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f & & I TOWNOFHANCOCK INCORPORATED 1779 OFFICES TOWNOFFICEBUILDING 50MAINSTREET-525-4441 SELECTMEN'SOFFICE MONDAY-FRJDAY9:00A.M.-4:30P.M. TAXCOLLECTOR MONDAY-10:00A.M.-3:00P.M. DAYTAXESDUE/DAYOFLIEN9-5P.M. PropertyTax TOWNCLERK MONDAY7-9P.M.;WEDNESDAY3-6P.M. VehicleRegistration,DogLicense,VitalRecords HANCOCKLIBRARY 25MAINSTREET-525-4411 LIBRARYHOURS MON.&WED.2PM.-6PM. TUES.&THURS. 10AM.-7PM. SAT. 10AM.-4PM. DUMP 44BENNINGTONROAD-525-4722 HOUSEHOLDDISPOSAL WEDNESDAY3-6PM. SATURDAY8-12NOON SUNDAY 12-4PM. BURNPILEANDDEMOLITION SATURDAY 1:30-3:30PM. MONDAY 2:30-4:30PM. HISTORICALSOCIETY 7MAINSTREET-525-9379 OFFICEHOURS 9-11AM. WED. YEARROUND MUSEUMHOURS 2-4PM.MEMORIALDAY-MID-OCT. WED.&SAT. JULY&AUGUST MEETINGS SELECTMEN 1ST&3RDMONDAY7:00P.M. 2ND&4THTUESDAY9:00A.M. PLANNINGBOARD 1ST&3RDWEDNESDAY7:00P.M. CONSERVATIONCOMM. 2NDMONDAY7:30HANCOCKLIBRARY ZON.BOARDOFADJUSTMENT 2ND&4THWEDNESDAYASNEEDED TAXRATES-PER$1,000ASSESSMENT 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 TOWN 4.84 4.67 4.67 4.67 5.27 SCHOOL 17.64 18.31 19.51 11.84 12.65 COUNTY 2.23 1.99 2.00 1.88 1.81 STATE 6.67 6.62 24.71 24.97 26.18 25.06 26.35 POPULATIONPEROFFICEOF STATEPLANNING-1999- 1,669 FRONTCOVERPHOTOCOURTESYOFJANCASKEY BACKCOVER "OLDDANNYBOY;DEPOTSTREET-1944 ERNEST "BUD"ADAMS(LEFT)& FRIEND COURTESYOFERNEST "BUD"&NANCYADAMS ANNUAL REPORTS of the TOWN OFFICERS of HANCOCK, NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2000 INDEX Auditor's Report 34 Auditor's Statement 35 Budget 15 Building Inspector 42 CemeteryTrustees 62 Common Commission 66 Conservation Commission 64 Detailed StatementofPayments 24 Dump Committee 65 Fire Department 59 Health Officer 61 Highway Department 54 Historic District Commission 66 KepnerRecreation Area Committee 68 LibraryTreasurer 46 LibraryTrustees 45 Long Term DebtSchedule 28 New Hampshire Public Deposit Investment Pool 28 Plannng Board 63 Police Department 56 Recreation Committee 67 Schedule ofTown Property 41 Selectmen's Report 12 Special Revenue Funds 30 Summary InventoryValuation 42 Tax Collector 47 Tax Rate Calculation 2000 43 Town Clerk 50 Town Library Director 44 Town Meeting 2000 14 Town Office Building & Grounds Committee 69 Town Officers 3 Town Warrant 8 Treasurer 22 Trust Funds 32 Vital Statistics 52 WaterCommission 60 Water Rents Collector 34 Welfare Officer 61 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 64 . TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY TOWN TERM EXPIRES MODERATOR Roberta Bell 2002 SELECTMEN Howard M. Mitchell 2001 Laurie Bryan 2002 NealA. Cass 2003 TOWN TREASURER Barbara E. Caverly 2002 TOWN CLERK WendyR. Brennan 2001 Elizabeth Grosjean, Deputy TAX COLLECTOR Elaine Paquette 2002 Martha Blanchette, Deputy WATERRENT COLLECTOR Martha Blanchette 2003 WATERCOMMISSIONERS RobertKeil 2001 Richard Quinn 2002 Robert Fogg 2003 COMMON COMMISSIONERS John Carlson 2001 Edward Coughlan, Jr. 2002 Jarvis Coffin 2003 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Linda Renna 2001 Howard Mansfield 2002 Sara Dowse 2003 TRUSTEES OFTRUST FUNDS Howard Weston 2001 Richard Quinn 2002 Leonard H. Dowse 2003 SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Elizabeth Kerwin 2002 Elizabeth Pels 2004 Mary Garland 2006 SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE William Bolton, Resigned 4/2000 2001 Daniel Harper-Lentricchia 2001 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Nancy P. Adams 2001 Jarvis Coffin, (complete T. JarestTerm) 2002 Richard Amidon, (complete P. Richardson Term) 2003 Appointed by Selectmen ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Barbara E. Caverly SECRETARY Wendy R. Brennan FIRE CHIEF Michael E. Cass John Pirkey, 1st Assistant Chief