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Annual Reports of the Town of WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR 1993 nil II! N.H. MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION EXCELLENCE IN ANNUAL REPORTS PLACE 1st 1993 Cover photograph courtesy of William Johnson, Photographer, NH Bristol, Annual Reports ofthe Town Officers of WASHINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1993 Together with Reports ofthe WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1993 TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers Directory 2 1994 Town Meeting: Warrant forAnnual Town Meeting 5 1994BudgetforTown 13 1994 BudgetforTown, DetailedExpenses 21 Financial Statements, YearEnding December31, 1993: Auditor's Statements: Combined Balance Sheet 32 StatementofEstimated and Actual Revenues 43 StatementofAppropriations, Expenditures andEncumbrances 45 Statement ofChanges inUnreserved-Undesignated Fund Balance 47 Notes to the Financial Statements 33 Auditor's Report onFinancial Presentation 31 BondedDebt, Statementof 48 CemeteryTrustees' Funds Report 49 SheddFree LibraryTreasurer's Report 50 StatementofPayments, Detailed 51 TaxCollector'sReport 74 TownClerk's Report 76 Treasurer'sReport 77 Trustees' ofTrustFunds TrustFunds Report 79 Checking AccountReconciliation 80 Wages forTownEmployees 81 OutstandingTaxes Due 83 Tax Rate Information: CurrentUse Report 85 Elderly ExemptionCount 85 Property ValuationSummary 85 TaxRateComputationandBreakdown,TaxCredits, TaxRateCommitment,TaxRate Valuation 86 ReportofTown Officers andCommittees: ArchivesCommittee 88 Assessors, Boardof 88 Cemetery Trustees 89 Fire Chief, WashingtonFireDepartment 90 Health Officer 91 Lake SunapeeRegion Visiting Nurse Association 92 Meeting HouseCommittee 93 Old HomeDay Committee 94 Parks andRecreation Commission 95 Planning Board 96 Recycle Center 97 Road Agent, Washington Highway Department 97 RescueSquad 98 Selectmen, Boardof 99 SheddFree Library 101 SullivanCounty Hospice 102 TownProperty, Schedule of 103 Vital Statistics 105 Recordof 1993 Annual Town Meeting 106 WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT PinkSection TOWN OFWASHINGTON TOWN OF WASHINGTON TOWN OFFICERS DIRECTORY MODERATOR G. Michael Otterson 1994 SELECTMEN Lindsay Collins, Chairman 1994 BruceF. Woodbury 1995 Robert Crane II 1996 TOWN CLERK Vicki Dodge 1996 Deputies: Janice E Philbrick Lynda B. Roy TOWN TREASURER Kathy Iadonisi 1994 Deputy: Lynda B. Roy TAX COLLECTOR Janice E Philbrick 1994 Deputies: Vicki Crane Lynda B. Roy Deputy Boat Tax WilliamLofgren 1994 HIGHWAY AGENT DavidHunt 1994 POLICE CHIEF James X. Dodge FIRE CHIEF RobertJ. Wright 1994 SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST NatalieJurson 1994 Alan Goodspeed 1996 James Gaskell 1998 BALLOT CLERKS Marcia Goodspeed 1998 Alice Hannus 1998 MarthaHarrison 1998 Kathy Iadonisi 1998 Wendy Otterson 1998 Barbara Torrey 1998 JeannetteWalsh 1998 TRUSTEES OF BarbaraFields 1994 THE LIBRARY Betty Talpey 1995 Virginia McKinnon 1996 TRUSTEES OF ElizabethWood 1994 THE TRUSTFUND Lynda B. Roy 1995 Gwendolyn Gaskell 1996 TRUSTEES OF Ethel Crane 1994 THE CEMETERIES Barbara Gaskell 1995 Ronals Roy 1996 1993ANNUALTOWN REPORT LIBRARIAN Barbara Gaskell PLANNING BOARD Jeremy Langley** 1994 Lindsay Collins, Ex Officio Selectman 1994 Thomas Talpey, Clerk 1994 William Crowley, Chairman 1995 Charles Fields 1995 Julia Dunton, Chairman* 1996 Alternates: G. Michael Otterson 1995 Marvin Jager 1994 BOARD OF Rufford Harrison 1994 ADJUSTMENT Ronald Max 1994 Richard Cilley 1995 Robert Hamill* 1995 William Lofgren, Chairman 1996 Michael Andrews 1996 Alternates: Bruce Woodbury 1994 James Gaskell 1995 Robert Hamill 1996 BOARD OF Kathleen Hunt 1994 ASSESSORS Arline France 1995 Linda Cook 1996 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR David Hunt Alternate: Robert Crane, II COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Lindsay Collins CUSTODIAN Hector Levesque FOREST FIRE WARDEN Robert J. Wright 1995 Deputies: Hans Eccard 1995 John Eccard 1995 George Eccard 1995 Robert