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Election Results Warrant Articles

March 14th, 2007

Article 6. To raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the First Session, for the purpose set forth therein, totaling sum of One Million Six Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Four Dollars and Thirty Five Cents ($1,618,884.35.) Recommended by the Budget Committee.

Should this article be defeated; the operating budget shall be One Million Five Hundred Sixty Thousand Seventy Five Dollars ($1,560,075) which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments by previous action of the Town or by law or the governing body may hold one special town meeting, in accordance with RSA 40;13,X AND XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.


YES 138 NO 121


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the fund created in 2003, warrant article 20, from Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus and Equipment Special Revenue Fund to Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment, and Personnel Special Revenue Fund. Also to expand the purpose of the fund to be expended for Fire Department and Ambulance apparatus, equipment, and personnel. Petition Article


YES 134 NO 127



Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to return one hundred percent of the ambulance billing monies to the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment, and Personnel Special Revenue Fund and, with the additional revenue, vote to expend the sum of up to Thirty Three Thousand Dollars ($33,000) as a base salary to add an additional full time Firefighter/EMT. This article will be funded hereafter by the regular operating budget with an annual amount of up to Thirty Three Thousand Dollars ($33,000) from the Fire Department Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment and Personnel Special Revenue Fund used to offset the cost of the employee. All unexpended base salary monies from the Special Revenue fund are to revert back to the Special Revenue fund at the end of the year. This warrant article is contingent upon passage of the associated warrant article. Petition Article. Not recommended by the Selectmen 2-1. Recommended by the Budget Committee.


YES 102 NO 160


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) to replace the existing 1997 fire department pick-up. The full amount is to be taken from the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus and Equipment Special Revenue Fund. No money to be raised from new taxation. Petition Article. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 140 NO 121



Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($10,500) for the purchase of two digital in-car surveillance systems. One to be placed in each of the two (2) police cruisers. In-car surveillance systems have become widely used and assist with containing town liability and with court prosecution of violators. The Police Department will be seeking a grant reimbursement through New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 170 NO 92



Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000) to purchase a new police cruiser. The full amount is to be taken from the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund. No money to be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 172 NO 91



Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to be placed in the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for that purpose. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 179 NO 84



Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to The Town Safety Complex and Town Offices Capital Reserve Fund established in 2006 for the construction of a new Safety Complex, Offices, Library, and Historical Society. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 111 NO 151


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000) for design engineering for the replacement of the Old Town Road Bridge over the Ammonoosuc River (NHDOT Bridge No. 143/051), a Town-owned and maintained bridge with critical deficiencies and limited loading capacity. The Town will be reimbursed 80% (up to $52,000) of the actual engineering costs by the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT) through the NHDOT Municipal Managed Bridge Aid Program. The remaining 20% of the costs (up to $13,000) shall be funded by the Town through the Bridge Capital Reserve Fund. This is a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI. (Majority Vote Required). No money to be raised by new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 167 NO 89



Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000). Said monies to used to pay for a detailed design engineering plan for a new Police/Fire Public Safety Complex to be built on the Town Property next to the Carroll Town Hall, and a Bretton Woods Fire Substation to be built on properties provided by CNL Corporation. $50,000 to be raised by new taxes and $30,000 to be taken from the New Land & Building Capital Reserve Fund. Petition Article – Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 87 NO 169



Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums to be placed in the Capital Reserve Funds as listed:

Municipal Truck CRF $15,000
Police Cruiser CRF $12,000
Fire Truck and Equipment CRF $30,000
Highway equipment CRF $10,000
Emergency Van CRF $25,000
Land and Buildings CRF $30,000
Computer Technology CRF $2,000
Library Improvement CRF $2,000

Total to be appropriated to the CRF is One Hundred Twenty Six Thousand Dollars ($126,000). Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 143 NO 112


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) for a full time administrator to supervise the operation of the Town on a daily basis. Said job description to be published by the final budget hearing. The $60,000 includes payroll taxes and all fringe benefits including medical, dental and retirement. Recommended by the Selectmen 2-1. Not Recommended by the Budget Committee.


YES 64 NO 198



Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) to hire a part time planner to assist the planning board in the rewriting of the zoning ordinance as it applies to development in Twin Mountain and the changes in the state construction codes for the entire town.


YES 101 NO 163



Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for the 2007 tipping of bulky waste and construction debris and the removal of tires, freon, propane tanks, electronics, florescent light bulbs, antifreeze. The appropriation will be from March 2007 through March 2008. This appropriation will be raised from the Recycling Special Revenue Fund established at the 2001 Town Meeting for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 208 NO 49



Article 20. To see if the town will vote to place all monies raised by the Transfer Station into the Recycling Special Revenue Fund set up at the 2001 Town Meeting for that purpose. Recommended by the Selectmen.


YES 206 NO 48



Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of Fifty Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($53,500) to purchase a dump truck with a plow, strobe lights, spare tire, and a new two-way radio. The funding will be taken from the following accounts: Petition Article – Not Recommended by the Selectmen. Recommended by the Budget Committee.

