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26(5 0- NUAL REPORT for the Town of HEBRON New Hampshire For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 2002 ThisAnnual Reportfor the Town ofHebron is dedicatedtoPeterC. Fortescueingratefulappreci- ation for his many years of dedicated, faithful serviceto theTown ofHebron. Peterservedon the Board ofSelectmen from 1977 to 1992, as wellas onothercommitteesandboards. Hisservicetothe Town always exemplifiedfrugality, honesty, and faithfulness. Hebron appreciatesyour efforts. Thank you Peter! 2002ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF HEBRON TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 3 Appointed Town Committees 4 2003 Town Warrant 5 2003 Budget 7 2002 Town Meeting Minutes 9 Tax Rate Calculation 2002 13 Summary Inventory ofValuation 14 Tax ExemptValuation 14 History ofTax Rate 14 Tax Collector's Report and Tax Lien Accounts 15 Comparative Statement ofAppropriations and Expenditures 16 Balance Sheet 17 Schedule ofTown Property 18 Bond Payments Schedule 18 Report ofTown Clerk 2002 18 & Treasurer's Report Detailed Statement of Receipts 19 Detailed Statement ofPayments 21 Hebron Library Financial Report 27 Trust Funds 28 Hebron Police Report 32 Hebron Fire Department 33 Hebron Fire DepartmentTreasurer's Report for 2002 34 Pemi-Baker Home Health Agency Report 35 Report to the People ofDistrict One 36 Tapply-Thompson Community Center 37 Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, Inc 38 Report ofHebron Gazebo Committee 2002 39 Lakes Region Planning Commission Report 40 Vital Records 2002 42 PAGE 2 TOWN OF HEBRON —NOTES— 2002 ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 3 TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR Everett Begor BOARD OF SELECTMEN Bruce D. MacDougall, Chairman (03) JohnW. Matthews (04) Sherbum C. Ramsay (05) TOWN CLERK Jane H. Ramsay TREASURER TAX COLLECTOR TraceyH. Steenbergen Madeleine MacDougall HIGHWAYSUPERVISOR Bruce Barnard POLICE CHIEF HaroldT. Reilly FIRE CHIEF & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTDIRECTOR John M. Fischer FOREST FIRE WARDEN William Robertie DEPUTY FIREWARDENS Bruce Barnard Thomas Bentley RogerComeau John Fischer Edward Smith NelsonAdams LIBRARIAN DonnaEsty LIBRARYTRUSTEES Georgean Hopwood (05) MaryBruni (03) SusanJackson (04) TRUSTEE OFTRUST FUNDS Donna Esty (03) Kelli Braconier (04) Ralph Larson (05) AUDITORS Edward Gempka DougRiddle SCHOOL BUDGET COMITTEE MEMBER Elizabeth Gabler (03) NEWFOUND AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MaryE. Campbell (03) ZONING INSPECTOR HEALTH OFFICER DanMerritt Board ofSelectmen SUPERVISORS OFTHE CHECKLIST NancyHoward (08) Barbara Brooks (04) Barbara Matthews (06) CEMETERYSEXTON RyanWilley PAGE4 TOWN OF HEBRON APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES PLANNING BOARD MeetsthefirstWednesday ofeveiymonth at 7:30 P.M. upstairs inthe Selectmen's Office Building Joseph "Jay" Matthews, Chairman (04) William Gabler (05) HeniyLynch (04) Curtis Mooney (04) Ralph Larson, Alternate (05) Alice Kirby, Alternate (05) Sherbum C. Ramsay, Selectmen's Representative JohnW. Matthews, Selectmen'sAlternate BOARD OFADJUSTMENT BruceA. Barnard, Chairman (05) Edward Gempka (05) Don Merrill (04) MaynardYoung (05) Bill White (04) Andrea Goldthwaite, Alternate (05) JohnW. Matthews, Alternate (05) Ron Collins, Alternate (05) CONSERVATION COMMITTEE John Dunklee (04) Bruce Barnard (03) HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Alan Barnard, Chairman (03) Ann Bryant (04) NancySycamore (04) Andrea Goldthwaite (05) Bruce D. MacDougall, Selectmen's Representative BEACH COMMITTEE Virginia Barnard, Chairman Edward Gempka Andrea Goldthwaite Elizabeth Gabler Paul White JamesAlbamont Everett Begor ^ GAZEBO COMMITTEE EverettBegor (03) Jane Ramsay (03) PEMI-BAKER HOME HEALTH AGENCY Nancy Sycamore, Representative