Pembroke voters need to set aside two Saturday mornings to take care of town and school warrants.

School
The School District Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m., at Pembroke Academy.

There are five money warrant articles to be discussed and voted upon.

Article 3 asks for $50,000 to be taken from surplus and put in the special education trust fund. Article 4 asks for $50,000 to be taken from surplus and put in the school building capital reserve fund.

Article 5 asks for $20,000 to be taken from surplus and put in the instructional materials expendable trust fund.

Article 6 asks for $51,500 to be taken from the school building capital reserve fund to replace carpet and toilet partitions in the Hill and Village schools; replace carpet, refinish the gym floor and replace exterior windowsills at Three Rivers School; and to replace the library carpet and toilet partitions at Pembroke Academy.

Article 7 asks for $23,588,989 to be raised through taxation for the school district’s operating budget. This is the amount recommended by the Budget Committee. The School Board recommended a budget of $2,772,629, which is a difference of $183,640.

Town
Pembroke Town Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, at 10 a.m., at Pembroke Academy. There are 13 warrant articles to be discussed and voted upon.

Article 3, by petition, asks for $200 a year for repair and replacement of American flags hung on Route 3 by the Pembroke Woman’s Club Proudly Our Color Fly project.

Article 4 asks for $20,000 from the Soucook River Tax Increment District fund to pay costs and administrative expenses incurred.

Article 5 asks for five capital reserve funds to be discontinued.

Article 6 asks that selectmen be appointed as agents to expend from the Revaluation Update Capital Reserve Fund.

Article 7 asks for $578,500 to be raised by taxation for eight capital reserve funds.

Article 8, which takes up 16 pages on the warrant, sets up definitions and requirements if the voters decide to go to singlestream forced recycling. This is expected to be the longest topic of discussion at the meeting.

Article 9 asks for $260,000 to buy an automated collection vehicle, which would come from a capital reserve fund.

Article 10 asks for $252,000 to buy collection carts to be used with the automated collection vehicle. The town would recoup this money as the carts would be sold for use by the public.

Article 11 asks for $10,000 to be taken from the Town Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to refurbish the 1998 Peterbilt packer (garbage truck), contingent upon Article 7 passing.

Article 12 asks for $289,700 to rehabilitate up to 100 manholes and replace up to 180 manhole covers to upgrade the wastewater infrastructure.

Grants will reimburse the town 100 percent of the costs, with no impact on taxes.

Article 13 asks for $150,000 for renovations to North Pembroke Road following the flood of 2007. Grants will reimburse the town 100 percent, with no impact on taxes.

Article 14 asks for $25,855 to be taken from the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund to purchase and equip one police vehicle.

Article 15 asks for $7,299,184 to raised by taxation for the municipal operating budget.

Voting
On Tuesday, March 10, Pembroke residents may vote on zoning warrants and candidates for town and school offices. The polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Pembroke Village School, 30 High St.