OFFICIAL BALLOT
ANNUAL ELECTION
OF
OYSTER RIVER COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT
April 8, 1997
ROBERT D. LaMONT, SCHOOL DISTRICT CLERK
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
1. To vote, complete the arrow(s) <= =< pointing to your choice, like this <=====<
2. To write-in a candidate not on the ballot, write the name on the line provided for
the office and complete the arrow <= =< pointing to the write-in line, like this <=====<
OFFICERS
ARTICLE 1: For Moderator
ONE YEAR Vote for ONE:
DALE T. SWANSON <=====< 1,475 (99.06%)
WRITE-IN <= =< (14 0.94% total as follows)
RUTH ABELMAN 1 (0.07%)
JAY APSEY 1 (0.07%)
DWIGHT BARNEY 1 (0.07%)
JERE BECKMAN 2 (0.13%)
SHELDON CHASE 1 (0.07%)
ALLISON COOLEY 1 (0.07%)
JOHN JASCOB 1 (0.07%)
ANDREW KRUMPE 1 (0.07%)
DON MELVIN 1 (0.07%)
WALTER ROUS 1 (0.07%)
MARK SAMBER 1 (0.07%)
ALEX SHIGO 1 (0.07%)
ED VALENA 1 (0.07%)
(1,489 total; 83.09% of ballots)
(303 blank; 16.91% of ballots)
ARTICLE 2: SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES
For School Board Representative from Durham
THREE YEARS Vote for ONE:
DREW CHRISTIE <=====< 959 (56.38%)
GRAHAM S. FULLER <= =< 304 (17.87%)
DENISE ROSE <= =< 434 (25.51%)
WRITE-IN <= =< (4 0.24% total as follows)
MICHAEL BELAND 2 (0.12%)
MIKE BELAND 1 (0.06%)
ANDREW KRUMPE 1 (0.06%)
(1701 total; 94.92% of ballots)
(91 blank; 5.08% of ballots)
For School Board Representative from Lee
THREE YEARS Vote for ONE:
JOHN COLLINS <=====< 969 (59.27%)
PHIL DONHAUSER <= =< 0 (0.00%)
DENNIS LAMARE <= =< 507 (31.01%)
MARK SAMBER <= =< 157 (9.60%)
WRITE-IN <= =< (2 0.12% total as follows)
ANDREW KRUMPE 1 (0.06%)
DENNIS MCNAMEE 1 (0.06%)
(1635 total; 91.24% of ballots)
(157 blank; 8.76% of ballots)
For School Board Representative from Madbury
THREE YEARS Vote for ONE:
JOAN VALENTINE <=====< 1,271 (95.64%)
WRITE-IN <= =< (58 4.36% total as follows)
JAY APSEY 1 (0.08%)
JERE BECKMAN 1 (0.08%)
NELSON BOLSTRIDGE 1 (0.08%)
BETSY BOOTH 1 (0.08%)
A. BRADBURY 1 (0.08%)
HENRY COOLEY 1 (0.08%)
EILEEN CORROW 1 (0.08%)
PHIL DONHAUSER 1 (0.08%)
NICK ENGALICHEV 1 (0.08%)
GRAHAM FULLER 2 (0.15%)
MARTHA GOOZE 1 (0.08%)
DICK HOUGHTON 2 (0.15%)
R. HOUGHTON 4 (0.30%)
BARBARA HOUSTON 1 (0.08%)
GORDON KRAFT 1 (0.08%)
ANDREW KRUMPE 1 (0.08%)
STEPHEN LARSON 1 (0.08%)
CHRIS LINKER 4 (0.30%)
JOHN MCKERNAN 1 (0.08%)
JON MILNE 1 (0.08%)
ALLETHAIRE NORONHA 1 (0.08%)
SUE ORR 8 (0.60%)
BILL PARCELLS 1 (0.08%)
D. PENNIMAN 1 (0.08%)
DAVID PENNIMAN 7 (0.53%)
ARNOLD PINSKY 1 (0.08%)
BETSY RENSHAW 1 (0.08%)
MARK SAMBER 5 (0.38%)
RUTH SAMPLE 1 (0.08%)
BILL SHAHEEN 1 (0.08%)
BOB STERNBERG 1 (0.08%)
SABASTIAN TOOMAS 1 (0.08%)
JAMES TOWLE 1 (0.08%)
(1,329 total; 74.16% of ballots)
(463 blank; 25.84% of ballots)
QUESTIONS
ARTICLE 3:
Shall the district authorize the school board to enter into a three-year lease
agreement for facilities development services to develop a guaranteed maximum
price for additions, renovations, and capital improvements to the Oyster River
High School; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 for the first year
payment for that purpose of an obligation not to exceed $55,000?
