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Annual Report of the TOWN OF DUMMER, NH For the Year Ending December 2001 31, Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2009 witii funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries Iittp://www.arcliive.org/details/annualreportofto2001dumm ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF DUMMER, NH HILL ROAD 75 TELEPHONE 603 449-2006 FAX 603 449-3349 E-MAIL dummer(g)ncia.net FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2001 31, INCLUDING DUMMER SCHOOL DISTRICT PRINTED BY SMITH & TOWN PRINTERS, Berlin, NH NH Town Dummer, of TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 1 Warrant 3 Dummer Town Meeting Minutes 7 Condensed Budget - 2002 12 & Selectmen's Report Inventory Evaluation 14 & Revenues Credits 16 Auditor's Report 18 Receipts 31 Detailed Statement of Expenditures 42 Tax Collector's Report 48 Report of Trust Funds 54 Town Clerk's Report 57 Selectmen's Report - 2001 58 Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District 62 Library Report 67 The Conservation Commission Report 71 M & D Ambulance Report 72 M & D Ambulance Proposed Budget 73 North Country Council Report - 2001 74 Coos Economic Development Corporation 77 Androscoggin Valley Mental Health Center 78 Tri-County Community Action Report - 2001 79 New Hampshire Municipal Association Report 81 Report to the Citizens of Council District One 83 Vital Statistics Report 85 Dummer School Report 86 TOWN OF DUMMER, NH MODERATOR Craig Doherty TOWN CLERK Louise Gagnon SELECTMEN Elizabeth A. Hawkins Term Expires 2002 Christopher R. Holt Term Expires 2003 A. Bradford Wyman Term Expires 2004 TREASURER Doris Bergeron TAX COLLECTOR Angela Jewett LIBRARL^VN Doug Shaw LIBRARY TRUSTEES Pauline McCuUough Term Expires 2002 Rachel Jewett Term Expires 2003 Katherine Doherty Term Expires 2004 ROAD AGENT Donald Bacon SEXTON Dwight G. Stiles CEMETERY COMMITTEE Alta Holt Term Expires 2002 L. Diane Holt Term Expires 2003 Marcel Campbell Term Expires 2004 -1- TOWN OF DUMMER, NH OVERSEERS OF POOR Board of Selectmen TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS Sarah PLANNING BOARD Sarah Cordwell Term Expires 2002 Lorraine Duchesne Term Expires 2002 Pauline McCullough Term Expires 2003 Debra Muder Term Expires 2004 Michael Laflamme Alternate Elizabeth Hawkins Board of Selectmen Rep. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS Katherine Doherty Term Expires 2003 Eugene Cordwell Term Expires 2004 ALTERNATES Alan Michael Glynn SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECK LIST Sarah Cordwell Term Expires 2002 Mary Beth Hamel Term Expires 2004 Paula LaBrecque Term Expires 2006 CONSERVATION COMMITTEE A. Bradford Wyman Norman Girouard David Dubey Faith Kimball Pauline McCullough WARRANT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the inhabitants of the Town of Dummer, in the County of Coos in Town the said State, qualified to vote in affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Dummer on Tuesday, the 12^^ ^ay of March, 2002 next at 6:45 of the clock in the evening, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. (Vote by Ballot) 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $72,068for General Government. Town Officers' Salaries $20,000 Town Officers' Expenses 8,500 & Election Registration 3,600 Assessment Update 1,500 Update Tax Maps ,500 1 Legal Expenses 7,000 & Planning Zoning 500 Town Line Survey 2,000 Town Buildings 7,000 Cemeteries 4,000 Insurance 7,000 NH Municipal Association 500 North Country Council 418 Conservation Commission 1,200 & Parks Recreation 250 Interest on TAN 100 PICA & Audit 7,000 TOTAL $72,068 The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. -3- TOWN OF DUMMER, NH 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $16,000 for Public Safety and Health. Department $8,241 Fire 600 Forest Fire AV Mental Health 309 200 Health Officer Dog Officer 250 Building Inspector 1,000 M86D Ambulance Service 3,400 Ambulance Chassis Fund 2,000 Total $16,000 The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $55,500 for Highways and Streets. Summer & Winter Maintenance TOWN OF DUMMER, NH 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,775 for Welfare. Direct Assistance $ ,500 1 Human Services 500 Tri-County Community Action 775 Total $2,775 The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be added to the truck capital reserve fund previously established. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $80,000 to be added to the road repair and reconstruction capital reserve fund and to appoint the Selectmen as agents to expend from this fund. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be added to the West Dummer Bridge capital reserve fund previously established. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,150 for the Town Library. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. 1 1. To see if the Town will vote to sell tax map lot U 1, L 40, acquired by tax deed, to the adjoining owner for $3,200, provided the lot will be aggregated to the adjoining property and will not remain a separate lot of record, and to authorize the Selectmen to act as agents to carry out this transaction. The Selectmen recommend this article. TOWN OF DUMMER, NH 12. To see if the Town will vote to spend the entire 2002 Pontook Hydro Limited Partnership Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and commit none of this PILT to the Hydroelectric Fund. The Selectmen recommend this article. 13. To see if the Town will vote to sell the Carlton Holt homestead back to Carlton Holt for the sum of $5,050.27, which represents back taxes plus $500 estimated legal expenses, to hold the mortgage for five years at a current bank mortgage rate, and to authorize the Selectmen to act as agents to carry out this transaction under authority of RSA 80:80 VI. The Selectmen recommend this article. 14. Polling hours in the Town of Dummer are now 8:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. Shall we place a question on the state election ballot to change polling hours so that polling hours shall open at 11:00 A.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. for all regular state elections beginning the year 2004. 15. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. AM Polls will be open from 1 1 :00 to 7:00 PM. Given under our hands and seal, the 20th day of February, in the year of our Lord, two thousand one. Wyman A. Bradford Elizabeth A. Hawkins Christopher R. Holt Selectmen of Dummer, NH A true copy of Warrant-Attest: Wyman A. Bradford Elizabeth A. Hawkins Christopher R. Holt Selectmen of Dummer, NH