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TOWN OF NH LONDONDERRY, TOWN ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Cover Photo,... NORTH/WEST FIRE STATION The new North/West Fire Station located at 20 Grenier Field Road is the pride and joy of th! Londonderry citizens and the men and women ofthe Londonderry Fire Department. The Station officially opened with the first shift in place on Sunday, March 6, 201 1. The Statio was officially dedicated on April 15th with a grand opening celebration attended by Governc Lynch. The Station is approximately 7,500 square feet. It has two bays that are two deep t accommodate one engine company, one Hazmat Command vehicle and one forestry unit. The living space can accommodate up t o six Firefighters. C urrently there are two to thn Firefighters assigned to this station. The Londonderry Firefighters want to thank the Town and Town staff for making this possib through the federal grant funding. This project was completed with little impact on town funds. While distributedfree to residents, theprinting costs ofeach 2011 Annual Report is $2.46 Town ofLondonderry, New Hampshire 2012 Annual Report MEMORIAM IN MARY BURKE L. - (5/13/30 - 02/24/01) - Mary L. Burke and her husband John G. Burke moved from Black River, N.Y. to Londonderry in 1984. D uring her NY lifetime she was employed as ateacher for the School System in Carthage, N.Y. and later worked as a home economist for the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, retiring in 1984. In addition to the Londonderry United Methodist Church she was a member ofthe LondonderryArts Council. An avid watercolor artist she shared a love for all the arts. FRANCES "FRAN" M. GEHLING - (3/13/1947 - 04/13/11) - Fran died at her home along with her daughter Rebecca "Becky" Gehling as aresult ofahouse fire. Fran was active in the Londonderry Democratic Party and was a graduate of the ''Leadership Londonderry" class. She taught Transitions Weight Loss and Weight Watchers classes and helped others to deal with Alzheimer's disease. VIRGINIA "GINGER" DAVIS - - S. - (4/17/47 5/12/11) Ginger was a social worker forthe State ofNH for several years before moving to New Mexico. While in New Mexico she was active in the Albuquerque School System and helped establish a successful magnet school formath and science. Gingerwas also aRed Cross volunteer at the Kirkland AFB Hospital in Albuquerque. In 1985 1he family moved back to NH settling in Londonderry. Ginger was a special education assistant at LHS from 1998- 2007. S he was a coach for the Olympics of the Mind program and served on the Londonderry Conservation Commission for several years. Music and classical ballet were her passion where she was involved with the Londonderry Dance Academy. She was active in the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Walk and the Pantene's Beautiful Lengths Foundation. CAROL C. DQYON - (8/23/36 - 5/22/11) - Carol was ar esident of Londonderry since 1968 and had been employed as an executive secretary for the Londonderry Board ofSelectmen. She had been a volunteer at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Parkland Medical Center in Derry and the Community Caregivers of GreaterDerry. DOROTHY "JEANNE" HUEBEL - (2/2/32 - 9/13/11) - Jeanne was a resident of Londonderry for the past 13 years. She was a former resident of Reading Mass., where she lived for 40 years. She was active in the Londonderry Senior Citizens where she belonged to the knitting and crocheting group. Town ofLondonderry 2011AnnualReport Table of Contents Year 2012 Deliberative Session WARRANT (Yellow Pages) W-l through W-8 Amendments to Warrant Articles as Voted at the Deliberative Session on 02/06/2012 W-9 FY13 Proposed Budget (Yellow Pages) B-l TOWN ELECTED OFFICIALS: Local - Elected by Ballot 1-2 State and Federal Representatives - Elected by Ballot 2 Local - Boards/Committees/Commissions - Appointed by Town Council 3-8 TOWN EMPLOYEES 9-13 TOWN MEETING MINUTES: Annual Town Meeting - (Elections - March 08, 201 1) 14-17 Annual Town Meeting - (Budgetary Town Meeting - March 12,2011) 18-43 TOWN OFFICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS: Assessor's Report with Summary ofValuation & Statistics 44-46 Cable Department 47 & CommunityDevelopment Department (Planning Econ. Devel., GIS, Bldg. Divisions) 48-54 Fire/Rescue Department 55-60 Human Services 61 Information Technologies (IT) 62 Library 63-65 Police Department 66-68 & Department ofPublic Works (Highway