Town Of Acworth New Hampshire 1999 Annual Report Edith B. Kemp Acworth Iron Lady 's First woman elected toAcworth's Selectboard 1953 - 1959 Annual Report '.ff-^ of the Selectmen and other Town Officers of the Town Acworth of New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 1999 Please Bring this Tbwn Report to Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Printed by Letter Man Press, Claremont, NH INDEX Town Officers & Committees 3 Regular Meetings & Events 5 Warrant ofTown Meeting 2000 6 Budget 8 Minutes ofTown Meeting 1999 10 Town Clerk's Report 13 Tax Collector's Report 14 Treasurer's Report 16 Summary of Inventory of Valuation 18 Tax Rate Computation 19 Summary of Detailed Payments 20 Schedule of Town Property 25 Comparative Statement of Appropriation & Expenditures 26 Board of Selectmen Report 27 Planning Board Report 28 Police Dept. Report 29 Road Agent Report 30 Trust Funds 31 Library Report 32 Library Trustees Report 33 Conservation Commission Report 34 Home Health Care 36 Forest Fire Warden Report 37 NH/VT Solid Waste Project Report 38 Sullivan Cty. Reg. Refuse Disposal District 40 SCEDC Report 41 Vital Statistics 43 TOWN OFFICERS & COMMITTEES Moderator Kenneth Grant - 2002 Board ofSelectmen Thomas Batchelder - 2000 LymaWn A. Young - 2001 John Balla - 2002 Town Clerk Brenda Longley - 2001 Tax Collector Grant Tallman Treasurer Earl Luther, Jr Supervisors ofChecklist Gordon H. Gowen - 2000 Gladys Ring-Bogle - 2002 Roselva A. Dearden - 2004 Overseer ofPublic Welfare Cheryl Fish Health Officer Patricia Rieck - Resigned - 1999 Donna Dutton - Appointed - 1999 Auditor Cheryl Fernaid trustees ofTrust Fund Sandra Lord - 2000 Alston Barrett - 2001 Marguerite Hanson - 2002 Library Trustee Nancy Sandoe - Deceased Ella Brown - Appointed untill 3/2000 Marguerite Hanson - 2001 Carolyn Jerard - 2000 Ruth Balla - 2002 Dennis Eaton - 2002 AdministrativeAssistant to Board ofSelectmen Earl F. Luther, Jr. Budget Committee Craig Lawler - 2000 Howell Longley - 2000 Ralph Balla - 2001 Hugh Gendron - 2001 Torrey Greene - 2002 Linda Christie - 2002 Road Agent Don Porter Road Committee Ralph Balla - 2000 Roger Buton - 2000 Charles Bradt - 2001 Hugh Gendron - 2001 Howell Longley - 2002 Jay Phinizy - 2002 Planning Board Thomas Esslinger - 2000 Brenda Longley - 2000 N. William Symonds - 2000 (Appt. to fill in for John Balla until 2000) Bruce Bascom 2001 - Richard Bishop - 2002 Elizabeth Snider - 2002 Conservation Commission Samuel Stephens - 2002 Laurie Luther-Houghton - 2002 Geraldine Rudenfeldt - 2001 Deborah Hinman - 2001 Devik Hemmings - 2000 Elizabeth Snider - 2000 Tree Warden G. Kristian Fenderson Zoning Board ofAdjustment James Phinizy - 2000 Patrick LeClair - 2001 Edward Metsack - 2001 Paul Colsmann - 2002 Alternates to Zoning Board Rob DeValk Charles Ginter Recreation Committee Cheryl Femald - 2000 Mary Lord - 2000 Mark Edson 2001 - Michael Gendron - 2001 Howell Longley - 2002 Robert Skinner - 2002 Fall Mt. Reg. School Board Member James Elsesser Town Forester Peter Rhoades Recycling Committee Earl Luther, Jr Sam Stephens John Tuthill Albert Blais Kelly Sanchas REGULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS TOWN HALL 835-6879 SELECTMEN: Alternate Mondays 7:30 p.m. Thomas Batchelder - Chainnan TOWN CLERK: Mon., Tues., Wed 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00- 11:00 a.m. Brenda Longley - 835-6757 or 835-7878 PLANNING BOARD: Last Wed. 7:30 p.m. Bruce Bascom, Chairman CONSERVATION COMMISSION: Second Wed., 7:30 p.m. Sam Stephens, Chairman ZONING BOARD ADJUSTMENTS: First Wed. 7:30 p.m. Paul Colsmann, Chairman RECREATION COMMITTEE: Second Mon. 7:00 p.m. Red Longley, Chairman RECYCLING COMMITTEE: First Tues. 7:30 p.m. Town Hall LIBRARY TRUSTEES: Second Tues. 9:30 a.m. - Library Carolyn Jerard, Chairman LIBRARY HOURS: Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. DUMP HOURS: Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wed. 