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2008 Annual Report Town of Boscawen, New Hampshire TOWN WARRANT & BUDGET with the 2009 ONTHE COVER: Photos courtesy ofthe N.H. State Veterans Cemetery We areproudthat the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery ispart ofBoscawen. Their Mission Statement is: To provide and maintain a dignified final resting-place to honor all veterans and eligible dependents which expresses the State's gratitude for their services to the country. Proudly Serving Veterans InMemoriam OurTownReportthisyearshowsthedeath of76individuals. This unusually high amountfora Town oursize isbecausemanypeople liveat theMerrimackCountyNursingHome. In thelaststagesoftheirlives, theyhavecalledBoscawen home. Therearealso those whosedeathswerenotrecordedhere si?zcethey werenotlivinginBoscawen when they died. Thecomplete listis onpages91 and92. Wehesitate to single outindividuals, butdososince thesepeople hada specialimpacton ourTown. We wouldberemiss ifwedidnotmention theirpassing, sincesomany ofthem helpedtomakeBoscawen the Town thatitis. EvelynM. Beauty Welfare Officer Edna MaeAtkinson Clark Holderofthe Boston Post Cane BruceA. Crete Owner ofthe largest farm in Boscawen Agricultural Leader, Active inTown Affairs Eva Fontaine Member ofthe Boscawen Historical Society NormaHeinz Member ofthe Police Commission AliceKingsbury Member ofthe Firemen's Auxiliary StanleyLaurenceSilver, Sr. Owner ofa large farm and part ofthe Old Home Day Parades with his oxen for many years — TABLE OFCONTENTS Balance Sheet 24 Comparative StatementofAppropriationsandExpenditures 24 DebtServiceCalculations 26 Detailed StatementofExpenditures 36 Employees' Salaries 17 Informational Page BackCover PlanningBoardDates Inside BackCover Reportsof BoardofSelectmen 46 BoscawenHistorical Society 74 BudgetCommittee 66 Building InspectorandCodeEnforcementOfficer 64 CemeteryTrustees 58 CentralNHRegional PlanningCommission 80 ConcordRegional VisitingNurseAssociation 86 ConservationCommission 70 Contoocook&North Branch RiversLocalAdvisoryCommittee 84 FireDepartmentwithBudget 50 FireWarden 54 ForestFireWardenandState ForestRanger 50 CapitalAreaFireMutualAidCompact 52 HealthOfficer 59 Human ServicesDirectorwithCommunityActionProgramReport 61 LibraryTrusteeswithBudget 68 Life SafetyOfficerwith Budget 54 Management's DiscussionandAnalysis(MD& A) 33 OldHomeDayCommittee 73 Parks andRecreation Committee 74 PenacookCommunityCenter 76 Penacook Rescue Squad 76 PlanningBoard 62 PoliceDepartmentwith Budget 48 Public WorksDepartmentwithBudget 55 ConcordRegional SolidWaste/ResourceRecoveryCooperative 57 Tax Collector 43 TownClerk 30 Town Meeting 2008 13 Treasurer General, SewerUsers,Recycling&Const. DebrisFunds & Impact Fees Acct. 35 TrusteesofTrust Funds 59 UNH CooperativeExtension 88 UpperMerrimackRiverLocal AdvisoryCommittee 82 Vital Statistics 89 ZoningBoardofAdjustment 63 ScheduleofTown Property 29 StatementofAppropriations andTax RateComputation 19 Summary InventoryofValuation 22 Town Officers— 2 Town Warrant— 2009 7 Town Budget 2009 10 1 2 2008TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT TOWN OFFICERS 2008 MODERATOR RickA. Trombly Termexpires 2009 SELECTMEN EdwardA. Maloof, Chair Term expires 2009 Bernard O. Davis, Jr. Term expires 2010 Roger W. Sanborn Term expires 2011 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Michael D. Wright ASSISTANT TO ADMINISTRATOR Doris T. Jones TOWN CLERK PamelaJ. Lorden 2009 DEPUTY TOWN CLERK KelleeJo Easier DEPUTY TOWN CLERK/GENEALOGICAL and ARCHIVAL INFORMATION Dorothy W. Sanborn