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2005
Annual Report
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Annual Report of the Officers and
Committees of the
Town Of Lyndeborough
New
Hampshire
Year Ending December 2005
31,
Dedication of the 2005 Town Report
This year we dedicate our town report to Betty Stevens.
We are so fortunate in a small place like Lyndeborough to have so many people who dedicate
themselves to serving their community. Perhaps, it is because we are a small town, where we
know our neighbors, that serving, caring and sacrificing for each other is almost second nature.
Whatever the reason, we are blessed by these individuals that truly exemplify the meaning of
small town life.
Betty Stevens is a name synonymous with caring. A woman, who has never turned from an
outstretched hand in a time ofneed. Sometimes her comforting hug is all it takes. Other times it's
her calming reassurance that everything willjust work out. Mostly, it's her vast understanding of
—
people that puts you to ease.
Betty has devoted her whole life to serving others. She served in the United States Air Force in
WW
II. As a graduate ofMillard Fillmore Hospital she dedicated her working life to nursing. She
served both Lyndeborough and Wilton as our first ambulance Director- a position she held for 9
years. She continued to serve as a member ofthe Wilton/Lyndeborough/Temple Ambulance
Board ofDirectors for twenty-three years only retiring in the fall of2005. She served as School
nurse in Wilton for 22 years. As School nurse, Betty encouraged students to answer a call to
service by forming a chapter ofthe Future Nurses' Association. During this time, she also was
serving her own household -as a wife and mother. In 1975, she graduated from New England
College with a teaching degree, formalizing a talent that has always beenjust part ofher
character.
A quiet, unassuming woman, she is a person who sees a problem and works tirelessly to solve it.
Her compassion, experience and incredible work ethic enabled her to effortlessly assume the
position ofHealth and Welfare Officer for Lyndeborough for many years. We couldn't have been
better served. To this day, she still serves at the Christmas Store in Wilton, which aids the needy
in both the Wilton and Lyndeborough communities.
Betty, this Town Report of2005 is dedicated to you. You have paved many paths and enriched
many lives. Your dedication to public service has been and continues to be exemplary.
Please accept our heartfelt thanks.
Table of Contents
Assessing Department - Annual Report 41
Assessed Values 2005 90
Budget- 2006 Proposed Summary 9
Budget -2006 Proposed Detail 10
Budget Committee - Annual Report 18
Building Inspector's Report 39
Capital Improvement Plan 23
Capital Improvement Plan - Annual Report 21
Capital Reserve Fund 27
Cemetery -Annual Report and Financial Statement 46
Conservation Commission 45
Current Use Report 28
Emergency Space Needs Committee 53
Executive Councilor Report 51
Events 2005 30
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Fire Department Annual Report 33
Forest Fire Warden 36
Heritage Commission-Annual Report 47
Highway Department - Annual Report 32
Inventory ofValuation 28
Library - Annual Report and Financial 44
Library Trustees Report 43
Local Emergency Planning Committee 37
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Meetinghouse Committee Annual Report 47
Nashua Regional Planning Commission - Annual Report 49
Officials and Departments 1
Planning Board - Annual Report 42
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Police Department Annual Report 31
Public Meetings 4
Schedule ofTown Property 29
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Selectmen Annual Report 20
Tax Collector - MS61 - Financial Statement 24
Tax Rate Computation 29
Town Clerk - Annual Report 26
Town Meeting Summary 2005 71
Town Office Hours 4
Treasurers Report 26
Trustees ofthe Trust Funds 27
Vital Statistics 69
Warrant for Town Meeting 2006 5
Welfare Department-Annual Report 48
Wilton/Lyndeborough/Temple Ambulance-Annual Report 38
Wilton Lyndeborough Youth Center-Annual Report 48
Zoning Board ofAdjustment-Annual Report 43
(Cover Photo taken by Bernice B. Perry ofWilton, NH)
Center Cemetery, date unknown
and Departments
Officials
Moderator
Walter Holland Term Expires 2006
Board of Selectmen
Dwight D. Sowerby Term Expires 2006
Lorraine A. Strube, Chair Term Expires 2007
Steven M. Brown Term Expires 2008
Treasurer
Norma Walker Term Expires 2007
Town Clerk/Tax Collector
Patricia H. Schultz Term Expires 2006
