c Bow Town of AnnualReport 1994 1994 Annual Report The of Town Bow of New Hampshire FrontCover: Afall scenic view ofthe Turee Pond Boat Launch Facilityprior to the State ofNew Hampshire'splannedfacility improvements scheduledto be made in 1995-96. (Photo courtesyofEricAnderson) TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers and Staff 4 Town Meeting Minutes, 1994 9 Special Town Meeting Minutes, 1994 19 Selectmen's Message 21 Town Warrant 26 Town Budget 31 Financial Schedules Auditor's Report 36 Combined Balance Sheet 37 Combined StatementofRevenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances 39 Detailed Statement ofExpenditures 41 Schedule ofTown Property 50 Statement ofAppropriations, Expenditures and Encumbrances 52 Statement ofAppropriations, Taxes Assessed andTax Rate 55 Statement ofEstimated & Actual Revenues 57 — Summary Inventory 1994 59 Tax Collector's Report 61 Town Clerk 62 Treasurer's Report 66 Trust Funds 67 Vital Statistics 71 Bow School District Report SI Boards, Committees, Commissions and Department Reports BakerFree Library 80 BakerFree Library Building Committee 82 Building Inspector 84 Capitol Improvements Plan 86 Central N.H. Regional Planning Commission 93 Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association 94 Conservation Commission 96 Dispatch Center 97 Fire Department 99 Forest Fire Warden and State Forest Ranger 101 Health Officer 102 Highway Department 103 Parks and Recreation Commission 104 Planning Board 108 Police Department 109 Recycling Committee 114 Welfare Department 117 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 118 Clubs and Organizations Athletic Club 120 Bow Pioneers SnowmobileClub 122 Bow Rotary Club 123 Boy Scouts 125 Fire DepartmentLadies Auxiliary 126 Garden Club 127 Historical Commission 128 Men's Club 129 Square Dance Club 130 Young at HeartClub 131 TOWN DIRECTORY TOWN OFFICERS AND STAFF Representatives to General Court C. WilliamJohnson, Dist. 7 Susan Carter, Dist. 7 Richard E. Kennedy, Dist. 7 Michael Whalley, Dist. 5 Moderator John Lyford SupervisorsofChecklist Sara Swenson Term Expires 1996 Cynthia Gow Term Expires 1998 Phyllis Benoit Term Expires 2000 Selectmen Eric E. Anderson Term Expires 1995 Reginald R. Scott Term Expires 1996 Richard Bean Term Expires 1997 Town Manager Albert R. St. Cyr Town Clerk/Tax Collector Jill Hadaway Deputy Town Clerks Marilyn Lull ChristinePeabody Building Inspector Bud Currier PoliceChief PeterA. Cheney Road Agent Leighton Cleverly FireChief H. Dana Abbott Treasurer Mark Lavalle Deputy Treasurer John Sheridan Town Manager's Secretary Gail F. Loomis Building Inspector's Secretary MarthaPlummer Recreation Director Charles Christy Bookkeeper Paula A. Dwinal Health Officer Ethan V. Howard, M.D. Welfare Director Evelyn Bechtel Budget Committee Chris Parkinson Term Expires 1995 John Burton Term Expires 1995 Ethan V. Howard Term Expires 1996 Sara Swenson Term Expires 1996 Gary Gordon Term Expires 1997 Mark McGartland Term Expires 1997 Reginald Scott, Selectman Robert Wester, School Board BakerFree Library Elizabeth Lund, Trustee Term Expires 1995 Thomas Fagan, Trustee Term Expires 1996 Bill Cohen, Trustee Term Expires 1997 Karen Boyd, Trustee Term Expires 1998 Mary Slattery, Trustee Term Expires 1999 Linda Kling Librarian Donna Terrell Children's Librarian Charlotte Buxton Library Assistant Sue Duckworth Library Assistant Abe Anderson Bookkeeper Tom Graham Custodian Eric Kolada Page Trustees ofTrustFunds Edwin Bardwell Term Expires 1995 Richard Manburg