Of General Interest – North Reading Date Incorporated: March 22, 1853 Home Rule Charter effective July 1, 1970 Location: Middlesex County, Northeastern Massachusetts; bordered by Wilmington on the west, Andover and North Andover on the north, Middleton and Lynnfield on the east, and Reading on the south; 16 miles from Boston, 10 miles from Lawrence, 15 miles from Salem, and 234 miles from New York City. Population: Federal Census – 13,837 (2000) Town Census – 14,265 Registered Voters December 31, 2006 – (Active & Inactive): 9,467 Democrats – 2,636 Republicans – 1,657 Green-Rainbow – 4 Working Families – 0 Unenrolled – 5,120 Others – 50 Elevation: approximately 100 feet above sea level Area: 13.26 Square Miles Type of Government: Open Town Meeting, 5-man Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator. Annual Town Election: Tuesday following first Monday in May each year. Annual Town Meetings: (no quorum) to commence on a Monday in April (financial), and a Monday in October (zoning and other business) as set by the Board of Selectmen annually in January. Total Assessed Valuations: Please see Assessor’s Report in this book. Tax Rate: Residential property: $12.09 per thousand dollar valuation. Commercial property: $12.09 per thousand dollar valuation. Senators in Congress: Edward M. Kennedy (D), Boston John F. Kerry (D), Boston Representatives in Congress: John Tierney (D) (Sixth Massachusetts Congressional District) Councillor: Mary-Ellen Manning (D), Peabody (Fifth District) State Senator: Bruce E. Tarr (R), Gloucester (1st Essex & Middlesex) State Representative: Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R), North Reading (20th Middlesex) 1 Qualifications for registration as a voter: Must be 18 years of age, American born or fully naturalized citizen, and a resident of North Reading. Registration in Town Clerk’s Office, Town Hall, preceding elections and town meetings on dates announced by the Town Clerk. No pre-existing residency requirement. Mail-in registrations available in the Library and Town Hall. Absentee Voting: All Elections: Primaries, National, State and Town. Dog Licenses: Licenses expire May 31 of each year. Late fee beginning July 1 – $5.00. All dogs must be licensed at 3 months. Proof of spaying or neutering and rabies vaccination certificate must be shown at time of licensing. Fees: Spayed Females & Neutered Males – $5.00; Females & Males – $10.00. Tax Bills: Real Estate Taxes are payable quarterly; August 1, November 1, Feb- ruary 1 and May 1. Interest at 140/0 if unpaid by the above dates. Motor excise bills are due thirty days from date of issue. Water bills are due thirty days from date of issue. 2 TOWN OF NORTH READING ORGANIZATIONAL CHART VOTERS COMMUNITY HOUSING SCHOOL SELECTMEN MODERATOR COMMITTEE PLANNING AUTHORITY COMMISSION Finance Committee Library Trustees Board of Appeals Water Commission Hillview Commission Treasurer Historical Commission Constables Conservation Commission Town Counsel 3 Commission on Disabilities Election Officials Historic District Commission Board of Registrars Mobile Home Rent Control Board TOWN ADMINISTRATOR FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION DIVISION DIVISION DIVISION Director Director Director Director Functions Functions Functions Functions Assessor Parks Fire Library Collector Water Police Recreation Accountant Highway Health Town Clerk Trustees of Cemetery Inspectors Elderly Affairs Trust Funds Sanitation Emergency Mgmt. Veterans’ Services Engineering Sealer of Weights Town Buildings and Measures (except School Buildings) Town Officers ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS [May 2, 2006] BOARD OF SELECTMEN Robert J. Mauceri, Chairman ......................................................... May, 2007 Stephen J. O’Leary, Vice-Chairman ................................................ May, 2009 Joseph R. Veno, Clerk .................................................................... May, 2007 Philip R. Dardeno .............................................................................. May, 2008 Michael R. Harris .............................................................................. May, 2009 MODERATOR John J. Murphy .................................................................................. May, 2007 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Maureen Harty-Vacca, Chairman ................................................... May, 2007 Stephen D. Jervey, Vice-Chairman .................................................. May, 2008 Melvin K. Webster, Secretary ........................................................... May, 2007 Gerald Venezia ................................................................................... May, 2009 Nicole A.R. Davis ............................................................................... May, 2009 COMMUNITY PLANNING COMMISSION Patricia E. Romeo, Chairman ........................................................ May, 2009 M. Shepard Spear, Vice-Chairman .................................................. May, 2009 Christopher B. Hayden, Clerk........................................................ May, 2008 Warren R. Pearce, Jr. ......................................................................... May, 2007 Neal E. Rooney .................................................................................. May, 2007 NORTH READING HOUSING AUTHORITY *Stephen J. Daly, Chairman ......................................................... April, 2005 *State Appointee Michele A. Mawn, Vice-Chairman ................................................... May, 2007 Brian E. Blackwood, Treasurer ....................................................... May, 2008 Peter A.Carriere, Jr., Assistant Treasurer .......................................... May, 2009 Mary S. Prenney ................................................................................ May, 2010 NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE Paul Sweeney .......................................................................... November, 2008 4 APPOINTMENTS BY TOWN MODERATOR FINANCE COMMITTEE Term Expires: Michael Mastascusa, Chairman .................................................... April, 2009 Abigail Hurlbut, Vice-Chairman ................................................... April, 2007 Stephen A. Casazza .......................................................................... April, 2008 John Hoadley ................................................................................... April, 2007 Mark Westervelt ............................................................................... April, 2009 Donald Kelliher ............................................................................... April, 2009 Bradley H. Jones, Sr. ........................................................................ April, 2008 Alan Wolpin ..................................................................................... April, 2007 Richard Johnson .............................................................................. April, 2008 APPOINTMENTS BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Greg L. Balukonis ........................................................................ June 30, 2008 TOWN TREASURER Elizabeth Craveiro ....................................................................... June 30, 2007 TOWN COUNSEL Kopelman and Paige ................................................................... June 30, 2007 DETAIL CONSTABLES Karl Berg ............................................................................ December 31, 2007 Jerry Berg .......................................................................... December 31, 2007 CONSTABLES (Process-Servers) Paul Dorsey ........................................................................ December 31, 2007 Harold B. Reynolds ........................................................... December 31, 2007 John Firriello ..................................................................... December 31, 2007 John Frew........................................................................... December 31, 2007 Thomas Dupuis ................................................................. December 31, 2007 BOARD OF APPEALS Paul O’Leary, Chairman.................................................. December 31, 2007 James Demetri ................................................................... December 31, 2007 Joseph Murphy .................................................................. December 31, 2006 Jennifer Platt, associate .................................................... December 31, 2008 Joseph Keyes ...................................................................... December 31, 2009 John D. Nelson, associate ................................................. December 31, 2007 BOARD OF REGISTRARS Barbara Stats, Town Clerk .............................................................. Indefinite Eleanor T. Jean ............................................................................. April 1, 2008 Charles Faneuff ............................................................................ April 1, 2007 Frances A. Exum ........................................................................... April 1, 2009 5 Term Expires: CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ruth Kennedy, Chairperson............................................................ Indefinite Ed Parish ............................................................................................Indefinite Theo Kuliopulos ................................................................................Indefinite Edward Strob .....................................................................................Indefinite