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TOWN o OF BOSCAWEN NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2001 TOWN WARRANT & BUDGET with the 2002 11 Alladdresses17HighSt,BoscawenNH EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT—796-2426 03303 unlessnoted RonMcDaniel,Director SELECTMEN'SOFFICE — 796-2426 796-2316FAX HEALTHOFFICER 796-2426 Officehours:Mon.-Fri. 8:00-11:00AM PhilipMitchell,Jr.,HealthOfficer 12:00-5:00PM HUMANSERVICESOFFICER RhodaW. Hardy,Chairman;EdwardA.Maloof; 796-2426or796-2801 BernardO.Davis,Jr.; JohnM.Young SherleneB.Fisher,TownAdministrator; LIFESAFETYCODEOFFICER—796-2426 KarenLLesko,AssistanttoAdministrator HaroldHamilton;Phone753-9451 after5:00PM Selectmen'sMeetingsareheldat 17HighStreet 2ndand4thWednesdayseachmonthat3:00PM TOWNMODERATOR TAXCOLLECTOR—796-2426 RickA.Trombly PamelaJ. Davis ShirleyA.Bailey,Deputy SUPERVISORSOFTHECHECKLIST Officehours:Tues.,Wed.&Thurs. JaneMorrill,Chair;LindaWhite,Eliz.Gagne 8:30AM-11:00PM& 12:00-5:00PM PUBLICLIBRARIES—796-2442or753- TOWNCLERK—796-2426 8576 AnneS.Hardy PamelaJ.Davis,Deputy BarbaraKeegan,Librarian MainLibrary, Officehours:Mon.&Thurs. 248KingSt.,Boscawen03303; Phone796- 8:0AM-11:00PM& 12:00-4:30PM 2442 Tue.&Wed.8:00-11:00AM& 12:00-6:30PM Hours:Tuesday 1:00-7:00PM&Thursday1:00- TREASURER/BOOKKEEPER—796-2343 7:00PMandSaturday8:00AM-12:00PM BranchLibrary,73NorthMainSt.,Boscawen GailEgounis — 03303;Phone753-8576 PUBLICWORKS 796-2207or796-2426 Hours:Monday&Wednesday1:00-7:00PM RichardHollins,Director; CEMETERIES Forinformationaboutplots 13WoodburyLane;Boscawen03303 — callRichardHollins796-2207or TRANSFERSTATION 796-2122 DorothySanborn796-2582sum.or796-221 MarlboroRoad,hours: win. Wednesday&Saturday7:30AM-3:30PM CONSERVATIONCOMM.—796-2615 (DumpstickeravailableatTransferStation) MicheleTremblay,Chair POLICEDEPARTMENT Meetingsareheldat 16HighStreetonthe4th 796-2277 Thursdayofeverymonthat7:00PM EMERGENCY911 POSTOFFICE—Nophone ChiefDavidCroft, LauraLane,Postmistress; Office1h9ouHrisg:hMSotnre.e-tF,riB.os8c:a00weAnM03-340:300PM Office2h2o8urKs:inMgonStd.a,yB-oFsrciadwaeyn10:3303-053:30PM CarolBoucher,Clerk/Dispatcher Saturday11:00AM-L00PM FIREDEPARTMENT BOSCAWENCONGREGATIONAL EMER79G6E-2N4C14Y911 CHURCH,UCC—796-2565 BurningPermitsCh-iCeofnRtaacyt:FiRshaeyr,Fisher796-2498 T1h2eHRiegvh.SLtirenedta,SB.oGsrcaayw,eMnin0i3s3t0er3, — GENEALOGICAL/HISTORICAL PLANNINGBOARD 796-2478 INFORMATION WilliamLambert,Chair; DorothySanborn796-2582sum.or796-221 OfficeDhoeubrosr:aMhoJn..W,eTnutewso.r,tWhe,dS.ec&.Thurs. win. AM- AM HenriettaKenney,796-2960;VirginiaColby, 8:00 11::00 Meetingsheldon2ndTuesday 225-3122;RonaldReed,796-2236; eachmonthstartingat7:00PM SueSmith,BoscawenHistoricalSociety — PENACOOK-BOSCAWENWATER ZONINGBD.OFADJUSTMENT 796-2478 PRECINCT—796-2206or796-2813 PamelaJ. Davis,ZoningOfficer 9WoodburyLane,Boscawen03303 LymanCousens,Chair Officehours:Wednesday5:00-7:00PM; OfficehDoeubrosr:aMhoJn..W,eTnutewso.r,tWhe.dS.ec&.Thurs. JamesF.Colby,WilliamHeinz, AM- AM MichaelCunningham, Commissioners; 8:00 11:00 PeterMiner,Superintendent Meetingsheldon4thTuesday TOWNMEETING eachmonthstartingat7:30PM Heldthe2ndTues. afterthe 1stMon.ofMarch, BoscawenTownHall EMERGENCYTELEPHONENUMBERS FIRE/RESCUE 911 <B7<r DEDICATION ofthe 2001 ANNUAL REPORT JAMES H. STEENBEKE, SR. Jim and Mary Steenbeke movedto Boscawen and