Town of Hampton - Lane Memorial Library

ARTICLE 10
Shall the Town of Hampton raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by
special or individual warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth in
the budget posted with the warrant, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $23,552,795? Should this
article be defeated, the operating budget shall be $23,609,157 which is the same as last year, with certain
adjustments required by previous action of the Town Meeting or by law, or the governing body may hold
one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised
operating budget only. Majority vote required.
NOTE: This Warrant Article (Operating Budget) does not include appropriations in ANY other warrant
article.
Not Recommended by the Board of Selectmen
Recommended by the Budget Committee
Moved by Mary Louise Woolsey
Seconded by Virginia Bridle-Russell
Frederick Rice offered to amend the article by deleting the amount $23,552,795 and replace it with new
amount of $24,328,522.
Seconded by Seppo Kulju.
After much discussion the vote was taken and the Rice amendment passed.
A motion to restrict reconsideration was made by Mr. Barrington and seconded by Mr. Workman. The
motion passed.
Results of balloting on March 14, 2006
Yes 1444
No 1833
Article 10 failed.
ARTICLE 11
Shall the Town of Hampton raise and appropriate the sum of $574,800 ($459,840 to be funded by
an 80% CMAQ grant and $114,960 to fund the 20% local share) for all costs of procurement,
engineering, design, and construction work associated with a bike path / road widening project along
Exeter Road eastward from the Hampton-Exeter town line to Interstate Highway 95 and to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to accept the grant on behalf of the Town. The Selectmen will not proceed with this
project unless the grant is received. Majority Vote Required
Recommended by the Board of Selectmen
Not Recommended by the Budget Committee
Moved by Bennett Moore.
Seconded by Virginia Bridle-Russell.
Mr. Moore offered to amend the article by removing all dollar amounts and replacing them with 0.
Seconded by Mrs. Bridle-Russell
Mr. Moore stated the grant committee was unwilling to move location of bike path.
The Moore Amendment passed and all dollar amounts are reduced to zero.
Results of balloting on March 14, 2006
Yes 1056
No 2173
Article 11 failed.
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