1 982 Town Report Goffstown, N.H
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NHamp 1 982 Town Report Goffstown, N.H. Microfilm Study Comm. Michael King Robert Grady George Aimo Fiscal Year Study Comm. Railroad Study Comm. Ruth E. Gage, Chmn John Salo, Chmn Richard Lisk Donald Mooney Henry Foucher Walter Patten Lloyd Sorenson Robert Amrein Irving Byron John Clougherty Advisory Grange Hall Study Comm. Cable T.V. Comm. Bruce Donna Harrington, Chmn Hale, Chmn Edwin Hardy Rev. Richard Wayne Gaston Choquette Robert Fournier Robert W. Wheeler Kendrick Lyons Frederick Jennings Louis Rondeau Computer Study Comm. Alternate Energy Comm. Henry Foucher, Chrmn Richard Duclos Jerry Thibodeau, Chrmn Sanford Duncan Allen D. Gamans, Jr. Paul Godbout Charles Henault Herbert Slattum Larry Carpenter Sanitary Landfill Study Comm. Elin Kidder, Chmn Kilton Barnard Robert Lefebvre George Waring Rudy August Richard Henault Leo Charest Richard Hand Robert Merrill, Sewer Comm Gerard Gagne Paul Bedard, Planning Board WftlVefllty 8f New Hampshire Library Town of Goffstown Organization e £ Q.O 1/1 o CD a* o VOTERS 5 Trustees Fire Sewer Board of Budget of Library Town Wardens Commission Treasurer SELECTMEN Committee Trust Funds Trustees Clerk Sewer Plant Board of Tax Assessors Collector COMMISSIONS Fire Highway Communi- Police BOARDS Parks & Dept. Dept. cations Dept. Playgrounds Adjustment Conservation Appeals Industrial Council Civil Town Health Building Defense Attorney Welfare Officer Inspector . Of General Interest The Town of Goffstown was incorporated on June 17, 1 761. It is located in Hillsborough County, nine miles west of Manchester on NH Route 1 14, north of Bedford on NH Route 1 14, east of New Boston on Route 13 and south of Weare on NH Route 1 14. Sixteen miles to Concord, the State capitol. The population of Goffstown is approximately 1 1,500. Type of government — Annual open Town Meeting, three-man Board of Selectmen, twelve-member Budget Committee. Voter registration qualifications — must be 18 years of age, and a citizen and resident of Goffstown. Registration with Super- visors of the checklist and Town Clerk. New registrations ten days prior to elections. Absentee ballots available for qualified voters of Town and State primary and general elections. Fire permits are issued at Fire stations. Must be picked up in person between 7:30 am and 5:00 pm. Dog licenses expire on April 30 of each year. A dog must be licensed at 3 months — rabies certificate required. Fees: Male, $6.00; neutered male, $3.50; female, $6.50; spayed female, $3.50. $1 .00 per month penalty as of June 1 Automobile registration is renewable in birth month, available from Town Clerk to residents. Resident tax receipts and car title required. Auto renewal decals available from Town Clerk for an additional fee of $1.50 to N.H. residents. Tax Bills — sent out on property assessed as of April 1 in the name of the owner as of April 1 (Example: Property assessed April 1 , 1 982 is taxed for year ending March 31,1 983). Resident taxes mailed in June to all residents age 1 8 to 65 as of April 1 Zoning ordinance in effect controlling the land uses in Com- mercial, Industrial, Residential, Agricultural, Flood Plain and Con- servancy Open Space Zones. Town dump is located off Laurier Street in Pinardville. Open 8:00 am to 5:00 pm except Sunday. Dump sticker required, avail- able from Town Clerk's office. Dump closed holidays. Rubbish pickup once a week. -1 — 1 Index Of General Interest Page 1 Index Page 2 Dedication Page 