Annual Town Report
Bolton
Massachusetts
2006
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TOWN HALL HOURS
Monday ............................................................................................................... 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday ............................................................................................................... 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday Evening ................................................................................................ 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday .......................................................................................................... 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Thursday.............................................................................................................. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Friday ................................................................................................................................ CLOSED
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Monday at Town Hall ....................................................................................... 9 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday at Town Hall .................................................................................... 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Town Hall .................................................................................. 9 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Saturday at Emerson School ........................................................................ 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Assessors ............................................................................................................................ 779-5556
Board of Health .................................................................................................................. 779-2297
Conservation Commission ................................................................................................. 779-3304
Council on Aging ............................................................................................................... 779-3313
Tax Collector .................................................................................................................... 779-6116
Town Clerk ........................................................................................................................ 779-2771
Town Administrator ........................................................................................................... 779-3300
Town Planner .................................................................................................................... 779-3308
Town Secretary .................................................................................................................. 779-2297
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THE
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIXTH
REPORT
OF THE
SEVERAL BOARDS AND TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2006
TOWN OF BOLTON
MASSACHUSETTS
Cover Photo:
Photos courtesy of:
Freedom Farm – Harvard Road
Ellie Vinacco
Kenneth F. Troup
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS
Moderator
James D. Anker..…........……….....................................................................…...........2007
Town Clerk
Betsy C. Cussen.......……..........…................................................................................2007
Tax Collector
Margaret R. Child..….....................................................................................…...........2009
Selectmen
Curtis Plante………............................................................................................….......2009
Anne “Panny” Gerken...............…............................................................….................2008
Kenneth F. Troup...…….......….................................................................…................2007
Board of Health
Mark Sprague.....................…........................................................................................2009
Christopher Rogers......…...........…...............................................................................2008
Andrea Gilbert...........…...............….............................................................................2007
Board of Assessors
Jeffrey D. Nichols........................…..............................................................................2009
Charlotte Johnson-Zembko............................................................................................2008
Stephen M. Bonina.........................…...........................................................................2007
Library Trustees
Robert Zak....…………............................…................................................................2009
Alana Dunn Clarke.................................…...................................................................2008
Christine Sterling..................................…..............................................…...................2007
Cemetery Committee
Brenda Baum………............…..........................................................................................2009
Harold E. Babcock.................…...........................….....................................................2008
Harold E. Brown.................….......................................................................................2007
Park and Recreation Commissioners
Terence M. Boots…......….................................….......................................................2009
Michelle Borsari.....…................................................................…....................…........2009
Andres V. Cubero.........................................…...................…......................................2008
Elaine G. Goddard................…......................…............................................................2008
Thomas R. Pokorney...…..................................….........................................................2007
Planning Board
John Karlon............................…...................................................................................2011
Stephen Garner..................…..........................….............................…..........................2010
Francis S. Lazgin…...........…........................................................................................2009
Lawrence Delaney….....................................................................................................2008
Douglas Storey.........................…..................................................................................2007
Bolton Housing Authority
Eileen Griffin-Wright - State Appointment………….........................................................2006
David Yesue….....................................................…...........................................................2008
Kevin O'Brien...............….............................................................................................2009
Donald T. Taylor...............................................….........................................................2010
Nashoba Regional School Disrtict Committee
Cathryn M. Giunta...........…..........................................................................................2009
Patricia M. Kelly…...........….........................................................................................2007
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Trustees of Francis E. Whitcomb Benevolent Fund
Jean Crispen.....…..........................................................................................................2009
Ruth E. Johnston.…........................................................................................................2008
Joan B. Mechlin.….........................................................................................................2007
Commissioners of Trust Funds
John Holbrook…….…....................................................................................................2009
Mary J. Nichols.............….............................................................................................2008
Holly M. Lauer….……..................................................................................................2007
Constables
Andrew Bagdonas.......…...............................................................................................2007
Barbara R. Brown..........…........................................................................…................2007
David A. Goulding..........….............................................................................................2007
Theodore M. Zayka.............…........................................................................................2007
Vincent C. Alfano………………………………………………………………….……..2007
FEDERAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES
United States Congress:
Senator John F. Kerry (D)
One Bowdoin Square, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02114 (617) 565-8519
304 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-2742
E-mail: through web site
www.kerry.senate.gov
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D)
2400 JFK Building., Boston, MA 02203 (617) 565-3170
317 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4543
E-mail: senator@kennedy.senate.gov
Representative Marty Meehan (D) 5th Congressional District
11 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA 01852 (978) 459-0101
2229 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3411
E-mail, go to: martin.meehan@mail.house.gov
Massachusetts General Court:
Senator Robert Antonioni (D) Worcester & Middlesex District
State House, Room 109E, Boston, MA 02133 (617) 722-1230
24 Church Street, Leominster, MA 01453 (978) 534-6946
Email: Robert.Antonioni@state.ma.us
Representative Patricia A. Walrath (D) 3rd Middlesex District
State House, Room 236, Boston, MA 02133 (617) 722-2430
20 Middlemost Way, Stow, MA 01775 (978) 897-1586
Email: Rep.PatriciaWalrath@Hou.State.MA.US
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Kenneth F. Troup, Chairman ................ 2007
Anne (Panny) Gerken ............................ 2008
Curtis Plante .......................................... 2009
Thanks to Volunteers. Gigi Bonazzoli and Greg Caless retired as ambulance co-directors during 2006,
after 18 years as directors. We thank them for their tireless service, in Gigi’s case including driving the
ambulance on most of its calls. Two longtime Advisory Committee members also retired this year, and
we thank Christopher Slade and Wendy Rogers for their many contributions to the town over those 16 or
more years. Also, we thank Rick Howley, Sam Peirce, Paul Granese, David Rowe, Frank Chiodo,
Murphy Insurance, and others who contributed to the splendid new basketball court at Memorial Field.
This project was done entirely with donated funds and volunteers.
Public Safety Activities. Vincent Alfano was appointed police chief in February. He is a relatively new
resident of Bolton and was with the Framingham Police Department for many years. Chief Alfano has
established a close working relationship with the schools. He also became an important force in an effort
to re-focus the new police station effort toward a police-fire-ambulance public safety building project. As
the year ended, selectman Curtis Plante prepared feasibility drawings that indicated that a public safety
building could be built on the fire station site on Wattaquadock Hill Road. The police station task force
was expanded and is working vigorously toward expanding the current fire station to serve Bolton’s
public safety needs for years to come.
With the retirement of co-directors Gigi Bonazzoli and Greg Caless, the ambulance squad reorganized
with Gery Wilson as director and Dave Farrell as our new full-time EMT/firefighter on duty. The EMT
Cadet program continues to flourish in its 20th year, and with David Farrell as the ambulance driver,
provides the majority of daytime ambulance coverage. We are pleased with the quality of service that
these volunteers and staff, along with the other call EMTs, continue to provide Bolton.
Hit TV Show. The Bolton Access Television Corporation (BatCo) began televising selectmen’s meetings
in January and improved the sophistication and quality of its broadcasts during the year. We received
many positive comments about the telecasts, and were surprised at the size and interest of our television
audience. We look forward to further advances in public interest programming on Channel 10 in the
years to come.
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Planning. The selectmen continued to spend a considerable amount of time on planning for the town’s
future. The Master Plan was completed during 2006. The selectmen provided comments and feedback to
the Master Planning Committee, not agreeing with everything in the plan, but applauding the overall
effort of the committee in getting a comprehensive document before the public.
Following the election and the completion of the Master Plan, the selectmen decided to create a Capital
Planning Committee to analyze and prioritize the many capital projects facing the town in the future. A
committee of six volunteers was appointed at the end of the year and began its efforts at the beginning of
2007. We hope the committee will be able to look across the various projects, investigate innovative
alternatives to meet requirements, and put the projects in the context of overall town finances.
Library Expansion Project. The selectmen worked with the Library Trustees and its Building Committee
to move forward the library expansion project that was approved by voters in May. We congratulate the
Capital Campaign Committee on its efforts in raising more than $850,000 by the end of 2006. We look
forward to working with the new Construction Committee to see that the new library is the best it can be
within the budget approved by the town.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Project. The project to install a wastewater treatment plant on the “sheep
show field” moved ahead during 2006. Town meeting in May approved funding for the project and the
preliminary engineering work was completed so that the required documentation could be submitted to
the Department of Environmental Protection. The treatment plant is being sized for future expansion and
is on schedule for April 2008 completion. There are still some access issues to work out and as the year
ended we began looking at addressing library and public safety sewage treatment needs within this
project.
Approved At Last. The selectmen approved two documents that had been in various stages of revision
and review for a number of years. The Traffic Rules and Regulations that identify stop signs and no
parking zones, among other traffic rules, were originally written in the 1970s and were finally updated
and approved during 2006, with important help from Town Clerk Betsy Cussen, Police Chief Vin Alfano,
and Public Ways Safety Committee member Dan Senie. The lease documents for Florence Sawyer and
Emerson Schools were finally signed, after being in preparation and negotiation for 9 years. While
working relationships with the Nashoba Regional School District are fine, it is good to finally have
documents in place that set out the legal responsibilities of both the schools and the town with regard to
these town-owned buildings.
Town Administration and Finances. 2006 was another good financial year, with no override, strong free
cash balances, and another contribution to the town’s rainy day Stabilization Fund. Jodi Ross and her
staff continued to provide excellent service to the town and its boards and we are very appreciative of all
their efforts. The selectmen increased their efforts in support of the town’s senior citizens, and with the
help of Linda Day, Sheila Chmielowski, and the Council on Aging, approved a program to provide a van
to drive seniors to the senior center and shopping or appointments in surrounding towns.
Changes. Curtis Plante was elected selectman in May and we thank Stan Wysocki for his service to the
town as selectman. Assistant Building Inspector Arthur West died in December and will be missed.
There are many in this town, citizens and employees, who contribute much and expect nothing in the way
of recognition, just the satisfaction of a job well done and the knowledge that their efforts have made
Bolton a better place for everyone to live. To these quiet stalwarts, we offer our true thanks and
admiration.
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Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$900.00
$600.00
$300.00
$27,011.00
Miscellaneous
$1,700.01
Engineering Services 9,000.00
Supplies
157.48
Dues
622.00
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$20,378.49
$ 6,632.51
EMT Coordinator
Appropriated
Expended
$4,800.00
$4,800.00
WHEAT
Appropriated
Expended
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
LAW COMMITTEE
Pierino A. Bonazzoli ...................... 2007
Kenneth Nicewicz .......................... 2007
Kenneth F. Troup ........................... 2007
Panny Gerken ................................ 2008
Curt Plante...................................... 2009
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Appropriated
Expended
Purchase of Services $56,553.76
Supplies
218.06
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$70,300.00
$56,771.82
$18,528.18
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TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
Jodi Ross
As the year 2006 draws to a close, we are immersed in FY2008 budget preparations and the formulation
of the annual town meeting warrant. Although Bolton is facing several significant capital expenditures
for municipal infrastructure needs over the next couple of years, the town’s finances remain strong. With
the cooperation of all department heads and board and committee members, we were able to submit a
balanced budget totaling just over $16 million for 2007, which represented a 5% increase over FY2006.
In June we were assigned an “Aa3 bond rating” by Moody’s Investors Service, who recognized our solid
financial position as a result of “conservative budgeting practices and improved financial and operational
controls”. One of these practices included appropriating $75,000 at our annual town meeting into our
stabilization fund, which helps us to maintain a healthy reserve fund balance. These reserve funds help
protect us from requiring an operational override in the future. Another improvement included the
selectmen establishing a Capital Planning Committee, who is charged with helping us to prioritize our
upcoming capital purchases, assisting with communicating these needs, and the associated financial
impact to Bolton residents.
Looking back over the past twelve months, I would like to share some of the highlights and more
significant accomplishments that have been achieved as the result of the successful collaboration,
initiative, and tireless efforts of your town officials and employees.
The year began with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Committee investigating municipal land for the
most appropriate site to locate the Florence Sawyer and Emerson School treatment plant and leach field.
The committee and the selectmen determined that “the sheep field” was the best location, as it provided
the greatest capacity with the least environmental impact. The committee also collected data from the
Board of Health on all septic systems in the downtown area to see whether or not the plant could support
these residents hooking up in the future. The committee toured several facilities which helped them to
narrow the technology choice to the final selection. The year ended with the Groundwater Discharge
Permit being reviewed by the Department of Environmental Protection, with construction scheduled to
begin in the spring of 2007.
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During the winter months, the police chief search committee reviewed 98 resumes for the position of
Bolton police chief. As a member of that committee, I can attest to the long hours and careful scrutiny of
prospective applicants this group put into their assigned task. The committee presented three finalists to
the Board of Selectmen, who, after interviewing the candidates, unanimously selected Vincent Alfano,
formerly a lieutenant from Framingham, as our new Bolton police chief. As luck would have it, Chief
Alfano had also recently relocated to Bolton which only reinforced the board’s decision. From all
accounts, it appears that Chief Alfano has assimilated very well into the department and the town as a
whole.
After significant effort by several town officials and the Schartner and Nicewicz families, the receipt of a
municipal grant, and funding authorized by the town, we successfully established an Agricultural
Preservation Restriction on the Schartner and Nicewicz farms. In addition, the town received the added
benefit of securing trail easements on both properties. A special thank you to Bob Schartner and his
family, and Ken Nicewicz and his family for their cooperation and assistance with helping the town
achieve this commendable goal.
In an attempt to help control the rising costs of town employee health insurance, the selectmen appointed
an Insurance Advisory Committee to research the effect on our retirees of adopting Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 32B, section 18 which would require retirees of the town to join a senior health
plan, and Medicare, if eligible. This committee has been charged with thoroughly examining the issue
and then bringing a recommendation back to the selectmen.
The annual town meeting in May resulted in two affirmative debt exclusion votes, one for $2.5 million for
the design and construction of the wastewater treatment plant, and the other for $3.5 million for the
expansion of the Bolton public library. The Board of Selectmen and Library Trustees appointed nine
members to the Library Construction Committee to oversee the project, who began holding organizational
meetings in December.
In June, Gigi Bonazzoli and Greg Caless retired as co-directors of the Bolton ambulance department. A
gala retirement party was held at the International Golf Course that included speakers reciting the
countless extraordinary actions these two gentlemen had contributed to the department and town as a
whole through the years. Citing our town’s increasing population, and the increasing difficulty in finding
volunteers to staff the ambulance and fire department during the daytime hours, the town generously
approved hiring Bolton’s first full-time EMT/firefighter. In August, we hired David Farrell (a resident of
Bolton and already on the “call” ambulance/fire department) to work full time in the fire station. Dave
has been kept very busy during the past five months assisting the new ambulance director, Gery Wilson,
and fire chief, John Stephenson, in ensuring Bolton’s residents are properly protected.
After repeated power outages, National Grid proposed a plan to undertake an aggressive tree pruning plan
in the spring to hopes of improving the situation. The selectmen were presented with their action plan,
affected residents were notified, and they commenced with their work.
After performing a cost/benefit analysis, the Assessors issued a Request for Proposals for a principal
assessor, and ultimately hired Harald Scheid of Regional Resource Group, Inc. as the contracted principal
assessor for the town. We have been impressed with the service levels Harald and his company provide
to our residents, and look forward to many years of continued mutual benefit.
After many meetings and repeated drafts, the Board of Selectmen, with town meeting approval, entered a
written lease agreement with the Nashoba Regional School District. Lancaster and Stow were a part of
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the process and signed similar leases at the same time. This lease protects both the town and the NRSD
by spelling out agreements that had previously been only verbal.
After numerous requests for transportation by the town’s senior population, the selectmen approved
joining Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, which will allow a van to be used by Bolton’s seniors
and disabled residents for a nominal fee. The Advisory Committee approved a transfer of funds to allow
this new service to begin once drivers are hired and trained.
In 2006, in response to numerous residents’ requests, the Board of Health began offering flu shots, for a
small fee, to all residents.
The Board of Selectmen adopted Meeting Guidelines and a Visitor’s Orientation Guide at the suggestion
of a facilitator we hired. The purpose of these documents was to help us with the structure, control, and
productivity of selectmen’s meetings.
The master plan was completed and distributed to all boards and committees, and ultimately printed and
available on the town’s website: www.townofbolton.com.
The year ended with the release of a Request for Proposals seeking to allow the construction of a cell
tower at the transfer station site in an attempt to generate revenue for the town.
Some of the most enjoyable aspects of my job are the social opportunities. I became better acquainted
with the seniors who attend the senior center located in the Bolton Country Manor, and those who
volunteer in the town hall. As we did last year, the town employees once again hosted a holiday gettogether for the town seniors that was a wonderful occasion to eat, relax, chat, and get to know the many
interesting people who live in our town. The stories they have to tell are fascinating!
As of January 2007, I will have completed three years in Bolton as your town administrator. These years
have been very fulfilling as I have witnessed our town evolve in many ways. I would like to close by
thanking the Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee for their confidence and support of me in my
position as town administrator. I would also like to thank all of the town officials, department heads, and
town employees for their cooperation and hard work. I truly believe these people are Bolton’s most
valuable asset. The dedication and commitment they show, without a thought to personal recognition,
never ceases to amaze me, and continues to make Bolton the special community it is. Thank you for
continuing to allow me the opportunity to serve you.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$84,832.00
$83,547.04
$ 1,284.96
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$70,702.00
$69,421.94
$ 1,280.06
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Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$10,600.00
Training
$2,870.00
Disability Insurance
967.12
In-State Travel
27.00
Dues
202.57
Meetings
38.13
Supplies
1,156.45
Purchase of Services 3,561.65
Miscellaneous
169.04
Travel
1,200.00
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 8,370.84
$ 2,229.16
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Scott Powell, Co-Chairman .................... 2007
Burt Shnitzler ......................................... 2007
David Lindsay, Co-Chairman ................ 2008
Andrew Burnett ...................................... 2008
Stan Wysocki ......................................... 2009
Richard Fly ............................................. 2009
The Bolton Advisory Committee acts as the town’s Finance Committee and has the additional
responsibility of reviewing and making recommendations regarding all articles for Town Meeting. The
committee works closely with the Selectmen, Town Administrator, Town Accountant and Treasurer to
address the financial needs and financial health of Bolton.
