Annual report of the Town of Litchfield, New Hampshire

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—INDEX—
Animal Control Report 74
Annual Meeting, Election Results 126
Auditor's Report-2004 67
Births 141
Budget ofthe Town 18
Building Department 79
Cable Advisory Committee 81
Comparative Statement 44
Conservation Commission 83
Deaths 144
Deliberative Session 10
Financial Report 38
General Election 123
Highway Department 85
Hillcrest Cemetery Association 88
Librarian's Report 73
Library Director's Report 70
Marriages 139
Nashua Regional Planning Commission 90
Pinecrest CemeteryAssociation 92
Planning Board 95
Police Department 97
Presidential Primary 116
Recreation Committee 112
Resident Population 28
SCHOOL REPORTS
Auditor's Report SD-85
Business Administrator SD- 8
Curriculum Director SD-11
Election Results SD-56
Enrollment Projection SD-27
Minutes from 2/7/04 Deliberative Session SD-28
Minutes from 2/5/05 Deliberative Session SD-63
Notes to Financial Statements SD-90
Principal - Campbell High School SD-22
Principal-Griffin Memorial School SD-1
Principal-Litchfield Middle School SD-1
School BoardDistrict Chairman's Report SD- 4
School Calendar SD-26
School DistrictBudget SD-99
School District Officers SD- 2
School DistrictWarrant SD-51
Special EdPrograms & Services SD-98
Special Services SD-10
Staff SD-15
Superintenent's Report SD- 7
Technology Coordinator SD-13
Voting Warrant SD-50
Selectmen 68
State Primary 119
Summary Inventory 28
Tax Collector 29
Tax Rate 27
Town Clerk 34
TownExpenses 45
Town Officers 3
Town Officers & Employee Earnings 136
Town Warrant 6
Treasurer 35
Trust Funds 65
Zoning Board 115
LITCHFIELD, NH
TOWN OFFICERS
Office: Office Holder a/o 12/31/04: Term Expires:
Moderator: John Regan 2006
Assistant Moderator (Town & School) Philip M. Reed 2006
Selectmen: John E. Pinciaro, chairman 2007
M. Patricia Jewett 2005
Raymond Peeples 2005
Jack Scheiner 2006
Cecil A. Williams 2007
Administrative Assistant: Cecile Durocher
Budget Committee: Brent Lemire, chairman 2007
Ralph Boehm 2005
John E. Caynon 2006
John R. Devereaux 2006
Susan Rafferty 2007
William Spencer 2005
Cecil Williams Selectmen Rep
Cynthia Couture School Board Rep
Cable Advisory Commitee Richard Pentheny, chairman 2006
John Beaulieu 2007
Scott Cavanagh 2007
Timothy Kearns 2005
alternate Cynthia Couture 2006
alternate David Hunt 2005
Cemetery Association Trustees
Hillcrest Cemetery Rosalyn Calawa, Pres. 2004
Warren Adams 2004
Edith Eldridge 2004
Elaine Young 2004
Pinecrest Cemetery Robert Leary, president 2005
Karen Hodge 2008
Robert Martineau 2006
Richard Stoddard 2007
Checklist Supervisors: Robert Redding, chairman 2010
Christine Lepine 2008
Shirley Reed 2006
Code Enforcement Officer: Roland E. Bergeron tenure
Asst. Code Enforce. Officer: Thomas J. Malley 2005
Conservation Commission: Thomas W. Levesque, Sr., chairman 2005
Joan McKibben 2005
Raymond C. Peeples, Jr. Selectman Rep
Roger St. Laurent, Jr. 2007
Torene Tango-Lowy 2007
Marjorie Z. Pitcher 2006
Fire Chief: Thomas Schofield 2005
Forest Fire Warden Thomas Schofield 2005
Health Officer: Roderick Jones 8/13/05
Deputy Health Officer Jacqueline Hoey, RN
Library Trustees: Michelle Parzych, chairman 2007
Rita Blackadar 2007
Amy
Goldstein 2005
Michaela Huston 2005
alternate Jeffrey Hidalgo 2007
alternate Mona Lepine 2005
Director ofLibrary Services Vicki L. Varick
Planning Board: John Blackadar, co-chair 2006
Gregg R. Jeffrey, co-chair 2007
Alison Douglas 2006
Raymond Peeples Selectman Rep
Mary Ann Geist 2005
Steven Perry 2005
Charles E. Valenti 2007
alternate Leon Barry 2005
Police Chief: Joseph O'Brien 16-Jul-05
Recreation Commission: Horace W. Seymour III, chaiman 2005
Ralph Boehm resigned
John Ferlan 2005
Scott Innes resigned
Jason Kohm 2007
Raymond Peeples Selectman Rep
Richard T. Rafferty, Jr. 2006
alternate John Ferlan 2005
alternate David Hansberry 2006
alternate Anthony Schaffer 2007
Road Agent: Gerard J. DeCosta 2005
So. NH Regional Plann. Comm M. Patricia Jewett
Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Diane L. Jerry 2005
Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Col.: Patricia A. Textor 2005
Treasurer: Eberhard Rau 2005
Deputy Treasurer Marion Cason 2005
Trustees, Town Trust Funds: JanetFerren 2006
Sheryl Hartling 2007
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Horace Seymour III 2005
Zoning Board ofAdjustment: Gregory Lepine, chairman 2005
John Brunelle 2007
Laura Gandia 2006
John G. Regan 2006
Richard Riley, Jr. 2007
alternate Patrick Crean 2005
alternate John R. Devereaux 2007
alternate Albert Guilbeault 2006
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TOWN WARRANT
TOWN OF LITCHFIELD
To the inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough in
said State, qualified to vote in Town affairs:
You are hereby notified that the first session ofthe annual meeting ofthe Town
of Litchfield will be held at Campbell High School, 1 Highlander Court, in said
Litchfield on Friday, February 11, 2005, at 7:00 o'clock in the evening for explanation,
discussion and debate of each warrant article. Warrant Articles may be amended at
RSA
this session per 40:13, IV, except for Warrant Article 1 1, the wording ofwhich
is prescribed by law and cannot be amended per RSA 40:13(IV) (a).
You are hereby notified that the second session of the annual meeting of the
Town of Litchfield will be held at Campbell High School, 1 Highlander Court, in
said Litchfield on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 7:00 o'clock in the fore noon for the
choice of Town Officers elected by official ballot to vote on questions required by
law to be inserted on the official ballot and to vote on all Warrant Articles from the
first session on official ballot per RSA 40:13, VII. The polls for the election of
Town Officers and other action required to be inserted on said ballot will open on
said date at 7:00 o'clock in the fore noon and will not close earlier than 7:00 o'clock
in the evening.
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers:
Two Selectmen - three-year terms; One Town Clerk/Tax Collector - three-year
term; one Town Treasurer - three-year term; one Road Agent - one-year term; one
Fire Chief- one-year term; one Trustee ofTown Trust Funds - three-year term; two
Library Trustees - three-year terms; one Library Trustee - two-year term; one
Library Trustee - one-year term; two Budget Committee members - three-year terms
and one Budget Committee member for one-year term.
Article 2. Are you in favor ofthe adoption ofthe Zoning Ordinance Amendment
No. 1 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Litchfield
Zoning Ordinance as follows:
AMEND
Section 402.00, Temporary Placement ofManufactured
Housing, to be consistent with RSA 674:32, II, which increases the
period of temporary occupancy from 4 months to 12 months because
offire or disaster making the primary residence uninhabitable. In addi-
tion, to authorize the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer to
issue permits instead ofthe Planning Board to prevent delay and hard-
ship to occupants. The Planning Board will be notified ofissuance and
expiration oftemporary permits for manufactured homes.
This amendment has PlanningBoardapproval.
Article 3. Are you in favor ofthe adoption ofthe Zoning Ordinance Amendment
No. 2 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Litchfield
Zoning Ordinance as follows:
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AMEND
Section 1302.00, Imposition ofPublic Capital Facilities
Impact Fees and Section 1402.00, Imposition ofPublic School
Facilities Impact Fees, to comply with recently approved Senate
Bill 414 by adding subsection c to each section as follows:
c. Impact fees imposed pursuant to this ordinance shall be assessed by
the Planning Board at the time ofsubdivision or site plan approval, and
shall be stated in the Board's Notice of Decision and as a note on the
approved plat or plan. When no Planning Board approval is required,
impact fees shall be assessed prior, or as a condition for the issuance of
a building permit or other appropriate permission to proceed with
development.
