Reports of the selectmen and superintending school committee of the Town of Hill, for the year ending .

88 Pages·1999·3.6 MB·English

by  Hill (N.H. : Town)

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Annual Reports ofthe
Selectmen, Treasurer, Town ClerkandTax Collectpr
ofthe
Town ofHill, NewHampshire
Forthe FiscalYearEndingDecember31, 1998 andJune 30, 1998
Togetherwith t^he ^
School District, Vital Statistics, etc.
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Annual Reports 1998

998 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF HILL, NH
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INDEX
Appropriations, Revenues and Tax Rate 45
1997 Audit Report from Plodzik & Sanderson 49
Balance Sheet 23
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Budget/Revenue Report (MS7) 8-15
Capital Reserve Accounts (part of Trustee of Trust Funds Report) 24-25
Cemetery Trustee Report 39
Cemetery Funds (part of Trustee of Trust Funds Report) 26-28
Fire Department Report 36
Highway Department Report 39
Income and Expense Report 16-22
Parks & Recreation Committee Report 39
Planning Board Report 40
Police Department Report 37-38
Property Valuation and Exemptions 46-47
Public Library Report 34
Selectmen Report 33
Tax Collector Report/Town Clerk Report 31-32
Town Information 3
Town-owned Property Listing 48
1998 Town Meeting Summary 50-51
Town Officials 4
1999 Town Warrant 5-7
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INDEX, cont.
Treasurer Report 29-30
Trustee of Trust Funds Report 24-28
Visiting Nurse Association of Franklin Report 52
Vital Statistics (births, deaths and marriages) 42-44
Water Works Report 41
School District 53
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Notes
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1998 ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN INFORMATION
SELECTMEN 1ST&3RDTUES
POBox236,32BCrescentStreet 7PM-9PM
phone&fax:[phone]
POLICEDEPARTMENT POLICECHIEF: RobertDupuis
34Crescent Street 1ST&3RDTUES
phone: [phone] EMERGENCY:911 7PM-9PM
FIREDEPARTMENT FIRECHIEF:ThomasJacobs 934-6129
18CommerceStreet
phone:[phone] EMERGENCY: 911
TOWNCLERK/TAXCOLLECTOR TUES: 6PM-9PM,
pPhOonBeo:x923541-,393521BCrescentStreet WTHEUDR:S:91 APMM--312PPMM, &
fax:[phone] PM-3PM
PLANNINGBOARD 3RDTHURS7:30PM
ZONINGBOARDOFADJUSTMENT MEETSASNEEDED
HILLWATERWORKS MEETSASNEEDED
POBOX251,32BCrescentStreet
phone: [phone]
fax:[phone]
TOWNGARAGE
62NHRoute3A phone:[phone]
PUBLICLIBRARY TUES: 5PM-8PM
32ACrescentStreet THURS: 10AM-5PM,
phone:[phone]
JENNIEBLAKEELEMENTARYSCHOOL
30CrescentStreet phone:[phone]
FRANKLINSAUOFFICE phone: [phone]
119CentralStreet,Franklin
TOWNTRANSFERSTATION SAT: 8AM-4:30PM
357NHRoute3 AdditionalSummerHours
MaythruSeptember- WED: 4 -8PM
TOWN ELECTIONS TOWN MEETING
Tuesday, March 9, 1999 Thursday, March 11, 1999
Town Hall 1 1 am - 7 pm Town Hall 7 pm
TOWN OF HILL
TOWNOFFICIALS
BOARDOFSELECTMEN(elected) POLICECHIEF
GaryN.David* 99 RobertC.Dupuis,Jr
WilliamHenry 2000
MichaelStanley 2001 CONSERVATIONCOMMITTEE
JohnHayward
BUDGETCOMMITTEE(elected) MikeStanely
WilliamCummings* 99 GeorgeRobie*
GeorgeRobie 99 VincentRJiatigan
DonaldRobotham 99 HelenSmith
SusanBogannan 99 (vacant)
George(Bill)Wilson 2000
SusanThomson 2000 PLANNINGBOARD
(vacant) 2000 JohnMoses
(vacant) 2000 SeymourGoldberg
StephenClement 2001 KennethMagoon
ElaineAllaire 2001 ShaunBresnahan,Jr.