Crane, II 1995 Johathan France 1995 Donald Gaskell 1995 David Hunt 1995 Jed Schwartz 1995 Edward Thayer 1995 Bruce Woodbury 1995 ARSON INVESTIGATOR Katy Otterson TOWN OFWASHINGTON PARKS & Kathleen Hunt 1994 RECREATION Linda Cook 1995 COMMISSION Patricia Bouchard 1995 HectorLevesque 1996 Kimberly Grant 1996 ARCHIVES GraceJager COMMITTEE Vicki Crane Sally Krone HEALTH OFFICER BruceWoodbury 1994 MEETINGHOUSE Sally Krone COMMITTEE Philip Barker Sally Jenkins Richard Cilley Patricia Fallon * Vivian Clark** Lynda Roy PERAMBULATOR Philip Barker * Resigned during 1993 ** Appointed tofill vacancy 1993ANNUALTOWN REPORT 5 State ofNew Hampshire TOWN WARRANT 1994 To the inhabitants ofthe TownofWashingtonqualified to vote inTown affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Camp Morgan Lodge in said Washington on Tuesday, the eighth day of March next at nine o'clock in the forenoon. The polls will open at 10:00 a.m. andnot close before 7:00 p.m. to elect Town Officers. The fol- lowing articles will be actedupon: ARTICLE 1. To elect by nonpartisan ballot a Town Treasurer, a Road Agent, and a Fire Chief for one year, a Selectman, a Moderator, a Planning Board Member, and a TownClerkfor two years; a Selectman, a Tax Collector, a Library Trustee, a Trustee of Trust Funds, a Cemetery Trustee, a Planning Board Member, an Assessor, and a Parks and Recreation Commission member for three years; and a Supervisor of the Checklist for six years; and any other Town Officers; and to vote on the referendum items ap- pearing on the ballot. ARTICLE 2. To hear reports of any and all officers, committees and agents of the Town and to take any action inrelation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty Five Dollars ($176,645.00) to de- fray the costs ofGeneral Governmentfor the ensuing year. The Selectmenrecommend this appropriation Executive 41,282.00 & Election, Registration Vital Statistics 10,537.00 Financial Administration 48,355.00 Legal Expenses 15,000.00 Insurance 45,808.00 General GovernmentBuildings 11,727.00 Planning and Zoning 3,936.00 [This articleis estimatedto add $2,041 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($10,200.00) for the care and maintenance of the cemeteries of the ensuing year. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. Care andMaintenance $8,000.00 Stone wall repair, OldCemetery $2,200.00 [This article is estimated to add $0.118 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish an Expendable General Fund Trust Fund under the provisions of RSA Chapter 31:19-a for the purpose of establish- ing a Health Insurance Reimbursement Account, to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) to be placed in this fund, and to designate the Selectmen as agents to expend. This is a Special article and is recom- mendedby the Selectmen. [This article is estimatedto add $0,087 to the tax ratein 1994.] ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofForty One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty Three Dollars, ($41,783.00) for the operation of 6 TOWN OFWASHINGTON the Police Department for the ensuing year. The Selectmenrecommend this appropria- tion. Salary, Chief 23,000.00 Salary, Officers 7,660.00 FICA/Medicare 586.00 HealthInsurance 5,600.00 Retirement 762.00 Animal Control 375.00 Clerical Supplies 400.00 CruiserMaintenance 1,000.00 Dues 50.00 Equipment 600.00 TelephoneExpense 1,500.00 Uniforms 250.00 [This article is estimatedto add $0,483 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($34,175.00) for the operation of the Fire Department for the ensuing year. The Selectmen do not recommend this ap- propriation. Administrative 1,800.00 Air Bottles andExtinguisher 3,000.00 Electricity 1,800.00 Heat 2,300.00 Equipment 4,800.00 Insurance 8,925.00 Maintenance 800.00 PerformancePay 250.00 Supplies 2,400.00 Telephone 1,000.00 Training 4,000.00 VehicleMaintenance 1,500.00 NFPA Physicals 1,600.00 [This articleis estimatedto add $0,395 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofEleven Hundred Dollars ($1,100.00) for Emergency Management for the ensuing year. The Selectmenrecommend this appropriation. Civil Defense 100.00 ForestFire Control 1,000.00 [This article is estimatedto add$0,013 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($10,520.00) forEmergency Communications fortheensuingyear. The Selectmenrecommendthis appropriation. Dispatch 4,700.00 Electricity 120.00 Improve orReplaceEquipment 2,350.00 Radio and PagerRepairs 2,200.00 TelephoneLines 1,150.00 [This article is estimatedto add$0,122 to the tax rate in 1994.] 