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Annual Reports 1997 mmm New Hampshire Danville, CoverPhoto: Kimball Safety Complex MembersoftheDanvilleFireDepartment assembled in honorofDonald Kimball onthe dayofhisfuneral. The safetycomplexwas recently renamedto honorall the membersof theKimball Familywho have servedtheTownofDanville. ANNUAL REPORTS ofthe TOWN OF DANVILLE NEW HAMPSHIRE For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1997 Full details concerning every aspect ofTown Government are available at anytime from yourBoard ofSelectmen or your Town Clerk. INDEX 1998 BudgetsandWarrants ColoredPagesa-r Animal ControlReport BuildingInspector'sReport Budget CommitteeReport Cable CommitteeReport CemeteryTrustees' Report Comparative Statementof1997 AppropriationsandExpenditures CompensationforLaborand Services ConservationCommissionReport Dedication Detailed SummaryofPayments Financial Statement FireDepartmentReport HighwayDepartmentReport HeritageCommissionReport Independent Auditor'sReport 1996 IndependentAuditor'sReport 1995 InventoryofValuations LibraryReport OutstandingPropertyTaxes PlanningBoardReport PoliceDepartmentReport Selectmen'sMessage Summary of1997 OfficialBallot TaxCollector'sReport TovmClerk'sReport TownForester'sReport TownOfficersListing Treasurer'sReport Trusteesofthe Trust Funds' Report Vital Statistics DEDICATION Thisyear'sTownReport isbeingdedicated, asonemight expect,toDONALDMORSEKIMBALL, who passed away onDecember 16, 1997. He left thisworld attheyoungageof56-buthe managedtodo morefortheTown inhis morethan 30 years of servicetoDanville, than most peoplecould do inthecourseof several lifetimes. Asoneofthe Selectmen said"hereally sometimes could beapain" but ifDonthoughthewasrighthewould fight youtothefinishto provehewas right. And onthefew occasionsthat hewaswrong, hewasusually bigenoughto admit it-ratherthantrytoblame it onsomeoneelse. At least fivepositionsonthe 1998 Townballot are open, dueto hisuntimely passing. It is sometimes saidthat people "live and breathe" for acertain cause. Ifthat isthe case, DonKimball lived and breathed fortheTownofDanville. Hehasalready been missed-he is being missed at thepresenttime-andhewill surely continuetobemissed in thefuture. Farewell, ohgood andfaithful servant! CURRENTTOWN OFFICERS Moderator WalterFries Selectmen Michael Asselin J. Russell Pouliot Alan Sherwood TownClerk DoreenMoore DeputyTownClerk LindaCarey Treasurer John Trumbull TaxCollector JaneE. Sigilman DeputyTaxCollector Leiann Cotton Road Agent Clyde Goldthwaite Supervisors ofthe Checklist FrancineByron MaryRumery Donald Kimball (Deceased) LibraryTrustees GloriaMaduzia Nancy Sheridan NancyPowers-Daniels Donald Kimball (Deceased) Trusteesofthe Cemeteries BethL. Caillouette LeonBuzzell Trusteesofthe TrustFunds BarbaraChalmers Shelley Demaine Animal Control Officer StephenManni Assistant Animal Control Officer Emmanuel Fardella Building Inspector J. RussellPouliot Electrical Inspector PeterDoucet AssistantElectrical Inspector KennethPitkin PlumbingInspector JosephFitzpatrick CURRENTTOWN OFFICERS (continued) Furnace Inspector M. DavidKimball HealthOfficer BrianLockard SextonofCemeteries JohnCaldwell TownForester MeltonR. Sanborn FireChief M. DavidKimball FireWards M. DavidKimball SteveWoitkun Donald Kimball (Deceased) JohnCaldwell TownEngineer S.E. Cummings & Assoc. Director, Emergency Mgmt. DonaldKimball (Deceased) M. DavidKimball (ActingDirector) Police Chief WadeH. Parsons Police Officers LeoBeauchamp, III DouglasMelanson Rosemary Millard MarkRoy OriettaRoy WayneYoung . . 