Education is the biggest line item in our budget. Therefore, it is important that the Advisory Committee
understand the Nashoba Regional School District (NRSD) budget and share with the District’s
administration the needs and financial constraints facing our growing town. We stay in regular contact
with the NRSD administration and attend the scheduled Tri-town meetings (Selectmen and Finance
Committees of Bolton, Stow and Lancaster) to understand changes and upcoming needs for services for
the region.
Our winter months are taken up with a detailed review of all Town budgets. This is time-consuming
work, but essential if we are going to plan for the Town’s growth and the corresponding requirements
that this entails. We also provide liaisons to many Town Committees to keep abreast of current and
future initiatives that may affect Bolton.
We continue to improve town processes for providing financial and budgeting information to the Town,
thanks in large part to the efforts and tremendous assistance we receive from Town Administrator Jodi
Ross, and Town Accountant Julie Costello. Town Secretary Linda Day continues to provide outstanding
support and guidance to the committee throughout the year.
We have always been lucky to have very dedicated members who donate considerable amounts of time
to the town and the Advisory Committee. In the past year, two long time members of the Committee,
Chris Slade and Wendy Rogers, resigned. Their dedication and institutional memory are sorely missed.
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However, we also added two insightful new members: Andrew Burnett and former selectman Stan
Wysocki. We thank Chris and Wendy for their significant contribution to the Town of Bolton.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$ 175.00
Supplies
Dues & Membership
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Reserve Fund
Appropriated
Transfers approved: Library
Fire Department
Vocational
Selectmen
Parks & Recreation
Street Lights
Police
Legal
Veterans
Insurance
Tree Warden
Elections
Ambulance
Planning Board
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
0.00
140.00
$ 140.00
$ 35.00
$125,000.00
$2,196.89
106.34
11,708.00
2,500.00
750.00
800.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
340.00
3,001.00
15,000.00
1991.05
4,015.54
167.32
$ 105,076.17
$ 19,923.83
Bolton Town Beach
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TOWN CLERK
Betsy C. Cussen……….2007
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
$42,094.00
$42,094.00
Wages
Appropriated
Article
Expended
$27,425.00
$ 343.00
$27,768.00
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$ 1,770.00
Purchase of Services $ 68.00
Supplies
350.00
Dues & Meetings
1,313.25
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 1,731.25
$
38.75
DOG LICENSES ISSUED
Total dogs in Town
Male and Female ............................................. 147
Neutered male/Spayed female......................... 795
10 Kennels (4 dogs or more) ........................... 74
Amount Collected ........................................... $6,462.60
Fines Collected ................................................ $1,550.00
Total Paid to the Town .................................... $8,012.60
Licenses expire March 31st each year. By an amendment to the dog bylaw in December of 1999 a late
fee of $25.00 is charged beginning May 1st. Save yourself the expense of a fine or eventual court action.
MARCH is the month to RENEW your dog(s)’ license. Every dog six months old or over must be
licensed and tagged. New residents should transfer their dog’s license to Bolton.
FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LICENSES
ISSUED 2006
Fishing ........................................................... 18
Hunting............................................................ 5
Sporting ........................................................... 9
Archery Stamps ............................................... 7
Primitive Firearms Stamps .............................. 8
Waterfowl Stamps ........................................... 1
Gross Amount Collected ..................... $ 814.25
Less Fees ............................................. $ 14.75
Net Paid to the State ............................ $ 799.50
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VITAL STATISTICS
Unfortunately we are not able, by law, to publish the names of people under the age of 18. And with
increased incidence of identity fraud, we will, therefore, only give you the total “Vital” transactions for
the calendar year.
BIRTHS……………..41
MARRIAGES…….…10
DEATHS…………….19
APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS
Recorded in 2006
Appointed by: Board of Selectmen
Term Expires
Affordable Housing Partnership:
Mark Duggan
6-30-07
Agricultural Steering Committee:
Carol Airey
Nancy Caisse
Joseph Kovacs
Kenneth Nicewicz
Herman Schultz
Susan Storbeck
completion of project
Neal Heeren
Josette Rezac
Stephen Ware
Ambulance Director:
Gerald Wilson, Sr
6-30-07
Ambulance Attendants:
Cassandra Ela
Katherine Howard
6-30-06
Jamie Weliver
Ambulance Attendants:
Andrew Bagdonas
Barbara Brown
Gregory Caless
Cassandra Ela
Kristine Farrell
Mary Nichols
C. Frank Smith
Jamie Weliver
Christopher Baker
Kileen Burgoyne
Margaret Diaz
Caitlin Ann Farrell
John Holbrook
Rachel Nichols
Dina Rich
6-30-07
Pierino Bonazzoli
Ethan Caless
Wesley Durant III
David Farrell
Katherine Howard
Patricia Pultorak
Gerald Wilson, Sr.
Animal Control Officer:
Assistant:
Susan Latham
Phyllis Tower
6-30-07
6-30-07
Appeals, Board of:
Andy Kischitz
Gerard Ahearn
Charles Lord
Gregory Thomas
6-30-09
6-30-11
6-30-08
6-30-08
Associate Member:
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Bolton Affordable Housing Trust:
Michelle Simpson
Doug Storey
Jim Bilancieri
Building Inspector:
Assistant:
Capital Planning:
Michael Benjamin
Kerry Hoffman
Civil Defense Director:
6-30-07
6-30-07
6-30-08
Frank Krysa
Arthur West
6-30-07
6-30-07
James Bilancieri
Barry Joseph
none given
Frank Chiodo
Robert Minardi
Donald Baum
6-30-06
Emergency Management Coordinator:
(Formerly Civil Defense Director) Donald Baum
6-30-07
Conservation Commission:
Edward Engelmann
6-30-09
Lorraine Stephenson
Council on Aging:
Sheila Chmielowski
Doris Ettinger
Election Workers:
Christine Alfano
Andrew Bagdonas
Alice Coggeshall
Joanne Edmunds
Deborah Kellett
Elizabeth LeBlanc
Judith McAfee
Joyce Miller
Alice Roemer
Pam Sowizral
Jean West
Thomas Wildman
Vincent Alfano
Kathleen Barry
Jean Crispen
Gloria Fiamingo
Sally King
Jean Lord
David McKinley
Cia Ochsenbein
Nancy Skinner
Diane Swenson
Elaine Wetzel
Theodore Zayka
EMT/Firefighter – Full Time:
David Farrell
none given
Fire Chief:
John Stephenson
6-30-07
Forest Warden:
John Stephenson
6-30-07
Historical Commission:
Historical Commission:
Alice Coggeshall
Christina Rickard
J. Howard Black
6-30-07
6-30-09
John Karlon
Linda Engelmann
Roland Russell
6-30-09
Flora Wilson
6-30-07
Gail Amabile
Barbara Brown
Ann Dilling
David Goulding
Phyllis Langberg
Christie Mayo
Jean McKinley
Jack Quinlan
Sarah Slade
Isabel Wells
Barbara Wheeler
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Insurance Advisory Committee:
Vincent Alfano
Diane Coolidge
Marcia Prucha
Nathanial Berry
Joanne Jenkins
Yvette Washington
6-30-07
Barbara Brown
Michael Murphy
Library Construction Committee:
Kelly Collins
Pam Czekanski
Joel Lindsay
Roland Ochsenbein
Chris Rogers
Michelle Simpson
none given
Brent Gates
John Rodenhiser
Bill Straapko
Local Cultural Council:
2-15-2012
2-15-2012
5-1-2012
Trish Sohl-Dickstein
Elizabeth Nolan Conners
Michelle Simpson
MAGIC Hazard Mitigation Community Planning Team:
Donald Baum
Harold Brown
none given
Master Planning Committee:
Bradley Reed
Michelle Simpson
Kenneth Swanton
Betsy Taylor-Kennedy
Chris Slade, non-voting member
8-30-06
Mark Sullivan
Margaret Campbell
Park & Recreation:
Michele Borsari
Election 2007
Personnel Committee:
Barbara DiBugnara
6-30-09
Plumbing & Gas Inspector:
Assistant Gas Inspector:
Wilfred Delorey
Robert Janda
6-30-07
6-30-07
Police Chaplain:
Richard Jones
no term expiration
Vincent Alfano
Warren Nelson
Andrew Bagdonas
Jason Puri
2-26-09
6-30-07
6-30-07
6-30-06
6-30-07
Michael Slepetz
A. Luke Hamburger
Police Department:
Chief
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Patrol Officer
Patrol Officers
Kimberly Denaro
Yvette Washington
Reserve Officers
Daniel Keller
Reserve Officers
Timothy Charland
Derek Koumpis
Special Police Officer
Christopher Harrington
Jason Puri
6-30-06
Jacob Vincente
Shawn Izzo
Hank Staake
Position eliminated
6-30-07
Daniel Keller
Jacob Vincente
6-21-06
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Police Station Study Committee:
Martha Babbit
Jeffrey Buffum
Thomas Kelly
Dennis Mahoney
Kenneth Troup (Liaison from Selectmen)
David Lindsay (Liaison from Advisory)
6-30-09
Mark Giunta
Police Station Task Force:
Vincent Alfano
Andrew Bagdonas
6-30-09
Public Ways Safety Committee:
Daniel Senie
Mary Ciummo
6-30-09
6-30-09
Registrar:
Karin Boots
6-30-09
Senior Tax Rebate Program Advisory Board:
Clyde Wheeler
none given
none given
6-30-09
SuAsCo Comm:
Edward Sterling
none given
(Watershed Council Representative)
Treasurer:
Betty Boire (Acting)
until further notice
Tree Warden:
Mark Caisse
6-30-07
Veterans Agent:
Michele Marino
6-30-07
Veterans’ Graves Officer:
Harold E. Babcock
6-30-07
Wastewater Treatment Plant Committee: David Lavallee
upon completion
WHEAT Representative:
Brooke James
6-30-07
Wiring Inspector:
Assistant Wiring Inspector:
Jim Boodry
Peter Casello
6-30-07
6-30-07
Appointed by: Chairman of Selectmen, Moderator and Town Clerk
Advisory Committee:
Richard Fly
June 2009
Stanley Wysocki
June 2009
Appointed by: Advisory Committee
Richard Fly
6-30-06
Appointed by: Board of Health
Animal Inspector:
Phyllis Ann Tower
4-30-07
Pierino Bonazzoli
Kenneth Nicewicz
6-30-07
6-30-07
Appointed by: Moderator
Law Committee:
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Appointed by:
Town Counsel:
Labor Counsel:
Law Committee
6-30-07
Brackett & Lucas – Legal Services
Mirick, O’Connell, Damallie & Lougee
Appointed by:
Deputy Tax Collector:
Deputy Tax Collector:
Tax Collector
Kevin Bolduc
Kevin Bolduc
12-31-06
12-31-07
Appointed by:
Assistant Town Clerk:
Town Clerk
Susan J. Miles
6-30-07
RESIGNATIONS:
Advisory Committee:
Chris Slade
Appointed: Andrew Burnett
6-30-07
6-30-08
Affordable Housing Partnership: Barbara Alberts-Pirani
2007
Appeals:
Jake Foote
Appointed: Bradley Reed
6-30-07
6-30-07
Council on Aging:
Virginia J Liljestrand
Appointed: Marcia Flerra
June 2008
6-30-08
Historical Commission:
Roland Russell
Myles McConnon
6-30-09
6-30-07
Library Trustee:
Alana Dunn Clarke
Appointed: Roland Ochsenbein
May 2008
election 2007
Master Planning Committee:
Margaret Campbell
Stephen J. Garner
8-30-06
6-30-06
Personnel Committee:
Jay B. Weiser
6-30-06
Police Patrolman:
William Dempsey
6-30-06
Registrar:
Jeff Boudreau
June 2007
School Needs Assessment Committee:
Margaret Campbell
Richard Fly
upon completion
upon completion
Special Police Officer:
Curtis Plante
June 2006
Treasurer:
Joanne Jenkins
2007
Wastewater Treatment
Plant Committee:
Margaret Campbell
completion of plant
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, May 1, 2006
Nashoba Regional High School Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
Moderator, James D. Anker, called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. after determining more than the
required quorum of 75 voters had checked in. Introductions of the Selectmen and Advisory Committee,
Town Administrator, Town Clerk and Moderator were made. Thanks were given to Gary Perwak at the
Power Point, and to all the volunteers and high school staff who helped with set up. Duly sworn to
faithful service for the evening were checkers: Phyllis Langberg, Pam Sowizral, Barbara Wheeler, Cia
Ochsenbein and counters: Joyce Miller, Alice Roemer, Susan Miles, Robert Busch, Cathy Haslett, Cia
Ochsenbein, Pam Sowizral, Roger Breeze, Marnie Smith, John Hannon, and Marty Fitzgerald.
The Board of Selectmen paid a special tribute to Pierino (Gigi) Bonazzoli for his long and faithful service
to the Town as Ambulance Director, EMT, and Firefighter. He was presented an engraved silver bowl
and a standing ovation.
Article 1: Unpaid Bills for Fiscal Year 2005
The Town voted to transfer the following for the purpose of paying unpaid FY05 bills, pursuant to
Massachusetts Generals Laws, Chapter 44, Section 64:
$8,402.90
From Free Cash
To pay Roberts Electric
$
From Free Cash
To pay Verizon
22.85
$1,483.76
From Ambulance Receipts Reserved
To pay Marlboro Hudson Ambulance Service
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
4/5 majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 2: Accept Annual Reports
The Town voted to accept the reports of the Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee, or any other
Town officers, boards, or committees for the calendar year 2005.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 3: Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Transfers
The Town voted to transfer the following:
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$7,000
$6,000
$4,000
$5,000
$12,000
$10,000
From Ambulance Receipts Reserved
To 0100-231-5200-000 Ambulance Purchase of Services
From 0100-299-5134-000 Communications Wages
To 0100-210-5133-000 Police Wages
From 0100-299-5200-000 Communications Purchase of Services
To 0100-210-5133-000 Police Wages
From Free Cash
To 0100-210-5133-000 Police Wages
From Free Cash
To 0100-210-5102-000 Police Salary
From Free Cash
To 0100-132-5790-000 Reserve Fund
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 4: FY2006 Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Sale of Real Estate – Moen Land
The Town voted to transfer from the account receipts reserved for appropriation from the sale of real
estate – Moen land, the sum of $203,955.67 (Two hundred three thousand nine hundred fifty-five dollars
and sixty-seven cents) to offset the repayment of debt incurred in the procurement of such property in
accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 63.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 5: School Space Needs
The Town voted to transfer the sum of $10,000 (Ten thousand dollars) that was appropriated under
Article 5 of the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting to be used by the School Space Needs Committee to
evaluate space opportunities for school population growth.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 6: Fiscal Year 2007 Operating Budget
The Town voted to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $16,103,339 (Sixteen
million one hundred three thousand three hundred thirty-nine dollars) as set forth in the budget for the
purposes of operating and maintaining the various departments of the Town, and to meet such
appropriation:
a. The sum of $495,841 (Four hundred ninety-five thousand eight hundred forty-one dollars) to be
transferred from Free Cash;
b. The sum of $85,000 (Eighty-five thousand dollars) from the Cell Tower Fund;
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c. The sum of $14,410 (Fourteen thousand four hundred ten dollars) from the Dog Fund to be
applied to the Animal Control Officer budget;
d. The sum of $68,000 (Sixty-eight thousand dollars) from the Ambulance Receipts Reserved Fund
to be applied to the Ambulance Department budget;
e. The sum of $15,440,088 (Fifteen million four hundred forty thousand eighty-eight dollars) to be
raised by taxation.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
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Article 7: Purchase and Installation of a Vehicle Exhaust Emissions System at Fire Station
The Town voted to transfer the sum of $6,200 (Six thousand two hundred dollars) from available funds,
pursuant to any applicable statute for the purchase and installation of an exhaust emissions system for one
diesel fire engine at the Fire Station, with the transfers to be funded from Free Cash and the unexpended
balances from the following articles as follows:
The sum of $133.05 (One hundred thirty-three dollars and five cents) from Article 12 of the May 6, 2002
Annual Town Meeting for the pumper truck,
The sum of $2,250.00 (Two thousand two hundred fifty dollars) from Article 23 of the May 3, 2004
Annual Town Meeting for the police facility consultant, and
The sum of $3,816.95 (Three thousand eight hundred sixteen dollars and ninety-five cents) from Free
Cash;
Sponsor:
Fire Department
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 8: Design and Construct a Wastewater Treatment Plant at Sawyer and Emerson Schools
The Town voted to appropriate the amount of $2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand dollars) for
the purpose of design, construction and start-up of a wastewater treatment plant at the Florence Sawyer
and Emerson Schools; to expend all funds available for the project and to take any other action necessary
to carry out the project; and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen,
pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 7(1), or any other authority, to borrow that
amount, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town, the principal and interest on the borrowing authorized
by this vote to be exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by Massachusetts General Laws,
Chapter 59, Section 21C (Proposition 2½) only in the event that the voters exempt said borrowing amount
at the annual Town election; and that the vote of the Town passed under Article 8 of the warrant for the
2004 Annual Town Meeting which vote appropriated and authorized a borrowing of $413,000 (Four
hundred thirteen thousand dollars) for the purpose of upgrading the septic system of the Florence Sawyer
and Emerson Schools is hereby rescinded.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Majority in favor
Article 9: Continuation of Cleanup of Gasoline Contamination
The Town voted to transfer the sum of $30,000 (Thirty thousand dollars) from available funds, pursuant
to any applicable statute, for the continuation of the cleanup of the gasoline contamination on Town and
private land which resulted from the leaking underground gasoline storage tanks at the Highway
Department, with the transfers to be funded from the unexpended balances from the following articles:
1. The sum of $335.15 (Three hundred thirty-five dollars and fifteen cents) from Article 12 of the
May 6, 2002 Annual Town Meeting for the pumper truck,
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2. The sum of $6,370.15 (Six thousand three hundred seventy dollars and fifteen cents) from Article
17 of the May 3, 2004 Annual Town Meeting for the step increases for non-union employees,
3. The sum of $3,989.79 (Three thousand nine hundred eighty-nine dollars and seventy-nine cents)
from Article 5 of the November 18, 2004 Special Town Meeting for the Smith property study,
4. The sum of $9,304.91 (Nine thousand three hundred four dollars and ninety-one cents) from
Article 3 of the November 18, 2004 Special Town Meeting for the Local Planning Study, and
5. The sum of $10,000 (Ten thousand dollars) from Article 5 of the May 2, 2005 Annual Town
Meeting for the Future Electronics Study.