Engineering Division) 69 Department ofPublic Works (Environmental Services Division) 70-71 Senior Affairs 72 Supervisors ofthe Checklist 73 Town Clerk/Tax Collector 74-76 Town Manager 77-79 BOARDS, COMMITTEES, and COMMISSIONS: Budget Committee 80-81 Capital Improvements Planning Committee 82-83 CART 84-85 Conservation Commission 86-87 Elder Affairs Committee 88 Heritage Commission 89-91 Joint Loss Management Committee 92 Leadership Londonderry 93 Londonderry Arts Council 94-95 Town orLondonderry 2011 AnnualReport Tahle ofContents Londonderry Historical Society 96 & Londonderry Housing Redevelopment Authority 97 Londonderry International Exchange Committee 98 Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Authority 99 Planning Board 100-102 Recreation Commission 103 Solid Waste Advisory Committee 104-105 So. NH Planning Commission 106-107 Town Council 108-109 Traffic Safety Committee 110 Trustees ofTrust Funds Ill Zoning Board ofAdjustment 112-113 LONDONDERRY TALENT BANK FORM 114-115 APPENDIX "A" FINANCIAL SECTION CAFR/INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT/FINANCIAL REPORTS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS 1-115 Capital Reserve Funds Summary Report 116 Impact Fees and Construction Escrow Accounts 117 Long Term Debt Schedule 118 Report ofSpecial Revenue Accounts 119 Revenue Projections 120 Leach Library Trustees Report 121 Tax Collector's Report 122-124 Town Clerk's Report 125-127 Total Payments to Town Employees (Including Salaries, Wages, Overtime, Outside Detail, etc.) 128-134 Town Owned Lands 135-138 Treasurer's Report 139 HOLIDAY LISTING FOR TOWN OFFICE AND TRASH REMOVAL Inside Back Cover TOWN OFFICE PHONE NUMBERS Back Cover n , Town ofLondonderry New Hampshire 2012 Town Meeting Warrant Town ofLondonderry 2011 AnnualReport 2012 Warrant To the inhabitants ofLondonderry in the County ofRockingham in said State qualified to vote in Town Affairs: Voters are herebynotified to meetatthe LondonderryHigh School Cafeteria in Londonderryon Monday the sixth (6th) dayofFebruary, 2012, atseven o'clockinthe evening forthe Deliberative Session ofthe Budgetary Town Meeting. Voters are further notified to meet at the Londonderry High School Gymnasium on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 to choose all necessaryTown Officers forthe ensuingyear, andto actupontheproposed Fiscal Year2013 budget, asmaybe amendedbytheDeliberative Session, togetherwithanyamendments to the Town Charter, all by official ballot, the polls to be open at seven o'clock in the morning and to close not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening. ARTICLENO. 1: [ELECTION OF OFFICERS] To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year, or until another is chosen or appointed and qualified. ARTICLENO. 2: [BOND ISSUE FOR HIGHWAYRECONSTRUCTION] To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 537,000) for the reconstruction ofroads. Said sum to be raised by the issuance ofserial bonds ornotes not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) under and in compliance with the provisions ofthe Municipal FinanceAct(NH Revised StatutesAnnotatedChapter33) andto authorizetheTownCounciltoissueand negotiate suchbonds ornotes,to determinetherate(s) ofinterestthereonandto takesuchotheractionsas maybe necessaryto effectthe issuance, negotiation, sale and deliveryofsuchbonds ornotes as shallbe in the best interest ofthe Town ofLondonderry, and to authorize the Town Council to accept anyfunds from the State of New Hampshire, the Federal Government, and private sources, as may become available, andpass anyvoterelatingthereto andTHIRTYSEVEN THOUSANDDOLLARS($37,000) forthe firstyear's interestpayment andbond issuance costs on saidbond andto authorizethe transferof the June 30 fund balance in that amount for this purpose. (60% approval required) (Ifpassed,this articlewillrequiretheTown to raise$0inpropertytaxes, resultinginataxrate impact of$0.00 in FY 13; $68,750 in property taxes, resulting in a tax rate impact of$0.02 in FY 14; and $66,875 in property taxes, resulting in a tax rate impact of $0.02 in FY15, based upon projected assessed values.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; the Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. W-l Town orLondonderry 2011 AnnualReport 2012 Warrant ARTICLENO. 