(vacant) 2001 RoyalMoses
(vacant) 2001 DeniseRobie*
MichaelStanley,Selectman WilliamHenry,Selectman
PLANNINGBRDALTERNATES
CEMETARYTRUSTEES(elected) (vacant)
MaryBrown* 99 (vacant)
DeniseRobie 2000 (vacant)
LindaDenningham 2001
PONDCOMMITTEE
CHECKLISTSUPERVISORS(elected) RobertDupuis
JoannWatson* 2000 JohnHayward
AnnClement 2002 GailBartlett
LindaMiner 2004
RECREATIONCOMMITTEE
LIBRARYTRUSTEES(elected) PamDesrocher
CarolineRobie* 99 SusanBogannan
SusanBogannan 2000 JohnAhlmanan
JaneChandler 2001 ThomasWhitman
DecemberFortin
MODERATOR(elected) ChristinaRhatigan
WilliamCummings 99
WATERCOMMISSIONERS
TOWNCLERK/TAXCOLLECTOR(elected) Ed(Skip)Wallace
DesireeL.Mahurin 99 JohnAhlman
GaryN.David
TOWNCLERK/TAXCOLLDEPUTY
LindaHenry ZONINGBOARD
PaulBudro
TOWNTREASURER(elected) (vacant)
BeatriceNybcrg 99 JohnMoses
FranSanderson
TRUSTEESOFTRUSTFUNDS(elected) WilliamNyberg*
DonaldRobotham* 99 ZONINGBRDALTERNATES
PaulBarker 2000 (vacant)
GlendonEaton 2001 (vacant)
FIRECHIEF&WARDEN ROADAGENT
ThomasJacobs DeanWheeler
1998 ANNUAL REPORT
THESTATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE
TOWNOFHILL,NH
TOWNWARRANT
Tothe inhabitantsoftheTown ofHill intheCountyofMerrimack, insaidState,qualifiedtovoteinTown
affairs:
Youareherebynotifiedtomeetatthe HillTown Hall insaid HillonTuesday,the9thdayofMarch, 1999,
at 11:00a.m. tovoteonthefollowingsubject:
ARTICLE 1:Tochooseall necessaryTownOfficialsfortheensuingyear.
NOTE: Bylaw, the meeting mustopen beforethevoting starts. Therefore, themeetingandthepollswill
beopenat 11:00a.m.fortheconsiderationof
Article 1. Atnoonthemeetingwill recessbutthepollsshallremainopenandshallnotcloseuntil 7:00
p.m.
ThemeetingwillreconveneattheHillTown HallonThursday, the 11thdayofMarch, 1998at7:00p.m.
toactontheremainingarticlesofthiswarrant.
