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RUMNEY NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 1990 TOWNOFFICEHOURS Monday &Wednesday- 8:30a.m. to2:30p.m. Fridaybyappointmentonly Telephone786-9511 SELECTMEN'SMEETING MondayEvenings-7:00to9:30 Pleasecall786-9511 togetontheagenda. TOWNCLERK'SHOURS Monday &Wednesday9a.m. - 1 p.m.byappointmentonly Wednesday6:00p.m.- 8:00p.m. » & Thursday9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. 6:00p.m.to8:00p.m. Friday9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. OtherHoursbyAppointment.Pleasecall786-2237. TRANSFERSTATIONHOURS Wednesdays 12noon-4:00p.m. Saturdays9:00a.m. -4:00p.m. Sundays9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. Telephone786-9481 POLICEDEPARTMENT FIREDEPARTMENT EmergencyPhone536-1626 EmergencyPhone 1-524-1545 BusinessPhone786-9712 BusinessPhone786-9924 AMBULANCE MedicalEmergencyOnly 1-524-1545 HIGHWAYDEPARTMENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT Phone786-9486 Phone786-9960 RUMNEYTOWN OFFICE BUILDING Constructed September 1991-January 1991 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1990rumn ANNUALREPORT ofthe OFFICERS ofthe TOWN OFRUMNEY ForThe Fiscal Year EndingDecember31 1990 TABLEOF CONTE^fTS Town OfilcialsandBoards 3 Warrants & Budget Warrantfor 1991 TownMeeting 4 BudgetDetailsRelatingtoWarrantArticles 9 1991 Budget/Comparisonof 1990AppropriationsandPayments 10 & 1991 EstimatedRevenues/Comparisonof 1990Estimates Receipts 12 FinancialReports SummaryofPayments 1990 13 DetailofPayments 1990 14 SummaryofInventoryofValuationfor 1990 31 TaxRateComputation andBreakdown 31 BalanceSheet(AssetsandLiabilities) Dec. 31, 1990 32 TownVehiclesasofDecember31, 1990 32 ScheduleofTownI*roperty 33 TownClerk'sReport 34 TaxCollector'sReport 35 Treasurer'sReport 36 ReportofTrusteesofTrustFunds 38 Auditor'sReport 39 Officials' Reports Selectmen'sReport 40 CemeteryTrustees'Report 42 ConservationCommission 43 FastSquadReport 44 FireDepartmentReport 45 ForestFireWardenReport 46 ByronG. MerrillLibraryReports 47 BakCTRivCTAudioVisualCenterReports 50 PlanningBoardAnnualReport 51 PoliceActivityReport/Plymouth AreaProsecutor 52 RecreationCommission Report 53 TransferStationReport 54 WelfareAdministrator's Report 55 Committee Reports TownFacilitiesCommitteeReport 56 Reportsofthe County & OutsideAgencies Grafton County Commissioners'Report 57 Grafton County SeniorCitizensCouncil 60 MountMooseiaukeeHealthCemerReport 60 NorthCountryCouncilAnnualReport 61 Pemi-BakerHomeHealth AgencyReport 62 Pemi -BakerSolidWasteDistrict 63 TaskForceAgainstDomestic & SexualViolence 64 Tri-County CommunityActionProgram 65 Vital Statistics 66 TOWNOFFICIALS ANDBOARDS asofDecember31, 1990 Selectmen AdministrativeAssistant BettyJoTaffe,Chairman(1991) IleneHealy RobertJ.Berti(1992) AlfredW.Morabito(1993) Town Clerk/TaxCollector TownTreasurer LindaWhitcomb(1992) PollyBartlett(1991) *JoanMorabito,DeputyClerk AnnDow,DeputyTreasurer *LouiseWhitcomb,DeputyCollector SuperintendentofPublicWorks WelfareAdministrator *IrvingMacDonald JuneWinsor(1991) LibraryTrustees TrusteesofTrustFunds DeborahMaes(1991) WallaceAckerman(1991) RogerDaniels(1992) AllenGrass (1992) RuthCraddock(1993) IvanKemp(1993) CemeteryTrustees FireCommissioners IvanKemp(1991) LloydFrench,Jr.