Fund Information
The funds that are overseen by the Trustees consist of Trust Funds and Capital Reserve Funds.
The Trust Funds, which were all funded by private donations to the specific fund, are as follows:
- Cemetery Perpetual Care Trusts
- Fire Department Trusts
- Public and School Library Trusts
- Town Poor Trusts (more commonly called the Wilcomb-Townsend Trusts)
The Capital Reserve Funds are those funds that are instituted by vote of the Town legislative body at the annual Town Meetings. They are generally used to set money aside for anticipated or unanticipated needs in order to reduce swings in the annual budget.
The current reserves and brief reason for origination are as follows, chronologically by year of inception:
- 1991 Chester Fire Department Capital Expenditures
- 2007 Municipal Complex Improvements Capital Expenditures
- 2007 Wason Pond Recreation Capital Expenditures
- 2007 Winter Road Maintenance (for heavy winter expense in order to reduce the annual budget)
- 2008 Mosquito Trapping Capital Expenditures
- 2008 Building Improvement Fund Capital Expenditures
- 2008 Equipment and Vehicles Capital Expenditures
- 2009 Revaluation Capital Expenditures
- 2010 North Pond Rd. Upgrade Capital Expenditures
- 2012 Unanticipated Building Maintenance (for unforeseen repairs)
- 2013 Cemetery Maintenance Fund (to facilitate Village Cemetery Trustees bookkeeping)
- 2013 Capital Improvement Plan (to fund the Capital Improvement Plan)
- 2013 Commemorative Monument Fund (for a monument to highly-valued citizens)
- 2013 300th Anniversary Fund (to fund Chester’s upcoming 300th Anniversary celebration)
- 2015 Highway block Grant (for road maintenance)
- 2016 Capital Improvements Program
Complete detail of all these funds is found in your Annual Town Report.