ANNUAL REPORTS Of The Town & School District New Deerfield, Hampshire 1994 INDEX Annual Town Meeting 1994 13 Appropriations and Taxes Assessed and Tax Rate 40 Balance Sheet 44 Comparative Statement of Appropriations & Expenditures for 1993 41 Detailed Statement of Payments 52 , . Town Officers 1 Town Property 42 TOWN REPORTS Audit - Plodzik Sanderson. '93 43 Board of Adjustment 66 Cemetery Commission 73 Conservation Commission 70 Contractors 57 , Deerfield Volunteer Fire Association, Inc 67 Deerfield Heritage Commission 74 Highway Safety Committee 72 Philbrick-James Library Report 59 Planning Board 65 Police Department 63 Rescue Squad 69 Rockingham County C. A. P 76 Selectmen 62 Southern N. H. Planning Commission 75 Town Clerk/Tax Collector 49 Town Employee Roster 56 Treasurer 45 Trustees of Trust Funds 58 Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages, Deaths 120 WARRANTS 1995 Town Warrant 3 1995 Town Budget 9 1995 School Warrant 79 1995 School Budget 82 , SCHOOL REPORTS Audit-Vachon, Clukay & Co 118 School Board Ill School District Meeting - 1994 94 School District Officers 78 Principal's Report 113 Professional Staff 110 1993 Graduates 97 Statement of 1994 Expenditures 103 Statement of 1994 Revenues 104 School District Treasurer's Report 105 School District Nurse 107 Superintendent's Report 116 Superintendent's & Business Administrator's Salaries 109 Statistics - Attendance 106 Class Members by Grade Level 106 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsoft1994deer TOWN OFFICERS Term Expires Board of Selectmen: Donald F. Smith March, 1995 Highway Agent: Frank G. Bioteau March, 1995 David P. Twombly March, 1995 James T. Alexander March, 1996 Richard J. Mailhot March, 1996 Municipal Budget Committee: Robert B. Sanborn March, 1997 Kevin J. Barry March, 1995 Rodney P. Swanson March, 1995 Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Charles P. White March, 1995 Cynthia E. Heon March, 1997 Erick Berglund, Jr. March, 1996 Jeanette Foisy, Deputy March, 1997 Robert Duhaime March, 1996 Rebecca Hutchinson March, 1996 Town Treasurer: Emily Moore March, 1997 Cynthia Tomilson March, 1997 Peter Aubrey March, 1997 Lois Flanders, Deputy March, 1997 Joseph Dubiansky March, 1997 Frank G. Bioteau Selectman Member Moderator: Gerald Gill School Bd. Member Jonathan Hutchinson March, 1995 Overseer of Welfare: Trustees of Trust Funds: Martha Southmayd March, 1995 Dwight Barnes March, 1995 Wayne E. Hussey March, 1996 Appointed Offices David L. Baker, Jr. March, 1997 Police: Library Trustees: Robert D Alessandro, Chief ' Judith M, Hartgen March, 1995 Benjamin Jean, Full Time Officer Norman P. Merrill March, 1995 James Tomilson, Full Time Officer William Mountford March, 1995 Steve Turner, Full Time Officer Elsie J. Brown March, 1996 Constance E. Stone March, 1996 Joanne Devlin March, 1997 Special Police Officers: Laura Guinan March, 1997 Bruce Graham Richard McLaughlin Denis Hamel, Jr. Robert Wunderlich Water Commissioners: Victoria Harbison David O'Neal March, 1995 Charles Sanborn March, 1996 Librarian: Louis A. Nephew March, 1997 Evelyn Cronyn Supervisors of Checklist: Warren Billings, Jr. March, 1996 Building Inspector/Health Officer: Willis Rollins, Jr. March, 1998 Robert J. Perron April, 1995 George Putnam March, 2000 Board of Adjustment: Planning Board Members: Jonathan R. Halle March, 1995 Warren Guinan April, 1995 Thomas N. True March, 1996 Philip Bilodeau April, 1995 Katherine Hartnett March, 1997 Donald Gorman April, 1997 Frederick J. McGarry March, 1997 Debra Clark April, 1997 Frances Menard Alternate Robert Mathews, Alternate April, 1995 Robert Urbanowski Alternate Dennis Kuczewski, Alt. April, 1995 Robert B. Sanborn Selectman Member Susan Stroud, Alt. April, 1996 -1- : Deputy Fire Wardens: ssion THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at Deerfield Town Hall in said. Deerfield, on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of March, newt at 7 of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following sub- jects : 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. 2. To see if the Town will vote to adopt amendments to the existing Town Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board. (The amendments are posted with the Warrant and are available for inspection at the offices of the Town Clerk and Selectmen during business hours of 8:30 AM to 1 PM, Monday through Friday, and from 6:30 to 9 PM Monday evenings. The sections to be amended ) and a topical description of each amendment are as follows: <1. Article III, Sections: 325.1(B); 325.2(A) and (B); ) 325.3(D)(1), (H), (L)(6), (M), and (N); and 325. 4 D) E and (F) ( , ( ) , would make certain minor changes to the Open Space Development Ordinance. These changes consist of: revising the purpose; changing the definition of Open Space Development; defining steep slopes; revising the definition of maximum density; deleting the requirement for parking since it is covered elsewhere in the ordinance; add to the uses which the de%'eloper must provide for maintenance on common land; state that individual water and sewage disposal systems are permitted in an Open Space Develop- ment; permit the development of a tract of land using both con- ventional and Open Space Development; and delete requirements for an impact statement, discussion of the review process and the period of time to construct the development since these are covered in the Subdivision Regulations. (2.) Article III, Section 325.3 (A)(1), would allow all uses In an Open Space Development which are permitted in the zoning district where the development is located. Residential uses are only permitted now. (3.) Article III, Section 325.3 (B), would permit Open Space Development in both the Agricultural/Residential (A/R) District and the Commercial District. Currently, Open Space Developments are only allowed in the A/R