TREASURER Gail H. Egounis 201 TAX COLLECTOR Pamela W. Hardy DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR Michael D. Wright POLICE DEPARTMENT ChiefSean P. Sweeney SergeantKevin S.Wyman Corporal ScottJ. Lewis Sr. Patrolman Daniel J. Ball, Jr. Officer Eric M. Drouin OfficerMatthew R. Mercier ** Officer Robert M. Mottram OfficerDaniel J. Poirier Auxiliary Officer Justin D. Malcolm Administrative Assistant Lynne A. Davis PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Dean A. HoUins, Public Works Director Harold N. Lamb, Sr., General Foreman Michael D. Broas** Adam B. Egounis Steve C. Keniston Joel E. Lorden Benjamin A. Matott Phillip G. Parkhurst Seth V. Waters** Part-Time Paul L. Merchant SEXTON OF CEMETERIES Dean A. Hollins FOREST FIRE WARDEN Ray R. Fisher DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS John Ayers Mark E. Bailey Michael Fisher Timothy Kenney Corey Welcome FIRE DEPARTMENT ChiefRay R.Fisher Deputy ChiefMark E. Bailey Captain Michael W. Fisher Lieutenant John Ayers Lieutenant Timothy Kenney Lieutenant Corey Welcome Engineer Alan Perkins Clerk/Treas. Ronald L. McDaniel 111 2008TOWNOFBOSCAWEN ANNUALREPORT Firefighters Dix Bailey William Bailey, IV Justin Carrier** AlexanderCovatis Mark Davis Scott Dow Adam Egounis Daniel Fisher Paul Gagnon Michael Insley Brandon Klein Jeremy Littlefield Justin Malcolm Bradley Newbery John Pearl Robert Petrin Kevin Rowell Jason Smith** James Tomlin Joseph Toupin Marc Weimer Logan McDaniel-Jr. Firefighter Jacob Otis-Jr. Firefighter HEALTH OFFICER Philip I. Mitchell HUMAN SERVICES OFFICER PamelaW. Hardy LIFE SAFETY OFFICER Ray R. Fisher BLDG INSPECTOR/CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Alan H. Hardy EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTDIRECTOR Ronald L. McDaniel OFFICIAL WEIGHERS Bruce A. Davis MarkN. Harbour SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER JamesF. Colby William Bailey, Jr. FrederickJ. Egounis FENCE VIEWERS RayR. Fisher Douglas R. Supry Michele L. Tremblay SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Doris T. Jones Term expires 2012 Pamela W. Hardy Term expires 201 Ernest P. Jones, Jr., Chair Term expires 2014 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Henrietta I. Kenney, Chair Term expires 2010 Sherman Stickney Term expires 2009 Diane C. Martin — Tenn expires 201 Dorothy R.W. Sanborn Trustee Emeritus Termexpires Apr. 201 1+ LIBRARY TRUSTEES CharlesNiebling Term expires 2009 Todd West, Chair Term expires 2009 Mary E. Weeks Term expires 2010 Susan K. Curtis Term expires 201 Cheryl Mitchell Term expires 201 *retired **resigned +appointed 111111111111 2008TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Tracy Jo Bartlett, Chair Term expires 2011 Doris T. Jones Term expires 2009 Pauline Dawson Term expires 2010 PLANNING BOARD Noreen E. Powers, Chair Term expires Oct. 2010 Pauhne E. Dawson, Vice Chair Term expires Sept. 2009 RobertaWitham Term expires Jan. 201 Lorrie Carey Term expires Jan. 201 John P. Reilly, Jr. Term expires Sept. 201 RhodaW. Hardy Termexpires Apr. 201 BernardO. Davis, Jr. Member Ex-Officio DeborahJ. Wentworth Secretary Alternates WiUiam Urbach Term expires July 2009 Dawn Whiting Term expires March 201 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Lyman A. Cousens, Chair Term expires Oct. 2010 Roger W. Sanborn Term expires May 2009** Sandra Hodgdon Term expires Aug. 2008** Susan Searah Term expires May 2009 Brandon Klein Terni expires Aug. 201 Gail H. Devoid Term expires June 2010 Diane F. Littlefield Term expiresNov. 