(1991) RobertGregoire(1992) DonaldYoung(1992) RuthYoung(1993) GeorgeDelaney(1993) PlanningBoard ElectionOfficers BradleyEaton,Chairman(1992) JohnAlger,Moderator(1992) GregSanborn, ViceChairman(1991) DorisTunnell, Supervisor(1992) GladysAckerman(1991) AnnKent, Supervisor(1994) KurtMiUer(1992) RuthYoung, Supervisor(1996) JaniceMulherin(1993) RuthCraddock,BallotInspector DonaldSmith(1993) MariettaDow,BallotInspector *DebraLutz, Clerk RuthFranz,BallotInspector *JohnAlger,Alternate GailSanborn,BallotInspector *JudyHall,Alternate AldolphinaK.Simpson,BallotInsp. AlfredW.Morabito,SelectmanRep. GeorgeWendell,BallotInspector Auditors HealthOfficer AnnKent(1991) TobyBrown RuthYoung(1991) AdvisoryBoard Conservation Commission RalphBerg(1991) LawrenceCushman,Chairman(1992) GuyBumham(1991) JohnAlger(1991) JohnAlger(1992) DavidCoursey(1992) DonaldSmith(1992) JanStevens(1993) DonaldCassel(1993) CindySimmons(1993) RecreationCommission PoliceDepartment *PaulPowers(1991) DavidHeisler,Chief *TeiTyDowns(1992) KenBorgia,Patrolman(resigned) JoanTurley(1993) KevinMaes,SpecialOfficer *JohnDow,Alternate SusanEmanovski, SpecialOfficer *PollyTurmelle,Alternate DavidMoser, Sp>ecialOfficer WoodSurveyors FireDepartment RaymondKeniston JohnHemeon,Chief RogerSanborn VirginiaSpead, 1stAssist. KenWard,2ndAssist. FenceViewer AaronShortt,FireWarden AaronShortt FastSquad NorthCountry Council MarkAndrew,Director Representatives PatrickHannigan DirectorofEmergencyManagement ErnestGoodspeed MarkAndrew (19~)indicatesendofelectedofficial'stennofoffice 'AppointedofHcials,notelected 3 THE STATEOFNEW HAMPSHIRE TOWNOFRUMNEY WARRANTFOR 1991 ANNUALMEETING To theinhabitants oftheTown ofRumney in theCountyofGrafton and Stateof New Hampshirequalifiedtovoteintownaffairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Fire Station on Depot Street in said Rumney on Tuesday, the 12th day ofMarch, next, at 11:00 o'clock in the forenoon at which time the polls shall be opened for balloting of Article 1, Article 2, and Article 3, and shall close not earlier than 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon, and you are hereby notified to meetatthe Town Hall in saidRumney onThursday, the 14th day ofMarch, next, at 7:00 in theafternoon for the secondsession oftheTown Meeting atwhichtimeaction willbetaken upontheremainingarticles in thiswarrant. ARTICLE 1: To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year. (By officialballotonMarch 12.) ARTICLE 2: Shall government of the police department of the Town of RumneybeentrustedtoapoUcecommission? (According to NH Law, RSA 105-C:1, this police commission would consist of 3 commissioners, who shall have been residents of the town for at least 3 years immediately preceding the date of their election or appointment By official ballot on March 12. Article is bypetition.) YES[ ] N0[ ] ARTICLE 3: If Article 2 is voted in the affirmative, shall the commission so establishedbychosenby: (A) popular election by town election, commencing at the next annual town meeting? (B) appointment by the governor with consent of the council, following the presenttown meeting? (NHLaw RSA 105-C:2 requires a vote to adopteitherone ofthe aboveprocedures. Popularelection wouldoccuratthe town election in 1992; appointmentby governor and council would take effectin 1991. By official balloton March 12. Article is by petition.) (A)POPULAR ELECTION [ ] (B) APPOINTMENTBYGOVERNOR/COUNCIL [ ] ARTICLE 4: To choose two members of the Advisory Board for the ensuing three years, one member representing Quincy and one member representing West Rumney. (The Advisory Board was established by Article 11 of the 1950 Town Meeting to confer with Town officials regarding budgets and emergency expenditures.) ARTICLE 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $103,950.00 to defray town charges forthe ensuing year. (Seebudgetdetails atend ofWarrant) ARTICLE 6: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,800.00 to defray the cost of operating the Fire Department and $1,000.00 to defray thecostofoperatingtheForestFireProgramduring theensuingyear. ARTICLE 7: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 to defray the cost of operation of the Fast Squad, with $500.00 of that amountto bepaidbyneighboring townsthatarecoveredby theFastSquad, and the sum of $100.00 to defray the cost of operation of the Emergency Management Program duringtheensuingyear. ARTICLE 8: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,263.00 to employ the services of a Prosecuting Attorney and $300.00 for the TaskForceon Domestic & Sexual Violencefortheensuingyear. ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $92,450.00 for the maintenance of highways and bridges during the ensuing year, and to authorize use of $27,460.55 from the Highway Block Grant Aid Program as an offsetagainsttheamountto beraisedunderthis article. ARTICLE 10: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500.00todefray thecostofstreetlights. ARTICLE 11: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 topurchaseafront-endloader/backhoe fortheHighway Departmentand to authorize the Selectmen to withdraw $10,000.00 from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for that purpose, with the balance of$10,000.00 to be raised by taxes. ARTICLE 12: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,200.00 to make structural and design improvements to the Schoolhouse Hill Bridge on the East Rumney Road, with $5,000.00 to be raised by taxes and $1,200.00 to be paid by developer Stanley Jackson according to a subdivision agreementwhichexpires September30, 1991. ARTICLE 13: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $61,650.00todefraythecostofmaintainingtheTownTransferStation. ARTICLE 14: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise andappropriate the sum of $990.00 to defray the Town's share of the costs of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District. ARTICLE 15: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise andappropriate the sum of $30,531.00 for the purposes of Health and Welfare (See budget details at end of Warrant) ARTICLE 16: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,100.00 forthepurposes ofCultureandRecreation (See budget details at end of Warrant) ARTICLE 17: To seeiftheTown will votetoraiseandappropriatea sum notto exceed $2,700.00 to defray the cost ofrepairing the exterior doors, stone steps and septic system at the Town Library and to authorize the Selectmen to withdraw $2,7(X).00 from the Town Facilities & Improvements Capital ReserveFund for that purpose. ARTICLE 18: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise andappropriate the sum of $3,(XX).(X) topave theparking lotatthe new Town officebuilding and authorize the Selectmen to withdraw the sum of $1,888.00 from the Town Office Construction Fund and the sum of$1,112.00 from the Town Facilities & Improvements Capital ReserveFundforthatpurpose. ARTICLE 19: To see ifthe Town will vote to raiseand appropriate the sum of $27,000.00 to defray the cost of interest expenses on loans in anticipation of taxes andothertemporaryloans. ARTICLE 20: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate sums to be added to previously established Capital Reserve Funds as follows: $5,000.00 to the HighwayEquipmentFund,$15,000.00 to theFireTruckFund, $500.00tothePolice CruiserFund, and$11,000.00 to theTownRevaluationFund. ARTICLE 21: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,469.00 to complete the purchase of a police cruiser through the Ford Motor Credit Company and to authorize the Selectmen to withdraw the sum of $9,469.(X) from thePoliceCruiserCapitalReserveFundforthatpurpose. ARTICLE 22: To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $44,110.00 for the purpose of Miscellaneous: Insurance and Withholding. (See budgetdetailsatendofWarrant)