TOWN WARRANT
Town of
State of
The Polls Will Be Open From
To the
Inhabitants of the Town of
You are
hereby notified to meet at the Tuftonboro Town House in said Tuftonboro on
Tuesday, the fourteenth day of March next, at
Articles 1-5 will be voted on by Ballot March 14th.
You
are hereby notified to meet at the
1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
2. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
To delete the words ”at any residence” from 10.4.1
Limitations [of residential tenting and residential vehicles] and replace
them with “shall be by permit only” so that 10.4.1 will read as follows: “Such
occupancy of either tents or recreational vehicles shall be by permit only and
the occupancy shall not exceed a total of four weeks per year. No more than one
such unit may be occupied in connection with any residence.”
(The purpose of this amendment is to facilitate enforcement of the four
weeks limitation.)
3. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
To delete the words “temporarily placed upon a residential lot” from the
first sentence of 10.4.2 Location so the sentence reads as follows: “Any
tent or recreational vehicle shall be located as inconspicuously as possible so
as to minimize to the greatest degree possible the unit’s visibility from
public roads or neighboring lands.
4. Are you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended by the Planning Board?
To add the following statement to 14.4.2 Procedures for Permits: “The Code Enforcement Officer may require a N. H. Licensed Land Surveyor’s certification or survey to verify that a structure meets the required setback(s). Non-conforming lots shall generally be required to have a foundation location plan certified by a N. H. Licensed Land Surveyor.”
(The effect of this change will be that applicants will have a better understanding of when and/or why a surveyor is needed in the construction process.)
5. Are you in favor of increasing the board of selectmen to 5 members?
(This is a petitioned warrant article)
6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of One hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000.00) for the purchase of a
2.48-acre parcel of land (42-1-15) on
7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for the purpose of starting
preliminary site work and design of an expansion to the Tuftonboro Free Library.
This will be a non-lapsing warrant article as per
8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty eight thousand two hundred thirty dollars ($28,230.00) for the purchase of a Police computer network (software and hardware). The Selectmen and Budget Committee recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote required)
9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred ninety two thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($192,350.00) for the renovation of the Transfer Station. Of these funds $132,477.00 will come from unreserved fund balance. The balance of $59,873.00 is to be raised from taxes. The Selectmen and Budget Committee recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote required)
10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Three hundred sixty five thousand dollars ($365,000.00) for the purchase of
land and preliminary design work for a Public Safety Building. This will be a
non-lapsing warrant article as per RSA 32:7 and will not lapse until the
project is completed or until
11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred thirty thousand dollars ($430,000.00) to purchase a conservation/preservation easement on the Wayne Cheney Farm, 70 Middle Road in Tuftonboro. Of the $430,000.00, $73,500.00 will come from federal grant money, $11,000.00 from the Conservation Fund and $62,500.00 from fund balance. The balance of $283,000.00 is to be raised by taxes. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. The Budget Committee recommends $73,500.00 for this appropriation. (Majority vote required)
12. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred
eighty five thousand dollars ($185,000.00) for the paving of town roads. The
Selectmen and Budget Committee recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote
required).
13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the Budget Committee’s recommended amount of Two million two hundred twenty five thousand four dollars ($2,225,004.00) to defray town charges. This article does not include any special or individual warrant articles. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote required)
14. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.
A TRUE COPY OF WARRANT ATTEST:
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William L. Stockman
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William Albee
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Susan H. Weeks
Selectmen of Tuftonboro