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NEW BOSTON 1 ^•7,'! NEW HAMPSHIRE Town and School Reports 1996 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1996newb TOWN OF NEW BOSTON NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1996 — Number of Registered Voters 2,657 — Population (est.) 4,000 ASSESSED VALUATION Property $162,112,070.00 Less Elderly Exemption 310,000.00 Less Blind Exemption 15,000.00 Less Physically Handicapped 19,100.00 Taxable Total $161,767,970.00 School District 25.89 Town 5.37 County 2.28 Tax Rate Per $1,000 $33.54 REPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT of the For the Year Ending June 30, 1996 MILESTONES 1997 February A special primary was lield for candidates forNew Boston's representative seat in Con- cord. Susan Clay won over Selectman Darlene Goodin for the Republican nomination. March Republican Susan Clay defeated Democrat Fred Foote for the seat in the General Court left vacant by the death of Representative Roland Sallada. May New Boston's oldest citizen, Helen Christiansen, died and in June Charles Gould was presented the Boston Post Cane by Selectmen as being the next oldest citizen. Planning Coordinator Claire Dodge was awarded the honor of Citizen Planner of the Year by the N.H. Office of State Planning. RoadAgent Lee Murray was named as a Master Road Scholarby the N.H. Depart- ment ofTransportation and the U.N.H. Technology Transfer Center. June The Highway Department began to fix drainage and re-pave Meetinghouse Hill Road. Work lasted until early September. July A Lyndeborough Road Bridge was closed for itwas unsafe fortraffic. bailey bridge was later installed. MartiWolfand PattiArmstrongvolunteeredto take overpublishing the BetterTimes. September Construction on the Old Coach Road ballfield expansion project began by Recre- ation Department volunteers. October 20-21 Flood waters washed out the Parker Mill Dam and did damage to many country roads. Many townspeople volunteered their time to help place sand bags along the bank of the Whipple Free Library. November Selectman Mike Pimenta handed in his resignation effective in March 1997. December 9-12 The entire Town of New Boston lost power due to heavy snowfall. COVER: Ourcoverpicture this yeartaken byAlan Briere depicts the New Boston Police Department located on Old Coach Road. The building was constructed in 1994, allowing the Police Department to move from the Railroad Depot on Depot Street to its present location in December of that year. The sign above the door to the building was donated by John Walker and installed by John Ryan. — - TABLE OF CONTENTS Budget - - - - 13 Budget Proposal - Appropriat—ions - 32 Building Department Report - 79 Capital Improvement Report - - 70 Cemetery Report/Burial - - 105 Conservation Commission Report — 97 Detailed Statement of Recei—pts - — 30 Finance Committee Report 60 Fire Department Report — — 73 Forest Fire Warden Report - -=.=-=. 80 Forestry Committee Report —-- —81 Hazardous Waste Report 93 Home Health Care Report 64 — — Library Report - 99 Library Building Committee Report 112 Planning Board Report 65 Police Department Report 84 Recreation Commission Report ===„.=.=.=.=„-.87 Road Committee Report .=======—69 Schedule ofTown Property 56 Solid Waste Committee Report - 89 & —— Solid Waste Transfer Station Recycling Center Report 90 NH Southern Planning Commission Report __=..===.=.„=_ 98 Summary of Inventory Valuation - 29 Tax Collector's Report 54 Town Clerk's Report 53 Town Meeting Minutes —18 —— Town Officers — — — 4 Treasurer's Report 46 Trust Funds 57 Vital Statistics _„„.„-.=„. 107 Warrant — „.„.