Town of Newbury New Hampshire Annual Report 2019 A curious bear checking out the hummingbird feeder. Photo Courtesy of Pamela Ritchie. Annual Report of the Selectboard, Treasurer, and other Town Officers for the Town of Newbury New Hampshire A bald eagle visiting the fire pond by the Safety Service Building. Photo Courtesy DJ Smith For the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2019 with Vital Statistics for the year 2019 Cover photo – Winter Wonderland at Lake Solitude. Photo Courtesy Jennifer Parkhurst-Smith 2019 Annual Town Report Design, layout and production by Pam Bryk Assistant production by Jennifer Parkhurst-Smith Copyediting by Meg Whittemore Page 1 Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020 Budget for the Town of Newbury ...................................................................................................... 21 Assessor’s Report........................................................................................................................................ 31 Auditor’s Report ....................................................................................................................................... 108 Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust ................................................................................................... 96 Births ......................................................................................................................................................... 105 Blodgett Wastewater Treatment Facility .................................................................................................... 51 Bradford-Newbury-Sutton Youth Sports .................................................................................................... 86 Budget Committee Report .......................................................................................................................... 35 Cemetery Trustees ...................................................................................................................................... 71 Center Meeting House ................................................................................................................................ 83 Code Enforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 45 Community Action Program ....................................................................................................................... 92 Conservation Commission .......................................................................................................................... 74 Council on Aging ........................................................................................................................................ 93 Deaths ....................................................................................................................................................... 107 Dedication ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Demographics ........................................................................................................................................... 153 Directory of Town Services ...................................................................................................................... 156 Emergency Management ............................................................................................................................ 47 Family Services ........................................................................................................................................... 73 Fire Department .......................................................................................................................................... 39 Forest Fire Warden ..................................................................................................................................... 42 Health Officer ............................................................................................................................................. 49 Highway Department .................................................................................................................................. 46 Historical Society ........................................................................................................................................ 69 Information Booth ....................................................................................................................................... 68 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Investment Accounts ................................................................................................................................... 26 Joint Loss Management Committee ............................................................................................................ 50 Lake Sunapee Protective Association ......................................................................................................... 98 Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurses Association & Hospice .................................................................. 91 Library ........................................................................................................................................................ 52 Marriages .................................................................................................................................................. 106 Minutes – Town Meeting, March 12, 2019 .............................................................................................. 138 New London Hospital ................................................................................................................................. 89 Newbury Beautification Committee ........................................................................................................... 72 Old Home Day ............................................................................................................................................ 77 Outstanding Debt Statement ....................................................................................................................... 81 Planning Board............................................................................................................................................ 63 Poet Laureate .............................................................................................................................................. 59 Police Department ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Recreation Department ............................................................................................................................... 61 School Board for Kearsarge District ........................................................................................................... 85 Selectboard’s Report ................................................................................................................................... 10 State Forest Ranger ..................................................................................................................................... 43 Summary Inventory of Valuation ............................................................................................................... 32 Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway ..................................................................................................... 100 Page 3 Tax Collector’s Report ................................................................................................................................ 28 Tax Dollars Pie Chart .................................................................................................................................. 80 Tax Rate Calculation for 2019 .................................................................................................................... 78 The Fells ..................................................................................................................................................... 94 Town Administrator’s Report ..................................................................................................................... 12 Town Clerk’s Report ................................................................................................................................... 24 Town Officers ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Town Property Inventory ............................................................................................................................ 34 Transfer Station ........................................................................................................................................... 66 Treasurer’s Report ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Trustee of the Trust Funds Report .............................................................................................................. 27 UNH Cooperative Extension