started Steenbeke's General Store in April 1954. Elected Selectman in March 1960, he served in that capacity for 12 years. He was here to see the Planning Board established in 1963, to see the earlywork on the sewer system, anew Fire House in 1969, and was instrumental inbringing Elektrisolato Boscawen. His grandson, James H. Steenbeke, III, is now President and Owner ofthe companythat he and Mary founded, and his extended family is involved, notonly inthe company, but in many ofthe Town affairs. On the Cover: Lookingnorth attheJunction ofRoutes 3 and4 approximately45years ago Postcard courtesy ofBernard Davis, Jr. 2 2001 TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Balance Sheet 27 Comparative StatementofAppropriations and Expenditures 28 Debt Service Calculations forTransfer Station 29 Detailed StatementofExpenditures 33 Informational Page Inside Front Cover Reports of Auditor 21 B.E.S.T. AfterSchool EnrichmentProgram 63 Board ofSelectmen 41 BudgetCommittee 62 CemeteryTrustees 56 CentralNH Regional PlanningCommission 73 Concord Regional VisitingNurseAssociation 78 Conservation Commission 67 Fire Departmentwith Budget 45 ForestFire Warden and State ForestRanger 47 Friendsofthe Boscawen Town Libraries 66 Health Officer 56 Historical Society 72 Human ServicesOfficerwith CommunityAction ProgramReport 57 LibraryTrusteeswith Budget 65 Old Home Day Committee 69 Parks andRecreationCommittee 61 PenacookCommunityCenter 73 PenacookRescue Squad 71 PlanningBoard 59 Police Commission 44 PoliceDepartmentwith Budget 43 Public Works Budget 49 Concord Regional Solid Waste/Resource RecoveryCooperative 51 TaxCollector 39 Town Clerk — 31 Town Meeting 2001 15 — Treasurer—General Fund 32 Treasurer—SewerUsers Fund 37 Treasurer Recycling Fund 38 Trust Funds 52 UNH Cooperative Extension 80 UpperMerrimack RiverLocal AdvisoryCommittee 75 Vital Statistics 81 ZoningBoardofAdjustment 59 ZoningOfficer 60 Schedule ofTown Property 30 Statement ofAppropriations and Tax Rate Computation 22 Summary InventoryofValuation 25 Town Officers— 3 Town Warrant— 2002 8 Town Budget 2002 12 2001 TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT TOWN OFFICERS 2001 MODERATOR RickA. Trombly Term expires 2002 SELECTMEN RhodaW. Hardy Term expires 2002 EdwardA. Maloof Term expires 2003 Bernard O. Davis, Jr. Term expires 2004 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Sherlene B. Fisher ASSISTANT TO ADMINISTRATOR Karen L. Lesko SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST (part-time) Leona M. Dwyer TOWN CLERK Anne S. Hardy2003 DEPUTY TOWN CLERK PamelaJ. Davis DEPUTY TOWN CLERK/GENEALOGICAL& ARCHIVAL INFORMATION Dorothy W. Sanborn TREASURER Gail H. Egounis 2002 TAX COLLECTOR PamelaJ. Davis DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR Shirley A. Bailey POLICE DEPARTMENT ChiefDavidA. Croft Sergeant Craig Saltmarsh Officer Brendan S. Merchant OfficerJohn F. LaRoche Officer Sean P. Sweeney PART TIME: RobertF. Bunnell George R. Cushman James M. Lavery JeffreyG. Stone Clerk/Dispatcher Carol A. Boucher PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Richard A. Hollins -- Appointed Dean A. Hollins TimothyJ. Welch HaroldN. Lamb, Sr. Jayson B. Westgate PART TIME Paul L. Merchant Charlie H. Westgate SEXTON OF CEMETERIES Richard A. Hollins-Appointed FOREST FIRE WARDEN Ray R. Fisher-Appointed DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS Mark E. Bailey Timothy J. Kenney* Gus A. Swenson Michael W. Fisher Carlos Goncalves GregoryTaylor *resigned 2001 TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ChiefRay R.Fisher Deputy ChiefMark E. Bailey Captain Timothy J. Kenney* Lieutenant Michael W. Fisher Lieutenant Carlos Goncalves Lieutenant GregoryTaylor Engineer Alan Perkins Clerk/Treas. Ronald L. McDaniel Firefighters John Ayers Roy T. Meier William G. Bailey IV Paul O'Keefe Dix Bailey CraigA. Perkins Jon W. Barchand Robert D. Petrin ScottDow ChristopherF. Sanborn ChristopherC. Drew Mike T. Sweeney Jonathan S. Dyment Gus Swenson FrederickJ. Egounis James K. Tomlin Daniel L. Fisher Joseph Wm. Toupin Peter R. Fisher Corey A. Welcome Reginald LaClair HEALTH OFFICER Philip I. Mitchell HUMAN SERVICES OFFICER John M. Young HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANT Evelyn W. Beauly LIFE SAFETY OFFICER HaroldA. Hamilton TRAILER PARK INSPECTOR PamelaJ. Davis EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR Ronald L. McDaniel OFFICIAL WEIGHERS Bruce A. Davis MarkN. Harbour SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER Charles L. Brown** William Bailey, Jr. FrederickJ. Egounis FENCE VIEWERS Ray R. Fisher Douglas R. Supry Michele L. Tremblay SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Jane C. Morrill, Chairman Term expires 2002 Linda White Term expires 2004 Elizabeth M. Gagne Term expires 2006 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Dorothy W. Sanborn Term expires 2002 Beverly A. Welcome Term expires 2003 Henrietta I. Kenney, Chairman Term expires 2004 ^resigned **deceased 2001 TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT LIBRARY TRUSTEES DorothyW. Sanborn Term expires 2002 Lynn Colby Term expires 2002 John Colby Term expires 2003 Todd West, Chairman Term expires 2003 Mary E. Weeks Term expires 2004 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS TracyJo Bartlett Term expires 2002 Karen A. Hardy Term expires 2003 BridgetA. Fontaine Term expires 2004 PLANNING BOARD Dale Jackson Term expires April 2002 William R. Lambert, Chairman Term expires April 2002 Alfred Goldenberg Term expires July 2003 Alan DeStefano Term expires April 2004 William S. Caswell, Jr. Term expires July2004 Richard R. Judd Term expires August2004 Brad R. Whitney Term expires December2004 Bernard O. Davis, Jr. Member Ex Officio Deborah J. Wentworth Secretary ALTERNATES SaraAtkinson Term expires April 2004 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Maureen Jackson Term expires Aug. 2002 Alan H. Hardy Term expires April 2003 RogerW. Sanborn, Vice Chair Term expires May2003 Gail H. Devoid Term expires June 2004 LymanA. Cousens, Chair Term expires Oct. 2004 Deborah J. Wentworth Secretary ALTERNATES Anthony P. Fontaine Term expires May2002 Susan D. Pillsbury Term expires May2002 Joseph Colby, II Term expires Aug. 2002 Kristen B. Laferriere Term expires Nov. 2002 SandraHodgdon Term expires Nov. 2004 ZONING OFFICER PamelaJ. Davis PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE Cynthia Wheeler Term expires 2002 Michelle Supry Term expires 2003 Jeffrey Cote Term expires 2003 2001TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT Derek P. Sawyer Term expires2003 Jack Gagnon Term expires 2003 Joel P. White, Chairman