Annual Reports of the Selectmen and Other Town Officers, Charlestown
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1995 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING CHARLESTOWN FIREDERARTMENT "^SAMBULANCE ik' of the TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN NEW HAMPSHIRE DEDICATION The Town of Charlestown would like to dedicate this Town Report to longtime Fire Chief Robert "Mike" Bums. Chief Bums joined the Fire Department on July 7, 1949 and became its chief in 1955. He was still serving as chief when he passed away on August 4, 1995. Chief Bums also served several years as Director of the Southwestern New Hampshire Fire Mutual Aid System. He was a founding member of the Connecticut Valley Fire Mutual Aid System. Another of Mike's many accomplishments was serving for thirty-eight years on the Executive Board of the New Hampshire Firearms Association. Chief Bums' leadership has produced one of the finest Fire Departments anywhere around, and the Town of Charlestowoi can be most proud of this fact. Mike also had many other interests, involving the Town. He was instmmental in the Christmas Tree Lighting program over the years and helped vwth many other committees and projects. Chief Bums was also an active member of the Elks Lodge of Bellows Falls, Vermont. Mike Bums will be missed very much by the citizens of this community for many years to come, and will be thought of often, especially by the members of his Fire Department. (Cover photo courtesy of Wayne Carter) ANNUAL REPORTS of the Selectmen and Other Town Officers CHARLESTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE For the Year Ending December 31, 1995 PLEASE BRING THIS ANNUAL REPORT WITH YOU TO TOWN MEETING, ON TUESDA Y, MARCH 12, 1996 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2009 witii funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries littp://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1995cliar rHARIFSTOWN ANNUAL REPORT TABIFOFCONTKNTS Cover Inset Dedication Facing Page Town Logo Table of Contents 1 Municipal Office Hours 3 List of Town Officers 4 Copy of 1996 Annual Meeting Warrant 7 1995 Summary Inventory 13 Selectmen'sAVater/Sewer Commissioner's Report 14 Town Budget 16 Water Department Report 21 Sewer Department Report 23 Town Meeting 1995 25 Dept. of Revenue Administration 1995 Tax Rate 33 Comparative Statement 34 General Fund Balance Sheet 36 Statement of Debt 37 Schedule of Town Property 38 Report of the Town Clerk 40 Tax Collector's Report 41 Independent Auditor's Report 43 Property and Water/Sewer Abatements 44 Treasurer's Report 45 Detailed Statement of Payments 50 Report of Trustees of Trust Funds 60 Tax Exempt Properties 65 Library Treasurer's Report 66 Report of the Librarian 68 Report of Trustees of Silsby Free Library 70 Report of the Police Department 71 Report of Community Youth Advocates, Inc 72 Report of the Conservation Commission 73 Report of CEDA/Tourism 74 Report of the Planning Board 76 Report of Sullivan County Economic Developmt. Council 77 Report of Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Reg. PI. Comm : . 78 Report of the Finance Committee 79 Report of Home Health Care & Community Servs, Inc 80 Report of Sullivan County Nutrition 81 Report of the Director of Health & Human Services 82 Report of Sullivan County Hospice 83 Report of the Ambulance Service 84 Report of the Medical Building Association 85 Report of Meeting Waters YMCA 85 Report of the Fire Department 86 Report of the Forest Fire Warden 87 Report of the Reaeation Committee 88 Report of the Old Home Day Committee 90 Report of the Cemetery Trustees 92 Vital Statistics 93 1 OFFICIAL OFFICE HOURS SELECTMEN'S OFFICE Weekdays: 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., except holidays. Tel. 826-4400, Fax 826-5181 SELECTMEN MEET - Community Room, First and third Wednesdays, 7:00 P.M. TOWN CLERK Monday: 8:00 A.M. to 1 :00 P.M. and 1 :30 to 6:00 P.M. Tel. 826-5821 Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and 1:30 to 4:00 P.M., excq)t holidays TAX COLLECTOR - same hours as Town ClCTk DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30 A.M. to 3:30 PJVI. Tel. 826-5266 Wednesday by appointment PLANNING BOARD Community Room, First and third Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Tel. 826-5368 TRANSFER STATION Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Tel. 826-3201 Saturday: 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. CONSERVATION COMMISSION Community Room, Fourth Thursday of each month: 7:30 P.M. RECREATION COMMITTEE First Wednesday of each month: 7:00 P.M. EMERC.ENCV PHONE NUMBERS : Police, Ambulance and Fire 91 (Police Department - non-emergency 826-5747) TOWN OFFICERS Selectmen Robert T. Frizzell Administrative Assistant Health & Human Servs. Dir. Chief of Police Animal Control Officer Treasurer Health Officer Town Clerk Tax Collector Moderator Supervisors of Check-list Trustees of Trust Funds Cemetery Trustees Librarian Library Trustees Trustees-Medical Assoc. TOWN rOMMITTFFS Finance Committee Oscar Makinen Recreation Committee Recreation Director Highway Advisory Board Planning Board Alternates Planning Administrator STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN 1996 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, who are qualifled to vote in Town affairs, TAKE NOTICE AND BE WARNED that the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Charlestown, New Hampshire, will be held at the Charlestown Elementary School gymnasium, on Tuesday, March 12, 1996, commencing at 8:00 A.M., to transact the following business: (The polls will be open from 8:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M., for the purpose of voting on ballot Articles 1 through 8, unless the Town Meeting votes to keep the polls open to a later time. All other articles will be presented, discussed and acted upon beginning at 7:00 P.M.) ARTICLE 1. To elect the necessary Town Officers, for their respective terms (vote by Official Ballot). ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #1 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of Amendment #1 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #1 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #1 will require minimum setbacks from lot lines in all zoning districts, except Zone E, for the purpose of fire safety." ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Chariestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #2 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of Amendment #2 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #2 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #2 will require minimum setbacks from streams and water bodies , in all zoning districts, for the purpose of protecting water quality." ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #3 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of Amendment #3 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #3 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #3 will incorporate sign review standards within the Zoning Ordinance, for the purposes of promoting business activity and assuring pedestrian and vehicular safety." ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #4 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of Amendment #4 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #4 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #4 will revise fines for Zoning Ordinance violations, to reflect changes in State law." ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #5 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of .'Amendment #5 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #5 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #5 will add descriptive headings (a change in form only) to each of the Zoning Districts." ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board in Amendment #6 (vote by Official Ballot). The official copy of Amendment #6 is on file and available to the public in the Office of the Town Clerk and will be on display on the day of Town Meeting. The following question will be on the Official Ballot: "Are you in favor of Amendment #6 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Charlestown Zoning Ordinance? Amendment #6 will revise the Flood Plain Zoning Regulation to bring it into conformance with the minimum requirements of Federal law, adding definitions and a section relating to recreational vehicles." ARTICLE 8.