2011 Annual Town Report
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TOWN OF WEBSTER NEW HAMPSHIRE October 2011 Snowstorm Photo Courtesy of Mason Donovan 2011 A N N U A L R E P O R T 2012 Warrant and Budget THE 2011 WEBSTER TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO DAVID M. BATCHELDER Dave grew up in Concord. He and Carol married in 1963 and moved to Webster in 1964 where they raised four children. Over the past 45 years, Dave has served on numerous Town boards and volunteered for other Town committees. He served a total of 16 years as a Selectman and was a charter member of the Planning Board and served that board for eight years. Dave was also one of the authors of the Town’s first Zoning Ordinance. He was also involved in the writing of the original Master Plan and the first Master Plan update. In the community Dave also served as Director of the Blackwater River Watershed Association and as Cub Master of Pack #490. Dave served as Selectman more years than most anyone in memory. The majority of those years were when the Town had no more than a one-room office and vault room under the library in the old school house across from today’s Town Hall. In that building the only modern convenience was the beloved “hibachi.” Throughout the rustic accommodations of that time and the more comfortable Town Hall we enjoy today, Dave’s perpetual smile, get-the- job-done-energy, and quick wit helped move Town government along. By the way, this man also knows how to cook, as anyone who was ever been privi- leged to sample his gourmet seafood chowder can attest. After many years of service Dave and Carol have decided to retire to their new home on the shores of Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Rangeley Plantation, Maine. We wish them both well in the serenity of a simpler life. Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Departments and Committees For the TOWN OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TRANQUILITY AT WINNEPOCKET Together with the Reports of the Pillsbury Lake Water District, Vital Statistics, Etc. FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2011 Population (CNHRPC – 2010) 1,872 Number of Registered Voters 1,245 Please bring this report with you to the business portion of the Town Meeting on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10:00 am Our website is: www.webster-nh.gov TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROPRIATIONS ACTUALLY VOTED ............................................25 AUDITOR’S REPORT .............................................................................15 BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF WEBSTER .............................................10 DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES ..................................26 INVENTORY OF VALUATION SUMMARY .......................................33 MEETING SCHEDULE – 2011 ...............................................................95 PILLSBURY LAKE AUDITOR’S REPORT ...........................................79 PILLSBURY LAKE DISTRICT MINUTES OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MTG. – MARCH 9, 2011 .......... 75 WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL MTG. ................................................ 73 PROPERTY TAXPAYERS – 2011 ..........................................................84 REPORTS BOARD OF SELECTMEN ..................................................................... 38 CAPITAL AREA FIRE COMPACT ....................................................... 44 CEMETERY TRUSTEES ........................................................................ 51 COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM .................................................... 56 CONSERVATION COMMISSION ......................................................... 50 FIRE DEPARTMENT.............................................................................. 40 FOREST FIRE WARDEN & STATE FOREST RANGER..................... 42 HIGHWAY BUILDING COMMITTEE .................................................. 46 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ................................................................... 46 HISTORY COMMITTEE ........................................................................ 57 HOPKINTON/WEBSTER MSW FACILITIES ...................................... 53 PLANNING BOARD ............................................................................... 47 POLICE DEPARTMENT ........................................................................ 39 SOCCER ROUNDUP .............................................................................. 52 TAX COLLECTOR ................................................................................. 48 TOWN CLERK ........................................................................................ 48 TOWN OF WEBSTER NOTICE ............................................................. 