Term Expires 1996 PeterWinship Term Expires 1997 Planning Board Andrew Young Term Expires 1995 Thomas Wallace Term Expires 1995 Fred Douglas, Chairman Term Expires 1996 Stephen Buckley Term Expires 1996 Nancy Rheinhardt Term Expires 1997 Harold Davis Term Expires 1997 Eric Anderson, Selectman Term Expires 1995 Robert Dawkins, Alternate Term Expires 1995 DonaldTaylor, Alternate Term Expires 1995 Isabel Sinclair, Alternate Term Expires 1996 Tom Wilson, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Ballot Clerk Rose Cross, Republican VirginiaUrdi, Democrat MelbaTerrell, Republican BarbaraPerson, Republican Betty Lund, Republican Kathy Lassey, Republican - Alternate Carlotta Robbins, Democrat - Alternate Recreation Commission Roland Robinson Term Expires 1995 Charles Rheinhardt Term Expires 1995 Elizabeth Lund Term Expires 1996 CynthiaGow Term Expires 1996 Robert Gosling Term Expires 1997 BusinessDevelopment Commission Katy Burns Term Expires 1995 Peter Winship Term Expires 1995 Paul Roy Term Expires 1996 David Hickey Term Expires 1996 Richard Manburg Term Expires 1997 Richard Warner Term Expires 1997 Highway Safety Committee PeterA. Cheney Term Expires 1995 Leighton Cleverly Term Expires 1995 Dana Abbott Term Expires 1995 PeterStio Term Expires 1995 Michael Whalley Term Expires 1995 Leon Kenison Term Expires 1995 Richard Bean, Selectman Term Expires 1995 Historical Commission Carol Gouin Term Expires 1995 Robert Morgan Term Expires 1995 Betty Hanson Term Expires 1996 Jane Lindquist TermExpires 1996 Sara Swenson Term Expires 1997 Reginald Scott, Selectman Zoning Board ofAdjustment Howard Cross Term Expires 1995 Valerie Lynn, Chairman Term Expires 1996 Mark Normandin Term Expires 1997 Marvin Bihn Term Expires 1997 Robert Zinser, Alternate Term Expires 1995 Anne Ross, Alternate Term Expires 1995 Kevin Apple, Alternate Term Expires 1996 Gerianne Holdsworth, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Clarence Bourassa, Alternate Term Expires 1997 Conservation Commission John Meissner Term Expires 1995 Philip Downie Term Expires 1995 Peter Shauer Term Expires 1995 Philip Wolfe, Chairman Term Expires 1996 Katherine Lane Term Expires 1996 Richard Sheridan Term Expires 1997 Michael Seraikas Term Expires 1997 Recycling Committee Georgette Daugherty Term Expires 1995 Kenneth Swanson Term Expires 1995 Philip Downie, Chairman Term Expires 1996 Julie Lamb Term Expires 1996 Cheryl Cheney Term Expires 1997 Bill Capozzi Term Expires 1997 Merrimack RiverAdvisory Committee Richard Bean, Selectman Term Expires 1995 Susan Paschell Term Expires 1996 PhilipDownie Term Expires 1997 Central N.H. Regional Planning Commission Harold Davis (Planning Board) Term Expires 1995 Andrew Young (Planning Board) Term Expires 1995 Representatives to Regional Refuse Disposal Commission Leighton Cleverly, Alternate Term Expires 1995 Wayne Eddy Term Expires 1996 Firing Range Advisory Committee Betsy Mills William Borbeau Gerald Brannock ChristopherBrock, Chairman Vernon Gordon Rick Hiland Richard Welch Reginald Scott, Selectman PeterCheney, PoliceChief Building Study Committee (Knox Road/Logging Hill Road Property) Richard Bean, Selectman Term Expires 1995 Paul Roy Term Expires 1995 William Hilton Term Expires 1995 Joseph Brigham Term Expires 1996 Charles Rheinhardt Term Expires 1996 Selectman Representative Bow High School Building Committee Eric E. Anderson Selectman Representative BakerFree Library Building Committee Richard F. Bean Selectman Liaison Cablevision Franchise Renewal Reginald R. Scott