7^ ANNUAL REPORTS of the Town Officers of FRANCESTOWN, N.H. for the Year Ending December 31, 1992 This Town Report is dedicated to Dottie & Bing Miller, in grateful appreciation for their 100 plus years offaithful service to our Town as: Town Clerk, Tax Collector, DepU' ty Town Clerk, Deputy Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Cemetery Commissioner, and Volunteer Firefighter. ANNUAL REPORTS of the Town Officers of FRANCESTOWN, N.H. for the Year Ending December 31, 1992 INDEX Animal Control Officer Report 57 Appropriations & Taxes Assessed- Revenues 19 Auditors' Report Letter 26 Board of Adjustment Report 67 Capital Improvement Program Report 62 Comparative Statement of Appropriation 22 Conservation Commission Reports 54 Conservation Lands 55 Current Use Report 18 Detailed Statement of Payments 29 Emergency Management Report 48 Fire Department Report 49 Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Report 50 Highway Safety Committee-911 System 47 Historic District Commission Report 70 Historian's Report 77 Liabilities & Fund Balance 24 Librarian's Report 52 Library Trustees' Report 51 Long Term Notes Schedules 25 Planning Board Report 61 Police Department Report 60 Recreation Commission's Report 58 Road Agent s Report 56 ' Road Improvement CIP Report 64 Schedule of Town Property 28 Selectmen's Report 16 Summary - Inventory of Valuation. 17 Synopsis of Town Meeting 1992 71 Tax Collector's Reports 41 Tax Collector's Tax Liens Report 42 Town Budget 13 Town Clerk's Report 40 Town Officers 03 Town Warrant 07 Treasurer's Report 39 Trustees of Trust Funds Report 68 Unpaid Property Taxes 43 Waste Diposal Commission's Report 80 Welfare Administrator's Report 69 Vital Statistics. 82 OFFICERS FRA-lMCESTOpg^lSf TOP^N MODERATOR Phillip W. Ireland Term Expires 1994 SELECTMEN Bertrude B. McClary Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1993 O. Alan Thulander Term Expires 1994 John W. Jenkins Term Expires 1995 TOWN TREASURER Donald A. Marsden Term Expires 1993 TOWN CLERK Herman C. Miller Term Expires 1993 TAX COLLECTOR Dorothy L. Miller Term Expires 1993 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Jane Hooper, Chairman Term Expires 1993 Francelle Carapetyan (Resigned) Term Expires 1994 Pamela A. Nation Term Expires 1995 Deborah L. Hancock Term Expires 1993 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS William F. Rickenbacker (Resigned) Term Expires 1993 Frederick W. Whittemore Term Expires 1994 Louis Wiederhold Term Expires 1995 Herbert A. Fincher, Chairman Term Expires 1993 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATOR Barbara J. Carbee Term Expires 1993 SUPERVISOR OF CHECK LIST Bernice E. Miller, Chairman Term Expires 1994 Elizabeth M. Behrsing Term Expires 1996 Dolores A. Jenkins Term Expires 1998 CEMETERY COMMISSION Theo A. Wheeler Term Expires 1993 Judith A. Miller Term Expires 1994 Judith C. Wright, Chairman Term Expires 1995 FIREWARDS Donald C. Abbott Term Expires 1993 Richard F. Leavitt Term Expires 1993 Richard 0. Miller Term Expires 1993 Alvin L. VanCleave Term Expires 1993 Randall S. Wheeler Term Expires 1993 PLANNING BOARD Barbara J. Carbee Term Expires -1993 George C. Whipple Term Expires 1993 Abigail Arnold, Chairman Term Expires 1994 Scott M. Jenkins Term Expires 1994 Timothy C. Bower Term Expires 1995 Peter M. Zahn Term Expires 1995 Bert B. McClary Jr., Ex-officio Term Expires 1993 Alternates Appointed by Planning Board Marvin F. Armstrong Term Expires 1993 Kenneth Campbell Term Expires 1994 Lisa J. Podsadowski Term Expires 1995 CONVAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS Jane A. Lawrence, School Board Member Term Expires 1993 Gary W. Gagnon, Moderator Term Expires 1993 APPOINTMENTS By Selectmen: BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Richard S. Mikula Term Expires 1993 Herbert A. Fincher Term Expires 1993 Richard Kiczek Term Expires 1994 Guy A. Swenson Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1994 Nathan H. Sanderson Term Expires 1995 Alternates Charles F. Onasch Term Expires 1993 Dean L. Mottard Term Expires 1994 Gemma M. Dreher Term Expires 1995 WASTE DISPOSAL COMMISSION Sherwin J. Jones Term Expires 1993 Victor G. Hyman Term Expires 1994 Scott S. Carbee, Chairman Term Expires 1995 BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE S. David A. Jonas, Chairman Term Expires 1993 Robert W. Staub (Resigned) Term Expires 1994 Ralph S. Quilty Term Expires 1994 Charles F. Onasch Term Expires 1995 Harold A. Varnum Term Expires 1995 Nicholas F. Wilder Term Expires 1994 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Patricia K. DeAngelis Term Expires 1993 Marvin F. Armstrong Term Expires 1993 Scot D. Heath Term Expires 1994 Leila D. Wilder Term Expires 1994 Hannah Proctor Term Expires 1995 Jeffrey R. Gorton, Chairman Term Expires 1995 Alternates Robert C. Lindgren Term Expires 1993 Constance C. Varnum Term Expires 1994 Taisto H. Holm Term Expires 1995 BOARD OF HIGHWAY SAFETY David A. Ballou Term Expires 1993 Clifton F. Foote Term Expires 1993 Donald A. Hoyt Term Expires 1993 Richard Kiczek