Sponsor:
Department of Public Works
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved
Vote Required:
simple majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 10: Tree Replacement Program
The Town voted to transfer from available funds the sum of $3,000 (Three thousand dollars) to
commence a shade tree replacement program beginning within the Bolton Center National Register
Historic District.
Sponsor:
Tree Warden, Historical Commission
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved
Vote Required:
simple majority
VOTE: Majority in favor
Article 11: Library Expansion
After a presentation of the article by Christopher Nelson, an opposing view by Wayne Wetzel, an
Advisory Committee statement for by Scott Powell and against by Christopher Slade and much discussion
the motion was made to:
Move the Question: Vote: 2/3 majority in favor
Article 11: Library Expansion
The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $7,029,532 (Seven million twenty-nine thousand five hundred
and thirty-two dollars) for the use of the Bolton Public Library for expansion, construction, renovation,
furnishing, and equipping and any associated costs of an addition to the Library and any associated costs,
including design services, and for remodeling and renovating space within the existing building; that to
meet this appropriation, the Board of Selectmen and the Library Board of Trustees are authorized to
accept a grant in the amount up to $2,487,906 (Two million four hundred eighty-seven thousand nine
hundred six dollars) from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and donations in the
amount of $1,041,626 (One million forty-one thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars) provided by
other parties and, to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, pursuant to
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 7 or any other authority, to borrow the amount of
$3,500,000 (Three million five hundred thousand dollars) and to issue bonds and notes of the Town; the
borrowing to be contingent on the Town voting to exempt from the limitation on total taxes imposed by
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 59, Section 21C (Proposition 2½) the principal and interest on the
borrowing authorized by this vote; provided however that, to the extent the grant and donations are less
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than the amount set forth above, the appropriation shall be reduced accordingly; and that the Library
Board of Trustees be authorized to expend the monies so appropriated for the foregoing purposes, to
contract for and expend any additional State or Federal aid or gifts or donations available for the project,
and to take all action necessary to carry out this project, except that the Board of Selectmen shall not
execute any contract amount in excess of the appropriation.
Sponsor:
Library Board of Trustees
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
Approved
No Recommendation (3 in favor/3 opposed)
VOTE: 383 in favor 175 opposed
Article 12: Amendment to the Administrative Bylaws, Section 1.18 Wetlands Bylaw
Motion made to amend Article 12:
In paragraph 1 of section 1.18.2 (which appears on page 12 of the warrant) eliminate the following
language which begins on line 7:
“, and (b) land within three hundred feet (300’) of perennial rivers or streams also within an Area of
Critical Environmental Concern (“ACEC”)”
In paragraph 2 of section 1.18.2 (which appears on page 12 of the warrant) eliminate the following
language which begins on line 3:
“; perennial streams`and rivers located within Area of Critical Environmental Concern (“ACEC”) where
the adjacent upland resource area extends for three hundred (300’) feet from the top of the bank”
and
In paragraph 5 of section 1.18.2 (which appears on page 13 of the warrant) eliminate the following
language on line 3:
“ (or 300-feet in ACEC’s)”
VOTE: Declared Simple Majority in favor
Motion made to indefinitely postpone Article 12:
VOTE: Defeated Majority opposed
Article 12: Amendment to the Administrative Bylaws, Section 1.18 Wetlands Bylaw
The Town voted to amend the Wetlands Bylaw of the Town of Bolton, as follows (deletions in
(parenthesis and italics) and additions are underlined):
1.18
WETLANDS BYLAW
1.18.1 Purpose
The purpose of this Bylaw is to conserve and protect the (wetlands, water resources), resource
areas, the resource interests, and natural resource services ((collectively, known as “resource interests”)),
in the Town of Bolton by regulating activities (and to prevent floods, erosion and sedimentation, storm
damage, water pollution and net loss of resource area by controlling activities) deemed by the
Conservation Commission (“Commission”) likely to have a significant or cumulative adverse effect upon
resource interests. Protected resource interests include, but are not limited to: flood control, storm
damage prevention, public and private water supplies, ground water, water quality, prevention of
pollution and sedimentation, fisheries, wildlife habitat, rare species habitat including rare plant species,
agriculture, aquaculture, adjoining land areas and recreation deemed important to the community. Natural
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resource services may be classified as either ecological service -- the physical, chemical, or biological
functions that one resource provides for another; or public service -- the public uses of natural resources
or functions of natural resources that benefit the public. This Bylaw is intended to utilize the Home Rule
authority of the Town of Bolton to conserve and protect additional resource areas, with additional
standards and procedures stricter than those of the Wetlands Protection Act, (M.G.L. Ch. 131, Section
40), and Regulations thereunder, (310 CMR 10.00).
1.18.2 Jurisdiction
Unless excepted in Section 1.18.3 (herein) or pursuant to a W(w)etlands Bylaw (crossing)
P(p)ermit, no person shall commence to remove, fill, dredge, build upon, degrade, pollute, discharge into,
or otherwise alter the following resource areas (or land within 25 feet of the following): any freshwater
wetlands; marshes; wet meadows; bogs; swamps; vernal pool habitat, including but not limited to state
certified vernal pools; banks; fresh water seeps; reservoirs; lakes; rivers; streams(;), and creeks(;),
whether perennial or intermittent; riverfront areas which are (a) land within two hundred feet (200’) of
perennial rivers or streams; beaches; lands under water bodies; lands subject to flooding or inundation by
ground water or surface water; and land within twenty-five feet (25’) of the above resources areas, except
for riverfront areas (collectively the “wetland resource areas” protected under this bylaw) and adjacent
upland resource areas (collectively the “adjacent upland resource areas” protected under this bylaw). This
25-foot prohibition, however, shall not apply to crossings essential to access upland areas. Said resource
areas shall be protected whether or not they border surface waters.
Adjacent upland resource areas shall include all lands within seventy-five feet (75’) of wetland
resource areas enumerated above, except for perennial streams and rivers for which the adjacent upland
resource area extends for two hundred feet (200’) from the top of the bank.
Except as expressly permitted by the (Conservation) Commission or as provided in this Bylaw, no
person shall commence to remove, fill, dredge, build upon, degrade, pollute, discharge into, or otherwise
alter (either) a wetland resource area, or an adjacent upland resource area, as described above (or land
within 100 feet of the aforesaid resource areas).
Where a proposed activity involves work within (the) a resource area (or within 100 feet of a
resource area), the (Conservation) Commission shall presume that the area is significant to protect the
resource interests, enumerated in Section 1.18.1, (as well as to protect the private and/or public water
supplies, to protect groundwater, to protect fisheries, to protect wildlife habitat, to provide flood control,
to prevent storm damage, and to prevent pollution).
Where the proposed activity involves work within the riverfront area, the Commission shall
presume the area is significant to protect the riverfront area and its resource interests. This 200-foot
presumption does not apply to the redevelopment of those portions of riverfront areas regarded as
“previously developed” or “degraded,” or to “paths”. Orders of Conditions for redevelopment and paths
are granted at the discretion of the Commission.
These presumptions (is) are rebuttable and may be overcome by a (clear showing) preponderance
of the evidence showing that the resource area, (except for (or) land within (100) seventy-five feet (75’)
of riverfront areas) does not play a role in the protection of one or more of these interests. In the event
that the presumption is deemed to have been overcome as to the protection of all the resource interests,
the (Conservation) Commission shall make a written determination to this effect, setting forth its grounds.
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Where the applicant provides information that the resource area at the site of activity does not play
a role in the protection of an interest, the (Conservation) Commission may determine that the presumption
for that interest has been rebutted. Where the applicant provides information that site of the activity plays
a partial role in the protection of an interest, the (Conservation) Commission may determine that the
presumption for that interest has been partially rebutted and the presumption of significance is partially
overcome.
1.18.3 Applicability, Limitations, and Exceptions
Where the presumption set forth in Section 1.18.2 is not overcome, the applicant shall prove by a
preponderance of the evidence that there are no practicable and substantially equivalent economic
alternatives to the proposed project with less adverse effects on the interests identified in Section 1.18.
(2)1. Further, the applicant shall prove that the work including proposed mitigation will have no
significant adverse or cumulative adverse effect (impact) on the resource areas or resource interests. In
the event that the (Conservation) Commission finds that the applicant has failed to make either of said
proofs, it shall make a written determination setting forth its grounds in an Order of Conditions that shall
impose conditions that will protect the interests which make the resource area significant or shall in a
written determination deny the activity as it cannot be conditioned to protect the interests of the Bylaw
and/or its regulations.
To prevent (wetland) the loss of resource areas, applicants shall be required to avoid, where
feasible, altering a resource area (or within 100 feet of a resource area) (except lands within seventy-five
feet (75’) of a riverfront area); minimize alteration of a resource area (or within 100 feet of a resource
area) (except lands within seventy-five feet (75’) of a riverfront area); and, where alteration is
unavoidable, complete full mitigation. Replication of resource areas (except lands within seventy-five
feet (75’) of a riverfront area) (or within 100 feet of a resource area) may be required as a form of
mitigation.
(Unless stated herein, the exceptions provided in the Wetlands Protection Act and the Wetlands
Regulations, as amended, shall not apply to this Bylaw, and a permit shall be required as set forth in this
Bylaw whether or not an order of conditions is also required under the Wetlands Protection Act.)
Exceptions to the Bylaw shall be limited to: maintaining, repairing or replacing, adding to, but not
substantially changing or enlarging, an existing single-family residential structure, septic system or
appurtenance; maintaining landscaping and gardens accessory to an existing single-family residential
structure; lands lawfully in agriculture (commercial and non-commercial) at the time the work takes
place; forest cutting (as defined in 310 CMR 10.04, ‘Agriculture’(b) 14); maintaining or repairing, but not
substantially changing or enlarging, an existing structure in (the wetland) a resource area (or within the
first 25 feet of a wetland resource) such as drainage structures, culverts, bridges, driveways or roadways;
maintaining or repairing, but not substantially changing or enlarging, fire protection water holes, artificial
ponds; clearing of water courses, conservation and outdoor recreation; existing orders and filings before
the Commission prior to the effective date of this Bylaw; public utilities (as defined in 310 CMR part
10.53 section (3)(d)); projects carried out under the direction of the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation
Service; and emergency projects necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the public and
subject to the provisions and conditions of 310 CMR part 10.06. (Within 21 days of commencement of an
emergency project, a permit application shall be filed with the Commission for review as provided by this
Bylaw).
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No activities other than the excepted activities(,) shall commence without receiving and
complying with a permit issued pursuant to this Bylaw. No work proposed in any Wetlands Bylaw
P(p)ermit application shall be undertaken until the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit issued has been recorded in
the registry of deeds, or if the land is registered land, filed in the appropriate land court, and until the
holder of the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit certifies in writing that the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit has been
recorded. Such certification shall include the book and page or instrument number and date.
1.18.4 Applications for Wetlands Bylaw Permits and Requests for Determination
Any person desiring to know whether a proposed activity is accepted or an area is subject to this
Bylaw may request a determination from the Commission by filing a Request for Determination of
Applicability (RFD). Such a Request for Determination of Applicability shall include information and
plans as required by the Commission.
Written application shall be filed with the Commission to perform activities within the resource
areas protected by this Bylaw. The Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit application shall include such information
and plans as deemed necessary by the Commission to describe proposed activities and their effects on the
resources areas. Where appropriate, the Commission may accept the Notice of Intent and plans filed
under the Wetlands Protection Act and the Regulations as the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit application and
plans under this Bylaw.
At the time of a request for determination or a Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit application, the
applicant shall pay a filing fee specified in the Regulations of the Commission. The fee is in addition to
that required by the Wetlands Protection Act (G.L. Ch 131 Section 40) and Regulations (310 CMR
10.00). The fee shall be deposited in a dedicated account, for use only for wetland protection activities.
Town, county, state and federal projects are exempt from the filing fee.
The Commission is authorized to require the applicant to pay for the reasonable costs and
expenses borne by the Commission for specific expert engineering or for other outside consultant services
in order to reach a final decision on the application.
The Commission may require that the applicant’s performance and observance of the Order of
Conditions, including mitigation, be secured wholly or in part by one or more of the methods set forth in
the Regulations. This security shall be in addition to any security required by any other town or state
board, agency or official.
1.18.5 Notice and Hearings
Wetlands Bylaw Permit applications shall be filed with the Commission subject to the provisions and
conditions of 310 CMR part 10.00 and the Commission may, in an appropriate case continue a public
hearing for good cause and may combine its hearing under this Bylaw with the hearing conducted
pursuant to the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. Ch 131, Section 40 and Regulations, 310 CMR
10.00.
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1.18.6 Wetlands Bylaw Permits, (Orders of Conditions) and Certificates of Compliance
Within 21 days of the close of the hearing the Commission shall issue or deny a Wetlands Bylaw
P(p)ermit for the activities requested. If a Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit is issued, the Commission shall
impose conditions, which the Commission deems necessary or desirable to protect resource areas,
resource interests and natural resource services, and all activities shall be done in accordance with those
conditions.
Due consideration shall be given to any demonstrated hardship on the applicant by reason of
denial, as presented at the public hearing.
Wetlands Bylaw Permits issued hereunder shall expire three years from the date of issuance and
may be renewed by the applicant for additional one year periods only where a written request for renewal
is received by the Commission not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the Wetlands Bylaw
P(p)ermit and that good cause has been shown for said extension and that there is no likely significant or
cumulative adverse effect upon any of the resource areas or resource interests.
Notwithstanding the above, a Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit may contain requirements which shall be
enforceable for a stated number of years, indefinitely, or until permanent protection is in place, and shall
apply to all owners of the land.
If the activity has been completed in accordance with said Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit, the
Commission shall, within 21 days after a request, issue a Certificate of Compliance evidencing such
determination, which may be combined with the Certificate of Compliance under the Wetlands Protection
Act. A Certificate of Compliance may specify conditions, which will continue to apply for a fixed
number of years or permanently and shall apply to all owners of the land. The Certificate of Compliance
shall be recorded in the Registry of Deeds, or if the land is registered land, in the appropriate land court,
and the Commission notified in writing by the holder of the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit that the Certificate
of Compliance has been recorded. Such notification shall include the book and page or instrument
number and date.
Violations of this Bylaw, submission of false information or new information that substantially
alters the likely impact of the project on the resource areas may cause the Commission to revoke or
modify a Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit or determination issued under this Bylaw after notice to the holder of
the Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit or determination, notice to the public, abutters and town boards, pursuant
to Section 1.18.5 and a public hearing.
Appeal from this Bylaw shall be to the Superior Court (within 45 days of the issuance of the Order
of Conditions by the Conservation Commission).
1.18.7 Regulations
After public notice and public hearing, the Commission may promulgate rules and regulations to
effectuate the purpose of this Bylaw effective when voted and filed with the Town Clerk. Failure to
promulgate such rules and regulations or a legal declaration of their invalidity by court of law shall not act
to suspend or invalidate the effect of this Bylaw.
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1.18.8 Definitions
Except as otherwise provided in this Bylaw or in regulations of the Commission, the definitions of
terms in this Bylaw shall be as set forth in the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. Ch 131 Section 40, and
Regulations 310 CMR 10.00.
1.18.9 Enforcement
The Commission shall have the authority to enforce this Bylaw, its regulations, and Wetlands
Bylaw P(p)ermits issued thereunder by violation notices, administrative orders, and civil and criminal
court actions. Any person who violates provisions of this Bylaw, its regulations and/or Wetlands Bylaw
Permits may be ordered to restore the property to its original condition, pay damages and take other action
deemed necessary to remedy such violations, or may be fined, or both.
Any person, who violates any provisions of this Bylaw or regulations, Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermits
or administrative orders issued thereunder, (shall) may be served with a Notice of Violation enumerating
the alleged violations. As an alternative to criminal prosecution, the Commission may elect to utilize the
non-criminal disposition procedure set forth in M.G.L. Ch 40, Section 21D.
The violator shall pay any and all costs including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Town.
Municipal boards and officers, including any police officer or other officer having police powers,
shall have authority to assist the Commission in enforcement.
1.18.10
Severability
The invalidity of any section or provision of this Bylaw shall not invalidate any other section or
provision thereof, nor shall it invalidate any Wetlands Bylaw P(p)ermit or determination, which
previously has been issued.
Sponsor:
Conservation Commission
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved
Vote Required:
simple majority
VOTE as amended: Majority in favor
Motion made to move zoning articles 13 – 18 together for discussion purposes and to vote on them
individually.
VOTE on motion: Unanimous in favor
Planning Board Report and Recommendation on Articles 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18:
At a duly-noticed public meeting on April 26, 2006, which followed a public hearing on the proposed
zoning changes on April 12, 2006, the Bolton Planning Board voted unanimously to endorse the zoning
bylaw changes in Articles 13 through 18 to eliminate references to the Water Resource Protection District
(WRPD) and incorporate the definition of “wetland resource areas” contained in amended Wetland
Bylaw. With the amendment made by the Town Meeting, the Board believes that the new definition will
effectively leave the application of our zoning bylaws unchanged.
Article 13: Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.5.4 Water Resource Protection District
The Town voted to amend the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.5.4 Water Resource Protection District by
deleting the entire section.
