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' Wlf Town Rindge of ANNUAL REPORT NH Rindge, 2000 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto2000rind Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 3 2000 1, We would like to say a special thanks to Albert Sylvestre for allowing us to use his photograph for the front cover "01/01/01." @ Title: 01/01/01 07:35 Spirit of a Community NH "I photographed the Second Meeting House of Rindge, which was constructed in 1796, on the first of January 2001, at the time of Seven Thirty Five." "It depicts the Spirit of a Community, in that the Meetinghouse is jointly owned by the Town of Rindge, and the First Congregational Church of Rindge." "The Smith Pavilion was a gift from a summer resident, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, to the Town ofRindge" "In the foreground is an antique lamp post, one of 6 that ring the Town Common. They were also a gift to the Town of Rindge, by a group of Civic Minded Citizens, the R.A.M.S." Copyright Albert W. Sylvestre Used with permission. 78 Birch Drive NH Rindge, 03461 Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 3 2000 1, Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 31, 2000 Town Annual Report of the Officers Year Ending December 2000 3 1 , New Rindge, Hampshire Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 3 2000 1, Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 3 2000 1, Table of Contents Table ofContents 5 Town Officers 7 , ELECTED OFFICIALS 7 APPOINTED OFFICIALS 8 TOWN WARRANT 2001 11 Vision Statement from the Community Profile 19 2000 Budget Sunimarv 20 Actual Homeowner Costs ofFY 2001 Budget 21 Summary Inventory ofValuation 22 2000 Tax Rate Calculation 23 THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 14. 2000 24 Report ofthe Selectmen 35 Police Department 35 Fire Department 35 Highway Department 35 Recreation Department 36 Report ofthe Town Administrator 37 Short-Term Issues 37 Long-Term Issues 37 Report ofthe Tax Collector 39 Report ofthe Town Treasurer 42 Report ofthe Town Clerk 45 Report ofthe Budget Advisory Committee 46 Report ofthe Planning Board 48 Report ofthe Board ofAdjustment 50 Report ofthe Conservation Commission 51 Report ofthe Highway Department 53 Synopsis of Work Projects of2000 54 Maintenance Technician 55 Transfer Station 56 Care and Maintenance of Cemeteries and Parks and Playgrounds 57 Short-Term Goals 57 Long-Term Goals 57 Report ofthe Police Department 58 Calls for Sendee 60 Criminal Complaints/ Case Reports Taken 61 Type ofCrimes/Incidents Handled 62 Motor Vehicle Related Incidents 62 Current look at the Department 63 Year 2001 and bevond 65 Rindge Fire Department Annual Report 67 Department of Fire Services 69 Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 31, 2000 Rindge Fire Department Organizational Chart 72 FIRE PREVENTION & EDUCATION 73 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 73 FIRE SUPPRESSION 74 COMMUNICATIONS 76 FACILITIES 76 APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT 76 FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS 77 Town Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger Report 79 Rindge Building Department Annual Report 80 Report ofthe Jaffrev Ambulance 83 Report ofthe Recreation Department 84 MISSION STATEMENT 85 Report ofthe Ingalls Memorial Library 92 Ingalls Memorial Library Report ofthe Trustees 93 End ofthe Year Financial Report 2000 94 HCS - Home Healthcare. Hospice and Community Services 95 ANNUAL REPORT 96 Report ofthe History Committee 97 Report ofthe Rindge Rails/Trails Organization 98 2000 Total Wages 99 Town Report Subscription Form 101 Appendices 1. Financial Section Green Pages MS 6 (Budget) Auditors Report Trustees ofthe Trust Funds 2. Valuation of Real Estate White Pages - Last section 1 Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 3 2000 1, Town Officers ELECTED OFFICIALS Moderator David M. Tower Term Expires 2002 Selectmen/Assessors H. Benson Walen Term Expires 2001 Douglas Heywood Term Expires 2002 J. Michael Whitney, Chairman Term Expires 2003 J. Town Clerk Carol Donovan Term Expires 2002 Tax Collector Carol Donovan Term Expires 2002 Treasurer Adrienne Hudson Term Expires 2002 County Commissioner Peter Davis Term Expires 2000 State Senator Mark Fernald District 1 Term Expires 2002 Representative to the General Court John B. Hunt District 10 Term Expires 2002 Susan Emerson District 13 Term Expires 2002 Planning Board Katie Duffy, Chairperson Term Expires 2001 Tim Halliday, Vice Chairperson Term Expires 2001 John Vorfeld Term Expires 2001 Christopher Kundert Term Expires 2002 David Tower Term Expires 2002 Gerald Parker Term Expires 2003 & Sharon O'Keefe, Alternate Administrator Term Expires 2002 Richard Isakson, Alternate Term Expires 2002 Cheves Walling, Alternate Term Expires 2003 Douglas J. Heywood, Ex Officio Term Expires 2002 Rindge, New Hampshire Annual Report ofthe Town Officers, Year Ending December 31, 2000 Budget Advisory Committee Bruce Hall, Chairman Term Expires 2001 Robert Cleland Term Expires 2003 Jean Benson Term Expires 2001 Kathy Peahl Term Expires 2002 Arthur Speros Term Expires 2002 David DuVernay Term Expires 2003 Supervisors of the Checklist Lila M. Burbank, Chairman Term Expires 2004 Geraldine Ducharme Term Expires 2006 Janet Gordon Term Expires 2002 Library Trustees Richard Isakson, Chairman Term Expires 2002 Nancy Little Term Expires 2003 Donald Umlauf Term Expires 2003 Florence Marsh Term Expires 2001 Constable Lawrence T. Harris Term Expires 2001 Overseer of Welfare Marabeth Farmer Term Expires 2001 Trustees of Trust Funds Jean White Term Expires 2003 Ruby Menard Term Expires 2001 Jeanne Carguilo Term Expires 2002 School Board Members Daniel Whitney Term Expires 2003 Timothy Den- Term Expires 2001 Dennis Casey Term Expires 2002 School Moderator David Tower Term Expires 2002 APPOINTED OFFICIALS Board of Adjustment Redvers G. White, Chairman Term Expires 2003 Philip Stenersen Term Expires 2003 Paula Sumner Term Expires 2001 Kathleen Isakson Term Expires 2001 Richard Mellor Term Expires 2002 8