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Town of Reading Massachusetts Annual Report Town of Reading Massachusetts ANNUAL REPORT 1998 Date THE GRAPHICS SHOP, INC, Your Full Service Printer 252-Rear Ash Street Reading, Massachusetts 01867 Phone: (617) 942-0357 Fax: (617) 942-1101 Cash Receipt Total Copies /hunt*) Price Per Copy x JfJC Other Charges: Subtotal Tax ,74 Total r, if email: [email protected] 40 Pages Newsstand 504 / Home Delivered 454 School is in Largest turnout for non-state or national election approves school By PAUL FEELY Town Clerk’s office. both sides of the issue can be A strong promotional cam- created with the increased paign by READING - The largest groups representing Continued to Page 2 voter turnout in town history for a non-state or national election 2000 READING SPECIAL ELECTION headed to the Hawkes Field House yesterday to cast a ballot Dividence Road School Issue on the new Dividence Road V school issue, with the plan to build a new elementary school Yes votes No votes passing 4,597 votes to 3,414 votes % (with six blanks turned in). Precinct 1 646 470 Early counts showed that Precinct 2 406 399 8,017 voters turned out, or 51.9 Precinct 3 355 400 percent of the town’s registered Precinct 4 727 361 voters. That tops the 34.6 per- Precinct 5 cent turnout in last year’s 468 346 Special Election on the same Precinct 6 636 427 issue, and topped the 47 percent Precinct 7 631 415 turnout in the Proposition 2 1/2 Precinct 8 728 596 override election in 1991 and the 50 percent turnout for the 1993 override election, making it the Tbtals 4,597 3,414 largest turnout in town for a non-state or national election ever according to records at the Result: The new school passes. national election (see related to the Alice M. Barrows ion ot tfte enrollment solu- tion, story and chart), with roughly Elementary School. was not a reimbursable 51.9 percent of the electorate The School Building project. Again, the project was approved, this time by an even casting a ballot. Committee (SBC) brought the wider margin, 145-18. The result of the election was new school proposal back to Town Meeting in sharp contrast to last Town Meeting this past member William C. Brown, Precinct 8, again called for a referendum election, securing over twice the Turnout... amount of signatures needed to force Continued from Page 1 a town-wide special elec- tion. turnout, with the pro-school vote excellent job today.” Unlike the previous year, increasing by almost two thou- There had been fears by however, groups in the commu- sand votes over last year’s num- some that because of the tone of nity formed extremely vocal bal- bers (4,564 yes votes this year, some recent ‘Letters to the lot question committees, as laid compared to 2,580 last year). Editor’ on the issue and discus- out in state finance laws. CARE, Tbwn Clerk Cheryl Johnson sions during two televised Community Action for Reading said that there were no long forums, that there may be prob- Education, supported the new lines at the polls at any one lems at the polls between repre- school, while PARENT, People time, but rather a steady stream sentatives of both groups, but Against the Raising of throughout the day. Johnson reports there were no Excessive New Taxes, opposed “There was no one time when problems. the project. a lot of people showed up,” said “We were expecting problems, Through privately held cof- Johnson. “It was steady all day. so we had extra people watching to fees, taped and televised forums, I think that the workers did an make sure nothing did,” said and a number of question and Johnson. “Everyone was great, answer sessions, the two groups, and we had no problems.” as well as members of the SBC, Jeff's Oil the School Committee, town Selectman George Hines was officials, and volunteers all tried at the polls last night as the to inform the general public on results were being announced, the various views of the project, and said he wasn’t surprised and many in the school commu- that there weren’t any problems. nity attributed the victory to “This is Reading,” said Hines. those efforts. •C.O.D. 125 gal. minimum “The best part of today was the “I think the proponents, led •Price subject to change great turnout. The community by the group, did w/out notice CARE an had its say, and that’s our •Automatic delivery available absolutely excellent job of democracy at work.” informing the community and MB getting the word out,” said Roger Sanstead, one member of the SBC. “I think it is a project that Reading can be proud of.” Russell Graham, Chairman of the SBC, said “I’m delighted that once the word got out as to what it meant, the people showed up to support it.” Jeff Struble, also a member of the SBC, indicated that the results made him think more people realized how important AT WlNGATEfOpALI lT CARE the vote was to the