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Annual Report of the Town of Chelmsford ANNUAL TOWN REPORT CHELMSFORD 1992 IN MEMORIAM RAYMOND DAY Civil Defense Committee Town Celebrations Committee DONALD E. SMITH Board of Selectmen Front Cover: Daisy Troop 691 bringing plants to the Veterans' Park, Monday, June 8, 1992. Before placing the plants, they had their opening ceremonies. Here they're Pledging Allegiance to the flag. Lou Higson, leader; Amrita Masurkar, Sara Gearin, Brittney Troxel, Pat Betchley, leader; Therese Bergazzi, Lucinda Betchley, Christine Sapienza. (Photo by Ann Ringwood, Chief of Photography, Beacon Communications) ANNUAL REPORT of the Town of Chelmsford FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1992 GENERAL INFORMATION Incorporated May, 1655 Type of Government. Town Meeting Location Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Lowell and Tyngsboro on the North, Billerica on the East, Carlisle on the South, and Westford on the West. It is 24 miles from Boston, 40 miles from Worcester, and 225 miles from New York City. County Middlesex Land Area 22.54 Square Miles Population 1992 32,383 Assessed Valuation Rate for 1992 $2,137,354,227 (Real Estate) $45,506,133 (Personal Property) Tax Rate Flat Rate $14.54 ($14.30 Residential - $15.26 Commercial) United States Senators in Congress: 5th Congressional District Martin Meehan, Lowell, MA State Senator Lucile C. Hicks, Wayland, MA Representative in General Court 16th Middlesex District Carol C. Cleven, Chelmsford, MA Accounting Department Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Assessors Office Monday *8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Board of Health Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Building Department . Monday *8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Highway Department Office Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Garage Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Public Libraries Adams Library Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday ....9:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Thursday 1 :00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Children's House Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday ....9:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Thursday - Closed Friday & Saturday 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. McKay Library Monday & Wednesday 1:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Tuesday 1 :00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. School Superintendent . Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Town Manager's Office Monday *8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Town Clerk Monday *8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Tax Collector & Treasurer Monday *8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Veterans ' Agent Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. '(Except June, July & August) MEETINGS Annual Election First Tuesday in April 9 Precincts Annual Town Meeting Last Monday in April McCarthy Middle School Selectmen 7:00 p.m. - Every other Monday Town Offices School Committee 7:30 p.m. - Every other Tuesday Parker School Planning Board 7:30 p.m. - 2nd & 4th Wednesday Town Offices Appeals Board 7:30 p.m. - 4th Thursday Town Offices Conservation Commission 8:00 p.m. - 1st & 3rd Tuesday Town Offices Board of Health 7:00 p.m. - 1st Tuesday of Month Town Offices Housing Authority 7:30 p.m. - 1st Tuesday of Month 10 Wilson Street BOARD OF SELECTMEN (Front row 1-r) William R. Logan, Chairman; Richard E. DeFreitas, Vice Chairman (Back row 1-r) Roger A. Blomgren, Jeffrey A. Brem and Peter V. Lawlor, Clerk For the second consecutive year, the Board of needs, economic development and entrepreneurial Selectmen reluctantly said goodbye to two veteran activities, in addition to several other issues affecting Selectmen, Dennis J. Ready and Henrick R. Johnson, the Town. Jr. Both Dennis and Rhodes have served this commu- nity proudly for many years and the contributions to During 1992 the Board and the Town Manager our Town are recognized and appreciated. The three attended regional and State meetings of the Massa- remaining members welcomed new members Peter V. chusetts Municipal Association, the Massachusetts Lawlor and Jeffrey A. Brem, elected in the Town Selectmen's Association, the Northern Middlesex Election on April 5,1992, a race in which there were Council of Governments and the Middlesex County eight candidates for the two vacant seats. Advisory Board. Individual Selectmen also served as liaisons between the Board of Selectmen and various The Board reorganized after the Election and Town and regional boards and commissions during elected William R. Logan Chairman, Richard E. the year. DeFreitas Vice Chairman and Peter V. Lawlor Clerk. Jeffrey Brem and Roger Blomgren held the fourth and The Board also became involved in several issues fifth