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TABLE OF CONTENTS Amherst Facts................................................................................................ 3 Appointed Municipal Employees ................................................................. 5 Aquifer Protection Committee.................................................................... 25 Assessor's Office ......................................................................................... 27 Cable Advisory Committee......................................................................... 31 Committees and Boards ................................................................................ 8 Committee Recognition .............................................................................. 14 Office of the Collector................................................................................. 33 Community Preservation Act Committee................................................... 35 Community Services/Human Services ....................................................... 39 Comprehensive Planning Committee ......................................................... 43 Conservation Commission & Conservation Department........................... 47 Cultural Council .......................................................................................... 49 Departmental E-mail Addresses ................................................................... 2 Departments and Services............................................................................. 1 Disability Access Advisory Committee...................................................... 52 Finance Committee...................................................................................... 53 Finance Director/Treasurer ......................................................................... 57 Fire Department........................................................................................... 60 Fire Station Study Committee..................................................................... 71 Health Department & Board of Health....................................................... 73 Historical Commission................................................................................ 80 Housing Authority....................................................................................... 84 Housing Partnership/Fair Housing Committee .......................................... 91 Human Rights Commission ........................................................................ 92 Information Technology.............................................................................. 95 Inspection Services...................................................................................... 97 Interim Town Manager ............................................................................... 23 Kanegasaki Sister City Committee ........................................................... 105 La Paz Centro/Amherst Sister City Committee........................................ 107 Leisure Services and Supplemental Education......................................... 109 Libraries..................................................................................................... 112 Munson Memorial Library........................................................................ 118 Organization Chart ........................................................................................ 4 Planning Board & Planning Department .................................................. 119 Police Department ..................................................................................... 126 Public Art Commission ............................................................................. 135 Public Shade Tree Committee ................................................................. 136 Public Works Department......................................................................... 138 Amherst Elementary Schools.................................................................... 153 Amherst-Pelham Regional School District............................................... 160 Select Board................................................................................................. 15 Senior Center/Council on Aging............................................................... 169 Town Accountant ...................................................................................... 177 Office of the Town Clerk/Board of Registrars ......................................... 193 Town Manager ............................................................................................ 19 Town Meetings and Elections................................................................... 195 Town Meeting Coordinating Committee.................................................. 172 Veterans' Services...................................................................................... 174 Zoning Board of Appeals.......................................................................... 175 At Your Service TOWN OF AMHERST DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES In Case of Emergency CALL 911 for Fire, Police, or Ambulance Accounting 259-3026 Parks, Playgrounds, Swimming Pools 259-3065 Aging Services 259-3060 Planning Department, Planning Board 259-3040 Ambulance-Emergencies Only 911 Police Department: 259-3014 Animal Welfare Officer 478-7084 Chief of Police 259-3016 Assessments 259-3024 Detective Bureau 259-3015 Building Permits, Inspections 259-3030 Records Bureau 259-3016 Cherry Hill Golf Course 256-4071 Rape Hotline 259-3011 Community Services Department 259-3074 Public Works Department 259-3050 Conservation Services 259-3045 Recreation Department 259-3065 Council on Aging, Senior Center 259-3060 Recycling 259-3050 Design Review Board 259-3040 Redevelopment Authority 259-3040 Engineering 259-3050 Refuse Collection 259-3050 Finance Director 259-3022 Schools: Fire Department--To Report a Fire 911 Administration 362-1810 For Other Business 259-3082 Crocker Farm 362-1600 General Information 259-3002 Fort River 253-9731 Health Board, Health Department 259-3077 Mark's Meadow 549-1507 Highways, Water, Sewer, Trees 259-3050 Wildwood 362-1400 Housing Authority 256-0206 Regional High School 362-1700 Housing Planner 259-3040 Regional Middle School 362-1850 Human Resources 259-3009 Select Board 259-3001 Human Rights 259-3079 Town Clerk 259-3035 Information Technology 259-3098 Town Manager 259-3002 Leisure Services 259-3065 Treasurer/Collector 259-3020 Libraries: Hours and events 259-3090 Veterans’ Services 259-3028 Jones Library 259-3090 Vital Statistics and Records 259-3035 Munson Library 259-3095 Voting, Registration 259-3035 North Amherst Library 259-3099 Wastewater Treatment Plant 259-3050 English as a Second 259-3093 Weights and Measures 259-3030 Language Wiring Permits 259-3030 Licenses 259-3035 Zoning Permits 259-3030 Maintenance 259-3039 1 DEPARTMENTAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES Name E-mail Addresses Accounting [email protected] Assessor’s Office [email protected] Community 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 Resources [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 $15.06/$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 (1/05) Staff COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES VOTERS elect MODERATOR TOWN HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT SELECT BOARD SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE ELECTOR FOR THE MEETING AUTHORITY AUTHORITY COMMITTEE TOWN LIBRARY OLIVER SMITH WILL appoints appoints appoints appoints appoints FINANCE Executive Director Town Manager Superintendent of Library Director COMMITTEE and Staff Schools and Staff and Staff appoints HUMAN RIGHTS HOUSING TOWN/COMMERCIAL REGISTRARS ZONING BOARD OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMUNITY PRES. ACT PERSONNEL COMMISSION PARTNERSHIP RELATIONS COMM. OF VOTERS APPEALS BOARD COMM. BOARD BOARD OF CONSERVATION HISTORICAL PLANNING PUB. TRANSP. BOARD OF SOLID WASTE COUNCIL ON LSSE DISABLED ACCESS ASSESSORS COMMISSION COMMISSION BOARD COMMITTEE HEALTH COMMITTEE AGING COMM. ADVISORY COMM. Finance Director /Treasurer Town Clerk Human Public Health Sr. Center LSSE Director Community Veterans’ Principal Collector and Comptroller and