Annual Report Town of Tewksbury Massachusetts 2008
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Annual Report Town of Tewksbury Massachusetts 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Administrative Services …………..….…..……….. 86 Schools Department: Appointed Boards-Committees-Commissions ....... 6 Class of 2008 Community & University Appointive Officers ..……..…….…..……..………. 5 Scholarship Awards …….………….……..…. 129 Auditors Report ...….….……………………..…….. 170 Enrollment By School ..…………….…...…… 137 Balance Sheet ..….……….……………………. 171 General Information …………….…..………. 137 Revenue Report ..….……………….…………. 180 Roster …….…………...…………………..….. 138 FY’2008 Appropriation Recap ……….…....… 182 Scholarship & Education Fund Committees … 135 Sewer Balance Sheet .……….……………..…. 186 School Committee Report ……………..….….. 124 Sewer Revenue Report ..………………………. 187 Superintendent of School’s Report ……...…... 125 Sewer FY’2008 Appropriation Recap …….… 188 Shawsheen Regional Vocational Technical High Water Balance Sheet ……….…………………. 190 School District ……….………………..…...….. 152 Water Revenue Report ………………………. 191 Special Government Districts ……………….…… 8 Water FY’2008 Appropriation Recap ….....… 192 Tax Collector ……………………………………… 198 Biograph …………….…….……………………….. 4 Town Clerk …………………………………………. 105 Board of Assessors …………….…………..……… 196 Town Counsel ……………………….…..………… 85 Board of Health ………..……………….………….. 162 Town Manager ………………….…...……………. 84 Board of Registrars …………….………………….. 87 Town Meetings: Board of Selectmen …….………….……………….. 83 Annual: May 5, 2008 ………………..…..…….. 16 Building Department ………………..…..….……… 165 Special: May 6, 2008 ………..……..………..… 44 Community Development ...……..………………… 159 October 7, 2008 ……..….…...……….. 60 Community Preservation Committee …..………… 169 Treasurer’s Cash …………….…….……………… 197 Computer Services ...………………….…………… 199 Veterans’ Services ………………...……………… 106 Conservation Commission …………….….……….. 167 Zoning Board of Appeals ………………………….. 161 Council On Aging ………………………………….. 112 Department of Public Works …….…….…………. 107 Elected Officers …………………..…….………….. 5 Election Results: 02/05/2008 – Presidential Primary ….…….….. 9 04/05/2008 - Annual Town Election ….…..….. 14 06/07/2008 – Special Town Election .…….…... 54 09/16/2008 – Special State Primary …..….…... 55 11/04/2008 - Presidential Election …....……... 80 Employee Earnings: Schools …………………………..……………. 207 Town ……………….…………………………. 204 Fire Department ………………..…………………. 120 Roster ……………….…………..…….………. 121 Incident By Type Report ….…………………. 121 Housing Authority ………..……………………….. 88 Balance Sheets ...…………….………………… 88 In Memoriam …………..……………….…………. 3 Library Trustees ………………………………….. 111 Parking Clerk ………………….………….……… 104 Parks & Recreation Department …………………. 114 Planning Board ……………….…………………… 168 Police Department: Roster …………………………….…….………. 122 Crine List ……………….……….…….………. 123 Recycling Committee …….…………….………….. 