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140th Annual Report ofthe Town and School Officers of CROYDON NEW HAMPSHIRE \A\ i'^^3 .4^/ FortheYearEnding DECEMBER 31, 1990 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreporttown1990croy ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN, TREASURER, ROAD AGENT, POLICE CHIEF AND TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUNDS AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES ofthe TOWN OF CROYDON NEWHAMPSHIRE -s^^^ /4i^-^* \^., 1763 A// Together with the Report ofthe SCHOOL BOARD and the VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1990 THE BARRETT PRESS Newport, Nil TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers Page3 Town Warrant 5 BudgetoftheTownofCroydon 8 SummaryInventoryofValuation 11 StatementofAppropriation 12 ComparativeStatement 16 FinancialReport 18 Town Clerk's Report 22 TaxCollector'sReport 23 Treasurer's Report 25 SummaryofPayments 29 DetailedStatementofPayments 30 ReportofTrustees'oftheTrustFund 36 LibraryTrustees'Report 37 ReportoftheCroydonPoliceDepartment 38 Report of the Forest Fire Warden 40 ReportoftheVolunteerFireDepartment 41 Ladies Auxiliary Report, C.V.F.D 43 Report of the Building Official 44 Zoning Board of Adjustment 45 NewportAmbulanceReport 46 Sullivan County Hospice 47 Lake Sunapee Home Health Care 49 Minutes of 1990 Town Meeting 50 Report of the School District 53 SchoolWarrant 55 SAUBudget 57 CroydonSchoolBudget 58 Report of the School District Treasurer 61 Superintendent'sReport 62 Director of Special Services Report 64 CroydonTuitionList 66 Croydon School District Minutes of 1990 69 Vital Statistics 71 Page 3 TOWN OFFICERS Moderator Jules H. Pellerin Town Clerk KoreenBridgeo Town Treasurer MarieNewcomb Selectmen DavidBridgeo WilUs H. Ballou, Jr. JaneChworowsky Tax Collector KoreenBridgeo Supervisors of the Checklist MichelleHuneven Janet S Pellerin AgnesMacKenzie . Ballot Clerks GeraldGross Dorothy Ballou LynnWalker JuliePreston-Ballou ArthurAnsart Health Officer EdwardAmos Police Department Frank Holmes, Chief Forest Fire Warden Harry P. Newcomb Road Agent DonaldLussier Croydon Volunteer Fire Department HarryP. Newcomb, Chief Philip Maheu, Deputy Chief CapL SanfordSpeer Lt. DonaldLussier Lt. Willis Ballou, Jr. Planning Board Michael Hughlock, Ch. ArthurAnsart Willis H. Ballou, Jr. TheodoreMorgan JudithAtwood Planning Board Alternates RobertGrieve GeraldGross JanetPellerin Page 4 Zoning Board of Adjustment Philip Maheu, Ch. Linda Schultz Michael Castellano BriarFreak William Walsh JackBayer Zoning Board of Adjustment Alternates LarryMcNeill Marie Bugbee Barry Walker FredYoung Building Official John Thorson Trustees of Trust Funds Rita D. Gross, Chairman Colleen Hughlock Librarian KoreenBridgeo DonnaLeslie Library Trustees HoneyVaine DonnaLeslie Koreen Bridgeo Dorothy Ballou Auditors Jules Pellerin MichelleHuneven SCHOOL OFFICERS School Board Marilyn Thorson,Chairman JaneChworowsky JacquelineRybicki Moderator Willis H. Ballou, Jr. Treasurer KoreenBridgeo Clerk RitaGross Auditor JanetPellerin Page 5 TOWN OF CROYDON THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WARRANT To the inhabitantsoftheTown ofCroydon, in the County ofSullivan, qualifiedto voteinTownAffairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday the 12th of March next at 11:00 o'clock in the forenoon, (polls not to close earlier than 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon), to act upon Article One; and to meet at said Town Hall on Saturday the 16th of March next at 1:00 o'clock to act upon the remainingwarrantArticles: ARTICLE 1. To choose one Selectman for three years, one Town Clerk/Tax Collector for three years, one Library Trustee for three years, one Trustee of the Trust Funds for three years, one Trustee of the Trust Funds for one year, two Auditors forone year, and all such officers and agentsas may be necessary forthe transaction ofTown'sbusiness fortheensuing year. ARTICLE 2, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $173,115 forgeneral townoperations. TownOfficers' Salaries $16,500 TownOfficers'Expenses 5,000 ElectionandRegistration 1,000 Cemeteries 1,500 GeneralGovernmentBuildings 2,500 ReappraisalofProperty 2,500 Planning andZoning 1,000 LegalExpenses 1,000 Advertising & Regional Associations 950 ContingencyFund(Tax Map, Audit) 8,000 NewportDispatch 2,725 TownMaintenance(SummerAVinter) 