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F Li-L!- .50 or) 2007 JAnnuaC 'Report Of TOlVJ^r gO'R3<JAM Incorporated1836 "RetirecCJire Cfiiej JArtfiur 'Tanguay It all started one day in 1952 during a Cascade Mill tire. Arthur Tanguay was walking by the fire station at the Town Hall when the fire whistle blew. One ofthe firemen asked Arthur ifhe could drive the fire truck. Arthur said "yes" andjumped into the truck and drove it up to the mill. After the fire was extinguished, ChiefPhil Cote told Arthur that ifhe wanted to drive the trucks, he would have tojoin the department. This is Arthur's 55th year of service on the Gorham Fire Department. During his 55 years, he has served as Fire Chieftwice from 1976-1980 and 1985-1988. Department records do not show exactly when Arthur started as an officer, but it is believed he became a Lieutenant in the early sixties and worked his way up through the ranks. Although Arthur decided that he would give up his officer's position as ofDecember 31, 2007, he is remaining on the department to keep us in check. You can find Arthur at the station almost every day, keeping the station clean, playing solitaire, or telling stories. Ifyou stop in the station Arthur is more than willing to talk about his experiences growing up on a farm in Gorham's Upper Village, as a medic in WWII, building roads for the Citizen Core, or the many fires he fought in town. Orjust stop in to play a game ofcribbage with him, ifyou don't mind getting skunked. Arthur at the young age of88 is still responding to emergencies in town and helping the new firefighters operate the fire pumps that he knows so well. Arthur is a lifetime resident ofGorham, and grew up with his eight brothers and sisters. He and his wife, Arlene, brought up three children; Don, Donna and Debbie, in their homes on Promenade Street and Wilson Drive. He has 6 grandchildren and 4 great- grand children. Arthur also worked part-time for the police department while working for Brown Company on the paper machines. Since his retirement from the mill in 1985, he spends almost every morning at the fire station, where he meets with the regulars to discuss current events. 'tabCe of Contents Androscoggin Valley Home Care Services 114 Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District 113 Assessing Department Report 89 Auditor's Combined Statement ofRevenue and Expenses 38 Auditor's Report - 2006 31 Balance Sheet - 2006 36 Conservation Commission Report 115 Election Results 143 Emergency Management Report 91 Emergency Medical Services Report 92 Executive Councilor Report 116 Exemptions Available to Taxpayers 150 Expenditures Report 55 Family Resource Center Report 117 Fire Department Report 94 Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger Report 119 Fourth ofJuly Committee Report 118 Fund Balance 24 General Fixed Assets Report 50 Gorham Town Hall Renovation Project Report 126 Grants 2007 53 Historical Society Report 120 Joint Loss Management Committee Report 122 Management's Discussion and Analysis 32 Minutes ofTown Meeting ofMarch 2007 128 Operating Expense Chart 88 Planning Board Report 123 Police Department Report 95 Public Library Report 96 Public Works Department Report 99 Recreation Department Report 100 Revenue Report 72 Sample Ballot 9 Sewer Department Budget 80 Sewer Department Report 109 Statement ofAppropriations 28 Statement ofOutstanding Debts 27 Statement ofRevenue and Taxes Assessed 29 Summary Inventory ofValuation for 2007 - MS-1 42 Tax Chart 23 Tax Collector's Report - MS-61 39 Tax Rate Calculation 22 Town Budget for 2008 - MS-7 (colored pages) 15 Town Clerk Financial Report 25 Town Directory 148 Town Forest Account 54 Town Forest Report 