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Town of Salisbury 2003 Annual Report 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF SALISBURY ?-6d3 Table of Contents Dedication 2 PastCitizensoftheYear 3 2003 CitizenoftheYear 4 Town Officers 5 TownWarrant 8 2003 Expendituresand2004 ProposedBudget 11 2003/2004Revenue 17 Selectmen's Report 19 TaxCollector'sReport 21 TownClerk'sReport 22 ScheduleofTownProperty 23 TrusteesofTrustFunds 24 Audit 25 HighwayDepartmentReport 41 CemeteryCommittee 42 SalisburyFreeLibrary 42 FriendsoftheSalisburyLibrary 44 Fire,RescueandForestry 46 PoliceDepartmentReport 48 BuildingInspector 49 Proposed CapitalImprovementsProgram 50 HealthOfficer 52 RecreationCommittee 52 SupervisorsoftheChecklist 53 AnnualHam&BeanSupper/DecoratingCommittee 55 SalisburyOldHomeDayCommittee 56 SalisburyHistoricalSociety 57 VisitingNurseAssociationofFranklin 59 SaUsburyPlanningBoard 61 ZoningBoardofAdjustment 61 SaUsburyConservation Commission 62 SolidWaste/RecyclingCommittee 63 ConcordRegionalSolidWaste/ResourceRecoveryCooperative 65 CentralNewHampshireRegionalPlanningCommission 66 Minutesof2002 TownMeeting 69 VitalRecords 78 Listingof2003 PropertyAssessments 81 TownMeetingSchedule/Hours backcover PhotographofambulancecourtesyofSalisbury'sForestFireWarden,LauryClark TOWN OF SALISBURY âlle^ into (S^ctive (êwice ôuntm (9ur "ôr Peter Deschene Kenneth Maddocks, Jr. Peter Miner William Swenson Philip Tirrell QiJe dedicate this iêazs ^0W7i (^Jiejjozi in your (^tonoz. Thank you for your patriotism and service to your country. 2003 ANNUAL REPORT Past Citizens OfThe Year 1976 DorotheaandNormaLovejoy 1977 DorothyBartlett 1978 MaudPrinceandDennisPatten 1979 FredAdams 1980 EdwardBailey 1981 GeorgeBeaulyandArthurSchaefer,Sr. 1982 IdaPrince 1983 ArvillaFogarty 1984 RussellBenedict 1985 DaisyDunhamandJohn Kepper 1986 KarenHooperandDaveFredette 1987 LeahSchaeferandKenMailloux 1988 MarthaPatten 1989 AgnesShaw 1990 EdwardSawyer 1991 DonaldNixon 1992 IrenePlourde 1993 Dr. PaulShaw 1994 EdwinBowne 1995 DavidChamberlin 1996 KathleenDownes 1997 RouleenKoelb 1998 MaryPhillips 1999 BobTewksbury 2000 JeffreyHoward 2003 Albert Britton J. TOWN OF SALISBURY Citizen of the Year Albert Britton J. The Board of Selectmen and the Old Home Day Committee are pleased to announce the selection ofAl Britton as the 2003 Citizen of theYear. Al enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942 and is a veteran of the KoreanandVietnamwars.Heretiredfromthemilitaryin 1970,moved to Salisbury,andbecameaUS HistoryteacherattheMerrimackValley High Schoolin Penacook.Manyofourcitizenswerefortunateenough to have Mr. Britton as theirteacher. Hewas the Congressional District Coordinatorfor"WethePeople"nationalcompetitionSchoolProgram from 1983 to 1992. Al served as a Salisbury Selectman from 1980 to 1983. For the last fifteenyears,Al hasbeen thechauffeurfortheCitizen oftheYearin the Old Home Day parade. For the past five years, he has been an avid supporteroftheTownDecoratingCommitteehelpingwiththeChrist- mas decorations in the town buildings and washingdishes at the Har- vest Supper fundraiser. Al is a wonderful dancer, and he and Ellie led the Grand March at the square dancea fewyears ago. 2003 ANNUAL REPORT 5 Town Officers Moderator John Herbert '04 BoardofSelectmen GregorySlossar '04 MaryR.Heath '05 MaryA.KeUey '06 AdministrativeAssistant ToTheSelectmen Margaret I.Warren TownClerk DoraL Rapalyea '04 DeputyTownClerk GayleB.Landry TaxCollector Gayle B.Landry '04 DeputyTaxCollector EstherHodge Treasurer KenMailloux '04 DeputyTreasurer BevBowne SupervisorsoftheChecklist GraceAnderson '04 RoyDownes '06 JoanYoung '08 ChiefofPolice BartPerillo FireChief EdwinBowne RoadAgent BillMacDuffieJr. '05 LibraryTrustees Ann Franz '04 Bobi Slossar '05 Sara (Sally) Jones '06 Alternates SeelyeLongnecker John Kepper GayleLandry Librarian SallyAllen TrusteesOfTrustFunds CharlotteHughes* '06 Irene Plourde "^ '05 MarthaPatten '04 KenRoss-Raymond ** '04 6 TOWN OF SALISBURY CemeteryTrustees MarlenaDipre '04 DennisMelchin '05 CherylBentley '06 HealthOfficer EverettHodge ForestFireWarden LaurenceClark QvilDefenseCoordinator John Lovejoy BudgetCommittee GaryClark '04 MichaelCampbell '04 Gene Shaw '04 RichardChandler '05 SandraMiller '05 EdwardSawyer '05 JosephLandry '06 MartinNogues '06 KathleenDownes '06 Ex-Officio GregSlossar PlanningBoard ChristopherBentley '04 BmMacDuffie,Sr. '05 ChuckBodien '05 AlvinE.Tanner '06 Ex-Officio MaryA.Kelley Alternates BobCan- ChrisWaters JoeSchmidl Secretary BobbiSlossar'^^ CarolynMorrill * PennyKeyser-Smith OverseerofPublicWelfare BoardofSelectmen BuildingInspector EverettHodge ZoningBoardofAdjustment MarkHutchins '04 MichaelDipre '05 Martin Nogues '05 John Bentley '06 2003 ANNUAL REPORT Ex-Officio MaryR.Heath Alternates KenMailloux PeterConkliii Melvin Bowne DennisMelchin CapitalImprovementsCommittee GaryClark ChrisBentley ChrisWaters EverettHodge Ex-Officio MaryR. Heath HighwaySafetyCommittee PhilTucker LauriClark BillMacDuffie,Sr. Ex-Officio GregSlossar RecreationCommittee ChristopherWaters . . 8 TOWN OF SALISBURY Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting Thepollswillbeopenfrom 1:00P.M.tothecloseofbusmessmeeting. Absenteeballotswillbeprocessedandcastat3:00p.m. Businessmeetingat7:30p.m. To the InhabitantsoftheTown ofSalisbury,inthe CountyofMerri- mack,in theStateofNewHampshire,qualifiedtovotein Townaffairs. You are herebynotified to meet at the Town Hall in Salisburyon Tues- day, the 9th day ofMarch, 2004 at one o'clock in the afternoon to act upon the following subjects by ballot. Polls will close for balloting no earlierthan the close ofthe BusinessMeeting. 1 TochoosethefollowingTownOfficers:Moderator,Selectman,Trea- surer, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Cemetery Trustee, Supervisor of theChecklist,LibraryTrustee,PlanningBoard,TrusteesoftheTrust Funds (3), Budget Committee (3),and Recreation Committee (5). And to act upon the following subjects at the Business Meeting at 7:30p.m. 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $605,000 for the construction ofa new SafetyBuilding, and to au- thorizetheissuanceofnot morethan$550,000ofbondsornotesin accordance with the provisions ofthe Municipal FinanceAct (RSA 33) andtoauthorizetheSelectmentoissueandnegotiatesuchbonds ornotes andto determine the rate ofinterestthereon;furthermore, toauthorizethewithdrawalofupto$55,000fromtheBuildingsand GroundsCapitalReserveFundcreatedforthispurpose.(TheSelect- men and BudgetCommittee recommendthisappropriation.) [2/3- ballotvote required] 3. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumofThirty ThousandDollars ($30,000) tobeaddedtotheFireEmergencySer- vicesEquipmentCapital ReserveFundestablishedin 1994. (TheSe- lectmen and Budget Committee recommend thisappropriation.) 4. To seeiftheTown willvoteto raiseandappropriate thesumofFive ThousandDollars($5,000) tobeaddedtothePoliceEmergencySer- vicesEquipmentCapital ReserveFundestablished in 1994. (TheSe- lectmen and Budget Committee recommend thisappropriation.) 5. ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraiseandappropriatethesumofEight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($8,400) tobe added to the Reas- sessmentoftheTownCapitalReserveFundestablishedin 1986. (The Selectmen and BudgetCommitteerecommendthisappropriation.)