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Town Lyndeborough of New Hampshire 2005 Annual Report Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in Member Boston Library Consortium Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto2005lynd Annual Report of the Officers and Committees of the Town Of Lyndeborough New Hampshire Year Ending December 2005 31, Dedication of the 2005 Town Report This year we dedicate our town report to Betty Stevens. We are so fortunate in a small place like Lyndeborough to have so many people who dedicate themselves to serving their community. Perhaps, it is because we are a small town, where we know our neighbors, that serving, caring and sacrificing for each other is almost second nature. Whatever the reason, we are blessed by these individuals that truly exemplify the meaning of small town life. Betty Stevens is a name synonymous with caring. A woman, who has never turned from an outstretched hand in a time ofneed. Sometimes her comforting hug is all it takes. Other times it's her calming reassurance that everything willjust work out. Mostly, it's her vast understanding of — people that puts you to ease. Betty has devoted her whole life to serving others. She served in the United States Air Force in WW II. As a graduate ofMillard Fillmore Hospital she dedicated her working life to nursing. She served both Lyndeborough and Wilton as our first ambulance Director- a position she held for 9 years. She continued to serve as a member ofthe Wilton/Lyndeborough/Temple Ambulance Board ofDirectors for twenty-three years only retiring in the fall of2005. She served as School nurse in Wilton for 22 years. As School nurse, Betty encouraged students to answer a call to service by forming a chapter ofthe Future Nurses' Association. During this time, she also was serving her own household -as a wife and mother. In 1975, she graduated from New England College with a teaching degree, formalizing a talent that has always beenjust part ofher character. A quiet, unassuming woman, she is a person who sees a problem and works tirelessly to solve it. Her compassion, experience and incredible work ethic enabled her to effortlessly assume the position ofHealth and Welfare Officer for Lyndeborough for many years. We couldn't have been better served. To this day, she still serves at the Christmas Store in Wilton, which aids the needy in both the Wilton and Lyndeborough communities. Betty, this Town Report of2005 is dedicated to you. You have paved many paths and enriched many lives. Your dedication to public service has been and continues to be exemplary. Please accept our heartfelt thanks. Table of Contents Assessing Department - Annual Report 41 Assessed Values 2005 90 Budget- 2006 Proposed Summary 9 Budget -2006 Proposed Detail 10 Budget Committee - Annual Report 18 Building Inspector's Report 39 Capital Improvement Plan 23 Capital Improvement Plan - Annual Report 21 Capital Reserve Fund 27 Cemetery -Annual Report and Financial Statement 46 Conservation Commission 45 Current Use Report 28 Emergency Space Needs Committee 53 Executive Councilor Report 51 Events 2005 30 - Fire Department Annual Report 33 Forest Fire Warden 36 Heritage Commission-Annual Report 47 Highway Department - Annual Report 32 Inventory ofValuation 28 Library - Annual Report and Financial 44 Library Trustees Report 43 Local Emergency Planning Committee 37 - Meetinghouse Committee Annual Report 47 Nashua Regional Planning Commission - Annual Report 49 Officials and Departments 1 Planning Board - Annual Report 42 - Police Department Annual Report 31 Public Meetings 4 Schedule ofTown Property 29 - Selectmen Annual Report 20 Tax Collector - MS61 - Financial Statement 24 Tax Rate Computation 29 Town Clerk - Annual Report 26 Town Meeting Summary 2005 71 Town Office Hours 4 Treasurers Report 26 Trustees ofthe Trust Funds 27 Vital Statistics 69 Warrant for Town Meeting 2006 5 Welfare Department-Annual Report 48 Wilton/Lyndeborough/Temple Ambulance-Annual Report 38 Wilton Lyndeborough Youth Center-Annual Report 48 Zoning Board ofAdjustment-Annual Report 43 (Cover Photo taken by Bernice B. Perry ofWilton, NH) Center Cemetery, date unknown and Departments Officials Moderator Walter Holland Term Expires 2006 Board of Selectmen Dwight D. Sowerby Term Expires 2006 Lorraine A. Strube, Chair Term Expires 2007 Steven M. Brown Term Expires 2008 Treasurer Norma Walker Term Expires 2007 Town Clerk/Tax Collector Patricia H. Schultz Term Expires 