“FRIDAY
UPDATES”
Friday,
April 9, 2010
A beautiful sunny day brought out
hundreds of egg seekers to
2009 community garden at
WHF. Courtesy Dennis
Meadows
Grow
your own food and make new friends
There will again be community
gardening plots on land at Wagon Hill Farm and other sites in
If you plan to come, send an e-mail
message to Dennis Meadows (LATAILLEDE@AOL.COM). If you wish to come,
but cannot, please inform Dennis of your
interest.
2009
Town of
This week a team of eight auditors
from the firm of Plodzik and Sanderson Professional Association have been using
the Council chambers to evaluate the Town of
The City
Managers from
As of Friday,
April 9, 2010,
State of
If residents have not already
completed and returned their Census forms, please take 10 minutes and do so at
your earliest convenience. If you did not receive a Census form in the
mail, forms are available at the Town Clerk’s office, Mon-Fri, 8:00 to 5:00
PM.
About $85 million is saved for every
one percent increase in mail participation. Data from the Census is used
to reapportion seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, for redistricting of
state and local governments, and to determine how more than $400 billion
annually in Federal funding is distributed.
POLICE
UNIFORM SHIRTS – KAIZEN EFFORTS CONTINUE
With recently hiring four new police
officers, the Durham Police Department needed to purchase uniforms for these
officers. As part of the ongoing Kaizen effort, the department decided to look
into the implications of changing its existing uniform shirts from “French blue”
to a dark blue for a number of reasons, including functionality due to the color
and the potential for stain and dirt resistance. By making this change,
the Police Department will save approximately $500 annually on shirts. The
officers and administration at the department are congratulated for their
willingness and interest in enhancing process efficiency at the
department.
COMPARISON
OF FIRST QUARTER POLICE RESPONSE TO RENTAL
PROPERTIES
The Durham Police Department has
been collecting data over the past three years in order to analyze police
responses, as well as comparisons, to rental properties throughout the
community. As this initiative continues, additional annual data will enhance the
department’s ability to form conclusions about problematic properties, as well
as recognize those that have undertaken initiatives to improve behavior and
negate the need for police response. To view the information which represents
2010
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE – MONDAY, MAY 31ST
The
Durham Memorial Day Parade will take place on Monday, May 31st.
This year there will be a slight modification to the parade route. In past
years, the parade has originated from
At 10:00 AM on the
31st, the
For a map of the new parade route,
please click HERE.
Please contact Parks & Recreation Director Michael Mengers at 817-4074, mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us with
questions.
Application
for Elderly Exemptions
Eligible citizens may apply for an
Elderly Exemption or other exemptions/credits (Veterans Credit, Blind Exemption,
Solar, etc.) by the deadline of
April 15, 2010 for the 2010 spring
tax bill. An application may be obtained from the Planning, Zoning, and
Assessing Office located on the first floor of the Town Hall,
Income
Criteria
Single net
income:
Not more than $32,500.00
Married, combined
income:
Less than $43,700.00
Asset Criteria
Net
assets:
Not in excess of $200,000.00
Age Eligibility
Criteria
Exemption
Amount
65 years up to 75
years:
$125,000.00
75 years up to 80
years:
$175,000.00
80 years or
older:
$225,000.00
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MUCH
New Construction Under Way IN
Several construction projects
continue throughout Town. Matt Crape,
The Department of Public Works has
completed a mock-up of
STREET
PAINTING/SWEEPING AND ROAD WORK
Department of Public Works crews
began street painting this week thanks to the mild weather. Spring street
sweeping continues ahead of schedule, with approximately 50% of the sweeping
already completed. In addition, crews spent much of this past week on
gravel road maintenance such as shoulder cleanup on
SEMIANNUAL
WATER METER
The Durham Water Department
completed its semiannual water meter readings this week. Water/sewer bills
typically follow within four weeks of the meter reading completion.
Spring
Cleanup
Residents should have received a
flyer this week regarding Spring Cleanup. This year the cleanup will be
held on May 3rd. Remember that all items should be out no earlier than Saturday, May 1st and no later than
7AM on Monday, May 3rd. There will be a flyer has details
regarding this collection.
Wind
Storm Brush and Woody Debris Collection
The Department of Public Works
opened bid requests on Tuesday of this week to conduct a town-wide residential
curbside brush collection due to the wind storm on February 25th.