124 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto2007gorh TabCe of Contents Town Manager's Report 7 Town Officials 1 Town Warrant for 2008 - (colored pages) 10 Treasurer's Report 26 Trust Fund Trustee's Report 49 Twenty Years ofService 4 Twenty-Two Years ofService 5 Vital Statistics - Births, Deaths and Mamages 145 Volunteer ofthe Year 2007 6 Water Department Budget 83 Water Department Report 107 & Water Sewer Commission Report 102 & Water Sewer Equipment Inventory 12 & Water Sewer Outstanding Debt 111 Zoning Board Report 125 ^^ ^^^^a^l.A>^^^.^ ^> ?vs *v». «&^ »V" < Town Common from the Town Hall roof Town OjficiaCs Board ofSelectmen Paul Robitaille, Chair(March, 2008) StephanieKennedy(March, 2009) Yves Zomio (March, 2010) Town Manager WilliamH. Jackson DirectorofFinance& Administration Denise M. Vallee DirectorofAssessing DianeLabbe Fiscal/Administrative Assistant Michelle Lutz Town Clerli/Tax Collector Grace E. LaPierre Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector ChristinaM. Ross Town Treasurer DonaldKing Recreation Director Mitchell P. Weathers Senior Program Coordinator Christine Legendre Police Department PJ Cyr, Chief Detective SergeantBrian Lamarre Corporal JenniferLemoine OfficerMark Santos Officer William Daisey Aux. OfficerGerald Marcou Aux. OfficerTobey Reichert Aux. OfficerThomas Edgerton Aux. OfficerRonald Devoid Aux. OfficerChristopherNorton Dispatchers Amy Girard, Supervisor MarcelleAubin Susan Dorval Jacob Devoid Shelli Fortin Paul Gagne Diane Bouthot ReneeCorriveau MarandaMorency Public Works Department Austin "Buddy"Holmes, Director Heather Mortenson, Office Manager Joe Ramsey, Foreman Francis Dalphonse. Mechanic Roland Blais, Highway Robert MacKay, Highway/Parks PeterDupont, Highway Denis Martineau, Highway Karl Daisey, Sanitation Keith Paradis, Cemetery/Highway John M. LaPierre, Highway OscarPatry, Sanitation Dan Lapointe, Sanitation Emergency Management HeatherMortenson, Director -1- Town OjficiaCs Emergency Medical Services Scott Lancaster, Director Karen Eichler, Assistant Director Terry O'Neil,AssistantDirector Captain Paul Gagne Lt. Tim Harmon Lt. James Demers Denis Watson LizaBurrill Dan Malone Diane Holmes SonyaRich , Mike Pelchat LaurieGoulet Erica Waterman Shawn Costine Keenan Hatch AndreaGagne Cagney Hatch LucCorriveau GeorgeCorriveau Skid Baillargeon HeatherBosa AlyssaLeclerc Judy Gaudet Paul Prouty Stephanie Kennedy Cathy King Ryan Leighton Corey Fecteau Chad Miller DanaHome Fire Department George"Rick" Eichler, Chief Wallace Corrigan. AssistantChief Warren Johnson, Assistant Chief Clinton J Savage, Assistant Chief Retired ChiefArthurTanguay Retired ChiefRaymond Chandler DanaHome, Captain PaulNaulf,Captain Lt. Wilfred "Skid" Baillargeon Lt. Paul Gleason Lt. Shawn Costine Lt. ArthurPerry Lt. Brian Gleason ClerkNorman Demers Secretary JanetCorrigan FF RobertCote FF ArthurMarchand FF Denis Fournier FF William Watson FF Maurice Belanger FF Rick Demers FF VictorAubut FF Denis Watson FF Paul Gagne FFNathan Corrigan FF Arthur Demers FF ChadMiller FF Karen Eichler FF RobertPoulin FF Frank Ramsey FF James Demers FF Michael Pelchat FF Normand Laganiere FF David Gaudet FF Michael Lary FF Patrick Sanschagrin FF StephanieKennedy FF Denis Micucci FF SonyaRich FF Adam White FF John Sheets FF Kaleigh Tessier FF Phil Cloutier Water& Sewer Department David Patry, Superintendent Mary Boisselle,OfficeManager JessicaJacques, Clerk Richard Leveille Kurt Johnson Brian Rivard JeffTennis DerekCroteau Water& SewerCommissioners Lee Carroll. Chair(March, 2008) RogerGoulet (March, 2009) Ted Miller(March, 2010) Library Elizabeth Thompson, Director Judy Blais Valerie LaPointe Susan Philbrick Chris Davies Maranda Demers -2-