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Annual Reports 1998 New Hampshire Danville, CoverPhoto: Veteran'sWarMemorial Onthe 1998 ballot,votersapprovedawarrant allocatingfunds forthe purchase andinstallationofaVeteran'sWarMemorial. Thememorial wasunveiledduringthe 1998 Memorial Day festivities, which included aparade forthe firsttimeinmanyyears. ANNUAL REPORTS ofthe TOWN OF DANVILLE NEW HAMPSHIRE For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1998 More specific details concerning Town Government are available from your Board ofSelectmen, Selectmen's Clerk, oryour Town Clerk during office hours. INDEX 1999 BudgetsandWarrants DEDICATION Melton R. Sanborn June 22, 1909 - December 14, 1998 Melton Sanborn was born in Danville and was a life long resident. During his years here he served in many ofthe Town office positions and the school PTA (including PTA president). The Town office positions he held included: tax collector, road agent, cemetery sexton, cemetery trustee, and Town forester. He also had been very active with the Danville Grange, the Danville Historical Society, the Old Meeting House Association, the Danville Fire Department, and the Rockingham County Forest Fire Warden's Association. He was still the Town's forester when he passed away. Melton was an invaluable resource to those in the Town who sought out information on the Town's history and on life in Danville many years ago. Hewill be missed by all ofus. CURRENT TOWN OFFICERS Moderator WalterFries Selectmen Michael Asselin J. Russell Pouliot RobertJ. Kent Town Clerk DoreenMoore DeputyTownClerk LindaCarey Treasurer Russell Hodge Deputy Treasurer SandraHealy Tax Collector Jane E. Sigilman DeputyTax Collector LeiannCotton Road Agent Clyde Goldthwaite Supervisorsofthe Checklist Francine Byron Mary Rumery BarbaraByrne LibraryTrustees GloriaMaduzia Nancy Sheridan Nancy Powers-Daniels Trustees ofthe Cemeteries Beth L. Caillouette Leon Buzzell Robert Rondeau Trustees ofthe TrustFunds BarbaraChalmers Patricia Cote PeterMeigs Animal Control Officer Denise Laratonda AssistantAnimal Control Officer PamelaCollins Building Inspector J. Russell Pouliot Electrical Inspector PeterDoucet CURRENT TOWN OFFICERS (continued) AssistantElectrical Inspector KennethPitkin Plumbing Inspector JosephFitzpatrick Furnace Inspector M. DavidKimball HealthOfficer Brian Lockard TownForester MeltonR. Sanborn FireChief M. DavidKimball Fire Wards M. DavidKimball Steve Woitkun JohnCaldwell TownEngineer TerryTrudel S.E. Cummings & Assoc. Director, EmergencyMgmt. M. DavidKimball (Acting Director) Police Chief Wade H. Parsons PoliceOfficers Wayne Young Leo Beauchamp, III Douglas Melanson Raymond Berube Daniel Greeley Bryan Bielecki . . 1998 OFFICIAL BALLOT RESULTS Voted on March 10, 1998 1 ElectedTown Officials 2. Elected School DistrictOfficials Warrants 3-5: AmendZoning Ordinance as follows: 3. AmendArt. IV, ParagraphA, Section 2.a. Approved Add2 paragraphs to Art. VII, ParagraphC Approved Addnewchapter, Art. XIII, ImpactFee Ordinance Approved Appropriate fiinds forLibraryAddition Defeated IfWarrant 6 is approved, appropriate $2,400 in Library OperatingFunds NotPassed Appropriate $50,000to LibraryCapital Reserve Defeated 9. IfWarrant 6 fails, form aJoint Library Study Committee Approved 10. Change title ofFire Department Capital Reserve Funds to Fire Dept. Capital Reserve Fund forFuture Fire Dept. Vehicle Purchases Approved 11 $30,000 forFire Dept. Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund Approved 12. $4,200to purchase anderectaVeteran's War Memorial Approved 13. $4,000 forCemetery Capital Reserve Fund Approved 14. Appropriate $15,000 to establish aCapital Reserve Fund forbridge and culvert repaironJohnsonRd. Approved 15. $25,000 for Sandown Road Capital Reserve Fund Approved 16. Eliminate ResidentTax Approved 17. If 16 approved, reduce Tax Collector's Budget by $900 Approved 18. Appropriate funds for street lightingon the comerof Rt. 1 llA and Back Rd. Approved 19. Appropriate $10,000 to install infield, erectthebackstop and dugouts onthe ball field atClyde Goldthwaite RecreationalFacility Approved 20 Appropriate $4,500 to install sand volleyball courts at the Clyde Goldthwaite Recreational Facility Defeated 21 Approve thenewoperafingbudgetof$982,017 Approved 1998 SUMMARYINVENTORYOF VALUATIONS Value ofLandonly Land inCurrent Use SELECTMEN'S MESSAGE The Selectmentakethisopportunityto stress the importanceofgetting involved withthe Townandhelping shapewhatDanvillewill be like twenty years from now. Onepersoncanmake adifference. Ifyoudon't getinvolved, the views ofa fewmaydetermine the fate oftheTown. Therewere anumberofsignificantissuesthisyear. The firstwasthe findings of the Supreme CourtcasebetweenDanville andTerraRealty. The court found in favorofTerraRealtyandtheirrightto use Tuckertown Road due to adeeded right-of-way associated withtheirproperty deed, andthe findings thatthe Town'spositionoftheroadbeinghistoric and anatural feature wasnot substantiated. Sincethe Fall of1998 the BoardofSelectmen have been negotiating anAgreementwithTerraRealty concerning the gravelpermit conditions. AsofJan. 27* thesenegotiations are on going. Anothersignificant issue wasthe competitive procurementofanew trash/recycling contractor. Waste Management, inc. wasthe lowbidderand began providing services on Jan. 1, 1999. A newcontract was issued forrepairofthe Cub Pond dam. Workwill begin in the Spring 1999. Dueto State and Federal laws regardingunderground storagetanks, the three underground storagetanksbehindthe Fire Station wereremoved in Jan. 1999. Newabove ground storagetanks forheatingoil were installed forthe Fire Station andTovm Hall. Newtanks forgas anddicsel fuels will be installed in the March/April 1999timeframe. Closeto $ 1,000,000 Capital Reservefunds inroadreconstructionwill be needed inthe next fewyearsto repairthe culvert on Sandown Road, the culvert onJohnson Road, and rebuildpartofPine Street. Partial grant funding from the Statehasbeenapplied for(decisionhasnotbeen receivedyet). IfDanville does notrepairthese roads, the State will downgrade theiruse withinthe next five or so years and vehicles such as school buses and trash trucks will notbe allowed to crosstheculvertson Sandown andJohnsonRoads. The Selectmenhaveworkedtoprovide the voters with ballot articles on library expansion so thatthe voters may decide which library expansion alternativethey wantthe Town to pursue. The Board ofSelectmen will apply to the Superior Court foraSpecial Town Meeting in June 1999 to appropriate funds forthe alternative selected by the voters. Michael Asselin J. Russell Pouliot RobertJ. Kent