town. Means More Than “The turnout showed that a| lot of people woke up to the Medical Expertise. importance of it,” said Struble. who also described the vote as a| There's something exhilarating about real, quality care. With medical “rite of passage” for the town. expertise at its foundation, it offers respect, comfort, security, and above U Wingate at Reading, “You always hear that! TABLE OF CONTENTS TOWN MANAGER S LETTER 1 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT 2 Accounting 2 Assessment 2 Collection of Taxes 2 Technology 3 Personnel 3 Treasurer 3 Trust Funds 5 Report of the Town Collector 7 FY '98 Abatements 12 Financial Reports 13 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 55 Inspections Division 55 Community Planning and Development Commission 55 Zoning Board of Appeals 56 Sign Review Board 56 Land Bank Committee 56 Historical Commission 56 Conservation Commission 57 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 57 GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 64 Board of Selectmen 64 Town Clerk 66 Town Counsel 67 HOUSING AUTHORITY 69 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 71 Elder and Human Services Division 71 Health Division 74 Recreation Division 76 Veteran's Services 80 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) LEGISLATIVE BODY 81 Town Meeting Reports 81 Voting Results 201 Organization Chart 222 LIBRARY 223 PUBLIC SAFETY 228 Fire Department 228 Emergency Management 230 Police Department 232 Animal Control 236 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 237 Director's Comments 237 Administration Division 237 Cemetery Division 238 Custodian of Veteran's Graves 238 Engineering Division 239 Highway Division 240 Vehicle Maintenance 240 Snow and Ice 240 Forestry - Tree Warden's Report 240 Parks Division 241 Water Division 241 Sewer Division 242 Louanis Water Treatment Plant 242 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 244 Superintendent's Annual Report 244 Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School 267 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS 277 Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2685 FAX: (781) 942-9070 TOWN MANAGER Email: townmanagertaj.ci.rcading.ma.us (781) 942-9043 Dear Reading Residents: As we enter into the last year of the Millennium, I am pleased to present to you the Annual Report for the Town of Reading for the calendar year 1998. As you are probably aware, in addition to this “Long Report,” a summary Annual Report has been sent to all residents of the community in the Reading Notes in February 1999. We are proud of the Reading Notes publication as a means of improving communication between the Reading Town government and all of our residents. Obviously, this “Long Report” has a lot more detailed information on the community. In addition to this report, the Reading Municipal Light Department has prepared a separate Annual Report which is available from their offices at 230 Ash Street in Reading. 1998 was again a very busy year for your Town government. Construction on the new Reading Police Station, and a major expansion and renovation of the Coolidge Middle School got underway this year. Town Meeting also approved major work on an existing elementary school (the Barrows School), and the construction of a new elementary school. However, these approvals were overturned by the voters in early 1999. The elementary school enrollment issue will need to be addressed in 1999. In addition to the physical part of the community, we continue to maintain financial stability, although that stability is under some stress because of a reduction in anticipated State aid for FY 2000 as well as an increasing demand for services. High quality services continue to be the norm in Reading in all other areas of your government as measured by excellent school test scores, low crime rate, outstanding community health, award winning Library services, well maintained parks and cemeteries, well respected fire and EMT services, and continuing excellent services in all areas of the community. The more we achieve as a community, the higher our expectations. When the parks maintenance programs get better, we wonder why we don’t have more parks; when the Library wins awards, we want the Library to be open more hours; when we get a Home Page for Town government, we want to be able to conduct all of our business with Town government over the Internet. As a community government, we want to provide these services to our residents but we often do not have the resources to do so - but as a community, we continue to try. With all of the ups and downs that we go through as a community, we remain a very strong and vital place to live. Our employees and volunteers continue to give outstanding service to the community in all areas.
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