Town of Hampton Annual report For the Year Ending jit December 31, 2002 New Hampshire 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 929-5911 Cemeteries High Street Cemetery 926-6659 Certificates of Occupancy Building Inspector 929-5911 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 929-5911 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. - 6:00 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. - 4:30 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 FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Batchelder's Pond. Photo made by James S. Barrington, Town Manager. BACK COVER: 2002 Seafood Festival. Photo provided by Hank & Jackie Fredette. I Town of Hampton New Hampshire 365-th Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended December 3 1 , 2002 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto2002hamp2 +,DEDICATION The Town of Hampton's Annual Report for 2002 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. John A, Bellarose Municipal Budget Committee, 1973-1976 Zoning Board of Adjustment, 1 979- 1 984 L. Eleanor Dawson Recreation & Parks Advisory Council 1983-1999 Clara Gale 102 Years Old Ballot Clerk 1925 -1997 Arthur R. LaMontagne Call Fireman - 25 years Vernon McPhee Ballot Clerk -1999-2002 Norman Royal Village District Commissioner, 1977 - 1980 Municipal Development Authority, 1969-1971 Ret. Colonel Frank Wagner Ballot Clerk 1995 -2002 "^The Board of Selectmen would like to publicly thank Attorney John McEachern of Shaines & McEachern, for his years of exemplary service as Town Counsel for the Town of Hampton. Best wishes for a happy retirement! ™ 42 INDEX Page Dedication 1 Town Officials 4 Executive Summary Report from the Board of Selectmen 9 Town Manager' s Report 1 Town Meeting Minutes -2002 1 Election Results 36 General Government Assessing Department 38 Building Department 41 Fire Department 42 Police Department 45 Public Works Department 47 Recreation & Parks Department 50 Tax Collector's Report 52 Town Clerk's Report 54 Treasurer's Report 55 Welfare Department 56 Committee Reports Cemetery Trustees 57 Conservation Commission 58 Heritage Commission 60 Historical Society 60 Lane Library Trustees/Library Report 62 Leased Land Real Estate Commission 64 Mosquito Control Commission 65 Planning Board 66 Town Planner's Report 67 Trustees of the Trust Funds 68 USS HAMPTON Committee 70 Zoning Board of Adjustment 71 General Information New Employees of Town 72 Retirees of Town 74 Town Warrant (Colored Pages) Center Schedule of Town Buildings 75 Vital Statistics 76 Financial Information Wages of Town Employees 85 Audit/Financial Report Back Taxable Valuation Breakdown 39 Two Year Tax Rate Comparison 40 3§ HAMPTON TOWN OFFICERS/2001 8€ Elected Term Expires Moderator Paul Lessard 2005 Selectmen James A. Workman, Chairman 2003 Brian C. Warburton, Vice Chairman 2004 Bonnie B. Searle 2003 Virginia B. Bridle 2005 William H. Sullivan 2005 Town Clerk Arleen Andreozzi 2004 Tax Collector Joyce Sheehan 2003 Treasurer Ellen M. Lavin 2005 Trustees of the Trust Funds Robert V. Lessard, Chairman 2004 John J. Kelley, Sr., Clerk 2003 Glyn Eastman, Bookkeeper 2005 Supervisors of the Checklist Charlotte K. Preston, Chairman 2004 Marilyn Henderson 2006 Judith A. Dubois 2008 Planning Board Thomas J. Gillick, Chairman 2005 Jack Lessard, Clerk 2004 Sharleene Hurst, Vice Chairman 2003 Peter B. Olney 2003 Keith R. Lessard 2004 Robert Viviano 2005 William Sullivan, Selectman Member 2003 Alternates: Thomas Higgins 2003 • Edward Buck 2004 Daniel Trahan 2005 Municipal Budget Committee Frederick C. Rice, Chairman 2003 Patrick J. Collins 2003 Lee E. Hurst, III 2003 Alfonso J. Webb, Sr. 2003 Charlene D. Carliell 2004 Eileen P. Latimer 2004 Richard Reniere 2004 Mary-Louise Woolsey 2004 Warren Bambury 2005 Russ Bernstein 2005 Edward Buck 2005 Richard Hansen 2005 Virginia Bridle, Selectman 2003 Carol Hollingworth, School Board Rep. 2003 Michael O'Neil, Precinct Member 2003 Library Trustees Mary Lou O'Connor , Chairman 2005 Barbara Rallis 2003 Judy Geller 