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Sponsor:
Conservation Commission
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 14:Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws,Section2.3.2 (g)Types of Districts & Permitted Uses
The Town voted to amend Section 2.3.2(g) of its Zoning Bylaws as follows (deletions in (parenthesis and
italics) and additions are underlined):
(g) (Water Resource Protection District: as defined in Section 2.5.4 of the Bylaws of the Town of
Bolton.) Repealed Annual Town Meeting May 2006.
Sponsor:
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 15: Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.3.4 Schedules of Types of Uses
The Town voted to amend Section 2.3.4 of its Zoning Bylaws as follows (deletions in (parenthesis and
italics) and additions are underlined):
2.3.4 The following schedule is included as a general reference schedule of permitted uses
within the various districts, but in the event of any inconsistencies, the provisions of 2.3.2 and
other provisions of this Bylaw shall be controlling.
In the schedule, “Yes” means a permitted use, “No” means a prohibited use, and "SP" means a
use allowed on Special Permit acted on by the Board of Selectmen.
* Except "yes" for buildings erected prior to March 2, 1970
** See definition
*** Except those listed in 2.3.8.4 and 2.3.8.5
**** Only with a 2.5.2.5 Agricultural/Business Use Special Permit
All uses in the Flood Plain District (and the Water Resource District) are subject to the provisions
of this Bylaw specifically relating to such district.
Sponsor:
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
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Article 16: Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.3.5.5 (g) (2) Backland Zoning
The Town voted to amend Section 2.3.5.5(g) (2) of its Zoning Bylaws as follows (deletions in
(parenthesis and italics) and additions are underlined):
In Residential Districts backland or reduced frontage lots may be created by Special Permit
issued by the Planning Board. Each such lot must meet the following criteria:
(g) At least 1 1/2 acres of contiguous land which is not in a:
(1) Flood Plain District (Section 2.5.3)
(2) (Water Resource Protection District (Section 2.5.4)) Wetland Resource Areas as
defined in the Wetlands Bylaw 1.18.2
Sponsor:
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 17: Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.3.6.5(a) Size of Restricted Areas, Farmland
and Open Space Planned Residential Development
The Town voted to amend Section 2.3.6.5(a) of its Zoning Bylaws as follows (deletions in (parenthesis
and italics) and additions are underlined):
(a) Size of Restricted Areas
At least 33% of the area of the FOSPRD must be restricted with either a Farmland
Restriction (FR) or an Open Space Restriction (OSR). The 33% requirement may be
reached with FR land, OSR land, or some of each. The two types of restrictions are defined
below in Sections C & D. No more than 25% of the minimum amount of restricted land
can be (in a Water Resource Protection District) a Wetland Resource Area as defined in
the Wetland Bylaw 1.18.2 or in a Flood Plain District, as defined in Section(s 2.5.4 and)
2.5.3.
Sponsor:
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 18: Amendment to the Zoning Bylaws, Section 2.5.7.3 Applicability and Special Permit, Wireless
Communication Bylaw
The Town voted to amend Section 2.5.7.3 of its Zoning Bylaws as follows (deletions in (parenthesis and
italics) and additions are underlined):
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2.5.7.3 Applicability and Special Permit
No Wireless Communication Facility shall be erected, installed, modified, replaced or maintained
except upon the grant of a Special Permit in compliance with the provisions of this Wireless
Communication Bylaw. The provisions of the Wireless Communication Bylaw will apply to all
Wireless Communication Facilities whether as a principal use or an accessory use and to any and
all modification, extensions, and additions to, or replacements of existing Wireless
Communication Facilities.
All modifications, extensions and additions to, or replacements of a Wireless Communication
Facility shall be subject to a modification of the Wireless Communication Bylaw Special Permit
following the same requirements as required for an original application.
A Wireless Communication Bylaw Special Permit may be granted only for:
A. Any Wireless Communication Facility to be constructed, installed, replaced, maintained and/or
used in the business, limited business, commercial and industrial zoning districts as specifically
provided for hereafter, in compliance with the provisions of this Wireless Communication Bylaw
and upon the grant of a Special Permit.
B. Any Wireless Communication Facility to be constructed, installed, replaced, maintained and/or
used in the residential zoning district as specifically provided for hereafter in conformance with
2.5.2.5 Agricultural/Business Use and in compliance with the provisions of this Wireless
Communication Bylaw and upon the grant of a Special Permit.
No Wireless Communication Facility shall be erected, installed, modified, replaced, maintained
and/or used in (the Water Resource Protection District) a Wetland Resource Area as defined in
the Wetlands Bylaw 1.18.2
Sponsor:
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved with the modifications made by the amendment to
ensure all set-back and buffer zone distances remained at the same distance as previously approved. The
proposed expansion of the buffer zone to 300 feet for perennial streams and rivers located within an Area
of Critical Concern requires additional impact analysis and public discussion.
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 19: Enter into Lease with Nashoba Regional School District
The Town voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a lease agreement and sign any
necessary related contracts with the Nashoba Regional School District authorizing the town to lease
certain land with the school premises and buildings under such terms and conditions as the Board deems
in the best interest of the Town.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Vote Required:
simple majority
Approved
Approved
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
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Article 20: Contribute to the Stabilization Fund
The Town voted to transfer the sum of $75,000 (Seventy-five thousand dollars) from Free Cash to the
Town's stabilization fund.
Sponsor:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Approved
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Approved
Vote Required:
2/3 majority
VOTE: 120 in favor 38 opposed
Article 21: Citizens’ Petition
Motion made to refer matter to the Board of Selectmen and to report back on it at the next town meeting.
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
Article 21: Citizens’ Petition
To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General Law Chapter 32B, Section 18 to establish a
retiree senior health program and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate $5,000 (Five thousand
dollars) from available funds to pay stipends to current retirees for estimated increased health care
premiums and co-pays; or do or act relating thereto.
Sponsor:
Citizens’ Petition
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Disapproved
Vote to postpone to future town meeting
Article 22: Authorize Town Election
The Town voted to meet at the Town Hall in Bolton, on Monday, May 8, 2006 between the hours of 12
noon and 8 p.m. to elect by ballot the following officers.
ONE YEAR:
One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One member of the Housing Authority;
THREE YEARS:
One member of the Board of Selectmen, One member of the Board of Health, One
member of the Board of Assessors, One Tax Collector, One Library Trustee, One member of the
Cemetery Committee, Two Parks & Recreation Commissioners, One member of the Nashoba Regional
School Committee, One Trustee of the Francis E. Whitcomb Benevolent Fund, One Commissioner of
Trust Funds, One Constable;
FIVE YEARS:
One member of the Planning Board;
and to vote on the following questions:
Question No. 1: Shall the Town of Bolton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two
and one-half so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to design, construct,
and start-up a Wastewater Treatment Plant at the Florence Sawyer and Emerson schools? Yes ___
No ___
Question No. 2: Shall the Town of Bolton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two
and one-half so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued for expansion, construction,
renovation, furnishing, and equipping and any associated costs of an addition to the Library and any
associated costs, including design services, and for remodeling and renovating space within the
existing building? Yes ___ No ___
VOTE: Unanimous in favor
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
May 8, 2006
Dinner was purchased from Great Brook Farm.
Warden:
Clerk:
Checkers:
Alice Roemer
Joyce Miller
Barbara Wheeler
Phyllis Langberg
Jean Lord
Pam Sowizral
Float Checker: Cia Ochsenbein
Counters:
Thomas Wildman
Kathleen Barry
Gail Amabile
Cia Ochsenbein
Polls opened at 12 noon and closed at 8 p.m.
Total voters: 1296
Total registered voters: 2996
OFFICE
TERM
NAME
ADDRESS
VOTE
Blanks
Moderator
one year
James D. Anker
176 Ballville Rd.
1069
224
Town Clerk
one year
Betsy C. Cussen
227 Harvard Rd.
1045
237
Housing Authority
one year
David A. Yesue
73 Woobly Rd.
966
328
Constable
one for one year
Vincent C. Alfano
5 Harvard Rd.
713
Mark A. Giunta
176 Fox Run Rd.
344
236
Board of Selectmen
one for three year
Stanley M. Wysocki 74 Hudson Rd.
598
Curtis Plante
28 Powder Hill Rd. 654
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Board of Health
three year
Mark A. Sprague
170 Long Hill Rd.
967
327
Board of Assessors
three year
Jeffrey D. Nichols
55 Teele Rd.
960
333
Library Trustee
three year
Robert C. Zak, Jr.
133 Wilder Rd.
956
336
Cemetery Committee
three year
Brenda C. Baum
125 East End Rd.
1004
291
Tax Collector
three year
Margaret R. Child
105 East End Rd.
1016
278
Nashoba Regional School Committee
three year
Cathryn M. Giunta 176 Fox Run Rd.
700
Neal A. Heeren
139 Sugar Rd.
441
154
Park and Recreation Vote for 2
three year
Terence M. Boots
576 Sugar Rd.
937
Park and Recreation
three year
no candidate
1644
Trustee of F.E. Whitcomb Benevolent Fund
three year
Jean L. Crispen
310 Green Rd.
983
312
Write-ins
3
14
2
3
1
2
3
4
1
2
1
11
1
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Commissioner of Trust Funds
John A. Holbrook
1027 Main St.
Planning Board
five year
John C. Karlon
299 Sugar Rd.
three year
989
305
2
929
365
2
And the following questions:
Question No. 1: Shall the Town of Bolton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition
two and one-half so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to design,
construct, and start-up a Wastewater Treatment Plant at the Florence Sawyer and Emerson schools?
Yes 969
No 274
Blanks 53
Question No. 2: Shall the Town of Bolton be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition
two and one-half so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued for expansion,
construction, renovation, furnishing, and equipping and any associated costs of an addition to the
Library and any associated costs, including design services, and for remodeling and renovating
space within the existing building?
Yes 647
No 617
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HOUSING AUTHORITY
Eileen Griffin-Wright ...................................2006
David Yesue..................................................2008
Kevin O’Brien ..............................................2009
Donald Taylor ...............................................2010
The year 2006 was another quiet year for the Housing Authority. Opportunities to create publicly
owned subsidized housing are very limited. The Housing Authority has lent its efforts to the
Affordable Housing Partnership, sometimes meeting jointly. In this way the Housing Authority has
commented on affordable housing projects before the Zoning Board of Appeals and contributed to the
Partnership’s effort to guide the development of affordable housing and the town’s plan for producing
affordable opportunities. The Housing Authority also worked with the Selectmen and Zoning Board of
Appeals in helping to market the affordable housing unit that is part of the Bolton Trace development
in the center of town.
Bolton voters elected David Yesue, lifelong resident of Bolton, to serve on the Authority. The Housing
Authority would like to recognize the contribution of Joan Cusson who resigned from the Authority
this year when she moved out of state.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
Doug Storey, Chairman ..................... 2007
Jim Bilancieri ..................................... 2007
Kevin O’Brien ................................... 2007
Edmund W. Plante ............................. 2007
Mark Dugan ....................................... 2008
The Affordable Housing Partnership meets regularly, on the first Thursday evening of the month at
8:00 p.m. at the Town Hall to pursue our mission of assessing our community housing needs and
implementing a strategic action plan that addresses those needs in a means that is best for the Town of
Bolton.
We provided input to the Board of Selectmen and the Zoning of Appeals on several projects before the
town including Bolton Manor, Sunset Ridge, Pondside, Riverside, 711 and 713 Main Street and
Century Mill Estates. Each of these proposed projects have an element of affordable housing in them.
We also provided input to the Master Planning Committee on the Master Plan.
The Town of Bolton was certified as compliant with the Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD) Planned Production Regulations for an additional 12 months, ending January
2007. Bolton will continue to have greater control over future proposals as a result of staying certified
as compliant by DHCD. In order to do that we will need to permit a minimum of 11 additional units in
2007 for 2008 certification.
We proposed a revised article that was passed at the Annual Town Meeting in May to create an
Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The article was passed by the town meeting. This was the 7th article
passed by our town meeting in support of Affordable Housing initiatives over the last four years. The
Trust Fund will have six members, three of whom will be the members of the Board of Selectmen, and
three others appointed by the Board of Selectmen. This board will decide how to best use the resources
in the Trust Fund to pursue Affordable Housing opportunities in Bolton.
We have several openings on the Affordable Housing Partnership and continue to look for interested
volunteers. Please contact us if you would like to learn more or come to our meeting on the first
Thursday of each month.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$5,000.00
$
0.00
$5,000.00
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Jeffrey D. Nichols, Chairman .................2009
Charlotte Johnson-Zembko .....................2008
Stephen M. Bonina. ................................2007
This is the second year since the fiscal year 2006 conversion to a quarterly tax system. As a reminder,
you will pay one quarter of the taxes each in August, November, February, and May. The August and
November payments will be estimated tax payments based on the prior year’s value. The fiscal tax rate
will be set, and the February bill will be based on the ACTUAL fiscal assessments. This of course
changes the abatement application deadline to the first business day in February. The key reason that
the Town is making this change is to make the flow of money more uniform, thus making it easier to
plan for expenses throughout the year.
The town’s web site (www.townofbolton.com) is an excellent resource, and contains an abundance of
town government information, town calendar, schedules, agendas, minutes, forms and links to other
pertinent sites. The assessing department has added extensive assessing and related information. The
goal is to provide most if not all of the data that was previously available at the Assessors office.
Application forms may be downloaded for printing. Assessing maps may be viewed and printed as
desired, and all assessments are available. It is even now possible to look up deeds directly from the
Worcester Registry of Deeds web page. We have the self service “Counter CAMA” computer at the
assessors counter to look up the above information. Of course, anyone may still obtain the information
in the Town Hall.
This is the third year of implementing the new Supplemental Real Estate Tax. The Supplemental Tax
program now taxes a home from its date of completion rather than wait until the following fiscal year.
This seems to be a more equitable system of tax since persons living in a home and using town resources
ought to contribute their fair share. The supplemental tax is only for the increase in value over the past
year, and is from the date of occupancy until the end of the fiscal year.
Each summer the Assessors conduct interior inspections, on a rotational one-sixth of the residential
parcels as required by the State. The value of the town increased from $877,046,810 to $961,378,148.
The tax rate decreased from $13.97 to $13.56.
Real estate tax exemptions are available for persons qualifying as: veterans, the elderly and surviving
spouses/minors, and the blind; as well as tax deferrals for property owners who meet State requirements.
Please note that Bolton provides for up to a doubling of the base tax exemption amount. This occurs in
incremental steps as the eligible person’s overall tax obligations increase. Please contact the Assessors
Office for more information and applications.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salaries
Appropriated
Transfer to Purchase of Services
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$58,344.00
32,000.00
20,233.40
$ 6,110.60
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Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer from Salary
$31,809.00
$34,702.44
$ (2,893.44)
$18,380.00
$32,000.00
$50,380.00
Expended
Purchase of Services
$34,915.49
Supplies
1,276.61
Worcester Registry of Deeds
120.00
Software Support
1,500.00
Dues/membership
192.00
Meeting expense
0.00
Instate travel
405.88
Training
460.20
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
38,870.18
$11,509.82
GISmap
GIS Article 7, 11/98
Expended
Unexpended balance
$10,562.01
$
0.00
$10,562.01
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Assessor landscape page
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AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
A. Appropriations
(col.(b) through col.(e))
B. Other Amounts To Be Raised
1. Amounts certified for tax title purposes
2. Debt and interest charges not included in Schedule B
3. Final court judgments
4. Total overlay deficits of prior years
5. Total cherry sheet offsets
6. Revenue deficits snow and sand
7. Offset receipts deficits Ch. 44, Sec. 53E
8. Worcester County Retirement System and Snow/Sand
Total B (Total Lines 1 through 8)
C. State and County Cherry Sheet Charges
D. Allowance for Abatements and Exemptions
E. Total Amount To Be Raised
$15,597,277.53
$ 0.00
0.00
0.00
$0.00
$4,566.00
$246,235.21
0.00
$ 0.00
$250,801.21
$14,532.00
$156,117.48
$16,018,728.22
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES
A. Estimated Receipts - State
1. Cherry Sheet Estimated Receipts
2. Massachusetts School Building Authority Payments
Total A (Total Lines 1 and 2)
B. Estimated Receipts - Local
1. Local Receipts Not Allocated
2. Offset Receipts
3. Enterprise Funds
Total B (Total Lines 1 through 3)
C. Revenue Sources Appropriated for Particular Purposes
1. Free Cash
2. Other Available Funds
Total C (Total Lines 1 and 2)
D. Other Revenue Sources Appropriated Specifically to Reduce the Tax Rate
1. Free Cash…Date of Appropriation
2. Municipal Light Source 0.00
3. Other Source (specify) 0.00
Total Estimated Receipts and other Revenue Sources
$231,064.00
$602,467.00
$833,531.00
$1,141,145.00
0.00
0.00
$1,141,145.00
$591,229.05
$416,535.48
$1,007,764.53
$0.00
$2,982,440.53
TAX RATE SUMMARY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Total Amount to be Raised
Total Estimated Receipts and Other Revenue Sources
Tax Levy (IA minus IB)
Distribution of Tax Rates & Levies X Classified
Unclassified
Tax Rate: $13.56
$16,018,728.22
$2,982,440.53
$13,036,287.69
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BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Frank T. Krysa…….2007
The following is the annual report of the Building Department for the year 2006. During the past year,
a total of 203 permits were issued of which 17 were for new dwellings. Fees collected and remitted to
the Town amounted to $84,693.00. The estimated cost of construction for the year amounted to
$9,344,618.00. The following is a list of the types of permits issued:
Additions ....................................... 19
Alterations ..................................... 48
Commercial alterations. .................. 4
Barns................................................ 3
Decks ............................................. 11
Demolition ....................................... 6
Dwellings ...................................... 17
Fences .............................................. 2
Foundation. ...................................... 4
Garage ............................................. 4
Pools, Above Ground. .................. 3
Pool, Inground .............................. 9
ReRoof ....................................... 31
Shed .............................................. 7
Siding ........................................... 1
Signs ............................................. 7
Sun Room ..................................... 2
Tent............................................. 21
Trailer ........................................... 4
It is with deep regret that the department noted the passing of our Local Inspector, Arthur West. He
will be sadly missed.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages – Department Head
Appropriated
Expended
$23,175.00
$23,175.00
Wages - Assistant
Appropriated
Expended
$ 1,545.00
$ 1,545.00
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Telephone
Supplies (Permits)
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 2,000.00
$ 411.73
1,473.01
$ 1,884.74
$ 115.26
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Harold E. Brown .................................. 2007
Harold E. Babcock ............................... 2008
Brenda Baum ........................................ 2009
The Cemetery Committee had a productive 2006. With the assistance of our EMT and summer help,
we have been continuously working on the electronic organization of the archives. In addition, we are
in the final phase of the Pan Cemetery expansion project.