YES <=====< 1,195 (69.44%)
NO <= =< 526 (30.56%)
(1,721 total; 96.04% of ballots)
(71 blank; 3.96% of ballots)
ARTICLE 4:
Shall the district raise and appropriate the sum of $87,598 as a deficit
appropriation to be added to the 1996-97 appropriation for purposes of meeting
the unanticipated expenses of the district in special education?
YES <=====< 1,082 (62.76%)
NO <= =< 642 (37.24%)
(1,724 total; 96.21% of ballots)
(68 blank; 3.79% of ballots)
ARTICLE 5:
Shall the district vote to approve within the provisions of NH RSA 273-A:3 the
cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached with the
Oyster River Bus Drivers Association which calls for the following increases in
salaries over the prior year:
1997-98 $6,727
1998-99 $6,908
1999-00 $7,130
and further to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,610 in 1997-98 for additional
costs attributable to the increase in benefits over those paid in the prior
fiscal year?
YES <=====< 1,261 (73.31%)
NO <= =< 459 (26.69%)
(1,720 total; 95.98% of ballots)
(72 blank; 4.02% of ballots)
ARTICLE 6:
Shall the district vote to change the purpose of its expendable general fund
trust, also known as the School Board Capital Replacement Trust Fund to be known
as the School Building Capital Fund for the purpose of funding major capital
needs for school district facilities?
YES <= =< 1,054 (62.15% Failed by at least 230 votes)
NO <=====< 642 (37.85% to get 2/3 majority.)
(1,696 total; 94.64% of ballots)
(96 blank; 5.36% of ballots)
ARTICLE 7:
Shall the district authorize the school board to sell the approximately 25 acre
Orchard Drive land, on such terms and conditions as the school board shall
determine are in the best interest of the School District?
YES <=====< 1,163 (68.05%)
NO <= =< 546 (31.95%)
(1,709 total; 95.37% of ballots)
(83 blank; 4.63% of ballots)
ARTICLE 8:
Shall the Oyster River Cooperative School District conduct a study on the
elimination of the position of superintendent and its SAU 5 so long as the school
district complies with the requirements of RSA 194-C:3, 4, 5 II (a), 9 II?
YES <=====< 914 (53.45%)
NO <= =< 796 (46.54%)
(1,710 total; 95.42% of ballots)
(82 blank; 4.58% of ballots)
ARTICLE 9:
Shall voters of the district favor the establishment of additional polling places
in Lee and Madbury for the offical ballot referendum in 1998 provided that the
ballots from all polling places are commingled for counting and reporting?
YES <=====< 1,099 (64.01%)
NO <= =< 618 (35.99%)
(1,717 total; 95.81% of ballots)
(75 blank; 4.19% of ballots)
ARTICLE 10:
Shall the District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including
appropriations by special warrant articles, the amounts set forth on the budget
posted with the warrant, for the purposes set forth therein, totalling
$17,541,130, distributed as follows:
Fund 1 - $16,603,629 (regular operating budget)
Fund 2 - $ 466,500 (expenditures from federal/special revenues)
Fund 4 - $ 471,000 (expenditures from food services)?
YES <=====< 976 (56.22%)
NO <= =< 760 (43.78%)
(1,736 total; 96.88% of ballots)
(56 blank; 3.12% of ballots)
[Default Budget: In the event that this article is defeated by majority vote on
April 8, the operating budget shall be $15,879,820, which is the same as last
year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the 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.]
(A total of 1698 ballots were cast on April 8 at the polls. An additional 94
absentee ballots were cast for an overall total of 1792 ballots.)
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