Here is the file if you want to print it: 2013 Warrant Article Table for Civic News
| Reference | Short  Description | Yes Vote Means | No Vote Means |
| Art. 1 | Elections for 8 Â different positions. | Please vote | Please vote |
| Art. 2 | Choose School  District officers (separate School Meeting). | Please vote | Please vote |
| Art. 3 Amd. 1 | Housekeeping  change to conform to election of ZBA (voters adopted in 2012). | Updates wording as ZBA is now  elected | You do not want the wording to  be updated |
| Art. 3 Amd. 2 | Historic  District regulation re: solar  collectors. | You support a new section to cover solar collectors in the Historic District | You do not feel that the  historic district regulations should include solar collectors |
| Art. 3 Amd. 3 | Establish  Overlay district for Groundwater mgmt. | Support the town restricting the  use of ground water near the old Rye Landfill on Rt. 1 because of high levels  of manganese | You do not want the town to be  able to restrict ground water use in this area, even though there are  elevated levels of manganese |
| Art. 3 Amd. 4 | Decrease bldg.  age for demolition review from 65 to 50 years. | You support the Demolition  Review to cover homes only 50 years, instead of the current 65 years and to  be consistent with State Law | You would like to see the  Demolition Review stay at the current 65 years |
| Art. 3 Amd. 5 | Amend  definition of “structure” in the Zoning Ordinance to exclude fuel  storage tanks” and make reference to other sections | Support the wording changes to  remove fuel tanks as you agree they do not impact the yard space set back requirements | Prefer that the current wording  stays as is |
| Art. 3 Amd. 6 | Define  “storm water” in the Zoning Ordinance in accordance with State  statute. | Support adding a definition of  “storm water” consistent with the State | Prefer that “Storm  water” not be defined to match the State definition |
| Art. 4 | Town Hall  schematic design and related activities.  $60,000 | Approve the town to spend $60K  to develop designs and to prepare a  Town Facilities Master Plan. | Do not want to see the town  address the town hall building problems now |
| Art. 5 | 1899 Trolley  Barn (Old Police Station) study.  $9,800 | Support the town determining  potential costs of utilizing the old Police Station/Trolley Barn | Do not want the town to  understand the costs of utilizing this building |
| Art. 6 | Goss Farm Barn  restoration. $170,000 | Support the town investing in  accelerating the work at Goss Farm barn for community use | Do not support the town  investing this amount in helping complete the restoration work at Goss Farm  Barn |
| Art. 7 | Fund Highway  Equipment Capital Reserve Fund.  $100,000 | Support the town building up the  capital reserve fund for future Highway Equipment investments. No new equipment is planned for this year.  Current balance is $176,000 | Do not think the town should be  adding funds to this account at this time. |
| Art. 8 | Municipal  Records and Document Management.  $25,000 | Support the town paying to get  recommendations on how to better store and manage all of the town  documents. Does not include the cost  of scanning. | Do not support the town getting  outside help to understand the options and costs for a records management  plan. |
| Art. 9 | Streaming of  meetings at Town Hall. $4,000 | Support the town in investing in  starting to stream town meetings. | Do not want to see the town  invest in streaming town government meetings. |
| Art. 10 | Operating  budget $8,680,627. Default budget  $8,380,347. | Support the current increased  budget | Prefer the town use the lower  default budget |
| Art. 11 | Discontinue old  Elwyn Rd. roadbed near new roundabout. | Approve the town to transfer the  unused public property to the private use | Do not want the town to complete  the land exchange process started when the Foyes corner roundabout was built |
| Art. 12 | Relocation of  Old Ferry Landing Rd. near Foyes’ Corner. | Approve the town’s  discontinuance of the current section  of road and to relocate this minor section of road | Oppose the proposed changes  requested by the property owners |
| Art. 13 | Cut <10  trees for parking lot at Rye Recreation Area. | Support creating additional  parking at Rye Recreation fields | Do not support creating  additional parking spaces as planned |
| Art. 14 | Amend  Skateboard Ordinance to require single file for bicycles and pedestrians. | Support making the restrictions  on pedestrians and bicycles permanent | Do not support making the  changes permanent. |
| Art. 15 | Amend Beach  Ordinance to require approval of business and organized events. | Studying how the town should  regulate commercial activities at the beach (Ocean) | Do not support the town studying  how the town to should regulate commercial activities on the beach (Ocean) |
| Art. 16 | Amend Parking  Ordinance to add no parking areas near Jenness Beach. | Support the additional no  parking zone | Do not want these streets to be  posted no parking |
| Art. 17 | Tally of votes  on warrant articles and budget items. | Support the town showing the  vote (two to one) for Selectmen and Budget Committee | Prefer to only see that the  Selectman or Budget Committee approve the spending |
| Art. 18 | Increase Solar  Energy exemption from $15K to $35K | Support increasing the Solar  Energy exemption to $35K and clarifying the wording | Prefer the smaller exemption  amount from 2012 |
| Art. 19* | Study website  posting of all agendas and minutes. | Approve having the town study  improving the access to agendas and meetings | Do not want the town to study  making it easier for people to view meeting postings online |
| Art. 20* | Approve the  amended warrant article that strengthens the Conflict of Interest policy | Approve the process by making  such changes as a list of who has signed the conflict of interest form each  year availble to the public | Would like process implemented  this year to stay unchanged |
| Art. 21* | Enhance Capital  Improvements Program (“CIP”) process. | Approve the amended warrant that will require a Public  Hearing, listing of sources of funds and providing a table showing the effect  on the tax rate | Would not like to see any  changes to the current CIP process |
| Art. 22* | Require  investigation of 2012 reassessments. | Require that the Selectman  review the assessment process, amended to remove the reference to distance to  the ocean. | Do not want the town to review  the assessment process used |
| Art. 23 | Permit sale of  surplus Town property | Process formality | Process Formality |
| Art. 24 | To transact  other business . | Process formality | Process Formality |
| Sch. Art. 1 | School  budget $12,938,447. Default $12,860,463. | You support the proposed School  Budget | You would prefer the lower  default budget |
| Sch. Art. 2 | Appropriate  $10,670 for new support staff contract | You approve the contract and the  associated costs for the next three years | You do not support the new  support staff contract and associated cost increased |
| Sch. Art. 3 | Permits special  meeting if Art. 2 is not approved | Process formality | Process Formality |
| Sch. Art. 4 | Enable  unassigned general funds to be retained. | You support using the new State  law that allows surplus funds to be put in a reserve fund for future  uses. This fund can never be more the  2.5% of the current school taxes. | You want all surplus funds  returned to taxpayers |
| Sch.Art. 5* | Video streaming  of School Board meetings, $4,000 | Support investing $4,000 to  start to stream School Board meetings. | You do not want $4,000 to be  raised and appropriated for online streaming of school board meetings |
| Sch. Art. 6* | Tally of votes  on warrant articles and budget items. | Support the School Board and  Budget Committee recommendation votes to be tallied and shown on the ballot.  (Approved 4 to 1, for example) | You do not want to see the vote  tally for budget approval on the ballot |
