2>sz <n . >t?7 New Hampshire Wilton, 1997 Town and School Reports We would like to fondly remember former town officials of Wilton who passed away in 1997 who gave years of dedicated service to the Town. Walter S. Frye served as Selectman, Wilfrid B. Berube served as Fire Chief, Samuel G. Proctor, Sr. served as Town Treasurer and, William W. Cleaves served as Deputy Fire Chief and Selectman. Pictured is a stone monument that sits beside Russell Hill Road. The stone is quite weathered but what can be seen reads as follows: Killed on this spot by the fall of a tree 25th September, 1798 Captain Sam Greele Aged 46 years.... The monument was erected by the sons of the deceased, Deacon Samuel Greele, of Boston, and August Greele, of New York. Their father was struck from his horse by a tree blown over by the high wind, and was killed. Photographs contributed by Louise Greene Thank you to, Keefe & Keefe P.A., Sharon Frydlo, Peggy Arn and Kyra Brennan. Their continued valuable assistance made the economical production of this book possible. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WILTON, N.H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1997 WILTON-LYNDEBOROUGH COOPERATIVE & WILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1997 3 1 INDEX Ambulance and Rescue 59 Auditor's Report 8 Balance Sheet 1 Budget forTown 15 Building Inspector 52 Communications Center 55 Conservation Commission 61 Current Use Report 11 Expenditures, Detailed 26 Fire Department 54 Health Department 60 Highway Department 53 Home Health Care and Community Services Report 62 Investment of the Trust Funds 41 Librarian Report 56 Library Trustee Report 48 Monadnock Family Services 65 MS-5 20 Nashua Regional Planning Commission 63 Police Department 5 5 Recycling Center 54 Revenues, Detailed 18 Schedule of Town Property 12 School District Report S1 Selectmen's Report 7 Sewer Department 58 Souhegan Nursing Association 64 Summary Inventory of Valuation 1 1996 Synopsis of Town Meetings and Election Results 66 Tax Collector 44 Tax Rate Computation 9 Town Clerk 47 Town Officers 1 Treasurer's Report 43 Trustees of the Trust Funds 38 72 Vital Statistics Warrant forTown Meeting 3 Water Works Report 57 Wilton-Lyndeborough Youth Center 58 Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School S36 TOWN OFFICERS -1997 Selectmen: Moderator: Stuart S. Draper, Chairman 1998 Richard D. Rockwood 1998 Jerry W. Greene 1999 David W. Glines 2000 Supervisor of Checklist: Laura McGettigan 1998 Tax Collector: Cheryl Burns 2000 Jane K. Farrell 1998 Priscilla Jowders 2002 Kyra Brennan, Deputy Conservation Commission: Andrew P. Roeper, Chairman Town Clerk: Philip C. Heald Jane K. Farrell 1999 Cindi Newton Kyra Brennan, Deputy John Shepardson Leslie Tallarico Treasurer: Will Wright Barry A. Greene 1998 Budget Committee: Trustee of the Trust Funds: Cary Hughes, Chairman 1998 Earl W. Watts 1998 Donald R. McGettigan, Sr. 1998 John Hutchinson 1999 William J. Keefe 1999 C. Wilson Sullivan, Resigned 2000 Louis D. D'Amore 1999 Paul Putnam 1999 Auditors: David M. McGettigan 2000 Edna Bean David Tierney 2000 Doris Boutwell 1998 David Roemer, School Board Member Stuart S. Draper Planning Board: Selectmen Member Richard D. Rockwood, Chairman 1999 Michael Davidson 998 1 Elizabeth Castro 1998 Zoning Board of Adjustment: David W. Glines, Resigned R. Neil Faiman, Chairman 1999 Peter Friedman, Appointed 1998 James A. Tuttle 1998 Mark H. Whitehill 1999 Stephen Blanchard 999 1 J. Alexander MacMartin, Jr. 2000 Carol R. Roberts 2000 David W. Glines, Selectmen Member Thomas Mitchell, Resigned R. Neil Faiman, Alt. Robert E. Spear, Jr. Appointed 2000 Dawn Tuomala, Alt. Joanna K. Eckstrom, Alt. L. David Holder, Alt. Ronald A. Hanisch, Alt. TOWN OFFICERS - 1997 Library Trustees: Water Commissioners: Stanley Young, Chairman James A. Tuttle 1998 Sandra Perfito Thomas P. Herlihy 1999 Serafin Anderson Charles O. McGettigan, Jr. 2000 Ronald Brown Faye B. Crawford Sewer Commissioners: " Daniel Osmer, Resigned Raymond Mahoney 1998 James Meacham, Resigned C. Stanley Schultz 1999 Richard Griffin, Appointed Paul A. Desrochers 2000 Chief of Police: Civil Defense: Robert D. Maguire Thomas P. Herlihy Building Inspector: Fire Chief: Frank S. Millward Raymond Dick Health Officer: Assistant Fire Chiefs: Frank S. Millward C. Stanley Schultz Donald Nourse Recycle Center: Forest Fire Warden: Joseph Paro C. Stanley Schultz Highway Agent: Nashua Regional Planning Charles O. McGettigan, Jr. Committee: Timothy J. Farrell Jerry W. Greene Overseer of Welfare: Charles O. McGettigan, Jr. Dog Officers: Police Department Corder of Wood: Mark Gibbons Cemeteries: Selectmen Surveyors of Lumber: Mark Gibbons Masonry, Brick & Stone: Philip C. Heald Leroy V. Tuttle Forest Committee: Philip C. Heald Parks and Playgrounds: Ross Jennings Highway Department 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 Florence Rideout Elementary School Auditorium in said Wilton on Tuesday, the 10th day of March A.D. 1998 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 Amendment No. 1 as proposed by the Wilton Planning Board for the Code for Building and Sanitation as follows: In the Code for Building and Sanitation. Article II. Buildings, add to the end of subsection (F) on page E-3 a provision establishing a fine of $100.00/day from the date of notice for construction that takes place without a valid building permit. 3. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the Wilton Planning Board for the Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend Section 3.1.33 to Section 3.0 Definitions, to define "Yard Sale" as a temporary use of a residential lot for the sale of personal goods to the general public, allowed twice (2) per calendar year per residence, with each yard sale to have safe and adequate parking, to be completed within 48 hours, and for signs to be posted and removed within 24 hours of the yard sale. Add Section 4.8 Yard Sales to Section 4.0 General Provisions to require a yard sale permit from the Selectman's Office to be issued under the conditions listed above. (Following definitions to be renumbered.) 4. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the Wilton Planning Board for the Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Add Section 5.3.1.1 Special Exception Not Required to Section 5.3.1 Home Occupations within the Residential District to clarify that a home occupation may be operated without review by the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Planning Board if it occupies less than 20% of the gross heated floor area of the primary residence, employs no non- resident employees, has no signs or customer visits, has limited commercial traffic and no outside operations. Also amend Section 6.6.1 Home Occupations within the General Residential & Agricultural District to refer to Section 5.3.1.1 and apply the same criteria to the General Residential & Agricultural District. 5. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the Wilton Planning Board for the Wilton Zoning Ordinance as follows: Add Section 15 Wireless Communications Overlay District (WCOD) to establish development standards and to limit the new construction and operation of wireless communications facilities (e.g. cellular towers) to the Industrial and Commercial Districts within Wilton. (Following sections to be renumbered.) You are further notified to appear at the Florence Rideout Elementary School Auditorium, in said Wilton, Thursday the 12th day of March A.D. 1998 at 8:00 P.M. to act upon the following: 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) to be added to the Fire Department Pumper Equipment Capital Reserve Fund previously established or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to be added to the Emergency Services Building Capital Reserve Fund previously established 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 Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) to be added to the Ambulance Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund previously established 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 Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000) to be added to the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund previously established or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) to renovate the Town Hall and to withdraw Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars ($37,000) from the Town Hall Repair Project Capital Reserve Fund, as established March, 1994. The fund is also known as the Town Hall Expendable Trust Fund to which monies were appropriated in March 1996 and March 1997. The balance of One Hundred, Sixty Three Thousand Dollars ($163,000) to be raised from general taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) to replace the Keyes Hill Road Bridge and to withdraw Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000) from the Bridge Capital Reserve Trust Fund previously established and apply Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) which was appropriated in March 1994 for the Keyes Hill Bridge Repair Project in a non lasping account. Three Hundred, Twenty Thousand Dollars ($320,000) to be paid by the State of New Hampshire. The balance of Twenty Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000) to be raised from general taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) from the Highway Department Capital Reserve Fund, previously established, for the purchase of a truck. Said funds are to be withdrawn from the Highway Department Capital Reserve Fund and not to be raised from general taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) for the purchase of a portion of Lot A-021 on Burton Highway. This purchase is necessary for the future replacement of the Burton Highway Bridge, number 076/144, located just above Frye's Measure Mill. The monies are to be raised from general taxation or to take any other action relating thereto. (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Million, Twenty One Thousand, Forty One Dollars ($2,021,041) which represents the operating budget for 1998. Said sum is exclusive of all Special Articles and Individual Articles addressed. The grand total of the operating budget and all Special Articles is Two Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Four Thousand, Forty One Dollars ($2,734,041). (Budget Committee recommends this article - Selectmen recommend this article.) 15. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and adopt the cemetery plot fees of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per plot (a plot being 42" x 10', 1 burial space) or take any other action relating thereto. 16. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors and Committees or Officers heretofore chosen to pass any vote relating thereto. 17. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. Given under our hands this 20th day of February, 1998. STUART DRAPER S. JERRY W.GREENE DAVID W. GLINES Selectmen of Wilton, New Hampshire A true copy of Warrant attest: We hereby certify that we gave notice to the inhabitants within named to meet at the time and place for the purpose within named, by posting an attested copy of the within warrant at the place of meeting within named, at the Wilton Town Offices, and a like copy of the within warrant attested at the Wilton Post Office, being public places; in said town, on the 20th day of February, 1998. STUART DRAPER S. JERRY W.GREENE DAVID W. GLINES Selectmen of Wilton, New Hampshire JANE FARRELL, K. Justice of the Peace