1993ANNUALTOWN REPORT 7 ARTICLE 10. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofFour- teen Thousand ($14,000.00) formotorfuel to service theFire, Highway, Police, Rescue andSanitation Departments. The Selectmen recommendthis appropriation. [This articleis estimatedto add $0,162 tothe tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofTwo Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Six Hundred Six Dollars ($236,606.00) for the operation of the Highway Department for the ensuing year. The Selectmen recommend this ap- propriation. Salary, Road Agent 26,291.00 Salaries 61,401.00 Overtime 11,030.00 FICA/Medicare 8,199.00 CompensationPay 6,051.00 Clerical 2,400.00 Health Insurance 20,338.00 Dues 50.00 Electricity 1,300.00 General RoadImprovements 13,996.00 Heating Fuel 2,300.00 Leases and Rentals 8,700.00 Miscellaneous 900.00 Parts and Supplies 32,000.00 RoadMaintenance Materials 36,000.00 Safety Materials 500.00 StreetLighting 1,350.00 Telephone 800.00 Uniforms 3,000.00 [This article is estimated to add $2,734 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofForty Six Thousand One Hundred SixteenDollars ($46,116.00) for the operation ofthe Solid Waste Recycling Center for the ensuing year. The Selectmen recommend this appro- priation. Salaries 14,820.00 FICA/Medicare 1,135.00 Health Insurance 5,561.00 Dues 100.00 Electricity 400.00 Leases 2,250.00 Marlow TrashRemoval 1,500.00 Miscellaneous 500.00 Telephone 225.00 TippingFees 18,500.00 Training 125.00 VehicleMaintenance 1,000.00 [This article is estimatedto add $0,533 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofFour- teen Thousand One Hundred Forty-Five Dollars ($14,145.00) for Health and Welfare for theensuing year. The Selectmenrecommend this appropriation. 8 TOWN OFWASHINGTON Health Administration 929.00 Fica/Medicare 71.00 HealthDepartmental Expenses 500.00 CommunityYouth Advocates 250.00 Lake SunapeeHome Health 2,098.00 Marlow Rescue Squad 100.00 Sullivan CountyHospice 250.00 WashingtonRescue Squad 3,000.00 General Welfare 5,800.00 Welfare Administration 800.00 FICA/Medicare 62.00 Dues 35.00 Departmental Expenses 250.00 [This article is estimated to add $0,163 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofThirty One Thousand One Hundred Sixty SevenDollars ($31,137.00) for the operation of the Parks and Recreation Commission andforPatriotic Purposes for the ensuing year. The Selectmenrecommend this appropriation. RegularMaintenance - WaterTests 100.00 RegularMaintenance - Band Stand 200.00 RegularMaintenance - Electricity 150.00 RegularMaintenance -Miscellaneous 1,000.00 RegularMaintenance -Lawn Care 7,000.00 SummerProgram - Payroll 7,820.00 SummerProgram -FICA/Medicare 598.00 SummerProgram - Materials 500.00 Summer Program - RecreationEquipment 150.00 Caretaker -Payroll 2,600.00 Caretaker - FICA/Medicare 199.00 Telephone 450.00 Electricity 1,500.00 Heat 1,500.00 Septic Maintenance 100.00 Docks 250.00 Alarm SystemMaintenance 500.00 Cottage Repairs 3,500.00 Fire Extinguisher 100.00 Grade and Seed 100.00 Miscellaneous 200.00 Furniture 900.00 Special Events 1,000.00 Special Events - Supplies 100.00 Advertisements 300.00 KitchenUpdate 100.00 PatrioticPurposes 250.00 [This articleis estimated to add $0,360 to the tax rate in 1994.] ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum ofThir- teen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00) for the operation ofthe Shedd FreeLibrary forthe ensuing year. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation.

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