Annual Town Report Fiscal Year 2017
TWO HUNDRED NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT of the Receipts and Expenditures of the TOWN OF HOLLISTON and REPORTS OF SEVERAL OFFICIAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES For the period ending JUNE 30, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS REPORT PAGE REPORT PAGE Dedication 1 Fire and Ambulance 82 General Information 1 Board of Health 83 Elected Officials 1 Housing Trust 86 Appointed Officials 6 Park Department 87 State Primary Election 23 Planning Board 88 Special Town Meeting 27 Police Department 89 Annual Town Meeting 32 Public Library 93 Town Election 59 Board of Registrars 93 Agricultural Commission 63 Board of Selectmen 94 Animal Control 63 South Middlesex Regional 95 Board of Assessors 64 Technology 99 Building Inspector 64 Town Clerk 99 Community Preservation 65 Trails Committee 100 Conservation Commission 71 Treasurer Collector 101 Council on Aging 73 Weights and Measures 104 Cultural Council 76 Youth and Family 105 DPW – Highway 77 Zoning Board of Appeals 105 DPW – Water 79 Schools 105 Economic Development 80 Payroll 120 Elderly & Disabled 80 Financials end Emergency Management 81 Community Notification/Volunteer Form THIS REPORT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF: April 17, 2017 Donald Kramer – Deputy Fire Chief (50 yrs.), Animal Inspector (26 yrs.) May 2, 2017 Robert P. Morse, Sr. – Police Officer (33 yrs.), Deputy Tax Collector (20 yrs.) GENERAL INFORMATION Incorporated: December 3, 1724 Situated: 22 miles southwest of Boston Area: 19.04 square miles, 12,186 acres Population: 13,547 - 2010 Federal Census 15,057 - May, 2017 Town Census Registered Voters: 10,203 as of May 2017 Assessed Value: $2,397,773,040 for Fiscal Year 2017 Tax Rate: $18.52 for Fiscal Year 2017 Senators in Congress: Elizabeth Warren State Senator: Karen Spilka, 1st Middlesex & Norfolk Senatorial District Representative in Congress: Katherine Clark, 5th Congressional District Representative in General Court: Carolyn Dykema, 8th Middlesex District Qualifications for Voters: Must be 18 years old, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Town of Holliston.
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