2006 Judy Crombie, Deputy (Resigned 12/05) Appointed Cemetery Trustees James Button Term Expires 2006 Robert Rogers Term Expires 2007 Theodore Rocca Term Expires 2008 Library Trustees Sandra Schoen Term Expires 2006 Betty Ann Daneau (Resigned) Term Expires 2006 Nadine Preftakes (Replaced Daneau) Sally Curran Term Expires 2007 Robert Rogers Term Expires 2007 Ann Harkleroad Term Expires 2008 Trustees ofTrust Funds Sally Reynolds Term Expires 2006 Sherry Finch Term Expires 2007 Barbara Boisvert Term Expires 2008 Supervisors ofthe Checklist Lucy Schmidt Term Expires 2006 Edna Worcester Term Expires 2008 Ruth Johnston (Resigned) Term Expires 2010 Maria Brown (Replaced Johnston) Budget Committee Burton Reynolds, Chair Term Expires 2006 Donald Guertin Term Expires 2006 Arnold Byam Term Expires 2006 Walter Holland Term Expires 2007 Paul Martin, Jr Term Expires 2007 Bruce Houston Term Expires 2007 Michael Decubellis Term Expires 2008 Karen Grybko Term Expires 2008 Michael Crombie Term Expires 2008 Ron Baron School board Rep Lorraine Strube Selectmen's Rep Selectmen's Office Neal A. Cass Administrative Assistant Katie Preftakes Selectmen's Assistant Emergency Management Director Steven M. Brown Fire Chief Rick McQuade Mickey Leavitt, Deputy Chief Arnold Byam, Assistant Chief Chief of Police James Basinas Appointed Road Agent Mark Chase Appointed Ambulance Director Carylyn McEntee Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Steven M. Brown, Chair Mark Chase James Basinas Cynthia Geiger James Button Carylyn McEntee Neal Cass Susan Tussing Forest Fire Wardens Rick McQuade, State Appointed Mickey Leavitt, Deputy Arnold Byam, Deputy Chris Horn, Deputy Jim Whitmore, Deputy Ted Waterman, Deputy Sean Magoon, Deputy Brian Smith, Deputy Health Officer Cynthia Geiger State Appointed Mary Leavitt, Deputy State Appointed Building Inspector Richard Howe, Appointed Town Assessor Town Forester Todd Haywood David Buxton Town Counsel Auditors & William R. Drescher, Esq Plodzik Sanderson Planning Board Robert Rogers Term Expires 2006 Raymond Humphreys Term Expires 2006 Tom Chrisenton, Alternate Term Expires 2006 William Ball Term Expires 2007 Bret Mader Term Expires 2007 Jessie Salisbury, Alternate Term Expires 2007 Susan McGinley (Resigned) Alternate Term Expires 2008 Tracey Turner, Chair Term Expires 2008 Michael Decubellis Term Expires 2008 Pauline Ball, Secretary Steven M. Brown, Selectmen's Representative Board ofAdjustment David Roemer, Chair Term Expires 2006 Edna Worcester Term Expires 2006 Leonard Zecchini-Alternate Term Expires 2006 Michael Atkins Term Expires 2007 Steven Brooks Term Expires 2008 Tom Chrisenton (replaced Beltz) Term Expires 2008 Gary LeBlane-Alternate Term Expires 2008 Judy Crombie, Clerk Heritage Commission Chase Roeper, Chairman JessieSalisbury,Sec/Treas. Robert Rogers Jenn Bailey Dwight Sowerby, Selectmen's Representative Conservation Commission Andrew Roeper, Chair Pauline Ball, Secretary John Anthony Kyle Oliver Richard Herfurth Leo Trudeau Librarian Brenda Cassidy Meetinghouse Committee Helen T. van Ham Term Expires 2007 Jessie Salisbury Term Expires 2007 Lucy Schmidt Term Expires 2008 Lorraine Strube Selectmen's Rep. Ballot Clerks Norma S. Walker Nadine Preftakes Debra Leavitt Helen T. van Ham Karen Hews Judv Crombie Capital Improvement Plan Mary Alice Fullerton Jim Button Burton Reynolds Bob Lewis Bob Rogers Karen Grvbko Lyndeborough Emergency Space Needs Committee Jim Button Richard Darling Bob Rogers Burton Revnolds Jim Preftakes Schedule of Public Meetings Board ofAdjustment 4th Monday, Citizens' Hall 7:30pm Budget Committee Tuesdays—Budget Season, Citizens' Hall 7:30pm Conservation Commission 2nd Thursday, Citizens' Hall, 7:30pm Library Trustees 3rd Tuesday, Library, 7:00pm Meetinghouse Committee Last Wednesday, Center Hall, 7:00pm Planning Board 3 Thursday, Citizens' Hall, 7:30pm Selectmen's Meeting Mondays, Citizens' Hall, 6:00pm Open Forum 7:00pm Town Office Hours Selectmen's Office Monday-Thursday 8am-lpm, 2-4pm Town Clerk/Tax Collector Mon. 8am-lpm, 2-7pm, Tues. 8am-lpm Wed. and Thurs. 8-1.2-4 J.A. Tarbell Library: Winter Hours: Summer Hours: & & Mon. 12-5 6-8 Mon. 12-3 6-8 Wed. 10-8 Wed. 1-8 Fri. 1-4 Fri. 1-4 Sat. 9-12 State Email/Website Sources www'.town.lvndeborough.nh.us town website www.nh.gov for all state agencies; executive, legislative, state personnel, licensing boards. Revised State Statutes and much more. NH www.gencourt.state.nh.us for all House and State Senate Members email addresses