1997 OFFICIALBALLOT RESULTS Voted on April 8, 1997 1 Elected TownOfficials 2. Elected SchoolDistrictOfficials Warrants3-6: AmendZoningOrdinance as follows: 3. Addparagraphto Art. V, Paragraph G Approved 4. Amend Art. V, ParagraphG, last paragraph Approved 5. Add Art. XI, GrowthManagement&Land UseControl Approved 6. Add Art. XII, Telecommunications FacilityOrdinance Approved 7. AppropriateflindsforLibrary Addition Defeated 8. AppropriateLibrary Operating Funds Defeated 9. Appropriate $50,000Library Capital Reserve Approved 10. AdoptRSA202A:4-dto allowgifts ofpersonal propertytolibrary Approved 11. Appoint SextonoftheCemeteries Approved 12. Appropriate $25,000FireDept. Cap. Reserves Approved 13. Hire2fiill timefirepersonnel Defeated 14. Allowsaleof1952 pickup & place funds into FireDept. CapitalReserves Approved 15. Appropriate $5,000torefit 1978 pickup Approved 16. $18,000 emergencygen. fortownbuildings Approved 17. $2,100forDoppler system Defeated 18. $10,000forPoliceCruiserCapitalReserves Approved 19. $10,000 forCapitalReserves-Pine St. repair Approved 20. $10,000 forCapitalReserves forJohnsonRd. Defeated 21. $10,000 forCapitalReserve- SandownRd. repair Approved 22. ModifyElderlyExemptionsQualifications Approved 23. PublicauctionoftownlandMap 3, Lot 131 Approved 24. $15,000 CapitalReserves-townrevaluation Defeated 25. $8,000 forairconditioning fortown hall Defeated 26. $3,648 fornewcopierfortown hall Approved 27. $1,500townhall security system Defeated 28. $l,500toraisetaxcollector's salary Approved 29. $3,500foradditionaltownclerk hours Approved 30. $5,608 fortown clerk software Approved 31 EstablishHeritageFund Approved 32. Discontinuepositionsofelectedtownauditors Approved 33. Deposit 100%ofrevenues pursuantto RSA 79-Ainto ConservationFund Approved 34. Approvenew operatingbudgetof$908,230 Approved 1997 SUMMARY INVENTORYOFVALUATIONS ValueofLand onlv Land inCurrentUse Residential Commercial/Industrial Total oftaxableland: SELECTMEN'S MESSAGE Danville continuesto experience growth at over7 percentperyear, the highest rate inthe region. The challenge, forall ofus, is to maintain Danville's friendly smalltown characterwhile, atthe sametime, planning for and accommodating the inevitable change that is ongoing. Inthe course of1997, mostofthe Town's departments, boards and commissions struggledwiththis challenge. The Planning Board began the first yearofaformal growthmanagementprocess. The Heritage Commission began consideration ofthe establishmentofHistoric Districts. The Selectmen andthe Library Trustees considered library expansionplans. The Conservation Commission began consideration ofways to preserve undeveloped Town owned land. The Police Departmenthireda fulltime officerwho will provideregular weekdayprotection. Town office hours increased from 10 to 20 hours perweek. The Cemetery Trustees began planning aneeded cemetery expansion. The Selectmenjoinedwith officials from Fremont and Sandownto consider alternative school district concepts. These andmany other often controversial issues were addressed bythe many citizen volunteers who are concerned about the future ofDanville. Wethankthemall, butwe needmore ofyou involved in 1998 and intheyears ahead. Onthe financial side, 1997 was agoodyear. We underexpendedthe operational budgetby 14%, almost $130,000. The underexpenditure was the resuh ofseveral factors such as, notbeing able to repairthe Cub Pond dam in 1997, hiring ofthe fulltime policeman laterthan planned, the lack ofweather related emergencies, and less welfare assistance than planned. This surplus, combinedwith greaterthan expected revenue, will more than offsetthe funds thatthe Selectmenwithdrew fromreserves last fallto keep the Townportion of thetaxrate from gomgup. For 1998, ourtotal recommended operational budget plus warrant articles has increased lessthanthe estimated increase intaxbase. Ourobjective isto keepthe costofincreased Town services in line withthe increase in ourtaxbase. Finally, we will miss all ofDon Kimball's contributions and, most of all, we will miss him atourmeetings. J. Russell Pouliot MichaelAsselin Alan Sherwood