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a. 67 13 (. INFORMATIONPAGE TAXRATES -PER$1,000ASSESSMENT mM ISm 1992 1993 l^i TOWN 4.85 4.84 4.84 4.84 4.84 SCHOOL 11.84 13.86 13.83 15.15 15.99 COUNTY 1.88 2,00 2.10 2.05 2.12 $18.57 $20.70 $20.77 $22.04 $22.95 DUMPHOURS WED. 3-6P.M. SAT. 8-12NOON SUN. 12-4P.M. COVER PHOTO courtesy of the HISTORICAL SOCIETY TAXCOLLECTORHOURS MON. 7-9P.M. WED. 2-4P.M. DAYTAXESDUE 9A.M.-5 P.M. DAYOFLffiN TOWNCLERKHOURS MON. 7-9P.M. WED. 3-6P.M. LIBRARYHOURS TUES. &THURS. 10A.M. -7P.M. SAT. 10A.M. -4P.M. HISTORICAL SOCIETYBUILDING WED. 2-4P.M. SELECTMEN'SMEETINGS 1ST«& 3RDMON. 7:00P.M. 2ND&4TH TUES. 8:00A.M. PLANNINGBOARD 1ST&3RD WED. 7:00P.M. ZONINGBOARDOFADJUSTMENT 2ND%4THWED. ASNEEDED SELECTMEN'S OFFICE MON. -FRI. 9:00A.M. -4:30P.M. EQUALIZATIONRATE 1995 - 107% ANNUALREPORTS ofthe TOWNOFFICERS of HANCOCK, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORTHEYEARENDINGDECEMBER31, 1995 *****»**»****»****»**»********»* INDEX Americans with Disabilities 48 Auditor's Report 18 Auditor's Statement 17 Budget 14 Building Inspector's Report 35 Cemetery Trustees 44 Common Commission 53 Conservation Commission. 49 Detailed Statement of Payments 20 Dump Committee. 4E Emergency Management 48 Fire Department 45 Fire Department Study Committee 46 Genealogical Committee 54 Hancock Over The Years 8 Human Services 44 Library Treasurer's Report 38 Library Trustees 37 Long Term Debt Schedule E4 Money Market Investment Account E5 New Hampshire Public Deposit Investment Pool 25 Planning Board 52 Police Department 40 Recreation Committee 50 Schedule of Town Property 34 Selectmen's Report 36 Summary Inventory Valuation 35 Tax Collector's Reports 29 Town Clerk's Report 28 Town Librarian 39 Town Meeting 1995 12 Town Officers 3 Town Marrant 9 Treasurer's Report 26 Trust Funds 31 Vital Statistics 55 Voter Statistics 55 Water Commission 49 Water Rent Collector's Report 27 -2- TOWN OFFICERS ELECTEDBYTOWN TERMEXPIRES MODERATOR RichardAmidon 1996 SELECTMEN RayE.Pierce 1996 WayneL.Fisher 1997 HowardM.Mitchell 1998 TOWN TREASURER BarbaraE. Caverly 1996 TOWNCLERK LesleyE. Cass 1997 WendyR.Brennan,Deputy TAXCOLLECTOR ElainePaquette 1996 MarthaBlanchette,Deputy WATERRENTCOLLECTOR KathrynQuery 1997 WATERCOMMISSIONERS RichardJ. Quinn 1996 DavidHuntington 1997 RobertKeil 1998 COMMONCOMMTSIONERS RichardB. Bell 1996 NormanPhelps 1997 JohnCarlson 1998 LIBRARYTRUSTEES HowardMansfield 1996 SarahDowse 1997 LindaRenna 1998 TRUSTEESOFTRUSTFUNDS GeorgeByam 1996 WilliamBevis 1997 HowardWeston 1998 STIPERVTSORS OFCHECKLIST ElizabethKerwin 1996 EleanorAmidon 1998 MaryGarland 2000 SCHOOLBOARDREPRESENTATIVE CharlotteGoodhue 1998 CEMETERYTRUSTEES EdwinEldred 1996 PriscillaRichardson 1997 CarolynSchaal 1998 APPOINTEDBY SELECTMEN FIRECHIEF LindenP. Joseph MichaelE. Cass, 1stAssistantChief PhilipMathewson,2ndAssistantChief OVERSEEROFHEALTH ANDWELFARE WendyR. Brennan HenryF. Query,HealthDeputy AUDITORS PlodzikandSandersonProfessionalAssociation ROADAGENT HenryF. Query CHIEFOFPOLICE EdwardJ. CoughlanJr. OFFICER Sgt. StevenA. Baldwin SPECIALPOLICE AndrewWood JamesLegace FrankMorrill BALLOTCLERKS AnthonyBrown MarjorieHastings RuthByam WilliamBradley -4- AGENTFORTOWNCLOCK RobertA. Fogg CTVn.DEFENSEDIRECTOR/ADA COORDINATOR JohnT. Goodhue PT.ANNTNGBOARD TERMEXPIRES MeadeCadot 1996 JanFord 1996 ThomasWoodbury 1997 BarbaraWood 1997 DavidReardon 1998 BernardSchneckenburger 1998 HowardM. Mitchell Forthe Selectmen JohnCarlson,Alt. 1998 CarolynBoland 1998 ZONINGBOARDOFADJUSTMENT HarveyAmes 1996 JohnKoziell 1997 MarkSchaal 1998 AlisonRossiter 1998 RayE. Pierce FortheSelectmen VirginiaMerrion,Alt. 1996 MaribethSullivan,Alt. 1998 HowardWeston,Alt. 1998 LeonardDowse,Alt. 1998 CONSERVATIONCOMMISSION RuthBatterman 1996 AllisonKerwin 1996 NormanPhelps 1996 