118 ( 2 ) 2008 IN MEMORIAM PERSON’S NAME POSITION HELD Frank M. Braxten Youth Sports Activist Josephine C. Campo School Secretary - Administration James B. Cooper Youth Sports Activist Elizabeth R. Dixon Retired School Lunch Aide Agnes R. Fowler Cafeteria Worker - High School Walter V. Haley Retired HEO Operator - Water Department Stella M. Houlihan Retired Clerk - Tewksbury Post Office Claire T. Kelly Aide - School Department Yolanda Luongo Retired Veteran’s Office Staff & Election Staff Richard J. Mackey, Jr. Retired Tewksbury Police Lieutenant Marcel J. Prince Former DPW Commissioner Leroy C. Thing Retired Tewksbury Firefighter Timothy F. Warren Youth Sports Activist Stephen P. Whelton Teacher - Tewksbury School System Howard C. Whitten Election Staff ( 3 ) GENERAL GOVERNMENT Biograph Town Officers Town Committees Annual and Special Elections Town Meeting Warrants Elections Biograph 1. Town: 8. Elevation: Tewksbury, Massachusetts Highest Point: Ames Hill, 363 feet; Incorporated in 1734 North section: 200 feet; West section: 150 feet; Center: 120 feet; 2. County: South section: 150 feet Middlesex, ss. (above mean sea level) 3. Location: At the junction of two new superhighways in northeastern 9. Topography: Fairly level terrain, with elevations varying from 100 feet Massachusetts, U.S. Interstate 495 and U.S. Interstate 93. to 200 feet above sea level. Soil is a mixture of sandy soil The Town is bordered on the north by the Merrimack in southern section. Wet and moist and of good texture River, northeast by the Town of Andover, southeast by along the central and northern sections. the Town of Wilmington, southwest by the Town of Billerica and borders on the City of Lowell on the west. It is 21 miles from Boston, 50 miles from Worcester, 30 10. Established: miles from Salisbury Beach, and 230 miles from New Inhabitants separated from Billerica in 1733. York City. First Town Meeting held January 14, 1734. Duly incorporated December 23, 1734. 4. Population: 2000 - 30,315 11. Form of Government: 2005 - 30,730 Open Town Meeting 2006 - 30,762 Five Member Elected Board of Selectmen 2007 - 32,382 Appointed Town Manager 2008 - 32,774 5. Land Areas: 20.70 square miles 10,789.5 acres 6. Density: Person per square mile: 2000 - 1,464 2006 - 1,486 2007 - 1,564 2008 - 1,583 7. Climate: Mean annual precipitation - 43.40 inches. Mean Temperature - January - 26.6 degrees July - 73.7 degrees. ( 4 ) Elected Officers Appointive Officers SELECTMEN Town Manager David G. Cressman David H. Gay 2009 Asst. to the Town Manager Sandra A. Barbeau Jerome E. Selissen 2009 Town Counsel Charles J. Zaroulis, Esq. Todd R. Johnson, Chairman 2010 Animal Control Officer Brian Fernald Anne Marie Stronach 2010 Animal Inspector Pam Gorrasi Douglas W. Sears, Esq. 2011 Appraisers Board of Selectmen Assessor (Chief) John J. Kelley BOARD OF HEALTH Assessor Barbara Flanagan Edward J. Sheehan, Jr. 2009 Assessor Susan E. Moore Robert C. Briggs, Sr. 2009 Attendance Officer George Hazel Phillip L. French 2010 Accountant Donna Gill Christine Kinnon 2010 Building Commissioner Richard A. Colantuoni Ralph M. McHatton, Chairman 2011 Asst. Building Commissioner Edward Johnson Community Dev. Director Steven Sadwick TOWN CLERK D. P. W. Superintendent Brian Gilbert Mary-Ann O’Brien Nichols 2011 Emergency Management Dir. Michael Sitar Finance Director Donna Walsh MODERATOR Fire Chief Richard Mackey Warren Layne 2011 Director Public Health Lou Ann Clement Health Sanitarian/Deputy Dean Trearchis PLANNING BOARD Animal Inspector David J. Plunkett 2010 Northern Middlesex Area Charles E. Coldwell Sal Torname 2011 Commission Rep. Nancy L. Reed 2012 Police Chief Alfred Donovan