York Woods Tree Service of South
New
Police Officers
Pictured above, Pam Donley, Nick
Glowacki, and Jonathan Lavoie stand in front of John Hatch’s three-dimensional
map at Town Hall as Town Clerk
It’s
Prom and Graduation season
Each weekend during prom/graduation
season, nearly 50 teenagers will be killed nationally in motor vehicle
accidents. Many teenagers, and sadly many parents, consider alcohol and/or
drug use as normal adolescent rites of passage. Now is the time to
reinforce parental obligations and ensure that our teenagers celebrate safely
without alcohol or drugs. To ensure that parents can provide accurate and
relevant information to their teenagers, the Durham Police Department will focus
upon relevant
Alcohol laws that pertain to persons
under the age of 21:
Possession of alcohol such as having
beer cans or bottles, and/or internal possession of alcohol which is defined as
a blood alcohol
level of .02+, is a mandatory $300 fine plus a $50 penalty assessment for the
first offense. Additionally, the person’s license will be suspended
regardless of whether a vehicle was involved or not. The presiding Judge
can require up to a 60 day suspension of driver’s license. Additionally,
the Department of Motor Vehicles can add an additional suspension of driver’s
license. If the person is not a licensed driver, that person can be
required to surrender their license for a period of time once the operator
successfully passes their test! The conviction for this offense remains
attached to the violator’s motor vehicle record for a period of three (3) years
creating significant issues with staggering insurance rates or even denial of
coverage all due to this non-motor vehicle related alcohol
offense.
The Oyster River Water Quality
Monitoring Program, sponsored by the Durham/UNH Water Supply, Oyster River
Watershed Association, and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services,
is seeking volunteer water monitors. Working in teams, volunteers collect water
quality data on the
Lyme Disease
Prevention
The ticks have arrived, bringing
with them the increased threat of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease.
Citizens are urged to take precautions to prevent the potential for becoming
infected with tick-borne diseases by performing frequent, thorough tick checks,
wearing light-colored clothes, tucking pants into socks, and placing clothes in
the dryer for 30 minutes to kill ticks. More information may be obtained
by contacting the Lyme Disease Association, Inc.,
PUBLIC
MEETING SCHEDULE
The following public meetings are
scheduled for the coming week in the Town Council chambers at the Durham Town
Office. All meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held in the Council chambers at
the Town Hall unless otherwise indicated below. To view the agenda for the
meetings listed below, please click HERE.
All meetings recorded on DCAT are available on DVD at the Durham Public Library
for checkout and viewing.
Zoning Board of Adjustment –
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Planning Board – Wednesday, April
14, 2010
Integrated Waste Management Advisory
Committee – Thursday, April 15, 2010
Oyster
River School Board meeting schedule, please click HERE.
Durham
Public Library Board of Trustees meeting schedule, please click HERE.
DCAT
Programming Schedule, please click HERE
Stay
current with all Durham P&R programs by viewing the April Recreation
Reminder, please click HERE. Also, visit our website at
http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/COMMUNITY/recreation.html or on Facebook - search ‘Town of Durham
Parks.’
§
Wednesday, April 14, 1:45 PM,
§
Monday, April 19, 6:00 PM,
§
Saturday, April 24, 10:00 AM – Noon,
UNH’s Great Lawn: World Tai
Chi Day
§
Wednesday, April 28, 4:00 PM,
§
Tuesday, May 4, 7:00 PM,
§
Saturday, May 8, 9:30 AM,
To register for any of the above
classes please contact Durham P&R Director Michael Mengers at 817-4074, mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us, or visit
the Town Clerk’s Office.
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
§
Saturday, April 10,
§
Sunday, April 11, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, Scorpion’s Bar and
Grill,
§
Saturday, April 24, 10:00 AM – Noon, Great Bay
Wildlife Management Area at Crommet Creek: Celebrate the Sweet Trail for Earth Day
hosted by the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership. Come join us for field
trips and the official trail opening in honor of Earth
Day.
§
Saturday, May 1, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, C-lot off of
§
Saturday, May 8, 12:00 noon, Town Landing:
Oyster River Quackfest sponsored
by Oyster River Womenade – a rubber duck race down the
§
Saturday, May 15, 8:00 AM,
Weekly
Police Arrest Report
|
Week –
9 |
6 UNH
(67%) |
3 Other
(33%) |
|
*2009/10 Academic Year –
699 |
439 UNH (63%)
|
260 Other
(37%) |
|
Calendar Year –
156 |
103 UNH
(66%) |
53 Other
(34%) |
*Commenced September 1, 2009
Historical data
for the same week
This data represents the 2009/10
Academic year report which begins anew each August
when UNH students begin arriving in
Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Week |
28 |
31 |
41 |
16 |
9 |
|
Academic
Year |
878 |
738 |
657 |
676 |
699 |
|
Calendar
Year |
216 |
235 |
216 |
199 |
156 |
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Have a good
weekend.
Todd
Todd I. Selig, Administrator
Town of Durham
15 Newmarket Road
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Tel
(603) 868-5571
Fax (603) 868-5572
tselig@ci.durham.nh.us
www.ci.durham.nh.us
The
Town of