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Town of Groton 2020 Annual Town Report GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX COUNTY Town of Groton 2020 Annual Town Report GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX COUNTY www.grotonma.gov “At A Glance” Settled: May 23, 1655 Type of Government: Open Town Meeting; Town Manager Location: Northwestern part of Middlesex County Population as of December 31, 2019: 10,928 Registered Voters as of December 31, 2019: 8,813 Elevation at Town Hall: 320 feet above sea level Highest Elevation: Chestnut @ 516 feet above sea level Area in Square Miles: 32.54 (Largest Town-in-area in Middlesex County) Miles of Plowed or Maintained Roads: 125 IN MEMORIAM 2020 Let the residents of Groton pause and reflect for a moment on those who served. Alfred Wyatt Abbe Miller Ranier Collins Robert Johnson John Saball Photo by Jeff Demers 2020 Annual Town Report 2 2020 PROCLAMATIONS On behalf of the citizens of the Town of Groton, the Select Board issued proclamations and set aside an “APPRECIATION DAY” for the following citizens and organizations who have made significant contributions to the community: COMMUNITY Dr. Susan Horowitz November 2, 2020 EAGLE SCOUTS/GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARDS Clarissa LaGasse July 31, 2020 Diana Mendell July 31, 2020 Bryce McKinley September 12, 2020 Alexander O’Brien September 12, 2020 Jeremy Fish September 12, 2020 SELECT BOARD Alison S. Manugian, Chair Joshua A. Degen, Vice Chair Rebecca H. Pine, Clerk John R. Giger, Member John F. Reilly, Member _______________________________________________________ Mark W. Haddad, Town Manager Michael Bouchard, Town Clerk 2020 Annual Town Report 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Federal, State and County Officials 5 Town Departments Directory 6 Elected Officials & Appointed Committee Members 7-14 Groton’s Elected Officials, along with Departments 16-44 Select Board 16 Board of Assessors 18 Board of Health 20 Commissioners of Trust Funds 21 Electric Light Department 23 Groton-Dunstable Regional School District 24 Groton Public Library 34 Housing Authority 35 Park Commission 37 Planning Board 38 Sewer Commission 39 Town Clerk 40 Water Department 41 Groton’s Municipal Offices 44-65 Accountant 44 Building & Zoning Department 45 Conservation Commission 47 Council on Aging 48 Department of Public Works 49 Fire Department 51 Groton Country Club 53 Historic Districts Commission 54 Human Resources 55 Information Technology 56 Animal Control / Inspector of Animals 57 Police Department 58 Tax Collector/Treasurer 60 Veterans Service Agent 64 Zoning Board of Appeals 65 Groton’s Appointed Committees 68-82 Affordable Housing Trust 68 Agricultural Commission 69 Cable Advisory Committee 70 Commission on Accessibility 71 Community Preservation Committee 72 Conductorlab Oversight Committee 73 Earth Removal Stormwater Advisory 74 Graves Registration Officer 75 Great Pond Advisory Committee 76 Invasive Species Committee 77 Sustainability Commission 78 Town Forest Committee 79 Trails Committee 80 Williams Barn Committee 82 Appendix 84-218 2020 Annual Town Report 4 FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS PRESIDENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY Donald Trump MIDDLESEX COUNTY The White House Marian Ryan 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 15 Commonwealth Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Woburn, MA 01801 202-456-1111 (781) 897-8300 Visitors Office: 202-456-2121 www.middlesexda.com UNITED STATES SENATORS SECRETARY OF STATE Edward J. Markey William F. Galvin 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building 1 Ashburton Place, 17th Floor Washington, DC 20510 Boston, MA 02108 (202) 224-2742 (617) 727-7030 [email protected] 975 JFK Federal Building 15 New Sudbury Street SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT Boston, MA 02203 Edward Kennedy (617) 565-8519 First Middlesex District 24 Beacon Street, Room 513 Elizabeth Warren Boston, MA 02133 309 Hart Senate Office Building (617) 722-1630 Washington, DC 20510 [email protected] (202) 224-4543 2400 JFK Federal Building REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL 15 New Sudbury Street COURT Boston, MA 02203 Sheila C. Harrington (617) 565-3170 First Middlesex District 24 Beacon Street, Room 237 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Boston, MA 02133 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (617) 722-2305 Lori Trahan [email protected] 2439 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3411 REGISTER OF DEEDS Middlesex South Registry 126 John Street Maria Curtatone Suite 12 208 Cambridge Street, PO Box 68 Lowell, MA 01852 Cambridge, MA 02141 (978) 459-0101 (617) 679-6300 [email protected] GOVERNOR REGISTER OF PROBATE Charlie Baker Tara Melo, Register State House, Room 280 Middlesex Probate and Family Court 24 Beacon Street 10-U Commerce Way Boston, MA 02133 Woburn, MA 01801 (617) 725-4005 (781) 865-4000 [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healy SHERIFF 1 Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Peter J. Koutoujian Boston, MA 02108 Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Consumer Hotline (617) 727-8400 400 Mystic Avenue (617) 727-2200 Medford, MA 02155 [email protected] (781) 960-2800 2020 Annual Town Report 5 Town Departments Directory Accountant…………….