Robert A. Fowler 2013 Recreation Director Roy Patterson Vincent W. Spada, Chairman 2009 Sealer of Weights & Measures Edward Johnson Superintendent of Schools Christine L. McGrath, Ph.D. SCHOOL COMMITTEE Tax Collector Dorothy Lightfoot Scott J. Consaul, Chairman 2009 Town Historian Warren Carey Michael Sitar, III 2009 Treasurer Janet Smith Dennis J. Peterson 2010 Veterans Agent James Williams Richard O’Neill 2010 Veterans Burial Indigent Farmer & Dee, Inc. Michael Kelley 2011 Tewksbury Funeral Home Veterans Grave Officer REGIONAL VOKE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Wire Inspector Jeremiah Delaney John Peter Downing 2009 Patricia M. W. Meuse 2010 TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY Brenda M. Orio 2011 Patrick J. Joyce 2011 Paul F. Fortunato 2009 Mary R. MacDonald 2009 Joseph C. Frank 2010 Eugene F. Walsh 2010 HOUSING AUTHORITY Linda A. Ricardo-Brabant 2010 Matthew McLaughlin (Governor’s Appointee) 2011 Mark A. DiFruscia 2011 John W. Deputat 2013 Louise A. Gearty, Chairman 2009 ( 5 ) Appointed Boards- COUNCIL ON AGING Selectmen Appointees Mark Wood 2011 Committees-Commissions Bernice Sprague 2011 Ellen Keefe 2009 APPEALS BOARD Carolyn French 2010 Robert Stephens 2009 Rose McKenna 2010 Marc DiFruscia 2011 Kenneth Collins 2010 Council on Aging Chairman Appointees Joel Deputat, Chairman 2009 APPEALS BOARD-ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Warren Layne, Vice Chairman 2009 Lee Denis 2009 Joanne Aldrich 2009 Robert Dugan 2009 Lorene Patch 2010 Marie Durgan, Treasurer 2011 BOARD OF REGISTRARS Beverly Bennett 2009 FINANCE COMMITTEE Edward Creamer 2010 Ronald Hall, Chairman Donald Ordway 2011 Damin Sutherby Mary-Ann O’Brien Nichols, Ex Officio Kevin Donnelly Thomas Cooke ASSISTANT REGISTRARS John Dunfey Mary-Ann Nichols Raymond Bowden Sandra E. Turcotte George Donovan Denise Graffeo Dave Aznavoorian Theresa Deshler Michael Flynn Michael P. Kelley CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Marc Ginsburg Donna Gacek 2009 Ralph F. Ford Joseph Dermody 2009 Dave Hicks 2009 FINANCIAL PLAN TASK FORCE Norman Boudreau CONSERVATION COMMISSION Ray Bowden Stanley Folta, Jr., Chairman 2010 Thomas Cooke Tony Ippolito 2009 James Cutelis Laurence Bairstow 2011 Kevin Donnelly Stephen Deackoff 2011 John J. Kelley, Jr., Chairman Patricia Powers 2009 Keith E. Rauseo Ray Shaw, Alternate CONSERVATION COMMISSION – ASSOCIATE Anne Marie Stronach MEMBERS Donna Walsh Craig Stimmel 2009 HISTORICAL COMMISSION CONSTABLE – TERM TO EXPIRE – 2011 Thomas Churchill 2009 Sandra Barbeau Keith Rauseo 2009 Dana Berkeley Beverly Bennett 2011 Richard Carter M. Eileen McDonagh 2011 Gregory Danas James J. Gaffney 2011 Peter Danas Warren R. Carey John Flaherty William Wyatt 2010 Cheryl Laffey Kevin Sullivan 2010 Wilfred Lambert James J. Mazza LOCAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP Harold Morang Stephen Deackoff, Chairman David Muscovitz Greg Peters George H. Rost, Jr. Jay Axson Anthony Saia Raymond White Darlene Michalewicz David Fisher Gail P. Perdicaro Laura Caplan Christopher J. Swimm Ron Roy ( 6 ) Advisory Members David Aznavoorian Steven Sadwick (Community Dev. Director) Scott Consaul (School Committee Member) LONG RANGE SCHOOL SPACE COMMITTEE Edward Sheehan (Board Health Member) James Cutelis Nancy