2005 Annual Town Report FREMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for another" Welcome Home Troops & Thank You to all of our Veterans! The 2005 Annual Town Report is dedicated to several members of our Community who left us this past year. Our hope is that they are on a journey to a better place. Alice J Tarbox Alice worked in the Selectmen's Office in Fremont from 1992 until her retirement in 2002. Prior to that, she had tried a brief, 18 month stint of retirement after being the Administrative Assistant to the Kingston Board of Selectmen for 15 years. Alice was a familiar face to many in the Selectmen's Office, known for her quick wit and vast municipal experience. Fond remembrances of all those community members who are no longer with us. "Let us dare to read, thiirk, speak and write." ~ John Adams Dissertation on tlie Canon and the Feudal Law MEMORIAL DAY 2005 Notary Public and Justice of the Peace services are available at the Town Office during most posted office hours. Call 895-2226 for more ii\formation if you should need these services. APPRECIATION Commencing with the 1991 Town Report, the Town has annually recognized a resident who has given much of their time to the town. THE 2005 APPRECIATION RECOGNIZES BARBARA D BAKER Barb moved to Fremont with her husband and three children in 1962. Her husband George was a Selectman for many years; and her daughters Dee Dee, Laurie and Jane grew up here. They remember that she quickly became familiar with the Fremont Library, which the girls remember as a one room building on Main Street next to Fremont Motors and across from the then-Vining's Market. Her daughters remember her dehvering mail when they first moved to Fremont, working with Fremont native George Towle. She graduated from Katherine Gibbs in Boston. She also lived in Washington, DC and worked for the CIA with high level security clearance! More recently, and just as importantly, Barbara worked for the Fremont Pohce Department from 1993 until her retirement in May of 2005. We celebrated this notable career with an Open House on May 20''' at the Fremont Safety Complex. It was a memorable event for all of us! Barbara continues today to be very involved with the Fremont Public Library, where she serves as a Library Trustee, having held the position since 1996, when she was appointed to fill out the term of Bob Waddell. She worked tirelessly on the new Fremont Public Library and continues to ha great pride in that accomplishment for the community. She is a Supervisor of the checklist as weU, having served continuously in that role for 28 years! She has been a member of the Women's guUd for the Fremont Methodist Church and a long-time member of the Eastern Star Organization. Barb has a tremendous amount of pride for Fremont, evident in her many contributions for the past 30 years. Our thanks to you Barb, for all of your contributions to Fremont! Happy Retirement! Photos courtesy of Sue Lowther and Heidi Carlson ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SELECTMEN, TREASURER, SCHOOL BOARD, AND ALL OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE TOWN OF FREMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 3 1 , 2005 INDEX OF REPORTS Dedication Inside front cover Appreciation & Photos 1-2 Table of Contents 3-4 Office Hours and Phone Numbers 5-6 Town Officers Boards & Committees 7-9 Warrant for the 2006 Annual Town Meeting 10-17 Town Budget for 2006 (Form MS-7) 18-26 2006 Town Meeting Warrant Article Narrative 27-32 Minutes of Town Meeting 2005 33-45 Summary of Inventory Valuation 46 Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed 46 Comparative Statement of Appropriations & Expenditures 47 Balance Sheet 48-49 Tax Collector's Report 50-51 Town Clerk's Report (financial information) 52 Treasurer's Report 53-56 Trustee of Trust Funds Report 57-59 General Obligation Long Term Debt Schedule 60 Amortization of Governmental Fund Debt 60-62 Auditor's Report for 2004 63-64 Detailed Statement of Receipts 65-66 Detailed Statement of Payments 67-72 2005 Payroll Register 73-74 2005 Vendor Payments 75-78 Schedule of Town Property 79-80 Report of the Building Inspector 81-82 Report of the Conservation Commission 82 Report of the Open Space Committee 83-84 Report of the Fire Department 84-85 Report of the Forest Fire Warden & State Forest Ranger 86-87 Report of the Exeter River Local Advisory Committee 88 Report of the Fire / Rescue Services Study Committee 89-95 Report of the Health Officer 96 Report of the Town Historian 96-99 Report of the Library Trustees 100 Report of the Parks & Recreation Commission 101 -102 Report of the Planning Board 103 Report of the Police Department 104-106 Report of the Road Agent 107-108 Report of the Board of Selectmen 109-110 Report of the Southeast Regional Refuse Disposal District 111-112 Report of the Town Clerk (Narrative) 113-114 Report of the Zoning Board of Adjustment 114-115 Report of the Town Administrator 116-118 