Town of Hampton New Hampshire ANNUAL REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 2000 1 EMERGENCY NUMBERS FIRE EMERGENCY 9-1-1 AMBULANCE EMERGENCY 9-1-1 POLICE EMERGENCY 9-1-1 Be sure to give your address and name and a call back number as well as clearly stating the nature of the emergency. DO NOT HANG UP until you are sure your message has been understood. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR ANSWERS ON CALL THE AT: Administration Town Manager 926-6766 Assessment of Property Assessing Office 929-5837 Bills & Accounts Accounting 929-5815 Building/Electrical Permits Building Inspector 929-591 Cemeteries High Street Cemetery 926-6659 Certificates of Occupancy Building Inspector 929-591 District Court Clerk of Courts 926-8117 Dog Licenses Town Clerk 926-0406 Elections/Voter Reg. Town Clerk 926-0406 Fire Routine Business Fire Department 926-3316 Health Complaints & Inspections Building Inspector 929-591 Library Lane Memorial Library 926-3368 Motor Vehicle Registrations Town Clerk 926-0406 Police Routine Business Police Department 929-4444 Recreation & Parks Recreation Department 926-3932 Rubbish Collection Public Works 926-3202 Transfer Station Public Works 926-4402 Taxes Tax Collector 926-6769 Welfare Assistance Welfare Office 926-5948 Zoning & Building Codes Building Inspector 926-5826 HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Town Offices are open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday Tax Collector - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday, drive-up service available Town Clerk is open 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday Lane Memorial Library - Monday thru Thursday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Welfare Office - Mon. thru Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 1 :00 p.m. by appointment COVER PHOTOGRAPH: "Millennium Dawn" made by James S. Barrington, Town Manager, on the morning of the millennium at Hampton Beach, 1/1/00. Town of Hampton New Hampshire 363 rd Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended December 3 1 , 2000 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto2000hamp2 211 INDEX Page Dedication 2 Town Officials 3 Executive Summary Report from the Board of Selectmen 9 Town Manager' s Report 1 Town Meeting Minutes -2000 14 Election Results - Presidential Primary 45 State Primary 46 General Election 47 General Government Assessing Department 48 Building Department 49 Fire Department 50 Police Department 5 Public Works Department 53 Recreation & Parks Department 55 Report of the Library 58 Tax Collector's Report 60 Town Clerk's Report 62 Committee Reports Cemetery Trustees 64 Conservation Commission 65 Heritage Commission 67 Highway Safety Committee 68 Leased Land Real Estate Commission 69 Mosquito Control Commission 70 Planning Board 7 Trustees of the Trust Funds 72 USS HAMPTON Committee 74 General Information New Employees of Town 76 Retirees of Town 78 Town Warrant (Colored Pages) Center Vital Statistics 80 Financial Information Report from the NH Senate 79 Wages of Town Employees 89 Taxable Valuation/Tax Rate 98 Audit/Financial Report 101 DEDICATION The Town of Hampton's Annual Report for 2000 is dedicated to the memory of the following persons who served in Town government positions - both elective and appointive, as well as in our operational departments. An appreciative community honors their years of public service. Don Butler- Recreation and Parks Advisory Council Charles Chisolm - Transfer Station Attendant James Hamilton - Municipal Budget Committee 11 ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Board of Selectmen Brian C . Warburton, Chairman 929- 1517 William H. Sullivan, Vice Chairman 926-1497 Virginia B. Bridle 926-7216 James A. Workman 926-7932 Bonnie B. Searle 929-0068 Rockingham County Officials (District 1) Katherin "Kate" Pratt, County Commissioner 926-353 Brentwood Office 679-2256 Edward "Sandy" Buck, County Treasurer 679-9068 James Reams, County Attorney 679-4249 State Representatives (Rockingham District 22) Russell Bridle 926-8694 Sheila Francoeur 926-2554 Jane Kelley 926-2903 Ralph Woekel 929-7033 Pamela Saia 929-4990 State Senator (District 23) Beverly Hollingworth 926-4880 Executive Councilor (District 3) Ruth L. Griffin 436-5272 Governor Jeanne Shaheen 27 1 -2 1 2 Citizen's Service Number 1-800-852-3456 Congressman (First District of New Hampshire) JohnE. Sununu 1-202-225-5456 United States Senators Bob Smith 1-800-922-2230 Judd Gregg 431-2171 President George W. Bush White House Switchboard 1-202-456-1414 Comments and Opinions 1-202-456-7639 HAMPTON TOWN OFFICERS/2000 Elected Term Expires Moderator Paul Lessard 2002 Selectmen Brian C. Warburton 2001 William H. Sullivan 2002 Virginia B. Bridle 2002 James A. Workman 2003 Bonnie B. Searle 2003 Town Clerk Arleen Andreozzi 2001 Tax Collector Joyce Sheehan 2003 