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1992 ANNUAL REPORT FortheYearEnding December 31, 1992 Town Hampton of New Hampshire v^fZhH ?*^^« j£j,.v«r.^^5 '-V.V-^rV ^ ' '" ^i •.v^a *.*. •»» v#«..^JM!-1,^* - v-.r'*^, -'.V* ^0: :- • PBLJ|''^j-.*<»•'!*"lS ' !1;5,ft'^ ^^ .-^' -i'-'^-* "* ^P^^.% pi 55 FIRE EMERGENCY 926-331 AMBULANCE EMERGENCY 926-331 POLICE EMERGENCY 926-3333 Besureto givetheaddressandyournameandacallback numberaswellas CLEARLYstatingthenatureoftheemergency. DONOTHANG UPuntilyou are sureyour message has been understood. INFORMATION/TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR ANSWERS ON: CALLTHE: AT: Administration (Town Government) Town Manager 926-6766 AssessmentofProperty Assessor 926-6766 Bills & Accounts (Ambulance, etc.) Bookkeeping 926-6766 Births, Deaths & Marriages Town Clerk 926-0406 Building, Plumbing & Electrical Permits ....Building Inspector 926-6766 Cemeteries High StreetCemetery 926-6659 Certificates ofOccupancy Building Inspector 926-6766 Dogs- Licenses Town Clerk 926-0406 Dogs-At Large Police Department 929-4444 Elections, Voter Registration Town Clerk 926-0406, Fire- Routine Business Fire Department 926-3316 Fire- Prevention & Inspection Fire Department 926-3316 Health-Complaints & Inspections Health Officer (Building Inspector) 926-6766 Library Lane Memorial Library 926-3368 Children's Room 926-4729 MotorVehicles- Registration Town Clerk 926-0406 Police- Routine Business Police Department 929-4444 Recreation & Parks Recreation & Parks Department 926-3932 Rubbish Collection & Landfill Department ofPublicWorks 926-3202 Schools SuperintendentofSchools/SAU 21 926-8992 Centre School 926-8706 AcademyJunior High School 926-2000 Marston School 926-8708 Winnacunnet High School 926-3395 Sewers- Inspections, Plug-ups & Permits .DepartmentofPublicWorks 926-4402 Snow Removal DepartmentofPublicWorks 926-3202 Street & Sidewalk Maintenance DepartmentofPublicWorks 926-3202 Taxes- Real Estate CollectorofTaxes 926-6766 Welfare Assistance Welfare Officer 926-6766 Zoning & Building Codes Building Inspector 926-6766 HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Town Offices (closed holidays) Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (136 Winnacunnet Road) Town Clerk (closed holidays) Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday &Thursday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lane Memorial Library (closed holidays) Monday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (corner ofAcademy Ave. & Tuesday thru Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Winnacunnet Rd.) Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Town Dump (see Landfill hours ofoperation on inside back cover) Front and back cover aerial photographs by Peter Evans Randall. Town Hampton of 355th Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1992 Photographs: Budd Perty, Memories Studios, pp. 4, 12, 16, 68 (bottom right); Hampton P.D., p. 42 (all but middle photo); Hamp- tonF.D.,p.50(allbutbottomleft);DorreMiller,ATLANTIC NEWS, p. 54 (bottom); Arleen Andreozzi, p. 82 (all); Hampton Conservation Commission, 84; Art Moody, pp. 26,42(middle),50(bottomleft), 54(allbutbottomphoto), 60, 68 (bottom left), 72 (all), 75, 85, 88. Bebicatton TheTownofHampton'sAnnualReportfor1992isdedicatedtothememory ofthe following citizens who voluntarily served in Town and School Govern- ment positions — both elective and appointive. An appreciative community honors their decades ofpublic service. D. Malcolm ("Mac") Hamilton (1912-1992) Trustee of the Trust Funds (1982-85); Leased Land Study Committee (1981-82); Planning Board (1956-61); Zoning Board of Adjustment (1949-55); Board of Town Auditors (1946-48); Town Budget Committee (1950-53); Clerk of Court, Municipal/District Courts; Hampton