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TOWN OF NEW HAVEN, VERMONT ANNUAL REPORT 2006 January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006 ALA CARTE DINNER New Haven Town Hall March 5, 2007 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by The Friends of Beeman To support The Four Winds Nature Program Town Meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 5th Voting will take place on Tuesday, March 6th from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Discussion period for Australian Ballot items will immediately follow Town Meeting and will continue after School Meeting if needed. The School Meeting and Australian Ballot Items Informational will be held on Monday, March 5th at 7 p.m. Page 1 Table of Contents Dedication Morris Earle Sr. ..........................................................................................1 George W. Apgar, Jr. .................................................................................2 Cal Minor....................................................................................................3 Phone Directory ....................................................................................................4 Office and Meeting Hours .....................................................................................5 Warning for Town Meeting 2006........................................................................6-8 Outside Agency Information.............................................................................9-10 Auditor’s Statement.............................................................................................11 Remuneration for Town Officers .........................................................................11 Town Officials Elected .....................................................................................................12 Appointed.................................................................................................13 State Reports State Representative’s Report ............................................... .................14 Superior Court of Vermont .......................................................................15 Town Reports Town Clerk..........................................................................................16-18 Town Treasurer........................................................................................19 Select Board.............................................................................................20 Amos Roleau............................................................................................21 Report on Town Roads .......................................................................22-24 Planning Commission .........................................................................25-26 Zoning Board of Adjustment.....................................................................27 Traffic Calming and Sidewalk Project.......................................................28 Emergency Management Committee.......................................................29 Historical Society.................................................................................30-31 Community Library ..............................................................................32-33 Parks, Recreation and Events.............................................................34-35 Cub Scouts ..............................................................................................36 Little League ............................................................................................36 Brownies ..................................................................................................37 New Haven Twilight Tails 4H ...................................................................37 Girl Scouts ...............................................................................................38 New Haven Dairy 4H ...............................................................................38 Green Up Day ..........................................................................................39 Dog Warden.............................................................................................40 Town Financials Balance Sheet..........................................................................................41 Tax Rate Computations ...........................................................................42 Delinquent Tax Report and Summary ......................................................43 Delinquent Tax List ..................................................................................44 Summary of Revenues and Expenditures – General & Road Fund .........45 General Fund Detail and Budget.........................................................46-49 Road Fund Detail and Budget.............................................................50-52 New Haven First Response......................................................................53 Fire Department ..................................................................................54-55 Fire Truck Fund........................................................................................56 Records Restorations Fund......................................................................56 Computer Fund ........................................................................................57 Road Equipment Fund .............................................................................58 Liability Fund............................................................................................58 Reappraisal Fund.....................................................................................59 Reserve Facilities.....................................................................................59 Vital Statistics Births........................................................................................................60 Marriages .................................................................................................61 Deaths......................................................................................................62 Burials ......................................................................................................63 Cemeteries Evergreen ................................................................................................64 Munger Street ..........................................................................................65 Riverside..................................................................................................66 West Cemetery ........................................................................................66 2005 Town Meetings Town Minutes......................................................................................67-70 School Minutes ...................................................................................71-73 Special Meeting .......................................................................................74 Town School District Report School Report .....................................................................................................75 Warnings 2004 New Haven Town School District.............................................................76 Union High School District #28............................................................77-78 Reports School Directors..................................................................................79-82 Principal ..............................................................................................83-84 Superintendent of Schools ..................................................................85-87 Tax Rate Summary ..................................................................................88 Estimated Education Tax Rate.................................................................89 Town School District Budget........................................................................90-104 Beeman Elementary School Faculty and Staff..................................................105 Beeman Elementary School Budget Major Changes........................................106 Addison Northeast Supervisory District Budget .........................................107-111 Four Prior Years Comparisons .........................................................................112 Act 68 Homestead Tax .....................................................................................113 New Haven Town School District Long Term Debt...........................................114 Note Page.........................................................................................................115 Calendar 2006 to 2008 ..............................................................Inside Back Cover Morris Earle, Sr. Morris Earle, Sr., a longtime resident of New Haven, died May 9, 2006, at the age of eighty-nine. An attorney and an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II, he served in the Connecticut legislature and ran for state and national office in Vermont in the 1970s and 1980s. He was best known for his campaigns for Congress on the “Small is Beautiful” platform - encouraging a small, human scale approach to economics and society. He was a member of local writing and poetry groups, and also served as the New Haven Town moderator. He lent a humorous voice to the town for almost 40 years. Morris was predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Virginia, and is survived by 4 children, 8 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren. George W. Apgar, Jr. Albert Schwietzer once said: "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one