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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS BROOKFIELD NEW HAMPSHIRE 1997 life rrrri IMM: ^ fjSTsr,;;-^^:^^;^..,' lor the fiscal year ending December31, 1997 Vital Statistics for 1997 Annual Reports of The Town Officers Brookfield Carroll County New Hampshire 1997 For the fiscal yearending December31, 1997 Vital Statistics for 1997 EmergencyTelephoneNumber 911 Fire Police Ambulance Table of Contents List ofTown Officers 1 Town Warrant 4 Purposes ofGeneral Government 6 Town Budget 7 Treasurer's Report 9 TownClerk's Report 18 Tax Collector's Report 19 Report ofthe Planning Board 20 Report of theCodes EnforcementOfficer 21 Report of the Wakefield Ambulance Corp 21 Report of the Wakefield Police Department.... 22 Report ofForest Fire Warden 24 Report ofthe Visiting Nurse Association - Hospice 24 Report of the Animal ControlOfficer 25 Auditors' Report 26 Report ofthe Brookfield ConservationCommission 26 Report ofthe Town Archivist 27 Report ofthe Trustees of the Trust Funds 28 Vital Statistics 30 List ofTown Officers Selectmen Bradford N. Williamson RobertHeinlein C.ThomasStimson TermExpires 199S TermExpires 1999 Term Expires 2000 Treasurer HarrietK. Wilson,Term Expires 1998 Town Clerk Virginia McGinley,Term Expires 1998 Tax Collector Diana Peckham,Term Expires 1998 Health Officer Diana Peckham PoliceChief Timothy Merrill (Wakefield) Civil Defense Director Bradford N. Williamson ForestFireWardens DouglasVanderpool, Warden DavidQ.Towle BruceWiggin Richard Peckham Bradford Williamson Auditors Norman RoyleTerm Expires 1998 Jean AlbroTermExpires 1998 Moderator ErnestBrown,Jr.Term Expires 1998 SupervisorsoftheCheckList JeanAlbro NancyJacobson DianaQuarnstrom Term Expires 1998 Term Expires2000 Term Expires2002 BallotClerks EarlineLeonard ElizabethTozier Gloria Duffy Ann Pinkham TrusteesofTrust Funds RonaldFountam ChristopherPinkham Martha Pike Term Expires 1998 Term Expires 1999 Term Expires 2000 PlanningBoard lanet Williamson, Chnirperson Term Expires 1998 Ann Pinkham, Vice Chairperson Term Expires 1998 Richard Peckham Term Expires 1998 Ronald Murray Term Expires 1999 Leonard Chase Term Expires 2000 Martha Pike Term Expires 2000 Bradford Williamson, Selectmen's Rep. Norman Royle, Alternate Zoning Board ofAdjustment Charles Barber Term Expires 1998 Terry Colligan Term Expires 1998 Malcolm Kurth Term Expires 1999 Fred Perry Term Expires 1999 Robert Heinlein, Selectmen's Rep. Leonard Chase, Alternate Jay Badger, Alternate Conservation Commission Christopher Pinkham Term Expires 1998 Warren Brodrick Term Expires 1998 Charles Buckland Term Expires 1999 Doug Vanderpool Term Expires 1999 lames Whittemore Term Expires 2000 RcMiald Murray, Chairperson Term Expires2000 ludv Brenner, Alternate Selectmen's Hours Tuesday6:30 P.M. to8:30 P.M. alternateweeks Town House 522-3688 Town Clerk's Hours Monday 1:00 P.M. to8:00 P.M. Town House 522-3231 Tax Collector's Hours Second and Fourth Friday9:00 A.M. to2:00 P.M. Anyother timebyappointment 522-6551 PlanningBoard's Hours Second Mondayofeach month 7:30 P.M. to9:30 P.M. Town House 522-3688 Conservation Commission's Hours First Wednesdayofeach month 7:30 P.M. Town House . TownWarrant STATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE lotheinhabitantsoftheTownofBrooktleldintheCountyofCarrollin saidState,qualifiedtovoteinTownAffairs: YouareherebynotifiedtomeetattheTownHouseinsaidBrookfieldon TuesdaythetenthdayofMarch,next,atsevenoftheclockintheevening toactuponthefollowingsubjects: Pollswillbeopenfrom 1:00to6:00P.M. 1 TochooseallnecessaryTownOfficersforthecomingyear. (By Ballot) 2. Tovotetoaccepttheamendmenttoreinstateatownestablished minimumsetbackforwetlandsintothecurrentZoningOrdinance. (ByBallot) 3. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheSelectmentoborrow moneyinanticipationofthe 1998taxes.(MajorityVoteRequired) 4. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheSelectmentocontract withtheTownofWakefieldforpoliceprotectionandtoraiseand appropriate$67,405.00forthesame.(MajorityVoteRequired) 5. ToseeiftheToutiwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof $24,091.00forfireprotectionandambulanceserviceprovidedby theTownofWakefield.(MajorityVoteRequired) 6. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof $29,417.00foruseoftheSanbomvilleLandfill,withanaddi tional sumof$2,500.00toberaised fortheuseoftheSeptage Lagoon.(MajorityVoteRequired) 7. ToseeiftheTownwill votetoraiseandappropriatethesumof $3,000.00forthecompletion,production, andprintingofthe townhistory.(MajorityVoteRequired) 8. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumol $6,500.00 fortheExpendableGeneral FundknownastheTown BuildingsMaintenanceFund. (MajorityVoteRequired) 9. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof $2,500.00tobeplacedinanexpendabletrust fund forthe preservationoftownrecords.(MajorityVoteRequired) 10. Tosee iftheTownwill votetoraiseandappropriate$125,000.00 tobuildanewTownofficebuildingandtoauthorizetheBoardof Selectmentobuildsuchbuilding,andtofurtherauthorizethe BoardofSelectmentowithdrawall fundsfromtheTownMeeting BuildingCapitolReserveFundtobeappliedtotheamountvoted toberaisedandappropriatedforthenewTownofficebuilding. (ThisarticleisrecommendedbytheSelectmen.) (MajorityVote Required) 11. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheBoardofSelectmen towithdrawfundsfromtheFutureLandAcquisitionsCapitol ReserveFundandtoapplythesefundstotheamount votedtobe raisedandappropriated forthenewTownOfficeBuilding. (This articleisrecommendedbytheSelectmen.) (MajorityVote Required) 12. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheBoardofSelectmen toacceptonbehalfoftheTowngifts,legacies,anddevicesmade totheTown intrust foranypublicpurpose,aspermittedbyRSA 31:19.(MajorityVoteRequired) 13. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheBoardofSelectmen toapplyfor,accept,andexpend,withoutfurtheractionbyTown meeting,moneyfromthestate,federal,orothergovernmentalunit oraprivatesourcewhichbecomesavailableduringtheyear,in accordancewithRSA31:95b.(MajontyVoteRequired) 14. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraisesuchadditionalsumsof moneyasmaybenecessarytodefrayTov\tiChargesforthe ensuingyearandmakeappropriations forsame,assetforth hereafter.(MajorityVoteRequired) Purposes of General Government General Government