Hugh Sycamore, Representative LAKES REGION PLANNING COMMISSION Jay Matthews, Representative Curtis Mooney, Representative 2002ANNUAL REPORT PAGES TOWN WARRANT 2003 To inhabitants ofthe Town of Hebron, in Grafton County, in the State of New Hampshire,youwho are qualifiedtovoteinTown affairs: Youareherebynotifiedtomeetatthe CommunityHallin Hebron onTues- day the 11th day ofMarch 2003 next, at 11:00 a.m. to act upon the following subjects: ARTICLE 1. To chooseallTown Officesforthe ensuingyearby officialbal- lot.Thepollswill openat 11:00a.m. and closeat9:00 p.m., and thebusiness meetingwill commenceat7:00p.m. ARTICLE2. To see if the Town will authorize a two percent discount on propertytaxes ifpaidwithinthirtydays ofthe date ofthebill. ARTICLE 3. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesum of Five Thousand One Hundred dollars ($5,100) to provide pro- gramming in the Gazebo on the Hebron Common for fiscal year2003. Saidfundsto be administeredbythe coordinators. ^'This is a special Warrant Article. (Recommended by the Select- men) ARTICLE4. We,theundersignedaspropertyownersandvoters ofHebron, herebypetitionthe Selectmentoraiseandappropriatethesum ofTwenty-Five Thousand dollars ($25,000) to pave Brookside Lane. ^This is a special Warrant Article. (Recommended by the Select- men) ARTICLE5. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesum of TwentyThousanddollars ($20,000)togrind,gravel,andrepave Cooper Roadfromthebridge to Brookside Lane. *This is a special Warrant Article. (Recommended by the Select- men) ARTICLE 6. To see iftheTown will raiseand appropriate the sum ofForty- TwoThousand dollars ($42,000) to redothetax maps. '^This is a special Warrant Article. (Recommended by the Select- men) ARTICLE 7. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof Two Thousand Nine Hundred dollars ($2,900) to purchase a digital radio forthe police department. ^This is a special Warrant Article. (Recommended by the Select- men) ARTICLE 8. To see ifthe Town will vote to create a Non-Capital Reserve Fund entitled Emergency Contingency Fund (per RSA35:l-c) and raise and appropriatethe sum ofFiveThousand dollarsto fund it. The Selectmenwillbe agentsto expend saidfunds. (Recommended by theSelectmen) ARTICLE 9. ToseeiftheTownwillvoteto raiseandappropriatethesumof PAGE6 TOWN OFHEBRON Ninety-FiveThousanddollars ($95,000)forthefollowingcapi- talreservefunds: Ambulance $12,000.00 Bridges $10,000.00 Communications $2,000.00 Fire $12,000.00 Highway $12,000.00 Town Hall $10,000.00 Police $6,000.00 Public SafetyBuilding $30,000.00 HighwayShed $ 1,000.00 (Recommended bytheSelectmen) ARTICLE 10. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof ThirteenThousandFiveHundreddollars ($13,500)topurchase twogeneratorsto provide emergencypowertotheTown shed and Selectmen's Office. (RecommendedbytheSelectmen) ARTICLE 11. We,theundersignedaspropertyownersandvoters ofHebron, hereby petitionthe Selectmento increasetheveterans exemp- tionfromthepresent$50to 100,asallowedunderRSA72:28a. Thismustbevotedbyballot. (RecommendedbytheSelectmen) ARHCLE 12. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof $15,000.00 forthe purchase ofradios forthe Hazardous Miti- gation Committee and authorize the Selectmen to withdraw $7,500.00fromthe Communications Fund. (Recommended bytheSelectmen) ARTICLE 13. We,theundersignedaspropertyownersandvotersofHebron, herebypetitiontheSelectmentodiscontinuetheserviceofplow- ingprivateroads and driveways. ARTICLE 14. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof FiveHundredTwenty-NineThousandTwoHundredSixty-eight dollars ($529,268) to defray charges forthe ensuingyear. This article EXCLUDES allpreviouswarrantarticles. (RecommendedbytheSelectmen) Given underourhandsand sealsthis 11th dayofMarch, 2003. Hebron Board ofSelectmen BruceD. MacDougall, Chairman JohnW. Matthews Sherbum C. Ramsay