Social Service Agency Reports & Contact Information 119-129 Vital Statistics 130-133 REPORT OF THE FREMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT Officers of the Fremont School District 134 Fremont School District 2006 Meeting Warrant 135-136 Fremont School District 2006 Election Warrant 137 2006 - 2007 Fremont School District Budget (MS-27) 138-144 Fremont School District Meeting Minutes - March 2005 145-155 Report of the Fremont School Board 156-157 Report of the Ellis Elementary School Principal 158-159 Report of the Ellis Middle School Principal 159-162 Ellis School Statistical Data 2004 - 2005 163 Superintendent's Message 164 Report of the SAU Study Committee 165-170 Actual Expenditures by Account 2004 - 2005 171 Special Education Expense Report 172 2004 - 2005 Fremont School District Payroll 173-174 2004 - 2005 Vendor Payments 175-179 SAU 14 Budget & District Apportionment 180-181 Auditor's Report 182-183 Town of Fremont General Information Inside Back Cover 'We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The ftreedom to express our art. Our lave. The freedom to be who me ivant to be. We are not going to give that freedom away and no one shall take it from us! ~ Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992 "Only the educated arefrve. ~ Epictetus (55AD - 135 AD) 1 958 TOm/^ OF FR£HONT NH - (»nC£ HOURS ikND PflON£ Nl]lffi£HS EMERGENCY DIAL 9 1 1 Town website: www.Fremont.nh.gov DISPATCH CENTERS RAYMOND DISPATCH (FIRE, RESCUE & AMBULANCE) NON-EMERGENCY 895-4222 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (POLICE) 679-2225 TOWN HALL - 295 MAIN STREET Telephone (603) 895-2226 Facsimile (603) 895-3149 Town Clerk (603) 895-8693 SAFETY COMPLEX - 425 MAIN STREET Police Department Business (603) 895-2229 Fire Department Business (603) 895-9634 Rescue Squad Business (603) 895-671 Facsimile (603) 895-1116 PUBLIC LIBRARY- 7 JACKIE BERNIER DRIVE Telephone (603) 895-9543 Facsimile (603) 895-0549 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Call Rockingham Dispatch at 679-2225 BUILDING INSPECTOR/CODE ENFORCEMENT Thorn Roy 895-2226 x 1 FremontBI @ comcast.net Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:30 to 10:30 am and 3:30 to 4:30 pm Wednesday evenings 5:00 to 7:00 pm _. and other times by appointment CONSERVATION COMMISSION ^ , Chairman Tracy LaChance 895-5544 '' Vice Chairman Jack Karcz 895-531 ELLIS SCHOOL 895-251 432 Main Street EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Vickie Murdock 234-4689 [email protected] FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Richard Heselton 895-9634 PO Box 1 64 Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1 0:00 am to 1 2 noon Fremont NH 03044 ; ^ FOOD PANTRY Kathy 895-1 1 62 Stephanie 895-4454 HEALTH OFFICER Gertrude Butler 679-8630 254 North Road Fremont NH 03044 LIBRARY Telephone 895-9543 Facsimile 895-0549 Tuesday and Thursday 1 :00 to 8:00 pm [email protected] Wednesday and Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am to 1 :00 pm PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION Chair Renee King 244-1404 [email protected] PLANNING & ZONING BOARDS Meredith Bolduc 895-2226 x 17 PO Box 120 Monday 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1 :00 to 4:00 pm Fremont NH 03044 Wednesday 9:00 am to 12 noon; and by appointment [email protected] POLICE DEPARTMENT Business Phone 895-2229 PO Box 1 64 Facsimile 895-1116 Fremont NH 03044 nealj @fremontnhpd.com man/[email protected] Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1 :00 to 4:00 pm POST OFFICE 895-2094 51 Beede Hill Road RESCUE SQUAD President Kyle Murdock 234-6271 [email protected] ROAD AGENT Guerwood Holmes 300-7429 SELECTMEN'S OFFICE Telephone 895-2226 PO Box 120 Facsimile 895-3149 Fremont NH 03044 Monday & Friday 9:00 am to 12 noon Tuesday & Wednesday 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1 :00 to 4:00 pm Thursday 1:00 to 5:00 pm Heidi - [email protected] Jeanne - [email protected] SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 679-8003 213 Main Street Epping NH 03042 TAX COLLECTOR Mary Anderson Office 895-2226x14 36 Abbott Road Ruth Anderson, Deputy Home 895-3669 Fremont NH 03044 Thursday evening 6:00 to 8:00 pm FremontTax @comcast.net TOWN CLERK Lori Holmes 895-8693x16 PO Box 120 Kathy Arsenault, Deputy x15 Fremont NH 03044 [email protected] Tuesday & Wednesday 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1 :00 to 4:00 pm Thursday 1 :00 to 7:00 pm Friday 9:00 am to 12 noon WELFARE Contact Heidi for an appointment 895-2226 x 10 OFFICERS, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOWN Marc Wood 2006 BOARDS AND Joseph Delahunty 2006 Audrey Karamourtopoulos 2007 COMMISSIONS Michael Miller 2007 YEAR ENDING Charles Kimball, Chair 2008 Kevin R Zukas 2008 DECEMBER 31, 2005 Margaret Pinkham School Bd Rep Donald W Gates Jr Selectmen's Rep Gene Cordes Alt Selectmen's Rep ELECTED OFFICIALS SELECTMEN APPOINTED OFFICIALS Eugene W Cordes 2006 Donald W Gates Jr 2007