Annual Report of the Town of Raymond, New Hampshire
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NHamp .07 R27 1977 RAYMOND NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN REPORT ^^ J « Lamprey River Elementary School University of Library ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes Highway Agent, Town Clerk Examination and Audit All Other Town Officers and the School Board of the Town of RAYMOND New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 31 1977 352.oS TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Officers 3 Town Warrant & Budget Center Section Report of 1977 Town Meeting 5 Summary of Receipts 13 Detailed Statement of Expenditures 26 Summary of Inventory 42 Treasurer's Report See Audit Report of Building Inspector 43 Town Clerk's Report 44 Report of Police Department 45 Report of Fire Department 47 Planning Board 48 Board of Adjustment 49 Health Department Report 50 Civil Defense 51 Dog Officer's Report 52 Report of Library 53 Library Treasurer's Report 53 Recreation Commission Report 54 Highway Agent's Report 55 Audit Report 57 Cemetery Town Funds See Audit Sale of Real Estate for Taxes 85 School Report 94 Vital Statistics 128 ^J3T3xCV*^«3Jftr TOWN OFFICERS Moderator Frank G. Case, Jr. Town Clerk Robert H. Clement Town Treasurer Phyllis A. Gove Selectmen Ivan C. Reed James R. Turner Robert C. Erler Collector of Taxes Lawrence E. Martin Representative to the General Court Ralph L. Blake Robert C. Erler John Hoar Trustee of the Trust Funds Richard Sargent Kathleen Rose Sargent Water Commissioners James E. Snow, Sr. Stephen Lovejoy Warren Arnault Library Trustees Iber H. Gove Marjorie Oannis Ruth B. Hoffman Highway Agent Lyman R. Hammond, Jr. Chief of Police Mark S. Long Chief of Fire Department Leslie E. Gatcomb Deputy Fire Wardens Richard C. Smith Sumner Dodge Frederick Welch Charles Perkins Gordon Gould Director of Civil Defense Gene Sordillo Supervisors of the Check List Lorraine C. Reed Shirley Dionne Cynthia Ross Building Inspector V. Raoul Rioux Delegates to Constitutional Convention Hughin Holt Term - 1974 to 1984 Vera Goodrich Term - 1974 to 1984 Robert C. Erler Term - 1974 to 1984 Planning Board W. James Morrissey, Chairman Term Expires September 1980 Richard E. Houle, Secretary Term Expires September 1979 Joseph W. Harpham Term Expires September 1980 Harold R. Wood Term Expires September 1978 Sanford A. Meekins Term Expires September 1981 James R. Turner, Selectmen John Aldrich Term Expires October 1978 Marjorie Nadreau Term Expires October 1978 George S. Waldie, Alternate Term Expires July 1978 Board of Adjustment Anthony Carlucci, Chairman Term Expires December 1978 Frank Rock Term Expires December 1979 Arthur Prior Term Expires December 1980 Edward Broderick Term Expires November 1978 Charles Targee, Alternate Term Expires September 1978 Harold Fahy, Alternate Term Indefinite Board of Appeals Charles Cogswell Term Expires May 1979 David Boudreau Term Expires May 1978 Recreation Commission Marjorie Dannis, Chairperson Term Expires April 1978 Virginia Clifford, Secretary Term Expires April 1978 Hughin Holt Term Expires April 1978 Wayne Bailey Term Expires April 1978 Ivan C. Reed, Selectmen Term Expires April 1978 William Harmon Indefinite Ethical Standards Committee Willis J. Audette, Chairman Term Expires April 1978 Gene Sordillo Term Expires April 1978 Calvin Warburton Term Expires April 1979 Florian Zelinski Term Expires July 1978 Florence McRae Term Indefinite Lynn Fahy Term Indefinite Esteri Harpham Term Indefinite Health Office Dog Officer Richard Girard Oscar St. John (Loran N. Welch, Jr.) ACTION OF TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS FOR ONE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING YEAR MARCH 8, 1977 Richard Sargent 34 Kathleen Sargent 12 Alex Cote 7 Meeting called to order by Moderator was Iber Gove 8 Frank Case at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Newton gave the Cynthia Lord 1 invocation and the Salute to the Flag followed. Frank Case 2 Ivan Reed moved that the polls remain open until Edward Homer 1 7:00 p.m. Motion was seconded by J. Henry Malcolm Clifford 1 Greenwood. Vote in affirmative. David Gordon 1 Norris Gove 3 Results of voting are as follows: Willis Goddard 1 Marilyn Bagley 2 Total registered on checklist: 2460 Margaret Case 2 Total regular vote: 1188 Joseph St. Martin 2 Total absentee vote: 38 Wayne Ingalls 2 Virginia Tobin 2 James Dockham 1 ARTICLE #1 - SELECTMEN FOR THREE Robert Cooper 3 YEARS Carol Morrill Robert C. Erler 482 Jerry Kidder Joseph J. St. Martin 371 Gordon Cammett, Sr. Jack Scholes 88 Arthur Rollins Virginia A. Tobin 231 Nelson Sherman Richard Loiselle 1 Robert Duquette Joe Elliott CHIEF OF POLICE FOR ONE YEAR Barbara Clement Gordon A. Cammett, Sr. 340 Edward Thompson Mark S. Long 745 Michael Fernandes Americo A. Martini 119 George Gove Robert Elliott, Sr. 11 Phyllis Gove Peter Eaton 1 Jack Scholes Richard Loiselle 1 Robert Clement J. Henry Greenwood 1 F. Morrisey Emery Landis HIGHWAY AGENT