Town of Williamstown Massachusetts 2018 Annual Report
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TOWN OF WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL REPORT -2018- TOWN OF WILLIAMSTOWN MASSACHUSETTS 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Department reports are for the calendar year 2018 unless otherwise noted Financial report covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 Prepared by Sarah Hurlbut, Debra Turnbull Published by McClelland Press, Inc. 2018 www.williamstownma.gov 2 2018 Annual Report: Contents OUR COMMUNITY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 COVER STORY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 CURRENT TOWN OFFICIALS ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 SELECT BOARD .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 TOWN MANAGER ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 1753 HOUSE COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 ACCOUNTANT ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND .................................................................................................................................................... 22 BOARD OF ASSESSORS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 24 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 26 BUILDING OFFICIALS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 PLANNING AND LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 27 HEALTH DEPT. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .............................................................................................................................................................. 32 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE........................................................................................................................................ 33 CONSERVATION COMMISSION .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 COUNCIL ON AGING ............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 DAVID & JOYCE MILNE PUBLIC LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................................ 38 FINANCE COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 41 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ......................................................................................................................................................... 42 HISTORICAL COMMISSION.................................................................................................................................................................... 43 HOOSAC WATER QUALITY DISTRICT....................................................................................................................................................... 45 MOUNT GREYLOCK REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT .................................................................................................................................... 46 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE VOCATIONAL REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT .......................................................................................................... 53 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ............................................................................................................... 58 PLANNING BOARD ............................................................................................................................................................................... 60 WILLIAMSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 61 SIGN COMMISSION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 79 TOWN CLERK/BOARD OF REGISTRARS .................................................................................................................................................. 80 TREASURER / COLLECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................... 93 WATER AND SEWER ......................................................................................................................................................................... 100 WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ............................................................................................................................................... 101 WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND STAFFING 2016-2017 ................................................................................... 101 EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT STAFFING (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS) ....................................................................................................... 102 WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS 2017-2018 ........................................................................................................... 102 WILLIAMSTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY ................................................................................................................................................. 103 WILLIAMSTOWN MUNICIPAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND ................................................................................................................................. 103 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS .............................................................................................................................................................. 104 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................................................... 105 WILLIAMSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM ............................................................................................................................................................ 106 WILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER ........................................................................................................................................................... 109 WILLIAMSTOWN FIRE DISTRICT .................................................................................................................................................................... 111 3 OUR COMMUNITY The first English settlers arrived in the Hoosic Valley in the late 1740s. What is today Williamstown was plotted in 1750 and called West Hoosac. Lots were laid out and the town was slowly settled until the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1754. Settlement resumed after the war and in 1765 the town was incorporated as Williamstown. Col. Ephraim Williams, who was killed at the Battle of Lake George in 1755 bequeathed a significant sum to the town on the condition that it were named after him and it started a free school. The school opened in October of 1791 with 15 students. The free school became Williams College in 1793 under a charter from the Commonwealth, becoming the second college, following Harvard, to be founded in Massachusetts. Elevation: 570’ on the Hoosic River at the Vermont border, 690’ on Spring Street, 3326’ on the western slope of Mount Greylock. Area: 46.86 Square Miles Population: 7,623 which includes approximately 2,000 Williams College Student Body Registered Voters: 4,992 Town Website: www.williamstownma.gov SCHOOLS Public Private Williamstown Elementary School Pine Cobble (preK-9) Mt. Greylock Regional High School Buxton (Secondary) Charles H. McCann Vocational School (Grades 9-12 North Adams) Williams College Berkshire Arts and Technologies Charter School (Grades 6-12 Adams) MAJOR EMPLOYERS Williams College Sweet Brook Nursing Care Centers Williamstown Commons