3 Town Officers Page 4 Selectman's Report Page 6 1 983 Town Warrant Page 7 1 982 Town Meeting Minutes Page 1 Town Meeting Election Results Page 14 Town Budget Page 15 Treasurer's Report Page 18 Comparative Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures Page 19 Auditor's Opinion Page 21 Summary Inventory of Evaluation Page 21 Tax Collector's Report Page 22 Statement of District Court Funds Page 23 Report of Trust Funds Page 24 Highway Department Report Page 28 Fire Department Report Page 29 Police Department Report Page 3 Building and Zoning Page 32 Rehabilitation Committee Report Page 33 Fiscal Year Study Report Page 33 Parks and Recreation Report Page 34 Civil Defense Page 36 Librarian's Report Page 37 Planning Board Report Page 38 Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission Report Page 39 Visiting Nurse Association Page 40 Board of Adjustments Report Page 4 Conservation Committee Report Page 41 Historic District Commission Report Page 42 Board of Water Commissioners Report Page 43 Goffstown Village Water Precinct Report Page 44 Goffstown Village Precinct Financial Report Page 45 Grasmere Village Water Precinct Report Page 46 Grasmere Village Financial Report Page 46 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Record of Annual Meeting of the School District Page 47 Report of School District Treasurer Page 48 Goffstown School District Warrant Page 49 Goffstown School District Election Meeting Warrant & Results Page 50 School District Budget Page 51 Transmittal and Commentary Letter Page 57 Pupil Enrollment Page 58 School Lunch Program Page 58 Reports of Superintendent's Salaries Page 58 Report of Superintendent of Schools Page 59 Principal's Report Page 60 School Health Report Page 63 VITAL STATISTICS Births Page 64 Marriages Page 67 Deaths Page 69 Cemetery Page 70 -2- Dedication This 1982 Town Report of the Town of Goffstown is hereby dedicated to Dr. Albert F. Snay Dr. and Mrs. Albert F. Snay (Jenkins Photo) Dr. Snay, for your many dedicated hours above and beyond the call of duty ... for your service as a member of the Goffstown School Board and as a member of the Goffstown Credit Union ... for your thirty-five years as Goffstown's school physician ... for your count- less acts of kindness and consideration... a grateful citizenry thanks you. —3- Goffstown Town Officers GOVERNOR PLANNING BOARD JOHN H. SUNUNU Frederick Jennings 1983 UNITED STATES SENATORS Paul Bedard 1983 Thomas Lee, Chrmn 1984 J. HUMPHREY GORDON Edward Moquin 1984 WARREN B. RUDMAN Milton Meyers 1985 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Lawrence A. Emerton, Sr. 1985 NORMAN E. D'AMOURS CONSERVATION COMM. GOVERNOR'S COUNCILOR Rodney Stark 1983 BERNARD STREETER Peter Martel 1983 STATE SENATOR David MacEachran 1984 ELEANOR PODLES Richard Soule 1984 Karen McRae 1985 REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT Diana Sterling, Chrmn 1985 Holly Abrams TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS Alice T. Knight Frederick G. Briggs, Jr. 1983 E. B. Nickerson Leonard R. Crotty 1984 Aime H. Paradis M. George Ramos 1985 R. W. Wheeler Term CEMETERY TRUSTEES BOARD OF SELECTMAN Expires Mildred Dearborn 1983 Clinton O. Rising 1984 E. Bruce Bynum 1983 George Williams 1985 Robert L. Wheeler 1984 John C. Sarette 1985 FIREWARDENS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Richard Fletcher, Chief & Forest Fire Warden Lionel Soucy, Asst. Chief Rodney L. Stark— Moderator 1983 Peter Jenkins 1983 Elaine C. Emerton—Town Clerk 1984 Gossett McRae 1985 