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ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF THE OF CANAAN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1997 — Town Clerk/Tax Collector Municipal Building Telephone: 523-7106 — Town Clerk/Tax Collector Edward C. Morse — DeputyTownClerk/Tax Collector Karen DeWolfRicard Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00-12:00 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00-4:00 Wednesday 6:00-8:00 — Selectmen's Office Municipal Building Telephone: 523-4501 — AdministrativeAssistant ThomasRankin — Secretary Kathleen Hill — Bookkeeper Sherrill Zani Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30 Selectmen's Meetingsare held every Monday at6:45pm at the Mascoma SeniorCenter. — Planning Board Municipal Building Telephone: 523-4501 — Planning Board Chairman Andy Musz — PlanningBoard Secretary Kathleen Hill — Public Library Municipal Building Telephone: 523-9650 — Librarian MarionAllen Hours: Monday Town The 1997 Report is dedicated to Donna Zani Dunkerton many Town for her years of History Research! Annual Report of the Town of Canaan, Hampshire 9{eu) for the year ending 1997 "December 31, 4it-*7 cz-l INDEX Administrator 32 Advance Transit. Inc 73 Auditor's Letter -46 Births 93 Budgetforthe TownJanuary 1. 1998 to December31, 1998 16 Building Inspector 53 Canaan"F.A.S.T. Inc 54 , Capital Reserve Fund Report 34 Conservation Commission 55 Day ofVoting April 8, 1997 87 Deaths 95 Executive Councilor 65 FireDepartment 56 Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger 66 Grafton Count}' Senior Citizen's Council Inc 74 Headiest 75 Historical Society and Museum 67 Librarian 57 Library Treasurer 58 Library Trustees 59 Marriages 94 MeetingHouse Committee 69 Officers 1 OldHome Days Committee 68 Parks and Recreation Committee 60 Planning Board 61 PoliceDepartment 62 Public Hearing to Hear the Results ofthe Deliberative Session, March 29. 1997 85 Road Agent 64 Sample Ballot and Warrant Nlarch 10, 1998 10 Schedule ofTown Property 36 Selectmen 33 Statement ofBonded Debt 41 Summary ofTax Lien Accounts 39 Tax Collector 37 Tax Rate Breakdownand Equalization Rates 35 Town Clerk 40 Town Meeting Deliverative Session, March 14, 1997 78 Treasurer 43 Trustees ofthe Trust Funds and Cemetery Trustees 44 IJpper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission 70 Visiting Nurse Alliance ofVermont and New Hampshire, Inc. Mascoma Home Health Services 76 Warrant 1998 5 WISE 77 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTEDPOSITIONS: YearTermExpires: Marchof: SELECTMEN George Shadowens 1998 TomIreton 1999 SteveIacuzzi 2000 TOWNCLERKATAXCOLLECTOR Edward C. Morse 1999 TOWNTREASURER Brenda Souza 1998 MODERATOR DaleBarney 1998 REPRESENTATIVESTOGENERALCOURT Phil Cobbin 1998 Phil Weber 1998 GENERALASSISTANCE OFFICER Charles S. Adams 1998 TRUSTEES OFTHETRUST FUNDS ANDCEMETERY TRUSTEES JacquelineLary 1998 Judith Ireton, Treasurer 1999 CynthiaNeily 2000 LIBRARY TRUSTEES MarthaPusey 1998 MichaelD. Kraatz 1998 PamelaR. Broadley 1999 Nancy Loomis 1999 PatriciaIacuzzi 2000 SUPERVISORS OFTHE CHECKLIST BenYamashita 1998 MarthaPusey 2000 CaroleCushman 2002 PLANNING BOARD Roger L. Remade, Sr. 1998 Andrew Musz, Chairman 1998 RichardCarden 1999 Mark Houston 1999 PhilipCobbin 2000 DanWare 2000 Leon Kremzner,Alternate JamesLaffan,Alternate George Shadowens, Selectmen's Representative POLICE CHIEF Anthony Piscopo 2000 ROADAGENT AllenLary 1999 SCHOOLBOARDMEMBERS VeronicaBarton 1998 Claudine Shadowens 1998 ScottSlogic 1998 Charles Sova 1999 Phil Weber, Chairman 1999 PatriciaIacuzzi 2000 Gayle Pringle 2000 BUDGETCOMMITTEE Robert Piscopo 1998 TomMcDermott 1998 EdLary 1998 Cathy Cobbin, Chairman 1999 LeslieMansur 1999 AlanRicard 1999 Peter Solomon 2000 Ernst Schori 2000 Sam Lowe 2000 Steve Iacuzzi, Selectmen's Representative APPOINTED POSITIONS: OLDMEETING HOUSECOMMITTEE James R. Miller, II, Chairman Thomas Geoghegan Benjamin S. Yamashita Nancy Munsey Mark A. Larsen HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION James Crowell, Co-Chairman Gregg Bogdanich, Co-Chairman Kristen Burnett, Secretary George Innes Robert Cummings Tom Ireton, Selectmen's Representative Philip Cobbin, Planning Board's Representative Nancy Loomis,Alternate DeborahCrowell,Alternate James Rowse. Alternate HISTORIC MUSEUM COMMITTEE Daniel Fleetham,Chairman John Q.Ricard, Vice Chairman Sonya Carter, Secretary Reginald E. Barney,Treasurer DonnaZani Dunkerton, Historian & Corresponding Secretary