Article I Town Meeting Votes

That the Town construct a common sewer at Hampton Beach for the public convenience and health, and authorize the selectmen to hire the necessary amount of money to construct the same.

A motion to adopt Article 2 of the warrant.

An amendment was offered to the effect that all costs of building the contemplated sewer at the beach be assessed upon those who are benefited thereby; after discussion it was voted that the amendment lie on the table.

After further discussion it was decided by the Moderator that the question to adopt Article 2 must be decided by ballot. Voted: Yes 93, No 18. The Moderator declared the Article adopted. See Special Town Meeting of June 6, 1908, pages 10 and 11 of the Annual Town Report.

Resolved that all moneys arising from what is known as sewer assessments, whether in the hands of Town's counsel or any Town officer, be turned into the Town treasury as such, and that the Treasurer is hereby ordered and instructed to keep a separate account of the same and not to honor any order of the Selectmen out of such moneys unless it pertains to the cost of maintaining the sewer, payment of interest on the sewer notes or reducing the principal of said notes.

Voted under an article in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 12, 1912. See page 8 of the Annual Town Report.

Resolved that no extensions be made to the sewers as at present constituted unless it is so ordered by a special vote of the Town.

Voted under an article in the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 12, 1912. See page 8 of the Annual Town Report.

Resolved that the sewer notes be listed in a place in the Town accounts by themselves, so as to not lose their identity.

Vote under an article in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 12, 1912. See page 8 of the Annual Town Report.

Voted that the selectmen be instructed to build a sewer from a point near Leavitt's Corner to a point near the Ashworth.

Voted under an article in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 9, 1915. See page 9 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to increase the sewer entrance fee from Fifty Dollars to One Hundred Dollars and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take any action that may be necessary to carry out this vote.

Article 14 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 9, 1948, was moved and seconded. Amendment that churches be exempt from any fee was passed. The amended main motion was voted in the affirmative. See pages 7 and 31 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to require every owner, agent, or tenant of land on which there is a building having or requiring sewerage facilities and adjoining any street through which any common sewer shall be laid to enter said common sewer by making a sufficient drain from said building to the street line and to instruct the Selectmen or the Board of Health to carry this article into effect.

Article 15 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 9, 1948, was moved, seconded and voted in the affirmative. See pages 7 and 31 of the Annual Town Report.

On petition of Richard Rice and eighteen other legal voters of the Town of Hampton; to see if the Town will vote to direct the Selectmen and/or Town Manager to designate a portion of Town owned land to be used for the disposal of contents of sewer systems for those whose homes or places of business are not and cannot be connected to the Town sewer plant.

Article 14 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 13, 1956, was moved and seconded. Amendment — "No Septic Tank Matter to be deposited at the Hampton Town Dump because it would be dangerous to the health of residents." Amended was adopted. Amendment was reconsidered, vote on the reconsideration as follows: In favor of Dumping sewage at Town Dump 66, Against 84. The article was adopted in the affirmative. See pages 7, 31 and 32 of the Annual Town Report.

To receive the report of the Selectmen and Planning Board relative to their study of methods of financing sewer extensions and operations as requested by the last Annual Town Meeting and to see if the Town will direct the Selectmen and the Planning Board to seek special legislation authorizing the assessment of sewer rentals as recommended in the report, such special legislation not to be effective until adopted by the Town.

Article 31 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 12, 1957, was moved, seconded and voted in the affirmative. See pages 14, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to ratify the policy of the Board of Selectmen, which was established around 1948, of charging a sewer entrance fee of $100.00 for each sewer connection from one to five living units, and an additional $100.00 for each additional one to five living units.

Article 7 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 16, 1963, was moved and seconded. A number of amendments were made that were defeated or withdrawn. A motion to amend by removing the words "one to" in the last line and adding in place thereof the words "or less" so that the Article read: "To see if the Town will vote to ratify the policy of the Board of Selectmen, which was established around 1948, of charging a sewer entrance fee of $100.00 for each sewer connection from one to five living units, and an additional $100.00 for each additional five units, or less." Motion passed as amended. See pages A-4, 25 and 26 of the Annual Town Report.