The Cemetery Committee would like to thank the Department of Public Works once again for their
outstanding job in maintaining all of the cemeteries in town.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$12,550.00
Purchase of Service
Other Charges
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$2,220.00
4,850.00
$ 7,050.00
$ 5,500.00
TREE WARDEN
Mark E. Caisse
The Tree Warden continues to work with National Grid and other utility companies to remove dead
and diseased trees that endanger travel along Bolton roads. In addition, we have been working in
conjunction with the Historical Commission to initiate a tree replacement program. As always, brush
cutting and road-side cleanup will continue with the help of the Department of Public Works.
If any resident has a tree issue they would like addressed, they should contact Shelly O’Toole at the
Bolton Department of Public Works at 978-779-6402 or via e-mail at dpw@townofbolton.com.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer
Expended
Tree Trimming
Other Expenses
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 2,737.00
$ 2,737.00
$43,000.00
$15,000.00
$58,000.00
$52,694.50
1,890.00
$54,584.50
$ 3,415.50
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BOLTON ACCESS TELEVISION
Ed Sterling ......................................... President
Rick Merrill ....................................... Treasurer
Bob Johnson ...................................... Chief Engineer
Jennifer Robinson .............................. Video Editor
Kathleen Held .................................... Production Manager
Ex-Officio members of Board of Directors
Ken Troup ......................................... Selectmen Representative
Joel Bates........................................... School Representative
Ed Favre ............................................ Representative of the Cable Commission
Bolton Access Television Corporation (BATCO) is a private non-profit corporation formed in 2005 to
operate Bolton’s Comcast Public Access Channels ( 8 and 10 ). BATCO concluded an agreement with
the Selectmen in August of 2005 to operate these cable television channels for the town. Funding
comes entirely from Comcast subscriber fees, and donations.
Channel 10 is the primary “PEG” channel providing residents with live coverage of Selectmen’s
meetings and some school and School Committee meetings. Channel 8 is a reserve channel that may
be used by Bolton to broadcast from the schools. Currently Comcast occupies channel 8 and broadcasts
meetings from Clinton and Lancaster town halls. Bolton’s Channel 10 is also seen in Stow.
2006 was a year of intense learning about the myriad of details involved in handling digital video and
broadcasting on cable. Selectmen’s meetings were taped starting early in 2006. The Annual Town
Meeting in May 2006 was taped for the first time in Bolton’s history. Church services at First Parish
and Trinity Church are taped each week and broadcast for residents who were unable to attend the
services on Sunday. BATCO also welcomes participation by other area churches in taping and
broadcasting religious services. By October, BATCO set up a system of making DVD recordings of
Selectmen’s meetings and other important meetings, which are turned over to the Town Secretary.
The lack of physical space for a studio has hampered the rapid expansion that BATCO hoped for in its
first year of operation. We hope in time to be able to acquire some town-owned space to create a
“permanent” station and studio, so that volunteers can begin to create local productions of interest to
Bolton residents. For now, the taping of local government meetings and school events will be our
primary offerings.
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CONSERVATION COMMISSION
William Fateiger, Chairman ..........................2007
Karen Augustine ............................................2007
Scott Duhaime ...............................................2008
Sarah Greenough ...........................................2008
Amy Wilson ..................................................2008
Edward Englemann .......................................2009
Lori Stephenson .............................................2009
Carol Gumbart, Conservation Administrator
Membership: There was no change in membership during the year. The Commission is grateful to all
the non-member volunteers that assist the Commission with their work, especially with land
management tasks including: the de facto Bolton Trails Committee, Eagle Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H
Club, the Bolton Conservation Trust and many others.
Key responsibilities of the Bolton Conservation Commission include the administration of the State’s
Wetland Protection Act and the Rivers Protection Act, as well as the local the Bolton Wetlands Bylaw.
The administration of these acts and bylaws occupy the bulk of the Commission’s time and resources.
The Conservation Commission Act charges the Commission with the responsibility to protect the
town’s natural resources including “the promotion and development of natural resources and the
protection of watershed resources.” To achieve this protection the Commission routinely reviews and
makes recommendations on projects submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board,
Board of Health and the Board of Selectmen. Additionally, the Commission protects land by accepting
gifts of land, conservation restrictions and acquisition of land in fee. The Conservation Commission
Act places the care and custody of conservation land with the Commission.
Administration: The Conservation Commission consists of volunteer residents. The Board of
Selectmen appoints the 7 voting members to the Commission. The Commission typically meets the
first and third Tuesday of the month at the Town Hall. All meetings are open to the public. Formal
meetings and public hearings are held to review specific projects involving impacts to wetlands, water
resources and wildlife habitat within the town. Public hearings are advertised in the Bolton Common.
During 2006, the Commission held 23 public meetings to reviewed new applications including: 16
Notice of Intents; 2 Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation. 2 Orders of Conditions were
amended to include activities that either minimized impacts to the resource or were unanticipated at the
time of the issuance of the Order; 0 Water Resource Protection District Special Permit Applications;
and 17 Requests for Determinations of Applicability. The Commission made site visits for each
application and held numerous informational meetings with citizens, town boards, and developers. In
addition, the Commission held 5 additional meetings to work specifically on the drafting regulations
for the Wetlands Bylaw. The Commission maintains a web page on the Town of Bolton website at
www.townofbolton.com where agendas, minutes, trail maps and the Open Space and Recreation Plan
can be found.
Wetland Protection: In the administration of the State Wetlands and River Protection Acts and the
local bylaws, the Commission serves the town in a regulatory as well as a conservation capacity.
Under these laws, the Commission is charged with the review and control of activities in or near the
town’s fragile and valuable wetlands, water resources, wildlife habitat areas, and to prevent any
adverse impact on those resources. Through a public review and decision-making process, the
Commission regulates the work done in these areas to ensure the protection of public and private water
supply, the protection of the groundwater supply, flood control, storm damage prevention, the
prevention of pollution, and the protection of fisheries and wildlife habitat. Additionally, the
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Commission is charged with the responsibility of confirming wetland delineations for all protected
wetland resource areas. The local wetland bylaw provides additional protection of wetlands for water
quality and rare species habitat including rare plant species. The interests of the bylaw extend to
agriculture, aquaculture and recreation deemed important to the community.
A large portion of the Commission's work during the first half of 2006 was devoted to revising the
Wetlands Bylaw. The changes were approved at Town Meeting and later accepted by the Attorney
General’s office. During the later half of the year the Commission spent considerable time drafting
regulations for the Bylaw. It is anticipated that they will be complete early in the next year. In
addition the Commission reviewed plans for development including new house lot construction,
improvements to existing dwellings, and construction activities to repair or replace failed septic
systems. The Commission reviewed and approved several municipal applications ranging from road
paving overlays, to bridges and boardwalks, sidewalks and the proposed wastewater treatment facility.
The wastewater treatment facility is still in the public hearing process and the hearing is expected to
close shortly.
The Conservation Administrator performed numerous routine site inspections at the “Regency”
development located at the former Crystal Springs Campground, once the project got underway. This
year the Commission had several complaints brought to them related to the keeping of horses near
wetlands and adjacent upland resource areas. The Commission looks forward to working with the
agricultural community to resolve these issues and educate each other.
Open Space Preservation: The Commission accepted an acre plus gift from the Wheeler family. The
gift was a dedication to the late Russell B. Wheeler for his love of the natural world.
The Commission continues to work with the Bolton Conservation Trust (BCT) and the public at large
to protect strategic parcels as outlined in the Open Space and Recreation Plan. To support this effort,
we fully endorse that the Town of Bolton approve the Community Preservation Act, and we are
actively working with the BCT, Planning Board, Affordable Housing Partnership, Parks and
Recreation, and the Historical Commission in bringing this to a vote in 2007. Existing maps can be
downloaded from the Town of Bolton’s website at www.townofbolton.com.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$32,564.00
$29,563.46
$ 3,000.54
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Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Land Maintenance
Training
Vernal Pool Study
Advertising
Supplies
In-State Travel
Dues/Membership
Misc
Land Improvements
Equipment
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$24,800.00
$6,814.82
80.00
367.14
104.81
239.49
80.93
310.00
198.32
4,578.56
47.15
$12,821.22
$ 6,978.78
Conservation Fund
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 5,000.00
0.00
5,000.00
Additional expenses paid by State Wetland Filing Fees:
Training
$ 85.00
Supplies
$ 98.98
Travel/Mileage
$174.63
$
358.61
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COUNCIL ON AGING
Jean Cahill, Bolton Country Manor Liaison ................... 2006
Irene Spencer, Outreach .................................................. 2007
Susan Tripp, Editor ......................................................... 2007
Ruth Johnston, News Correspondent .............................. 2008
Shirley Sefton, Transportation/Meals on Wheels ........... 2008
Virginia Liljestrand, Bolton Country Manor Liaison...... 2008
Marcia Flerra, Bolton Country Manor Liaison ............... 2008
Barbara Brown, Police Liaison ....................................... 2008
Flora Wilson, Treasurer ................................................... 2009
Doris Ettinger, Secretary ................................................. 2009
Sheila Chmielowski, Director ......................................... 2009
The Council on Aging (COA) is a department of the municipal government established for the purpose
of coordinating and carrying out programs that meet the needs of the aging. The council meets at
Bolton Country Manor on the first Tuesday of every month at 10:00 a.m. with the exception of July
and August. All meetings are open to the public. Observers and prospective new members are invited
to any and all of the COA meetings. The members of the council are made up entirely of volunteer
workers. All members are appointed by the Board of Selectmen and represent a cross-section of the
community.
The COA’s Office and Senior Center are located at the Bolton Country Manor senior housing facility,
600 Main Street.
The Council on Aging office can be reached at (978) 779-3313 or
coa@townofbolton.com. Senior Center hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. Various programs and services are offered and well-received throughout the year.
Shirley Hansen, Treasurer of the COA member, resigned her position on the council this year. Our
thanks go out to Shirley for the countless years and the many hours she volunteered to maintain our
books and oversee our budgets. One of our Bolton Country Manor liaisons, Virginia Liljestrand, also
resigned her position on the council this year. She will be moving to New Hampshire to live with her
daughter. Thank you too, Virginia, for all your hard work on the council.
Flora Wilson was nominated and appointed by the council and selectmen to the COA as our new
treasurer. Marcia Flerra was also nominated and appointed by the council and selectmen and will
replace Virginia Liljestrand. The council believes that both Flora and Marcia will be great assets in
helping to reach our goals by providing needed services to Bolton elders.
The In-Home Fix-It Program was initiated this year. A huge thank you goes out to the members of the
Bolton Lions Club who volunteered to extend a neighborly hand to our seniors in need. The Lions
Club members will assist elders at home with small jobs that are difficult to do. The service is free.
Seniors are only requested to pay for needed supplies.
The senior population and handicapped persons in the Town of Bolton will soon be provided with van
transportation. The Council on Aging members with the approval of the selectmen worked diligently
to procure this service and are proud to announce that the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority has
accepted the municipality of Bolton as a member. We hope this service will be up and running as you
read this report.
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The Seventh Annual Senior Picnic was held at Knox Trail Cub Scout Camp in August and once again
was sponsored by the Friends of The Bolton Seniors. Thanks to the Friends and also to the Knox Trail
Cub Scouts for offering their beautiful grounds. Our annual picnic was a huge success, as it is every
year, and everyone is looking forward to a repeat performance next year.
The Council on Aging distributes a monthly senior newsletter with the exception of July and August.
This mailing is subsidized by a state grant and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs. Susan Tripp, the
council’s editor, volunteers many hours to publish this newsletter which is distributed via bulk mail
and is the main news source of senior activities and issues in the town.
Meals on Wheels, is one of the Council’s most valuable and successful programs. The program
provides nutritious meals to the frail, the homebound, and all seniors throughout the year. Prepared on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and delivered by volunteers, these meals are often the most nutritionally
balanced dinners received by recipients during the entire week.
Homemade soup continues to be prepared and delivered every week to approximately ten households
in Bolton. The soup is prepared by a group of volunteers who refer to themselves as Soup Makers
Anonymous. Soup recipients receive one quart of delicious homemade soup brought to their door
every Monday.
Another program for seniors is the distribution of surplus foods to those that meet the qualifications.
The WHEAT van will continue to deliver USDA food commodities to the town hall for distribution the
second Tuesday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The COA plans and provides for five to six bus outings during the year. Bus transportation is
subsidized through the COA budget and the Senior Citizens Association. Interesting visits to
educational or historical sites invariably include a stop at a restaurant for lunch and entertainment.
The Senior Citizen Association meets at 1:00 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Bolton
Country Manor except for the months of July and August. Typical meeting features guest speakers,
and or entertainment.
A holiday banquet was held this year at The Manor Restaurant in West Boylston. This event is
sponsored by the Council on Aging and funded through the COA budget. There were 61 seniors that
attended. All agreed that it was a wonderful time with good food and conversation. This function is a
yearly event.
We would like to thank all those who volunteered their services and time to our elderly this year. It
was and will always be greatly appreciated.
The elderly population is not seeking something beyond their needs. Rather, they are hoping that they
may continue as Citizens of Bolton, with the same opportunities the elderly of most towns throughout
the Commonwealth provide for their seniors. The Council on Aging speaks not only for the current
population of senior citizens, but also, for generations of seniors to come, in the quest for the continued
support and kindnesses that were extended to us throughout the year 2006.
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Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$14,820.00
$14,383.00
$ 437.00
$8,260.00
Purchase of Services
Building Lease
Telephone
Cable DSL
Supplies
Miscellaneous
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$3,858.00
1,200.00
.00
558.54
1,335.46
1,307.27
$8,259.27
$
.73
Senior Christmas Party Hosted By
Police & Communications Union
Dave Farrell, Chris Harrington, Chief Alfano and Santa with Seniors
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CULTURAL COUNCIL
Susan Tripp ................................................... 2007
Pat Bensetler .................................................. 2008
Kate Weiss-Gordon, Chair ............................ 2008
Susan Membrino ........................................... 2011
Peter Vincent ................................................. 2011
Elizabeth Nolan Conners ............................... 2012
Michelle Simpson .......................................... 2012
Tricia Sohl-Dickson ...................................... 2012
The Bolton Cultural Council (BCC) is part of a grass-roots network of 335 local councils that serve
every city and town in the Commonwealth. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to
the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), which then allocates funds to each local council.
Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by the BCC, a board of
municipally appointed volunteers.
The Bolton Cultural Council met on October 30, 2006 with the primary objective of reviewing grant
applications and determining grant awards in accordance with the MCC guidelines.
The MCC allocation allowed for $4,000 in grant funding to be awarded in FY07. The funding was
increased for FY07 as the Massachusetts Legislature increased funding to the MCC. Funding is
payable to the grant applicant only upon satisfactory completion of the project within the year; any
residual funding is re-granted.
As dictated by MCC regulations, the Town receives funds from the MCC and releases funds to the
grant recipients after the approval of the BCC. The Town provides the BCC with meeting space as
needed.
BCC Funding Priorities
Preference will be given to Bolton-based non-profit organizations and artists for projects that will
benefit the Bolton community.
Preference will also be given to non-profit organizations from towns adjacent to Bolton for projects in
which Bolton residents participate and/or serve Bolton residents.
Potential applicants based outside of Bolton or the surrounding communities are expected to secure
sponsorship with an organization in Bolton.
FY06 Grant Awards
Friends of the Bolton Public Library; Bolton Council on Aging; Florence Sawyer School Parents
Advisory Council; Harvard Pro Musica; Sounds of Stow; Audio Journal; Florence Sawyer School
student field trip to The Bostonian Society at the Old State House; Symphony Pro Musica; DeCordova
Museum & Sculpture Park; Village Theatre Project; Hudson Arts Alliance; and Tower Hill Botanical
Garden.
The Bolton Cultural Council welcomes new members as well as input and involvement from Bolton
residents.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Andrea Gilbert ................................ 2007
Christopher Rogers ........................ 2008
Mark Sprague, Chairman. .............. 2009
The Board of Health continued to maintain its focus on public health and safety issues during 2006,
reviewing Title V inspections, septic system and well permits, food service inspections, nuisance
investigations, and nursing services. The Board of Health has been active in discussion and
recommendations regarding public water supplies, beaver related issues, animal control, waste
treatment plants, ground contamination, and preliminary review of subdivision plans, the majority of
which is ongoing.
This year, the Board of Health received applications for 40 septic permit tests, 49 permits for new
construction, 19 permits for repairs/upgrades to septic disposal systems, and 24 well permits were
issued. Housing and nuisance investigations totaled 25 and 19 food inspections were performed. The
Board continues its vigilance with regard to septic disposal systems, wells, food service inspections,
and housing and nuisance complaints.
