92.0 7 ANNUAL REPORTS of The Town and School District of Newfields New Hampshire For Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1992 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in Member Boston Library Consortium Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1992newf ANNUAL REPORTS of the Town and School Officers of the TOWN OF NEWFIELDS NEW HAMPSHIRE for the FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1992 ® THIS REPORT PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER TOWN OFFICERS AS OF MARCH 9, 1993 SELECTMEN Betsy Goes, Chairman Term Expires March 1993 tJeanne Conner Term Expires March 1994 *Jim Ryan Term Expires March 1995 TOWN CLERK Jane Landry 772-3149 Term Expires March 1993 Sue Hayden (Deputy Town Clerk) Term Expires March 1994 TREASURER Donald Doane 778-7047 Term Expires March 1995 TAX COLLECTOR Sue Hayden 772-1136 Term Expires March 1995 MODERATOR Jim Hayden Term Expires March 1994 TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUNDS Jared Rumford Term Expires March 1993 Helen Ryan Term Expires March 1994 Nancy Matthews Term Expires March 1995 LIBRARY TRUSTEES. Alfred Conner Jr Term Expires March 1993 Elizabeth Hull Term Expires March 1994 Barbara Hayden Term Expires March 1995 LIBRARIAN Doris Soerner, Librarian Dorothy Evans, Assistant Librarian SCHOOL BOARD Pamela Abbott Term Expires March 1993 Janice Trurman Term Expires March 1994 Maureen Hackett Term Expires March 1995 Marjorie Floyd, Clerk Term Expires March 1993 James Hayden, Moderator Term Expires March 1993 SCHOOL AUDITOR Helen Ryan Term Expires March 1994 * Jeanne Conner resigned effective March 9, 1993 * Jim Ryan appointed to finish first year of Lyman Baier's term, when he relocated for a new position. HEALTH OFFICER James T. Heyl Term Expires February 1993 EMERGWENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR Thomas Conner Term Expires March 1994 PLANNING BOARD Barbara Hallinan, Chairman Term Expires March 1993 Susan MacDougall Term Expires March 1995 Leslie Patterson Term Expires March 1994 James Daley Jr. Term Expires March 1994 Robert Devantry Term Expires March 1995 Thomas Hackett Al ternate) Term Expires March 1994 ( Betsy Coes* Selectmens Representative (* Appointed Annually) BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Steven Coes, Chairman Term Expires March 1995 Kent Lawrence Term Expires March 1995 Dave Sweet Term Expires March 1994 Thomas Beatty Term Expires March 1993 Mary August Term Expires December 1993 Jared Rumford, Alternate Term Expires March 1994 John Finn, Alternate Term Expires March 1993 ROAD AGENT Alden Neal 772-1257 Term Expires March 1994 BUILDING INSPECTOR Larry Shaw 772-1251 Term Expires March 1994 FIRE DEPARTMENT William E. Chick, Chief 772-3735 Ray Buxton, Ass Chief Term Expires March 1994 t ' WATER DEPARTMENT Wendell Sargent, Superintendent 772-4627 Allen Talyor, Assistant Superintendent 778-8151 Jerry Kimball Assistant Superintendent 772-1173 POLICE DEPARTMENT Michael Ploof, Chief Telephone Emergency 772-2323 Business 772-9010 Richard Marcotte, Sergeant Dennis Toomey Marc Turner, Detective Richard Wood Edward Levesque Paul Hanley Michael Coulp Mark Keith John Wagner Julie Freeman, Matron SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Dona H. Morrill Term Expires March 1994 Barbara Hayden Term Expires March 1996 Diana Toth Term Expires March 1998 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Robin Gilbert Term Expires March 1994 TOWN AUDITOR Town Department Books Audited by Plodzik & Sanderson C. P. A. MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION Barbara Nelson Betty Sheehy Cecil Schneer :ONSERVATION COMMISSION Barbara Byrne (Chairman) Term Expires March 1995 Jim Ryan Term Expires March 1995 M Sherwood Libby Term Expires March 1995 Joanne Voltaire Term Expires March 1994 Steve Bassett Term Expires March 1994 Carolyn Scanlon Term Expires March 1993 Melissa Wagner Term Expires March 1993 BUDGET COMMITTEE Jim Hayden, Chairman James Daley Jr Don Doane Reginald Sharp Ray Trueman Thomas Beatty John Finn Jack Shaw TOWN LANDING OVERSEER David Dennehy Term Expires March 1994 . . STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN WARRANT To the inhabitants of the Town of Newfields, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Newfields on Tuesday, the ninth day of March, 1993, at two o'clock in the afternoon until nine o'clock in the evening to act upon the following subjects: BUSINESS MEETING TO BE HELD AT SEVEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK 1. To choose all necessary Town and School District Officers for the ensuing year. 2. To see what action the Town will take toward the acceptance of the reports of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, in case of disaster, to apply for, contract for, receive and expend Federal Funds for disaster relief. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to apply for, receive and expend Federal and State grants which may become available during the course of the year, in accordance with RSA 31:95-b, and also to accept and expend any money from any other governmental unit or private source to be used for the purposes for which the Town may legally appropriate money. