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NEW oM BOSTON <2 NEW HAMPSHIRE Town and School Reports 2001 COVER Our cover picture this year is of the New Boston Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Brandy Mitroff, New Boston Bulletin p ^ 0f Town of New Boston NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2001 Number of Registered voters - 2489 Population (est.) -4138 ASSESSED VALUATION Property $223,108,082.00 Less Elderly Exemption 265,000.00 Less Physically Handicapped 21,550.00 Less Totally and Permanently Disabled Exemption 32,000.00 Less Blind 30.000.00 Taxable Total $222,759,532.00 State School Rate 6.58 Local School Rate 11.03 Town Rate 6.31 County 1.94 Tax Rate Per $1,000 25.86 REPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT of the For the year Ending June 30, 2001 MILESTONES 2001 January Charlie Williams received the National Grange Heroism Award February Don Chapman retired as New Boston Fire Association Treasurer after eighteen years of service February Winter Carnival Princess was Kelsey Kanik May George E. Daniels died on May 2, 2001. Mr. Daniels served many years on the New Boston Road Committee June Elizabeth Piatt became the first female police officer in New Boston June Nonah Poole was awarded the Annual Community Citizen Award by members of the Joe English Grange # 53. June Final kindergarten class to graduate from Little People's Depot July Bill Brendle retired after serving twenty-seven years on the Board ofAdjustment July Dr. Samuel Brooks died on July 15, 2001. Dr. Brooks was the New Boston Health Officer for many years. September Michael Richard resigned as Household Hazardous Waste Day Coordinator after fifteen years of service September First year of Public Kindergarten December Emily Bono recycled the 4 millionth aluminum can at the New Boston Transfer Station December Nonah Poole and New Boston Central School Principal Rick Matthews received the New Hampshire State Grange Award December New Boston Primary Care doctor's office opened TABLE OF CONTENTS Auditors Report 88 Budget 22 Budget Proposal - Appropriations 49 Capital Improvement Report..: 95 Cemetery Report 147 Conservation Commission Report 149 Deliberative Session Minutes 58 Emergency Management Report 121 Finance Committee Report 50 Fire Department Report 128 Forest Fire Warden Report 145 Forestry Committee Report 145 Hazardous Waste Report 159 Highway Department Report 112 Home Health Care Report 163 Library Reports 139 Planning Board Report 103 Police Department Report 123 Recreation Committee Report 152 Revenue Budget Worksheet 28 Expenditure Budget Worksheet 33 Road Committee Report 113 Schedule ofTown Property 76 Solid Waste Committee Report 154 & Solid Waste Transfer Station Recycling Center Report 155 NH Southern Planning Commission Report 10 1 Space Needs Committee Report 114 Tax Collector's Report 75 Town Clerk's Report 74 Town Officers/Officials 5 Treasurer's Report 77 Vital Statistics 164 Warrant 9 Warrant Article Explanations 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment 102 SCHOOL District Warrant 187 Enrollment Summary 174 Financial Reports 192 Health Report 192 Kindergarten Report 195 Officiers and Teachers Listing 171 Principals Report 179 School Budget 200 School Deliberative Session Meeting 184 Superintendent's Report 175 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto2001newb TOWN OFFICERS Gordon A. Carlstrom - Chairman Term Expires 2002 David Delorey - Selectman/Resigned Term Expires 2003 Brent Armstrong - Selectman Term Expires 2002 David Woodbury - Selectman Term Expires 2004 Irene Baudreau, Town Clerk Term Expires 2003 Irene Baudreau, Tax Collector/Resigned Term Expires 2002 Paula Bellmore, Tax Collector Term Expires 2002 June Hicks, Treasurer Term Expires 2002 Lee C. Nyquist, Esq., Moderator Term Expires 2002 Lee D. Murray, Road Agent Term Expires 2003 Daniel MacDonald, Fire Chief Burton H. Reynolds, Town Administrator Gregory Begin, Police Chief Dennis Sarette, Health Officer Selectmen, Overseer of Public Welfare Leslie C. Nixon, Esq. Town Counsel Dennis Sarette, Building Inspector EXECUTIVE COUNCIL David Wheeler, District 5 Term Expires 2002 STATE SENATOR Sheila Roberge, Bedford, NH District 9 Term Expires 2002 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENERAL COURT Pierre W. Bruno Term Expires 2002 New Boston, NH District 5 Alan Thulander Term Expires 2002 New NH Boston, District 5 PLANNING BOARD Rick