711 New Hampshire Wilton, 1999 Town and School Reports Front cover picture contributed by John Hutchinson Pictured is Main Street looking westward in approximately 1907. Inside photographs contributed by Louise Greene, Gail Hoar and Richard Putnam mt ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WILTON, NH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1999 WILTON-LYNDEBOROUGH COOPERATIVE & WILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1999 PrimedbyTheAlholPressInc.,Athol,MA 01331 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1999wilt 1 INDEX Ambulance and Rescue 63 Auditor's Report 10 Balance Sheet 1 5 Budget forTown 17 Building Inspector 51 Conservation Commission 62 Current Use Report 1 3 Expenditures, Detailed 2 8 Fire Department 5 8 Forest Fire Warden 67 Health Department 70 Highway Department 54 Home Health Care and Community Services Report 71 Investment of the Trust Funds 41 Library Director's Report 5 9 Library Treasurer's Report 49 Milford Area Communications Center 61 MS-5 22 Nashua Regional Planning Commission 68 Police Department 61 Recycling Center 5 6 Revenues, Detailed 20 Schedule of Town Property 14 School District Report S1 Selectmen's Report 8 Sewer Department 56 Souhegan Nursing Association 66 Summary Inventory of Valuation 12 1999 Synopsis of Town Meetings and Election Results 72 1999 Synopsis of Special Town Meeting Held July 27th, 1999 80 Tax Collector 44 Tax Rate Computation 1 Town Clerk 47 Town Employee Salaries 48 Town Officers 1 Treasurer's Report 43 Trustees of the Trust Funds 39 Vital Statistics 82 Warrant forTown Meeting 3 Wilton Main Street Association 65 Water Works Report 5 7 Wilton-Lyndeborough Youth Center 64 Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School S40 TOWN OFFICERS -1999 Selectmen: Moderator: David W. Glines, Chair. 2000 Richard D. Rockwood 2000 Stuart S. Draper 2001 Jerry W. Greene 2002 Highway Agent: Charles O. McGettigan, Jr., Retired Tax Collector: Christopher D. Carter, Appointed Jane K. Farrell 2000 Kyra L. Brennan, Deputy Overseer of Welfare: Charles O. McGettigan, Jr. Town Clerk: Jane K. Farrell 2000 Conservation Commission: Kyra L. Brennan, Deputy Andrew P. Roeper, Chairman, Resigned Treasurer: Jonathan N. Sargent, Chairman, Barry A. Greene 2000 Appointed Philip C. Heald Trustee of the Trust Funds: Leslie Tallarico John H. Hutchinson 2002 Spencer C. Brookes II Louise K. Greene 2000 Doreece J. Miller Earl W. Watts 2001 Budget Committee: Auditors: Cary A. Hughes, Chair. 2001 Edna K. Bean 2000 David M. McGettigan 2000 Doris G. Boutwell 2000 David B. Tierney, Jr. 2000 Donald R. McGettigan, Sr. 2001 Planning Board: William J. Keefe 2002 Elizabeth A. Castro, Chair.2000 Donald C. Davidson, Jr. 2002 J. Alex MacMartin, Jr. 2000 Paul K. Putnam 2002 R. Neil Faiman 2000 Betsy M. Warren, W. Bruce Johnson 2001 School Board Member Richard D. Rockwood 2002 Stuart S. Draper, Selectmen Member Mark H. Whitehill 2002 David W. Glines, Selectmen Member Zoning Board of Adjustment: Dawn Tuomala, Alt. R. Neil Faiman, Chairman 2002 L. David Holder, Alt. Carol R. Roberts 2000 Michael D. Davidson, Alt. Robert E. Spear, Jr. 2000 James A. Tuttle 2001 Recycle Center: Stephen K. Blanchard 2002 Maurice G. Guay, Sr. Joanna K. Eckstrom, Alt. Ronald A. Hanisch, Alt. TOWN OFFICERS -1999 Supervisor of Checklist: Masonry, Brick & Stone: Cheryl A. Burns 2000 Leroy V. Tuttle Priscilla C. Jowders 2002 Joan C. Pellerin 2004 Parks & Playgrounds Library Director: Highway Department Carol R. Roberts Library Trustees: Sewer Commissioners: Stanley T. Young, Chairman Paul A. Desrochers 2000 Sandra S. Perfito Raymond A. Mahoney 2001 Serafin C. Anderson C. Stanley Schultz 2002 Ronald E. Brown Faye B. Crawford Richard A. Griffin Civil Defense: Harold C. Levine Thomas P. Herlihy Chief of Police: Robert D. Maguire Fire Chief: Raymond A. Dick Building Inspector: Frank S. Millward Assistant Fire Chiefs: C. Stanley Schultz, Retired Health Officer: Donald R. Nourse Frank S. Millward Ronald Y. Caswell, Appointed Corder of Wood: Forest Fire Warden: Mark C. Gibbons C. Stanley Schultz, Retired Donald R. Nourse, Appointed Surveyors of Lumber: Mark C. Gibbons Nashua Regional Planning Philip C. Heald Committee: Diane Nilsson Forest