Table Of Content

ANNUAL REPORTS of The Town and School District of Newfields New Hampshire For Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2000 p ANNUAL REPORTS of the Town and School Officers of the TOWN OF NEWFIELDS NEW HAMPSHIRE for the FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 2000 THIS REPORT PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Jn ifomflriam Adrian "Abe" Cross — 11/23/44 11/7/00 When I think back on the life of Abe Cross, I think of a man who loved his family, life, and his town. He loved his babies, all four of them, and just wanted them to be happy. Baseball, auto racing, and golf were just a few of the ways that Abe found enjoyment. You could always count on Abe, whether was opening the it store early in the morning, or just being there for you. Abe, whether you know it or not, "Ya done good!" — Bob Collinge 11 TOWN OF NEWFIELDS ANNUAL REPORT 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Listing ofTown Officers 1-3 Moderators' Town Meeting Procedures 4 2001 Town Warrant 5-7 2001 Proposed Budget 8-14 2000 Summary Inventory ofValuation 15-19 2000 Revised Estimated Revenues 20-2 Minutes ofthe 2000 Town Meeting 22-26 Town Clerk's Report 27-29 Sample Ballot 30 Tax Collector's Report 31 Summary ofTax Lien Accounts 32 2000 Tax Rate Calculation 33-34 Inventory Sample 35 Treasurer's Report 36-54 & Trash Recycle Holiday Schedule 55 REPORTS OF THE... NH 2001 Senate Report 56 Trust Funds 57-67 Newfields Public Library 68 Librarian 69 Police Department 70-72 Fire Department 73-75 Forest Fire Warden 76 Planning Board 77 Conservation Committee 78-79 Celebration Committee 80-8 Historical Society 82 Building Inspector 83 Newfields Youth Athletic Association 84 Human Services 85 Town Fee Schedule 86 1999 Town Audit 87 School District Report 88-121 Vital Statistics 122-125 TOWN OFFICERS AS OF MARCH 2001 SELECTMEN Betsy Coes - Chairman Term Expires March 2001 David A. Dwyer Term Expires March 2002 Timothy Howard Term Expires March 2003 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Fred J. Snider TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR Sue E Hayden Term Expires March 2001 . TREASURER Donald D. Doane Term Expires March 2001 DEPUTY TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR Gina Wilich Term Expires March 2 001 MODERATOR William Davis Term Expires March 2 001 TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST FUNDS Diana Collinge Term Expires March 2003 Robert Haley (Resigned 12/2000) Term Expires March 2002 Raymond E. Trueman Term Expires March 2001 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Alfred Conner, Jr Term Expires March 2002 Larry Heath Term Expires March 2003 Nancy Collinge Term Expires March 2001 LIBRARY Doris H. Goerner (Librarian) Dorothy Z. Evans (Assistant Librarian) SCHOOL BOARD Michael Grant Term Expires March 2002 Tammy Howard Term Expires March 2003 David Wilich Chairman Term Expires March 2001 - Margaret 0. Doane, Treasurer Term Expires March 2002 Nancy Mason, Clerk (Resigned 12/2000) Term Expires March 2001 George Beatty, Moderator Term Expires March 2002 SCHOOL AUDITOR Elizabeth Sheehy Term Expires March 2001 HEALTH OFFICER Eugene Perreault Term Expires March 2003 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Thomas H. Conner, Director Term Expires March 2001 PLANNING BOARD Raymond E. Trueman Term Expires March 2002 Andrew J. Nichols (Vice Chairman) Term Expires March 2002 Robert J. Devantery Term Expires March 2001 Charles Oliver Term Expires March 2001 John M. Hayden (Chairman) Term Expires March 2001 Michael Todd Term Expires March 2003 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Mary August Littlefield, Chairman Term Expires March 2002 David P. Sweet Term Expires March 2001 Steven H. Coes Term Expires March 2001 Oakes K. Lawrence III Term Expires March 2001 Jared N. Rumford, Sr. Term Expires March 2003 Catherine Nelson Smith Term Expires March 2002 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Alden A Neal, Road Agent (778-1257) Term Expires March 2003 BUILDING INSPECTOR Larry G. Shaw (772-1251) Term Expires March 2001 FIRE RESCUE / EMERGENCY TELEPHONE (911) Jeffrey Buxton, Chief Ray P. Buxton, Jr., Assistant Chief Term Expires March 2003 Christine Wilson, Captain of Rescue Squad Ray P. Buxton, Jr., Forest Fire Warden POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY (911) BUSINESS (772-9010) Timothy J. Connifey, Chief Christopher Hutchins, Full Time Officer SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Diana L Toth Term Expires March 2004 Dona H. Morrill Term Expires March 2006 Barbara C Hayden Term Expires March 2002 . CONSERVATION COMMISSION Barbara B. Byrne Term Expires March 2001 Jack Burke Term Expires March 2003 Jerry Kimball, Chairman Term Expires March 2002 Ray Labranche Term Expires March 2001 Carolyn H. Scanlon Term Expires March 2002 David Mason Term Expires March 2003 Lindsay Carroll Term Expires March 2002 TOWN LANDING David A. Dennehy, Overseer Term Expires March 2001 TOWN AUDITOR Plodzik & Sanderson, CPA's TOWN ATTORNEY Francis F. Lane, Jr. NEWFIELDS VILLAGE WATER & SEWER DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS Ray P. Buxton, Jr. - Chairman Term Expires March 2003 R. Vernon Glass Term Expires March 2001 Catherine Nelson-Smith Term Expires March 2002 Wendell Sargent - Water Superintendent . . . MODERATORS' TOWN/SCHOOL MEETING PROCEDURES New Newfields, Hampshire George F. Beatty, School Moderator William R. Davis, Town Moderator VOTING PROCEDURE 1 Arrive at Meeting 2. Check In with Supervisors ofthe Check List VOTING CARD 3. Receive 4. Sign Voting Card in Presence ofSupervisors 5. Display Voting Card for all "show ofhands" votes 6. Present Voting Card to Ballot clerk to obtain Ballot for each ballot vote RULES OF ORDER 1 Raise your hand when you wish to speak 2. Stand when recognized by the moderator 3. Use the microphone, state your name 4. The person who has the floor is not to be interrupted 5. Keep remarks briefand to the point 6. No one will be allowed to speak a second time, and no motion which will terminate debate will be recognized, until all wishing to speak have had a chance. 7. Requests for secret ballot votes apply to the main motion only and not to any amendments 8. Requests for secret ballot votes will be reviewed by the moderator to determine ifa right to a secret ballot exists under prevailing law 9. No more than 1 amendment on the floor at any one time 10. All amendments must be in writing 1 1 A motion to reconsider must be made immediately following the subject vote 12. Any ruling made by the moderator can be challenged by seven voters, overruled by majority vote 13. Any motion to terminate debate which has been seconded will be voted on immediately and without debate and requires 2/3 majority ofthose voting to pass. 14. No substantive actions may be taken under the "any other business" article. Votes of appreciation or recognition may be taken, but only ayes shall be called for. 15. These meetings are a forum at which to ask questions, but more importantly, they are a place for debate. Proper respect and decorum will be expected ofall. . STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN WARRANT To the inhabitants of the Town ofNewfields, in the County of Rockingham Town in said State, qualified to vote in affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall, on Tuesday the thirteenth day of March 2001 at eleven o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock in the evening to act upon the following subjects: 1 To choose all necessary Town and School District Officers for the ensuing year. BUSINESS MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH 2001 AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. 2. To see what action the Town will take toward the acceptance ofthe Reports of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) to purchase from Constance Lynch the Newfields Post Office building at 75 Main Street, for the purpose of converting it to a Police Station. The Board of Selectmen recommend passage of this article. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to establish an expendable reserve fund for the town sidewalks. The Board of Selectmen recommend passage of this article. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) for the purpose of replacing 16 (airpacks) breathing apparatus. The Board of Selectmen recommend passage of this article. 6. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000) to be placed in the previously established Fire Truck Capital Reserve Fund for the future purchase of a new fire nd truck. (2 year). The Board of Selectmen recommend passage of this article.