Donna Brown—Treasurer 1984 Donald Mooney 1985 Rita B. Underwood, Tax Collector Donald Girard 1983 Hedley G. Pingree, District Court Judge Marcel Yergeau 1984 Paul Lawrence, District Court Associate Judge Joanna Barnard, District Court Clerk SEWER COMMISSION Richard E. Fletcher, Fire Chief & Fire Warden Robert Merrill 1983 Robert J. Wike, Police Chief Robert Pokigo 1984 Lorenzo J. Perry, Supt. of Highways Alan Gifford 1985 Raymond A. Cloutier, Town Counsel PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION Francis L. Gaudreault, Building Official & Health Officer Bruce Rand, Chrmn 1983 David L. French, Recreation Director Sheldon Hall 1983 5 Year Susan Tucker 1984 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Term Stephen Bernier 1984 Theodore J. Rohr, Chmn. 1983 Claude Laroche 1984 Helen Miller 1984 Clinton Robinson 1985 Richard Barnard 1985 Lionel Cullerot 1985 Libert Sousa 1986 Robert Wheeler, Sel. Richard Kincaid 1987 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Marianne Sudak, Sec. ALTERNATES Arline Fletcher 1983 Josephine Weilbrenner 1983 John Peltonen Kathy Hudson, Chrmn 1984 Roger Gagnon 1984 Edmund Neveu Janet Bartels Evelyn Connor 1985 Charlotte Davenport Thomas Burke 1985 BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Jane Pokigo 1983 Christine Trottier 1984 Normand Chauvette 1984 Ruth Gage 1986 Arthur Rose 1985 Donna Kelly 1988 David White 1986 Melvin LeBlanc 1987 —4— Term FISCAL YEAR STUDY COMMITTEE BUDGET COMMITTEE Ends Ruth E. Gage, Chmn Lawrence Brown, Chrmn 1983 Richard Lisk John Stafford 1983 Henry Foucher Thomas Grady 1983 Lloyd Sorenson Thomas Beauchemin 1983 Irving Byron Marcel Martin 1984 CABLE TV ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jack Healy 1984 Bruce Hale, Chmn Fred Gamache 1984 Rev. Richard Wayne Michael Neves 1983 Robert Fournier Anthony Tremblay 1985 Kendrick Lyons E. Tupper Kinder 1983 Louis Rondeau Allen D. Gamans, Jr. 1985 Robert L. Wheeler, Selectman COMPUTER STUDY COMMITTEE Henry Foucher, Chrmn INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL Richard Duclos Arthur Rose, Chmn Sanford Duncan Paul E. Bedard, V. Chmn Charles Henault Lawrence A. Emerton, Sr. Larry Carpenter Raymond Cloutier Jack Kruger MICROFILM STUDY COMMITTEE Clifford Martel Michael King Milton Meyers Robert Grady Robert Mulligan George Aimo Hedley Pingree ALTERNATE ENERGY STUDY COMMITTEE Henry Foucher Jerry Thibodeau, Chrmn B & M RAILROAD STUDY COMMITTEE Allen D. Gamans, Jr. John Salo, Chmn PaulGodbout Donald Mooney Herbert Slattum Walter Patten GRANGE HALL STUDY COMMITTEE Robert Amrein Donna Harrington, Chmn John Clougherty Edwin Hardy HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMITTEE Gaston Choquette Dan McNerney, Chmn 1985 Robert W. Wheeler Dee Little, Vice Chrmn 1983 Frederick Jennings Terri August 1984 Douglas Gove 1983 Frederick Jennings 1984 Janet Poore 1985 E. Bruce Bynum, Selectman SANITARY LANDFILL STUDY COMMITTEE Elin Kinder, Chmn Kilton Barnard Robert Lefebvre George Waring Rudy August Richard Henault Leo Charest Richard Hand Robert Merrill, Sewer Comm Gerard Gagne Paul Bedard, Planning Board REHAB COMMITTEE Frances Gaudreault, Chmn Arthur Rose -5— Selectmen's Report 1 982 We are pleased to submit this 1 982 Town Report. Included are Elderly Exemption; through your management skills and willing- all of the required budgetary, accounting and statistical information ness to work together, we were able to return a surplus of over as well as reports from the various departments, committees and $175,000.