On petition of Everett C. Pillsbury and twenty-two other legal voters of the Town of Hampton, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 for the installation of a sanitary sewer system on Warner Lane and Roberts Drive and authorize the Board of Selectmen to reimburse the Town of Exeter for disposal of the sewage collected.

Article 20 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1969, was moved and seconded. Amendment changed the amount to $18,000. The amended main motion passed. See pages 6-A and 33 of the Annual Town Report.

See if the Town will vote to name the wastewater treatment facility the "Leavitt E. Magrath Wastewater Treatment Plant." In honor of Leavitt E. Magrath who has dedicated forty (40) years of his life in the service of the Town of Hampton as Superintendent of the Sewer Department.

Article 22 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 4, 1975, was moved, seconded and voted in the affirmative. See pages 8-A and 38 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, until directed to the contrary at a subsequent Town Meeting, to apply, negotiate and do all other things necessary to obtain such federal, state or other assistance as may be available for the design of, and construction of a sewage disposal system, and to authorize the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of said assistance as outlined in N.H. R.S.A. 33:7-b et seq., as amended, and pass any vote relative thereto.

Article was moved, seconded and passed. See Article 16 of the March 13, 1979, Annual Town Meeting. See pages 43 and A-7 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, until directed to the contrary at a subsequent Town Meeting, to apply, negotiate and do all other things necessary to obtain such Federal, State, or other assistance as may be available for the report for, design of, and construction of a sewage disposal system, and to authorize the selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of said assistance as outlined in the NH RSA 33:7-b et seq., as amended, and pass any vote relating thereto.

Article 19 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 14, 1981, was moved, seconded and voted in the affirmative. See page 46 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, until directed to the contrary at a subsequent Town Meeting, to apply, negotiate and do all other things necessary to obtain such Federal, State, or other assistance as may be available for the construction of sewage disposal system, and to authorize the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of said assistance as outlined in RSA 33:7-b et seq., as amended, and pass any vote relating thereto.

Article 45 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1986, was moved, seconded and passed. See page 52 of the Annual Town Report.

To see if the Town will vote to notify the Town of Rye that, under Section 13, Hampton wishes to terminate the agreement to send Rye's sewage to Hampton for treatment and disposal in our harbor and dump, such agreement being the one signed by a majority of Hampton Selectmen on October 23, 1989, one day before Town Meeting was to vote on removing the Selectmen's authority to do so under RSA 149-1, and nearly one month before the agreement's effective date when the Selectmen no longer had the authority to sign under RSA 149-I, and, further, such signing being done for a $382,531 "buy-out" price (which did not consider the cost of decades-long Hampton appropriations for management involvement in the development and maintenance of our system) when the 1987 Annual Town Meeting had overwhelmingly voted "No" when offered up to $3 million of the 20-year bonding cost of the Northeast Interceptor.

Article 46 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 17, 1990, was moved, seconded and voted in the affirmative. See page 26 of the Annual Town Report.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to designate 5 years from November 17, 2009, as the length of the first renewal period of the Inter-municipal Agreement for Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater between the Town of Hampton and Rye? (Majority vote required)

The initial 20-year Agreement, which was entered into in 1989, has enabled the Town of Rye to dispose of its wastewater at Hampton's wastewater treatment plant, in return for Rye's initial investment of approximately $5 million dollars to establish a Hampton-Rye sewer connection and Rye's continuing payment to Hampton of a proportionate share, based on gallonage, of both a) the use of Hampton's facilities and b) Hampton's capital costs. For the year 2008, these payments from Rye to Hampton totaled $93,027.

By its terms, this Agreement is automatically renewable for successive periods of not less than 5 years unless 2 years prior to the termination date either party notifies the other that the Agreement shall not be renewed. No Hampton Town Meeting vote directing the Board of Selectmen to notify Rye of non-renewal was taken prior to the November 17, 2007 deadline for providing such notice in order to avoid a first renewal period.

Adoption of this article will have no impact on the Town's tax rate.

Motion made and seconded to amend to by adding before (majority vote required) "in addition to paying a proportionate share of costs based on gallonage treated and capital costs, Rye shall pay $100k for the 5-year first renewal period by April 1, 2010, in keeping with the $382,000 prepaid in 1990 for the original 20-year period." Motion failed.

