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ANNUAL REPORTS oftheTown GILFORD New Hampshire Year EndingDecember31, 1999 OLD HOME G\ffORD Jfe=AUGUST 26 ' a vMW Photographs ofvarious activities at past Old Home Day Celebrations. Old Home Day, annually held on the Saturday before Labor Day Weekend, provides an opportunity for current and former residents to make new friendships, rekindle old ones and participate in a community-wide celebration. Photos are courtesy ofthe Old Home Day Committee. Annual Reports of the town of GILFORD New Hampshire forthe yearending December 31, 1999 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreporttown1999gilf DEDICATION This Annual Report is dedicated to all the Gilford Citizens who give of themselves, contributing talent, time and energy, to make our Town the wonderful community it is. This Report alone lists over eighty residents who serve on town and school boards, committees and commissions, and this is not the full story. Countless others provide time assisting, coaching and counseling our youth in activities like; PTA, Recreation Commission, Scouting, extra curricular sports, to name some examples. Additionally, others provide service programs and activities to all ages, via historical societies, service organizations and church groups that enhance the fabric ofourcommunity. There are further opportunities for volunteerism in both Town and School government, that can be gratifying and beneficial. They include the Board of Selectmen, School Board, Board ofFire Engineers, Library Trustees, and Budget Committee. In addition, the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Conservation Commission and Historic District/Heritage Commission, represent a year round commitment to the shaping,preservation and development ofthe community. The Budget Committee, for example, begins in October with an intense review ofthe town and school budgets, concluding activity with March Annual Meetings. The Town and School Treasurers, along with the Trustees of Trust Funds, are responsible for various aspects of financial management. The Moderators, Supervisors of Checkhst and Inspectors ofElection guide the legislative process. There are numerous times special committees are formed for a specific purpose, vital to the community, such as; Economic Development, Kimball Wildlife Forest, Land Conservation Task Force and Building Committees when needed. Please, do not hesitate to come forward with your talents, knowledge and special skills, to participate where you are most comfortable. We recognize your contributions and salute your dedication, without which Gilford would not exist as we know and enjoy it today. We are a Town to be proud ofbecause ofyou! ^ TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEMS FORACTION ATTHE 2000 ANNUALMEETINGS TownWarrant Town Budget 1 See Blue } School Warrant I Section School Budget Dedication 3 TOWN OFFICERS ListofTown Officers 6 TelephoneDirectory 10 ACTIVITY REPORTS OFOFFICERS, OFHCIALS,BOARDS,COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONS Reportofthe Selectmen 13 Reporton Census 2000 15 Report ofthe Assessor 16 Report oftheTown Clerk 18 Reportofthe Department ofPlanning andLand Use 19 Reportofthe Police Department 22 Report ofthe DepartmentofPublic Works 24 Report ofthe Fire Department 27 Report ofthe Town Forest Fire Warden 30 Report ofthe Recreation Commission 32 Reportofthe Librarian andLibraryTrustees 36 Report ofthe Trustees ofTrustFunds 40 Report ofthe OverseerofPublic Welfare 41 Reportofthe Old Home Day Committee 42 Report oftheTask Force on Drug/Alcohol Abuse Prevention 44 Reportofthe Land Conservation Task Force 46 Reportofthe Benjamin Rowe House Committee 47 Report ofthe Kimball Castle Committee 48 Reporton the March 9, 1999 Annual Meeting 49 Reporton March 10, 1999 RecessedTown Meeting 56 Report on theJune 16, 1999 Special Town Meeting 66 1 1999 FINANCIALRECORDS Certificate 70 Town Appropriations 71 Estimate ofRevenues 73 Summary Inventory ofValuation 74 Computation of 1999 Taxes Assessed 75 Comparative StatementofAppropriations,Expenditures and Carryover Appropriations 76 Summary ofReceipts 78 Tax Collector's Report 79 Summary ofTax Lien Account 81 Town Clerk's Report 82 Treasurer's Report/Conservation Commission Funds 83 