Annual Reports of the town of GILFORD New Hampshire for the year ending December 31, 2014 DEDICATION The Gilford Board of Selectmen is pleased to dedicate the 2014 Annual Report to Sheldon Morgan in recogntion of his retirement as the Director of Public Works, effective December 26, 2014, after working for the Town for 42 years. Sheldon began his service to the Gilford community in 1972 when he was hired as an Engineering Aid. Over the years he rose through the ranks until he became the Public Works Director in 1988. During his tenure with the Town, he also served as Health Officer, Cemetery Steward, Deputy Director of Public Works, Highway Superintendent and Assistant Town Engineer. In addition, he represented the Town on the Lakes Region Planning Commission Transportation Advisory Committee, the Winnipesaukee River Basin Project Advisory Board, the Highway Safety Committee and the Concord Regional Solid Waste Cooperative Board of Directors. And throughout his career, many people came to rely upon his vast knowledge, record-keeping and power of recollection as if he were the Town Historian. Sheldon was born and raised in Laconia, and has lived in the Lakes Region all of his life. His parents were both public servants as well - his mother Jeanette worked at the State School and his father Donald worked for the Gilford Highway Department. His wife Judy retired in 2009 after working 37 years for the Town of Gilford, most recently as the Executive Secretary of the Police Department. Although Sheldon insisted that his retirement be a low key affair without any official celebration, hundreds of guests paid their respects at a special breakfast held on December 24, 2014. The Selectmen presented Sheldon with a commemorative plaque “with thanks in recognition of outstanding service and commendable dedication to the Gilford community” as a token of their appreciation during a public meeting held on December 17, 2014. Looking ahead to some well-deserved free time, Sheldon plans to spend his golden years by fixing things around the homestead, reacquainting himself with a fishing rod and having quality time with his grandchildren. He will certainly be missed at the Public Works garage and throughout the various municipal offices of town government. We wish him the utmost happiness in all his future endeavors. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEMS FOR ACTION AT THE 2014 ANNUAL MEETING Town Warrant See Blue Town Budget Section School Warrant In Back of School Budget Book Dedication 2 Town Officials as of December 31, 2014 5 Town Department Locations and Contact Directory 10 ACTIVITY REPORTS OF OFFICERS, OFFICIALS, BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS Report of the Board of Selectmen 12 Tax Rate History and Summary of Legal Fees 14 Report of the Capital Improvement Planning Committee 15 Report of the Town Appraiser 16 Report of the Town Clerk-Tax Collector 24 Report of the Department of Planning and Land Use 42 Notice of Restoration of Involuntarily Merged Lots 46 Report of the Lakes Region Planning Commission 47 Report of the Police Department 51 Report of the Department of Public Works 54 Report of the Fire-Rescue Department 57 Report of the Parks and Recreation Department 62 Report of the Old Home Day Committee 66 Report of the Cemetery Trustees and Steward 68 Report of the Library Director and Library Trustees 70 Report of the Overseer of Public Welfare 73 Report of the Land Conservation Task Force 74 Report of the Kimball Wildlife Forest Committee 75 Report on the January 21, 2014 Special State Primary Election 77 Report on the February 6, 2014 Deliberative Session 78 Report on the March 11, 2014 State Special Election 96 Report on the March 11, 2014 “Second Session” Election Results 97 Report on the September 9, 2014 State Primary Election Results 109 Report on the November 4, 2014 State General Election Results 115 3 2014 FINANCIAL RECORDS Certificate 119 Balance Sheet 120 Revenue Summary 121 Expenditure Summary 123 Statement of Bonded Debt 125 2014 Tax Rate Computation 126 Summary Inventory of Town Property 127 Schedule of Town Property 128 Treasurer’s Report 131 Report of the Trustees of Trust Funds 133 Independent Auditor’s Report 134 Vendor Payments Report 173 Employee Wages and Benefits Report 180 GUNSTOCK ACRES WATER DISTRICT Report of the Gunstock Acres Water District 185 SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTS Officers of the School District S2 Report on the February 4, 2014 Deliberative Session S3 Report on the March 11, 2014 “Second Session” Election Results S7 Report of the School Board Chair S10 Report of the Elementary School Principal S13 Report of the Middle School Principal S17 Report of the High School Principal S19 School Statistics S22 Financial Report on the School District S23 Vendor History Report S26 Payroll Report S39 Telephone Directory Back Cover 4 TOWN OFFICIALS 2014 OFFICERS ELECTED BY BALLOT AT TOWN MEETING Three-Year Terms BOARD OF SELECTMEN John T. O’Brien, Chair Term Expires 2015 Gus Benavides Term Expires 2016 Richard A. “Rags” Grenier Term Expires 2017 Three-Year Term TOWN CLERK - TAX COLLECTOR Denise Morrissette Gonyer Term Expires 2017 Three-Year Term TREASURER Karen Saunders Term Expires 2017 Two-Year Term MODERATOR Sandra T. McGonagle Term Expires 2016 Six-Year Terms SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST Mary Villaume, Chair Term Expires 2018 Irene Lachance Term Expires 2016 Mary Kim Lavery Term Expires 2020 Three-Year Terms TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Thomas Space Term Expires 2015 Peter (Rick) Moses Term Expires 2016 Donald Clarke Term Expires 2017 Three-Year Terms LIBRARY TRUSTEES John (Jack) P. Lacombe, Chair Term Expires 2015 Kathryn (Kate) Bishop Hamel Term Expires 2017 Daryl Thompson Term Expires 2015 Mike Marshall Term Expires 2016 Jennifer Ann McLean Term Expires 2016 Three-Year Terms CEMETERY TRUSTEES Doris (Dee) Chitty, Chair Term Expires 2017 Susan Leach Term Expires 2015 Geoffrey Ruggles Term Expires 2016 5 Three-Year Terms BUDGET COMMITTEE Phyllis Corrigan, Chair Term Expires 2015 Kevin Leandro, Vice-Chair Term Expires 2017 Kevin Roy Term Expires 2017 Susan Greene Term Expires 2017 Allen Voivod Term Expires 2015 Norman Silber Term Expires 2015 David Horvath Term Expires 2016 Robert J. Henderson, Jr. Term Expires 2016 Jeffrey Beane Term Expires 2016 Richard Grenier, Selectman Representative Karen Thurston, School Board Representative Fred Butler, Gunstock Acres Village Water District Representative Three-Year Terms BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS William R. Akerley, Chair Term Expires 2015 Don Spear Term Expires 2017 John “Jack” T. Lyman Term Expires 2016 ****************************************** GUNSTOCK ACRES VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT TRUSTEES Robert Dion, Moderator & Treasurer Nicholas Sceggell, Clerk Robert Dalton, Commissioner Al Herte, Commissioner Howard Epstein, Commissioner ******************************************* APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS CONSERVATION COMMISSION Carole Hall, Chair Term Expires 2017 Thomas Drouin Term Expires 2017 Lawrence Routhier Term Expires 2017 John Jude Term Expires 2015 Everett McLaughlin Term Expires 2015 Lee Duncan Term Expires 2016 Douglas Hill Term Expires 2016 Donald Sibson, Alternate Term Expires 2015 John Goodhue, Alternate Term Expires 2015 6 PLANNING BOARD John Morgenstern, Chair Term Expires 2015 Jerry Gagnon Term Expires 2017 Wayne Hall Term Expires 2017 Dale Channing (Chan) Eddy, Vice Chair Term Expires 2015 Richard Vaillancourt, Secretary Term Expires 2016 Norman Silber Term Expires 2016 Pauline (Polly) J. Sanfacon, Alternate Term Expires 2015 Carolyn Scattergood, Alternate Term Expires 2015 John T. O’Brien, Selectman Representative RECREATION COMMISSION Thomas Francoeur, Chair Term Expires 2016 David Smith Term Expires 2017 Vickie Carrier Term Expires 2015 Richard Nelson Term Expires 2015 Miriam York Term Expires 2016 Lisa Manz-Buckley, Alternate Term Expires 2015 James Glover, Alternate Term Expires 2015 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT J. Scott Davis, Chair Term Expires 2015 Stephan Nix, Vice Chair Term Expires 2015 Andrew Howe Term Expires 2017 William Knightly Term Expires 2017 Ellen Mulligan Term Expires 2015 Ann Montminy, Alternate Term Expires 2015 Paul Ardizzoni, Alternate Term Expires 2015 HISTORIC DISTRICT - HERITAGE COMMISSION Troy Schrupp, Secretary Term Expires 2017 Richard Sonia, Chair Term Expires 2017 Carole Hopper Term Expires 2015 William Bickford Term Expires 2016 Gus Benavides, Selectman Representative Richard Vaillancourt, Planning Board Representative LAKES BUSINESS PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rodney Dyer Term Expires 2017 Anthony Ferruolo Term Expires 2015 Leo Sanfacon Term Expires 2016 7 Two-Year Terms INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS Evelyn Bray Term Expires 2016 Donna Mooney Term Expires 2016 Barbara Carey Term Expires 2016 Diane Tinkham Term Expires 2016 Maureen Nix, Alternate Term Expires 2016 Claire Stinson, Alternate Term Expires 2016 Karen Kolb, Alternate Term Expires 2016 Catherine Edgar, Alternate Term Expires 2016 LAND CONSERVATION TASK FORCE Everett McLaughlin, Chair ` Sandra T. McGonagle, Secretary John Rogers Diane Hanley Douglas Hill Stephan Nix John (Jack) Woodward LAKES REGION PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Ayer John Morgenstern KIMBALL WILDLIFE FOREST COMMITTEE Sandra T. McGonagle, Secretary Term Expires 2015 Rebecca Watson Term Expires 2015 George Labonte Term Expires 2015 Pat Bennett Term Expires 2016 Kristie Katz Term Expires 2016 Robert Dean Honorary Member Andrew Fast, Belknap County Cooperative Extension Technical Advisor Scott Dunn Technical Advisor CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE Lawrence Routhier, Chair Gisele Lambert Richard Grenier,
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