Riendeau, Chairman Term Expires 2002 James Nordstrom Term Expires 2002 Peter Hogan, Secretary Term Expires 2002 Paula Bellmore, Secretary/Resigned Term Expires 2003 Shawn Fish, Vice-Chairman/Resigned Term Expires 2004 Susan Martin, Alternate/Resigned Term Expires 2002 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Kevin Ryan, Vice Chairman Appointment Expires 2002 David R. Craig Appointment Expires 2002 William Elliott, Chairman Appointment Expires 2003 Edward Dipietro Appointment Expires 2004 Harry Piper Appointment Expires 2004 Laura Todd, Alternate, Clerk Appointment Expires 2002 ROAD COMMITTEE Richard Moody Appointment Expires 2002 Gary Robbins Appointment Expires 2003 Brian Dorwart Appointment Expires 2003 Bruce Fillmore Appointment Expires 2004 Harold Strong Appointment Expires 2004 Lee Murray, Road Agent Board of Selectmen FORESTRY COMMITTEE David Allen Appointment Expires 2002 Robert B. Todd, Sr. Appointment Expires 2002 Jonathan Brooks Appointment Expires 2002 Robert Fox, Resigned Appointment Expires 2003 Kim DiPietro Appointment Expires 2003 Roger Noonan Appointment Expires 2003 Gene Kelly Appointment Expires 2004 Timothy Trimbur - Chairman Appointment Expires 2004 Graham Pendlebury, Associate Member Appointment Expires 2004 Nancy Loddengaard, Associate Member Appointment Expires 2004 RECREATION COMMISSION Mark Frawley, Assistant Chairman Appointment Expires 2002 Marcela Morton, Resigned Appointment Expires 2002 June Hicks Appointment Expires 2003 Kelly Woods/Resigned Appointment Expires 2003 David Hulick, Chairman Appointment Expires 2004 Susan Bennett Appointment Expires 2004 Robert Waller Appointment Expires 2004 Patricia Oakes, Director TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUNDS James A. Whipple Term Expires 2002 Peter Clark Term Expires 2003 William Morin Term Expires 2004 FIRE WARDS Wayne Blassberg Term Expires 2002 George Owen St. John Term Expires 2002 David Rugg Term Expires 2003 Daniel MacDonald Term Expires 2003 Daniel Teague Term Expires 2003 Richard Moody Term Expires 2004 Clifford Plourde Term Expires 2004 CEMETERY TRUSTEES David Woodbury, Esq. Term Expires 2002 Walter Houghton Term Expires 2003 Thomas Pine Term Expires 2004 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Beatrice Peirce Term Expires 2002 Thomas Sullivan Term Expires 2002 Ellen Ruggles/Resigned Term Expires 2003 Barbara Woodland Term Expires 2003 Timothy Cady, Chairman Term Expires 2003 Deanna Powell Term Expires 2004 Patricia Jennings Term Expires 2004 Janice Walker Term Expires 2004 FINANCE COMMITTEE Brandy Mitroff Appointment Expires 2002 Sheila Malynowski Appointment Expires 2002 Kim DiPietro/Resigned Appointment Expires 2003 Kenneth Lombard Appointment Expires 2003 Fredrick Hayes Appointment Expires 2003 Louis Lanzillotti - Chairman Appointment Expires 2004 Scott Belanger, Alternate Appointment Expires 2002 William Ashford, Alternate Appointment Expires 2004 Alfred Romano Representing School Board Board of Selectmen Representing Selectmen CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Mary Carol Schaffrath Appointment Expires 2002 Deborah Keiner Appointment Expires 2002 Betsey Dodge, Chairman Appointment Expires 2003 Cyndie Wilson/Resigned Appointment Expires 2003 Brenda Lind Appointment Expires 2004 Raymond Whittmore Appointment Expires 2003 Joseph Nangle Appointment Expires 2003 Burr Tupper, Alternate Appointment Expires 2002 Rebecca Balke, Alternate Appointment Expires 2003 Robert Fehsinger, Alternate Appointment Expires 2004 Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Alternate Appointment Expires 2004 Eric Thum, Alternate Appointment Expires 2004 SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Cathleen Strausbaugh Term Expires 2002 Sarah Chapman Term Expires 2004 David Mudrick Term Expires 2006 SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE Bruce Tostevin Appointment Expires 2002 Michael Richard Appointment Expires 2003 Jed Callen Appointment Expires 2003 James Federer Appointment Expires 2004 Bonnie Koch, Ex-Officio CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM COMMITTEE Appointed by the Planning Board Planning Board Representatives: Shawn Fish, Chairman Rick Riendeau Ex-Officio Gordon Carlstrom CIP Members at-large Kevin Lefebvre Finance Committee Representatives Brandy Mitroff Fredrick Hayes SOUTHERN PLANNING COMMISSION N.H. Brent Armstrong Appointment Expires 2004 Harold "Bo" Strong Appointment Expires 2005