Milford NH Voting Results March 8, 2016

These are the voting results for the March 8, 2016 ballots for Milford, NH.

There were 2711 ballots cast from a checklist of 10,356 voters, or a 26.1% turnout.  This is a very high percentage for a Milford town ballot vote - last year there were 2191 ballots cast, or a turnout of 22.1%

School Ballot

School Board (2 positions)
1596 Bob Willette - elected
1408 Len Mannino - elected
1107 Rick Wood

School District Moderator
2235 Pete Basiliere - elected

School District Treasurer
115 Rosemarie Evans - write-ins - elected

School District Clerk
69 Gina Matthews - write-ins - elected
49 Joan Dargie - write-ins

Question 1:  $3,000,000 Capital Improvements Bond
60% majority needed - 1570 needed
Yes 1550 failed (59.3%)
No 1066

Question 2:  $39,643,423 Operating Budget, $39,405,155 Default Budget
yes 1156 failed (Default budget is the budget for the 2016-2017 school year)
no 1460

Question 3:  Budget Advisory Committee Charge
yes 2032 passed
no 538 

Town Ballot
Selectmen
1578 Kevin Federico - elected
624 Christopher Skinner

Town Clerk
994 Joan Dargie - elected
765 Nancy Deslauriers
544 Bobbi Schelberg

Trustees of the Trust Fund
2138 Janet Spalding - elected

Cemetery Trustee
2209 Stephen Trombly - elected

Town Moderator
1689 Pete Basiliere - elected
569 Denise Hennesey

Supervisor of the Checklist
2119 Polly Cote

Library Trustee (2 positions)
1829 Judy Gross - elected
1435 David Rysdam - elected

Water and Wastewater Commissioners
2035 Dale White

Article 2: Planning Board Changes
Ballot Vote 1: Open Space and Conservation District
yes 1974 passed
no 515

Ballot Vote 2: Home Occupations 
yes 1806 passed
no 665

Ballot Vote 3: Accessory Dwelling Units 
yes 1799 passed
no 659

Question 3:  $5,618,000 Library Building Project
60% needed to pass - 1597 needed to pass
yes 981 failed (36.9%)
no 1680

Question 4: $216,000 Storm Sewer Video Inspection
60% needed to pass - 1545 needed to pass
yes 1574 passed (61.1%)
no 1001

Question 5: $950,000 Wastewater UV Disinfection Replacement
60% needed to pass - 1554 needed to pass
yes 1808 passed (69.8%)
no 782

Question 6:  $13,993,310 Operating Budget, $13,804,411 Default Budget
yes 1321 failed (Default budget is the budget for 2016)
no 1379

Question 7:  $1,393,395 Water Department Operating Budget
yes 1897 passed
no 668

Question 8:  $1,913,465 Wastewater Treatment Operating Budget
yes 1919 passed
no 655

Question 9:  $350,000 Bridge Replacement Capital Reserve
yes 1522 passed
no 1099

Question 10:  $162,000 Sidewalk Tractor Plow (5 year lease/purchase at $34,400 per year)
yes 1171 failed
no 1406

Question 11:  $168,600 Dump Truck (5 year lease/purchase at $35,800 per year)
yes 1099 failed
no 1450

Question 12:  $117,500 Dump Truck (5 year lease/purchase at $25,000 per year)
yes 1099 failed
no 1450

Question 13:  $40,000 Kinder Morgan Pipeline Legal Fees
yes 1480 passed
no 1107

Question 14:  $35,000 Social Services
yes 1880 passed
no 700

Question 15:  $27,700 Non-Emergency Community Transportation Services 
yes 1950 passed
no 652

Question 16:  $25,000 Architect Fees for Fire Department Expansion Project
yes 1194 failed
no 1421

Question 17:  $20,000 Conservation Lands Fund
yes 1363 passed
no 1256

Question 18:  $23,000 Pumpkin Festival & Holiday Decorations and Plantings
yes 1581 passed
no 1072

Question 19:  $9,000 Summer Band Concerts
yes 1596 passed
no 1052

Question 20:  $8,500 Fireworks
yes 1333 passed
no 1307

Question 21:  $6,000 Labor Day Parade
yes 1675
no 966

Question 22: $6,000 Memorial, Veterans & Labor Day Parades and Recognition - Twon Support
yes 1893 passed
no 742

Question 23:  $0 Gravel Pit Reclamation/REstoration & Sale or other Dispostiion of Resources
yes 1669 passed
no 887

Question 24:  $0 Modify Solar Exemptions
yes 1912 passed
no 612

Question 25:  $0 Adjustment to Exemption Amount for Elderly Exemption
yes 2219 passed
no 311

Question 26:  $0 Discontinuance of Linden Street Extension
yes 2130 passed
no 348

Question 27:  $0 Discontinuance of a portion of Scarborough Lane
yes 2114 passed
no 347

Question 28:  $0 Hitchiner Town Forest Conservation Easement
yes 1615 passed
no 896

Question 29:  $0 Open Space Access to Brown's Property
yes 2160 passed
no 368

Question 30: $0 Pipeline Authorization Consent
yes 656 failed
no 1883

Question 31:  $0 Sale of a portion of the Brox Property
yes 806 failed
no 1681

Question 32:  $0 New Hampshire Resolution to Get Big Money out of Politics
yes 1994 passed
no 490