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Annual Report Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire ANNUAL REPORT k)WN OF JAFFREY, NEW HAMPSHIRE Year ending December 31, 1984 U!-ir/tHaJ.Y Of tiBRARY IN MEMORIAM Henry J. Belletete September 7, 1909 - March 9, 1984 Henry J. Belletete was the Road Agent for Jaffrey from 1936 to 1962 and from 1971 to 1973. His twenty-eight years of service is well remembered by all Jaffrey residents. Henry literally took Jaffrey from dirt to paved roads and they stand as a monument to him. Well done, Henry i ANNUAL REPORTS of the Town Officers of JAFFREY NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31. 1984 ANNUAL REPORT INDEX Page Abstract of 1984 Town Meeting 11 Auditor's Report 73 Balance Sheet 36 Budget 33 Comparative Statement of Receipts & Expenditures 33 Director of Town Officials 1 Financial Report 35 Invoice of Taxable Property ColorGd Sec. Recapitulation 40 Report of the Board of Adjustment 79 Report of the Conservation Commission 20 Report of the. Fire Department 81 Report of the Health Officer 03 Report of the Historic District Commission , C6 Report of the Jaffrey District Court 7G Report of the Jaffrey Library Trustees 74 Report of the Librarian 75 Report of the Jaffrey Water Works 45 Report of the Overseer of Public Welfare 43 Report of the Luigi Cilli & Warren Funds 43 Report of the Alice W. Poole Fund 44 Report of the Planning Board 03 Report of the Police Department 90 Report of the Jaffrey Recreation Department 91 Report of the Superintendent of Public Works 62 Report of the Trustees of Trust Funds 6 5 Schedule of Town Property 42 Statement of Bonded Debt 45 Summary of Inventory of Valuations 37 Tax Collector's Report 112 Town Clerk's Report 47 Town Treasurer's Report of Funds in her Custody 49 Town Treasurer's Report 52 1985 Town Warrant ^ Vital Statistics 99 Report oF the Airport Manager S4 COVER PHOTO BY ROY STONE : : : : : ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF JAFFREY, N.H. DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICIALS ELECTEp_OFF I C I ALS ?!!2;^£££i°£ = Bernard J. Hampsey, Jr. Term expires 1987 " I!£!iIl_£i:££.Ji • Barry E. Sasner " 1987 Deputy Town Clerk: Lisa A. Sirois Tax_Col lector;: Lisa A. Sirois " " 1987 Deputy Tax Collector; Barry E. Sasner 5!°^IL_3!££ilH£^£- Elaine E. Hautanen " " 1987 Deputy Town Treasurer: Georgianna Shanlin Boa r d_o f _S e ]^ec tme n : Robert M. Chamberlain, Chairman " " 1985 Howard O. Williams " " 1986 P. Edward Deschenes " " 1987 O ve£see r_ _o f _ PH^2i^_l!?£.2il£££ • Claire C. Moore " " 1985 §.H.E££l^i:^2£5_2X_^ll££Ji2;i§i • Betty Balentine " " 1986 Myrtle J. Hazleton " " 1987 Nancy S. Moore " " 1988 Fi^£e_Depa r_tmen t Donald K. Sawtelle, Chief Engineer " " 1985 Francis H. Bourgeois, Asst. Engineer Alfred Merrill, Asst. Engineer B oard of Water Commissioners Paul I. Devlin " " 1985 Donald K. Sawtelle " " 1986 George A. Sirois " " 1987 Recreation Committee Edith M. Davis " " 1985 Jeffrey Straw " " 1985 Patricia Wheeler » « 1986 Myrtle Hazleton " " 1987 Kenneth H. Ryan, Jr., Chairman " " 1987 Daniel C. Shattuck, School Board Member Howard O. Williams, Selectmen's Representative Represen t atives to Gene r al Cour t Clayton H. Crane " " 1986 Richard A. Grodin " " 1986 ANNUAL: : : REPORT APP01NTED_0FFICIALS Rec£ea t^j^on_pe|)a r tme n t : Recreation Director: Richard A. Bonneville Program Director: Kim A. Lewis Secretary: Ma rtha B. Given Jaf f r ey Pis tr ic t _C o u r t Bernard J. Hampsey, Jr., Justice William N. Prigge, Special Justice Pauline A. Tremblay, Clerk of Court Danielle U. Bosse . Court Assistant Sarah D. Hefler, Court Assistant J affre y Pol ice Department Eugene F. O'Brien, Jr., Chief David L. Roberts, Sergeant Lawrence E. Somero, Patrolman Gary A. Phillips, Patrolman Steven P. Reynolds, Patrolman Richard P. Carpenter, Jr., Patrolman Bruce Newton, Patrolman Clinton D. Simmons, Patrolman S £6 c j^a 1_ Po 1 j. ce me n : Frank Magor Eugene Shanlin Vernon Stauffeneker John McCann David Whipple Budget Committee Joseph P. Manning Term Expires 1985 John S . Lee 1986 Jean M. Boutwell 1987 Jeanne L. LaBrie, Chairman 1988 Robert Bussiere 1989 Francis X. Cheney 1985 Jean Page, Chairman 1986 Charles H. Griswold 1987 Elizabeth B. Shea 1988 Frederick S. Richardson, Treasurer 1989 Trustees of Trust Funds Herbert B. Grant 1985 James T. Kilbreth, Jr 1986 William C. Arthur 1987 : : : : ANNUAL REPORT Conant Indigent Fund Trustees : Catherine B. Kirschner Claire C. Moore Elaine E. Hautanen Alice W. Poole Fund Trustees; Vernon J. Bean Elaine E. Hautanen Claire C. Moore Randyl P. Cournoyer, Jr. B. Leonard Krause Old Bur ying Ground Trustees Charles W. Bacon, Jr. Virginia W. Hunt William C. Royce Civil Defense James W. Balentine, Director Planning Board Archie Coll, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1985 Joseph J. Crocker " " 1987 Stella A. Pillsbury n « 3^937 