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35:^.07 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, N.H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST 1996 ^nc. 1896 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3 996 1 . 1 Printedby SunWorldPrinting NH Gorham, Printed onRecycledPaper Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1996gorh ) TABLE OF CONTENTS Androscoggin Valley Refuse Disposal Report 159 Appropriations and Expenditures Report 26 Auditor's Report 72 Budget Committee Report 41 Budget of the Town (MS-7 21 Building Inspector Report 132 Conservation Commission Report 151 District One Report to Citizens 154 Emergency Medical Services 106 Fire Department Report 104 Fixed Assets 86 Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger Report 158 Fourth of July Committee Report 140 Fur, Feather and Fin Club 144 Gorham Volunteer Award 10 Historical Society 146 History of Gorham Telephone System 162 Holiday Schedule - Town Offices 173 Important Dates To Remember 171 Meeting Schedule of Town Departments 172 Minutes of Town Meeting of March 12, 1996 48 North Country Council Inc. Report 152 North Country Home Health Agency 108 Northern White Mountain Chamber of Commerce 150 Organizational Chart 11 Permit Requirements 174 Planning Board Report 130 Police Department Report 102 Public Library Report 142 Public Works Department Report 112 Recreation Department Report 134 Message from Recreation Director 138 Recycling Information 110 Revenue Report 37 Schedule of Long Term Debt 70 Sewer Department Report 126 Solid Waste Holiday Schedule 109 Statement of Appropriation and Taxes Assessed in 1996 (MS-1) 63 Summary Inventory of Valuation for 1996 66 Tax Collector's Report 95 Town Clerk Report 166 Town Hall Functions 172 Town Manager's Report 44 Town Officers, Boards and Committees 5 Town Vehicle Inventory 115 Town Warrant 13 Treasurer's Report 98 Tri-County Community Action 156 Trustees of Trust Funds Report 87 Capital Reserve Accounts 90 Trust Funds Accounts 88 Vital Statistics - Births, Deaths & Marriages 167 Water Department Report 121 Water System Testing Report 124 Water and Sewer Commission Report 116 Water and Sewer Equipment Inventory 129 Zoning Board of Adjustment Report 131 This report has been compiled through the efforts of the local public officials and is intended to serve as a permanent record of events and transactions which have occurred during the past year. It is our hope that you will find this report to be informative as well as readable. Many hours of time and energy have been We put towards the preparation of this report. want to take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to all who have provided the information which is contained within the covers of this report, for without their efforts there would be no report. Our thanks also to the people who provided the pictures. Dear Reader: The preceding statement does not really do justice to how this Town Report came to be. You are reading this report due to the singular efforts of Joyce Snitko, Executive Secretary and Assessing Clerk. Joyce coordinates with all of the different boards and commissions to get their reports in on time. After she receives them, they must be retyped and aligned in an acceptable format for the printer. When those reports don't arrive on time (not an unusual occurrence) a gentle "nudge" comes from Joyce. have now seen Joyce assemble three Town Reports and I never once have heard her complain about the amount of I effort it takes. Just for the reader's benefit, during the last few weeks Joyce's day off, Saturdays and many nights have been spent on this report. What would like you to know is that while I all of this effort is being spent on the Town Report, Joyce is attending to her normal work; the assessing work, answering questions from residents, dealing with the day-to-day affairs of the office and proof reading the Town Manager's writing efforts (a monumental task!). I wanted to take this spot in the report to say Thank You to Joyce for all that she does to make us look good and let all the readers ofthis report know that we appreciate her efforts. Thank You Joyce! Bill Jackson, Town Manager OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES SELECTMEN Glen Eastman Term expires 1997 Yves Zornio Term expires 1998 Michael Waddell Term expires 1999 TOWN MANAGER William H. Jackson FINANCE DIRECTOR Diane Legere Resigned December 13, 1996 Denise M. Vallee - Interim Finance Director OFFICE STAFF Joyce Snitko Debbie LaPierre MODERATOR Lee Carroll Term expires 1998 TOWN TREASURER Donald King Term expires 1997 TAX COLLECTOR Grace LaPierre TOWN CLERK Grace LaPierre Term expires 1999 Irene Markovich Deputy Clerk BUDGET COMMITTEE David P. Carlson Term expires 1997 Elaine Riendeau Term expires 1997 Terry Rhoderick Term expires 1997 Reuell Leavitt Term expires 1997 John Dalphonse Term expires 1997 Denise Fortin Term expires 1997 Jacqueline Nault, Vice Chairman Term expires 1998 Patricia A LaPointe, Chairman Term expires 1997 David W. Murphy, Secretary Term expires 1997 Michael Waddell, Board of Selectmen Wayne Micucci, School Board OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Patricia LaPointe Term expires 1997 Marie Andrews Term expires 1998 Michael Waninger Term expires 1999 SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Carol Goulet Term expires 1998 Frances O'Neil Term expires 2000 Tad Michaud Term expires 2002 POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Ronald Devoid Patrolman James Berube/Detective Lieutenant John LaPierre Patrolman Timothy Godin/Dare Officer Sergeant Mitchell White Patrolman Paul Cyr/Prosecutor Patrolman Samuel Daisey/Dare Officer Patrolman Jeffrey Lemoine AUXILIARY OFFICERS Thomas Edgerton Court Stearns Michael Lary Terry Rhoderick Paul Ingersoll DISPATCHERS Supervisor Mary Robinson Patricia LaPointe Dave Page Stephanie Kennedy Michele King Paul Gagne FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Chief Raymond Chandler Resigned 08/31/96 Acting Fire Chief Wallace Corrigan Assistant Chief Warren Johnson 1st Assistant Chief Wallace Corrigan 2nd Assistant Chief Clinton J. Savage,Sr. 2nd Lieutenant Dana Home 2nd Lieutenant Paul Nault Pump Officer Arthur Tanguay Captain Ronald Smith Captain Ronald Riendeau Clerk Maurice Tanguay Clerk Norman Demers OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES GORHAM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Director William Hathaway Assistant Director Kimberly Briggs EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR Roger Guilmette PUBLIC WORKS FOREMEN Roger Guilmette WATER & SEWER COMMISSION Roger G. Goulet Term expires 1997 David W. Murphy Term expires 1998 Lee F. Carroll Term expires 1999 WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT Superintendent David Bernier Office Manager Mary Boisselle BUILDING INSPECTOR/CODE ENFORCEMENT Ronald Baillargeon - Interim PLANNING BOARD Earl McGillicuddy Term expires 1997 Ralph Chapman Term expires 1997 Kathy Merrill Term expires 1998 George Valliere, Alternate Term expires 1999 Michael Webb, Chairman Term expires 1999 Michael Waddell, Selectman ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Ronald Baillargeon, AlternatelOn Sabbatical) Term expires 1997 Joann Lakin Term expires 1998 JoAnn Watson Term expires 1998 Roger Lajoie, Alternate Term expires 1998 Paul Gagne, Alternate Term expires 1998 Lenwood Knowles, Alternate Term expires 1999 Thomas Dyer Term expires 1999 Wayne Flynn, Chairman Term expires 1999 OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES CONSERVATION COMMISSION Michael Pelchat, Secretary Term expires 1997 Michael Waddell, Chairman Term expires 1997 Paul Doherty Term expires 1998 Steven Malespini Term expires 1999 George Pozzuto Term expires 1999 FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE David W. Murphy Term expires 1997 Glen Eastman, Selectman Term expires 1997 Paul Doherty, Chairman Term expires 1998 Lee F. Carroll Term expires 1998 Michael Waddell Term expires 1999 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Paul Robitaille Term expires 1997 Patricia Long Term expires 1998 Winona Tanguay Term expires 1999 LIBRARY Librarian Ida Bagley Assistant Librarian Valerie Lapointe RECREATION DIRECTOR Vint Choiniere Resigned July 22, 1996 Interim Director Christine Legendre INFORMATION BOOTH Booth Attendants Jean Lary Jacklyn Nadeau Gloria Monk