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ANNUAL REPORT for the Town of HEBRON CM 00 COO New Hampshire :>^ m (^ S PMQ ^ § K X S pDc; D Q 1 For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1997 1997ANNUALREPORT TOWN OFHEBRON TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 3 TownWarrant 5 Petition 8 Budget 9 TaxRate Calculations 11 SummaryInventoryofValuation, HistoryofTaxRate 12 TaxCollector'sReportandTaxLien Accounts 13 Comparative StatementofAppropriations and Expenditures 14 Balance Sheet 15 Schedule ofTownProperty 16 Bond Payments 16 TownClerk's Report 16 Treasurer's Report&Detailed StatementofReceipts 17 Detailed StatementofPayments 19 TrustFunds 24 Selectmen'sThankYou 28 HebronLibraryFinancial Report 28 HebronPolice Report 29 HebronFireDepartment 30 HebronFireDepartmentImprovementFund 31 Pemi-BakerHomeHealth Agency 32 Reporttothe Citizens ofCouncilDistrictOne 33 Bristol CommunityCenter 34 GraftonCountySeniorCitizens Council Report 36 Pemi-BakerYouth &FamilyServices Council,Inc 37 Hebron GazeboProgrammingReport 39 VitalStatistics 40 ImportantTelephoneNumbers BackCover Page2 TOWN OFHEBRON — — NOTES 1997ANNUALREPORT Pages TOWN OFFICERS Moderator EverettBegor Selectmen William R. White,Jr., Chairman (98) Bruce A. Barnard (99) BruceD. MacDougall (00) Town Clerk Jane H. Ramsay Treasurer TaxCollector TraceyH. Steenbergen EllaB. Dunklee Highway Supervisor Edward N. Smith Police Chief Harold T. Reilly Fire Chief&EmergencyManagement John M. Fischer ForestFire Warden William Robertie DeputyFire Wardens Nelson Adams BruceBarnard Roger Comeau MarkConnor John Fischer EdwardSmith Librarian Donna Esty Library Trustees MarleneJohns (98) Claudine Huckins (99) AnneEsty (00) Trustees ofTrustFunds MD MauriceHuckins,Jr., (98) Robert O. Alenson (99) Donna Esty (00) Auditors JohnMatthews Edward Gempka SchoolBudgetCommitteeMember William Gabler (00) SchoolBoardMemberNewfoundAreaSchoolDistrict MaryE. Campbell (00) ZoningInspector Health Officer FrancisW. Trussell ColleenTewksbury Supervisors ofthe Checklist BarbaraBrooks (98) BarbaraMatthews (00) NancyHoward (02) CemeterySexton Edward Smith Page4 TOWN OFHEBRON APPOINTED TOWN COMMITTEES PlanningBoard Meeting the firstWednesday ofeverymonth at7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Office JohnMatthews (00), Chairman JayMatthews (98) FrankTrussell (99) GrantleySagris (98) Bruce A. Barnard (Selectmen's Representative) HenryD. Lynch (00) (Alternate) Sherburn Ramsay (98) (Alternate) Bill Gabler (00) (Alternate) BoardofAdjustment JohnW. Matthews, Chairman (98) GaryFilteau (98) Norton Braley (00) Ed Gempka (99) PeterFortescue (99) Madeleine MacDougall (99) (Alternate) PaulHazelton (99) (Alternate) StephenWeber (00) (Alternate) Conservation Committee RonaldJohns, Chairman (99) BruceBarnard (00) JohnDunklee (98) HistoricDistrictCommission Bill Robertie, Chairman (pO) Bruce MacDougall (Selectmen's Representative) DavidSettele (98) LuDelisle (98) JohnDowney (99) Beach Committee VirginiaBarnard, Chairman Edward Gempka Andrea Goldthwaite ColleenTewksbury PaulWhite James Albamont EverettBegor Gazebo Committee EverettBegor (98) Jane Ramsay (98) RogersRecreation Committee NortonBraley Lee Alexander JaneWeber Hebron-GrotonAthleticAssociation Committee BruceBarnard DougMerrill NortonBraley 1997ANNUALREPORT Page5 TOWN WARRANT TotheinhabitantsoftheTownofHebron,inGraftonCounty,intheStateofNew Hampshire, youwho are qualified to vote inTown affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Community Hall in Hebron on Tuesday, the tenth day ofMarch next, at 11:00 a.m. to act upon the following subjects: ARTICLE: 1. TochooseallTownOfficersfortheensuingyearbyofficialballot.Thepolls willopenat 11:00a.m. andcloseat 9:00p.m.,andthebusinessmeetingwill commence at 7:00 p.m. 2. To see if the Town will vote to approve, by ballot of "yes" or "no," the following amendments to the town zoning ordinance as proposedby the PlanningBoard: Note: This is a non-discussionitem, tobevotedbyballot atthepolls. 1. Are you in favor of changing Article IV, J: CHANGE OF NONCON- FORMINGLOTS, toArticleIV,J.2andaddingArticleV,J.l soitreads: NonconformingLots: A nonconforminglot ofrecord as ofthe effective dateofthisordinanceoramendmenttheretomaybebuiltupon,without the need for a variance, provided that all provisions ofthis Ordinance exceptlot size and/orfrontage canbe met. 2. Are you in favor of changing Article IV,0.1: ROAD FRONTAGE so it reads:Anylotortractoflandshallhaveaminimumroadfrontageofone hundred fifty (150) consecutive feetonatleastone road,providingthat alotortractoflandwithone (1) singlefamilydwellingmaybeallowed withlessornofrontageifaccesstosaidlotortractoflandisprovidedby a deeded right-of-wayordriveway servingnotmore thantwolots and which is constructed so as tobe adequate for fire and otheremergency vehicles, and provided further that the minimum frontage provision shallnotimplythateachunityofownershipwheresomelandisowned incommonsuchasinaplannedunit,cluster,orcondominiumdevelop- mentneedhaveminimum allocated frontage. 3. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizeatwopercentdiscountonproperty taxesifpaidwithinthirtydaysofthedateofthetaxbiU.(Recommendedby the Selectmen) 4. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$2,150tobe administered by the coordinators and to provide programming in the gazeboontheHebronCommonforthefiscalyearof1998. (Recommended bythe Selectmen) 5. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$11,000for Page 6 TOWN OFHEBRON repairsandsealingtheGeorgeRoadfromRte.3AtothetopofOrchardHill where thepavementpresentlyends. (Recommendedby the Selectmen) 6. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$20,000for Hobart Hill Road improvements and authorize the Selectmen to transfer $20,000fromthefundbalance.Thisistoreplaceculvertsandrepairsidesof theroadfromSherwoodKidderstoapproximatelyErnestAdams' (Recom- . mendedbythe Selectmen) 7. To see ifthe Townwillvote to raise and appropriate the sum of$1,125 to paveFavorRoad.Thissumwillbeappliedwiththesumencumberedfrom 1997warrantarticle5.(Seebalancesheet)(RecommendedbytheSelectmen) 8. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of$6,200to paveButternutRidgeRoad.Thissumwillbeappliedwiththesumencum- bered from 1997warrant article 7. (See balance sheet) (Recommendedby Selectmen) 9. To seeiftheTownwillvotetoraise andappropriatethe sumof$10,000to pave CrossRoad. (Recommendedbythe Selectmen) 10. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$11,000: (a) ($4,000)topainttheSelectmen'sOfficeandLibrary(b) ($4,000)topaintthe Rogers Property house (c) ($3,000) to paint the cemetery fence. (Recom- mendedbythe Selectmen) 11. ToseeiftheTownwillvote toraise and appropriate the sum of$3,000for repairs and improvements to the Hebron-Groton Athletic field. (Recom- mendedbythe Selectmen) 12. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$66,500for thefollowingcapitalreserves:Police$6,000,Fire$11,000,Highway$6,000, Communication$3,000, EMS$10,500,Bridges$10,000, TownHall (Rogers Property) $20,000. (Recommendedbythe Selectmen) 13. We the undersigned as property owners and voters in Hebron hereby petitiontheBoardofSelectmentoraisethenecessarymoniestopaveJames LaneandtheportionofSarahLanenotpavedassoonaspossible.Thetwo roadsareverymuddyinthespringandextremelydustyinthesummeras wellasveryunsmoothmostofthetime.Thedustaffectstheexteriorofthe housesaswellastheinteriorandcarsastheytraveltheroads. (Bypetition- seepetitionattheendofthewarrant)(NotrecommendedbytheSelectmen) 14. To seeiftheTownwillvote toraiseand appropriate the sum of$1,800for fireprooffilesintheTown Office. (Recommendedbythe Selectmen) 15. To seeiftheTownwillvote toraise andappropriatethe sumof$6,175for perambulationoftownlineswiththeTownofGroton. (Recommendedby 1997ANNUALREPORT Page7 the Selectmen) 16. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of$2,500 to study the relocation ofGeorge Roadwith the intersection ofNorth Shore. (Recommendedby the Selectmen) 17. To see ifthe Townwill vote to raise and appropriate the sum of$2,000 to level part of the town shed lot and to authorize the Selectmen to use $1,918.41 from warrant article #10 of the 1996 town meeting for this purpose. (Recommendedbythe Selectmen) 18. To seeifthe Townwillvote toraise and appropriate such sums ofmoney asmaybenecessarytodefraychargesfortheensuingyear.Thisarticlewill exclude allwarrant articles. Givenunderourhands and sealsthis20th dayofFebruary 1998. WUliamR. White,Jr., Chairman Bruce A. Barnard BruceD. MacDougall Board ofSelectmen Page8 TOWN OFHEBRON TO: he Selectmen I Iown ot Hebron Hebron, New Hampshire We the undersigned as property owners and voters in Hebron hereby petition the Board of Selectmen to raisethe necessary monies to paveJames Lane and the portion of Sarah Lane not paved as soon as possible. Ihetwo roads arevery muddy inthe Spring and extremelydusty in the summer as well asvery unsmooth mostofthe time. Ihe dust affectsthe exteriorof the housesaswell as the interior andcars as theytravelthe roads. 2. ^J^'-^'O-^u^^^ -^ y?U::?^/e^c^ 14. ^ ^ b. ' 2U. 21. /l^\^H- ji^^^^^Y"^ 10. 22. 11. 23. 12. 24.