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Warner voters approve $2.88 million budget, zoning amendments and multiple capital reserve appropriations
Summary
At the March 8, 2011 Town Meeting voters approved a $2,884,582 operating budget, passed several zoning amendments (including a map change in Davisville) and authorized multiple capital reserve additions and program funds including Safe Routes to School sidewalks and several equipment and trust funds.
Warner voters on March 8 approved the town’s 2011 operating budget and a series of warrant articles funding capital reserves, trust funds and local programs.
Article 7, the operating budget, passed as presented; the warrant lists the total as $2,884,582. Several subsequent articles authorizing additions to capital reserve funds and trust funds passed by voice vote or as recorded in the warrant. Notable items include: Article 8 — $16,000 to the Police Department Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund; Article 9 — $225,000 to Highway Road Construction (passed as amended to require a public hearing before expenditure); Article 10 — $50,000 to Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund; Article 12 — $30,000 to Fire/Rescue Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund naming the Board of Selectmen as agents to expend; Article 17 — a non-lapsing $6,000 for Parks and Recreation mower (non-lapsing through Dec. 31, 2014); and Article 19 — $88,600 for additional sidewalks under the NH Safe Routes to School Program, with the transcript noting the full amount will come from funds awarded to the town.
Voters also approved zoning amendments proposed by the Planning Board. Amendment No. 1 (Article 2) reclassified roughly 70 acres in the Davisville area north of Route 103 East from OC-1 to C-1 to allow potential commercial development (reported vote: YES 224, NO 132). Amendment No. 2 (Article 3) shifts administration of temporary sign regulation to the Board of Selectmen; Amendment No. 3 (Article 4) raises allowed maximum gross floor area for retail/service buildings in C-1; Amendment No. 4 (Article 5) redefines 'Major Subdivision' to mean four or more lots created within five years; and Amendment No. 5 (Article 6) allows temporary greenhouses or stands for six months per year.
Article 1 listed results for town offices on the warrant (vote totals shown next to candidate names in the record). The packet records a write-in winner, John Warner, and lists successful candidates for selectman, budget committee, trustees and other local posts.
The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn carried by voice vote; the official record is signed by Judith A. Newman-Rogers, Warner Town Clerk.
Details: amounts and vote counts are reported as shown in the official warrant transcript; where the transcript records only "PASSED" or "Voice Vote," no roll-call tallies are provided.