2004 Sara Casassa 2005 Lenore Patton 2005 Mary Lou Heron, Alternate 2003 Betty Ann Lavalee, Alternate 2003 Dorothy Goubie, Alternate 2003 Cemetery Trustees Richard Bateman, Chairman 2004 Brian Lacey 2003 Matthew J. Shaw 2005 Zoning Board of Robert V. Lessard, Chairman 2003 Adjustment Bruce Nickerson, Vice Chairman 2003 Rick Griffin, Clerk 2005 Richard True 2003 Matthew Shaw 2004 Jennifer Truesdale 2005 Alternates: Jack Lessard 2003 Curt McCrady 2003 Kevin Sullivan 2003 Henry Stonie 2003 H APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 3€ Conservation Commission Vivianne G. Marcotte, Chairman 2003 Nancy Olney 2003 Ellen Goethel 2004 Bonnie P. Thimble 2004 Peter Tilton, Jr. 2004 Daniel P. Gangai 2005 Ralph Falk 2005 Alternates: Greg Smart 2005 Fred Palazzolo 2005 Highway Safety Committee Alfred Greenfeld, Chairman 2005 Jane Cameron 2004 Robert R. Ross 2004 Fred Palazzolo 2005 Judy Park 2005 Alternates: Robert Pratt 2004 Leased Land Real Estate Glyn P. Eastman, Chairman 2005 Commission John H. Woodburn 2003 Arthur J. Moody 2004 Hollis Blake 2005 Raymond E. Alie 2007 Mosquito Control Commission John Skumin, Chairman 2004 Warren Leavitt 2003 Russ Bernstein 2005 -5- Shade Tree Commission Susan W. Erwin, Chairman 2004 Marilyn Wallingford 2003 Mark Olson 2005 Recreation Advisory William Morrisey, Chairman 2003 Council Catherine Sullivan 2004 Darold Mosher 2003 Sue Daly 2005 Charlene MacDonald 2004 Jerry McConnell 2003 Jill Gosselin 2004 Suzanne Roy 2004 Catherine Sullivan 2004 Tim Andersen 2005 Daniel Kane (Resigned) 2005 Brian Warburton, Selectmen's Representative 2003 Kenneth Stiles, School Board Rep. 2003 Cable TV Advisory John W. Donaldson, Chairman 2003 Commitee Daniel Kehoe 2003 Peter MacKinnon 2003 Joseph Bouchard 2004 Brad Jett 2005 David Johnson (Resigned) 2005 John Nickerson 2005 William Sullivan, Sel. Rep. 2003 Heritage Commission Elizabeth Aykroyd, Chairman 2003 Maryanne McAden, Clerk 2004 Brian Warburton, Sel. Rep. 2003 Stephen Machines 2003 Roger Syphers 2004 Sharon Mullen 2004 Patrick Collins 2005 Daniel Nersesian 2005 Fred Rice, Alternate 2003 Bonnie McMahon, Alternate 2004 Bruce Nickerson, Alternate 2004 Bonnie Thimble, Conservation Comm. Liaison Arleen Andreozzi, Town Clerk USS HAMPTON Committee Edward "Sandy" Buck, Chairman 2005 Theresa McGinnis 2005 Richard Reniere 2005 Kenneth W. Malcolm 2005 Douglas S. Aykroyd 2005 Dyana Lassonde 2005 Daniel Nersesian 2005 Insurance Review Committee John Tortorice 2003 William Hayes 2003 Brian Warburton 2003 -6- §g APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES TO COMMISSIONS AND DISTRICTS38 Rockingham Planning Peter B.Olney April 1, 2003 Commission Warren T. Bambury April 1 , 2003 Gerry Ridzon April 1, 2003 Seacoast Metropolitan Planning Organization Warren T. Bambury June 30,2003 Southeast Regional Virginia Raub May 15, 2003 Refuse Disposal District (SRDD/53B) Moderator Paul Lessard swears in ballot clerks for the State General Election, November, 2002 8£ APPOINTED OFFICIALS 3€ Town Manager James S. Barrington Administrative Assistant Karen M. Anderson Finance Director Dawna Duhamel Building Inspector/Health Officer Kevin Schultz Assistant Building Inspector Chuck Marsden 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- Operations Steven Benotti Deputy Fire Chief- Safety & Training Christopher Silver Public Works Director John R. Hangen Operations Manager Douglas A. Mellin Recreation Director Dyana Lassonde Program Coordinator Rene Boudreau Parks Coordinator Darren Patch Town Attorney Mark S. Gearreald, Esq. Hampton Beach Village District Skip Windemiller, Jr. Commissioners Gary Kubik Michael O'Neill Hampton Board of Selectmen 2002 Back Row: William H. Sullivan, Virginia B. Bridle Front Row: Brian C. Warburton, Vice Chairman; James A. Workman, Chairman; Bonnie B. Searle 1 ABOARD OF SELECTMEN & the chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the year 2002, it gives me great pleasure to present to you, Asthe residents and taxpayers of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire,