Milton Deliberative Session is Sat Feb 10, 2018 at 9AM at Nute High School Cafeteria

Meet the Candidate's Night: Feb. 26, 2018 at 6:30PM at Selectmen Hall

Town Voting: Tuesday March 13, 2018 from 8am-7pm at Milton Assembly of God Church

A write candidate for budget committee did not make the filing date to be listed on the ballot. Her name is Sarah Luneau and she would very much appreciate your support as a write-in candidate for the budget committee.
 
To review the warrant articles, as well as the MS 737 forms from the Town of Milton, please go to the Town of Milton site or click on the links below

Town

2018 Warrant Article I
MS 737 & 2018 Warrant Articles

School

 Tax Impact FY 19
2018 MS-27
2018-19 Warrant
2018-19 Proposed Budget
2018-19 Default Budget

	2016 Town Report
	Warrant Article Information
	March 14, 2017 Sample Ballot
	Feb. 11 2017 Town Deliberative Minutes
	Warrant Articles

We will have a guest speaker at our January 14th meeting.
Kristy Martino, U.S. Poverty Grassroots Organizer from RESULTS, will describe her group’s work to train volunteers to advocate for education, health, and economic opportunity by influencing policy makers.  RESULTS can provide training and research for action.

RESULTS Mission and Vision
Volunteer profiles and how we train and support them to become effective advocates
Our RESULTS (key success in making tax credits for working families permanent this year)
Special projects: REAL Change youth fellowship and Experts on Poverty
Seacoast and NH/ME RESULTS chapters

RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty.
Volunteers receive training, support, and inspiration to become skilled advocates. In time, volunteers learn to effectively advise policy makers, guiding them towards decisions that improve access to education, health, and economic opportunity.

With every hour of their time, volunteers multiply their impact through the enormous power of advocacy — whether it’s helping change policy to support millions of families putting food on the table or helping raise billions of dollars for the world’s most vulnerable children.

Backed by the in-depth research and legislative expertise of staff, RESULTS advocates realize the incredible power they possess to use their voices to change the world.

RESULTS Educational Fund, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that:

• Performs cutting-edge research and oversight.
• Educates and mobilizes the public, policy makers, and the media.
• Supports powerful citizenship by training volunteers in public speaking, generating media, and educating their communities and elected officials on issues of poverty.
• RESULTS, Inc., a nonprofit, grassroots advocacy 501(c)(4) organization:
• Pushes for specific policies and legislation to address poverty.
• Empowers people to become powerful voices for the end of poverty through grassroots advocacy.

For more information, visit: http://www.results.org/

Larry Brown, 72, has lived in Milton for 19 years. He is a Democrat who serves on Milton’s Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Budget Committee. He is also a cemetery and library trustee and volunteers at the New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton.

Brown has already served three terms as a state rep from 2004 to 2010. During that time he chaired the executive board for the Strafford Regional Planning Commission. He ran for state rep. again in 2012 and lost by 32 votes.

Brown said he is running because he wishes to lower the cost of property taxes, fund education, and help people have access to healthcare.

Brown is retired and lives with his wife, Susann. They have been married for 48 years. He has two adult children. He has previously worked as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, a social worker, and in administration for the state’s psychiatric hospital’s Medicaid program.

FarmingtonNHDemocrats@gmail.com

The official results of the Milton Town Warrant included the following:

Articles 2 through 5 were zoning amendments, the most controversial of which was Article 3 seeking to allow a Solid Waste and Recycling facilities in Milton. All were resoundingly defeated

Article 6, the town’s operating budget, sought to raise $3,931,159.46. It passed 880 to 332.

Article 7 sought to raise $494,760, payable over seven years for the lease/purchase of three highway dump trucks with snowplow equipment. It passed 776 to 454.

Article 8 sought $290,000 for highway and road construction purposes, partly offset by a Highway Block Grant of $110,000. It passed 954 to 287.

Article 9 sought $143,000 for the final design and engineering plans for a new fire station to be bid later this year and presented to voters in 2016. It passed 716 to 538.

