Annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Hillsborough, comprising the reports of selectmen, treasurer, collector, road agent, auditors, school boards, board of health and town clerk, for the fiscal year ending .

92 Pages·1995·4.5 MB·English

by  Hillsborough (N.H. : Town)

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF
HILLSBOROUGH
For the Year Ending December 31, 1994
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INDEX
Animal Control 58
Annual Meeting Minutes 80
Auditor's Report 78
Budget 14
Conservation Commission 71
Contoocook & North Branch Rivers Local Advisory Committee 72
Debt Schedule 29
Dispatch Report 56
Expense Statement, Detailed 32
Financial Report 25
Fire Chief's Report 61
Forest Fire 62
Fuller Library 66
Fuller Library Financial Report 69
Park Board Report 74
Police Department Report 55
Rescue Squad Financial Report 64
Rescue Squad Report 64
Selectmen's Report 5
Tax Collector's Report 53
Tax Rate Computation for 1994 21
Town Clerk's Report 52
Treasurer's Report 27
Trustee of Trust Funds 30
Visiting Nurse Association 75
Warrant 8
Water Filtration Project Expense Report 31
Youth Services 60

TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator
Leigh Bosse - 1996
Selectnken ajid Assessors
Joseph M. Eaton, Jr., Chairman - 1995
Mildred A. Mooney - 1996
D. Greg Maine - 1997
Business Administrator
James E. Coffey
Town Clerk/Taix Collector
Deborah McDonald - 1996
Town Treasurer
Linda S. Blake - 1995
Chief of Police
Frank P. Cate
Fire Chief
Richard R. Ritter
Highway Foreman
William Goss
Overseer of the Poor ajid Health Officer
Emily A. Whitney
Fire Warden
Richard R. Ritter
Supervisors of the Checklist
Ruth E. Gauthier, Chairman - 1996
Phebe E. Galpm - 2000 LeRoy C. Ehmling - 1998
Trustees of the Fuller Public Library
Joseph Solomon, Chairman - 1996
Janice Thompson - 1997 Marjorie Porter - 1995
Trustee of Trust Funds
Daniel G. Kingston - 1995
Henry E. Woods - 1997 Shirley Hare - 1996
Auditors
Plodzik Sanderson, P.A.
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Community Building Advisory Board
Robert Christenson, Chairman - 1996
Donald Ager - 1996 Shirley Hare - 1997
James Marvin - 1995 Joseph Solomon - Library
Ex-Officio
Joseph M. Eaton Jr. - Selectman Ex-Officio
Planning Board
Geoffrey Browning, Chairman - 1996
Elisabeth Olson - 1995 Bruce Grendell - 1996
Robert Goode - 1995 Margaret Scarcello - 1997
Jonathan Gibson - 1997
Mildred A. Mooney - Selectman Ex-Officio
Park Board
Allan Kingsbury, Chairman - 1995
Robert Rousseau - 1996 Vacancy - 1996
Vacancy - 1995 Ernest Butler - 1994
Fran Charron - 1996 Susan Fournier - 1994
Conservation Commission
James McDonough - 1996 and Marian Baker - 1995,
Co-chairmen
Vacancy - 1995 Vacancy - 1996
Vacancy - 1997 Geoffrey Browning - 1997
Robert Fowle - 1997
Water/Sewer Commissioners
Eugene Edwards, Chairman - 1995
Walter Crane - 1996 Donald Mellen - 1997
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Russell Galpin, Chairman - 1996
Edward Lappies - 1997 Bruce Grendell - 1996
George Seymour - 1995 Julia Hebert - 1995
Historic District Commission
Richard Withington, Sr., Chairman - 1995
David Webb, Secretary - 1996
Susan Gibson - 1997
Vacancy - Planning Board Ex-Officio
D. Greg Maine - Selectman Ex-Officio
Cemetery Trustees
Iris Campbell, Chairman - 1995
Donald Mellen - 1995 Henry E. Woods - 1995
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1994 SELECTMEN'S REPORT
As 1994 began the Selectmen felt that the
most important business that would be facing us
was the proposed bypass and it's impact on the
residents of Hillsborough. We were determined to
force a final resolution to this problem. After
countless meetings, polls, committees and
projections we seemed no closer to a bypass than
we were ten years ago. Many individuals and
organizations worked diligently with us and it
appears that the lengthy bureaucratic process has
ended and the last steps are about to begin. As
of this writing property acquisition will take
place in 1995 and actual construction should begin
in 1998 with a completion date of 2000 or 2001.
We also found ourselves forced into building
a sand filtration plant at Loon Pond plus new
water lines between the pond and the reservoir on
Bible Hill and the installation of water meters on
the user's property. The State was enforcing the
Safe Drinking Water Act Section 1412 and planned
to fine the Town $25,000 per day if we failed to
comply. Despite the fact that Loon Pond is a
clean and safe water supply we had to ask the Town
to approve a three million dollar bond for that
purpose. The Town Meeting approved the bond
although there was and is a resentment of big
inefficient government exercising its infinite