201 DeborahJ. Wentworth Secretary Alternates Terrence P. O'Connor Term expires Aug. 201 1** Noreen E. Powers Term expires Sept. 201 Carl Chaplin Term expires June 2010** Douglas R. Supry Term expires June 201 PARKS and RECREATION COMMITTEE Joel White Terni expires Feb. 2009 Kellee Jo Easier Term expires March 201 Kimberly Kenney Term expires March 201 Edward A. Maloof Member Ex-Officio CONSERVATION COMMISSION Michele L. Tremblay, Chair Term expires Mar. 201 Michael R. Jette, Vice Chair, Treasurer Term expires Mar. 2010** Mark D. Ciarametaro Term expires Nov. 2009 James F. Colby Term expires Mar. 2010 Norman Lapierre Term expires Mar. 2009 Kathy Smith Term expires Nov. 2009 11 2008TOWNOFBOSCAWEN ANNUALREPORT 5 Alternates Sylvia E. Bradford Term expires Apr. 2009 William Caswell Term expires Nov. 2009** Lisa Bissonnette Term expires April 2011 POLICE COMMISSION Claire D. Clarke, Sec. Term expires Mar. 2009 Norma Heinz Term expires Mar. 2009± Douglas R. Supry, Vice Chair Term expires Apr. 2010 Robert Tucker Tenn expires Jan. 2010 MarkVamey Term expires March 2010 Bernard O. Davis, Jr. Member Ex-Officio Sean P. Sweeney ChiefofPolice PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION BruceA. Davis Term expires Mar. 201 Theodore J. Houston, Chair Term expires Mar. 201 Neil E. Coulson, Sr. Term expires Feb. 2009 Dorothy Robie Reinert, Sec Term expires Feb. 2010 Fordyce A. Pearl, Sr. Tenn expires Feb. 2010 Michael D. Wright MemberEx-Officio Dean A. Hollins Public Works Director RECYCLING COMMITTEE Brenda B. Bartlett Term expires Dec. 2009 Theodore J. Houston Term expires Jan. 2010 RhodaW. Hardy, Chair Term expires Apr. 2011 Bruce Crawford. Secretary Term expires Aug. 2010 Elaine Clow Term expires Aug. 2010 Nancy Clark Term expires Jan. 2010 HildaGoodnow Term expires Feb. 2011 Harold Hardy Term expires Feb. 2011 RichardHollins TermexpiresJan. 2010 BUDGET COMMITTEE Martha Crete Term expires Jan. 2012 Dorothy B. Reinert Term expires Jan. 2012 James F. Colby Term expires Sept. 2010 Thomas Danko Term expires Oct. 2010 Carol Locke** Term expires Jan. 2011 John Keegan Term expiresJan. 2011 William Murphy Term expires Jan. 2012 Sean Skabo Term expiresJan. 2011 *retired **resigned 4appointed ± deceased 12 1 11 6 2008TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT BOSCAWEN OLD HOME DAY COMMITTEE ErnestP. Jones, Jr., President** Deb Wentworth, Vice Pres. RhodaBergeron, Secretary Rhoda Hardy, Treasurer Lyman Cousens Marie Cummings Polly Dawson Hilda Goodnow Doris Jones** DonnaJudd Susan Kilgus Laura Lane SueRichardson Jennifer Stella BOSCAWEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Caroletta Alicea Lorrie Carey UPPERMERRIMACK RIVER LOCALADVISORY COMM. REPS. Stephen C. Landry Term expires Jan. 2010 Michele L. Tremblay, Chair Term expires Jan. 2010 CONTOOCOOK RIVER LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Edward Cherian REPRESENTATIVES TO THEGENERAL COURT—Merrimack District 6 Jennifer R. Coffey Joy K. Tilton 748 Raccoon Hill Road 4 Hill St. Andover,NH 03216-4040 Northfield, NH 03276-161 286-8806 Claire D. Clarke Frank A. Tupper 437 Daniel Webster Highway PO Box 92 Boscawen, NH 03303-241 Canterbury, NH 03224-0092 796-2268 783-4110 Priscilla Lockwood Deb Wheeler 435 Northwest Road 38 Bay St. Canterbury, NH 03224-21 1 Northfield, NH 03276 783-4349 286-8212 STATE SENATOR EXECUTIVE COUNCILOR Harold Janeway John Shea 225 TylerRd 8 Mclntyre Rd Webster, NH 03303 Nelson, NH 03457 MERRIMACK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS J. D. Colcord, Chair Elizabeth Blanchard Leo Beraier 4 Court St., Suite 2, Concord, NH 0330 228-033