2020 Town Warrant Articles
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Ballot Details 

At the March 10 election, voters face a shopping list of warrant articles, with most of them dealing with adding tax money to capital reserve funds.

The money to be spent on capital reserve funds comes from your unspent tax money for last year, which is cleverly called "the Unassigned Fund Balance." This is money that was budgeted, collected in taxes, but not spent, which is a good thing. If that money was not put into the reserve funds, it could go toward reducing the tax rate.

NOTE
For the complete town and school warrant articles and explanations of each one, read the 24-page Town & School Voter's Guide, linked at the right.

VOTER'S GUIDE

Feel free to take this guide to the voting place.

Article Description Hint Results
Article 1 Elect Town Officials
This happens on Election Day. There are about 14 open slots this year. The major ones are for Selectman, Sewer Commissioner, and Road Agent.

VOTE
Article 2 Zoning cleanup - To make administrative and formatting changes to the Town Zoning Ordinance document.

YES
Article 3 Zoning cleanup - To clarify that Article III, Section 302.c refers to Home Occupations.

YES
Article 4 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article III, Section 311 for Home Occupations.

YES
Article 5 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article VI, Section 601 for Carports.

YES
Article 6 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article VII, Section 701 for Carports.

YES
Article 7 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article X, Section 1001.t by adding "Nursing Home/Assisted Living" as a permitted use.

YES
Article 8 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article XI, Section 1123.c.1 by changing the term "accessory dwelling unit" to just "dwelling unit."

YES
Article 9 Zoning cleanup - To amend Article XVII, Section 1702.b.5 about cluster housing.

YES
Article 10 Town Budget = $4,085,970; Default = $4,061,783
The default budget saves taxpayers about $24,000.

NO
Article 11 Sewer Operating Budget = $2,299,192; Default = $2,258,241
The default budget saves sewer customers about $41,000.

NO
Article 12 Fire Safety Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, add $10,000

YES
Article 13 Library Capital Reserve Fund, add $2,469

YES
Article 14 Public Safety Facilities Capital Reserve Fund, add $20,000

YES
Article 15 Streetlight Capital Reserve Fund, add $6,500

YES
Article 16 Landfill Capital Reserve Fund, add $17,525

YES
Article 17 Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, add $15,000

YES
Article 18 Town Building/Maintenance Capital Reserve Fund, add $20,000

YES
Article 19 Economic Development Capital Reserve Fund, add $20,000

YES
Article 20 Assessing Valuation Update Capital Reserve Fund, add $16,800

YES
Article 21 Establish and Fund Road Repair and Paving Capital Reserve Fund, add $50,000

YES
Article 22 Parks and Recreation Projects Capital Reserve Fund, add $30,000

YES
Article 23 Highway Facilities Capital Reserve Fund, add $25,000

YES
Article 24 Petition Article for Five Member Board
This article appeared in the 2016 ballot and failed by only 8 votes out of 408. For details see 2016 Warrant Article 14.

YES


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