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow Short Term Notes in anticipation of taxes. (RSA 33:7) 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Tax Collector to accept prepayment of Real Estate taxes for the year 1993. (RSA 80:52-a) 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 to be placed in the previously established Fire Truck Capital Reserve Fund for the future purchase of a replacement fire truck. (4th year) 8. To see if the Town will vote to extend the gates and bars on Old Lee (Otis) Road to the northernmost boundary of Map 208, Lot 10.1. This portion of road has been conditionally approved by the Board of Selectmen, Road Engineer and Road Agent 9. To see if the Town will vote to Authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the New Hampshire Municipal Health Insurance Trust/ Inc. for the provision of health and other benefits to employees of the Town of Newfields as may be selected by the Town of Newfields, and authorized the Chairmen of the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver to the Trust an initial and Renewal Application and Participation Agreement, and a Certificate of Authorizing Resolution, pursuant to RSA 5-B:3. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $99,999 as payment to the Town of Newmarket to settle potential liabilities on behalf of the Town of Newfields in connection with the use and closure of the Newmarket Landfill. 11. In the event Warrant Article # 10 fails to pass; To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Town of Newmarket to settle potential liabilities on behalf of the Town of Newfields in connection with the use and closure of the Newmarket Landfill, and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100,000 for payment to the Town of Newmarket as consideration for such agreement, payable at the rate of $20,000 per year, together with interest at a rate of 5% per annum on the unpaid balance, commencing June 1, 1993 and continuing until final payment on or before June 1, 1997, in accordance with the following schedule: 1. Twenty thousand ($20,000) dollar payment on or before June 1, 1993. 2. Twenty-four thousand ($24,000) dollar payment on or before June 1, 1994. 3. Twenty-three thousand ($23,000) dollar payment on or before June 1, 1995. 4. Twenty-two thousand ($22,000) dollar payment on or before June 1, 1996. 5. Twenty-one thousand ($21,000) dollar payment on or before June 1, 1997. (2/3 ballot vote required) 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey any real estate acquired by the Town by tax collector's deed. Such a conveyance shall be by deed following a public auction, or the property may be sold by advertised sealed bids, or may be otherwise disposed of as justice may require, pursuant to RSA 80:80. 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey to Eugene Perreault property acquired by tax collector's deed and situated at 369 Piscassic Road in return for payment to the Town of unpaid taxes, interest penalties and costs for the years 1989, 1991, and in lieu/ of property tax which would have been due during the time the Town held title to the property. 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund under the provision of RSA 35:1 for the purpose of purchasing an equipped police cruiser and to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 to be placed in this fund. 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the use/transfer of $5,000 from unexpended Water Department receipts as of December 31, 1993 and to place such funds in the previously established Expendable Trust Fund for maintenance of the Newfields Water Department. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750 for the purchase and installation of ah outdoor sign to be placed on the Town Hall lawn to announce town meetings and events. 17. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund under the provisions of RSA 35:1 for the purpose of upgrading Bald Hill Road from the Intersection of Route 87 to the Newmarket town line, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 to be placed in this fund. (1st year) 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 for the installation of a concrete pad for the recycling bins. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to be placed in the Conservation Commission Fund to be used for the acquisition of a complete Natural Resource Map. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,400 for the construction of a lighted, four foot wide brick walkway from the Town Hall parking lot to the base of the existing handicapped ramp. Said walkway to include six foot wide granite steps. 21. On a Citzens Petition of Peter Cotch and 44 other voters, to require household refuse intended for disposal must be set out in tightly covered, rigid containers no earlier than one day prior to scheduled collection. Refuse otherwise set out will be deemed as improperly disposed of, unless under prior arrangement with the Town. 22. To- see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of$455, 039 that may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, exclusive of all special articles listed above.