FOR THREE YEARS J. Sullivan James F. Dockham 254 Warren Clifford Lyman R. Hammond, Jr. 674 Sally Paradis Arthur G. Rollins 277 Joseph Taylor Pitts Dennis WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE Lyman Hammond, Sr. YEARS Terri Reed Stephen A. Lovejoy, 3rd 895 Rita Curtis Harry McRae 21 Burgess Chase Warren Arnault 13 Tim Brusso 18 James Snow 5 Charles Cogswell TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS FOR Fred Dearborn THREE YEARS Arthur Rollins Kathleen Sargent 35 Roland Kimball Tim Brusso 15 Joe Gordon Iber Gove 7 Robert Erler Joseph St. Martin 2 Roland Robert Erler 1 Robert Elliott, Sr. Warren Clifford 1 . Jimmy Nye 1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 - To add to Article V Richard Sargent 13 Mobile Homes, House Trailers "and Campers" Frank Case 6 Joseph Wentworth 2 Lyman Hammond 3a. Campers may be stored, unoccupied, Lawrence Martin at the owners permanent domicile in any zone in Marian Lovejoy the Town of Raymond for any period of time. Reginald Maisey 3b. Campers, or tents, may be occupied for John O'Brien camping in all zones of the Town of Raymond for Virginia Tobin up to ninety (90) days of the year. Norris Gove 3c. Campers, or tents, may be occupied for Alex Cote camping in any camping area, in the Town of Phyllis Gove Raymond for up to nine (9) months of the year. Carol Turner 3d. Other than the above, camping is not Gordon Cammett, Sr. allowed in any zone in the Town of Raymond. Sue Ege 3e. Campers shall not be occupied as a per- Jack Scholes manent dwelling at any time, in any zone, in the Ralph Rioux Town of Raymond. M. Bagley Pitts Dennis And also to add to Article 1-A Definitions: Loren Welch, Jr. Robert Duquette "Camper - Any type of readily transportable Robert Clement shelter which was designed, and/or is commonly Paul Sylvester used, for camping. Examples: a. Motor Homes, b. Pickup truck mounted shelters, c. Towed trailer-type shelters such as collapsable tents or similar collapsable shelters, and d. Small (under twenty-eight (28)foot) LIBRARY TRUSTEE FOR THREE YEARS mobile home type shelters." Margaret A. Case 866 "Camping - The act of spending time oc- Elaine Schmottlach 178 cupying a temporary shelter, other than, or while away from, a permanent dwelling." ARTICLE #2 - BEANO Yes - 793 No - 252 "Mobile Home - Any prefabricated dwelling ARTICLE #3 - Amendments to Zoning Or- unit which, dinance 1 Has been constructed upon chasses, with This article was printed on a separate ballot. wheels and a tow bar so that it is transportable as Results of the vote appear after Article #6. a unit, or as sections of a unit and which: 2. Was designed, and/or is commonly used ARTICLE #4 - TOWN MANAGER PLAN for year-round occupancy. And which: Yes - 457 No - 610 3. May be prepared for occupancy without the necessity of a continuous masonry founda- ARTICLE #5 - APPOINTING CHIEF OF tion, and which: POLICE AND FULL-TIME OFFICERS 4. As such, qualifies for assessment and tax- Yes - 462 No - 645 ation as a Mobile Home under NHRSA." #6 - ARTICLE MUNICIPAL BUDGET LAW "Camping Area - Any parcel of land, which: - - Yes 507 No 400 1. Contains three (3) or more separate lots or sites and/or contains permanent buildings, or ARTICLE #3 other structures commonly used for camping, Are you in favor of the adoption of Amend- including accessory buildings and if necessary, ment No. 1 as proposed by the planning board privately owned and maintained roads to for the town zoning ordinance as follows: provide frontage for and/or access thereto, which: 2. Lots or sites are rented, leased, or In acting upon an application for a special ex- otherwise let for the placement of tents, ception, the Board of Adjustment shall deter- campers, or other normally accepted camping mine that: shelters thereon for the purpose of camping, A. The specific site is an appropriate loca- for: tion for the use or structure. 3. Occupancy thereof of not more than B. No factual evidence is found that the nine (9) months of the year, and which: proposed use will be detrimental, injurious, nox- 4. Meet or exceed all the then current re- ious, or offensive to, or reduce property values quirements of the State of New Hampshire for in the neighborhood. that type of camping area, and which: C. There will not be undue nuisance, or 5. Is operated for a profit." serious hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and roads providing access to the site shall be "Mobile Home Park - Any parcel of land, adequate. which: D. Adequate and appropriate facilities will 1. Contains three (3) or more separate lots be provided to insure the proper operation of the or plots, and if necessary, privately owned and proposed use of structure. maintained roads to provide frontage for, and/or E. The proposed use or structure is consis- access thereto, which: tent with the spirit of the ordinance. 2. Lots or plots are rented, leased, or otherwise let for the placement of mobile homes Additional Safeguards thereon for: In approving any special exceptions, the 3.