=„._=._ 8 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 104 SCHOOL Auditors Report 129 Cooperative School District Study Committee Report 128 Debt Service Schedule 127 District Warrant -- 134 Election of Officers - -- 133 Enrollment Summary - 117 Financial Report 131 Health Report 121 Officers and Teachers Listing 115 Principal's Report 119 School Budget 136 School District Meeting 122 Superintendent's Re—port 118 Treasurer's Report - 120 TOWN OFFICERS Darlene M. Goodin, Selectman Term Expires 1997 GordonA. Carlstrom, Selectman Term Expires 1998 Michael S. Pimenta, Selectman, resigned Term Expires 1999 Margit Hooper, Town Clerk Term Expires 1999 June Hicks, Deputy Town Clerk Karen Craven, Tax Collector Term Expires 1999 Linda Sizemore, Deputy Tax Collector Kathleen W. Byam, Treasurer Term Expires 1999 Lee C. Nyquist, Esq., Moderator Term Expires 1998 Lee D. Murray, Road Agent Term Expires 1997 James W. Dodge, Fire Chief Todd L Selig, TownAdministrator James E. McLaughlin, Police Chief Ronald C. Brenner, DDS, Health Officer Selectmen, Overseer of Public Welfare David L. Nixon, Esq. Town Counsel Leslie C. Nixon, Esq. Town Counsel Dennis Sarette, Building Inspector REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE GENERALCOURT Susan Clay New Boston, NH District 4 Term Expires 1998 Alan Thulander New Boston, NH District 5 Term Expires 1998 PLANNING BOARD BrentArmstrong, Chairman Term Expires 1997 Thomas Mohan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Term Expires 1998 Lucien Tessier, Secretary, resigned Term Expires 1998 Diane Manson, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Harold Strong Term Expires 1999 John Palmer, Alternate, resigned Term Expires 1997 Philip Consolini, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Kevin McLarnon, Alternate, resigned Term Expires 1997 BOARD OFADJUSTMENT William Elliott Term Expires 1997 William Brendle, Chairman Term Expires 1998 William Hebert Term Expires 1998 Kevin Ryan Term Expires 1999 Holly Bowen, Clerk, resigned Term Expires 1999 Lloyd Hill Term Expires 1999 David R. Craig, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Laura Todd, Alternate, Clerk Term Expires 1999 ROAD COMMITTEE George St. John, resigned Term Expires 1997 Harold Strong, Chairman Term Expires 1998 Rick Riendeau Term Expires 1998 Richard Moody Term Expires 1999 Lee Murray, Road Agent Board of Selectmen FORESTRY COMMITTEE John Ryan Term Expires 1997 Graham Pendlebury Term Expires 1998 Ellen Reilly Term Expires 1998 David Allen Term Expires 1999 Robert B. Todd, Sr. Term Expires 1999 Alan Briere, Associate Member One Year Term Jonathan Brooks, Associate Member One Year Term Lyn Lombard, Associate Member One Year Term RECREATION COMMISSION Nancy Clark Term Expires 1997 Peter Martinelli Term Expires 1997 David Hulick Term Expires 1998 Claudia Davis Term Expires 1998 Sharon Gagnon Term Expires 1998 Karen Hall, Chairperson, resigned Term Expires 1999 Mary Ellen Compagna Term Expires 1999 M. Sandra Gallup, Director TRUSTEES OFTRUST FUNDS Warren Houghton Term Expires 1997 William Morin Term Expires 1998 Dennis Hooper Term Expires 1999 FIRE WARDS James W. Dodge Term Expires 1997 Dale Smith Term Expires 1997 Daniel MacDonald Term Expires 1997 Richard Moody Term Expires 1998 Clifford Plourde Term Expires 1998 Wayne Blassberg Term Expires 1999 George Owen St. John Term Expires 1999 CEMETERY TRUSTEES David Woodbury, Esq., Treasurer Leon Daniels Jerry Kennedy Walter Houghton Robert Todd STATE SENATOR NH Sheila Roberge, Bedford, District 9 Term Expires 1998 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Ellen Ruggles Term Expires 1997 Timothy Cady Term Expires 1997 Patricia Jennings Term Expires 1998 Jan Walker Term Expires 1998 Kendall Wiggin, Chairman Term Expires 1998 Carol Hess Term Expires 1999 Beatrice Peirce Term Expires 1999 FINANCE COMMITTEE James H. Dane Term Expires 1997 Daniel Rothman, Chairman Term Expires 1998 James Smith, resigned Term Expires 1998 Lori Livolsi Term Expires 1998 Kenneth Parnell Term Expires 1999 Lloyd Hill Term Expires 1999 Kevin Larmand Representing School Board Board of Selectmen Representing Selectmen CONSERVATION COMMISSION Betsey Dodge, Chairperson Term Expires 1997 Steven Ruddock Term Expires 1998 Robert Fehsinger Term Expires 1998 Mary Carol Schaffrath Term Expires 1999 Deborah Keiner Term Expires 1999 Sally Garrett, Alternate Term Expires 1997 William Ingram, Alternate, resigned Term Expires 1998 Brenda Lind, Alternate Term