Kurtis Grassett, 2nd Assistant Chief OVERSEEROF HEALTH AND WELFARE Wendy R. Brennan Henry F. Query, Health Deputy AUDITORS Plodzik and Sanderson Professional Association ROAD AGENT Kurtis Grassett HIGHWAY CREW Albert Anderson Allen Young RogerTrempe Clark Craig CHIEF OF POLICE Michael Sielicki POLICE OFFICERS Sgt. Steven Baldwin Ryan Quimby, Resigned 11/00 Lionel Emond Brian Giammarino, Appt. 12/00 AGENT FORTHE TOWN CLOCK Robert Fogg, Sr. FEMA/ADA COORDINATOR Donald Briggs PLANNING BOARD John Carlson 2001 Jan Ford 2002 Meade Cadot 2002 Carolyn Boland 2003 John Roper 2003 Stephen Fillebrown 2001 Douglas Bowen, Alt. 2002 John Jordan, Alt. 2003 Howard Mitchell For the Selectmen ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Howard Weston 2001 Mark Schaal 2001 Leonard Dowse 2002 Dwayne Denehy 2003 Jon Grosjean 2003 _, Kristen Mathewson. Alt 2002 Thomas Brennan, Alt. 2003 Hope Pettegrew, Alt. 2003 CONSERVATION COMMISSION John Richardson 2001 Douglas Payne 2001 Beth Frost 2002 Lee Baker 2003 Carol Young 2003 Norman Phelps, Alt. 2003 Neal Cass For the Selectmen FOREST MANAGEMEN SUBCOMMITTEE Robert Fogg Water Commission Neal Cass For the Selectmen Carol Young At large Mark Ellingwood Atlarge RECREATION COMMITTEE Thomas Newbury 2001 MaryLesser 2001 Thomas Connolly 2001 Regina Schafer 2002 Donald Blaine 2002 Tammy Garre 2002 Philip McFarland 2003 Michael Callif 2003 Laurie Bryan For• the Selectmen Nancy Adams - "Happenings" Staff HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Elizabeth Tobey 2001 Patricia Fairchild 2001 Patricia Newcomb 2002 Irene Moore 2002 Patricia Corcoran 2003 Laurie Bryan Forthe Selectmen John Carlson Planning Board SEXTON Kurtis Grassett TOWN APPRAISER Jeffrey M. Earls & Associates 5 BUILDING INSPECTOR Henry F. Query 2001 DUMP COMMITTEE John Roper 2001 Richard Bell 2002 Howard Sherman 2003 Laurie Bryan Forthe Selectmen Kurtis Grassett Road Agent Wayne Fisher Well Monitor BALLOT CLERKS Nahida Sherman 2000 Neal Cass 2000 William Bradley 2000 Anthony Brown 2000 Amy Markus, Alt. 2000 Deece Lambert, Alt. 2000 Clay Sherman, Alt. 2000 MEMORIAL DAY -2000 Kenneth Davis, Co-Chair Edmund Lapine, Co-Chair Dr. Robert Benoit Paul Daly Howard Weston Norman Phelps OLD HOME DAY - 2000 Charles Kerwin Cathy Smith Dorothy Cullinane Robert Fogg, Jr. MEETINGHOUSE BUILDING COMMITTEE John Roper Town Representative Richard Quinn Town Representative Richard Bell Church Representative Albert Pels Church Representative Irene Moore Church Representative RECREATION LAND USE COMMITTEE Tom Connolly Laurie Bryan, Selectman Christopher Roland Susanna Denehy Don Blaine JeffWilder MAIN STREET PARKING COMMITTEE Tammy Garre Betty Zakon-Anderson Robert Johnson John Roper Paul Corcoran CONTOOCOOK/NORTH BRANCH LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Edward R. (Ted) Leach TOWN OFFICE BUILDING & GROUNDS COMMITTEE Laurie Bryan Kurt Grassett JackRoper John Carlson Frances Hillner Robert Huntley Wendy Brennan APPOINTED BY RECREATION COMMITTEE LIFEGUARDS Nancy Gladding, Waterfront Director Samuel Smith Thomas Bryan Corey Edelkind Heidi Torphy Lars Matson SUMMERRECREATION PROGRAM Scott Baldwin, Director Marcus Newbury Kate Heffernan Mary Welch Rashid Galadanci APPOINTED BY STATE FOREST FIRE WARDEN Linden Joseph APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN ON RECOMMENDATION OF FIRE WARDEN DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS Michael Cass Philip Mathewson Edward Coughlan Aaron Blanchette Nevan Cassidy John Pirkey APPOINTED BY MODERATOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE Sarah Hale 2001 John Roper 2001 Bernard Schneckenburger 2002 Christopher Streeter 2002 Irene Moore 2003 Anthony Lockwood 2003 Jarvis Coffin, Alt. Neal Cass Forthe Selectmen