Annual Report CAMPTON New Hampshire Ifu'humpQtrid/je Campttm,OifUiHampshin For The Fiscal Tear Ending December 31, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CAMPTON, NH For The Fiscal Year Ending December 1993 31, TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 6 Warrant Center Insert Budget Center Insert Selectmen's Report 8 Inventory 10 Tax Rate Explanation 11 Taxes Levied forall Purposes 12 Selectmen's Detailed Statement 13 Financial Statement 26 Selectmen's Receipts 27 Town Clerk's Report 29 Tax Collector's Report 30 Taxes Outstanding 33 Capital Reserve Fund 46 Walter I. Lee Educational Fund 48 Trustees ofTrustFunds 49 Library Report 50 Planning Board Report 53 Zoning Board ofAdjustment Report 54 Historical Committee Report 54 Fire Department 55 Fire Warden's Report 61 Town Manager Study Committee Report 62 Grafton County Commissioners' Report 63 Pemi-Baker Home Health Agency Report 64 Auditor's Report 66 CAMPTON VILLAGE PRECINCT Officers 67 Warrant 68 Financial Report 70 Water Department Financial Report 72 Auditor's Report 74 (contentscontinuednextpage) WATERVILLE ESTATES VILLAGE DISTRICT Officers 75 Auditor's Report 77 Balance Sheet 78 Financial Statement 79 Auditor's Supplementary Report 85 Road & Water System Report 86 VITAL STATISTICS Births 88 Marriages 89 Deaths 90 CAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Officers 92 Warrant (March 8) 93 Warrant (March 5) 94 Budget 96 School Nurse's Report 99 Principal's Report 101 Superintendent's Report 105 Explanation ofSuperintendent's Salary 108 Itemization ofPayables 109 Balance Sheet 110 HotLunch Program Report Ill School Calendar 112 Teachers' Salaries 113 Contingency Fund 114 PEMI-BAKER REGIONAL SCHOOL Officers 116 Warrant (March 8) 117 Warrant (March 3) 118 Budget 120 Health Services Report 122 Principal's Report 123 Contingency Fund 126 CAMPTON VETERANS' MEMORIAL Matthew Aldrich of Campton is an Eagle Scout candidate from Boy ScoutTroop58ofCampton,Thornton,WatervilleValleyandasophomore at Plymouth Regional High School. After earning 21 merit badges and advancing through five ranks, he recently took on the biggest Scout — challenge theEagleScoutprojectofconceiving,developing,andshowing leadership in carrying out a community service project. His project was a five-foot granite memorial in Blair Cemetery honoring all veterans who servedfromtheRevolutionaryWarthroughthePersianGulfWar. Dedica- tion was Veterans' Day, November 11,1993. TOWN OFFICERS AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SELECTMEN Joseph R. Merritt ResignedNovember 1993 Campton, N.H. ClarenceW. Pulsifer Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. Charles W. Cheney Term Expires 1995 Campton, N.H. PhilipW. Look Appointed to March 1994 Campton, N.H. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Ann Marie Foote Hired by Selectmen Thornton, N.H. MODERATOR JosephL. Nichols Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. TOWN CLERK LyndaL. Mower Term Expires 1996 Campton, N.H. DEPUTY TOWN CLERK JanetM. Woolfenden Appointed Campton, N.H. TREASURER Mary E. Durgin Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. DEPUTY TOWN TREASURER Sharon L. Davis Appointed Campton, N.H. TAX COLLECTOR LyndaL. Mower Appointed 1981 Campton, N.H DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR JanetM. Woolfenden Appointed in 1985 Campton, N.H. ROAD AGENT Ray T. Mardin Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H CONSERVATION COMMITTEE James Thompson Campton, N.H DonaldJohnson, Jr. Campton, N.H. Peter Hickey Campton, N.H. PaulWeeks Campton, N.H. Judson Bell Campton.N.H. POLICE CHIEF Paul K. Chase, Jr. Appointed 1990 Thornton, N.H. HEALTH OFFICER RobertV. Burhoe, Sr. Appointed 1989 Campton, N.H. CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Peter Vaillancourt Appointed Campton, N.H. FIRE CHIEF David Tobine Appointed 1988 Campton, N.H. FIRE WARDENS W Charles Cheney Appointed Campton N.H. Norman McBurney Appointed