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PLAINFIELD TOWN REPORT 1999 Tornado Damage on August 13, 1999 Cover: On August 13, 1999 at 9:36 pm a tornado with estimated wind speeds of 112 mph smashed through the northeastern part of town. The storm damaged several buildings, ruined numerous ornamen- tal trees and destroyed over 200 acres of timber. The storm's path crossed the following roadways as it traveled west to east: Porter, Ladieu, Willow Brook, Jenney, Cram Hill, Route 120 and Croydon Turnpike, Methodist Hill, and Harriman. Pictured on the front and back cover are large locust trees at the home of Douglas Carver, 263 Ladieu Road, that were blown over by the force of the storm. Photos: Douglas Carver P Uij 11 PLAINFIELD ANNUAL REPORT 1999 Reports of the Officers and Selectmen and the School District Please bring this Report to the School District and Town Meetings. Take care of the book: each costs $3.50 to produce and deliver. This year's annual report is dedicated in memory of Plainfield resident Edmund Wright, shown here leading our annual Fourth of July parade, a service he performed for eighteen years. Mr. Wright passed away on October 12, 1999. Photo provided by Philip Read Library Town Report Index Appropriations, Statement of 30 Audit Report 39 Balance Sheet, General Fund 38 Budget Request/Revenue Projections 16 Conservation Commission Report 69 Cornish Rescue Squad 63 Current Use Report 34 Expendable Reserve Fund, Selectmen's Report 50 Finance Committee Report 85 Forest Fire Warden's Report 62 Highway Block Grant, Expenditure of 48 Highway, Road Project Priorities 48 History Publications Committee 91 Human Services Reports 86 Inventory ofValuations 32 Kimball Union Academy Study Committee 67 Long Term Indebtedness 47 Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Committee 88 Meriden Library Trustees' Report 76 Meriden Village Water District 96 Meriden Volunteer Fire Department 58 Minutes of the 1999 Town Meeting 18 Mt. Ascutney Subcommittee Report, CRJC 95 NH/VT Solid Waste District Report 82 Philip Read Memorial Library Trustees' Report 71 Plainfleld Town Hall Policy Committee 92 Plainfield Village Water District 104 Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department 56 Planning Board Report 94 Police Department Report 55 Recreation Commission Report 79 Recycling Project Report 81 Representatives to the General Court 92 Salaries 49 Schedule of Town Property 34, 46 Selectmen's Report 52 Tax Collector's Reports 36 Tax Exempt Properties 33 Tax Rate Computation 35 Town Administrator's Report 54 Town Clerk's Report 47 Town Officers & Committees 5 Treasurer's Report 37 Trust Funds 51 Vital Statistics 110 War Service Tax Credits 32 Warrant 9 Weather Summary 114 Welfare Report 86 Wood or Timber Cut (Yield) Report 65 Zoning Administrator's Report 65 Zoning Board ofAdjustment Report 66 TOWN INFORMATION DIRECTORY Inside Back Cover School District Report Index Plainfield School District Report starts onpage 115 Awards 153 Budget: Expenditures by Function pie chart 136 Budget: Revenue 137 Class of 1999 152 Educational Mission 160 Enrollment Statistics 150 Health Report 148 IDEA & Preschool Entitlement Funds 139 Kimball Union Academy Students 152 Minutes: Annual Meeting 1999 120 Minutes: Election Meeting 126 & Officers Personnel of the School District 116 Principal's Report 144 Salary Schedule, Teachers' 140 School Board Report 141 Superintendent's Report 147 Support