HANCOCK TOWN LIBRARY Marsha Zaccone, Director Shirley Kane, Librarian Susan Roper, Librarian Linda J. Claff, Children's Librarian REPRESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT James Curran Edward Leach, Elected 11/00 Pamela Coughlin ************************************************************************ WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION 7 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN WARRANT HANCOCK NH Tothe InhabitantsoftheTown ofHancock, in theCountyofHillsborough in said Statequalified to votein Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meetatthe FIRE STATION insaid Hancockon Tuesday,theThirteenth dayofMarch nextateightoftheclockin theforenoon untilseven ofthe clock in theevening, forballotvotingofTown officersandallothermatters requiring ballotvote; and,to meet atsaid FIRESTATION in said Hancock,on Saturday,theseventeenth dayofMarch nextat nineoftheclockin the morning,toact upon thefollowingsubjects: 1. Tochooseall necessary Town Officers fortheyearensuing. 2. Toseeifthetown willadoptthe petition warrantarticleas presented tothe Hancock Planning Board,asfollows: Areyou in favoroftheadoption ofAmendment No. 1 proposed bythe petition ofthevotersof theTown ofHancockas follows: Amend Article II. Districts toadd HighwayIndustrialDistrictsothatarticleshall read as follows: Forthe purposeofthisordinancetheTown ofHANCOCKisdivided intodistrictsasshown on the zoning map filed with theTown clerk,and includingthefollowing: (1) Residential District; (2) Historic District; (3)Commercial District; (4) Agriculturaland Rural District; (5) Flood Plain; (6) WetlandsConservation District(3/90); (7)SteepSlope District(3/92); (8) Highway Industrial District. In each oftheafore-said districts,all uses notexpressly permitted and enumerated herein areexpressly prohibited. (3/92). Amend HancockZoningOrdinancetoadd a new Article IXand renumberexistingArticles IXto XVII consecutivelyto Articles Xto XVIII consecutively. ArticleL\> HighwayIndustrialDistrict INTENT TheintentoftheHighwayIndustrialDistrictistoprovidean areafornon-retailsalesand servicesactivitiesas wellasindustrialactivitiesandactivitiesrelatedtoindustrialuses. ThisDistrictis intendedtobetheareain whichgoodtransportationfacilitiesarerequired. TheHighwayIndustrial District, which isshownonthezoningmap,isboundedbylinesparalleltoand600feetfronttheedgeof therightofwayofRoute202commencingatapoint500feetnortherlyoftheintersection Route202 with ForestRoadandthenceproceedingtoapoint 1,600feetnortherlyoftheintersectionofNorth ElmwoodRoadwith Route202. 1. Acceptable Uses: (a) WholesaleBusinesses, (b) Public Utilities UsesNecessaryforPublic Welfare, (c) LightManufacturing, (d) DistributionandMailingFacilities, (e)Research andDevelopmentLaboratory, (f) Vehicle, HeavyEquipmentandMachineryStorage, (g) Storage, Processing, andFormingofMaterial, (h) Processingand Warehousing. 2. Everylotshallhaveaminimumcontinuouslotfrontageof350feet. Suchfrontagemust beallinonestreetorrightofwaytosatisfythisrequirement 3. MinimumLandArea-Nolotshallbelessthan4acres. 4. YardRequirements-Frontsetbacktoanybuildingshallbe 150feet, excludingdriveways. Sideandrearsetbacktobuildingshallhe30feetfromthelotline. Theside,front,and rearsetbackforparkingareasshallbe30feetfromthepropertyline. Buildingsexistingat thetimeoftheadoptionofthisordinancemayheusedforpurposesallowedwithinthe HighwayIndustrialDistrictandareexceptedfromcomplyingwiththesetaback requirementsofthisparagraph 4. 5. OpenSpace-Openspaceshallprovideanamountequaltonotlessthan30%ofthetotal lotarea. 6. A use withintheHighwayIndustrialDistrictshallnotproduceanoiseofgreaterthan 90db measuredatthelotline, excluding vehiculartrafficenteringandexitingfromthepremises.