School Board {1950-53);WinnacunnetCooperativeSchoolBoard(1959-74) Edmund Langley^ Jr. (1908-1992) Town Moderator (1963-67); Selectman (1967-70); Charter Committee(1967-70);CoastGuardStationStudyCommittee (1969); Municipal Budget Committee (1967-1969); Town BudgetCommittee (1952-54); CemeteryTrustee (1988-91); Moderator, Hampton School District (1965-67); Treasurer, Hampton School District (1951-57); State Representative (1971-73) Ednapearl F. Parr (1916-1992) Conservation Commission (1965-80); American Revolution Bicentennial CelebrationCommittee(1972-77);Community/ Recreation Center Study Committee (1985-86); State Repre- sentative (1973-92) Minnie E. Philbrook (1903-1992) Supervisor ofthe Checklist (1971-87) Municipal BudgetCommittee (1969-73, 1974-77) David Power J. (1940-1992) Trustee oftheTrust Funds (1985-86) SolidWaste StudyCommittee (1992) Rewarding report turned in by town Anybodynotice someofspecial touchesIn the Moodysaidsomeofthespecial touchesin the 1991 townreport? 1991 report included a list ofgovernment ofll- Ifyou didn't, the New Hampshire Municipal clals and their telephone numbers, and photo- Association(NHMA)certainlydid. graphsofeventsthattookplaceduringtheyear. The report got a second-place award In a WOT^TOTO Alltotal.Moodyestimatesaboutthreeweeksof :?ororeVhyTer j Q preparationwentIntothereport. soclatlon. HAMPTON While puttingit togetherheknewitwasgoing Selectman Arthur lOTEBOOK to be submitted for the competition, buthe had Moody, who worked noideaitwasgoingtowin. goonintghetroepoMratn,chwielslteber So is he preparing for a repeat performance claetpetrtthheisawwaeredk. to ac- thi"Ishyaeavre?noIdeaIfIam."Moodysaid. thNeotHsaimnpceto1n971tohwans Moodycreditsnotonlyhisworkas thereason reJpoorntwStoeninaern.awNaHrdM.A thWeirtehpeoyrtPprleascsedofinStehaebrcoonotkesatl.so played an Im- cr1eo1cmt5omru,ntisoacwiandtiaornteosptoalrdtios-f "pToSrhote.aynwtwheorroelwet.ahseanlItdo.wthbaaitsddweatrhlsek.e"fdruagwaalyMwoiotdhythneotfierds.t wereturnedInforthe By DaphneSterling placeaward?SteinersaiditwasMerrimack. competition, inwhich therewerefourdifferentcategories. The Hampton report was submitted forJudg- ment In the categoryoftownswithapopulation of7.500orhigher. In thatcategory,atotalof16 reportswereconsidered. Accountants from the firm ofPlodzik& Sand- erson In Concord Judged the contest, Steiner said. Points were given in five different areas, withthetopfivereportsgoingontothefinals. The final phase ofthe contestincluded scores on how much information the public was given, asidefromthemandatorytidings."Iftherewasa slpaeotirtdte,irnggifvrtioonmgciattnhiezeenxtsaomhwpinlgehm.liagnhatgseorftohresyeealre.c"tmSetneinreer- fHiIiQiIffWilAiLllmfiimlimiliiiili EXCELLENCE But it boiled down to. "Just howwell the citi- IN /' zens were informed of what went on in their ANNtJAl REPORTS toAwpnp,"arheentslayid.Hampton residents were very well 2kd place /I informedIfthereporttooksecondplace. 1992 / / 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Assessor 61 Audit/Financial Report ofTown for 1992 121 Budget Committee 80 Building Inspection Department 74 CemeteryTrustees 72 Conservation Commission 84 Economic Development Committee 78 Election, General, Nov. 3, 1992 40 EmergencyandTown DepartmentTelephoneNumbers InsideFrontCover Fire Department 51 Hampton Beach Village Audit for 1992 107 Highway Safety Committee 87 Legion, Post No. 35 (Memorial Day) 88 Library 59 Library Hours Inside Front Cover Meeting House Green Memorial & Historical Association 89 Merrill, Gov. Stephen 85 Mosquito Control Commission 86 Municipal Records Committee 82 Officers ofthe Town, Elected & Appointed 7 Officials, Representative(Town, County, State, Federal:Tel. Numbers) 6 Planning Board 76 Police Department 43 Presidential Primary, Feb. 18, 