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I ' J Cover Photo by Michael Godbout ~ Printed by Smith & Town Printers m n (0 f F £00} £ ^ Annual Report T Town J of Milan ^ ^ Milan New £. £. * i Hampshire a 1 For the Year Ending T T December 2003 31, 4 Town of Milan jk JL MfL* Office Hours Town Clerk/ Tax Collector ^ ^j»^ 449-3461 ^gp ^^^ *T^ Monday: 9:00-12:00 j* 1:00-4:00 #> jjpfr 6:00-8:00 'ilL A Tuesday: 9:00-12:00 ÂJ 1:00-5:00 ^4|Tpti Wednesday: 9:00-12:00 ^jjTP^ 1:00-5:00 4& JL Thursday: 9:00-12:00 &Qt* 1:00-5:00 ifft JgiL Selectmen's Office i^K. ^F" ^f*» 449-2484 Jffl* Monday: 8:00-12:00 4lL Jk 7:00-9:00 iL <lllR* Tuesday: 8:00-12:00 iHpfei I I 1:00-3:00 Mt <jjlg Wednesday: 8:00-12:00 Sfftm 1:00-3:00 jl§B» * £ Thursday: 8:00-12:00 L 1:00-3:00 |IL Jifi j( JL «% Milan Public Library 449-7307 JllilL Monday: 1:30-4:00 Jm> J&L 6:00-9:00 Jfl^ £ Tuesday: 1:30-5:00 JBL Wednesday: 1:30-5:00 jilL Aii 6» Thursday: 1:30-5:00 jApjp* **** •""SH* Building Inspector Monday: 7:00-8:00 ^> Table ofContents Town Officers 4 Town Warrant 6 Town Budget 9 Summary Inventory ofValuation 12 Auditor's Management Letter 17 Schedule Town Property 18 Treasurer's Report 19 Tax Collector's Report 21 Town Clerk Financial Report 24 2003 Tax Rate Calculation 25 Report ofTrust Funds and Capital Reserve Funds 26 Department Reports AVRRDD 28 Milan Fire Department 29 Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger Report 30 Milan and Dummer Ambulance 31 Milan Police Department 32 Board ofSelectmen 33 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 34 Milan Public Library Board ofTrustees 35 Milan Values 38 General Ledger for 2003 48 Minutes Annual Town Meeting 3/13/03 63 Vital Statistics 67 -3- jfr Town Officers 2003-2004 Jfc ^|^^ Board of Selectmen Term Expires *nl^^ ^^^ Richard Lamontagne 2005 ^^L ^|Bk Gisele Ouellette * 2004 £Wjmt* £ Gregory Meserve 2004 ^ j^m2ft Moderator ^"J2p&L GlenGagne 2004 4k K^ Administrative Assistant »* 4j| M Lori Young ^4|^H^L Town Cierk ifllL *»[^* Dawn Miner 2004 j^fc Tax Collector ^j^^ Dawn Miner #*iPlJlf"e^L jflt Deputy Town Clerk & Tax Collector ^^^^ JjflflJfc^ Marsha Bishop ^(L Road Agent ^^L £HL Donald Doucette 2004 Jpjpk jjy* Supervisors ofthe Checklist ^^KL îpfci Shirley Amero 2008 JilpB* Janet Woodward 2004 ^J ^L Open Position 2006 4^ **f l ^^L Animal Control Officer JL Jennifer Morin J^L ^H^^ *tP* Library Trustees Jk Claudia Daniels 2004 Jk ^^ JEm* Marcia Bacon 2005 JSSm Natalie Caron 2006 **f*"" 4^ 4J Librarian SEft* Jane Vento jpy^* ^^^ Trustees ofthe Trust Fund & Capital Reserve Funds ^jt JHgkfe Katherine Paradis 2004 jIV* ^5 Jacqueline Desmarais 2005 ^» JL Lisa Devost 2006 J|» -4- & Treasurer 4^ J^^ Jennifer John 2004 jflL 4L Cemetery Trustees JL ^^L Donald Rich 2004 &t. JIL T David Bishop 2004 j§l!» ^"5 JaneVento 2004 k| K^ jP Police Chief/ Constable jjj Dayna Strout J 6; Fire Chief 4|bL ^^^^ Roland Sanschagrin j| JL ^df^laf*c Town Forester *T^ Ted Tichy, Jr. JL ÊL Health Officer &f^ p Richard Lamontagne j pllMi j ^jfc Welfare Officer JMEJLK jHS* Jacqueline Quintal Emergency Management SB* Jj5* jS|E> Elmer Lang Jfflfe ^fc Building Inspector jlfc <fll JBL Paul Ayotte JB KL ^gp Planning Board JgL <^91hL Ju,ie Renaud Evans 2006 *^fBjB™L* " Mike Fortier 2005 Jfc RossCaron 2004 jfc jfliL PamShyne 2006 Mm. ^ & Zoning Board ofAdjustment 4|L Rodney Young 2006 jSfe Jip^ jljfw* George Pozzuto 2006 A £ Patricia Fecteau 2004 ^^L Janet Woodward 2005 dfe jjmm* Ernie Miner 2004 jflK* ^fc Conservation Commission JalL ^JP B^ Lisa Morse i|lpfe» Bradley Ray jL l-v iiliRebeccaiOreskesiiif -5- . Warrant 2004 To the inhabitants ofthe Town ofMilan, in the County ofCoos and the State ofNew Hampshire qualified to vote in town affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Milan Village School Gym on Tuesday the 9th day ofMarch 2004 at 6:30pm to act on the following subjects: 1 To choose all Town Officials for the ensuing year. 2. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $196,691.00 for General Government. (Majority vote required) Executive Administration 31,000.00 Election/ Registry/VS 37,000.00 Financial Adrninistration 21,000.00 Property Assessment /Reval 20,000.00 Legal Services 6,000.00 Employer Expenses 14,000.00 Planning and Zoning Boards 10,600.00 Government Buildings 37,000.00 Cemeteries 10,300.00 insurance 7,291.00 Regional Associations 2,500.00 196,691.00 3. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $81,888.00 for Public Safety. (Majority vote required) Police Department 33,935.00 M&D Ambulance 6,800.00 M&D Security Funding 3,128.00 Fire Department 27,700.00 Building Inspector ,300.00 1 Emergency Management 9,025.00 81,888.00 4. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $123,814.00 for Highways, Streets and Bridges. (Majority vote required) • Town Maintenance 85,000.00 • Highway Block Grant 33,814.00 • Street Lighting 5,000.00 123,814.00 -6- 5. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $126,044.00 for sanitation. (Majority vote required) • Solid Waste/ Recycle Collection 54,557.00 • District Disposal 71,487.00 126,044.00 6. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $20,000.00 to be added to the Capital Reserve Funds previously established. Selectmen recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote required) M&D Ambulance 5,000.00 Police Cruiser 5,000.00 Fire Truck 5,000.00 Milan History Books 5,000.00 20,000.00 7. To see ifthe Town will accept the balance ofthe budget as preparedby the Selectmen to raise and appropriate $61,329.00 for this purpose, which is exclusive ofpreceding articles. (Majority vote required) Health Administration 700.00 General Assistance 3,000.00 Intergovernmental Programs 4,500.00 Parks and Recreation 6,350.00 Library Trustees 11,400.00 Patriotic Purposes 250.00 Beautification 500.00 Timber Management 600.00 Conservation 1,000.00 Interest Tax Anticipation Note 4,000 00 . Principal Fire Truck Loan 27,000.00 Interest Fire Truck Loan 2,029.00 61,329.00 8. Shall we modify the elderly exemptions from property tax in the Town ofMilan, based on assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, to be as follows: For a person 65 years ofage up to 75 years $20,000.00 For a person 75 years ofage up to 80 years $30,000.00 For a person 80 years ofage or older $40,000.00 To qualify, the person must have been a New Hampshire resident for at least 5 consecutive years, own the real estate individually orjointly, or ifthe real estate is owned -7- by such person's spouse, they must have been married for at least 5 years. In addition, the taxpayer must have a net income ofnot more than 18,400.00 or, ifmarried, a combined net income ofnot more than 26,400.00; and own net assets not in excess of 50,000.00, excluding the value ofthe person's residence. Selectmen recommend this article. (Majority vote required) 9. To see ifthe Town will vote to adopt the Open Space Cluster Development zoning amendment as proposed by the Planning Board. Copies ofthe full text ofthe amendment are available for inspection at the Milan Town Office. Voting will be by official written ballot. Selectmen recommend this article. (Majority vote required) 10. To conduct any otherbusiness which may legally come before this meeting. The polls will be open from 1:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Given under our hands and seal this 4th day ofFebruary in the year ofour Lord, Two Thousand Four. The Milan Board ofSelectmen v^T**>^ Richard Lamontagne ^/Xad^ CJulIIUTST^ Gisele Ouellette Gregory Meserve -8-