winner
Selectman, for three years, vote for one
Todd D. Allen – 120
• Frederick "Fred" Kelley – 539
Amanda Soares – 343
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Town Clerk, for three years, vote for one
• Christene Dupere – 1,007
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Moderator, for two years, vote for one
• (write-in)
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Road Agent, for three years vote for one
• Dennis Lewis – 871
Paul C. Vallee – 171
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Trustee of the Trust Funds, for three years, vote for one
• (write-in)
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Superintendent of Cemeteries, for one year, vote for one
• Richard Anderson – 903
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Library Trustee – public representative, for three years, vote for one
• Gweneth "Gwen" Paprocki – 863
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Planning Board, for three years, vote for two
• William "Kim" Byrd – 555
• Sean James – 624
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Supervisor of the Checklist, for six years, vote for one
• Lynda Kelley – 840
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Budget Committee, for three years, vote for three
• Carla Penfield – 593
• Annmaria Tierno – 568
• (write-in)
Candia Town Warrants
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Article 3: To raise $225 in continuation of support of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
• Yes................................885 No................................165
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Article 4: To raise $325 in continuation of support of the YWCA Crisis Service.
• Yes................................784 No................................256
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Article 5: To raise $425 in continuation o support of the Greater Manchester Chapter of the American Red Cross.
• Yes................................862 No................................185
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Article 6: To raise $649 in continuation of support of the Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels Program.
• Yes................................937 No................................111
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Article 7: To raise $700 in continuation of support of the Aids Response – Seacoast.
• Yes................................619 No................................409
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Article 8: To raise $1,000 in support of Child and Family Services of New Hampshire.
• Yes................................832 No................................199
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Article 9: To raise $1,000 in support of the Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County.
• Yes................................794 No................................237
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Article 10: To raise $1,400 in support of the Area Homemaker Home Health Aide Service.
• Yes................................709 No................................314
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Article 11: To raise $4,000 in support of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Manchester and Southern New Hampshire.
• Yes................................845 No................................193
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Article 12: To raise $3,900 in support of Lamprey Health Care.
• Yes................................597 No................................424
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Article 13: To raise $6,467 in support of Rockingham County Community Action Program.
• Yes................................585 No................................427
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Article 14: To raise $2,321,660 as an operating budget, not including special warrant articles or other appropriations voted separately. The default budget would be $2,265,781, or the governing body may hold one special meeting to take up the issue of the revised operating budget.
• Yes................................561 No................................464
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Article 15: To raise $4,000 for the Fitts Museum.
• Yes................................654 No................................369
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Article 16: To raise $500 for the Playground Maintenance Fund. The purpose of this fund is for replacement of the surface on the playground and upkeep of equipment. Recommended by selectmen and the Budget Committee.
• Yes................................864 No................................179
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Article 17: To raise $45,000 to cover the reimbursable costs associated with police activities, including but not limited to police special details and grant programs.
• Yes................................760 No................................282
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Article 18: To raise $50,000 for excess winter road maintenance. These funds will not be used unless the operating winter maintenance funds are exhausted. Recommended by the selectmen and Budget Committee.
• Yes................................912 No................................143
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Article 19: To riase $150,000 for the first phase of reconstruction on Patten Hill Road.
• Yes................................697 No................................345
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Article 20: To raise $53,500 to shim, overlay and do drainage work on Jame Drive.
• Yes................................601 No................................434
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Article 21: To raise $125,955 for the operating expenses of the Smyth Public Library.
• Yes................................757 No................................289
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Article 22: To raise $75,000 for the Capital Reserve Fund for the future purchase of fire apparatus and equipment. Recommended by the selectmen and Budget Committee.
• Yes................................717 No................................323
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Article 23: To raise $18,000 to fund a temporary (11 month) position with the Fire Department to assist in fire prevention, emergency response and volunteer recruitment and retention. This article is contingent upon receiving a greant from the Emergency Response Corps AmeriCorps Program and the N.H. Division of Fire Standards and Training. The town's share of the cost is not to exceed $7,000.
• Yes................................632 No................................406
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Article 24: To raise $25,000 to be placed in the existing Capital Reserve Fund for the future revaluation of the municipality. Recommended by the selectmen and Budget Committee.
• Yes................................559 No................................467
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Article 25: To raise $15,000 to allow the town to sponsor a Candia-resident-only household hazardous waste day. One event will be held in the spring with the possibility of a second event in the fall, should funding allow.
• Yes................................716 No................................321
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Article 26: To raise $0 to purchase and install a fiberglass cistern to be used for fire suppression at the new Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center.
• Yes................................706 No................................259
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Article 27: To raise $38,000 to purchase and construct a building to be used as a swap shop and storage building at the new Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center.
• Yes................................494 No................................526
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Article 28: To raise $17,000 for paving the topcoat layer of the road surface at the new Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center.
• Yes................................599 No................................419
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Article 29: To raise $0 to purchase and install a metal canopy at the new Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center.
• Yes................................657 No................................306
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Article 30: To change the purpose of the existing Incinerator Maintenance Expendable General Trust Fund to the Incinerator Decommissioning and Site Closure Expendable Trust Fund and appoint the selectmen as agents to expend from this fund. Recommended by the selectmen and Budget Committee.
• Yes................................786 No................................207
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Article 31: To appoint the selectmen as agents to expend from the capital reserve fund for the design, engineering, reconstruction or construction of Solid Waste Disposal Equipment at the Recycling Center, previously established in 1993.
• Yes................................677 No................................306
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Article 32: To create an expendable trust fund to be known as the Town Office Building Maintenance Fund for the purpose of repairing and maintaining the municipal building and raise $10,000 to be placed in the fund and appoint selectmen as agents to expend.
• Yes................................645 No................................362
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Article 33: To keep the percentage of the land use change tax deposited in the Conservation Fund at 100 percent. if adopted, the article will take effect April 1, 2008, and shall remain in effect until altered or rescinded by a future vote of the Town Meetings.
• Yes................................615 No................................364
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Article 34: To grant a conservation easement on town-owned property known as Map 401, Lot 1-1, further described at the Deerfield Road Town Forest, in accordance with the purchase and sales agreement signed by the Candia Board of Selectmen and Mary Girard on July 11, 2005.
• Yes................................764 No................................234
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Article 35: Are you in favor of retaining the Budget Committee?
• Yes................................565 No................................420
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Article 36: Are you in favor of the proposed sale of town-owned property (map and lots 410-161 and 410-162.1) at Exit 3? (By petition)
• Yes................................692 No................................320
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Article 37: To raise $30,000 for a portion of the operating expenses of the Candia Youth Athletic Association. (By petition)
• Yes................................581 No................................445
Candia Zoning Warrants
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Amendment 1: Corrects errors on Map 408 Lot 038 and Map 409 Lot 111.
• Yes................................867 No................................151
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Amendment 2: Allows retail and professional offices, banks, beauty and barber shops in the LI-2 zone.
• Yes................................793 No................................203
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Amendment 3: Provides architectural standards for development or renovation of commercial, industrial and institutional structures that ensure an esthetically pleasing structure that complements the traditional New England heritage of Candia.
• Yes................................707 No................................295
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Amendment 4: Changes density for multi-family housing.
• Yes................................540 No................................437
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Amendment 5: Sets building height for elderly housing, delates reference to ADA.
• Yes................................623 No................................357
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Amendment 6: Changes definition of "buildable."
• Yes................................676 No................................316