1992 17 Primary Election, Sep. 8, 1992 38 Public Works Department 55 Recreation & Parks Department 58 Rubbish Collection Schedule/Landfill Hours Inside Back Cover Selectmen 12 ShadeTree Commission 85 Supervisors ofthe Checklist 67 Taxable Valuation/Tax Rate 62 Tax Collector 64 Town Buildings Schedule/Values 120 Town Manager 1 Town Meeting, Annual, March 10, 14 & 21, 1992 18 Town Meeting Warrant & Budget for 1993 Center Section Town Seal Explanation 90 Trustees ofthe Trust Funds 69 USS HAMPTON 68 Vital Statistics (Births, Marriages, Deaths), Town Clerk 94 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 77 17 ELECTED GOVERNMENTAL/REPRESENTATIVE OFFICIALS Board ofSelectmen Paul Powell, Chair 926-5511 Aurthur Moody, V. Chair 926-211 Glyn Eastman 926-8266 Richard Bolduc 926-1327 Lewis Brown 926-2798 , Rockingham County Commissioner (District 1) Jane Walker 964-7069 Brentwood office 679-2256 State Representatives (Rockingham District 22) Katharin Pratt 926-3531 Kenneth Malcolm „..926-3034 Sharleene Hurst ...926-3795 Andrew Christie 926-7106 Bonnie Groves 926-441 State Senator (District 23) Beverly Hollingworth 926-4880 Executive Councilor (District 3) Ruth Griffin f»ortsmouth 436-5272 Governor Stephen Merrill 800-852-3456 U.S. Congressman (First District ofNH) William Zeliff Portsmouth 433-1601 U.S. Senators Bob Smith Portsmouth 433-1667 Judd Gregg Concord 225-71 15 HAMPTON TOWN OFFrCERS/1992 Elected Term Expires* Moderator John R. Walker 1994 Selectmen Paul L Powell, Chairman 1993 Arthur Moody, Vice Chairman 1994 J. Glyn P. Eastman 1993 Richard Bolduc 1994 J. Lewis W. Brown 1995 Town Clerk Jane Keliey 1995 (Deputy: Arleen E. Andreozzi) Collector ofTaxes Ann W. Kaiser 1994 (Deputy: Margaret M. Arguin) Treasurer Ellen M. Lavin 1993 Trustees ofthe Robert Victor Lessard, Chairman 1995 Trust Funds John B. Cann, Sr. (appointed) 1993 John J. Keliey, Sr. 1994 Supervisors ofthe Charlotte K. Preston, Chairman 1998 Checklist Carol A. McCarthy 1994 Judith A. DuBois 1996 LibraryTrustees Ruth G. Stimson, Chairman 1995 Catherine B. Anderson 1993 Gerald A. McConnell 1993 Denyce C. Stellmach 1994 Steven N. Haberman (resigned) 1994 Jeremiah Lonergan (appointed) 1993 J. Planning Board John R. Walker, Chairman 1994 Steven M. Jusseaume 1993 Edward R. Buck 1993 John Nickerson 1994 J. Robert L. Posey 1995 Thomas J. Gillick, Jr. 1995 Arthur Moody, Selectman 1993 J. Donald Barnes, Alternate (appointed) 1994 CemeteryTrustees John M. Stump, Jr., Chairman 1993 Danny Kenney, Supt. 1994 J. Charlotte K. Preston 1995 Terms endin March ofthe yearindicated unless otherwise noted. Municipal Budget Richard E. Pouliot, Chairman 1994 Committee Judith A. Doyle 1993 Virginia B. Bridie 1993 H.Weinhold 1993 JohnCMuxie 1993 Diana Ruth Fanning 1994 Buffi Robbins 1994 Donald P. Fanning 1994 Robert D. Wallace 1995 Katharin K. Pratt 1995 Bonnie B. Searle 1995 George F. Hardardt 1995 Glyn P. Eastman, Selectman 1993 Irene E. McCain, Hampton School Board 1993 Duane A. Windemiller, Jr., Precinct Commissioner 1993 Appointed Boards and Committees Zoning Board of Curtis G. McCrady, Chairman 1993 Adjustment Richard W. True 1993 George M. Cagliuso 1994 RobertVictor Lessard 1994 Wendell C. Ring, Jr. 1995 Alternates: Ralph T. Colliander 1993 Diana R. Fanning 1993 Buffi Robbins 1993 C Martha Williams 1993 Kenneth M. Nelson 1995 Conservation A. Reid Bunker, Jr., Chairman 1995 Commission James H. Clifford, Jr. 1993 Michelle D. Petillo (resigned) 1993 David A. Weber 1993 Alberta M. True 1994 Vivianne G. Marcotte 1994 Robert W. Golledge 1995 Peter E. Tilton, Jr. 1995 Alternates: Sheila Linehan Nudd 1995 Margaret S. Lawrence 1995 Highway Safety Roger A. Syphers, Chairman May 1994 Committee Peggy Williams May 1993 Zane S. Blanchard May 1993 Robert R. Ross May 1995 Judith A. Park May 1995