Term expires 2004 EdwardA. Maloof Member Ex-Officio CONSERVATION COMMISSION 2001TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMITTEE, 2001-2002 Rene Bollengier Theodore Houston, Jr. Claire Clarke John Keegan James F. Colby Laura Lane Neil Coulsen, Sr. EdwardMaloof David Croft William Murphy Thomas Danko Kirsten Powelson BernardDavis, Jr. Bunny Randlett RayFisher Sherman Stickney Sherlene "Doddy" Fisher Douglas Supry RhodaHardy REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT ClaireD. Clarke John Swindlehurst 437 Daniel Webster Highway 144 StarkHighway South Boscawen, NH 03303 Dunbarton, NH 03046 796-2268 774-3451 Eric Anderson Richard Kennedy 4 RiverRoad 1459 Maple Street Bow,NH 03304 Contoocook, NH 03229 228-0448 STATE SENATOR EXECUTIVE COUNCILOR RobertB. Flanders Peter Spaulding PO Box 1 386 Gage Hill Road Whiton Road Hopkinton, NH03229 1 Antrim, NH 03440 (H) 746-2670 588-2159 (0)225-1000 MERRIMACKCOUNTY COMMISSIONER RickA. Trombly 23 Tremont Street NH Boscawen, 03303 753-9059 PoliceDepartmentmembers holdan annualBicycle Rodeo forchildren atthe BoscawenElementarySchool 8 2001TOWNOFBOSCAWENANNUALREPORT The State ofNew Hampshire BOSCAWEN TOWN WARRANT THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 AM TO 7:00 PM. To the Inhabitants ofthe Town ofBoscawen in the County ofMerrimack in said State, qualifiedto vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Boscawen on Tuesday, the twelfth day ofMarch, 2002, at Eight ofthe Clock in the Forenoon, to actuponthe following subjects: 1. To choose all necessaryTown Officers fortheyearensuing. YOUARE FURTHERNOTIFIEDTOMEETATTHE TOWNHALLIN BOSCAWENONTUESDAY,THETWELFTH DAY OFMARCH,2002,AT 7:30PMTOACT UPONTHE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $2,450,000 for the purpose of preparing plans and specifications, land acquisitions and/or easements, and for the construction of sewer and drain improvements located in the Gage Street and School Street areas ofBoscawen as identified as Project #1 in an engineering report prepared on March 30, 2001, and to authorize the issuance of not more than $ 1,352,000 of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions ofthe Municipal Finance Act, NH RSA 33:1 et. seq., as amended; and to authorize the Selectmen to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon as shall be in the best interest ofthe Town including the use of the State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) RSA 486:14 established for this purpose and/or USDA Office of Rural Development, if desired. The balance of $ 1,098,000 or such part thereof as necessary to complete said project to be raised by applicable State, Federal or other Grant programs and to authorize the Selectmen to apply for and obtain and accept Federal, State or other grants or aid, if any, which may be available for said Project and to comply with all laws applicable to said Project; andto pass anyvote relatingthereto. (2/3 ballotvote) Recommended by Selectmen and Majority ofthe Budget Committee 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,675,000 for the purpose of architectural and engineering design and construction of improvements and equipping the Town Offices andthe Police Station atthe former Main Street School, located on North Main Street; to authorize the issuance of not more than