This amendment has PlanningBoardapproval.
Article 4. Are you in favor ofthe adoption ofthe Zoning Ordinance Amendment
No. 3 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Litchfield
Zoning Ordinance as follows:
AMEND
Section 2106.00, Sunset, to extend the expiration of the
Growth Management ordinancefrom 2005 to 2006 by changing the
year in thefollowing sentence:
This Ordinance expires May 1, 2006 unless re-adopted priorto that date.
This amendment has Planning Board approval.
Article 5. Are you in favor ofthe adoption ofthe Zoning Ordinance Amendment
No. 4 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Litchfield
Zoning Ordinance as follows:
AMEND
Sections 502.03, Residential District; 802.03, Northern
Commercial District; 902.03, Transitional District; 952.03, Northern
Commercial/Industrial Service District and 1002.03, Southern
Commercial/Industrial Service District, to conform to the intended
design standard for Albuquerque Avenue development by adding the
following sentence:
For Albuquerque Avenue, all buildings or structures shall be setback a
minimum ofseventy-five (75) feet from the edge ofright-of-way.
This amendment has PlanningBoard approval.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$850,000.00 for the construction and fit-up ofa fire station to be located at the inter-
section ofWood Hawk Way and Albuquerque Avenue on town owned property and
to appropriate the amount of $0.00 representing the 2005 payment of principal and
interest and to authorize the issuance of $ 850,000.00 of bonds or notes in accor-
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dance with the provisions of the municipal Finance Act (RSA Chapter 33), and to
authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes, the
term ofwhich shall not exceed 5 years, and to determine the rate ofinterest thereon,
the form and other details ofsaid bonds or notes.
(Three-fifths ballot vote required). Recommended by the Board of Selectmen and
the Budget Committee.
Article 7. Shall the Town raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including
appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately,
the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote
of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $ 3,442,087.00.
Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $ 3,369,422 which is the
same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action ofthe Town
or by law or the governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with
RSA 40:13,X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only.
Recommended by the Board ofSelectmen and the Budget Committee.
"NOTE: This warrant article (operating budget) does not include appropriation in
ANY
other warrant article."
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$502,392.00 to construct 2,500 feet of Albuquerque Avenue (Center Section) from
Meadowbrook Lane to Westview Drive, to construct approximately 400 feet of
Liberty Way from Albuquerque Avenue to the Town Hall/Police Station, and to
reconstruct the Hillcrest Road intersection at Albuquerque Avenue; and to authorize
the use of344,000.00 from the Highway Block Grant fund and to further authorized
the withdrawal of $158,392.00 from the road impact fees and Hillcrest Road offsite
fund. This will be a non-lapsing account per RSA 32:3 (VI) and will not lapse until
the work is completed or December 31, 2007 whichever shall occur first.
Recommended by the Board ofSelectmen and the Budget Committee.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$245,000.00 to engineer and construct a road drainage system on Corning Road.
RSA
This will be a non-lapsing account per 32:3 (VI) and will not lapse until the
work is completed or December 31, 2009 whichever shall occur first.
Recommended by the Board ofSelectmen and the Budget Committee.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to hire a full-time police officer effective
July 5, 2005 at an annual salary and related costs of $53,314.00 and to further vote
to raise and appropriate the sum of$26,657.00 for wages and benefits for the period
of July 5, 2005 to December 31 2005. Recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Not recommended by the Budget Committee.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$62,532.00 for the construction of a new egress underdrain and a new gravity
drainage system to correct the overall drainage pattern ofthe Aaron Cutler Memorial
Library. This is a non-lapsing account per RSA 32:3 (VI) and will not lapse until
the project is completed or December 31, 2009, whichever comes first.
Recommended by the Board ofSelectmen and the Budget Committee.
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