This is Candia’s second year under the official ballot law, commonly referred to as SB-2. The deliberative session of Town Meeting takes place Saturday, Jan. 31, at 9 a.m., at Moore School. The deliberative session of School District Meeting will take place a week later, Saturday, Feb. 7, also at 9 a.m. at Moore School.

Residents may discuss the articles on the warrant and make changes to wording and dollar amounts, but the final vote will take place March 10.

School
The deliberative session of School District meeting is likely to be a short one, with just four warrant articles, only three of which are up for discussion, as Article 1 asks the town to choose school district officers.

Article 2 asks for $7,617,149.92 as an operating budget. If defeated, the default budget would be $7,941,313. The default budget is actually higher than the proposed budget by $324,164. While the School Board did not recommend the proposed budget, the Budget Committee did.

Article 3 asks for $12,500 to be added to the technology fund. This would not affect the tax rate, as the money would come from surplus. It was recommended by both the School Board and Budget Committee.

Article 4 asks for $50,000 to be places into a capital reserve fund for facility needs. The School Board recommends this article, but the Budget Committee does not.

Town
There are 36 articles on the town warrant. Articles 1 and 2 will not be discussed, having to do with electing town officials and changes to zoning ordinances.

Articles 3 through 14 ask for relatively small amounts of money for social programs.

Article 15 asks for $2,317,771.12 as the proposed operating budget for the town. If defeated, the default budget would be set at $2,355,410, which is $37,638 higher than the proposed budget.

Articles 16 through 22 asks for money for the Fitts Museum, playground maintenance, police details, road maintenance, the library and fire equipment.

Article 23 asks to establish a compensation system for paid call firefighters.

Articles 24 through 28 ask for money for roof replacement at the Candia Fire Station, revaluation costs, a hazardous waste day, town office maintenance and the Candia Youth Athletic Association.

Article 29 asks to establish a swap shop at the Candia Recycling Facility at a cost of $15,000.

Article 30, a petitioned article, asks that the Budget Committee be abolished.

Articles 31 and 32 address the amount of money going to the Conservation Commission Fund. Articles 33 through 36 address the acceptance of gifts and the Conservation Commission’s role regarding gifts.