In the coming year, the Board of Health hopes to continue to work closely with other Town Boards,
Committees and Commissions, improve public awareness of public health issues through the Town's
newspaper and web site, and continue its review of existing rules, regulations, and offsets. As the
town approaches 5000 inhabitants, the Board of Health will be creating regulations covering livestock
and manure disposal. We wish to thank Administrative Assistant, Andrea Schnepf, and Nashoba
Associated Boards of Health Sanitarian, Bill Brookings, for their hard work and assistance on behalf of
the Board.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Board of Health
Appropriated
Expended
Advertising
Supplies
Travel
Dues
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$1,500.00
$ 40.45
66.98
389.93
100.00
$ 597.36
$ 902.64
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
Appropriated
Expended
$7,202.00
$7,202.00
Herbert Lipton Mental Health
Appropriated
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Landfill Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Monitoring Wells
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$8,200.00
$ 879.99
$7,320.01
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NASHOBA ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF HEALTH
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health continues to serve the local Board of Health in meeting the
challenges of environmental and public health needs in Bolton. In addition to the day-to-day public health
work conducted for Bolton we also provide the following services:
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Maintaining Nashoba’s internet web site to provide information for the public. (See
nashoba.org)
Through our involvement in the Bioterrorism Regional Coalition we are keeping the Bolton Board
of Health up-to-date on matters of emergency preparedness planning. We are currently working
on the Emergency Dispensing Site plan for Bolton.
Response to the West Nile Encephalitis (WNV) surveillance effort through coordination with
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), through the collection of suspected bird
samples, submittal to the MDPH lab, and follow-up when the lab results were obtained.
Response to health related impacts of beavers through coordination with the local Board of Health
in the issuance of the necessary permits.
Response to state-mandated changes in regulations requiring more frequent beach sampling
through sample collection, submittal for analysis, and follow-up when results were obtained.
We look forward to continuing our work with Bolton's Board of Health. Included in the day-to-day work
of Nashoba in 2006 were the following:
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Through membership in the Association, Bolton benefited from the services of Nashoba staff
including: Registered Sanitarians, Certified Health Officers, Registered Nurses, Nutritionists,
Registered Physical & Occupational Therapists, Licensed Social Workers, Certified Home Health
Aides, and Registered Dental Hygienists.
Nashoba Nursing Service is the regional vaccine depot for MDPH. As such it is a valuable
resource for the regular distribution of vaccines to physicians in the area, provides regular
public immunization clinics, and is positioned and equipped to provide for larger scale
immunizations should MDPH require them.
Reviewed 64 Title 5 state-mandated private Septic System Inspections for Bolton Board of Health.
Received, reviewed, and filed these state-mandated (but unfunded) Title 5 inspections.
Corresponded with inspectors regarding deficiencies; referred deficient inspections to Bolton
Board of Health for enforcement action.
By the Bolton Board of Health’s continued participation in the Association, you can shape your future
local public health programs and share in the benefits of quality service at a reasonable cost!
Environmental Health Department
Environmental Information Responses
Bolton Office (days) ............................................................ 90
The Nashoba sanitarian is available for the public on Fridays between 8-9:00 a.m. at the Bolton
Town Hall. This does not reflect the daily calls handled by the three Nashoba secretaries during
daily business hours.
Food Service Licenses & Inspections................................ 19
Nashoba annually mails out and receives applications from both restaurants and retail food
businesses. Licenses are renewed for existing facilities. Plans are submitted and reviewed
prior to initial licensing. All licensees are inspected at a minimum twice a year. Where
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deficiencies are found, a re-inspection is scheduled to insure compliance. When a complaint
from the public is received, an inspection is also conducted. During this inspection health
factors of food handlers is also investigated, and, where appropriate, medical consultation and
laboratory testing may be required.
Beach/Camp/School Inspections ....................................... 20
Camps are inspected at least annually at opening for compliance with State Sanitary Code,
Chapter IV, 105 CMR 430.00. Public swimming beaches are sampled for water quality every
week during the summer and more often if a problem is suspected.
Housing & Nuisance Investigations .................................. 25
Nashoba, as agent for the local Board of Health, inspects dwellings for conformance with State
Sanitary Code, 105 CMR 410.00, issues orders for correction, and re-inspects for compliance.
Similarly, complaints from residents concerning unsanitary conditions or pollution events are
investigated.
Septic System Test Applications ....................................... 40
Applications from residents proposing to build or upgrade a septic system are accepted, a file
created, and testing dates are coordinated with the applicant’s engineer.
Septic System Lot Tests ................................................... 339
Nashoba sanitarian witnesses soil evaluations, deep hole tests, and, usually on a separate date,
percolation tests conducted by the applicant’s engineer, which serve as the basis of the design
of the septic system.
Septic System Plan Applications ....................................... 54
Detailed plans created by engineers hired by residents proposing to build or upgrade a septic
system are received, filed, and routed to the Nashoba sanitarian for review.
Septic System Plan Reviews ........................................... 156
Engineered plans are reviewed according to state code, Title 5, and local Board of Health
regulations, and review forms are created and sent to the engineer for revision. Subsequent resubmittals by the engineer are also reviewed.
Septic System Permit Applications (new lots) ................. 49
Septic System Permit Applications (upgrades) ............... 19
Applicant approved plan submittals and Board of Health requirements are incorporated into a
permit to construct the septic system.
Septic System Construction Inspections ........................ 192
Nashoba Sanitarian is called to construction sites at various phases of construction to witness and
verify that the system is built according to plans.
Septic System Consultations............................................ 192
During all phases of application, design, and construction the Nashoba Sanitarian is called upon
for legal details and interpretation.
Well Permits ........................................................................ 24
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Water Quality/Well Consultations ................................. 134
Private wells are regulated solely by local Board of Health regulations, The Nashoba Sanitarian
assists the Board of Health by reviewing well plans, securing well water samples, and interpreting
water quality test results.
Rabies Clinics - Animals Immunized ............................... 32
Nashoba arranges for local clinics with cooperating veterinarians, arranging for dates and
locations, placing ads in local newspapers, and sending home flyers through local schools. In
addition, since the recent raccoon rabies epizootic, Nashoba has arranged for delivery of over 500
animal specimens to the State lab in Boston for analysis and has counseled possible exposure
victims to seek medical assistance.
Nashoba Nursing Service
Nursing Visits .................................................................... 376
Nashoba’s Certified Home Health Registered Nurses visit patients at home under their physician’s
orders to provide an assessment of physical, psychological, and nutritional needs. Skills include
teaching/supervision of medications, wound care, ostomy care, IV therapy on a 24-hour basis,
catheter care, case management and referral to other services as needed.
Rehabilitative Therapy Visits .......................................... 378
Nashoba Therapists provide skilled therapeutic interventions through assessment, treatment and
education. Their integration of client, caregiver, and medical outcomes aims at attaining
maximum functional independence.
Medical Social Service Visits ........................................... 216
Nashoba Social Workers provide short-term assistance to patients at home for counseling and
referral to community resources.
Home Health Aide Visits.................................................... 34
Nashoba’s Certified Home Care Aides provide assistance with bathing dressing, exercises and
meal preparation.
Clinics
Local Well Adult, Support Groups, & Other Clinic Visits ............. 49
Visits include well adult clinics, and immunization, cholesterol, exercise, mental health and
bereavement clinics.
Number of patients who received Flu Shots ......................................... 53
Number of patients who attended Well Adult Clinics from Bolton ..... 1
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Communicable Disease
Nashoba’s Nursing Service & Environmental Health Department work together to meet the
local Board of Health’s responsibilities under the law to do the following:
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Investigate and control the spread of communicable diseases within Bolton
(Massachusetts General Law Chapter 111, Section 6, 7, and 92-116). Nashoba
works with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) in this area.
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Receive and process reports from physicians concerning cases of diseases
“dangerous to the public health” as defined by MDPH (MGL Chap111, Sec6)

Notify MDPH Division of Epidemiology and Immunization within 24 hours of
receiving notice of any case “dangerous to the public health”.
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Receive reports and undertake follow-up as necessary regarding certain food-borne
and waterborne diseases and diseases being monitored by the MDPH.
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Receives reports, investigates and conducts follow-up on all incidences involving
positive rabies results.
Dental Health Department
Examination, Cleaning & Fluoride - Grades K, 2 & 4
Nashoba’s Registered Dental Hygienists, operating out of the school nurse’s office and records,
provide these services to those children whose parents have given written consent.
Students Eligible ................................................................. 234
Students Participating ...................................................... 133
Referred to Dentist.................................................................. 5
Instruction - Grades K, 1 & 5
Nashoba’s Registered Dental Hygienists also provide classroom instruction of cleaning and
maintaining healthy teeth to all children in these grades.
Number of Programs .............................................................. 7
Students Participating ........................................................ 236
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TOWN NURSE
Brooke James
During the past year, the Town Nurse has provided the following services to the residents and
employees of the Town of Bolton:
Home Visits: A total of 163 visits were made to 11 households for the purpose of health assessment
and assistance with prescribed medical treatments. The vast majority of the visits were initiated
following a referral from the Nashoba Nursing Service and served to provide follow-up nursing care to
individuals no longer eligible to receive care under their insurance plans.
Town Hall Nursing Hours: The Town Nurse continued to be available for drop-in visits every
Thursday, 9:30am – 11:30am, at the Town Hall Senior Center. An average of 15 Bolton residents take
advantage of this weekly service.
Immunizations: A total of 130 flu shots were given to Bolton Seniors and others between November
and late January. Pneumonia vaccine was also provided to those requesting it.
Infectious Disease Reporting and Follow-up: The Town Nurse continued to assist the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health with their communicable disease reporting and follow-up program.
Food Distribution: The Town Nurse helped to distribute WHEAT food supplies to several Bolton
households. During the holidays, the Town Nurse delivered food and gift baskets to local families.
Local Emergency Planning Committee: The Town Nurse, representing the Bolton Board of Health,
served on this committee in an effort to move the Town’s emergency planning forward.
Finally, the Bolton Town Nurse continued to maintain frequent communication with the school nurses,
the local churches and the Council on Aging in order to be kept informed of individuals/families that
might benefit from nursing assessment and/or care.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Nursing Service Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Nursing Service Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Supplies
In State Travel
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$6,606.00
$5,824.29
$ 781.71
$ 500.00
$373.00
0.00
$ 373.00
$ 277.00
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ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Phyllis Tower……….……2007
Barn Book (residences with farm animals)
79
Quarantines/Releases
45 days wound unknown 5
10 day cat to human
1
10 day cat to cat
1
10 day dog to human
3
10 day dog to dog
2
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Animal Inspector - Wages
Appropriated
Expended
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Susan Latham……………2007
ASSISTANT ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Phyllis Tower……….……2007
Dog complaints……..59
Cat bites on humans….1
Information ………..30
Dog bites on humans…3
Dogs lost……………29
Dog bites on animals. ..2
Dogs found ………..23
Dogs impounded …..14
Other animal calls:
Complaints …………3
Cats lost ……………10
Information ………..30
Cruelty/Neglect………2
Cats Found………….10
Bylaw violations:
Warnings ……………3
Fines…………………4
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance transferred to wages
$12,731.00
$12,315.83
$ 415.17
Wages
Appropriated
Transfer from Salary
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 1,939.00
415.17
$ 2,354.15
$
.02
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Purchase of Services
Supplies
In-state travel
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$2,900.00
$50.00
0.00
711.47
$ 761.47
$2,138.53
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HISTORICAL COMMISSION
J. Howard Black ...................................... 2007
Martha Remington .................................... 2008
Gregory Thomas ....................................... 2008
Alice Coggeshall ...................................... 2009
Linda Engelmann .................................... 2009
John Karlon .............................................. 2009
Christina Rickard...................................... 2009
The Bolton Historical Commission was established in 1992 by Article 14 on the town meeting warrant.
The Commission is charged by the Town of Bolton and the Massachusetts Historical Commission to
identify, evaluate, document, and where possible, protect and preserve Bolton’s historical, cultural, and
architectural resources.
ACTIVITIES
Heritage Landscape Inventory Program
The Commission wishes to thank Bolton Historical Society President, Tim Fiehler, for serving as CoProject Coordinator for this program which was co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation and Freedom’s Way Heritage Association. At the February 15th Public
Meeting, 82 landscapes in town were deemed ‘special places created by human interaction with the
natural environment’ that help define the character of Bolton and reflect its past. The Bolton
Reconnaissance Report, available on the town web site and at the Bolton Public Library, is the
culmination of this program. Our thanks also to Mary Ciummo, Betsy Cussen, and Margaret Campbell
for joining with Linda Engelmann, Martha Remington and Tim Fiehler to serve on the Heritage
Landscape Inventory Committee.
Demolition Permit Requests: None received.
Tree Replacement Program
Along with the Tree Warden, the Commission co-sponsored a successful article at Annual Town
Meeting to set up a program for tree replacement with special emphasis in the town center. We are in
the process of drafting guidelines for the program.
Eagle Scout Project
Along with the Selectmen, the Commission was pleased to sponsor Steve Sterling’s Eagle Scout
project to rebuild the stone wall in front of the Bolton Country Manor senior housing complex along
Main Street. The wall had been breached since the mid-1990’s to allow access for construction of the
Florence Sawyer School.
Pan Cemetery
A land survey of Pan Cemetery was performed and the lot was recorded at the Worcester Registry of
Deeds. The first 7 decorative bollards were installed in early December, and chain has been ordered
for installation between the bollards. The procedure for listing of the cemetery on the National
Register of Historic Places is continuing normally since filing of the paperwork with Massachusetts
Historical Commission in July of 2005.
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Web Site Resources
Although the Commission has been unsuccessful in restoring much previously available information
on many resources contained within the Historic Properties Survey, we have made progress toward the
availability of the complete text of the Preservation Plan for the town, which we anticipate will be online by early next year.
Participation with other town groups
The Commission collaborated extensively with other town boards and commissions and had a liaison
present at many meetings and hearings on a variety of issues and topics:
Board of Appeals:
 Proposed Riverside 40B at the former Job Howard brickyard site
 Proposed Pondside 40B (now Regency at Bolton). Worcester lunch car
‘Mindy's Diner, serial #747’ c. 1939, was purchased by a
private party and removed from the site.
Planning Board:
 John Karlon also serves on this board and has kept us up to date on Century Mill
Estates, design planning, scenic roads, etc.
 Provided requested input to Town Planner for Community Development Block Grant
application
Conservation Commission:
 Provided research and documentation for the planned Wilder Goose Pond dam site
clean-up
 WWTP ‘sheep field’ site and construction access
Board of Selectmen:
 Bose Traffic signals
 Supported the adoption of the Community Preservation Act
Waste Water Treatment Plant Committee:
 Arranged for Mr. Russell Kempton of NEGeophysical in Mendon, MA to conduct a
ground penetration radar study of the town’s ‘sheep field’ property, a possible location
of the first period William Sawyer farmstead.
New or Updated Surveys and Assessments
In December, pre-application to the recently announced Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey
and Planning Grant cycle was filed. Its proposed topic is ‘A DOCUMENTATION OF BOLTON’S
ENGINEERING SITES FROM THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT’.
The Commission continues to document the town’s historical resources with the services of a
preservation consultant. These documents consist of several pages of written descriptions and other
information, including detailed photographs. Copies are eventually filed in binders. These binders are
available for public use at Town Hall and the Library. Recent surveys include 116 Bare Hill Road,
Sawyer sawmill at 401 Main Street, and Indian Boulder at 579 Main Street.
Membership
After a late summer search for new members, we are delighted to welcome Christina Rickard, Alice
Coggeshall and J. Howard Black. Regrettably, Roland Russell and Myles McConnon have had to
resign due to family and work commitments.
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Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
$3,600.00
Expended
Purchase of Services $1,775.00
Advertising
0.00
Postage
35.13
Supplies
1,424.92
Books
24.95
Dues
340.00
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$3,600.00
0.00
PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTOR
Fred Delorey...................2007
There were 47 plumbing permits and 36 gas permits for a total 83 permits issued in 2006. There were
a total of 179 inspections done in 2006.
Inspections:
Underground Gas .............. 14
Underground Plumbing ..... 17
Gas ...................... 51
Re-Inspection ....... 2
Rough .................... 56
Final ....................... 38
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Purchase of Services
$12,731.00
$12,731.00
$12,731.00
WIRING INSPECTOR
James Boodry…………..2007
There were a total of 220 electrical permits issued in 2006.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Purchase of Services
$16,391.00
$16,391.00
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PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
Tom Pokorney ..................................................... 2007
Andres Cubero ..................................................... 2008
Elaine Goddard .................................................... 2008
Terry Boots .......................................................... 2009
Michele Borsari ................................................... 2009
The Parks & Recreation Commission meets twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays. The group
coordinates the use and maintenance of local fields, oversees Bolton parks and the Town Beach, and
organizes a variety of town celebrations for young and old.
Local fields which include Memorial, Derby, and Forbush are used by youth sports organizations for
soccer, baseball, softball, and lacrosse. In 2006, a new outdoor basketball court complete with
bleachers and lights opened at Memorial Field. A special thanks to organizers Frank Chiodo, Paul
Granese, Rick Howley, Sam Peirce, and David Rhodes for their efforts in bringing this basketball court
to life.
The Town Beach was freshened up with new sand, clearing of brush, removal of old picnic tables, and
a new lifeguard chair. Three high school students provided lifeguard services during the summer from
11-5 daily. More than 85 Bolton children participated in the popular Learn-to Swim program. As part
of an Eagle Scout project, local scout Zack Simmons, cleared the brush in and around the Skating Pond
at Emerson, reseeded the area and provided benches.
Holiday celebrations included the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Dreamland playground and the
Halloween Parade. Parks and Rec also supported the Memorial Day celebration at the Veterans’
Memorial.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Parks/Recreation Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$4,500.00
$4,014.75
$ 485.25
Parks/Recreation Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer
Expended
Purchase of Services
Equipment
Supplies
Unexpected balance returned to general fund
Parks Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Purchase of Services
Electric
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$4,300.00
$ 750.00
$5,050.00
$4,201.83
275.00
572.51
$5,049.34
$
.66
$4,600.00
$4,030.56
561.54
$4,592.10
$
7.90
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PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Jay Weiser ............................................2006
Robert Minardi, Chairman ...................2007
Jeanne Shapiro......................................2008
Barbara DiBugnara ...............................2009
The Personnel Committee meets twice a month, the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, to review current town
personnel policies, address new and changing state and federal regulations, counsel and inform
department managers/other boards regarding personnel issues and address individual requests for
policy clarification.