…………. 978-448-1107 Board of Assessors………………. 978-448-1127 Board of Health …………………. 978-448-1120 Building & Zoning Department... 978-448-1109 Commissioners of Trust Funds… 978-448-1173 Conservation Commission……… 978-448-1106 Council on Aging…………………. 978-448-1170 Department of Public Works…… 978-448-1162 Electric Light Department……… 978-448-1150 Fire Department…………………………………………………………. 978-448-6333 Groton-Dunstable Regional School District………………………… 978-448-5505 Groton Country Club..………………………………………………….. 978-448-3996 Groton Public Library………………………………………………….. 978-448-1167 Historic Districts Commission………………………………………… 978-448-1109 Housing Authority…………………………………………………….… 978-732-1913 Human Resources/Personnel…………………………………….…….. 978-448-1145 Information Technology…………………………………………………. 978-732-1889 Inspector of Animals…………………………………………………….. 978-448-1111 Park Commission…………………………………………………………. 978-732-1913 Planning Board……………………………………………………………. 978-448-1105 Police Department………………………………………………………… 978-448-5555 Sewer Commission……………………………………………………….. 978-448-1117 Tax Collector/Treasurer…………………………………………………. 978-448-1103 Town Clerk………………………………………………………………… 978-448-1100 Town Manager/Select Board…………………………………………….. 978-448-1111 Water Department………………………………………………………… 978-448-1122 Veterans’ Service Officer…………………………………………………. 978-448-1175 Zoning Board of Appeals…………………………………………………. 978-448-1121 2020 Annual Town Report 6 ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS (in alphabetical order) ASSESSORS, BOARD OF PLANNING BOARD Jenifer Evans 2021 Lorayne Black 2021 Donald Black 2022 Timothy Svarczkopf 2021 Garrett Boles 2023 Russell Burke 2021 George E. Barringer, Jr. 2022 David Bonnett 2022 ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS Annika Nilsson Ripps 2023 Kevin J. Lindemer 2021 Scott O. Wilson 2023 Rodney R. Hersh 2022 Eric Fisher 2023 SELECT BOARD John R. Giger 2021 GDRSD SCHOOL COMMITTEE Joshua A. Degen 2022 Fay Raynor 2021 John F. Reilly 2022 Brian LeBlanc 2021 Alison S. Manugian 2023 Marlena Gilbert 2022 Rebecca H. Pine 2023 Peter Cronin 2022 Jeffrey Kubick 2023 SEWER COMMISSIONERS Michael Bouchard 2021 HEALTH, BOARD OF James L. Gmeiner 2022 Michelle Collette 2021 Thomas Orcutt 2023 Robert Fleischer 2022 Jason Weber 2023 TOWN CLERK Michael Bouchard 2021 HOUSING AUTHORITY Deidre Slavin-Mitchell 2023 Leslie Colt DHCD TRUST FUNDS, COMMISSIONERS OF Daniel C. Emerson State appt’d Joseph E. Twomey 2021 Donald Black 2025 Rachael Bielecki 2022 Vacancy Martha Mclure 2023 MODERATOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY Jason Kauppi 2021 Kate Bettencourt 2021 Kristen Von Campe 2021 Jane R. Allen 2021 PARK COMMISSIONERS Mark Gerath 2022 Anna Eliot 2021 Nancy Wilder 2022 Don Black 2022 David Zeiler 2023 Kenneth Bushnell 2022 *Marilyn Dabritz Gail Chalmers 2023 Vacancy WATER COMMISSIONERS John J. McCaffrey 2021 Greg R. Fishbone 2022 James L. Gmeiner 2023 *Resigned/Retired ** Deceased 2020 Annual Town Report 7 OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY CONSERVATION ADMINISTRATOR THE SELECT BOARD Nikolis Gualco 2021 CONSTABLES TOWN MANAGER Brian O. Downes 2022 Mark W. Haddad 2022 George Moore 2022 Frederick Correia 2023 TOWN COUNSEL **George Rider Brooks & DeRensis 2021 COUNCIL ON AGING DIRECTOR POLICE CHIEF Kathy Shelp 2021 Michael F. Luth 2021 COUNTRY CLUB GM / HEAD GOLF FIRE CHIEF PROFESSIONAL Steele McCurdy 2023 Shawn Campbell 2021 DATABASE COORDINATOR OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY April Moulton 2021 THE TOWN MANAGER DOG OFFICER ADA COORDINATOR R. Thomas Delaney, Jr. 2021 Michelle Collette 2021 John Greenhalgh 2021 *George Moore ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER R. Thomas Delaney, Jr. 2021 EARTH REMOVAL INSPECTOR John Greenhalgh 2021 Michelle Collette 2021 *George Moore ELECTION WORKERS ANIMAL INSPECTOR Judith Anderson 2021 George Moore 2021 Alicia Black 2021 Carrie Bolton 2021 BUILDING COMMISSIONER Audrey Bryce 2021 Robert Garside 2021 Marvin Caldwell 2021 *Edward Cataldo Gail Chalmers 2021 Carole Clark 2021 BUILDING INSPECTOR Michelle Collette 2021 Daniel Britko 2021 Anthony Corsetti 2021 Irene Corsetti 2021 COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS Joan Croteau 2021 Sarah E. Power 2021 Peter Cunningham 2021 Warren Gibson 2021 Carol Daigle 2021 Catherine Myers 2021 Charlene Dapolito 2021 Samuel Welch 2021 Dorothy Davis 2021 Christopher Cotter 2021 Janis Discipio 2021 John Weix 2021 Michael Discipio 2021 Edward J. Bushnoe (Part time) 2021 Daniel Emerson 2021 Michael MacGregor (Relief) 2021 Alberta Erickson 2021 Leah Pierce (Relief) 2021 George Faircloth 2021 Maureen Faircloth 2021 *Resigned/Retired ** Deceased 2020 Annual Town Report 8 Louise Gaskins 2021 GRAVES REGISTRATION OFFICER Judy Giger 2021 Deborah Beal Normandin 2021 Joan Guimond 2021 Wendy Jones 2021 HARBOR MASTER Michael LaTerz 2021 Michael F. Luth 2021 Stephen Legge 2021
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