District. (4.) Article III, Section 325.3 (C)(1), would reduce the re- quired size for an Open Space Development to six (6) acres. Currently, a tract area of sixteen (16) acres is required for any Open Space Development. -3- (5.) Article III, Section 325.3 (E)(1), would reduce the re- quired frontage on an existing Town-maintained road for an Open Space Development to two hundred (200) contiguous feet. The current requirement is for six hundred (600) contiguous feet of frontage. (6.) Article III, Section 325.3 (F), would permit the place- ment of manufactured housing in an Open Space Development. The existing ordinance excludes manufactured housing from all Open Space Developments. (7.) Article III, Section 325.4 (B)(1), would allow collec- tor roads within Open Space Developments to be dedicated to the Town. Currently, the ordnance requires that such roads remain private. THE POLLS ARE TO OPEN AT 7 AM AND WILL CLOSE NOT EARLIER THAN 7 PM. THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE TOWN MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 18TH AT THE DEERFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL BEGINNING AT 9 AM. Given under our hands and seal, this 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five. James T. Alexander Selectmen Richard J. Mailhot Donald F. Smith of Frank G. Bioteau Robert B. Sanborn Deerfield A true copy of Warrant -- Attest James T. Alexander Selectmen Richard J. Mailhot Donald F. Smith of Frank G. Bioteau Robert B. Sanborn Deerfield -4- THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Deerfield Community School in said Deerfield, on Saturday, the eighteenth day of March, next at nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To see if the Town will vote to rescind action taken by vote of the town meeting of March 13, 1993, article 7, which raised and appropriated $5, 000 for the purchase of tires for highway loader and authorized the Selectmen to withdraw the sum of $5, 000 from Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund established at the Town Meeting in 1954. The Selectmen and the Budget Com- mittee recommend this article. 2. To see if the Town will vote to rescind action taken by vote of the town meeting of March 13, 1993, article 13, which raised and appropriated $10, 000 for the purpose of creating a driveway and parking area at the G. B. White Building and author- ized the Selectmen to withdraw the sum of $10, 000 from Town Office Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established at the Town Meeting in 1984. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recom- mend this article. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10, 000 for the purpose of reconstructing municipal roads and bridges or portions thereof destroyed by floods; and to authorize the Selectmen to apply for, contract for and accept grants of federal or state aid or both as may be available and to do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this appro- priation. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 to fund Traffic Safety/Prevention Patrols and to accept a grant from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of $1,200 in offsetting federal funds. This funding to cover opera- tions in phase 1 of the project which will run during April, May and June, 1995. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 to fund Traffic Safety/Prevention Patrols and to accept a grant from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of $1,200 in offsetting federal funds. This funding to cover opera- tions in phase 2 of the project which will run during July, August and September, 1995. The Selectmen and the Budget Commit- tee recommend this article. -5- 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $650 to fund a bicycle safety program and purchase additional bicycle helmets and to accept a grant from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of $650 in offsetting federal funds. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2, 050 to purchase a Cruiser Video Monitoring System (Silent Partner III) and to accept a grant from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of $1,025 in federal matching funds. The Selectmen recommend this article; the Budget Committee does not recommend this article. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $19, 185 for the purpose of purchasing a new police cruiser. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3, 040 for the purpose of establishing and maintaining emergency management system. The Selectmen recommend this arti- cle; the Budget Committee recommends $100. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8, 400 to purchase an air compressor system to be used for recharging the self contained breathing apparatus (Air Packs) used by the Deerfield Fire Department. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $13,944.33 for the purpose of town employee raises for salaries and wages. The Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend this article. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $34, 203 for the purpose of replacing carpeting, in- stalling air conditioning and improving the front parking area at G. B. White Building and to authorize the Selectmen to withdraw the sum of $19, 300 plus accumulated interest from Town Office Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established at the Town Meeting in 1984, with the balance to be raised through taxation. The Selectmen recommend this article; the Budget Committee recommends $19,203. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3, 280 for the purpose of reimbursement to the fire department for improvements made to the main Fire Station build- ing and the removal and to replace the entrance door at Birch Road substation. The Selectmen recommend this article; the Budget Committee recommends $3, 780. -6-