ReportoftheTrustees ofTrustFunds 84 Auditor's Reporton FinancialPresentation 86 General FundBalance Sheet 92 Rowe House Balance Sheet 93 StatementofBondedDebt 94 Schedule ofTown Property 95 Vital Statistics 99 SCHOOL DISTRICTREPORTS Officers ofthe School District S2 Reporton the March 17, 1999, School DistrictMeeting S3 Reportofthe School BoardChairperson S8 Reportofthe Middle-High School Principal S1 Report ofthe Elementary School Principal S14 School Statistics S16 SchoolLunch Program S17 Special Education S19 Financial Reporton the School District S20 Auditor's Report on Financial Presentation S23 GUNSTOCK ACRES WATER DISTRICT FinancialReport V2 Town Officers 1999 OFFICERS ELECTED BY BALLOT AT TOWN MEETING Term Commencing on Day ofTown Meeting Three-Year Terms SELECTMEN Rudolph G. Lehr Term Expires 2000 Robert A. Jordan Term Expires 2001 Robert A. Walter Term Expires 2002 TOWN CLERK-TAX COLLECTOR Debra Eastman Term Expires 2002 TREASURER Gregory Dickinson Annual Term 2000 OVERSEER OF WELFARE William Connelly Annual Term 2000 Two-YearTerm MODERATOR PeterMillham Term Expires 2000 Six-YearTerms SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Mary Lou Grevatt Term Expires 2000 Carolyn Smith Term Expires 2002 Dorothy Kereage Term Expires 2004 Three-Year Terms TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS George Sawyer, Chairman Term Expires 2001 Milo Bacon Term Expires 2000 Carolyn Smith Term Expires 2002 Three-YearTerms TRUSTEES OFPUBLIC LIBRARY Polly Sanfaeon,Chair Term Expires 2001 Edward Merski Term Expires 2000 Barbara Harris Term Expires 2002 BUDGET COMMITTEE J. Kinney O'Rourke, Chairman TermExpires 2002 Karen Carr (appt until 2000 Annual Meeting) Term Expires 2000 William Phillips (appt until 2000 Annual Meeting) Term Expires 2000 JeffJaran (appt until 2000 Annual Meeting) Term Expires 2000 James Annis(appt until 2000 Annual Meeting) Term Expires 2000 Dennis Doten Term Expires 2000 Richard Campbell Term Expires 2001 Sean Murphy Term Expires 2001 Susan Greene Term Expires 2002 Sue Allen/Kent Baron School Board Members Louis Combe, Representative-Gunstock Acres Village District Robert A. Walter, Selectman Member . BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS William Akerley, Chairman Term Expires 2000 Philip Brouillard Term Expires 2001 Kenneth Kneuer Term Expires 2002 CONSERVATION COMMISSION John Goodhue,Chairman Term Expires 2000 Douglas Hill Term Expires 2001 Lee Duncan Term Expires 2001 Tom Drouin Term Expires 2002 Paula McDonald, Alternate Term Expires 2001 Benjamin Graves, Alternate Term Expires 2001 M. Elizabeth Reinhart Term Expires 2001 David Buckman, Alternate Term Expires 2002 Lisa Marie Morin,Planning Board Rep PLANNING BOARD Bruce Wright, Chairman TermExpires 2001 Richard Waitt Term Expires 2000 Polly Sanfaeon Term Expires 2000 Lisa Marie Morin Term Expires 2001 Carolyn Scattergood Term Expires 2002 Jerry Gagnon Term Expires 2002 James Bradley,Alternate Term Expires 2000 1 Richard Vaillancourt, Alternate Term Expires 2000 Richard Sonia, Alternate Term Expires 2000 Robert A. Jordan, Selectman RECREATION COMMISSION Meg Jenkins, Chairman Term Expires 2001 Patrick Savage Term Expires 2000 Thom Francoeur Term Expires 2001 Corinne Demko Term Expires 2002 Patti Smith Term Expires 2002 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Andrew Howe, Chairman Term Expires 2002 Donald Chesebrough Term Expires 2000 Lawrence Routhier Term Expires 2001 ArthurTilton Term Expires 2002 Scott Davis, Alternate Term Expires 2000 James Bolin, Alternate Term Expires 2000 Richard Foley, Alternate Term Expires 200 Richard Weaver,Alternate Term Expires 2002 John Vorel, Alternate Term Expires 2002 , GILFORD VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Elizabeth McDonald, Chairman Term Expires 2000 Chuck Coons Term Expires 2001 Phil Arel Term Expires 2002 Ruth McLaughlin Term Expires 2002 Elaine Gagnon, Alternate Term Expires 2002 Polly Sanfacon, Planning Board Rep Rudolph G. Lehr, Selectman Rep Two-YearTerms INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS Rutha Helfrich Term Expires 2000 Shirley Snow Term Expires 2000 Barbara Carey Term Expires 2000 Georgetta Wixson Term Expires 2000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Rod Dyer Leo Sanfacon John Vorel Chuck Clark, Alternate