WilliamEva 1997 JohnRichardson 1998 CharleneCarney 1998 HowardWeston 1998 CharleneForsten 1998 FORESTMANAGEMENTSUBCOMMITTEE NormanPhelps JohnRichardson -5- RFCRF.ATTONCOMMITTEE TERMEXPIRES PatriciaNewcomb 1996 DonnaGeer 1997 MarthaBlanchette 1997 ElizabethPels 1997 WayneCox 1997 RennieTimm 1997 BrianHiggins 1998 HISTORIC DISTRICTCOMMISSION LindaBlicker 1996 LeeHarding 1996 RuthByam 1997 HelenPierce 1998 DorothyGrim 1998 HowardMitchell Forthe Selectmen SEXTON WayneL. Fisher TOWN APPRAISER M.M.C.,hic. Bim.DINGINSPECTOR HenryQuery DUMPCOMMITTEE WilliamEva WayneFisher RichardBell RayPierce JimReeves VickyReeves HenryQuery, RoadAgent MEMORIALDAY-1996 KennethDavis, Co-Chair EdmundLapine,Co-Chair FrancisPond Dr. RobertBenoit PaulDaly HowardWeston NormanPhelps OLDHOMEDAY-1995 Terry&MarkHummel Lauren&DavidCarney | ElizabethPels,RoadRace APPOINTEDBY RECREATIONCOMMITTEE LIFEGUARDS NancyGladding, WaterFrontDirector NicoleKeil AaronNiederhelman LaurenKeil -6- APPOINTEDBYSTATE FORESTFIREWARDEN RobertW.Kierstead APPOINTEDBYSELECTMENONRECOMMENDATIONOFFIREWARDEN DEPUTYFIREWARDENS EdwardJ. CoughlanJr. LindenJoseph OtisH. WilderJr. PhilipMathewson MichaelCass APPOINTEDBYMODERATOR ADVISORYCOMMITTEE TERMEXPIRES CourtJohnson 1996 HarveyAmes 1996 GailHuntley 1997 DavidGaufFm 1997 AmyMarkus 1998 RobertaBell 1998 CharlotteGoodhue Conval SchoolBoard RayE. Pierce Forthe Selectmen REP[RESENTATIVETOGENERALCOURT EleanorAmidon MargaretHallyburton STATE SENATOR DavidWheeler UNITED STATES SENATORS JuddGreeg RobertC. Smith UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN CharlesBass LIBRARY A.PatriciaBriggs,Director ShirleyKane,Librarian SusanRoper, Librarian MaryAnnHitchcock, Children'sLibrarian -7- HANCOCK OVER THE YEARS Kxcgrpt19"0 TownReport: A year of belt tifhtening. reappraisal and continued groT»-th Jn spite of a changed economic climate the To^*ti grows. It shows by official population figures to be up 21.""o in a decade to S"9. It is part ofa grov*Th panem in southern New Hampshire. ^Speakingofthe "good old days" wehad a good oldfashioned Christmas. Twentj- fourinches ofsnowontheground, somethinkitwas a recordforthedate. Excerpt1945 Tax Collector'sReport Name Description andValueReal andPersonalEstate Taxes Quinn.JosephA. DuncanFarm 182a 5500 Growingwoodandtimber 300 4 horses 450 ' cows 560 5otherneatstock 275 2 sheep 20 3hogs 60 1 gasolinepump andtank 30 TotalValuation -195 S189.19 Fxcerpr1920TownReport Superintendent'sReportTotheSchoolBoard ofHancock „Jtis the poUcy ofthe StateBoard ofEducationthat,intime, each school districtin the state shall possess school buildings ofan adequate standard, so that every child in the state may attend a school in a sanitars' building, suitably Ughted. properly cared for. and adequately equipped with the requisite amount ofschool appliances necessary to conduct successfulh the process of education. To this end certain minimumstandardsweresetforthtowhich allbuildings mustconform. ...Itis quite necessary, therefore, that in the appropriations this year some definite step along thislinemaybetaken. Excerpts from 1895TownReport ReportofComminee On Common the comminee were unanimous in opinion that rt was essential for the town to have a permanent plan to work by from year to year. The various schemes suggested with reference to the expenditure ofthe ^Tiitcomb legac\" were reported to the committee as follows the acquiring ofthatportion ofthe shore ofthe lake by the town woxild make it possible for the town to maintain a public boat landing and bathing house in summer, and would render it possible to get ice without trespassing on privateproperty to do so. —should be acquired ifitis desiredto producesatisfactory andharmonious results. Library Report..3'umberofvolumesintheLibrar>.February 15. 1895- 2^49 -8-