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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013 SCARBOROUGH, MAINE TABLE OF CONTENTS Town Council ......................................................................................................................................2 Committee & Board Meeting Information ..........................................................................................2 Town Office Hours ..............................................................................................................................2 EXECUTIVE DIVISION Manager’s Letter of Transmittal ..........................................................................................................3 Town Clerk & Elections ......................................................................................................................4 Vital Statistics .....................................................................................................................................4 Human Resources & General Assistance ............................................................................................5 Information Systems ...........................................................................................................................7 FINANCE DIVISION Finance Department ............................................................................................................................9 Audit ....................................................................................................................................................11 Excise ..................................................................................................................................................20 Assessor ...............................................................................................................................................20 Purchasing ...........................................................................................................................................21 Tax Collector Office - Beach Report ...................................................................................................22 Tax Collector Office - Unpaid Taxes ..................................................................................................23 PLANNING & ECONOMIC GROWTH Planning Department ...........................................................................................................................27 Planning Board ....................................................................................................................................27 Code Enforcement ...............................................................................................................................30 Zoning Board.......................................................................................................................................30 Economic Development Corp .............................................................................................................31 PUBLIC SAFETY Police Department ...............................................................................................................................33 Harbormaster .......................................................................................................................................37 Shellfish Conservation Committee ......................................................................................................38 Animal Control ....................................................................................................................................39 Fire Department/Rescue Unit/EMA ....................................................................................................40 Public Works Department ...................................................................................................................44 EDUCATION & COMMUNITY SERVICE School Department ..............................................................................................................................47 Community Services ...........................................................................................................................51 Public Library ......................................................................................................................................56 Land Conservation Trust .....................................................................................................................58 Conservation Commission ..................................................................................................................60 COMMUNITY & MUNICIPAL INFORMATION Service Organizations................................................................................................... inside front cover Town Business Phone Numbers………………………………………………………inside back cover 1 2013 TOWN COUNCIL As of November 2012 Election Ronald D. Ahlquist (13) Judith L. Roy (13) James E. Benedict (14) Edward Blaise (15) Chair Vice-Chair 121 Burnham Road 18 Forest Street 51 Mitchell Hill Road 6 Second Avenue 883-9911 885-5087 939-5695 883-6552 OFFICE HOURS MUNICIPAL OFFICES Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesday evenings the following offices are open until 6:30 p.m.: Town Clerk, Vehicle Registration, Tax Collector, Code Enforcement The Code Enforcement and Planning staff are available by prior appointment only on Tuesdays, and after 12-noon on Fridays Jessica Holbrook (15) Katherine St. Clair (13 Richard J. Sullivan (14) SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 137 Beech Ridge Road 41 Woodfield Drive 1 Sullivan Farm Rd. Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 p.m. 883-4138 885-5633 883-1689 SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY 48 Gorham Road Scarborough, ME 04074 MUNICIPAL OFFICES SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 207-883 -4723 259 U.S. Route 1 259 U.S. Route 1 Fax - 207-883-9728 Monday: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. P.O. Box 360 P.O. Box 370 Tues., Wed., Thurs.: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Scarborough, Maine 04070-0360 Scarborough, Maine 04070-0370 Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone: 207-730-4000 Phone: 207-730-4100 Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. FAX: 207-730-4033 FAX: 207-730-4104 (Closed Saturdays and Sundays, www.scarborough.me.us www.scarborough.k12.me.us July through Labor Day) www.library.scarborough.me.us OWN EETINGS T M SCARBOROUGH SANITARY DISTRICT TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF EDUCATION 415 Black Point Road Municipal Building - 7 p.m. Municipal Building - 7 p.m. Scarborough, ME 04074 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month 207-883-4663 3rd Wednesday only in July and August 3rd Thursday only in July and August Fax - 207-883-7083 Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. PLANNING BOARD SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY TRUSTEES www.scarboroughsanitarydistrict.org Municipal Building - 7 p.m. Public Library - 7 p.m. Every 3rd Monday 3rd Thursday of each month SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 649 U.S. Route 1 ZONING BOARD SANITARY DISTRICT TRUSTEES Scarborough, ME 04074 Municipal Building - 7 p.m. Municipal Building - 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m. - 12-Noon 2nd Wednesday of each month 4th Thursday of each month By appointment: 207-883-4820 3rd Thursday only in November and www.scarboroughcrossroads.org/historical/ December 2 July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 Letter of Transmittal from the the Haigis Parkway (HP) zone, expanding the Industrial and Light Industrial zones and the Crossroads zone that TOWN MANAGER encompasses Scarborough Downs and the surrounding lands. Most of the changes are focused on the commercial/ To the Town Council and Citizens of Scarborough: industrial zones and are intended to provide diversity in the tax base. I applaud this focus on updating land use It is my privilege to present to regulations to ensure a vibrant and livable community. the citizens of Scarborough the annual report on the operations ● Land Conservation- In partnership with the of the Town of Scarborough for Scarborough Land and Conservation Trust (SLCT) and the the fiscal year ending June 31, Maine Farmland Trust, the Town conserved approximately 2013. As you review this report, 260 acres this year. The most notable conservation project I hope you will find useful involved the 165 acre Warren parcel off Payne Road. The information relating to the health majority of the property is owned by SLCT and is open to of the Town and specific the public for passive recreation uses, while 6 acres is initiatives of the past year. owned by the Town, designated for active recreation (to be Below are a number of determined). The other project involved the purchase of highlights from my office for developments rights on the Comstock Farm on Beech Ridge your consideration: Road. The property is protected from development with an agricultural easement that will allow continued farming uses ● Fiscal Challenges- Although and limited public access will be permitted. Both projects Thomas J. Hall the economic showed signs of were funded with voter-approved land acquisition