ARTICLE2:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethefollowingsumsforthegeneral
municipaloperations,exclusiveofindividualandspecialwarrantarticles:
1998 1999 1999
APPROP APPROP BUDGETCOMM
Executive 13,666 17,732 17,732
Election, Reg. &VitalStats. 26,109 26,129 26,129
FinancialAdministration 7,793 11,942 11,942
RevaluationofProperty 545 745 745
Legal Expense 3,000 5,000 5,000
PersonnelAdministration 1,278 6,682 6,682
Planning &Zoning 3,537 3,156 3,156
General GovernmentBuildings 10,280 10,527 10,527
Cemeteries 690 2,500 2,500
Insurance 11,137 11,137 11,137
Police 28,651 27,277 27,277
Ambulance 1,000 2,000 2,000
Fire 30,242 29,470 29,470
ForestFires 500 500 500
OtherPublicSafety 2,500 400 400
Highways&Streets 139,823 116,720 116,720
Bridges 5.000 5,000 5,000
StreetLighting 3,000 3,300 3,300
ReconstructionofHighways 40,179 42,824 42,824
SolidWaste Disposal 38,364 43,471 43,471
WaterServices 35,000 35,000 35,000
VNAofFranklin 1,419 1,429 1,429
CommunityAction 1,227 1,264 1,264
Franklin Regional Hospital 250 250 250
TOWN OF HILL
ARTICLE2continued:
1998 1999 1999
APPROP APPROP BUDGETCOMM
Welfare 5,000 5,000 5,000
Parks&Recreation 2,517 2,455 2,455
Library 6,102 12,602 12,602
Patriotic Purposes 900 300 300
OtherConservation 1 325 325
Int.onTaxAnticipation Notes 500 500 500
TOTALOPERATING BUDGET 420,211 425,637 425,637
ARTICLE3:ToseeiftheTownwillvoletoraiseandappropriate$1,000tobeplacedintotheBuilding
ImprovementCapital ReserveFundforhandicapaccessibility. (RecommendedbytheSelectmenand
BudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE4:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$8,000tobeplacedintotheFireDept
HeavyEquipmentCapital ReserveFund.(RecommendedbytheSelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE5:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$8,000tobeplaced intothePolice
HeavyEquipmentCapital ReserveFund.(RecommendedbytheSelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE6:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$1^,000tobeplacedintotheHighway
HeavyEquipmentCapital ReserveFundtodefraythecostsforhighwayequipment. (Recommendedby
theSelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE7:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$3,000tobeplacedintothe Revaluation
ofTownCapital ReserveFundforthispurpose. (RecommendedbytheSelectmenandBudget
Committee)
ARTICLE8:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethefollowingamountsforthefollowing
projectstoCapitalOutlay(RecommendedbytheSelectmenandBudgetCommittee):
98Approp. 1999Approp. 1999Bud.Comm.
PAVING 42,975 28,900 28,900
ARTICLE9:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$50,000toreplacetheCassMill Bridge.
Fundingsourcestobeasfollows:$40,000toberefundedbyStateofNH, DeptofTransp, BridgeAid
Municipal ManagedProject; $10,000toberaisedbytaxation. Thisshallbeanon-lapsingaccountforno
lessthanfiveyears. (RecommendedbytheSelectmenandBudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE 10:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriate$24,000forcleanupofTownproperty
fromthe 1998IceStorm. Thefundingsourcestobeasfollows: $19,200fromtheUNHCooperative
Extension, Forestry&Wildlife Resources,theUSDAForestServiceandthe NH DeptofResourcesand
EconomicDevelopment, DivisionofForestsand Lands 1998 IceStormGrantprogram; $4,800tobe
raisedbytaxation. (RecommendedbytheSelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
APoRlTiIceCLDeEpa1r1t;mTeonts.eeTihfethfeuTndoiwnngswiolulrvcoeteofto$1r3ai,s0e00antdoabpeprforpormiaatgertahnetsfruommotfhe$1S3t,a0t0e0offoNretwheuseofthe
Hampshire/US.DepartmentofJustice.(RecommendedbytheSelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
ARTICLE 12:Tosee iftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumof$15,000forusebytheHill
WaterWorksDepartment. Thefundingsourceof$15,000fromNH DeptofEnvironmentalServicesLocal
WaterProtectionGrantsforWatershed ProtectionandDrinkingWaterProtectionProject. (Recommended
bySelectmenand BudgetCommittee)
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ARTICLE 13:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetowithidraw$17,169fromthe EdwinW. Ferrin MemorialTrust
asperthetrustdocumenttobedeposited intheGeneral FundtooffsettheGeneralGovernment
Expenses.
ARTICLE 14:Tosee iftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheSelectmentoaccept$42,824.02from the State
ofNHHighwayBlockGrantFundtodefraycostsofHighwayreconstruction.