Term Expires 1993 Paul V. Ellis, Chairman Term Expires 1993 RECREATION COMMISSION Peter M. Zahn Term Expires 1993 Paul Lawrence Term Expires 1993 Kris N. Stewart Term Expires 1994 Peter A. Bixby Term Expires 1994 Nancy M. Rice Term Expires 1995 HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Kathryn E. Fincher Term Expires 1993 Ruth White Term Expires 1993 Abigail Arnold Term Expires 1994 Frank R. Hanchett Term Expires 1994 Luis A. Gallop Term Expires 1995 Barbara A. Radtke Term Expires 1995 O. Alan Thulander Term Expires 1993 Alternates Alan J. Joch Term Expires 1993 Brenda S. Parker Term Expires 1994 Nicholas F. Wilder Term Expires 1995 ROAD AGENT Clayton F. Foote Jr. BUILDING & SITE INSPECTOR George W. Shaw ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Donald C. Abbott HEALTH OFFFICER Beverly A. Abbott POLICE OFFICERS Peter M. Flood, Chief Philip J. Woodbury, Lieutenant Robert F. Camelio. Sergeant Steven H. Lape, Officer Thomas J. Thibeault, Officer Neal B. Martin, Officer David A. Ballou, Officer Richard A. Belanger, Officer DIRECTOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 0. Alan Thulander HISTORIAN Kris Holmes BALLOT CLERKS Barbara J. Carbee Sirkka T. Holm Elizabeth H. Jones Shirley L. Jones Lois S. MacAdam Mary T. Tempone Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://wvvvv.archive.org/details/annualreportstow1992fran TOV7N T \^I\FtT^2^1SI SH RE STA.TH: OF' ISTEVJ HJVlylE* I To the inhabitants of the Town of Francestown, in said County of Hillsborough, in said State, qualified to vote in Town affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Francestown on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act upon the subjects hereinafter set forth. The voting on Articles 1 thru 2, will be by official ballot, and the polls shall be open for balloting on said date at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon and shall not close before 7:00 o'clock in the evening. Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year. (By Official Ballot) Article 2. Are you in favor of the adoption of Articles V and V-A as proposed by the Planning Board for the Francestown Zoning Ordinance? (By Official Ballot) Articles V and V-A would allow, by special exception, the clustering of single-family, detached homes on tracts of eighteen (18) acres or more - provided that the development meets a number of criteria including: a) fifty percent (50%) of the land is permanently preserved as open space/agricultural land, and b) the overall density of the cluster development does not exceed that permitted under conventional development. A special provision would also encourage the preservation of sizeable tracts of agricultural land. Pursuant to RSA 39:2a and the vote of the Annual Town Meeting in 1979, you are hereby notified the second session of the annual meeting of the Town of Francestown will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday, the thirteenth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at which time the town will act on upon the following subjects. Article 3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and to make appropriations for the same. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow a sufficient sum of money to pay current expenses in " . anticipation of taxes, or take any other action relating thereto Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Towns of Bennington and Antrim to close the Bennington Landfill, and vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand Dollars ($178,000.00) to pay for its share of the Bennington Landfill closure costs; such sum to be raised for this purpose as follows: 1) by the withdrawal of $80,760.00 plus accrued interest from the Capital Reserve Fund titled "Future Landfill Closing. 2) the balance of $97,240.00 to be transferred from the General Fund Balance (Surplus), or take any other action relating thereto. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply for, contract for, accept, and expend any and all grants or other funds available for town purposes that may now or hereafter be forthcoming from the United States Government, State of New Hampshire, or any Federal, State, private agency or individual sources, in accordance with the procedures set forth in RSA 31:95-b. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Library Trustees to apply for, accept and expend, without further action by the town meeting, money from state, federal or other governmental unit or a private source which becomes available during the fiscal year, in accordance with RSA 202-A:4-c. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept gifts of personal property, other than cash, to the town for any public purpose, pursuant to RSA 31:95-e. This authorization in accordance with RSA 31:95-e shall remain in effect until rescinded by a vote of the Town Meeting. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey any real estate acquired by the tax collector's deed. Such 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, or take any other action relating thereto.