TOWN WARRANT
COLEBROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M.
To the inhabitants of the Town of Colebrook, in the County of Coos, in the State of New Hampshire, qualified to vote in Town affairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at the Colebrook School Gymnasium in said Town of Colebrook on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. in the evening, to act upon the following subjects:
Article 1
To bring in your ballots for the selection of Town Officers to be elected by ballot for the Town of Colebrook for the ensuing year.
Article 2
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #1 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Colebrook Zoning Ordinance as follows:
Amendment #1 to Article IV Section 6.C:
If construction has begun, and is not completed after one (1) year, the Board will consider a permit extension for up to one (1) additional year. If an extension is granted, the original Building Permit will become null and void if construction is not completed by the end of the extension. A new application will have to be submitted and heard for consideration by the Board. Building permits are not transferable.
Article 3
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #2 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Colebrook Zoning Ordinance as follows:
Amendment #2 to Article IV Section 6.D.4:
Timely process. All applications for Certificates of Occupancy, once accepted and marked complete by the town’s designated employees shall be processed within thirty-five (35) business days or the application shall be considered as automatically approved. If circumstances require quicker Board action, upon written request, the Planning Board or its designee will consider and process the Certificate of Occupancy within 5 days of request or it shall be considered automatically approved.
Article 4
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,712,292.00 for General Government.
Executive and Elections - 72,963.00
Registration and Vital Statistics - 28,039.00
Financial/Assessing/Tax Collection/Treasurer Secretary/Data Processing - 152,506.00
Legal - 14,025.00
Planning & Zoning - 12,138.00
General Buildings - 51,606.00
Advertising & Regional Association - 2,079.00
Police/Fire/Emergency Management - 376,079.00
Highways & Streets - 684,660.00
Sanitation & Recycling - 179,762.00
Health Agencies/Animal Boarding - 31,725.00
General Assistance - 7,250.00
Recreation/Patriotic - 79,860.00
Economic Development - 11,100.00
Debt Service - 8,500.00
Article 5
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $232,064.00 for the purpose of implementing the Pay As You Throw Program.
Article 6
To see if the Town (upon disapproval of Article 3) will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $234,208.00 for the purpose of running the Colebrook Transfer Station.
Article 7
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $72,790.00 for the support of the new 45th Parallel Emergency Medical Services and to permit the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with this Service for such purpose. In the event the Towns and the 45th Parallel Emergency Agency come to an agreement for a five year contract the Town’s people gives permission for the Selectmen to sign and enter into the contract without having to come back to a Town meeting as long as an escape clause is included in the contract.
Article 8
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $51,000.00 for the following Capital Reserve Funds.
Equipment Purchase (1999) - 38,250.00
Police Cruiser (1999) - 12,750.00
Article 9
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $ 408,813.00 for the Colebrook Water Works and the Colebrook Sewer Facilities. Said funds to be offset by user fees.
Water Department - 202,278.00
Sewer Department - 206,535.00
Article 10
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $155,014.00 for the support of the Colebrook Public Library. $106,889.00 is to be raised through taxation and $48,125.00 of which is to come from other Library balance on hand January 1, 2008,book sales, donations, trust funds, non-resident fees, other communities, over due fines, book resale’s, copying fees etc., such funds to be expended under the direction of the Board of Library Trustees.
Article 11
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $74,172.00 for the operation and maintenance of the Colebrook Cemeteries, the sum of $65,172.00 to be raised through taxation and $9,000.00 to be raised from burials, cemetery trust funds and other Colebrook Cemetery revenues.
Article 12
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $207,949.00 for the Colebrook Dispatch Center, of which $110,507.26 will be raised through taxation, and the remainder to be offset by revenues from the participating towns.
Article 13
To see if the Town will vote to accept, ratify and confirm the reports of the Agents,Selectmen, Auditors and all other Town Officers.
Article 14
To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this February 2009.
COLEBROOK BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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