Expires 1998 Cyndie Wilson, Alternate Term Expires 1999 SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Sarah Chapman Term Expires 1998 David Mudrick Term Expires 2000 Cathleen Strausbaugh Term Expires 2002 SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE Michael Richard Term Expires 1997 Jed Callen Term Expires 1997 Ellen Ruggles, resigned Term Expires 1998 Mary Carol Schaffrath Term Expires 1998 Robert Todd Term Expires 1998 Bruce Tostevin Term Expires 1999 Bonnie Bethune, Ex-officio CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM COMMITTEE Planning Board: Brent Armstrong Harold Strong John Palmer Thomas Mohan Philip Consolini Diane Manson Selectmen Representative Gordon Carlstrom RoadAgent Lee Murray Fire Department Daniel MacDonald Police Department Timothy Lamy Conservation Commission William Ingram Road Committee Richard Moody Recreation Commission Sandra Gallup Library Kendall Wiggin School Board Representative Marty Wolf Cemetery David Woodbury Transfer Station Bonnie Bethune 7 TOWN WARRANT 1997 THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the inhabitants ofthe Town ofNew Boston, in the County ofHillsborough qualified to vote in town affairs: You ^re hereby notified to meet at the New Boston Central School in said New Boston on Tuesday the eleventh of March next. Polls will be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon to take upArticles 1 through 8. Polls will close at 7 o'clock in the evening. The balance of the warrant will be taken up and voted upon at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on Saturday the fifteenth day ofMarch at the New Boston Central School. Article 1. To Choose all necessary officers for the ensuing year. Article 2: Shall we adopt the provisions ofRSA40:13 to allow official ballot voting on all issues before the Town government in New Boston? (This article, commonly referred to as "Senate Bill #2, " would change the traditional and cur- rentform ofTown Meeting in which all issues are deliberated on and voted on at the same meeting, and require a separate date for the deliberative session to be followed by a subsequent date for official ballot voting on all issues before the Town.) (By Petition) (3/5 vote required). Article 3. Do you approve ofhaving 2 sessions for the annual town meeting in this town, the first session for choice of town officers elected by an official ballot and other action required to be inserted on said official ballot and the second session, on a date set by the selectmen, for transaction ofother business per RSA 39:2-a? (Passage ofthis article will continue the current process ofholding the traditionalform ofTown Meeting with electionfor officers on the second Tuesday ofMarch, and the businessportion ofTown Meeting held on the Saturday (or on another subsequent date as determined by the Selectmen) following the second Tuesday as has been thepractice in NewBoston since 1993. Defeat ofthis article will return the business portion of Town Meeting to the evening of the second Tuesday ofMarch.) (Majority vote required). Article 4: Shall we modify the elderly exemptions from property tax in the Town of New Boston, based on assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, to be as follows: for a person 65 years of age up to 75 years, $10,000.00; for a person 75 years of age up to 80 years, $15,000.00; for a person 80 years of age or older $20,000.00. To qualify, the person must have been a New Hampshire resident for at least 5 years, own the real estate individually or jointly, or if the real estate is owned by such person's spouse, they must have been married for at least 5 years. In addition, the taxpayermust have a net income ofnot more than $19,000.00 or, if married, a combined net income ofless than $27,000.00; and own net assets not in excess of $60,000.00. (TV.//, law has changed requiring Towns to modify their elderly exemption ordinances to meet the newState statute. This article makes no substantive changes to the current ordinance except that the Selectmen have rec- 8