seats. being debated on the State and Federal level which would directly impact the Town both financially and The new Board announced early on its intention structurally. Cooperation with Senator Hicks and Rep- to be a very productive, accessible and vocal group resentative Cleven, along with Congressman Chester with regards to issues affecting the short and long Atkins, enabled the Board to continue monitoring term goals of the Town. Work began on long term ongoing legislation. planning, participation in school reorganizational We appreciate the support and assistance of our State and Federal legislators and look forward to fur- Further we can look to a strategy of working ther close ties with them. Together we cannot fail, smarter. In this vein we have been continually reorga- divided we will not succeed. nizing and restructuring our departments and services for maximum cost and delivery effectiveness. To this On behalf of the residents of the Town of end we have also been investing in our processes to Chelmsford, the Board of Selectmen would like to improve our effectiveness. An example of this strategy thank those townspeople who offer their time and in 1992 includes the restructuring of the Executive energy on the different elected and appointed boards. Office so as to improve responsiveness, personnel We would also like to recognize the efforts day in and administration, procurement practices and strategic day out of the employees throughout the Town - planning. Another example of this strategy has been their work and dedication on behalf of Chelmsford the restructuring of Veterans' services on a regional and its citizens is second to none. Finally, many basis thereby providing savings and long term thanks to our helpful, patient and understanding staff improvement in delivery of these services. An exam- of Judy Carter, Marian Currier, Mary Mahan and ple of the philosophy of investing to improve Jeanne Parziale who assist the Board in our official processes is our data processing efforts. In 1992 we duties. installed a Novell Network in the Town Offices, hired a Data Processing Coordinator, developed a Request Respectfully submitted, for Proposals for financial management software, and began to provide training for employees in areas of William R. Logan, Chairman computerization including word processing, spread- Richard E. DeFreitas, Vice Chairman sheets and electronic mail. A final example of work- Peter V. Lawlor, Clerk ing smarter are the changes in the Treasurer/Collec- Jeffrey A. Brem tor's Office by newly-hired Finance Director Charles Roger A. Blomgren Mansfield. These changes have focused upon stream- lining collection procedures with the utilization of outside vendors, and automatic internal collection TOWN MANAGER and financial management practices. A review of 1992 indicates the stabilization of Another focus of 1992 was in the area of collec- Town Government after a period of financial turmoil tive bargaining as all Town contracts expired on June caused by general economic conditions and substan- 30, 1992. At the close of the year agreements had tial reductions of state aid to local governments. I been reached with the following employee groups: believe the Town's relatively positive condition has Highway, Cemetery, Fire and Clerical. In each case resulted from often times painful actions taken over important concessions were made through negotia- the past several years. Importantly, our now stabilized tions resulting in long term savings for the Town as condition with the careful add back of certain Town important changes were made in longevity pay, sick services has positioned us for the future. leave buy back, holiday pay and management rights. The spirit of partnership in these efforts reflects the The FY93 Budget which was voted and began in desire of Chelmsford's employees to work with man- 1992 provided for additional monies for schools and agement for improving the Town's financial condi- the public library. Other departments saw smaller tion. increases or level funding. However, no department was required to cut off programs or services and no The past year has also been extremely positive in employees were laid off for strictly financial cutbacks. terms of Chelmsford's economic development as Further the Town through a vote of the citizenry many businesses both large and small have opted to made the decision to once again finance solid waste move to, expand, or remain in Chelmsford. Sun collection and disposal from tax dollars. This action Microsystems, Mercury Computer, Cadence and eliminated the not always popular tag system of pay- Waltham Technologies are major companies which ing for trash collection. have chosen to locate in Town filling vacant space and employing several thousand people who live, in In addition to painful program and service reduc- will move to or simply spend money in the Town.
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