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Town of jiNcoLN ^NEW HAMPSHIRE A Year ProgreM of Annual Report for the Year Ending December 31, 2004 TELEPHONE/E-MAIL DIRECTORY www.lincolnnh.org EMERGENCY FIRE 911 AMBULANCE EMERGENCY 911 POLICE EMERGENCY 911 NH POISON CONTROL CENTER 1-800-562-8236 Selectmen lincolntownhall@eaqle1 st.com 745-2757 Town Manager suttoninlincoln(a)eaqle1 st.com 745-2757 Town Hall Fax No 745-6743 Town Clerk /Tax Collector susan(5)eaqle1 st.com 745-8971 Planning/Zoning Department stacey(5)eaqle1 st.com 745-8527 Communications Center (Dispatch) 745-2238 Police Department (Business Line) tpsmith(g)adelphia.net 745-2238 Police Department Admin. Asst. [email protected] 745-2238 Police Department Fax No 745-8694 Fire Department (Business Line) 745-2757 Solid Waste Facility 745-6626 Public Works Garage 745-6250 Water Treatment Plant 745-9306 Wastewater Treatment Plant 745-3829 Lincoln Public Library library(a)eaqle1 st.com 745-8159 Recreation Director's Office tattown(5)eaqle1 st.com 745-8673 Kancamagus Recreation Area 745-2831 HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Town Manager & Selectmen's Office Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Planning & Zoning Office Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Town Clerk/Tax Collector Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Solid Waste Facility Every day but Wed. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Recreation Department Mon. - Thurs. 8.00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Lincoln Public Library Mon. - Fri. noon - 8 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. -2 p.m. FRONT COVER: In 2004 two major projects preparation for the SEWER LAGOON in Lincoln were completed, and a third was CLEANING, a project that involved removal nearly finished by year-end. Clockwise, top of a 30-year buildup of sludge and other left: 1) Laborers work on roads and debris from the lagoons. 4) Town officials, drainage during the final stages of the construction workers, and homeowners MANSION HILL UPGRADE. The project, come together for a ribbon cutting completed in the fall, included installation ceremony that marked the completion of of new water and sewer lines and a new the Mansion Hill project. 5) From left, drainage system. 2) Lincoln's Public contractors Jim and Mike Donahue of J & M Works Superintendent, Bill Willey, center, Donahue Inc. discuss the progress of the and the Highway Department crew, Daryl LINCOLN - WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY Hart, left, and Andy Nicoll, install a new BALL FIELD PROJECT with Town Manager stop sign at the corner of Mansion Hill and Ted Sutton and Resident Engineer Steve Pollard Roads. 3) Bill Willey and Daryl Hart Virgin of Horizons Engineering, PLLC. The navigate their way through murky, icy ball field will be completed in the spring of waters to retrieve* two aerators in 2005 and will be ready for play in 2006. ¥1 ^"1 %«P V ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFF FOR THE OF TOlftJ LINCOLN, N.H. YEAR ENDIN6 DECEMBER :004 $ This Annual Report is dedicated to the owners and employees of the many companies that assisted in Town projects during 2004. — 11 Table of Contents Annual Reports of Town Officials & Department Heads Fire Chief 15 Health Officer 20 Library Director 2 Planning & Zoning Board of Adjustment 10-11 Police Chief/Emergency Management Director 12-14 Public Works Superintendent 16-17 Recreation Department Director 22-23 Selectmen 4-5 Solid Waste Facility Manager 18-19 Tax Collector/Town Clerk 24-27 Town Manager 6-9 Treasurer 28-29 Trustee of Trust Funds 30 Audit of Town of Lincoln, New Hampshire - 2003 74-95 Community Agency & Executive Councilor Reports: ADAPT, 62-63 Inc. DARE 58-59 Executive Councilor Raymond Burton 64 Grafton County Senior Citizens Council 66-68 Hospice of the Littleton Area 72-73 Linwood Ambulance 60 North Country Council- 69 North Country Home Health Agency 65 Voices Against Violence 6 White Mountain Mental Health 70-71 Detailed Statement of Payments 35-40 nventory of Town Property 52 I Long Term Debt Schedules 53-57 Minutes of Town Meeting, March 11, 2003 41-47 Officers & Department Heads 2-3 Payroll (un-audited) by Department 49-51 Revenues, Estimated & Actual 34 Summary of Valuation 31 Tax Assessment - 2004 32 Taxes - Historical Information 