Campton, N.H. David Tobine Appointed Campton, N.H. FIRE COMMISSIONERS Herbert Karsten Appointed to 1993 Campton, N.H. Richard Giehl Appointed in 1989 Campton, N.H. SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Catherine Barton Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. Sharon Davis Term Expires 1996 Campton, N.H. Donna Kidney Term Expires 1998 Campton, N.H TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUND Mary Joyce Term Expires 1996 Campton, N.H. Milton Pettengill Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H Virginia Giehl Term Expires 1995 Campton, N.H. LIBRARY TRUSTEES Marian Pitts Term Expires 1996 Campton, N.H. Lisa Mardin Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. May Brosseau Term Expires 1995 Campton, N.H. COMPLIANCE OFFICER William Stohn Appointed 1989 Campton, N.H SUPT. CEMETERIES & SEXTON Woodrow Timson Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. AUDITORS Christine Dole Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. John Doe Term Expires 1994 Campton, N.H. PLANNING BOARD C. Wayne Martin Appointed to 1994 Campton, N.H. Susan Barlow Appointed to 1997 Campton, N.H. Paul Weeks Appointed to 1995 Campton, N.H. Don Mower Appointed Campton, N.H. Mary Joyce, Alt. Appointed Campton, N.H Clarence W. Pulsifer Selectmen, Ex-Officio Campton, N.H. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Robert Barach Appointed to 1998 Campton, N.H. George Lougee Appointed to 1996 Campton, N H Sam Plaisted Appointed to 1997 Campton, N.H. Marsh Morgan Appointed to 1995 Campton, N.H. Bruce Homer Appointed to 1998 Campton, N.H. SELECTMEN'S REPORT TheTownsawalotofchangesin1993.Wearehappytoreportthatmost ofthesechanges were forthegood. Whilewestartedofftheyearstillowingthebankasignificantamount oftax anticipationnotes, we arehappyto reportthatweendedthe yearon amuchbetternote.TheTownwasabletobonditstaxliensand,thisallowed A ustopayoffpastyearstaxanticipationnotes. specialaccounthasbeenset upforthe 1991 and 1992 taxlien moniesreceived, andthis wouldbeused topayoffthebondin 1995.Toclearupabitofconfusinginformationinthe yearendreports,thelawnowrequiresthatwecloseoffourexpendituresas ofDecember 31, but allowsustokeepourreceipts openbeyondthatdate. ThisiswhyweshowalargebalanceasofDecember 31. Thereceiptswere keptopenlongerbecause 1993Fall taxesweredueonDecember29, andit was afterthefirstoftheyearbefore all maildatedDecember 31 wasinthe office,andthendeposited.Thehappyresultofallthesemoniesreceivedwas thatinmidJanuary, theTown was abletopayoffall ofitstax anticipation notes. Thisisthefirsttimeinthree yearsthatwehavebeenabletodo this. We hope that this is a sign that better economic times are in store for our citizens ,areabusinesses andtheTown. We 1993alsosawthecompletionofourrevaluation. wereabletogetthe new assessments out on the spring tax bills so any sizeable increases for sometaxpayers wouldbespreadoutbetweentheFall andSpring bills. We now have professionally done field cards and updated pictures of all the properties in Town. We have asked voters to approve funds to hire a professionalappraisertodotheupdatesandanynewconstruction.Thedays oftheSelectmendoingtheassessinghasgonebywiththesophisticationof thevaluationofproperty.Webelievethatbyusing aprofessionaltodothis work, wewillkeepourvaluesinlinewithmarketvalues,andnothavetodo anotherrevaluationforanumberofyears. TheTownreceivedatotal of77 abatements which is not a high number for a revaluation year. These abatements will be reviewed by the Board of Selectmen and the State Appraisers afterTown Meeting. The Town purchased a new police cruiser and a used grader for the highwaydepartment.TheoldcruiserandgraderweresentdowntotheState Auctioninthe fall, andthe Townrealized over $15,000 forboth vehicles. The new computers that we purchased in 1992 have proved to be a vast sourceofinformationtous. Wearenowabletogetweeklyupdatesonwhat hasbeenexpendedfromeachdepartment,cantrackourreceipts,loans, and