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS FIRE -352-1100 CLAREMONT DISPATCH 542-7040 - WARRANTFORANNUALTOWNMEETING STATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE MARCH 14,2000 TotheinhabitantsoftheTownofAcworthintheCountyofSullivaninsaidstate,qualifiedtovotein TownAffairs: YouareherebynotifiedtobringinyourvotesforTownOflQcers,andanyotherquestions,totheTown HallonTuesdaythe 14*dayofMarchnext,betweenAehoursof10:00oftheclockinthemorninguntil Nineoftheclockintheeveningtoactuponthefollowing TheBusinesspartofthemeetingstartsat7:30P.M. ARTICLEONE: Tovotebynon-partisanballotforthefollowingTownOfficers: OneSelectmenforthetermofthreeyears. Treasurertoserveforatermofoneyear. TaxCollectortoserveforatermofoneyear. 2LibraryTrusteesfortermsofthreeyears. / TrusteeofTrustFundstoservefortermofthreeyears. TwomembersofdieBudgetCommitteefortermsofthreeyears. TwomembersofthePlanningBoardfortermsofthreeyears. OnememberofPlanningBoardfortermofoneyear. TwomembersofRoadCommitteetoservefortarnofthreeyears. Auditortoserveforatermofoneyear. SupervisorofChecklisttoservefortermofsixyears. ARTICLETWO: Tovotebynon-partisanballotforadoptionofaFloodplainDevelopment OrdinanceasproposedbythePlanningBoard,whichmeetstheminimumrequirementsforthe NationalFloodInsuranceProgramandwouldallowtheTownresidentstoparticipateinthe NationalFloodInsuranceProgram. ARTICLETHREE: ToseeiftheTownwillaccepttheminutesoftheTownMeetingofMarch9, 1999. ARTICLEFOUR: ToseeiftheTownwillempowertheSelectmentoserveaspoundkeepers,measurers ofwoodandfenceviewers. ARTICLEFIVE: ToseeiftheTownwill votetoestablishaCapitalReserveFundundertheprovisionsof RSA35:1 forthepurposeofpurchasingequipmentfortheHighwayDepartmentandtoraiseand appropriatethesumoffifteenthousanddollars($15,000.00)tobeplacedinthisfimd. TheSelectmenand theBudgetCommitteerecommendthisappropriation. ARTICLESIX: ToseeiftheTownvdllvotetoappropriateFifteenThousand($15,000.00)forthepurpose Ofpurchasinga 16+acreparcelontheGoveRoad,tobeincludedintheTown Forest. Thesemonieswill bereimbursedfromtownforestrevenues,beginningwitfiapproximately$5,000.00tobepaidbackby forestrevenuesthisyear. TheSelectmenandBudgetCommitteerecommendthisappr(^riation. > ARTICLESEVEN: ToseeiftheTownwillauthorizetheSelectmentoborrowmoneyinanticipationof taxes. ARTICLEEIGHT: ToseeiftheTownwillraiseandappropriatetfiesumof$500.00tohelpsupportdie WorkofTheCommunityKitchen,IncinKeene,NH. ByPetition. ARTICLENINE: ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoraisesuchsumsofmoneyasmaybenecessaryto Defraytownchargesfortheensuingyearandmakeappropriationsofthesameasrecommendedinthe BudgetbytheBudgetCommittee. ARTICLETEN: ToseeiftheTownwillvotetoauthorizetheSelectmentoselltheWitkiewiczLot,so calledLot257,Map 16. Byrequest. ARTICLEELEVEN: Totransactanyotherbusinessthatmaylegallybebroughtbeforethistown meeting. GivenunderourhandsandsealoftheTownofAcworththis3*^dayofFebruary,2000 BDOUAARKDUOUrFSitELLtEL-CT1IMVlEtlN ThomasBatchelder anA young ^/f^:^ Balla ATrueCopyofWarrantAttest: ThomasBatchelder^72LM*«-.^F^^-^ — LymanA.Youn^glU^j,^^_^t-^^ ^\^Crjci^ JohnW.Balla PLEASENOfi: VOTINGONSCHOOLBALLOT WILLONLYBEFROM 10AMUNTIL7PM. 2000 BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF ACWORTH