To the inhabitants of the Town of Orange in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire qualified to vote in town affairs.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to meet at the Town House in said Orange on Tuesday, the 12th day of March 2013, at eleven o'clock a.m. for the election of Town Officers as called for in Article 1 below. The polls will open 11 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. for voting on Article 1.
YOU ARE ALSO HEREBY NOTIFIED that the business meeting will be held at the Town House in said Orange at seven o’clock in the evening on Wednesday, the 13th day of March, 2013 to act upon Articles 2 through 12 in this warrant
ARTICLE 1: (By Official Ballot) To elect the following town officers for the following terms: 1 Selectman – 3 year term, 1 Overseer Public Welfare – 1 year term, 1 Town Clerk – 1 year term, 1 Budget Committee – 3 year term, 1 Treasurer – 1 year term, 1 Cemetery Trustee – 3 year term, 1 Tax Collector – 1 year term, 1 Trustee Trust Funds – 3 year term, 1 Deeding Agent – 1 year term, 2 Auditors – 1 year term, 1 Road Agent – 1 year term, 1 Cemetery Agent – 1 year term, 2 Planning Board – both 3 year terms, 1 Supervisor of Check List – 3 year term, and any other officers as required by law.
ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to give a discount of 3% on taxes paid in full within twenty days from the date of the bills pursuant to RSA 80:52 on the condition that the taxpayer deduct the discount at time of payment.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate approximately $29,235.16 for the purpose of construction, reconstruction and maintenance of Class 4 or 5 highways and for the purchase of equipment, said amount to be offset by the Highway Block Grant (estimated to be $29,235.16). Said amount to be included into Article 10.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to be paid into the Town Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0012 (opened 05/08/2007) for the purpose of purchasing highway related equipment.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be paid into the Town House Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0015 (opened 06/20/2007) for the purpose of Town House building improvements.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) to be paid into the Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0014 opened 05/08/2007 for the purpose of a revaluation of property.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be paid into the Town Road Improvement Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0013 opened 06/26/2007 for the purpose of maintaining Town roads.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 8: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be paid into the Town Document Preservation Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0016 opened 05/08/2007 for the purpose of restoring and preserving Town documents.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be paid into the Cemetery Monument Capital Reserve Fund #NH-01-0700-0018 opened in 2012 for the purpose of cleaning and repairing cemetery monuments.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
ARTICLE 10: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the Budget Committee recommended sum of $219,831.00 ,not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, for the ensuing year for general operations.
(RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN 3/0)
(RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE 3/0)
ARTICLE 11: To see if the town will vote to name the Board of Selectmen as agents of the Cemetery Monument Capital Reserve Fund, created under Article 11 of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, and to authorize them to carry out the objects of said fund, and to make such expenditures from the fund in pursuit of those objects as they deem advisable.
ARTICLE 12: To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees and officers and to transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
GIVEN UNDER OUR HAND AND SEAL THIS, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN.
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Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs Betty Fulton Robert Ells