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TOWN NORTHWOOD OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT For The Year Ending December 1998 31, DATES TO REMEMBER 1999 Town January 1 Fiscal year opens January 20 First day for Candidates to declare for Town Election January 29 Last day for Candidates to declare for Town Election March 1, 2000 Last day to file for Veteran's Credit for 1999 March 6 Annual School District Meeting March 9 Annual Town and School Elections March 13 Annual Town Meeting April 1 All property in Northwood, assessed to owner this ate April 15 Last Day for taxpayers to apply for Current Land Use Assessment RSA 79-A:5, II June 30 School District Fiscal year closes Julyl School District Fiscal year opens Julyl First half of semi-annual tax billing commences to draw interest at 12% August Last day for qualified person over 65 to apply for an 1 Elderly Exemption for 1998 December 1 Unpaid real estate of second tax billing commences to draw interest at 12% December 31 Town Fiscal year closes Annual Report ofthe Town Officers for The Fiscal Year Ending December 1998 31, and ofthe School District for the Year Ending June 30, 1998 . INDEX INTRODUCTIONS Dedication 1998 Town Report 1 Representatives & Senators - Names & Telephone Numbers 183 Town Officials,Appointed Boards -Committees and Departments. 2 . TOWN REPORTS Cemetery Trustees 16 Code Enforcement Officer /Building Inspector 18 Conservation Commission 19 Fire Department 20 Forest Fire Warden 21 Human Services 22 Library Trustees 23 & Parks Recreation Commission 26 Planning Board 27 Police Department 28 Recycling Committee 29 Road Agent Report 30 Rockingham County Community Action Program 31 Route 4 Impact Committee 33 Rural District Visiting Nurse Association 34 Safety Committee 35 Selectman's Report 36 Sexual Assualt Support Services 38 The 225th Anniversary Celebration 39 The 225th Anniversary Committee 42 Town Meeting Minutes 1998 8 Town Election Results 1998 15 Vital Statistics - Births 179 Marriages 181 Deaths 172 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 46 FINANCIAL REPORTS Auditors Report 70 Expense Report 1998 68 Inventory of the Town of Northwood Ill Revenue Report 1998 65 Schedule OfTown Property 108 Tax Collector's Report 113 Tax Rate Computation 117 Town Budget 1999 52 Town Clerk's Report 112 Town Petitioned Articles 51 Town Warrants 1999 47 Treasurer's Report 115 Wages - Town Employees 118 SCHOOL REPORTS 1998 Graduating Class 178 1998 School District Minutes 126 1998 School Election Results 129 DRA 1998-99 Approved Appropriations 166 1999 Warrants 130 1999-2000 Budget 134 Auditor's Report 167 Health Service Report 177 Northwood School Mission Statement 124 Principal's Report 175 SAU #44 Appropriation Distribution 169 School Board's Report 171 School District Officers 125 School Lunch Program - Financial Statement 165 Superintendent's Report 173 & Teachers Administrative Salaries 170 School Balance Sheet 164 School Financial Report 151 School District FY97 Revenue Report 164 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in Member Boston Library Consortium Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1998nortw Town 1998 Report Dedication It has been the custom, in past years, to dedicate our Town Report to one or two special people who give selflessly to make our Town a better place to live. This year this page is dedicated to all the men and women who work in all the departments of our Town and all the people who serve on our committees. These are the people who handle the day to day problems and issues that keep our Town running smoothly. To them, we offer our thanks and appreciation. TOWN OFFICIALS AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1998 Town Elected Officials Moderator Robert B. Robertson Term Expires March 2000 Road Agent James D. Wilson Term Expires March 1999 Town Clerk Judy Pease Term Expires March 1999 Tax Collector Jane St.Pierre Term Expires