ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Town Officers of the of EATON New Hampshire 1997 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Town Officers of the of EATON New Hampshire for the fiscal year ending December 31 1997 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries .k*', http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1997eato TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 1 Town Warrant 3 Town Budget 10 Summary of Inventory 12 & Statement ofAppropriations Taxes Assessed 13 Town Meeting Report 16 Statement ofAppropriations and Expenditures 29 Financial Report 30 Schedule of Town Property 34 Auditors Certification 34 Town Clerk's Report 35 Tax Collector's Report 36 Treasurer's Report 39 Detailed Statement of Payment 42 Selectmen's Report 49 Planning Board Report 51 Conservation Commission Report 53 Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council 58 Report of the Cemetery Trustees 59 Report of Trustees of Trust Funds 60 Report of the School District 61 Vital Statistics 89 Fee Schedule 91 TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR Paul D. Hennigan Term Expires 1998 TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR Colleen E. McCormack-Lane Term Expires 1998 SELECTMEN James A. Brooks Term Expires 1998 Donald R. Philbrick Term Expires 1999 Richard H. Young Term Expires 2000 TREASURER Carol L. Mayhofer Term Expires 1999 HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER Elwyn R. Thurston Term Expires 1998 TRUSTEES TRUST FUNDS & CEMETERY TRUSTEES Debra R. Callis Term Expires 1998 Joyce R. Blue Term Expires 1999 Dennis Sullivan Term Expires 2000 AUDITOR James C. Worcester Term Expires 1998 SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Lucinda F. Goslee Term Expires 1998 Anne K. Donahue Term Expires 2000 Leona E. Hurley Term Expires 2002 HEALTH OFFICER Mary E. Gospodarek CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Donald H. Hall CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Paul Dorian WARDEN FIRE Kurt Fisher -1- DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS John R. Edge, Jr Mark Provost Dick Fortin David Gerling Tom Head Michael Callis Jim Higgins Phil Trapasso Larry Nash Earl Mayhofer Roger Sundman Tom Costello Heather McKendry DISPATCHERS James Worcester Frank Gospodarek Don Hall ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Carol L. Mayhofer (Chairman) Jonathan Goodwin Robert D. J. Donahue Mary E. Gospodarek Robert Graf ALTERNATE C. Jerome Underwood PLANNING BOARD Paul M. Savchick (Chairman) Scott Maclntire Earl Mayhofer Richard Shaw John Connolly James Brooks (Selectmen's Representative) ALTERNATES Donald H. Hall, Victoria Murphy and Sunni Wilkewitz CONSERVATION COMMISSION Paul Savchick, Chairman Anne Donahue Philip Evans Henry Fowler Dick Fortin Marnie Cobbs Richard Young (Selectmen's Representative) PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE John Eastman Terry Head Ralph Wilkewitz Richard Young, Selectmen's Representative -2- TOWN WARRANT THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Eaton in the County of Carroll is said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Evans Memorial Building (Town Hall) in the Town of Eaton, County of Carroll on Tuesday the tenth day of March, 1998 at eleven o'clock in the morning to act upon the following subjects hereinafter set forth. The polls shall open for balloting at 1 1 :00 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the Moderator calls the meeting to order and declares a quorum present. Voting on Article 1 (election of officers) and Article 2 (zoning amendments) shall be by official ballot. The remaining articles on the warrant shall be acted upon at eight o'clock in the evening. ARTICLE #1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. ARTICLE #2 To see if the Town is in favor of adopting six (6) amendments to the Town of Eaton Zoning Ordinance of 1973. ARTICLE #3 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $332,593 for general municipal operations: Executive 29,000 Election & Registration 2,700 Financial Administration 20,000 Revaluation of Property 4,000 Legal Expense 2,000 Personnel Administration 28,500 Planning & Zoning 4,200 -3- General Government Building 8,000 Cemeteries 3,000 Insurance 4,500 Advertising & Regional Association 500 Emergency Services 13,000 Building Inspection 200 Highways & Streets 97,000 Street Lighting 2,500 Solid Waste Disposal 70,193 Pest Control 300 Direct Assistance 3,500 Parks and Recreation 8,000 Library 2,500 Interest on Tan 5,000 To Capital Reserve Funds 24,000 TOTAL 332,593 Recommended by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE #4 To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a long-term purchase agreement for a Grader in the amount of $166,485 with $55,500 to be withdrawn from the Capital Reserve Fund for a Grader and the remainder to be payable over a term of five (5) years at a rate of $22,197 per year and to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,197 for the first year's payment for that purpose. (2/3 ballot vote required) Recommended by the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE #5 To see ifthe Town will vote to raise and appropriate $122,000 to replace the Potter Road Bridge (#061/137) provided the Town receives 80% reimbursement from the State Bridge Aid Fund. The remaining 20% ($24,400) to be transfered from the Capital Reserve -4-