r Annual Report Town of the of Moultonborough For Year Ending December 1998 31, V. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1998moul ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF MOULTONBOROUGH 1998 Fiscal Year Ending December 31 This is to certify that the information contained in the report was taken from our official records and is complete to the best ofour knowledge and belief. Douglas W. Murphy, Sr. Russell C. Wakefield Ernest E. Davis, Jr. Selectmen ofMoultonborough - 1 -2 Memoriam In DOROTHY W.DAVIS March 3, 1915 - November 22, 1998 Town ofMoultonborough Bookkeeper / Office Manager - 46 years Founding member Moultonborough Visiting Nurse Service Conservation Commission member N.H. State Representative - 1965-1975 Member - State Republican Convention Served on Constitutional Convention A True and Faithful Friend -3- -4- Dedication This Annual Report is dedicated to "The Girls" Laura Leighton and Marlene Porter who have for 23 years kept the cemeteries in Moultonborough mowed and trimmed. The work of Laura and Marlene has kept family burial grounds in Town cared for with much respect and reverence. Thank you "Girls" for excellent work. -6 Table of Contents List ofTown Officers 8 Report ofthe Chairman ofthe Board of Selectmen 12 Report ofthe Town Administrator 14 Minutes of 1998 Town Meeting 18 TOWN WARRANT for 1999 (ivory) 29 BUDGET for 1999 (ivory) 39 & Statement of Appropriations Taxes Assessed 45 Summary of Inventory 49 & Comparative Statement of Appropriations Expenditures 50 Financial Summary Report 54 Report ofTown Clerk 55 Schedule ofTown Property 56 Tax Collector's Report 59 Report ofTown Treasurer 61 Town Office Report - Revenues 63 Summary of Payments 64 Detailed Statement ofPayments 67 Report ofTrust Funds 95 Auditor's Report 99 Assessing Office Report 138 Report ofLibrary Director 140 Library Financial Report 142 Report ofFriends ofLibrary 143 Visiting Nurse Service Report 144 Report ofWelfare Director 146 Report ofPlanning Board 147 Report ofthe Zoning Board ofAdjustment 148 Report ofPolice Department 149 Report ofFire/Rescue Department 153 Report ofRed Hill Forest Fire Tower 155 Report ofForest Fire Warden 156 Report of Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary 157 Report ofRecreation Department 159 Report ofthe Highway Agent 62 1 Report of Conservation Commission 64 1 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report 165 Historical Society 66 1 Report ofCode Enforcement Department 67 1 Waste Management Report 168 Vital Statistics Births 170 Marriages 171 Deaths 172 Town Officers Representatives to the General Court Carroll County District 9 Honorable Betsey L. Patten Carroll County District 10 Honorable Robert W. Foster Honorable Godfrey Howard Moderator Melvin B. Borrin 2000 Town Clerk Barbara E. Wakefield 1999 Kathleen E. Remson Selectmen Douglas W. Murphy, Sr. 1999 Russell C. Wakefield 2000 Ernest E. Davis, Jr. 2001 Town Administrator Charles E. Connell Administrative Assistant Linda M. Lianos Office Secretary Heidi A. Nickerson Reception Nancy P. Wilson Treasurer Alice M. Ellingwood 2000 Deputy Treasurer W Noel Cantwell Tax Collector Susette M. Remson 1999 Deputy Tax Collector Mary J. Hart Health Officer David E. Mitchell -8-