Judy Crombie, Deputy (Resigned 12/05) Appointed
Cemetery Trustees
James Button Term Expires 2006
Robert Rogers Term Expires 2007
Theodore Rocca Term Expires 2008
Library Trustees
Sandra Schoen Term Expires 2006
Betty Ann Daneau (Resigned) Term Expires 2006
Nadine Preftakes (Replaced Daneau)
Sally Curran Term Expires 2007
Robert Rogers Term Expires 2007
Ann Harkleroad Term Expires 2008
Trustees ofTrust Funds
Sally Reynolds Term Expires 2006
Sherry Finch Term Expires 2007
Barbara Boisvert Term Expires 2008
Supervisors ofthe Checklist
Lucy Schmidt Term Expires 2006
Edna Worcester Term Expires 2008
Ruth Johnston (Resigned) Term Expires 2010
Maria Brown (Replaced Johnston)
Budget Committee
Burton Reynolds, Chair Term Expires 2006
Donald Guertin Term Expires 2006
Arnold Byam Term Expires 2006
Walter Holland Term Expires 2007
Paul Martin, Jr Term Expires 2007
Bruce Houston Term Expires 2007
Michael Decubellis Term Expires 2008
Karen Grybko Term Expires 2008
Michael Crombie Term Expires 2008
Ron Baron School board Rep
Lorraine Strube Selectmen's Rep
Selectmen's Office
Neal A. Cass Administrative Assistant
Katie Preftakes Selectmen's Assistant
Emergency Management Director
Steven M. Brown
Fire Chief
Rick McQuade
Mickey Leavitt, Deputy Chief Arnold Byam, Assistant Chief
Chief of Police
James Basinas Appointed
Road Agent
Mark Chase Appointed
Ambulance Director
Carylyn McEntee
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
Steven M. Brown, Chair Mark Chase James Basinas
Cynthia Geiger James Button Carylyn McEntee
Neal Cass Susan Tussing
Forest Fire Wardens
Rick McQuade, State Appointed Mickey Leavitt, Deputy Arnold Byam, Deputy
Chris Horn, Deputy Jim Whitmore, Deputy Ted Waterman, Deputy
Sean Magoon, Deputy Brian Smith, Deputy
Health Officer
Cynthia Geiger State Appointed
Mary Leavitt, Deputy State Appointed
Building Inspector
Richard Howe, Appointed
Town Assessor Town Forester
Todd Haywood David Buxton
Town Counsel Auditors
&
William R. Drescher, Esq Plodzik Sanderson
Planning Board
Robert Rogers Term Expires 2006
Raymond Humphreys Term Expires 2006
Tom Chrisenton, Alternate Term Expires 2006
William Ball Term Expires 2007
Bret Mader Term Expires 2007
Jessie Salisbury, Alternate Term Expires 2007
Susan McGinley (Resigned) Alternate Term Expires 2008
Tracey Turner, Chair Term Expires 2008
Michael Decubellis Term Expires 2008
Pauline Ball, Secretary
Steven M. Brown, Selectmen's Representative
Board ofAdjustment
David Roemer, Chair Term Expires 2006
Edna Worcester Term Expires 2006
Leonard Zecchini-Alternate Term Expires 2006
Michael Atkins Term Expires 2007
Steven Brooks Term Expires 2008
Tom Chrisenton (replaced Beltz) Term Expires 2008
Gary LeBlane-Alternate Term Expires 2008
Judy Crombie, Clerk
Heritage Commission
Chase Roeper, Chairman JessieSalisbury,Sec/Treas.
Robert Rogers Jenn Bailey
Dwight Sowerby, Selectmen's Representative
Conservation Commission
Andrew Roeper, Chair Pauline Ball, Secretary John Anthony
Kyle Oliver Richard Herfurth Leo Trudeau
Librarian
Brenda Cassidy
Meetinghouse Committee
Helen T. van Ham Term Expires 2007
Jessie Salisbury Term Expires 2007
Lucy Schmidt Term Expires 2008
Lorraine Strube Selectmen's Rep.
Ballot Clerks
Norma S. Walker Nadine Preftakes
Debra Leavitt Helen T. van Ham
Karen Hews Judv Crombie
Capital Improvement Plan
Mary Alice Fullerton Jim Button Burton Reynolds
Bob Lewis Bob Rogers Karen Grvbko
Lyndeborough Emergency Space Needs Committee
Jim Button Richard Darling Bob Rogers
Burton Revnolds Jim Preftakes
Schedule of Public Meetings
Board ofAdjustment 4th Monday, Citizens' Hall 7:30pm
Budget Committee Tuesdays—Budget Season, Citizens' Hall 7:30pm
Conservation Commission 2nd Thursday, Citizens' Hall, 7:30pm
Library Trustees 3rd Tuesday, Library, 7:00pm
Meetinghouse Committee Last Wednesday, Center Hall, 7:00pm
Planning Board 3 Thursday, Citizens' Hall, 7:30pm
Selectmen's Meeting Mondays, Citizens' Hall, 6:00pm Open Forum 7:00pm
Town Office Hours
Selectmen's Office Monday-Thursday 8am-lpm, 2-4pm
Town Clerk/Tax Collector Mon. 8am-lpm, 2-7pm, Tues. 8am-lpm
Wed. and Thurs. 8-1.2-4
J.A. Tarbell Library: Winter Hours: Summer Hours:
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Mon. 12-5 6-8 Mon. 12-3 6-8
Wed. 10-8 Wed. 1-8
Fri. 1-4 Fri. 1-4
Sat. 9-12
State Email/Website Sources
www'.town.lvndeborough.nh.us town website
www.nh.gov for all state agencies; executive, legislative, state personnel, licensing boards.
Revised State Statutes and much more.
NH
www.gencourt.state.nh.us for all House and State Senate Members email addresses