Treasurer Ellen M. Lavin 2002 Trustees of the Trust Funds Robert V. Lessard, Chairman 2001 John J. Kelley, Sr., Bookkeeper 2003 Jane Kelley, Clerk 2002 Supervisors of the Checklist Charlotte K. Preston, Chairman 2004 Judith A. Dubois 2002 Marilyn Henderson 2006 Planning Board Thomas J. Gillick, Chairman 2002 Peter B. Olney, Vice Chairman 2003 Sharleene Hurst, Clerk 2003 Keith R. Lessard 2001 Cliff Pratt 2001 Robert Viviano 2002 James A. Workman, Selectman Member 2001 Alternates: Daniel Trahan 2002 Edward "Sandy" Buck 2001 Craig Salomon 2002 Michael Roy 2003 Municipal Budget Committee James Tierney, Chairman 2001 Richard Hansen 2001 Warren Leavitt 2001 John Callanan 2002 Sharleene Hurst 2002 Suzanne Roy 2002 Lee E. Hurst, III 2003 Frederick C. Rice 2003 Debra Jackson (Resigned) 2003 James Turtle (Resigned) 2003 Lisa Beaudry (Resigned) 2002 Richard Reniere (Appointed) 2001 Michael Plouffe (Appointed) 2001 Sandra Nickerson (Appointed) 2001 Virginia Bridle, Selectman 2001 Irene McCain, School Board 2001 Skip Windemiller, Precinct Member 2001 Library Trustees Mary Lou O'Connor , Chairman 2002 Judy Geller 2001 Barbara Rallis 2003 Lenore Patton 2002 Sara Casassa 2003 Betty Ann Lavalee, Alternate 2001 Lynn Blume, Alternate 2001 Cemetery Trustees Richard Bateman, Chairman 2001 Brian Lacey 2003 Matthew J. Shaw 2002 Zoning Board of Curtis G. McCrady, Chairman 2002 Adjustment Robert "Vic" Lessard, Vice Chairman 2000 Wendell C. Ring, Jr., Clerk 2001 Bruce Nickerson 2000 Richard True 2000 Alternates: Judith Doyle 2000 Charter Commission Robert "Bob" Preston, Chairman Sept. 2001 Armando Andreozzi Victor R. DeMarco Sharleene P. Hurst David Lang Arthur J. Moody Daniel A. Nersesian Frederick C Rice Mary-Louise Woolsey APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Conservation Commission Vivianne G. Marcotte, Chairman 2003 Bonnie P. Thimble 2001 Peter Tilton, Jr. 2001 Ellen Goethel 2001 Daniel P. Gangai 2002 Nancy Batchelder 2003 Ralph Fatello 2002 Alternates: Ralph Falk 2001 Fred Palazzolo 2002 Highway Safety Committee Alfred Greenfeld, Chairman 2002 Judith A. Park 2001 Robert R. Ross 2001 Fred Palazzolo 2002 Dean Ellis 2002 Alternates: Jane Cameron 2001 Leased Land Real Estate Glyn P. Eastman, Chairman 2001 Commission Hollis W. Blake 2002 John H. Woodburn 2003 Arthur J. Moody, Clerk 2004 Raymond E. Alie 2002 Mosquito Control Commission John Skumin 2001 Jean McGee 2002 Warren Leavitt 2003 Shade Tree Commission Susan W. Erwin, Chairman 2001 Virginia Raub 2002 Marilyn Wallingford 2003 Recreation Advisory Michael O'Neil, Chairman 2002 Council Catherine Sullivan 2001 Darold Mosher 2003 Debra Jackson 2002 Jill Gosselin 2001 Suzanne Roy 2001 Betty Powell 2002 Jane Cameron 2003 Gerry McConnell 2003 William Sullivan, Sel. Rep. 2001 Chris Singleton, School Board Rep. 2001 Mark Mordecai, HYA Rep. 2001 Alternates: Les Shepard 2002 Sharon Aslin 2002 Cable TV Advisory John W. Donaldson, Chairman 2003 Commitee Brad Jett 2002 Richard W. Bateman 2002 Larry Poliquin 2001 John Nickerson 2002 William Sullivan (Selectmen) 2001 Daniel Kehoe 2003 Growth Management Alfonso "Skip" Webb 2001 Oversight Board Donald Tilbury 2001 Heritage Commission Elizabeth Aykroyd, Chairman 2003 Brian Warburton, Sel. Rep. 2001 Maryanne McAden, Clerk 2001 Stephen Machines 2003 Daniel Nersesian 2002 Bruce Nickerson 2001 Roger Syphers 2001 Ansell Palmer, Alternate 2001 Sharon Mullen, Alternate 2003 Fred Rice, Alternate 2003 Bonnie Thimble, Conservation Comm. Liaison Arleen Andreozzi, Town Clerk USS HAMPTON Committee Edward "Sandy" Buck, Chairman 2002 Katharin Pratt, Vice Chairman 2002 Theresa McGinnis, Clerk 2002 Richard Reniere, Treasurer 2002 Kenneth W. Malcolm 2002 Katherin C. Pratt 2002 Walter A. Connor 2002 Mark Ryan 2002 Douglas S. Aykroyd 2002 Dyana Lassonde 2002 Daniel Nersesian 2002 Insurance Review Committee John Tortorice 2001 William Hayes 2001 Brian Warburton 2001 APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES TO COMMISSIONS AND DISTRICTS Rockingham Planning Peter B.Olney April 1, 2001 Commission Warren T. Bambury April 1, 2001 Clifton J. Pratt April 1, 2001 Seacoast Metropolitan Clifton J. Pratt June 30, 2001 Planning Organization Warren T. Bambury June 30, 2001 American Independence Advisory Jeremiah Lonergan June 30, 2001 Committee Krystina Arrain June 30, 2001 Southeast Regional Virginia Raub May 15, 2002 Refuse Disposal District (SRDD/53B) APPOINTED OFFICIALS Town Manager James S. Barrington Administrative Assistant Karen M. Anderson Director of Accounting Dawna Duhamel Building Inspector/Health Officer Kevin Schultz Assistant Building Inspector Kenneth Maple Code Enforcement Officer Robert Charrette Assessor Robert Estey Deputy Assessor Angela Boucher Chief Of Police William L. Wrenn, Jr. Fire Chief/Emergency Management Dir. Hank Lipe, Jr. Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Chouinard Public Works Director