ANNUAL REPOR TS OF THE TOWN OF MOLLIS New Hampshire 1973 Annual Reports of the OFFICERS and COMMITTEES of the Town of HOLLIS, N.H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1973 With Report of SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1973 Printed by Maxfield Press, Inc. Nashua, N.H. NHmp 35Z.07 (y^T^ - INDEX - Appropriations 16 Budget 12 Building 78 Cemetery 77 Civil Defense 64 Comparative Statement 20 Conservation Commission 66 Dog Officer 77 Financial Report 24 Fire Department 61 Forest Committee 65 Highway Department 76 Inventory 15 Library 67 Payments 39 Planning Board 88 Police Department 59 Recreation 69 Schedule of Town Property 31 School District 109 Budget 114 Financial Report 119 Administrative Report 139 Treasurer 123 Warrant Ill Tax Collector 33 Town Clerk 32 Town Officers for 1973-1974 5 Town Treasurer 36 Trustees of Trust Funds 56 Vital Statistics Births 100 Deaths 106 Marriages _ 103 Warrant, Town g 3 TOWN OFFICERS SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Richard Walker, Chairman Fred Allen, Secretary Frank Whittemore TOWN CLERK Bertha Duncan TAX COLLECTOR Evelyn B. Rice DEPUTY TAX COLLECTER A. H. Rice SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Barbara Quick Wendell Wright Frances Forrester FIRE CHIEF Richard Navaroli FIRE WARDS Roy Wilkins Richard Navaroli Kenneth Towne POLICE CHIEF Paul Bosquet REPRESENTATIVE Jack Boyd ROAD AGENT Charles F. Dow SEXTON Ernest Pratt TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Wendell Wright Robert Hopkins Clarence Howe AUDITORS Leonard White (Enda Hills, Dec.) Marion Brigham TOWN TREASURER Milton D. Wright MODERATOR Herbert Higginbotham BUILDING INSPECTOR Clarence Howe NASHUA REGIONAL COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVES John Quick Roger Saunders CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Lincoln F. Brigham HEALTH OFFICER Robert Sundstrom DOG OFFICER Ernest Pratt LIBRARY TRUSTEES Pearl Rideout 1974 Dorothy Hackett 1976 Joseph Cohen 1974 Richard Drisko 1976 Doris Bell 1975 TOWN BUDGET COMMITTEE Alan Orde Jr. 1974 Jeffrey Smith 1974 Carole Wright 1975 Roger Saunders 1975 Philip Mercer 1976 Jack Boyd. 1976 PLANNING BOARD Richard Walker Ex-Officio John Quick 1974 Chrmn. Fred Gemmill 1976 Sec. Elwin Hardy 1975 H. C. Hunt (Res.) Robert Davison 1975 Jack Boyd Rep. 1977 Doris Higginbotham 1976 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Lawrence Winchester (Res.) Richard Drisko 1976 Sumner Spaulding (Rep.) 1974 Janet Fimbel 1977 Wendell Wright 1975 Franklin Worcester 1978 Robert Pollard (Alternate) FORESTRY COMMITTEE Arthur Woods 1974 Edward Chamberlain 1975 Goerge Burton 1974 Kurt Olson 1976 Jeffrey Smith 1975 David Seager 1976 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Herbert Higginbotham 1976 Nancy Bonneville 1974 Roland Schellenberg 1976 Claire Goulder 1974 Jeffrey Smith 1976 Kurt Olson 1975 Robert Sheldon 1975 RECREATION COMMISSION David Jeynes 1974 Gerald Wilkins 1975 (Res.) Donald Spence 1974 Ellen Davidson 1975 Everdean Hills 1976 (Res.) Mildred Lyford 1976 Jack Law 1975 HISTORIC DISTRICT PhiUp Mercer 1975 Jack Boyd 1974 Dorothy Hackett 1975 Doris Higginbotham 1974 Frank Whittemore 7 THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of HoUis in the County of Hillsborough in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Hollis Town Hall in said HoUis on Tuesday, the fifth day of March, next at seven-thirty of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. 2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations of the same, to hear the report of the budget committee and pass any vote in relation thereto. 3. To hear reports of selectmen and other town officers and committees. 4. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes. 5. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid for the construction of Class V Roads and appropriate the sum of $1,251.96 to pay the town's share. 6. To see if the town will vote to allow withdrawal of the money from the Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to expend the funds from the Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund toward the purchase of a cruiser, 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be placed in a capital reserve fund towards the purchase of a fire truck. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be placed in the Capital Reserve Fund for a town shed. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be placed in the Capital Reserve Fund of the Fire House. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be placed in capital reserve to provide a more adequate Selectmen's Office. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to be placed in capital reserve funds to be used toward the purchase of a grader. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to be placed in capital reserve funds to be used toward the purchase of a loader. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 to be placed in the Capital Reserve Fund for use in a solid waste disposal project. 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the tax collector to accept pre-payment of taxes in multiples of $10.00 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to expend the funds from the solid waste disposal project. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $25.00 to be expended in cooperation with the New Hampshire Forestry and Recrea- tion Commission for forest fire roads. 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to be given to the Merrimack Valley Home Health Care Association, Inc. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be given to the Community Council in Nashua. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $18,000.00 to be used for the reassessment of all real property in town. 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to select and contract with a professional outside appraisal firm or the State Tax Commission for the purpose of reassessing the real property of the town if the prior article is approved. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 to be placed in the Library Capital Reserve Fund. 23. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to withdraw funds from the Library Capital Reserve Fund and expend same. 24. To see if the town will vote to expend the Revenue Sharing Funds in the Polic*^ and Fire Depts. 25. To see if the voters will approve the designation of Ridge Road as a scenic road as defined by State Law. 26. To see if the voters will approve the designation of Wright Road as a scenic road as defined by State Law. 27. To see if the voters will approve the designation of Rideout Road as a scenic road as defined by State Law. 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to apply for, contract for, and accept aid relative to disasters should the need arise. 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to create a capital reserve fund for tennis courts. 30. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to expend funds from the Map Fund for continuing development of the tax map. 31. To see if the town will vote to designate the Nashua Regional Planning Commission as the agency responsible for co-ordination region- wide planning for water quahty (well water supplies and surface waters) and to participate in the co-ordinated planning and its implementation. This Water Quality Management Planning as required by section 208 of the Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 is a first step toward ensuring the quality of regional water resources both in the town and in the region. 32. To see if the town will authorize and direct the Planning Board to update and extend the Comprehensive Plan of 1971 by the addition of a master plan in order to assure the more orderly growth of the town, said master plan recommendations to be presented to the town no later than Town Meeting 1975. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used to help finance a parking area opposite the Post Office. 34. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to expend the monies in the Capital Reserve Fund of the Town Hall. 35. To see if the town would estabhsh an eleventh hour curfew on Town property. Given under our hands and seal, this 16th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four. Richard Walker Fred H. Allen Frank Whittemore Selectmen of HoUis A true copy of Warrant — Attest: Richard Walker Fred H. Allen Frank Whittemore Selectmen of Mollis 10 BUDGET OF THE TOWN 11 BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF MOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE Estimated Actual Estimated Revenue Revenue Revenue Sources of Revenue Previous Previous Fiscal Year Year Year 1974 1973 1973 (1974-1975) FROM STATE Interest & Dividends Tax $ 25,000.00 39,259.63 40,000.00 Savings Bank Tax 1,200.00 2,077.62 2,000.00 Meals & Rooms Tax 12,000.00 15,218.35 15,000.00 Highway Subsidy (CI.