William C. Arthur, Alternate Bruce Feltus " " 1987 Richard A. Grodin, Secretary " " 1988 Robert Potter, Vice Chairman " " 1989 Carroll Bowers, Alternate Donald B. Stewart, Alternate Robert M. Chamberlain, Selectmen's Representative Boa rd of Adj ustm ent Frank Sterling, Jr. " " 1986 Roland Boucher " " 1987 Stephen Wells, Chairman " " 1988 R. Peter Sawyer " " 1989 John Minteer, Alternate Andrew Webber, Alternate Robert Austin, Alternate Helen Griffin, Alternate Sharon Pr estigiacomo. Clerk Historic District Commission ; Hester R. Ames, Secretary " " 1985 Jane M. Cunningham " " 1986 James W. Balentine " " 1986 Calvin Saulnier " " 1986 Robert P. Stephenson " " 1987 Joseph J. Crocker, Planning Board Rep. Robert M. Chamberlain, Selectmen's Rep. : ANNUAL: : : REPORT Hea lth_Of f icer : John G. Heil Su£e£i^n^endent_qf Publi^c_Wo£ks : Kenneth E. Saunders, Jr. Town Officer Personnel; Norman S. Irish, Assessor Eliine E. Hautanen, Bookkeeper Libra r y P ersonnel Cynthia E. Hamilton, Head Librarian Jeanne H. Burr, Children's Librarian Lisa Bearce, Assistant Librarian Marilyn Simons, Assistant Librarian Debra Zilske, Assistant Librarian Jaf frey Municip al Airpark Harvey N. Sawyer, Airpark Manager Lee S. Sawyer, Assistant Airpark Manager J. Walter Pratt, Special Police - Authorized Rep. Lee A. Sawyer, Special Police - Authorized Rep. F orest Fi re Wardens Donald K. Sawtelle, Fire Warden Francis H. Bourgeois, Assistant Warden Ronald J. Boutwell, Assistant Warden Conserv ation Commission Alan Leach Term Expires 1985 Bruce Pelletier " " 1985 Anne Badgley Nochella, Sec. " " 1986 Bruce Feltus " " 1986 Robert V. Mitchell, Sr. " " 1986 Frank E. Pinkham, Jr. " " 1987 Armand DelRossi " " 1987 i ANNUAL REPORT irrATi' OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TovvN mi.:l:ting warrant To: The inhabitants of the Town of Jaffrey, in the County of Cheshire, in .said State, qualified to vote in Town affairs : You are hereby notified to meet at the Ernest J. Pratt Auditorium in said Jaffrey on Tuesday, the 12th of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon (polls close at 6:00 P.M.) to vote for the Town Officers and to act on other questions required by law to be decided by ballot. Pursuant to the authority of RSA 39:2-a and the vote of the Town at adjourned session of Town Meeting on March 15, 1979, the business meeting will be recessed until 10:00 A.M., Saturday, March 16, 1985, at which time the Town will act on all subjects described in the following Warrant Articles except for the ballot questions: 1. To choose the following Town Officers: Selectman for 3 years Overseer of Public Welfare for 1 year Chief Engineer of Fire Department for 1 year Water Com.missioner for 3 years 2 members Recreation Comm.ittee for 3 years Trustee of the Trust Funds for 3 years. 2. That all reports except that of the Budget Comm.ittee be accepted as read. 3. To hear the report of the Budget Committee, and to raise and appropriate such suras of money as may be required for the support of the poor, building and repairing of highways and bridges. Fire and Police Departments, Memorial Day, street and building light- ing, and other Town charges. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men and Town Treasurer to borrow money upon the credit of the Tovm in anticipation of taxes. 5. To see if the Town will vote to allow a discount of 2*5% for real estate taxes paid within 15 days of the postmarked date of the tax bill, or act in any way relating thereto. 6. To see if the Tov;n will vote to authorize the Select- men to sell at public auction property acquired or property which may be acquired by tax sale, such public auction to be held after being advertised in a local weekly newspaper for three successive weeks. 7. To see if the Tov/n will authorize the Selectmen to accept any or all legacies, gifts, grants and sub- sidies to the Town in trust or otherwise by any individual or individuals and to ^further authorize that the funds may be expended for the purposes stated or act in any way relating thereto. 5 ANNUAL REPORT 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to apply, negotiate, and do all things necessary to obtain Federal, State and other assistance as may be available to the Town. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Conservation Commission to retain the unexpended portion of its 1984 appropriation, said funds to be placed in a special conservation fund in accordance with RSA 36-a:5, or act in any way relating thereto. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the support of the Monadnock Community Day Care Center, a non-profit agency, or take any other action relating thereto. (By petition) 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-five and 31/100 ($12,735.31) dollars to support the services of the Monadnock Visiting Nurses Assoc.
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