ARTICLE 15:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorized theSelectmentosellTownpropertysuchasout
datedofficefurniture, officemachines andothermiscellaneoussmall equipmentorproperty.Anyitem
valuedatover$500shall notbesoldpriortoapublichearing.
ARTICLE 16:Tosee iftheTownwillvotetoreservelotR06-027located on Dearborn Roadconsistingof
26acressothattheland involvedwillbeavailable tothe Hill School Districtforpossiblefuture
constructionofanewschoolbuildingonthissiteifrequired. Thisvotewill standfromyeartoyearunless
rescinded byvoteofTown Meeting.
ARTICLE 17: ShallwemodifytheelderlyexemptionsformpropertytaxintheTownofHill, basedon
assessedvalue, forqualified taxpayerstobeasfollows: foraperson65yearsofageupto75years.
$20,000; foraperson 75yearsofageupto80years, $30,000;foraperson 80yearsofageorolder,
$40,000. Toqualify, thepersonmusthavebeena New Hampshireresidentforatleast5years, owned
therealestateindividuallyorjointly,oriftherealestate isowned bysuchperson'sspouse, theymust
havebeen marriedforatleast5years. Inaddition, the taxpayermusthavea netincomeofnotmore
than $23,000or, ifmarried,acombined netincome oflessthat$30,000; andownnetassetsnotin
excessof$35,000 (excludingthevalueofthepersons residence). (Bypetition)(Majorityballotvote
required)
ARTICLE 18:ToseeiftheTownwillvotetohavethe HighwayDepartmentapplydustcontrolto Boot
Jackand Dearborn Roadsduringthesummermonths, as necessary. (Bypetition)
ARTICLE 19: Polling hours intheTownofHill forState Electionsarecurrently8amto7pm. Pursuantto
RSA659:4a, shallweplaceaquestionontheState Election ballottochangenollinghourssothepolls
shallopenat 11 amandcloseat7 pmforail regularState Electionsbeginningintheyear2002. (polling
hoursforTown Electionsarecurrently 11 amto7 pm)(Recommended byElectionOfficials)
ARTICLE20: Tosee iftheTownwillvotetoauthorizethe BoardofSelectmen toaccepton behalfofthe
Town,gifts, legacies and devises madetotheTown in trustforanypublicpurpose, aspermittedby RSA
31:19. Suchauthorization shall remainineffectuntil rescindedbyavoteofTown Meeting.
Givenunderourhandsandseal this / / dayofFebruaryintheyearofourLordonethousandnine
hundredand ninetynine.
GaryN. David, Chairman
William Henry
Michael Stanley
Board ofSelectmen,TownofHill, NH
TOWN OF HILL
REVISED1998
STATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENTOFREVENUEADMINISTRATION
MUNICIPALSERVICES DIVISION
P.O. BOX487, CONCORD, NH 03302-0487
[phone]
BUDGET OF THE TOV\nM/CITY
OF: I^ILL
BUDGETFORMFORTOWNSWHICHHAVEADOPTED
THEPROVISIONSOFRSA32:14THROUGH32=24
AppiopriatioiuanaEiUmateaotRevenuetortneEiuuin^YearJanuary1, I'H^^ toDecemner31, /vV 7
orFi«calYearFront to
IIVIPORTANT
:
PleaiereaaRSA32:5applicabletoallmunicipalitie*.
1. Usethisformtolisttneentiretudgetintneappropriaterecommendeaandnotrecommendedarea.
Tnismeanstneoperatingbudgetandallspecialandindividualwarrantarticlesmustoeposted.
2.Holdatleastonepublichearingontnisbudget.
3.Whencompleted,acopyorthebudgetmustbepostedwithtnewarrant. Anothercopymustbeplaced
onrilewiththetownclerk,andacopysenttotheDepartmentorRevenueAdministrationattheabove
address.
BUDGETCOMMITTEE DATE: ^l/ol^^
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THIS BUDGET SHALL BE POSTED WITH THE TOWN WARRANT