2015 SHREWSBURY TOWN REPORT NO. 288 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Accountant ................................................................................................................ 265 Alcohol Beverages Licences ...................................................................................... 244 Appropriations Statement .......................................................................................... 300 Balance Sheet ............................................................................................................ 313 Debt Accounts ............................................................................................... 312 Deferred Revenue Accounts ......................................................................... 311 Expenditures ................................................................................................. 266 Revenue......................................................................................................... 315 Transfer from Reserve Fund .......................................................................... 309 Appointed Officers ......................................................................................................... 6 Appointments by Selectmen ........................................................................................ 30 Appointments by Town Manager ................................................................................. 32 Appeals (Zoning Board) ................................................................................................ 83 Assessors ..................................................................................................................... 80 Building Inspector ........................................................................................................ 82 Commission on Disabilities ......................................................................................... 85 Conservation Commission ........................................................................................... 87 Contributory Retirement System ............................................................................... 204 Council on Aging .......................................................................................................... 92 Cultural Council ............................................................................................................ 99 Development Corporation .......................................................................................... 100 Elected Officers and Assistants ..................................................................................... 5 Elections Special State Primary – March 3, 2015 ........................................................... 35 Annual Town Election – May 5, 2015 ............................................................... 38 Special State Election – May 31, 2015 ............................................................ 43 Electric and Cable Operations (SELCO) ..................................................................... 102 Emergency Management Agency .............................................................................. 127 Engineering Department ............................................................................................. 128 Facts About Shrewsbury ................................................................................................ 1 Federal, State and County Representatives ................................................................... 3 Fire Department .......................................................................................................... 139 Forestry Department .................................................................................................. 145 Health Department ..................................................................................................... 146 Highway Department .................................................................................................. 152 Historic District Commission ...................................................................................... 155 Historical Commission ............................................................................................... 156 Housing Authority ....................................................................................................... 157 Library ....................................................................................................................... 159 Master Plan Steering Committee ............................................................................... 176 Oaths of Office – Elected Officials ................................................................................ 29 Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Department .......................................................... 179 Personnel Board ........................................................................................................ 185 Planning Board ........................................................................................................... 186 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Planning and Economic Development Department ................................................... 195 Police Department (includes Animal Control) ............................................................. 197 Public Buildings Department ...................................................................................... 203 Precinct Officers ........................................................................................................... 26 Recapitulation of Board of Selectmen Fees ............................................................... 243 Receipts in Fiscal Year 2015 ........................................................................................ 72 Registrars of Voters ...................................................................................................... 74 Resignations ................................................................................................................. 28 Scholarship Fund ....................................................................................................... 237 Schools ....................................................................................................................... 208 Selectmen .................................................................................................................. 238 Sewer and Water Department .................................................................................... 245 Shrewsbury Media Connection ................................................................................. 125 Soldiers Memorial Commission.................................................................................... 75 Telephone Directory ....................................................................................... Back Cover Town Clerk .................................................................................................................... 71 Town Counsel ............................................................................................................. 248 Town Government Organization ..................................................................................... 4 Town Officers and Committees ...................................................................................... 5 Town Manager ............................................................................................................. 77 Town Meeting Members ............................................................................................... 16 Town Meeting Minutes Special Town Meeting – February 25, 2015 .................................................... 44 Annual Town Meeting – May 18, 2015 ............................................................ 48 Annual Town Meeting (Adjourned) – May 20, 2015 ......................................... 52 Special Town Meeting – November 9, 2015 .................................................... 65 Treasurer and Collector .............................................................................................. 254 Reconciliations .............................................................................................. 262 Schedules ...................................................................................................... 255 Statement of Funded Debt ............................................................................ 257 Trust Funds Summary Year End Report ........................................................ 261 Veteran’s Services Department .................................................................................. 250 Weights and Measures ............................................................................................... 253 Wiring Inspector ......................................................................................................... 119 Wright-Harlow Charitable Fund .................................................................................... 76 Zoning Board of Appeals ............................................................................................. 83 FACTS ABOUT SHREWSBURY History This township was granted to certain persons in 1717, most of whom belonged to Marlboro. Boundaries of Shrewsbury were established on December 6, 1720. (Prov. Laws, Vol XI, p. 236) First Meeting House built May 4, 1721. Incorporated