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1999 Town Report m Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: 235 Years of History 100 Years of Town Reports A Promise for the Future Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1999raym Of The Selectmen, Departments, Town Boards and Commissions of the Town and School District of the of Raymond, NH, for the year ending December 999 3 1 1 . Population: 9,246 Area: 26 Square Miles Net Taxable Valuation: $257,121,413 Tax Rate: Town: ).93 School District 11.73 State Adequacy: 9.56 County: 1.49 TOTAL $32.71 T own Report Dedication Ivan C. Reed, 1929- 1999 Jr. This years town report is being dedicated in memory Ivan C. Reed Jr. Ivan and his family moved back to Raymond in July of 1967 to work in his father's business, I.C. Reed and Sons. Working with his brothers Orin, Carl, and Joe, they built their business into one ofthe largest in town. Ivan was a charter member of the Raymond Ambulance Association. As one of the founding members, he helped to bring the town quality ambulance service that was a model ofvolunteer effort. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a selectman in 1976. He served in that capacity for three terms, nine years total, and was on the first Recreation Commission. Ivan served as a member of the Recreation Commission for nine years and was important in the efforts to support recreation in those earlv days. Recreation meetings could get pretty interesting as Hugh Holt, Ted Welch, and Ivan swapped stories ofthe good old days. When it came to youth programs, Ivan was always someone you could count on. Ivan was known as a hard worker who always seemed to make time to lend a helping hand ifyou needed it. He was fair in his decisions as selectman and always put the Town, that he loved, ahead ofall else. Ivan was an all around good person and is sadly missed by those that were lucky enough to have known him. able ofContents DEDICATION 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 TOWN OFFICIALS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Board ofSelectmen 10 Town Manager Report 12 Town Official Election 17 Record of 1998 Town Meeting 21 State Primary Election - State Representative 36 State General Election - State Representative 37 DEPARTMENT REPORTS & Building Health 40 Cable Committee 41 Capital Improvements Program 42 Communications Department 45 Conservation Commission 47 Dudley-Tucker Library 48 Emergency Management 49 Fire Department 50 Forest Ranger 52 & Parks Recreation 54 Planning Board 57 Police Department 58 Public Works 60 Raymond Ambulance, Inc. 61 & Recycling Solid Waste Committee 63 & Salary Wage Listing 64 Tax Collector's Report 67 VITAL STATISTICS Births 70 Marriages 73 Deaths 77 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT 1998 Independent Auditor's Report 82 1998 Financial Statements 85 & 1998 Reports Findings 107 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued) 999 Independent Auditor's Report 119 1 1999 Financial Statements 122 FINANCIAL REPORTS Treasurer's Report 148 Cash Flow Analysis 149 Tax Rate Computation 50 1 Tax Rate Calculation 151 Ten Year Tax Rate Comparison 152 Water Construction Bonds 153 Various Bond Issues 54 1 Tax Collectors Report 155 Tax Liens 156 Trustees ofthe Trust Funds 157 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Summary ofTown Owned Property 162 Summary Inventory ofValuation - All Properties 165 WARRANT 2000 (PINK) PROPOSED BUDGET 2000 (PINK) SCHOOL DISTRICT District Officers 172 District Meeting 173 District Election 178 District Treasurer's Report 181 Audit Statement 184 & Budget Warrants own Officials December 31, 1999 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Richard S. Ladd, Chairman Harold Wood, Jr., Vice Chairman Norman E. Weldy, Jr. William Kelley Edward F. French J. ELECTED OFFICIALS Moderator Andrew Harmon J. Tax Collector/Town Clerk Doris M. Gagnon Treasurer Catherine Grant TOWN DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS Town Manager Edward Wojnowski J. & Code Enforcement Health Officer Richard J. Mailhot, Sr. Communications Director Pauline G. Gordon Deputy Tax Collector/Town Clerk Norma Lovejoy Emergency Management Director Phil Talbot Finance Officer Michelle R. Clark Fire Chief Kevin Pratt Librarian Sherry Brox & Parks Recreation Director Richard C. Bates Police Chief David T. Salois Public Works Director Dennis G. McCarthy Raymond Ambulance, Inc. President Jean Larrabee Town Planner Gerald Coogan MUNICIPAL BUDGET COMMITTEE Kathleen Hoelzel, Chairman Peter Buckley Tim Louis Richard Theriault Emery Landis William Kelley, Selectmen's Representative J. Sandra Ellis, School Board Representative CABLE COMMITTEE Kevin Woods LindaJameson Richard S. Ladd Dan Chouinard Marc Vadeboncoeur Christy Eppig Kathy Magoon CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE Stephen Sloan, Chairman Valerie Picco Gretchen Gott Steven Wallerstein John Powers R Harold Wood, Jr. Richard S. Ladd Kathleen Hoelzel Richard Theriault Charles White Roger Retzke Edward Wojnowski (2)vacant J. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Wayne Welch, Chairman Gary Graham Emery Landis Richard Mailhot, Sr. Edward Wojnowski J. Norm Weldy CONSERVATION COMMISSION Barbara Haglind, Chairman Janic Kent Assunta Ege Charles White Norman E. Weldy, Jr. HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Caroline Severance, Chairman Ramona Stevens Assunta Ege Elaine Harmon Norm Weldy Karl Orfield Edward Moulton Richard C. Smith LIBRARY TRUSTEES Barbara H. Beardsley, Chairman Karen Currier Terry Austrew PLANNING BOARD Stephen Sloan, Chairman Gretchen Gott, Vice Chairman Glenn Caron Diane White William Kelley Michael Quintal RECREATION ADVISORY Dennis Labranche, Chairman Steven Wallerstein Richard Ladd Robert Lafond Loukas Papamichael Wayne Welch Craig Mele SOLID WASTE/RECYCLING COMMITTEE John Buckley, Chairman Joy Paquin, Vice Chairman Kathleen McDonald Kathleen Chamberlain Marilyn Elliott Fran Armstrong SOUTHERN PLANNING COMMISSION N. H. Harold R. Wood, Jr. Diane E. White SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Robert Forsing Marilyn Semple Gayle McMullen TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Greg Brox John S. Barnes,Jr. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Valerie Picco, Chairman Paul McCoy, Vice Chairman V. Raoul Rioux Norman E. Weldy, Robert Gonser Jr. Gretchen Gott STATE SENATOR Mary Brown GENERAL COURT REPRESENTATIVES Marian Lovejoy Frank Bishop William Kelley BOAT AGENT Penny Beaumont/Mountain Road Trading