We have responded to requests from the following departments/boards/committees: Advisory,
Assessor, Communication, Library, Planning, Police, Public Works, Selectmen, Treasurer and Town
Administrator.
The Personnel Committee performed many of its traditional functions in 2006. We also provided
assistance to the EMT Staff in completing a number of job descriptions and participated in the hiring
process of the town’s first full-time EMT/Firefighter position.
The Personnel Committee reviewed the employee salary and classification grid with a human
resources industry consultant and updated the salary ranges to reflect current market conditions in the
greater Bolton area. The chart is expected to remain competitive for at least 3 years.
The Personnel Committee also worked with the Council on Aging to create a transportation (senior van
driver) position. The new position will be filled in spring 2007.
The Personnel Committee is an active member of the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association,
which helps us establish direct communications with other town personnel committees/departments.
The calendar year 2006 featured the loss of a committee member: Jay Weiser. The net of the staff
changes left the committee with two (2) open committee positions.
The Personnel Committee would like to publicly acknowledge Linda Day for all her efforts in helping
us achieve our goals. Linda is an invaluable resource to the Personnel Committee.
The Personnel Committee looks forward to assisting all town departments and town boards into the
new calendar year.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
Longevity
$3,650.00
Purchase of Services 2,000.00
Supplies
0.00
Educational Assistance 873.86
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$11,025.00
$ 5,848.86
$ 5,176.14
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PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Alana Dunn Clarke ..................................... 2006
Christine Sterling........................................ 2007
Roland Ochsenbein .................................... 2008
Robert C. Zak, Jr., Chairman ..................... 2009
STAFF
Kelly Collins, MLS, Director
Philip Whalen, Assist Director/Youth Services Librarian
Cheryl Labonte, Linda McGeehan, Mary Murtland, Przemek Kawka, Verity Sayles
2006 was easily the most significant year in the library’s recent history as well as the busiest for the
Board of Library Trustees, for it was the year that the voters formally approved the renovation and
expansion of the 100+ year old building. In addition to holding regular monthly meetings to oversee
the library’s administration, the trustees worked additional hours organizing volunteers, getting out the
votes, publicizing the benefits of an expanded library, attending meetings with other boards and
committees, and generally advocating for the renovation/expansion.
Acceptance of a state library construction grant depended upon two local actions: securing votes
(which was done in May), and raising $750,000 in private funds on or before December 7, 2006. Ann
Hurd and Chris Sterling cochaired the Capital Campaign Committee. Together with an energetic group
of volunteers, they raised cash and pledges in the amount of $840K. Among the capital campaign’s
accomplishments this year were hosting Author Fest, which brought to town 10 outstanding children’s
book authors and illustrators to sign and sell their works, with all proceeds donated to the campaign.
With the cooperation of Norm Wagner Toyota in Lancaster, the Capital Campaigners also held a Cash
or Camry raffle with a top prize of a 2007 Camry or $17,000 in cash. From children who emptied their
piggy banks to companies that matched gifts to generous donors within the community and beyond,
support has been widespread. The Campaign will continue into the New Year and after, with an
ultimate goal of raising $1.04 million for the renovation/expansion project and giving sustained private
support of the library.
Late in the year, the Library Board of Trustees and Board of Selectmen jointly appointed a Library
Construction Committee as follows: Pam Czekanski, Brent Gates, Joel Lindsay, Roland Ochsenbein,
Chris Rogers, Mickie Simpson, Bill Strapko, and library director Kelly Collins. The Committee began
regular meetings in November, and plans to hire a project manager early in 2007.
As in previous years, the library’s statistics reflect a well-used and valued institution. Among the
highlights:
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Circulation (i.e., items borrowed) totaled 53,708 (a new record!), including 28,317 books,
3,377 magazines, 1,685 recorded books, 19,568 movies, and hundreds of electronic resources
(e-books and databases).
The library was open 2,050 hours, including 200 hours on Saturdays and 468 hours after 5 p.m.
Attendance in the library (i.e., people visiting) numbered 23,400, or about 90 people per day
We offered 95 children’s programs with a total attendance of 1,110
We offered 7 adult programs attended by 94
The library houses 25,104 items, 22,777 of which are books.
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For the past four years, the library has had the distinction of being a net lender; that is, of loaning more
materials to other libraries than it borrows from them. This year, a healthy state budget allowed
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System to resume its program of financial rewards to net
lenders, and as a result, Bolton Library received a check in the amount of $3,073.68. The Library was
again fully certified and thus qualified to continue receiving state grants and aid. This year the library
received $5,531 in state aid.
Library programs and special events this year included the following:
 summer reading programs for both youth and adults
 craft workshops for young adults, held on school early release days
 “Cabin Fever,” a series of craft demonstrations by local artisans
 participation in Shades of Autumn fall festival at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
 observance of the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
 Cowapalooza and a writing contest sponsored by Suzy Becker
 the Museum of Science’s traveling planetarium*
 magician Steve Charette*
 musician Roger Ticknell
 programs on beekeeping, the Harvard Shaker community, and origami.
*Cosponsored by the Friends of the Bolton Public Library and Bolton Cultural Council.
The staff saw several changes this year. Longtime shelvers Przemek Kawka and Verity Sayles
graduated from Nashoba Regional High School and left for Amherst and Zambia, respectively. In
September, we welcomed new shelvers Daniel Stefanis and Nicole Balin, both Nashoba Regional High
School students. In December, staff member Mary Murtland resigned in order to become Director of
Ashby Public Library.
Every library staff member took advantage of continuing education and other professional
opportunities: Phil Whalen completed the third of four courses required for state paraprofessional
certification, while Linda McGeehan is halfway there. Director Kelly Collins served as the library’s
voting representative at C/W MARS network Users’ Council meetings, attended several regional
directors’ roundtables, and completed short courses in ethics in the library and outcomes-based
evaluation. The entire staff contributed to the library website and newsletter, as well as a regular
column in the Bolton Common.
The Trustees wish to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of board Secretary Alana Dunn
Clarke. Alana served for over a year before resigning in order to spend more time with her new
daughter, future trustee Nora Clarke. Roland Ochsenbein, who for several years chaired the Library
Building Planning Committee, applied and was nominated to fill Alana’s role until the elections in
2007.
The Trustees offer special thanks to the Friends of the Bolton Public Library, the Kaminski family, the
Delaney family, the Nelson family, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bartlett, Allan Pommer, the Bolton Garden
Club, Bolton Cultural Council, Fruitlands Museum staff, Christine Cahill Alfano, Julia Quinn-Szcesuil,
Dottie Paquette, Shirley Sefton, Pat Bensetler, Miss Jennifer Lord, Mr. Timothy Henderson, the Bolton
Common staff, and Ken Cleveland.
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Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
$54,475.00
$54,474.94
$
.06
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfers
Expended
$66,686.00
$59,626.32
$ 7,059.68
$54,415.00
2,196.00
Heating
Electric
Repairs
Telephone
Supplies
Materials
Programs
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$4,208.39
3,048.63
200.00
813.89
3,696.68
37,306.43
6,995.88
$56,269.90
$ 341.99
Aerial View of the Public Library
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MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE
Kenneth Swanton, Chairman.............................................2006
Bradley Reed......................................................................2006
Michelle Simpson...............................................................2006
Mark Sullivan.....................................................................2006
Betsy Taylor-Kennedy........................................................2006
Christopher Slade, Non-voting member.............................2006
In 2006, the Master Planning Committee completed a final draft of the town’s first Master Plan since
1971. The Committee sent previous drafts to various town boards and committees and received
comments from the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, Historical Commission, Parks and
Recreation Commission, and Conservation Commission. The committee integrated many of these
suggestions to improve the Master Plan. The committee also mailed a flyer to every household and
business in town to publicize the draft and received comments from the public on its contents.
The Plan offers suggested strategies for the town to undertake to achieve certain goals listed in its
vision statement and goals in Chapter 2. The plan is organized in a manner to meet the necessary
criteria for a master plan under Mass. General Law Chapter 41, Section 81D. Existing conditions
within the town are outlined in Chapter 3 (Recent Growth) and Chapter 4 (Land Use Maps). The Plan
touches on important topics affecting the town’s future: Housing, Open Space and Recreation,
Business Development, Natural and Historic Resources, Land Use, Public Facilities and Services, and
Transportation. The Plan concludes with an Implementation Plan to help guide actions of town boards
and committees.
The Plan’s key findings include:
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To meet the State’s affordable housing requirements, developers should be encouraged
to build 40B projects with an increased percentage of affordable units, rather than just
the 25% minimum requirement.
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Businesses compatible with Bolton’s character should be encouraged. Agriculture
should be fostered by initiating a Bolton Agricultural Commission and Right-to-Farm
bylaw.
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Bolton’s historic resources should be protected by establishing a local historic district
along Main Street in Bolton Center.
The Plan is not intended to be written in stone. In fact, the Plan should be adapted to address changing
conditions within the town at least once every five years. The Plan can be downloaded from the
town’s internet site at: http://www.townofbolton.com/Pages/BoltonMA_Planning/Master_Plan
The Committee would like to thank Margaret Campbell, Stephen Garner, Dick Heaton, and Russ
Karlstad for their hard work and service on the Committee; Ken Troup for his dedicated assistance
with the Plan, and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy for editing multiple drafts of the Plan.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Appropriated (STM November, 2004 - Article 4)
Expended
Unexpended balance
$45,000.00
$37,932.16
$ 7,067.84
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PLANNING BOARD
Mark Giunta, Vice Chairman ................. 2006
Doug Storey ........................................... 2007
Larry Delaney, Chairman ...................... 2008
Frank Lazgin .......................................... 2009
Stephen Garner ....................................... 2010
John Karlon ............................................ 2011
Associate Member
Need One
The Planning Board held 21 meetings during calendar year 2006. During these meetings, the Board
accomplished the following:
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Endorsed four Approval Not Required (ANR) plans in compliance with Massachusetts
Subdivision Law creating three new lots with regular frontage;
Held hearings to review and approve three Backland Lot Special Permits creating three
new lots with reduced frontage;
Reviewed and approved two common driveway special permits, both off of Long Hill
Road;
Held a hearing on a zoning change involving the elimination of the Water Resource
Protection District, establishment of a revised definition of Wetland Resource Areas
that affect backland lot and FOSPRD applications;
Adopted Rules and Regulations for commercial developments in Limited Business
Districts and Business Districts;
Held public meeting on recent Smart Growth state enabling laws (Chapters 40R and
40S) that allow high-density housing in suitable locations, and mixed-use development;
and discussed their applicability to Bolton;
Worked with residents and landowners to plan commercial development compatible
with the scale and uses of traditional development in Bolton;
Monitored development at common driveway and subdivision projects to ensure
compliance with town by-laws and subdivision regulations;
Held a scenic road hearing for tree and stone wall removal.
The board welcomed John Karlon who was elected to the Planning Board in June 2006, replacing long
time member Mark Giunta. The board would like to thank Mark Giunta for his long and devoted
service on the Board.
The Board worked with the Master Planning Committee by providing substantive input on drafts of the
town’s first Master Plan since 1971. The Plan was developed by the Committee in conjunction with
Daylor Consulting Services of Braintree, Massachusetts. A final draft of the plan was produced by the
committee in August 2006. The board has collected input on the plan from town residents and will
vote on the plan in early 2007.
In addition, the board was actively involved in providing input and direction to the applicant and Board
of Selectmen on the Century Mill Estates Subdivision project. The prospective applicant (Merchant
Financial Services of Natick) requested opinions from the Board on allowing testing within an area of
designated open space (the Board did not allow the testing) and whether the town would enforce its
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initial version of the Rate of Development bylaw that applies to the applicant (the Board of Selectmen
as the Zoning Enforcement Officer ultimately makes this decision).
The Board handled day to day issues such as administering performance guarantees for subdivisions
and common driveways, signing plans, and reviewing as-builts, and signing building and driveway
permits. Nat Tipton, Town Planner, provided technical assistance to the Board.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Transfer
$43,451.00
$ 167.32
$43,618.32
$43,618.32
Expended
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$40,000.00
Purchase of Services $5,815.00
Advertising
812.59
Dues
1,340.00
Supplies
286.53
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$ 8,254.12
$31,745.88
Forbush Mill Road Playing Fields
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BOARD OF APPEALS
Bradley Reed ........................................... 2007
Kay Stoner ............................................... 2008
Alexander Kischitz .................................. 2009
Jacqueline Smith ..................................... 2010
Gerard Ahearn, Chairman ....................... 2011
Associate Members
Charles Lord ......................................... 2008
Gregory Thomas ................................... 2008
In 2006, the Board of Appeals spent the majority of its efforts on the Riverside 40B hearing. The
current plan before the Board is for a total of six units (two affordable), down from 12 units (three
affordable) in the initial filing. The Board also reviewed proposed changes for the Regency 40B
project involving drainage and site design and arranged oversight of construction of the project.
In early 2006, the town obtained a waiver from the Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD) to remain in compliance with its affordable housing plan through 2007. This
allows the town to deny a 40B project that is deemed to be inconsistent with local needs.
The Board underwent changes in personnel in 2006. Jake Foote resigned from the Board in June.
Brad Reed, a former Planning Board member, was added in August. Andy Kischitz was appointed in
December. In addition, Gregory Thomas was appointed as an associate member in August.
The Board held hearings and issued decisions on various special permit and variance applications.
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CASE INFORMATION
Completed
Petitioner: Fernwood Design
Property Located: Wheeler Road
Request. Variance to allow construction of a garage within front yard setback
Date filed: January 19, 2006
Action: Approved February 23, 2006
Petitioner: Omnipoint Communications.
Property Located: 41 Main Street
Request: Special Permit to expand or alter a preexisting nonconforming use to
allow placement of antennae and power station on an existing tower.
Date filed: September 26, 2006
Action: Approved October 24, 2006
Completed
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
40B Permitting
Advertising
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$10,850.00
$6,238.75
199.88
$ 6,438.63
$ 4,411.37
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Roster as of December 31, 2006
Vincent Alfano, Chief of Police
Lieutenant Warren E. Nelson, 15 years of service
Sergeant Andrew Bagdonas, 21 years of service
Patrol Officer Michael W. Slepetz, 23 years of service
Patrol Officer Kimberly Denaro, 8 years of service
Patrol Officer Christopher Harrington, 4 years of service
Patrol Officer Jason Puri, 3 years of service
Patrol Officer Yvette Washington, 2 years of service
Patrol Officer Luke Hamburger, 1 ½ years of service
RESERVE PATROL OFFICERS
Hank Staake, 9 years of service
Harold Koumpis, 2 years of service
Tim Charland, 1 year of service
Daniel Keller, less than 1 year of service
Jacob Vicente, less than 1 year of service
SPECIAL OFFICERS
Special Officer Harold Brown, 39 years of service
Special Officer Curtis Plante, 22 years of service
Special Officer John Stephenson, 42 years of service
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Lorraine Kenney, 8 years of service
COMMUNICATIONS
Police Chief Vincent C. Alfano, Co-Director
Fire Chief John Stephenson, Co-Director
Dispatch Coordinator Donna L. Hathaway, 21 years of service
Dispatcher Edward Haimila, 8 years of service
Dispatcher Jaine Galeski, 2 years of service
Dispatcher Diane Coolidge, 8 years of service
Dispatcher MaryAnn McLaughlin, 11 years of service
Dispatcher Hank Staake, 9 years of service
Dispatcher Theodore Staake, 1 year of service
Dispatcher David Byler, 1 year of service
As I complete my first year as your Police Chief, I consider myself fortunate to have met, and come to
know, so many of you as both friends and neighbors. I thank you all for your support and kindness. I
have quickly learned, there really is a reason why people are so proud to call Bolton home. Not only
are the landscape and architecture of our town both historic and striking, but there still exists here such
a strong spirit of community and caring. I see it every day in the faces of the many volunteer Town
committee members and officials I deal with, the Firefighters and Ambulance Squad members who
unselfishly put their personal lives on hold, drop whatever they are doing no matter the hour, and rush
to the call to aid others. I also see this spirit of dedication and service in the efforts of our Town
government employees, regardless of the department, whether their job description says Town Hall
Administration, Police or Communications, DPW, or Public Safety, just to name a few. Every day, I
see them carry out their duties with a sense of pride, dedication, and professionalism second to none.
Our community is truly blessed with a responsible and efficient partnership, blending the volunteer, the
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career professional, and every citizen willing to “get involved” into a cohesive town government, truly
responsive to the needs of those we serve.
As we review the events of this past year, The Department wishes to thank Interim Chief William
George for his guidance, knowledge, and dedication. We also render special honors and recognition to
our friends and longtime emergency services colleagues, retired Ambulance Service Directors “Gigi”
Bonazzoli and Gregory Caless. I also wish to recognize the efforts of the Public Safety Building Task
Force, whose talented volunteer members have worked tirelessly to someday realize the building of a
new facility to replace the historic Houghton Building, which we have now far outgrown as Police
Headquarters.
The past year was an active one, with 15,709 calls for service/entries in the Department Log. In
addition, Department members continue to participate in the numerous community service related
programs we sponsor or have initiated. This would include our Safety programs such as Child Car Seat
Installation, Child Safety training programs in the schools, and Drunk Driving interdiction, to name a
few. Officers and Communications staff members continue to work hand in hand with the Town’s
Senior population and Senior Center, assisting the people who built Bolton, and helped it become the
vibrant community we inherit today.
We have formed or strengthened several exciting partnerships this past year, and continue forward
with them enthusiastically into the new year. With the hiring this past year of veteran Ambulance
Squad and Fire Department member David Farrell as the Town’s first full time EMT/Firefighter, the
bonds of fellowship between the Town’s three Public Safety Agencies, Police, Fire, and Ambulance,
have grown even stronger. This spirit of mutual cooperation, sharing of resources, and open
communication, facilitates the delivery of public safety services, rendering Bolton a safer and stronger
community. As our children are our most precious resource, the Police Department has embarked on
an extensive program of School Safety. With unprecedented cooperation between the Police
Department and the School District, we have together initiated a wave of projects, reforms, and
improvements all designed to render Bolton’s schools among the safest in the nation. Together, with a
sharing of resources and open communication, we have, and continue to, review school security
policies, physical plant upgrades, emergency response planning, staff training, and security awareness.