Motion made and seconded to amend the first line to designate "three years (instead of 5) from November 17, 2009, as the length of the first renewal period, to be reviewed in 2012." Motion withdrawn.

Results of balloting on March 10, 2009: Yes 2226, No 364. Article 43 passed.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to timely notify the Town of Rye that Hampton shall not renew the "Agreement between the Town of Hampton and the Town of Rye, New Hampshire regarding Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater" upon the expiration of the first renewal period of that Agreement whose length has been designated by vote on the previous Article 43 of this 2009 Hampton Town Meeting? (Majority vote required)

In order to be timely, this notice must be given 2 years prior to the termination date of the Agreement or any renewal period thereunder. This 20-year Agreement, which was entered into in 1989, has enabled the Town of Rye to dispose of its wastewater at Hampton's wastewater treatment plant, in return for Rye's initial investment of approximately five million dollars to establish the Hampton-Rye sewer connection and Rye's continuing payment to Hampton of a proportionate share, based on gallonage of both a) the use of Hampton's facilities and b) Hampton's capital costs. For the year 2008, these payments from Rye to Hampton totaled $93,027.

Adoption of this article will have no impact on the Town's tax rate.

Motion made and seconded to amend by replacing the word "timely" with "immediately" in the first line of Article 44. Motion passed.

Motion made and seconded to restrict reconsideration of Articles 40-44.

Results of balloting on March 10, 2009: Yes 1681, No 777. Article 44 passed.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to rescind the direction, as given to the Board of Selectmen by Article 44 of the 2009 Town Meeting, not to renew the "Agreement between the Town of Hampton and the Town of Rye, New Hampshire regarding Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater" upon the expiration of its first renewal period on November 17, 2014, and instead vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to renew said Agreement for an additional 5 year period after November 17, 2014 on the same terms? (Majority vote required).

Note: The initial 20-year agreement, which was entered into in 1989, has enabled the Town of Rye to dispose of its wastewater at Hampton's wastewater treatment plant, in return for Rye's initial investment of approximately $5 million dollars to establish a Hampton-Rye sewer connection and Rye's continuing payment to Hampton of a proportionate share, based on gallons, of both a) the use of Hampton's facilities and b) Hampton's capital costs. For the year 2009 these payments from Rye to Hampton totaled $87,531. Due to the sewer work completed in the course of the Hampton Beach Infrastructure Improvements Project, Hampton's Wastewater Treatment Plant has more than enough capacity to handle the wastewater coming from Rye.

By its terms, this Agreement is automatically renewable for successive periods of not less than 5 years unless 2 years prior to the termination date either party notifies the other that the Agreement shall not be renewed.

Results of balloting on March 9, 2010: Yes 2116, No 735. Article 20 passed.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to establish sewer billing rates for the connection of State property to the Town of Hampton Municipal Sewer System so that the Town may recover its costs and expenses for receiving and treating sanitary sewer wastes discharged from State owned facilities? (Majority vote required)

Results of balloting on March 8, 2011: Yes 2,632, No 326. Article 35 passed.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to establish septage tipping fees at the Town's Wastewater Treatment Plant on an annual basis following a public hearing so that such fees recover the Town's actual cost of tipping and processing of septage and so that such receipt and processing does not impact the tax rate or impose costs upon the taxpayers of the Town of Hampton? (Majority vote required)

Results of balloting on March 8, 2011: Yes 2,557, No 364. Article 37 passed.

Shall the Town of Hampton vote:

To authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement between the Towns of Hampton and Rye and the State of New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development, Division of Parks and Recreation, whereby the State will implement the above connection with the Town of Rye force main sewer line and the Town of Hampton will be paid by the Town of Rye for the resulting additional input into Hampton's wastewater treatment plant of wastewater from the North Hampton State Beach, which is not expected to have any significant effect on the available capacity or process capability of the wastewater treatment plant, on the same terms as the Town of Rye now pays the Town of Hampton under the October 1989 Agreement? (Majority vote required)

Motion was made and seconded to restrict reconsideration of Article 19. Motion passed.

Results of balloting on March 13, 2012: Yes 2611, No 596. Article 19 passed.