Articles of note: Two petitioned articles seek to construct a new fire department on the lot where the Chase Tavern Town Offices are located. The first asks voters to accept the sum of $2.1 million for the purpose of building a new Fire Station, with funds to come from the 2026 Community Funding Project by Congressional Grant and be placed into the Fire Department Building Capital Reserve Fund that currently contains $131,000. The second article asks voters to approve the Chase Tavern Town Offices lot as the building site. Neither article is recommended by the Selectboard.
A Unity School District article asks voters to approve an open enrollment program that would allow admittance of non-resident students to Unity Elementary School, but would not allow resident students to enroll in open enrollment programs outside the district.
Contested races: Donald Freitas, Lloyd Mills and Scott Powers are vying for a one-year Selectboard term. Darlene Ayotte, Mark Gentes and Kelly Simpson are vying for a three-year School Board term.
Budgets and spending articles: The proposed municipal general fund budget is $2 million, which is up from the $1.9 million budget voters approved last year. The town is also asked to raise and appropriate the sum of $250,000 for the purpose of adding to the Roads and Bridges Capital Reserve Fund.
The proposed Unity School District budget is $4.03 million, down from the budget voters approved last year of $4.05 million.
When, where and how to vote: Ballot voting for town and school offices will take place on Tuesday, March 10 at Unity Town Hall, located at 892 2nd NH Turnpike. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The annual school meeting will be held on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. in the Unity Elementary School gymnasium, located at 864 2nd NH Turnpike. The annual town meeting will be held there at noon.
