=^ CHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORTS for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1996 Town Elections: May 13, 1997 Town Meeting: May 14, 1997 Jj This Town Report cover is printed on environmentally friendly, 50% Recycled/25% Post-ConsumerWaste paper. 1996AnnualReport Table ofContents Auditor's Report 35 Budget Colored Section BudgetAdvisory Committee Report 36 Building Inspector's Report 49 CTV-51 65 Community Caregivers ofGreater Derry 64 Comparative Statement ofAppropriations 13 Conservation Commission Report 53 Detailed Statement ofPayments 21 Detailed Statement ofReceipts 18 Educational Trust Report 69 Exeter RiverWatershed 68 Financial Report 15 Fire Department Report 61 Forest Fire Report 63 Highway Department Report 51 Library Report 42 Planning Board Report 46 Police Department Report 59 Recreation Commission Report 57 Recycling/SolidWaste Committee Report 66 Representative's Report 40 Rockingham CommunityAction Committee Report 70 Selectmen's Report 44 Southern NH Hazmat 72 Southern NH Planning Committee Report 67 Statement ofAppropriations 7 Summary ofInventoryValuation 10 Summary ofTax LienAccounts 34 Tax Collector's Report 33 Tax Rate Computation 11 Town Clerk's Report 32 Town Officers 2 Trust Fund Report 38 Warrant Colored Section Wilcomb-Townsend HomeTrust Fund 37 Zoning Board ofAdjustment Report 41 Town ofChester Town Officers Moderator , Michael Scott - 1998 Assistant Moderator - Walter St. Clair Representatives to the General Court Jon Beaulieu- 1998 , Selectmen EricC. Nyberg- 1997 Andrew L. Hadik - 1998 Colin M. Costine - 1999 AdministrativeAssistant Margaret M. Neveu , Town Clerk/Tax Collector ^ Barbara L. Gagnon - 1999 DeputyTown Clerk/Tax Collector Carrie Boucher Treasurer Pat Sevener- 1999 DeputyTreasurer . } , - Deborah Costine -, CynthiaTunberg Fire Chief Stephen Tunberg Raymond I. Dolloff, Jr. (Retired 1997) RoadAgent Carl Morin - 1997 •,, , ChiefofPolice Alfred Wagner Supervisorofthe Checklist Janice Jeans - 1999 Diane Dupont - 1998 Virginia Beaulieu - 2000 1996AnnualReport Trustees ofTrust Funds 1998 Joseph O'Brien- 1997 1999 LibraryTrustees Melissa Rossetti - Chmn.- 1999 Ed Hewson - 1997 Dorothy Wells - 1999 Rhonda McNeil - 1998 MaryAnn Marchi - 1998 Great Hill CemeteryTrustees Wayne Towle - 1997 George Noyes - 2000 Steven Childs - 1999 Ernest Edwards - 1998 Walter St. Clair - 1996 Village CemeteryTrustees David Hoffman- 1999 Ann C. Parnell - 1998 Wayne Towle - 1997 Wiicomb-Townsend Home Fund Trustees Isabelle Rand - 1997 Catherine Fogg - 2000 Tina Butterfield - 1999 Barbara Dolloff- 2001 CynthiaTunberg - 1998 A FN, ' ppointments BudgetAdvisory Committee Dianna Charron, Chairman Bruce Baker Paul Kretschmer Christopher Dyjak Donald Parnell Building Inspector/Zoning Officer David Jore Environmental Compliance Officer Brad Wamsley Cable Committee Ron Bath - Coordinator Candy Menard -Asst. Coord. Lennie Stein ,. - Ellen Boda - Secretary Civil Defense/Emergency Management Scott St. Clair, Director John Cadieux, Deputy Director Scott Rice, Communications Officer William Boynton, Deputy Director Town ofChester Conservation Commission Larry Benjamin Brad Wamsley, Chairman Gladys Nicoll, Treasurer Gregory Lowell, Sec. Camilla Lockwood - Planning Board Rep Andrew Hadik - Selectmen's Rep. David Hardy Maureen Lein Elizabeth Hayward,Alt. Edwards'Mill Project Coordinator Robert Pike Exeter RiverWatershed Reps Al Hamel Cam Lockwood Forest Fire Warden ' StephenTunberg Raymond I. Dolloff, Jr. (Retired 1997) Deputy FireWardens John Bragdon Steven W. Child Kevin C. Scott Scott St. Clair Bruce McLaughlin William L. Boynton Arthur Dolloff JohnT. Colman StephenTunberg Ernest Edwards Jack Cadieux (Honorary Member) Health Officer Darrell Quinn Historic District Commission Committee Colin Costine, Selectmen's Rep. Ann Powers Louise Nutt Anya Bent John Rosetti Diane Methot -Alternate Library Judith Balk - Library Director Louise Nutt Nancy Hoffman Parks and Recreation Commission Debbie Burke Greg Lowell -Chm Linda Royce Bob Henderson Charles Needham 1996AnnualReport Planning Board Scott Rice, Chairman Camilla Lockwood Richard Snyder, Vice Chairman Stephen Landau Evan Sederquest Carl Rich, Alternate Andrew Hadik, Selectman/Ex-officio Cynthia Robinson,AdministrativeAssistant Recycling/Solid Waste Committee Andrew L. Hadik, Selectmen Liaison Anne Pardo, Chairperson and Secretary Paula Potter, Vice Chairman Charles Myette J.R. Stephens Lloyd Healey Bonnie Healey Secretary/Police Department Vaughn Wright Secretary/Bookkeeper- Selectmen's Office Ruth Kaste Janet Boyden Spring Hill FarmTrustees Miss Muriel Church Brad Wamsley Colin Costine Wayne Towle Southern New Hampshire Plannning Commission Andrew L. Hadik - 1999 Albert Hamel - 1997 WelfareAdministrator Margaret M. Neveu Zoning Board ofAdjustment David Hill, Vice Chairperson Billie Maloney, Chairperson Cynthia Herman Janice Jeans Charlotte Lister Janet Boyden, AdministrativeAssistant HonoraryAppointments InspectorofGrist Mills, Factories and Sawmills Ernest S. Edwards SealerofWeights and Measures Robert Dolloff Robert Buelte Town ofChester WeigherofGrain and MeasurerofHay and Provender WayneTowle RobertHealey Town Historian Evelyn Noyes SurveyorofWood, Barkand Lumber Urquhart Chinn Leroy Noyes KeeperoftheTown Pound George Chaperon Gertrude Nichols KeeperoftheJacob Chase Horse Block Robert Nicoll Consulting Engineerand Maintenance Supervisor oftheTown Chronometer Scott St. Clair U^f,' 7996AnnualReport Statement ofAppropriations GENERALGOVERNMENT Executive 26,790 & Election, Registration Vital Statistics Financial Administration Revaluation ofProperty Legal Expense PersonnelAdministration Planning and Zoning General Government Cemeteries Insurance Advertising and RegionalAssociations Town ofChester WELFARE i, ... r i Direct Assistance 9,000 Intergovernmental Welfare Payments 2,753 CULTUREAND RECREATION Parks and Recreation 9,055 Library 46,900 Patriotic Purposes 250 Other Culture and Recreation 11,660 CONSERVATION Other Conservation - Conservation Commission ' ' ' 400 DEBT SERVICE Princ-LongTerm Bonds & Notes (Fire Truck) 10,000 TC Int - LongTerm Bonds & Notes (Fire Truck Int.) 2,680 TC Interest onTAN 4,500 TC CAPITALOUTLAY Mach, Veh, Equip (Police Cruiser) 10,290 Transfer/Landfill 1,107,000 OPERATINGTRANSFERS OUT To Capital Reserve Fund 11,000 TOTALAPPROPRIATIONS $2,133,212 ************************************************************************* SOURCES OF REVENUE TAXES Land Use Change Taxes 30,000 YieldTaxes 6,000 Interest & Penalties on DelinquentTaxes 40,000