Article 10 sought $240,000 for the lease purchase of a highway grader. It passed 704 to 529.

Article 11 sought $20,000 for the Recreation Department’s Capital Reserve Fund for construction of a free municipal playground. It passed 803 to 448.

Article 12 sought a similar amount for the Milton Free Public Library Capital Reserve Fund. It passed 803 to 440.

Article 13 was zeroed out at the deliberative session. It was for video and recording equipment for meetings in the town hall. The vote was 909 to 293.

Article 14 sought $2,000 for Milton P.D.’s Computer and Radio Capital Reserve Fund. It passed 870 to 331.

Article 15 and 16 were to rescind improperly prepared articles from 2004 and 2005. Both were approved by margins of over 500 votes.

Article 17, for which department heads lobbied, sought authority for the Planning Board to prepare and amend a municipal capital improvement over a period of at least six years. This was an article for which town department heads had lobbied hard, and it was approved 875 to 301.

Article 18 sought to raise $40,000 for a Milton/Maine Bridges Capital Reserve Fund. It passed 880 to 323.

Article 19 sought to give authority to the Trustees of the Trust Funds for their work. It passed 798 to 370

Article 20 sought to give authority to the budget committee to determine the default budget, and was unanimously opposed by the selectmen. It passed 324 to 857.

Representative Jackie Cilley (D, Barrington) will be our featured speaker for the month of March. Jackie is a former candidate for Governor and, as a Representative, is sponsoring a bill to increase the minimum wage in New Hampshire. Jackie is a dynamic and inspirational individual who has visited our committee many times in the past, and will be talking with us about the current Legislative Session. So please mark your calendars and join us if you are interested in what's happening in our State Government.

By Susann Foster Brown Candidates’ forum coordinator

MILTON — Two dozen people came out the evening of Feb. 18 snowstorm to meet candidates for local office and discuss the Town budget, town warrants, and the issues Milton voters face this year. Chris Jacobs served again as Moderator for this annual event. Because of the weather, work schedules, or other commitments not all candidates attended. Most candidates are running unopposed. A full list of town candidates and details of the budget and warrants is on the Town of Milton web site: http://miltonnh-us.com/

Information about the school district can be found at: http://www.milton.k12.nh.us/

Andy Rawson, for Selectman, who has served six months as an appointed Selectman spoke about what he has learned about town departments and services. He works for the DPW in Portsmouth, knows a good deal about the cost and condition of equipment and believes we are at the breaking point for Safety and Service for our own plow trucks and equipment.

John Katwick and Gordon Maness are running unopposed as Cemetery Trustees. John, as present chair, talked about the Town’s need for a true public cemetery and our productive relationship with the Milton Mills Cemetery Association. He hopes to expand online genealogical data. Gordy, back from Germany, was a trustee several years ago and worked with John to develop GPS data for many of the small family gravesites. Their mutual goal is respectful care for all those now at rest.


Paul Steer and Tim Long are running for separate positions on the school board. Paul has served a one-year term and does not favor new partners or busing our students out. Tim Long described his community history as teacher, administrator, and local business owner. He hopes to offer that experience and roots in the community to benefit the school district and the children the district serves.

Tim Long is also running for a Planning Board seat.

Pat Smith, for Road Agent, emphasized the 15 years he has spent as steward of the Town’s roads, equipment and town owned buildings. In particular, he “costed out” the benefits to the Town for the purchase of a new grader – its year-round- as needed use and his record of careful maintenance for maximum equipment life. Rental costs more and doesn’t buy anything to benefit the Town.

Larry Brown, who has served on a variety of committees for Town and School, is looking to return to the Budget Committee. He talked about the history of the budget as he has seen it for the last ten years. He feels that this budget is the best clear and open common effort he has seen. The Selectmen, department heads and budget committee worked together to provide the necessary services of the Town at a fair and prudent cost. He also supports the CIP (Capital Improvement Plan) as a steady, solid way to fund “Big Ticket” costs year by year.


The Town and School District vote will be held Tuesday, March 10, at The Emma Ramsey Center, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

(Susann Foster Brown is the spouse of candidate Larry Brown.)