$33,000 from the Municipal Truck Capital Reserve Fund
$10,000 from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
$10,500 from the 2007 Transfer Station Budget

YES 112 NO 151



Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300) to purchase a replacement snowplow. The funding will be taken from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Petition Article – Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 197 NO 64



Article 23. To see if the Town of Carroll will transfer to John and Donna Foster the land that was Old Route 3 and is now called Riverside Drive to be added to taxable property. The land will start from the bottom of the entrance, by the gas pumps, and include that portion of Riverside Drive toward the house and the buffer on Route 3 side where the sign now stands.

Also, that portion of land between the store and the house that was the entrance to the old bridge that was abandoned by the town prior to 1972. This portion has not been used or maintained for over 20 years. In accordance with RSA 231:43 discontinuance of a municipal road is returned to the abutters.

This will return the land to the tax roles and eliminate the need for town maintenance. All fees with a minimum of $1,000.00 to be paid by John and Donna Foster, and full access rights to the town water line and junction (as requested) will be placed in the deed. Recommended by the Selectmen.


YES 189 NO 73


Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to be used by the Selectmen for congratulations, sick, bereavement, and other condolences to Town employees or Town Volunteers. The maximum for any one person is One Hundred Dollars ($100) per year. Said line item to be labeled “Good and Welfare”. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 160 NO 101


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to expand the purpose the Special Revenue Fund created in 2006 and known as the Planning Revenue Fund, per RSA 31:95-c. This fund was established to collect and segregate all building permit fees and inspection fees from the general fund. Said fees will be used exclusively to fund the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Zoning Enforcement Officer duties. Recommended by the Selectmen


YES 150 NO 108



Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into one or more agreements to lease town-owned property (Map 206 Lot 17 and/or Map 206 Lot 18) for longer than one year to one or more providers of wireless communication services for the purpose of installing and operating wireless communications facilities thereon. The commencement date(s) and terms of such lease agreements to be negotiated and agreed upon by the Board of Selectmen in the exercise of their reasonable discretion. Recommended by the Selectmen


YES 188 NO 71



Article 27. To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to authorize the conservation commission to retain the unexpended portion of its 2007 appropriations as authorized by RSA 36-A:5, said funds to be placed in a conservation fund account held by the municipal treasurer. RSA 41:29. Petition Article - Recommended by the Selectmen


YES 166 NO 90



Article 28. To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Six Dollars and Twenty Five Cents ($906.25) to contribute to the regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program. The Program will provide residents access to a Household Hazardous Waste collection of household generated hazardous waste such as oil based paints, paint thinner, solvents, pesticides, gasoline and household cleaners. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 211 NO 48


Article 29. To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Four Dollars ($904) as the Town's contribution to the Northern Human Services - White Mountain Mental Health and Common Ground, a non-profit mental health and development service center. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 203 NO 54



Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750) for the support of preventative and primary health care services of Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc. in the fiscal year 2007 for the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 195 NO 61



Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) and turn over such monies to the Twin Mountain Bretton Woods Chamber of Commerce. Monies are used for the staffing of the Information Booth and the continued beautification of our Town. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 154 NO 104



Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to the Coalition Communities in Portsmouth, New Hampshire consisting of 34 towns to represent the Town of Carroll in a solution to our educational funding crisis by opposing the establishment of donor towns and keeping the statewide property tax so that it can be used locally to fund our own education assessment from the White Mountain Regional School District. Recommended by the Selectmen. Not Recommended by the Budget Committee.


YES 128 NO 126


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and Twenty Five Cents ($497.25) to contribute for the operations budget of the Mt. Washington Regional Airport. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 110 NO 145


Article 34. To raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to donate to the Tyler Blain House, Lancaster, NH, one of the only homeless shelters in northern NH. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 192 NO 60



Article 35. To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($1,100) payable to Littleton Regional Hospital, to help offset the cost of charity care and community benefit programs that Littleton Hospital provides, such as the paramedic intercept program, “Care-A-Van” patient transport services, and community health education programs. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 203 NO 49



Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,650) for the Caleb Group Interfaith Volunteer Caregiver Program that serves the needs of elderly people in the community. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 224 NO 29



Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($1,797) payable to North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Inc for the support of the home health care, supportive care, medical hospice and community health programs and services of North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Inc. and Hospice of the Littleton Area in the fiscal year 2007 for the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 222 NO 30



Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) payable to CASA of NH to provide advocacy in the court system for abused and neglected children in Coos County. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 219 NO 35

Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800) for the Tri County Community Action Program for such service to the Town as fuel assistance, food pantry and commodity food, and information assistance for the elderly, disabled and low-income residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 223 NO 38



Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) and turn over such monies to the Weeks Medical Center - Home Health & Hospice Services. The monies are used to provide home health care services to the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen and by the Budget Committee.


YES 205 NO 56



Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) for the American Red Cross. Recommended by the Selectmen and By the Budget Committee.


YES 205 NO 55



Article 42. To see if the Town will go on record in support of effective actions by the President and the Congress to address the issue of climate change which is increasingly harmful to the environment and economy of New Hampshire and to the future well being of the people of Carroll.

These actions include:

1. Establishment of a national program requiring reductions of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while protecting the U.S. economy.

2. Creation of a major national research initiative to foster rapid development of sustainable energy technologies thereby stimulating new jobs and investment.

The record of the vote on this article shall be transmitted to the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, to the President of the United States, and to declared candidates for those offices. Petition Article


YES 107 NO 152

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