March 1999 Town Treasurer Joseph A. Knox Term Expires March 1999 Elected Boards And Committees Board of Selectman Virginia "Ginger" Dole (Chairman) Term Expires March 1999 Marion Knox Term Expires March 2000 J. Douglas Peterson Term Expires March 2001 J. Budget Committee Daniel McNally (Chairman) Term Expires March 2000 Allan G. Holmes (Vice-Chairman, Terminated) Term Expires March 2000 Catherine A. Hillner Term Expires March 2001 Jean W. Lane Term Expires March 2001 Viena A. Dow Term Expires March 2001 Judy Pease (Resigned) Term Expires March 1999 Fern Eldridge Term Expires March 1999 Peter Stimmell Term Expires March 1999 Robert E. Bailey Term Expires March 2000 Scott R. Bryer Term Expires March 1999 James A. Hadley Term Expires March 2001 Mark L. Edwards Term expires March 1999 Linda Smith, Secretary Supervisors of Checklist Phyllis L.Reese Term Expires March 2000 Priscilia King Term Expires March 2004 Susan Robertson Term Expires March 2002 Trustees ofTrust Funds Andreas M. Turner Term Expires March 2001 Joann W. Bailey Term Expires March 1999 Russell C. Eldridge Term Expires March 2000 Cemetery Trustees Nancy R. Boyd Term Expires March 2001 Andreas M. Turner Term Expires March 1999 George E. Reese Term Expires March 2000 Library Trustees Nathalie Wall, Chair Term Expires March 1999 Priscilla P. Merrill Term Expires March 2001 Jane Martin Term Expires March 2000 Planning Board Scott P. Martin (Chairman) Term Expires March 1999 Eleanor T. Pinkham (Vice-Chairman) Term Expires March 2000 Carol L Deveau (Res.igned) Term Expires March 1999 Russell C. Eldridge Term Expires March 2001 Patrick L. Bell Term Expires March 2000 Gayle Robbins-Monteith (Alternate) Term Expires March 2000 Elaine O. Planchet Term Expires March 2001 Douglas Peterson (Selectmen Representative) J. Linda Smith, Secretary Police Commission W. Edward Bryant, Term Expires March 2001 Jr. Louis St. Pierre Term Expires March 1999 Richard Cummings (Appointed) Term Expires March 1999 Preston B. Stevenson, (Resigned) Term Expires March 2000 Jr. Linda Smith, Secretary A ppointed Boards and Committees Animal Control Officer Don Evans Term Expires March 1999 Board ofAdjustment Bruce Farr (Chairman) Term Expires March 2000 George Rogers (Vice-Chairman) Term Expires March 2001 Jean W. Lane Term Expires March 2001 Roy Pender (Alternate) Term Expires March 1999 Thomas Lavigne Term Expires March 1999 Linda Smith Term Expires March 2000 Robert Bailey (Alternate) Term Expires March 1999 Linda Smith, Secretary Emergency Management Robert E. Young (Director) Term Expires March 2001 Kevin Madison Term Expires March 2001 Michael D'Alessandro Term Expires March 2001 Michael Hoisington Term Expires March 2001 Recycling Committee Viena Dow (Chairman) Term Expires March 1999 Margaret Walker (Secretary) Term Expires March 2001 Robert Clark Term Expires March 1999 Thomas Dole Term Expires March 1999 John H. Jacobsmeyer (Terminated) Term Expires March 1999 LuAnn Pigeon Term Expires March 2001 Carol Welsh Term Expires March 2001 Recreation Commission David Ruth, Chairman Term Expires March 2001 Grace Levergood Term Expires March 1999 Debra Giolito Term Expires March 2001 Mary Ann Peterson Term Expires March 2000 VNA Rural District Luann Cummings (Resigned) Term Expires March 1999 Charlotte Klaubert Term Expires March 1999 Patricia Moore (Appointed) Term Expires March 1999 Conservation Commission Charles Therriault, Chairman Term Expires March 1999 Winifred Young, Vice Chairman Term Expires March 1999 Herb Bergquist Term Expires March 1998 Nancy Voorhis Term Expires March 1999 John Rule (Resigned) Term Expires March 2000 Scott Martin (Alternate) Term Expires March 1998 Lisa Lamphere (Resigned) Term Expires March 1998 Jim Viar (Resigned) Term Expires March 1998 Stephnie Therriault (Resigned) Term Expires March 1998 Patrick Bell (Alternate) Term Expires March 1998 Alaine Peteroy Term Expires March 1999 James Ryan Term Expires March 1999 Linda Smith, Secretary