The Select Board encourages residents to use this landing page for information useful in preparing for the Town Meeting in 2025.  Meanwhile, information from recent past years' Town Meetings can be found below.

TOWN MEETING 2025

Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Stratham Memorial School, 39 Gifford Farm Road at 9:00am
Read the minutes from Town Meeting 3/15/25

Voter Information Night will be on Thursday, March 6th beginning at 6:30pm in the Sewall Room at the Stratham Municipal Center.  Please come and meet the candidates and learn about the issues being voted on.

2024

***For More information about the Stratham School District Town Meeting (March 5th Meeting and Election on March 12th).  Click Here.
***For more information about the Exeter Region Cooperative School District (Deliberative Session February 8th and Election on March 12th). Click here.

TOWN MEETING 2024

Election on March 12th; business session March 16th

• Town Meeting Presentation - March 16th

• Stratham reports the following from our Town Election:
  • Article 11:  2024 Operating Budget (Motion Passes)
    Article 12: Capital Improvements Program (Motion Passes)
    Article 13: Appropriate Funds to Capital Reserve Funds (Motion Passes)
    Article 14: Raise and Appropriate from EMS Special Revenue Fund (Motion Passes)
    Article 15:  (Citizen Petition) Shall votes be counted by paper ballot and hand counted only?  (Motion Fails)  381 (N)  43 (Y)

Key dates for Town of Stratham Town Meeting preparations

Town meeting will be held Saturday, March 16, 2024 at the Stratham Memorial School, 39 Gifford Farm Rd. at 9:00am

BUDGET SEASON IS HERE!

The end of the year marks the start of meetings and public hearings for local and regional school districts, town and county budget processes.  As residents know, all taxes raised through the property tax are based on approved spending across the taxing jurisdictions.  In Stratham, the property tax collected is raised as a result of spending approved via:

• the Town Meeting for Town of Stratham (appears on your bill as “municipal rate”) for more information about the Town’s budget process, please see here);
• the Stratham School District Town Meeting for the Local School District (please see here for key upcoming dates);
• the SB2 ballot for the Exeter Region Cooperative School District (appears as “Local Education” on your tax bill); please see here for information about upcoming dates;
• A state law creating the Statewide Education Property Tax (appears on your bill as “State Education”), see here for more information; and
• A vote of approval by the County legislative delegation (appears on your bill as “county tax”).  The county’s website can be found here.

For information about understanding your tax bill please click here

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS FOR

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Thursday, October 26, 2023
7:00 pm
Stratham Memorial School
39 Gifford Farm Road
Stratham, NH 03885

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING RECAP

On Thursday, October 26th, the residents of Stratham voted (unanimous voice vote!) to adopt the Stratham Community Power Plan, prepared by members of our Energy Commission.  This plan will reduce electric supply rates and save the residents of Stratham money.  We thank the Energy Commission for its dedication and the tremendous amount of work they've put into shepherding this initiative.  In the background, we will be working with the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire to prepare a launch of this program in 2024.  More information will be coming as we implement this program.  Please stay informed through the Select Board Newsletter and the Energy Commission website.

2023 TOWN MEETING

Note: Town Election (first session of Town Meeting) to be held Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at the Stratham Memorial School (39 Gifford Farm Rd).   Polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Note: Town Meeting (second session) on all remaining articles to be held on Saturday, March 18th at 9:00 a.m. at the Stratham Memorial School (39 Gifford Farm Rd).