Annual report of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire

Nutrition Program's meals services for older, home bound older and
handicapped Hampton residents by allocating Two Thousand, One Hundred
Dollars ($2,100.00).
Recommended by the Budget Committee
MOVED: Bill Elliott
SECOND: Ken Malcolm
Motion to amend to "see if the Town will raise and appropriate" be
added to put the article back in order by Seth Junkins, seconded by George
Hardardt.
Motion carried.
Article 39 passed as amended.
Sandra Nickerson moved to take Article 51 next, seconded by George
Hardardt.
ARTICLE 51:
On petition of Ellen D. Goethel as a representative of the Hampton 4H
Ocean Explorers, a group of school ^children and 25 or more registered
voters of the Town of Hampton:
To see if the Town will Vote to ban the use of Polystyrene foam
(styrofoam) food containers by all retail food vendors and food packagers.
This article shall take affect as of January 1, 1992 to allow all vendors to
use back stock of polystyrene materials. After this date no retail food vendor
shall serve or sell prepared food and no food packager shall package meat,
eggs, bakery products, or other food in polystyrene foam containers. Also
as of this date no vendor in the Town of Hampton who sells tangible
personal property at retail shall sell polystyrene food or beverage containers.
Violations of this Ordinance shall be punishable by fines as follows:
A. A fine not exceeding $250.00 for the first violation in a one-year
period.
B. A fine not exceeding $500.00 for the second and each subsequent
violation in a one-year period.
The effective date of this ordinance shall be postponed if and as long as
there is developed and maintained an effective Town-wide Recycling
Program for polystyrene foam food and beverage containers.
If any part or provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance,
including the application of such part of provision to other persons or
circumstances shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions
of this Ordinance are severable.
4H Ocean Explorers Eric Goethel and Russell Dover were allowed to
speak and gave an excellent presentation of this article.
Moved by Ellen Goethel
Seconded by Elizabeth Weinhold
Article 51 passed.
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