Annual Report and Vital Statistics for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2012 Population (NHOSP) .......................................... estimated 1,841 Registered Voters ...................................................................1,540 Typesetting and Printing by R.C. BRAYSHAW & CO., INC., WARNER, NH This report is printed on recycled paper. Please bring it with you to the Town Meeting. ~1~ Notes ~2~ Table of Contents Auditor’s Statement for 2012 .................................................................................... 42 Balance Sheet ............................................................................................................... 47 Births Recorded in the Town of Sutton, NH ......................................................... 133 Budget of the Town ............................................................................................... 24-31 Comparative Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures ........................... 62 Deaths Recorded in the Town of Sutton, NH ........................................................ 134 Emergency Numbers ................................................................................................... 4 Inventory of Town Property ................................................................................ 63-64 Marriages Recorded in the Town of Sutton, NH .................................................. 132 Round Room Report ............................................................................................... 9-13 Statement of Receipts and Actual Revenues ........................................................... 61 Sutton Directory ............................................................................................................ 4 Sutton Tax Rate Comparison Chart .......................................................................... 45 Summary of Inventory Valuation ........................................................................... 46 Tax Rate Calculation.....................................................................................................44 Town History.......................................................................................................... 14-16 Town of Sutton Expenditure Statement ............................................................. 56-60 Town Meeting Elections ........................................................................................40-41 Town Meeting Minutes ........................................................................................ 33-39 Town Officers/Employees ....................................................................................... 5-8 Town Warrant ........................................................................................................ 17-23 REPORTS : Ausbon-Sargent Land Preservation Trust ............................................. 128-130 Bradford-Newbury-Sutton Youth Sports ...............................................126-127 Budget Committee ........................................................................................68-69 Building Inspector & Code Enforcement Officer ..................................... 81-82 Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission ................ 112-113 Community Action Program ....................................................................120-121 Conservation Commission ......................................................................... 95-97 Emergency Management ..............................................................................93-94 Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary ...................................................... 83-86 State Forest Fire Warden and Sutton Forest Fire Warden ....................... 87-89 Health Officer ............................................................................................103-105 Highway Department ........................................................................................ 70 Involuntary Merger of Lots ............................................................................... 13 Kearsarge Council on Aging .................................................................... 116-117 Lake Sunapee Region V.N.A.................................................................... 122-123 Muster Field Farm Museum ................................................................... 118-119 Planning Board ............................................................................................. 75-77 Police Department ........................................................................................ 71-73 Solid Waste and Recycling Facility ................................................................... 74 Special Revenue Fund—Conservation Commission ..................................... 54 Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition ........................................ 131 Sutton Explorer Post #90 .................................................................................... 92 Sutton Free Library .................................................................................. 107-111 Sutton Historical Society .............................................................................98-102 Sutton Rescue Squad ................................................................................... 90-91 Tax Collector’s Report .................................................................................. 65-67 Town Administrators Report ............................................................................ 43 Town Clerk and Tax Collector’s Office ........................................................... 48 Town Clerk’s Report ........................................................................................... 49 Treasurer’s Reports ........................................................................................52-53 Trust Funds for the Town............................................................................. 50-51 UNH Cooperative Extension Merrimack County ............................... 124-125 Welfare Officer .................................................................................................. 106 Zoning Board of Adjustment ......................................................................78-80 ~3~ SUTTON DIRECTORY EMERGENCY NUMBERS Police Department (non-emergency 927-4422) .................................911 Fire (non-emergency 927-4740) ..........................................................911 Sutton Rescue Squad (New London Ambulance) ............................911 OTHER INFORMATION TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR – Linda D. Ford, Janet Luca, Deputy ........................................................................................................... 927-4575 P.O. Box 487, No. Sutton, NH 03260 Monday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SELECTMEN’S OFFICE – Elly Phillips, Lynn King ...................... 927-4416 P.O. Box 487, No. Sutton, NH 03260 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SELECTMEN’S MEETINGS – Mondays at 4:30 p.m. All items for the agenda must be submitted to the Selectmen’s Office By noon the Wednesday before. Appointments only at meetings. BUILDING INSPECTOR – Richard “Buzz” Call, Loring Ford, Deputy .. ........................................................................................................... 927-4080 CONSERVATION COMMISSION – Betsy Forsham .................... 927-4279 Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. FIRE WARDEN – Bud Nelson .............................................................. 927-2727 HEALTH OFFICER – David Burnham ............................................. 927-4416 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT – Paul Parker, Road Agent ............... 927-4411 SOLID WASTE/TRANSFER/RECYCLING – John Godkin ........ 927-4475 Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. / Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. LIBRARY – Heidi Thoma and Jennifer Carson, Librarians ......... 927-4927 Monday 10:00 a.m. -- noon and 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with story and craft hour @ 10:15 a.m. Wednesday 8:00 a.m. – noon and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Trustees meet the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. PLANNING BOARD – Laurie Hayward, Land Use Coordinator ....... 927-4115 Office Hours: Monday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Tuesday noon – 3:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday Noon – 4:00 p.m. P.O. Box 487, No. Sutton, NH 03260 The Board meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. WELFARE OVERSEER – Courtney Haase ........................................ 927-4176 ZONING BOARD – Laurie Hayward, Land Use Coordinator .. 927-4115 PO Box 487, No. Sutton, NH 03260 Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month Office Hours: Monday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Tuesday noon – 3:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday Noon – 4:00 p.m. ~4~ TOWN OFFICERS/EMPLOYEES For the Year Ending December 31, 2012 * Is an elected position MODERATOR* Gregory Gill Term Expires 2014 SELECTMEN* Robert Wright, Jr. Term Expires 2013 Walter Baker, Jr. Term Expires 2014 Patricia McMahon Term Expires 2015 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Elly Phillips SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER Lynn King LAND USE COORDINATOR Laurie Hayward TREASURER Lorri Himes Term Expires 2013 DEPUTY TREASURER Charles Whittemore TOWN CLERK* Linda Ford Term Expires 2013 DEPUTY TOWN CLERK Janet Luca TAX COLLECTOR* Linda Ford Term Expires 2013 DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR Janet Luca HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Paul Parker, Road Agent Stephen Bagley, Frederick Burbee, John Csutor, Adam Hurst, Dennis