MARCH 8, 2011

Elections – 10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Business Meeting – 7:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. 3/9/11

ARTICLE ONE: To vote by non-partisan ballot for the following Town Officers:

Results of ballots cast – declared winners’ names are noted in bold print.

Selectmen – One person for three-year term
Kenneth P. Christie 136
Steven M. Holt 172

Tax Collector - One person for one-year term
Marianne Wierenga-Nevelson 276

Treasurer - One person for one-year term
Scott Luther-Houghton 283

Local Auditor 1 for one-year term
John Tuthill (write-in) declined 3

Trustee of Trust Funds – One Person for three-year term
Tim Perry 261

Cemetery Trustee – One Person for three-year term
Kenneth Reed (write-in) 38

Planning Board – Two Persons for three-year term
K. Wesley Cubberley 245
Laurence Williamson 177

Library Trustee – Two persons for three-year term
Guy Russell 258
Tanya Holt (write-in) 38

Budget Committee – Two persons for three-year term
John W. Balla 156
Susan Metsack 231
John Tuthill 183


ARTICLE TWO: To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Amendment to the Acworth Zoning Ordinance (concerning description of the Village Districts) as proposed by the Planning Board. Copies of the complete amendment are available for review at the Town Office, and will be available the day of voting. The following question will appear on the Official Ballot:

"Are you in favor of the amendment to the existing Town of Acworth Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board? The amendment replaces the existing descriptions of the Acworth and South Acworth Village Districts boundaries with the boundaries shown on the 2010 Property Maps, produced by Cartographic Associates, Inc."

Results of ballots cast:

YES 200 NO 73

ARTICLE TWO PASSED

ARTICLE THREE: Do you approve of having 2 sessions for the annual town meeting in this town, the first session for choice of town officers elected by an official ballot and other action required to be inserted on said official ballot and the second session, on a date set by the selectmen, for transaction of other business?

(The effect of this article, if adopted, would be to allow the selectmen to schedule the deliberative session of town meeting on some day other than the day of town elections. Article 3 is not an article calling for the adoption of the "SB2" Official Ballot Referendum form of town meeting. That option is instead being proposed in Article 4.)

Results of ballots cast:

YES 86 NO 206

ARTICLE THREE FAILED

ARTICLE FOUR: Shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 40:13 (known as SB2) to allow official ballot voting on all issues before the Town of Acworth on the second Tuesday of March? By petition; Requires 3/5 vote.

Results of ballots cast:

YES 70 NO 236

ARTICLE FOUR FAILED


ARTICLE FIVE: Shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 40:14-b to delegate the determination of the default budget to the Acworth Budget Committee which has been adopted under RSA 32:14. By petition; Requires 3/5 vote.

(Article 5, if adopted, will take effect only if Article 4 is also adopted, because the "default budget" is a concept, which exists only under the"SB2" Official Ballot Referendum form of town meeting.)

Results of ballots cast:

YES 67 NO 222

ARTICLE FIVE FAILED