Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 7 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Hampton Zoning Ordinance as follows?

Amend Article X – Building Permits and Inspection, Section 10.1.4 to delete the outdated Building Department Fee Schedule from the Zoning Ordinance and to clarify that the fee schedule is available in the Building Department.

What it means: Deletion of the outdated fee schedule from the Zoning Ordinance will prevent confusion regarding the actual required fees.

Those in favor say: This will make it easier to ensure that just one set of Building Department fees are posted, and that the posted fees can be kept current.

Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at the Deliberative Session.

Fiscal Impact: No tax impact.

Shall we modify the Elderly exemptions for property tax in the Town of Hampton, pursuant to N.H. RSA 72:27-a, based on assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, to be as follows: for a person 65 years of age up to 75 years, $125,000 [currently $120,000]; for a person 75 years of age up to 80 years, $160,000 [currently $150,000]; for a person 80 years of age or older $200,000 [currently $178,000]. To qualify, the person must have been a New Hampshire resident for at least three (3) consecutive years preceding April 1st, own the real estate individually or jointly, or if the real estate is owned by such person’s spouse, they must have been married for at least five (5) years, in addition, the taxpayer must have a net income of not more than $38,000 or, if married, a combined net income of less than $58,000, and own net assets not in excess of $250,000 excluding the value of the person’s primary residence? (Majority vote required)

 What it means: The intent is for no elderly person who previously qualified for the elderly property tax exemption to be disqualified because of the increases in home valuations.

No one spoke in favor or against this Article at Deliberative Session.

 Fiscal Impact: No tax impact.

SAU 21 Article 1 – Operating Budget $24,888,010

Shall the School District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling

$24,888,010? Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $24,849,937 which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the School District 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.)

Article 2:Seacoast Education Association- Collective Bargaining Agreement

To see if the School District will vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Winnacunnet School Board and the Seacoast Education Association which calls for the following increases and reductions in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:

Year	Est Salary Incr.	Est Health Ins. Chg.	Est Incr in Benefits	Total Est Incr.
2017-2018	$259,401	-$38,596	$65,822	$286,627
2018-2019	$330,011	-$42,223	$83,762	$371,550

and further to raise and appropriate the sum of $286,627 for the 2017-18 school year, such sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increase in salaries and benefits required by the new agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels in accordance with the current collective bargaining agreement. (Majority vote required.)

Note: In order for this article to be adopted, it must be approved by the voters of the school districts of Hampton Falls, North Hampton, Seabrook, South Hampton and the voters of the Winnacunnet Cooperative School District (which includes Hampton voters).

Article 3: HVAC Upgrades

To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $96,679 to continue the HVAC replacement project at Winnacunnet High School that is estimated to cost $1.5 million between now and 2025? This project is part of the facility plan adopted by the school board. This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7 VI and will not lapse until the project is complete or June 30, 2019, whichever is earlier. (Majority vote required.)

Article 4: Special Education Expendable Trust

To see if the School District will vote to raise and appropriate up to $100,000 to be added to the existing Special Education Expendable Trust Fund, with such amount to be funded from the June 30, 2017 unassigned fund balance available for transfer on July 1, 2017. (Majority vote required.)

(Should this article be approved, the funding is from unassigned fund balance and no amount to be raised from taxation.)

Article 5: School Health Insurance Expendable Trust

To see if the School District will vote to create an expendable trust fund under the provisions of 198: 20-c Ill to be known as the School Health Insurance Fund, for the purpose of maintaining health insurance funds to supplement the funding of health insurance premiums for the benefit of eligible employees or eligible retired employees of the school district? Furthermore, to raise and appropriate up to $50,000 to be placed in this fund with such amount to be funded from the June 30, 2017 unassigned fund balance available for transfer on July 1, 2017 and to name the School Board as agents to expend from said fund and allow the School Board to designate the Town of Hampton as the Trustee of the Trust Funds. (Majority vote required.)

(Should this article be approved, the funding is from unassigned fund balance and no amount to be raised from taxation.)

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