37 UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ..................................................... 54 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ....................................................... 55 WEBSTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY ................................................... 49 SCHEDULE OF LONG-TERM INDEBTEDNESS .................................23 SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY AS OF DEC. 31, 2011 ................34 SOURCES OF REVENUE – 2012 ...........................................................12 TAX LIEN ACCOUNTS SUMMARY ....................................................18 TAX RATE 3 YEAR COMPARISON .....................................................33 TAX RATE CALCULATION – 2011 ......................................................31 TAX WARRANT SUMMARY ................................................................17 TOWN CLERK’S SUMMARY ...............................................................24 TOWN MEETING MINUTES – MARCH 8 & MARCH 12, 2011 .........61 TOWN OFFICERS .....................................................................................2 TOWN WARRANT – 2012 ........................................................................5 TREASURER’S REPORT........................................................................19 TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS REPORT ...............................................32 VITAL STATISTICS ...............................................................................81 2 2011 TOWN OF WEBSTER ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OFFICERS Moderator HAROLD W. JANEWAY Selectmen GEORGE C. CUMMINGS, Chairman GEORGE K. HASHEM BRUCE G. JOHNSON Administrative Assistant JUDITH M. JONES Financial Administrator WENDY E. PINKHAM Planning Board and Zoning Board Secretary THERESE E. LARSON Town Clerk MICHELE ST. JACQUES Deputy Town Clerk KIMBERLY DREW Tax Collector KAREN R. KING Deputy Tax Collector MICHELE ST. JACQUES Treasurer MARY F. SMITH Deputy Treasurer ELEANOR KIMBALL Road Agent EMMETT A. BEAN, SR. Police Department ROBERT C. DUPUIS, Chief PHILIP I. MITCHELL, JR. Lieutenant DANIEL SHAPIRO, Patrolman** RICHARD A. LA VALLEY, Part-time LINDA HOYT, Secretary Fire Department COLIN S. COLBY, Fire Chief ADAM POULIOT, Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Warden Emergency Management Director ADAM POULIOT Zoning Officer BOARD OF SELECTMEN Supervisors of Checklist FAITH L. ANDERSON DOROTHY PROULX BARBARA CORLISS Trustees of Trust Funds JUDITH M. JONES CAROL CREIGHTON** BRENDA SILVER Library Trustees SANDRA K. STARKEY MARTIN J. BENDER SUSAN BARNES Librarian CATHRYN A. CLARK-DAWE Cemetery Commission BRENDA SILVER, Chairman LINDA P. MOCK AIME S. SILVER 2011 TOWN OF WEBSTER ANNUAL REPORT 3 Planning Board JEREMY D. BUCKLEY, Chairman GEORGE K. HASHEM, Selectman Rep. RICHARD R. DOUCETTE*** THOMAS S. MULLINS, Secretary SUSAN RAUTH RICHARD CUMMINGS, Alternate MARK LORDEN, Alternate SUSAN ROMAN, Alternate M. J. TURCOTTE, Alternate MASON DONOVAN, Alternate EMMETT A. BEAN, SR., Selectman Alt. CLIFFORD BROKER, Chairman* Zoning Board of Adjustment MARTIN BENDER, Chairman ROBERT DROWN, JR. DONALD KOBERSKI DAVID BARNES BARBARA CORLISS GUY LAROCHELLE, Alternate JAYE BOWE, Secretary & Alternate MEG LAVALLEY , Alternate NORMANDIE BLAKE, Alternate PAUL SILBERMAN, Alternate SHAWN SMITH, Alternate* MARTIN BOURQUE, Alertnate* Conservation Commission MARY JO MacGOWAN, Chairman SALLY EMBLEY BETSY JANEWAY JANE DIFLEY SUSAN ROMAN ROBERT QUINN, Alternate NANCY CLARK, Alternate NANCY N. VAN LOAN, Alternate Parks Commission GLENN BLANCHETTE, Chairman LESLIE A. SILVER BRENDA SILVER AIME S. SILVER MATT CUMMINGS Welfare Director BARBARA A. CHELLIS Health Officer P. NICHOLAS VAN LOAN Deputy Health Officer NANCY N. VAN LOAN Franklin Visiting Nurse Association – Members – Board of Directors SUSAN BARNES ROBIN LAMPRON *Resigned **Appointed ***Deceased 4 2011 TOWN OF WEBSTER ANNUAL REPORT TOWN MEETING NOTES 2011 TOWN OF WEBSTER ANNUAL REPORT 5 TOWN WARRANT – 2012 FOR THE TOWN OF WEBSTER THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM TO ACT ON ARTICLE 1 To the Inhabitants of the Town of Webster in the County of Merrimack in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Webster on Tuesday, the 13th day of March, next at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year. (By Ballot) ____________________________________________________ BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 AT 10:00 AM TO ACT UPON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ____________________________________________________ 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000) for road pavement preserva- tion. The Board of Selectmen recommends this article by a vote of 3 to 0 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to help offset the cost of the bond for “Funds to Repair Dam” passed at the Pillsbury Lake Water District Special Meet- ing held August 5, 2006.