33 Vital Statistics 96-98 Warrant & Budget center insert Welfare Expenditures Report 20 Town Officers for the Year Ending December 2004 31, & & (includes elected appointed officials department heads) Board of Selectmen Patricia McTeague Deanna Huot Peter Moore (Term expires 2007) (Term expires 2005) (Term Expires 2006) Town Manager Ted Sutton Moderator Orrin J. Robinson (Term expires 2005) Treasurer Judith Tetley (Term Expires 2005) Town Clerk & Tax Collector Susan Whitman (Town Clerk Term Expires 2005) Public Works Superintendent William M. Willey Police Chief/Emergency Management Director Theodore P. Smith Fire Chief Nathan Haynes Library Director Carol Riley Recreation Director Tara Tower Planning Administrator Stacey Havlock Solid Waste Facility Manager Paul Beaudin, II Health Officer Marti Talbot Supervisors of the Checklist Janet Peltier (Term expires 2007) Doris TetJey (Term expires 2006) Carol Riley (Term expires 2005) Budget Committee Term Expires 2005 Term Expires 2006 Term Expires 2007 Walter C. Wrye III Joan Hughes Charlie Cook Ivan Saitow O.J. Robinson Fred Fink Michael Simons Al MacQuarrie Donald Corb* Channing Waldo Chester Kahn* Marilyn Sanderson* appointed 2004 in Library Trustees Peter Moore (Term expires 2005) Karin Martel (Term expires 2006) Aimee Kenney*(Term expires 2005) Barbara Rennie (Term expires 2006) Kristin Loukes* (Term expires 2005) appointed 2004 in Cemetery Trustees Helena O'Rourke (Term expires 2006) Victor Aldridge (Term expires 2005) Tom Adams (Term expires 2007) Trustee of Trust Funds Ruth Bossie* (Term expires 2005) Charlie Cook* (Term expires 2005) (Vacant) appointed 2004 in Lincoln Board of Selectmen Annual Report for 2004 2004 was a year of progress for the target date for play on the field is the Town of Lincoln. We are pleased to spring of 2006. report that projects that have been in the planning stages for a number of A group of local citizens who serve on years were accomplished. the Community Building Committee have devoted the past decade to The sewer lagoons were cleaned of working on the creation of a building debris and sludge, and new aerators that would be used for a variety of and new electrical cables were purposes by citizens of all ages. The installed. The area was landscaped Committee relied upon a grant- and new fencing was erected. This funded feasibility study to reach some was the first major cleanup of the of its conclusions regarding the best lagoons since their construction 30 location and type of facility needed. years ago. In the future, maintenance The years of patience and will occur on a regularly scheduled persistence have paid off. At Town basis. Meeting this year an article will go before voters that will authorize the After 10 years of planning, the roads Town to purchase the St. Joseph's in the Mansion Hill neighborhood Parish Center on Pollard Road. were upgraded. This project included installation of new water and sewer This facility will ultimately house a lines, drainage, and road resurfacing. gathering place for our senior Despite the challenge of keeping citizens; new space for the Lincoln traffic flowing while work was Woodstock Community Childcare underway, everything was completed Center; a refurbished kitchen; and on time, thanks in large measure to offices for different community groups the wonderful level of cooperation such as ADAPT and DARE. Future between residents, workers, and town plans also call for new bathrooms and officials. the addition of a computer room and a gymnasium. Debate and deliberation spanned eight town meetings, and finally, in Funding for the acquisition of the 2004 construction of the Lincoln- property and future renovations will Woodstock Community Ball Field come from a variety of sources. began on school property. This was These include the Community made possible through an agreement Building Capital Reserve Account and between Lin-Wood Public School and proceeds from the anticipated sale of the towns of Lincoln and Woodstock, undeveloped land, not needed by the and with the support and participation town, which surrounds the Parish of community-oriented contractors. Center. Other funding sources In the coming year the field will be include state and federal grants and seeded, and dugouts and a donations from community agencies concession stand will be built. The and individuals.