Committee: Thomas B. Greenman Philip C. Heald Ross V. Jennings Dog Officers: Water Commissioners: Police Department James A. Tuttle, Chairman 2001 Charles O. McGettigan, Jr. 2000 Cemeteries: Thomas P. Herlihy 2002 Selectmen . STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN WARRANT To the inhabitants of the Town of Wilton in the County of Hillsborough and the State of New Hampshire qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to appear at the Wilton Town Hall in said Wilton on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at 10 A.M. to ballot for necessary Town Officers and other action required to be inserted on said official ballot. (POLLS ARE TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M.) 1 To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. (By ballot..) 2. Are you in favor of the adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 1 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend the zoning ordinance section 4.7.1 Temporary Placement of Manufactured Homes by correcting a typographic error concerning the temporary placement of such uses. This section was approved last year; however, as a result of the typo part of the intended text was not presented for voter consideration. Approving this article will correct the section so that reads as the Planning Board intended. it 3. Are you in favor of the adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend the zoning ordinance Special Exception 5.3.6 Schools and Day Care Centers in order to correct the reference to State statute RSA 193- A. The existing reference has to do with the meaning of number and gender words rather than home schooling. 4. Are you in favor of the adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend the zoning ordinance section 10.5 Alteration of Water Courses to correct the reference to State statute RSA 482-A:3. The existing reference has to do with the statement of policy for the NH Lakes Management and Protection Program rather than the Excavating and Dredging permit which the Planning Board interprets as the intended reference. 5. Are you in favor of the adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend zoning ordinance section 18 Phasing of Development by deleting the Enforcement subsection 18.4 which is a duplicate of the same text contained in Section 22 Fines and Penalties. 6. Are you in favor of the adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 5 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend the special exception for nonconforming uses and buildings, section 17.3, to more clearly specify what conditions constitute grounds for granting a special exception. The existing language is unclear. The purpose is to clarify when the special exception is permissible and also clarify setbacks as these pertain to lot lines and district boundaries. You are further notified to appear at the Florence Rideout Elementary School Auditorium in said Wilton, Thursday the 16th day of March 2000 at 8:00 P.M. to act upon the following: 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) to be added to the Bridges Capital Reserve Fund previously established and to authorize the transfer of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) from the December 31, 1999 fund balance (surplus) for this purpose. No amount to be raised from taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000) for an engineering study required for the replacement of the Burton Highway Bridge over Burton Pond Outlet and the Russell Hill Road Bridge over Blood Brook and to authorize the withdrawal of Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000) from the Bridges Capital Reserve Fund previously established. No monies to come from general taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000) relating to the purchase of 136 Main Street property, also known as K-064, also known as Rue's Automotive. One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000) represents the purchase price of the property and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) is for a Phase I Environmental Study and legal expenses. The purchase is subject to a satisfactory Phase Environmental Study. The monies to be raised from I