ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OFFICES of DALTON NEW HAMPSHIRE DALTON HIGHVAY'DEPT. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportdalt1998dalt PHONE NUMBERS To Report Any Emergency DIAL 911 Canine Control Officer, Eldora Shannon 837-9234 Fire Department - non emergency 837-3100 Highway Garage 837-9821 Library 837-2751 Police Department non emergency 837-2703 Selectmen's Office 837-2092 Tax Collector 837-9802 Town Clerk 837-2092 Fax Line 837-9642 TOWN OFFICE HOURS Highway Department 7 AM - 3:30 PM Mon-Fri Library 2 PM - 5 PM Mon & Wed PM PM Wed 6:30 - 8:30 1 AM - 12 noon Saturday Police Department 5 PM - 8 PM Monday 10 AM -12 noon Every other Sat Selectmen's Office & 1 PM to 5:45 PM Monday Town Clerk 8 AM to 4 PM Tues - Fri Tax Collector 1 PM to 6 PM Monday Transfer Station 12 noon -5 PM Tuesday 12:30 PM -5 PM Thursday 8 AM - 5 PM Saturday Selectmen meet every Monday (except holidays) at 6:00 PM Planning Board meets the second Tuesday of the month at PM 7:30 . Dalton Town Warrant You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in Dalton, NH on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, to act upon the itemized subjects to follow. The polls will open at 8 a.m. in the forenoon and will close at 7 p.m. The business meeting will be held at the Dalton School Gymnasium and will be opened at 7 o'clock in the evening. 1 To elect all necessary officers for the year. 2. To see if the town will vote to change the position of the Tax Collector from an elected position to an appointed position. If passed this article will take effect in 2000. Ballot vote required. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Thirty Four Thousand One Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($34,192), such sum to come from surplus, to pay the remaining balance on the garage note of$15,043.83 and $19,148.17 for renovations to the Town Hall. Taxes will not be raised with this appropriation. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Eighty One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Six Dollars ($481,956) for general Town operations. 5. To see if he Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000) to be added to the Highway Department Heavy Equipment Capital Reserve fund previously established for the purchase and replacement of highway equipment. The Selectmen recommend this article. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixteen Thousand dollars ($16,000) for the purchase of eight new Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCAB'S). . 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to be added to the Sewer Pump Renovation and Replacement Capital Reserve Fund previously established. The Selectmen recommend this article. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500) for the second year of the two year plan for the final engineering costs to close out the Town's Transfer Station. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($425) for the Town's share of the Operating Budgetfor the Mt. Washington Regional Airport Authority for the current fiscal year. 10. To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) to support the Great North Woods Advisory Board in their efforts to promote tourism within the Great North Woods region. 1 1 Polling hours in the town of Dalton are now 8 AM to 7PM. Shall we place a question on the state election ballot to change polling hours so that the polls shall open at 1 1 AM and close at 7 PM for all regular state elections beginning at the next state election. 12. To see if the town of Dalton wishes to amend the existing agreement under Section 218 of the Social Security Act by excluding the services performed by election workers for a calendar year in which the remuneration paid for such service is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000). 13. To see if the town will give the Selectmen the authority to institute immediate and mandatory recycling practices by Dalton residents at the Town Transfer Station should the landfill in Bethlehem, NH be closed before the next Town Meeting in March 2000. Petitioned article. 14. To see if the town will vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund under the provisions of RSA 35:1 for the purpose of replacing the Police Cruiser when needed and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) to be placed in this fund and furthermore to appoint the Selectmen as agents to expend from this fund.. The Selectmen recommend this article. Majority vote required. 15. To see ifthe town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars $8,500 for the purchase of equipment needed to make the disposal of solid waste more economical: equipmentwould include a "compactor",a "baler", a truck or a forklift. 16. To see ifthe town will vote to create an expendable general trust fund under the provisions of RSA 31 :19-a, to be known as the Transfer Station Repair, Replacement and Equipment Fund and to appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) toward this purpose. The Selectmen recommend this article. Majority vote required. 17. To see ifthe town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1 ,000) for the construction of a shed to house the emergency generator to be obtained from the Office of Emergency Management. 18. To see ifthe town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1 ,500) to help support The Caleb Group Interfaith Volunteer Caregiver Program that serves the needs of elderly and disabled people in the community. Petitioned article. The Selectmen recommend this article. 19. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting. Board of Selectmen, Donald F. 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