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Town of Salisbury ^y^V%''^'^^'"''*>r^/*^^^*'*^ coverdrawingby NathanHanson, Grade5 2000 Annual Report Digitized by the Internet Arciiive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/townofsalisburyn2000sali r Memoriam In Ida Prince J. March 23, 1905-January23, 2000 Edward D. Bailey January27, 1929-February 13, 2000 Orvie M. Shaw October26, 1907-April 13, 2000 Norma C. Lovejoy January 19, 1915-May 1, 2000 ArthurJ. Schaefer Sr. July27, 1906-July 17, 2000 Joseph M. Heath Jr. July25, 1931-July24, 2000 John Stahl J. Jr. December28, 1916-December 13, 2000 PAST CITIZENS OF THEYEAR 1976 Dorothea and Norma Lovejoy 1977 Dorothy Bartlett 1978 Maud Prince and Dennis Patten 1979 FredAdams 1980 Edward Bailey 1981 George Beauly andArthur Schaefer Sr. 1982 Ida Prince 1983 Arvilla Fogarty 1984 Russell Benedict 1985 Daisy Dunham and John Kepper 1986 Karen Hooper and Dave Fredette 1987 Leah Schaefer and Ken Mailloux 1988 Martha Patten 1989 Agnes Shaw 1990 Edward Sawyer 1991 Donald Nixon 1992 Irene Plourde 1993 Dr. Paul Shaw 1994 Edwin Bowne 1995 David Chamberlin 1996 Kathleen Downes 1997 Rouleen Koelb 1998 Mary Phillips 1999 Bob Tewksbury 2000 Jeffrey Howard CITIZEN OF THEYEAR JeffreyR. Howard The Board of Selectmen and the Old Home Day Committee are pleasedto announcethe selection ofJeffHoward as the 2000 Citizen oftheYear. Manyresidentswerefortunate andproudtohearJeffspeakabout Salisbury'scommunityspiritandfamilyvaluesduringhisannounce- ment as candidate for Governor ofour state. Jeffhas been in public service for seventeen years. In the past he has been New Hampshire's Attorney General, the United States At- torney for New Hampshire, and the principal Associate DeputyAt- torney General ofthe United States. He is currentlythe lead partner in the Manchester office ofa Boston and NewHampshire-based law firm, Choate, Hall and Stewart. Jeffis a greatambassador for oursmall town, andwe are thankfiil he andhis familymake Salisburytheirhome. BOSTON POST CANE Recipient: Arthur John Schaefer Sr. Presented Boston Post Cane on June 23, 2000 TheSelectmennamedArthurJohnSchaeferSr.asour"OldestCiti- zen" and presented him with the Boston Post Cane and a plaque to commemoratetheoccasion.Mr.SchaeferwasbornJuly27, 1906,and has lived in the area for 50+ years with his family. He has been very active in many town organizations. Some of them include being a memberoftheBartlettGrangeforover60years,andservingasGrange masterandtreasurer. He isa 25+ year memberofthe SalisburyCon- gregational Community Church, and served as a church deacon. He hasbeenPoliceChief,DeputyForestFireWarden,FireCommissioner andFireChief,andwasinstrumentalinbuildingthenewfirestation. Mr. Schaefer and his familyowned and operated a store and gas sta- tionthatusedtobelocatedacross fromthefirestation. HeisaWorld War II veteran, and a member oftheAndoverAmerican Legion.We congratulateMr.Schaeferonhismanyaccomplishmentsandhisyears ofservice to our town. BOSTON POST CANE Recipient: Mildred Otto Presented Boston Post Cane on October 21, 2000 The Selectmen named Mildred Otto as our"Oldest Citizen" and presentedherwiththeBoston PostCaneandaplaquetocommemo- rate the occasion. Mrs. Otto was born June 19, 1910 in New York City. She was raised byher grandmother in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and movedto EastAndover, NewHampshirewhen shewas ten. She moved to Salisbury approximately five years ago. Mildred is very active with the Salisbury Congregational Community Church and the PenacookSeniorCenter.Mrs. Ottohastwo children,five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. We congratulate and thank Mildred for her volunteer service to our community. 2000 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF SALISBURY TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 7 TownWarrant 10 2000 Expenditures and 2001 Proposed Budget 13 2000 Revenue 19 Selectmen's Report 21 Tax Collector's Report 24 Town Clerk's Report 25 Schedule ofTown Property 26 Trustee ofTrust Funds 27 Audit 28 Highway Department Report 37 Cemetery Committee 38 Salisbury Free Library 39 Fire, Rescue and Forestry 41 Police Department Report 42 Town Forest FireWarden Report 44 Capital Improvement Committee Report 45 Proposed Capital Improvements Program 46 Building Inspector/Health Officer 47 Supervisors ofChecklist 48 Bartlett Subordinate Grange #104 49 Recreation Committee 49 Decorating Committee 50 Old Home Day 52 UNH Cooperative Extension 54 Visiting NurseAssociation ofFranklin 55 Salisbury Planning Board 56 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 56 Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes 57 Conservation Commission Report 75 CNH Regional Planning Commission Report 76 Minutes of2000 Town Meeting 78 Vital Statistics 84 Town MeetingSchedule/Hours backcover 2000ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR JohnHerbert •02 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Arthur Cutter, Sr. '03 Richard Chandler '01 MaryR. Heath '02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Margaret Warren I. TO THE SELECTMEN TOWN CLERK 8 TOWN OF SALISBURY TRUSTEES OF TRUSTFUNDS CharlotteHughes '03 David Clukay ** '01 IrenePlourde *** '01 Louise Andrus ** '00 CEMETERYTRUSTEES