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ARTICLE 20

Shall the Town 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 $12,323,890.07. Should this article be defeated, the operating budget shall be $12,135,771.07 which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the town, 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. * If Article 7 of this warrant passes, this article will be reduced by $12,112 (Long Term Debt line). If Article 8 of this warrant passes, this article will be reduced by $1,800 (Town Clerk Expenses) as well as $1,530 (Town Highway Maintenance).

Town Officers’ Salaries $ 3,690

Administration 518,560

Town Clerk Expenses 213,520

Tax Collector Expenses 136,830

Election and Registration 23,650

Cemeteries 41,200

General Gov’t Buildings 485,280

Appraisal of Properties 196,000

Information Technologies 200,200

Town Museum 5

Searles Building 15,520

Legal Expenses 52,400

Retirement 17,500

Insurance 255,130

Contracted Services 5

Police Department 2,481,830

Dispatching 404,160

Fire Department 2,869,595

Emergency Management 6,490

Community Development 442,835

Town Highway Maintenance 1,130,280

Street Lighting 14,320

Solid Waste Disposal 910,485

Health and Human Services 36,655

Animal Control 20,065

General Assistance 57,040

Library 964,710

Recreation 181,575

Historic Commission 1,000

Senior Center 6,930

Cable TV Expenses 92,540

Interest Expenses (TANs) 500

Long Term Debt 213,390.07

(Principal $206,767.50 and Interest $6,622.57)

Capital Outlay – Roads (Part of CIP) 330,000

*Note: Warrant Article 20 (operating budget does not include appropriations proposed under any other warrant articles).

Recommended by Board of Selectmen (4-1)

· Ross McLeod, Phil Lochiatto, Kathleen DiFruscia, Roger Hohenberger for.

· Bruce Breton opposed.

Meetings:

Meeting video clips shown have been shortened for content. The full meeting video may be obtained at wctv.pegcentral.com.

· 2/11/12 Town Deliberative Session (Entire meeting video can be found here)

o WCTV Video Clip (00:10:06)