wisdom in forcing unfunded mandates onto the backs
of taxpayers in these difficult times. The Water
Commissioners will report on the progress they are
making
We had hoped that a general reassessment of
the Town would be done in 1994 but the State will
actually start in February of 1995. This will
result in all properties being assessed at 100% of
fair market value. A few homeowners will
experience an increase for improvements to their
property and some will see a decrease. Some
property will be added to the tax base when
buildings which were built without proper permits
or inventory reports are discovered by the
assessors
The Town was awarded a $500,000 Community
Development Block Grant for the construction of a
Community Center to benefit all of the citizens of
Hillsborough. A grant coordinator was selected
and the architectural bid has been awarded. The
release of the funding by the Federal Government
is anticipated in 1995 and this exciting project
will be underway as soon as possible. This grant
effectively replaces the proposed YMCA due to an
inability to secure the large amount of required
money for that venture.
The reconstruction of town roads was more
successful than we had believed it could be.
Without the expenditure of additional money Bill
Goss and the Highway Department were able to
complete planned work on the designated streets
and also made significant repairs on the Windsor
Road. Selectmen were aware that the Windsor Road
needed improvement but, due to budgetary
constraints, did not expect to accomplish that
project in 1994.
We were able to upgrade town equipment by
the lease-purchase of a Caterpillar loader for the
highway department. At the same time we traded in
an old loader from the landfill and transferred a
highway loader to the landfill where the demands
on the equipment are not as heavy as they are in
road work.
A new cruiser was approved for the Police
Department. However, it is our intention to stop
the practice of buying a cruiser every year and
buy one every one and half years. Every third
year we will not ask you for a vehicle starting in
1996.
After a two year freeze on wage increases we
asked you to approve pay raises for town
employees. The average increase was 4.19% and the
Town Meeting supported our request.
Your Selectmen were happy to announce in
October that the Town portion of the tax rate
declined by a few cents. We felt that we had
accomplished that task which was expected of us by
the voters of the Town. The operating budget
which we are suggesting for 1995 would insure that
our part of the tax rate will again remain stable.
This would not have been possible if we had
not received the support of the residents of
Hillsborough and we thank you for the
encouragement and input that you have given us.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph M. Eaton, Jr., Chairman
Mildred A. Mooney
D. Greg Maine
Board of Selectmen
state of New Hampshire
TOWN WARRANT
To the Inhabitants of the Town of
Hillsborough^ County of Hillsborough In said
State, qualified to vote In Town affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet in the
Hillsboro-Deering Middle School Auditorium
in said Town on Tuesday, the fourteenth day
of March, next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon. Balloting on Article one, election
of officers, and Article two, will take
place between ten o'clock in the forenoon
and seven o'clock in the afternoon. Articles
three through thirteen will be taken up at
7:30 P.M.
Article 1. To choose one Selectman for three
years; Town Treasurer for one year; Trustee
of Trust Funds for three years; Trustee of
the Fuller Public Library for three years;
Water and Sewer Commissioner for three
years; Two Planning Board members for three
years; One Cemetery Trustee for one year;
One Cemetery Trustee for two years; One
Cemetery Trustee for three years; and all
other necessary Town Officers or agents for
the ensuing year.
(To Be Voted On By The Official Ballot)
Article 2. Shall we adopt optional adjusted
elderly exemptions from property tax? The
optional exemptions, based on assessed
value, for qualified taxpayers shall be as
follows: for a person 65 years of age up to
75 years, $14,700; for a person 75 years of
age up to 80 years, $22,000; for a person 80
years of age or older, $29,400. To qualify,
the person must have been a New Hampshire
resident for at least 5 years; own the real
estate individually or jointly, or if the
real estate is owned by his spouse, they
must have been married for at least 5 years.
In addition, the taxpayer must have a net
income of not more than $10,000 or, if
married, a combined net income of less than