Annual Town Report FY 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Amherst Facts.............................................................................................................. 3 Appointed Municipal Employees ............................................................................... 5 Aquifer Protection Committee..................................................................................21 Assessor's Office .......................................................................................................22 Cherry Hill Advisory Committee .............................................................................26 Children's Services....................................................................................................27 Committees and Boards .............................................................................................. 9 Committee Recognition ............................................................................................14 Community Preservation Act Committee ................................................................30 Comprehensive Planning Committee .......................................................................32 Conservation Commission/Conservation Department.............................................34 Council on Aging/Senior Center...............................................................................36 Cultural Council ........................................................................................................39 Departmental Email Addresses................................................................................... 2 Departments and Services........................................................................................... 1 Design Review Board ...............................................................................................41 Disability Access Advisory Committee ...................................................................43 Finance Committee ...................................................................................................44 Fire Department.........................................................................................................46 Health Department ....................................................................................................57 Historical Commission..............................................................................................65 Housing Authority.....................................................................................................68 Housing Partnership/Fair Housing Committee ........................................................75 Human Rights Commission......................................................................................77 Human Services Funding Committee.......................................................................28 Information Technology ...........................................................................................79 Inspection Services....................................................................................................81 Jones Library .............................................................................................................90 Kanegasaki Sister City Committee...........................................................................94 Leisure Services and Supplemental Education ........................................................95 Organization Chart ...................................................................................................... 4 Parking Commission ...............................................................................................100 Planning Board/Planning Department....................................................................102 Police Department...................................................................................................108 Public Art Commission...........................................................................................120 Public Shade Tree Committee (FY 02) ..................................................................121 Public Share Tree Committee (FY 03)...................................................................122 Public Transportation and Bicycle Committee ......................................................123 Public Works Department.......................................................................................127 Select Board ..............................................................................................................15 Amherst Elementary Schools..................................................................................144 Amherst-Pelham Regional School District ............................................................147 Town Accountant ....................................................................................................161 Town Clerk..............................................................................................................177 Town/Commercial Relations Committee...............................................................152 Town Manager ..........................................................................................................19 Town Meetings and Elections.................................................................................181 Treasurer/Collector..................................................................................................155 Veterans' Services ...................................................................................................158 Zoning Board of Appeals........................................................................................159 At Your Service TOWN OF AMHERST DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES In Case of Emergency CALL 911 for Fire, Police, or Ambulance Accounting 256-4026 Parks, Playgrounds, Swimming Pools 256-4065 Aging Services 256-4057 Planning Department, Planning Board 256-4040 Ambulance-Emergencies Only 911 Police Department: 256-4011 Animal Welfare Officer 256-2554 Chief of Police 256-4016 Assessments 256-4024 Detective Bureau 256-4015 Building Permits, Inspections 256-4030 Records Bureau 256-4016 Cherry Hill Golf Course 256-4071/256-4072 Rape Hotline 256-4011 Children's Services Department 256-4074 Public Works Department 256-4050 Conservation Services 256-4045 Recreation Department 256-4065 Council on Aging, Senior Center 256-4057 Recycling 256-4050 Design Review Board 256-4040 Redevelopment Authority 256-4040 Engineering 256-4050 Refuse Collection 256-4050 Finance Director 256-4022 Schools: Fire Department--To Report a Fire 911 Administration 362-1810 For Other Business 256-4080 Crocker Farm 362-1600 General Information 256-4004 Fort River 253-9731 Health Board, Health Department 256-4077 Mark's Meadow 549-1507 Highways, Water, Sewer, Trees 256-4050 Wildwood 549-6300 Housing Authority 256-0206/ 256-8128 Regional High School 362-1706 Housing Planner 256-4040 Regional Middle School 362-1850 Human Resources 256-4009 Select Board 256-4001 Human Rights 256-4079 Town Clerk 256-4035 Information Technology 256-4098 Town Manager 256-4004 Leisure Services 256-4065 Treasurer/Collector 256-4020 Libraries : Hours and events 256-4094 Veteran’s Services 256-4028 Jones Library 256-4090 Vital Statistics and Records 256-4035 Munson Library 256-4095 Voting, Registration 256-4035 North Amherst Library 256-4099 Wastewater Treatment Plant 256-4050 English as a Second 256-8037 Weights and Measures 256-4030 Language Wiring Permits 256-4030 Licenses 256-4035 Zoning Permits 256-4040 Maintenance 256-4089 1 DEPARTMENTAL EMAIL ADDRESSES Name Email Addresses Accounting [email protected] Assessors Office [email protected] Children’s Services [email protected] Collector/Treasurer [email protected] Council on Aging/Senior Center [email protected] Conservation [email protected] Fire Department [email protected] Health Department [email protected] Human Resource [email protected] Human Rights [email protected] Information Technology [email protected] Inspection Services [email protected] Leisure Services [email protected] Maintenance [email protected] Parking [email protected] Planning [email protected] Police [email protected] Public Works [email protected] Select Board [email protected] Town Clerk [email protected] Town Manager [email protected] Veterans’ Services [email protected] 2 AMHERST FACTS U.S. SENATOR U.S. SENATOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Edward M. Kennedy John Kerry John W. Olver (1st District) 362 Russell Building 315 Russell Building 2300 Rayburn Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 STATE SENATOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Stanley C. Rosenberg Ellen Story (Hampshire and Franklin District) (3rd Hampshire District) Room 320, State House Room 167, State House Boston, MA 02133 Boston, MA 02133 TAX RATE Area $17.11/$1,000.00 27.79 square miles ELEVATION – 313 feet above sea level at Town Hall LOCATION ROAD MILEAGE Geodetic position of Town Hall: (not including state highways Latitude – 42 degrees 22'00" 105.56 Miles Longitude – 72 degrees 30'30" POPULATION – 34,874 (source: 2000 Federal Census) 3 TOWN OF AMHERST ELECTED AND APPOINTED BOARDS, ORGANIZATION CHART (1/04) Staff COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES VOTERS elect MODERATOR TOWN HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT SELECT