Staff 159 & Teachers Other Professional Staff 158 Treasurer's Report ....138 Tuition Students 151 Warrant 117 . TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Office Name Appt. Expires MODERATOR Stephen H. Taylor 2000 TOWN CLERK Howard Zea 2001 SELECTMEN Mark H. Wilder 2002 Judith A. Belyea 2001 Sheila M. Stone 2000 TREASURER Fred Sweet 2001 TAX COLLECTOR Ruth Ann Wheeler 2001 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS James Barnicle 2002 Jesse Stalker 2001 Donald Garfield 2000 TRUSTEES Nancy Franklin 2002 PR MEMORIAL Anita Brown 2001 LIBRARY Alice Hendrick 2000 TRUSTEES Rachel Stoddard 2002 MERIDEN LIBRARY Elizabeth Beck 2001 Joseph Crate 2000 AUDITORS Ruth A. Stalker Susan Timmons J. OF CHECK SUP. LIST Nancy G. Baker 2004 David W. Stockwell 2002 Paul Franklin 2000 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Beatrice Clark 2002 Jesse Stalker 2001 William C. Quimby 2000 Name Office Appt. Expires REPRESENTATIVES Peter Burling Constance Jones DEP. TAX COLLECTOR Howard Zea 2000 DEP. TOWN CLERK Ruth Ann Wheeler 2000 DEP. TREASURER Douglas Cogan 2000 BALLOT CLERKS Kathryn MacLeay 2000 Bette Stockwell 2000 Susan Timmons 2000 Diane Rogers 2000 Constance Zea 2000 CEMETERY SEXTON Howard Zea HEALTH OFFICER David McBride 2000 ZONING ADMIN. Stephen Halleran 2000 YIEILD TAX AGENT Judith A. Belyea 2000 WELFARE DIRECTOR Nancy G. Baker 2000 CIVIL DEF. DIRECTOR Gordon A. Gillens 2000 DEP. CIVIL DEF. DIR. Nancy Baker 2000 PLANNING BOARD Desmond Hudson 2002 Jane Stephenson, Chair 2001 Lynn Freeman 2001 Ruth Cassedy 2001 Ron Liston 2000 Greg Estey 2000 Julian Bellavance, alt 2002 Sheila Stone, ex officio ROAD AGENT Kenneth Stocker 2000 TREE WARDEN Kenneth Stocker 2000 ZONING BOARD Edward Moynihan 2002 OF ADJUSTMENT Anne Sprague 2002 Richard Colburn,Chair 2001 Pricilla Eastman 2001 Mary Cassedy 2000 Office Name Appt. Expires CONSERVATION COMMISSION Jeff Marsh 2002 Diane Rogers 2002 Shelly Hadfield 2002 David Grobe, Chair 2001 James Taylor 2001 Bruce Plummer,alt Douglas Cogan,alt Jeffrey Moffitt. alt Judith Durant Resign RECREATION George Prescott, Chair 2000 Murray Dewdney 2000 Martin Morgan 2000 James McCarragher 2000 Winston Spencer, 2000 Jr. Judy Ptak 2000 Pam Lewis 2000 Connie Adams-Brady 2000 FINANCE COMMITTEE Anne Grobe 2000 James Taylor 2000 Karen Aldrich 2000 Cherrie Torrey 2000 James Longacre 2000 Stephanie Berman 2000 NH/VT SOLID WASTE Cherrie Torrey 2000 DISTRICT REP. Stephen Halleran, alt 2000 GUVSWD REP. Shelly Hadfield 2000 POLICE DEPARTMENT Gordon Gillens, Chief Lawrence Dore, Sgt. Anthony Bonnier Thomas Truman, II Paul Roberts Michael Boutilier J. Douglas Hackett Anthony Swett John Lawrence Name Office DOG OFFICER Gordon Gillens REPRESENTATIVE Stephen Halleran TO UVLSRPC Diane Rogers HUMAN SERVICES Suellen Leugers COMMITTEE Harold Jones John Gregory-Davis Nina Seaman Stephen Halleran MERIDEN FIRE CHIEF David Best PLAIN. FIRE CHIEF Douglas Plummer FOREST FIRE WARDEN Peter Berry, Warden Douglas Plummer, Deputy John Conly, Deputy Christopher Berry, Deputy William Taylor, Deputy David Best, Deputy PLAINFIELD/KUA Nancy Mogielnicki STUDY COMMITTEE Paul Franklin Carlton Strong Scott MacLeay James Sheehan Stephen Halleran Robert Drye Ken Johnson D. Boone Rondeau Elizabeth Clifton Tim Knox/Hugh McGraw-KUA Admin. PLAINFIELD TOWN HALL POLICY COMMITTEE John Stephenson Beverly Widger Nancy Norwalk Pamela Abrahamson Mark Wilder Lee Lynd Alice Jordan Henry Ruppertsburger Maryellen Sullivan 8