3: [EXPENDABLEMAINTENANCE TRUSTFUND] To seeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumofTWOHUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) to be placed inthe Town's Maintenance TrustFund createdbythe voters atthe 2003 TownMeetingforthepurpose ofrepairingandmaintainingtown facilities andto authorizetheuse ofthe June 30 Fund Balance in the amount of$100,000 towards this appropriation. (Ifpassed,this articlewillrequiretheTown to raise$100,000 inpropertytaxes,resultinginatax rate impact of$0.03 in FY 13 based upon projected assessed values.) The Town Council by a vote of4-1 recommends ayes vote; the Budget Committee by a vote of1-6 recommends a no vote ARTICLENO. 4: [FISCAL YEAR 2013 TOWNOPERATINGBUDGET] 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 ofthe first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $26,741,721? Shouldthis articlebe defeated, the defaultbudget shallbe $26,741,721, whichis the same as lastyear, with certain adjustments requiredbyprevious action ofthe Town orbylaw; orthe governingbodymayholdone specialmeeting, inaccordancewithRSA40:13, XandXVI, to takeupthe issue ofa revised operating budget only. (Ifpassed,this articlewillrequiretheTownto raise$15,638,250 inpropertytaxes, resultingin a tax rate impact of$4.59 in FY 13 based upon projected assessed values.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; The Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. ARTICLENO. 5: [APPROPRIATEFUNDS TO CAPITAL RESERVEFUNDS TOREPLACE AMBULANCES, HIGHWAYHEAVYEQUIPMENT, FIRE TRUCKSAND HIGHWAYTRUCKS] To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sums set forth below to be placed in capital reserve funds already established, and to authorize the use ofthe June 30 Fund Balance in the amount of$255,000 towards this appropriation: Ambulances $ 75,000 HighwayTrucks $ 100,000 Highway Heavy Equipment $ Fire Trucks $ 335,000 $ 510,000 (Ifpassed, this articlewillrequiretheTownto raise $255,000.00inpropertytaxes, resultingina tax rate impact of$0.07 in FY 13 based upon projected assessed values.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; the Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. W-2 Town or Londonderry 2011 AnnualReport 2012 Warrant ARTICLE NO. 6: [ESTABLISH CAPITAL RESERVE FUND - FIRE DEPARMENT EQUIPMENT} To see ifthe Town will vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund under the provisions ofRSA 35:1 for the purpose of replacing various fire, emergency medical and communications tools and equipment (such as IV Pumps, Ventilators, RescueTools, ProtectiveClothingandPortableRadios) andto raise andappropriatethe sumofONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000)tobe placed in this fund; to authorize the use ofthe June 30 Fund Balance in the amount of$100,000 forthis purpose; and to designate the Town Council as Agent to Expend. (Majority vote required). (Ifpassed, this articlewill requirethe Town to raise$50,000.00in propertytaxes,resultinginatax rate impact of$0.01 in FY 13 based upon projected assessed values.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; the Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. ARTICLENO. [FUND SPECIAL REVENUEACCOUNT] 7: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOURDOLLARS ($564,244) fromthePoliceOutside Detail Fund alreadyestablished. Such appropriation shallbeused forthepurpose ofcoveringPolice Outside Details and shall be funded from users ofPolice Outside Detail Services. Any surplus in said fund shall notbe deemed part ofthe General Fund accumulated surplus and shall be expended onlyafteravotebythe legislativebodyto appropriate aspecific amountfromsaidfundforaspecific purpose related to the purpose ofthe fund or source ofrevenue. (These services are funded through user fees and require no property tax support.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; the Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. ARTICLENO. 8: [FUND SEWER FUND] To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate THREE MILLION THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS ($3,003,706) for defraying the cost of construction, paymentofthe interestonanydebtincurred,management,maintenance, operationand repair ofnewly constructed sewer systems. Such fund shall be allowed to accumulate from yearto year, shall not be commingled with town tax revenues, and shall not be deemed part of the RSA municipality's general fund accumulated surplus, all in accordance with 149-1. (These services are funded through user fees and require no property tax support.) The Town Council unanimously recommends a yes vote; the Budget Committee unanimously recommends ayes vote. W-3