50,000 GeneralHighwayExpense 15,000 Cutting Brush 1,000 StreetLighting 2,000 GarbageRemoval - TownDump 33,000 Ambulance 2,125 LakeSunapeeHomeHealthCare 2,065 Sullivan County Hospice 250 General Assistance 1,000 Insurances 18,000 Social Security 4,500 Library 1.500 TOTAL $173,115 ARTICLE 3. To see ifthe Town will vote to authorize the Board ofSelectmen to hireall necessary sumsofmoney foruseduring theyearinanticipation ofTaxes. Page 6 ARTIQ.E4. To see iftheTown will vote to authorize the Board ofSelectmen to apply for,receiveandexpend federaland stategrants which maybecomeavailable during thecourse ofthe year, in accordance with RSA 31:95-b, andalso to accept and expend money from any othergovernmental unit orprivate source to be used forpurposes forwhich thetown maylegallyappropriatemoney. ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriatefortheCroydonPoliceDepartment. ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriatefortheCroydon VolunteerFireDepartment. ARTICLE 7. To see ifthe Town will vote toauthorize the Board ofSelectmen to enter into a lease agreement for the purpose of leasing a backhoe/loader for the Highway Department, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,775 (eight thousandsevenhundredseventy-fivedollars)forthatpurpose. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) forthepurpose ofpaying towardtheNew Highway GarageNote. ARTICLE9. To see iftheTown will vote to direct theTrusteesoftheTrustFund to entitle the present Capital Reserve Fund "New Equipment" to read Capital Reserve Fund "Highway Department Equipment" and establish said account in 1991. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) for the Capital Reserve Fund for Highway DepartmentEquipment. ARTICLE 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriateforthe supportoftheNewportSeniorCitizens, Inc. ARTICLE 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate forthepurposeofanofficialoutsideTownAudit. ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriatetoconstructahandicapaccessramp totheTown Hall. ARTICLE 14. To see whatsum ofmoney the Town will authorize the Selectmen to withdraw from the Revenue Sharing Account to offset the expenditures of the GeneralHighwayExpenseAccountduringthe 1991 calendaryear. ARTICLE 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for theresurfacingofPine Hill Roadand/orLoverin Hill Road, and to authorizetheSelectmen to withdraw monies from theRevenueSharing Accountto offsettheexpenses formaterialspurchased fortheproject(s), saidamounttobeno morethan$15,000(fifteen thousanddollars). Page 7 ARTICLE 16. To see ifthe Town will raise and appropriate the sum of$27,000 (twenty-seven thousand dollars) to purchase a one-ton 4x4 truck with accessories (i.e., Sander,plow) fortheHighway Department, andtoauthorize the withdrawalof $15,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for Highway Department Equipment to offsetsaidappropriation. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 (two thousand dollars) to update the Town's MasterPlan, and to authorize the Croydon Planning Board to contract, for three (3) years with the Upper Valley/Lake Sunapee Council for said purpose, total cost of the update to be no morethan$6,000 (six thousanddollars). ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept a sum of money (approximately $5,0(X) (five thousand dollars)), for refurbishing the Town Hall. Specifically topurchase a stove, refrigerator, updateplumbing, paintand supplies, make bathrooms handicap accessible, purchase curtain material, and kitchen accessories. (Submittedbypetition) ARTICLE 19. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. GivenunderourhandsandsealsatsaidCroydon this25thdayofFebruary 1991. Willis H. Ballou, Jr. JaneL. Chworowsky DavidBridgeo A truecopyofWarrant- Attest: WUlis H. Ballou, Jr. JaneL. Chworowsky DavidBridgeo Page 8 BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF CROYDON PURPOSES OF APPROPRIATION General Government Town Officers' Salary Town Officers'Expenses Election andRegistrationExpenses Cemeteries GeneralGovernmentBuildings ReappraisalofProperty Planning and 2k)ning LegalExpenses AdvertisingandRegional Assns. Contingency Fund (Tax Map Audit) Public Safety PoliceDepartment FireDepartment Newportdispatch Highways, Streets & Bridges Brush Cutting Town Maintenance General Highway Dept. Expenses Street Lighting