We have conducted a number of joint training sessions with Teachers, Administrators, and Staff, to
ensure that if an emergency does arise, it will be managed swiftly and effectively. Our strong,
proactive, school security and safety programs and training will help maintain the quality of student
life that our community is known for.
Traffic safety is a concern that affects all of us. Bolton, despite its rural charm and character, is
bisected by state highways that contribute to the number of motor vehicles that traverse our roadways
daily. A significant amount of the Police Department’s time and effort is spent on motor vehicle
related matters, such as traffic enforcement and accidents. We work closely with the Town’s Public
Ways Safety Committee. The Department of Public Works, Federal and State agencies, and individual
Bolton residents, review, modify, and upgrade our roadways and traffic safety issues. We encourage
Bolton residents to contact us with their traffic safety concerns. Together, we can identify traffic safety
issues, and work to resolve them.
We welcomed several new members to our department this past year. Reserve Officers Daniel Keller
and Jacob Vicente come to us with a wealth of police and public safety experience. Officer Jason Puri
graduated from the Police Academy, earning his class’ Academic Achievement Award for the highest
grade point average, and Officer Luke Hamburger was promoted from reserve status to a full-time
officer position. Officer Kim Denaro was promoted to the position of Detective, and has already solved
several high profile investigations. Dispatcher Dianne Coolidge has been promoted to a full-time
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position within the Communications Division. Former Officer William Dempsey has graduated from
the Massachusetts State Police Academy, and has started his new position as a Massachusetts State
Trooper. We thank him for his years of service, and wish him well in his new position.
In closing, I thank the members of the Bolton Police Department, both in the Police and
Communications divisions, for their tireless efforts and dedication serving the citizens of Bolton. I am
proud to serve with this outstanding group of true professionals. I can assure the citizens of Bolton that
the men and women who serve you as Police Officers and Dispatchers are second to none in integrity
and devotion to duty. I also thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Town Administrator, and the
Advisory Committee for their support, expertise, and guidance. Most of all, I thank you, the citizens of
Bolton, for the faith and trust you have placed in your Police Department. We pledge to uphold that
trust, and continue to provide you with police services you can be proud of.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salaries
Appropriated
Transfer
$ 81,100.00
$ 42,000.00
$123,100.00
$123,360.02
$
(260.02)
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Wages W/Overtime
Appropriated
Transfer
$527,760.00
$ 61,000.00
$588,760.00
$544,682.58
$ 44,077.42
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer
Expended
Gasoline
Tires
Cruiser Repairs
Oil & Lube
Building
Supplies
Uniforms
Training
Misc.
Hired Services
Out of State Travel
Equipment
Cruiser
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$104,776.00
$ 9,000.00
$113,776.00
$27,425.58
4,630.88
6,355.06
1,908.00
14,599.74
6,274.74
10,035.60
4,858.20
4,594.49
2,300.00
1,476.48
4,103.94
25,198.00
$113,760.71
$
15.29
82
2005
2006
0
0
3
1
2
9
0
12
14
0
4
0
21
2
37
13
3
2
5
28
20
2
32
519
6
1
5
3
1
7
7
5
9
14
23
0
1
0
26
1
43
15
1
2
3
19
6
3
18
292
8
1
2
8
0
1
Offenses reported to FBI for Statistical purposes by year
Rape (Forcible and statutory)
Forcible Sodomy
Aggravated assault (includes domestic A&B)
Simple assault
Intimidation (includes bomb threats)
Breaking and entering, vehicle, business or residential
Theft from building
Theft from motor vehicle
Theft of motor vehicle
Theft of motor vehicle parts/accessories
All other larceny
Stolen property offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of property
Drug/Narcotic violations
Drug/Equipment violations
Weapon Law violation
Disorderly conduct
Driving under the influence
Liquor law violations
Trespass
All other offenses
Traffic/Town Bylaw offenses
Counterfeiting/Forgery
Shoplifting
Embezzlement
False pretenses / swindle
Impersonation
Bad Checks
83
2005
2006
Response by Police by type of call
Local ordinance/Bylaw violations
Missing persons
Disturbance
Domestic disturbances
Noise complaint
Suspicious activity
Suspicious person
Suspicious motor vehicle
Officer wanted
Burglar alarm
Lost/Found Property
Motor vehicle stops
Leaving the scene of an accident
Motor vehicle accidents – injury
Motor vehicle accidents – Property damage only
Disable motor vehicles
Parking violations
Court appearances
90
8
3
10
6
140
24
91
269
230
52
2407
4
44
236
322
35
140
39
7
4
13
29
120
20
86
225
293
63
1960
1
35
150
225
29
159
Arrests and citations
2005
2006
60
2 Juvenile
2077
34
1 Juvenile
1246
Arrests
Motor vehicle citations
Police Department Open House
Bob MacGregor, Chief Alfano, Officer Chris Harrington, Dispatcher Rick Haimila
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VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD
Roster as of December 31, 2006
DIRECTOR:
Gery Wilson
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS:
Margy Diaz, Dina Rich
SECRETARY:
Dina Rich
TRAINING OFFICER:
Margy Diaz
INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER: Gery Wilson
PRIVACY OFFICER:
David Farrell
EMT ATTENDANTS:
Andrew Bagdonas
Pierino Bonazzoli
Barbara Brown
A. Gregory Caless
Kileen Burgoyne
Frank Smith
Jack Holbrook
David Farrell
Caitie Farrell
Mary Nichols
Lauren Ferrechio
Katie Howard
Chris Baker
Jamie Weliver
David Byler
Wesley Durant
Cassie Ela
Luis Forte
Eric Loescher
Ethan Caless
Curtis Roemer
2006 YEAR END CALL TOTALS
Bolton Ambulance Calls
Patients
Patients from Bolton
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Patients from motor vehicle accidents
Medical
Canceled
No Service Needed
Mutual Aide from Harvard
244
173
102
75
58
148
21
10
5
Bolton Ambulance would like to thank the townspeople for all their cooperation throughout the past
year. Please check to make sure that your house number is clearly visible from the street and from
both directions. A few minutes on your part to check could make the difference in getting to a loved
one quickly during an emergency.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$25,000.00
24,500.00
$ 500.00
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfers
Purchase of Services
Supplies
Diesel
Cadet EMT Program
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$21,320.00
20,515.57
$41,835.57
20,680.26
6,822.80
512.51
13,820.00
$41,835.57
0.00
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VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
In December 2006, the Bolton Fire Department received a Federal FEMA grant for the purchase of a
new 2000 gallon tanker truck to replace the current 1968 tanker. On August 4, 2006, David Farrell was
appointed the Town’s first full-time EMT/Firefighter. His duties include reports, training,
maintenance, public relations, etc. He will be on duty during the day, Monday through Friday, to be a
first responder to all fire and ambulance calls. In early fall, four new members completed a 10-week
Massachusetts Firefighter #1 training course in Shirley, MA. The members are: Jason Ware, David
Perry, Michael Kenney and Aaron Knapp.
Roster of Active Members
CHIEF AND FOREST WARDEN:
DEPUTY CHIEF:
DEPUTY CHIEF:
CAPTAIN:
LIEUTENANT:
John Stephenson
Donald Baum
John Holbrook
John Mentzer
Gerald Wilson
EMT ATTENDANTS:
Pierino Bonazzoli
Peter Casello
Curtis Plante
Paul Slade
Ryan Hartwell
Tom Coolidge
Wesley Durant
David Farrell
Bill Tate
Patrick Murphy
Chris Baker
Michael Kenney
David Byler
Chris Slade
Frank Smith
Jim Wilson
David Perry
James Weliver
Erik Loescher
Jason Ware
Jade Isaac
Curtis Roemer
Harold Babcock
Eric Schartner
David Goulding
TRAINEES:
Louis Forte
Aaron Knapp
HONORARY MEMBERS:
Ronald Brazeau
Mark Peters
FIRE CALLS FOR THE YEAR – TOTAL CALLS 135
Accidents
20
CO Alarms
4
Automatic Fire Alarms
58
Misc.
35
Brush
9
Mutual Aid
1
Building
1
Vehicle
5
Service
1
Sprinkler Alarm
1
PERMITS ISSUED – TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED 865
Blasting
3
Propane Tanks
29
Oil Burner
38
Tank Removal
3
New Home Smoke Alarms
25
Outdoor Burning
719
Home/Resale Smoke Alarms
48
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Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer
Expended
Heating
Electric
Repairs
Radio
Training
Supplies
Gas
Diesel
Automotive
Uniforms
Other
Dues
Water Holes
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
Fire Prevention
Appropriated
Expended
Donald Baum
Gerald Wilson
John Stephenson
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$26,600.00
$ 106.34
$26,706.34
$3,047.29
3,020.78
3,991.46
1,323.55
485.00
1,447.67
209.87
1,882.83
683.59
527.00
8,907.30
585.00
0.00
$26,706.34
$
0.00
$4,500.00
$2,525.00
750.00
100.00
$3,375.00
$1,125.00
Clerical
Appropriated
Expended
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
Firefighter Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$55,000.00
$34,263.01
$20,736.99
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN’S SERVICES
Gerald Coppenrath, Veterans’ Agent…..2006
Michele Marino, Assistant Veterans’ Agent..2007
The purpose of the Department of Veterans' Services is to assist veterans and/or their dependents in
procuring financial assistance, information and benefits to which they are entitled. These
services/benefits are relative to vocational or other educational opportunities, G.I. Loans,
hospitalization, medical care, compensation, pensions, on-the-job and apprenticeship training,
insurance, burial allowance, grave markers and other benefits granted under existing State and Federal
laws.
The Veterans' Services Program is mandated by Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 115 and is
administered under State guidelines to provide information, advice, and assistance regarding benefits
to veterans and their families.
The Office of Veterans' Services is a one-stop human service office with a top priority of providing
services designed to improve the quality-of-life for every veteran in Town, their families and surviving
dependents.
The Veterans’ Services Office is located at 23 Linden Street, Berlin. Regular hours are held Tuesdays
and Thursdays, and also by appointment if needed. To arrange an appointment please call 978-8382442 or 978-706-1305.
All veterans of the Town of Bolton should provide this office with a copy of their DD Form 214 (or
equivalent proof of discharge). Having a veteran’s discharge paperwork on file will make for a
smoother process if a veteran or dependent needs to file for benefits.
In closing, we would like to thank the Board of Selectmen and Town Officials for their support during
the past year.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Veterans Benefits
$340.00
$340.00
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Harold E. Brown, Director
The Department of Public Works had a very busy 2006. Our departmental responsibilities include:
maintaining and repairing all roads in town, maintaining and repairing all public buildings, maintaining
public grounds, assisting with burials, assisting the Tree Warden and overseeing the operations of the
Town Transfer Station and Recycling Center.
The Department is committed to maintaining safe roads, buildings, and grounds while preserving the
rural character of Bolton. We encourage calls from the public to make us aware of issues of public
safety. This helps our department tremendously!
The following specific work has been done on town roads during 2006:
 Drainage was installed on various roads.
 All or part of the following roads were hottopped:
 Nourse Road
 Quaker Lane
 Hudson Road
 Old Harvard Road
The following specific work has been done on town buildings and grounds during 2006:
 Automated temperature controls were added to the Town Hall to increase comfort level and
efficiency.
 The department worked with Eagle Scouts and Boy Scouts to help beautify Pond Park.
 A women’s changing area was added to the Police Station.
 New locks were installed at the Town Hall.
The Transfer Station and Recycling Center saw a few changes this year. The Town received a grant
for compost bins to sell to residents at a discount. Please remember that these bins are available for
sale. In addition, the Transfer Station has permanent collections for book, electronics, and furniture
recycling for a nominal fee. As always, we urge all residents to utilize the Recycling Center and to
purchase products that contain recycled content. Please refer to our website for up to date information
on accepted items and fees. Please don’t throw anything away that can be recycled!
Our Household Hazardous Waste day in September was a great success! Thanks to you, residents
properly disposed of 274 “carloads” of hazardous waste as well as over 130 propane tanks.
Eliminating these chemicals from the waste stream helps to save our environment.
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
TOWN BUILDINGS - 190
Maintenance, Repairs, and Other
Appropriated
Expended
Maintenance
Repairs
Other Charges
Encumbered funds from FY05
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund
$ 82,750.00
$
$
$
28,136.52
39,761.92
19,200.15
$ 10,757.28
$ 6,408.69
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HIGHWAY - 421
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
$ 82,868.00
$ 82,868.00
Wages & Overtime
Appropriated
$412,700.00
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
$382,000.97
$ 30,699.03
Expenses & Services
Appropriated
Expended
$131,656.00
Purchase of Services
Heating
Electric
Repairs
Telephone
Supplies
Gas
Stickers
Oil & Lube
Tires
Diesel
Parts & Supplies
Equipment
Other Charges
Training
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
$ 7,595.25
1,193.05
6,358.39
47,168.14
1,556.35
17,263.45
4,658.96
803.00
320.75
1,307.00
8,833.46
13,440.20
4,792.24
8,753.82
1,035.96
$ 125,080.02
$ 6,575.98
LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS - 422
Wages
Appropriated
$
5,000.00
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to the General Fund:
$
$
4,655.00
345.00
Construction & Maintenance
Appropriated
Expended
$ 180,000.00
Improvements - Roads
Improvements - Local
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
$ 1,800.00
$178,141.30
$
58.70
90
SNOW & ICE REMOVAL - 423
Wages & Overtime
Appropriated
Expended
$
$
Expenses & Services
Appropriated
Expended
$ 161,644.00
Repairs
Snow Removal Contracts
Supplies
Diesel
Equipment
Road Salt
Sand
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
$ 14,996.81
45,261.51
3,610.24
8,208.65
1,576.06
74,253.35
20,060.00
TRANSFER STATION - 433
Wages & Overtime
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
Expenses & Services
Appropriated:
Expended:
36,375.00
27,447.41
Electric
Trash Disposal
Trash Hauling
Recycling Hauling
Maintenance
Equipment
Unexpended balance returned to the general fund:
$
1,663.71
62,647.75
11,170.08
32,951.42
4,312.00
1,531.31
$
$
167,966.62
2,604.97
$
$
$
66,955.00
59,263.57
7,691.43
$
129,461.00
$
$
114,276.27
15,184.73
Main Street Road Improvements
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TREASURER
Joanne P. Jenkins
Betty Boire
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$33,711.00
$33,710.56
$
0.44
Expenses
Appropriated
Transfer
Software Support
Postage
Supplies
Bank Charges
In-State Travel
Dues
Miscellaneous Expense
Meetings
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$10,475.00
24,935.00
$35,410.00
$2,582.04
1,357.00
334.70
27,170.42
615.75
80.00
222.00
282.00
$32,643.91
$ 2,766.09
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TOWN OF BOLTON
TRUST FUNDS
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006
NonExpendible
Principal
Expendible
Balance
July 1,
2005
Deposits
Interest
Expended
Expendible
Balance
June 30,
2006
Helen M. Brigham Nursing Fund
1,000.00
9,268.04
86.01
9,354.05
Gerdon A. Brown School Fund
2,700.00
412.86
29.69
442.55
Gerdon A. Brown Library Fund
2,700.00
971.75
56.13
1,027.88
Joan Sullivan Fund
4,146.00
5,849.62
84.98
2,974.19
20.61
2,994.80
17.26
40.57
57.83
469.91
3.53
473.44
7,773.53
353.05
Bolton History Fund
Francis E. Whitcomb Benevolent
5,000.00
Sign Fund
Perpetual Care Account
250.00
5,684.60
30,724.13
Perpetual Care Income Account
2,002.75
6,123.83
Houghton High School Fund
12,000.00
326.78
62.79
Miriam S. Edes Fund
10,000.00
817.51
97.95
100.86
0.93
101.79
45.08
16,410.75
Lucy F. Bowen Library Fund
Conservation Fund
11,365.67
Dorothy Dewhurst Fund
Fire Department
Police Department
12,484.12
7,610.17
Affordable Housing Trust
5,000.00
378.68
291.57
389.57
300.00
880.00
24,405.53
Stabilization Fund
771,562.93
68,270.13
615.46
11,982.80
7,901.74
24,405.53
24,113.48
832,005.20 29,405.53 25,665.05
795,676.41
3,432.75
883,643.03
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2006 SALARIES AND WAGES
Alfano, Vincent
Amabile, Gail
Babcock, Harold
Bagdonas, Andrew
Baker, Christopher
Balin, Nicole
Barry, Kathleen
Barry, Ryan
Batsford, Sarah
Baum, Donald
Benoit, Joanna
Berry, Nathaniel
Black, Gene
Boire, Betty
Bonazzoli, Pierino
Boodry, James
Bradbury, Cynthia
Brown, Barbara
Brown, Harold
Burgoyne, Kileen
Byler, David
Caisse, Mark
Caless, Arthur
Caless, Ethan
Casello, Peter
Charland, Timothy
Child, Margaret
Chmielowski, Sheila
Coates, John
Coggeshall, Alice
Collins, Kelly
Collins, Sean
Coolidge, Diane
Coolidge, Thomas
Corriveau, Carl
Costello, Julie
Cussen, Betsy
Day, Linda
Delorey, Wilfred
Dempsey III, William
Denaro, Kimberly
Diaz, Margaret
Doughty, Kimberly
Durant III, Wesley
Dwinells, Scott
Ela, Cassandra
Farnsworth, Donna
$
$
$
$
$
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70,692.08
25.00
326.79
58,784.55
3,292.54
1,182.84
50.00
46,689.92
4,953.76
6,222.24
1,769.25
43,625.00
51,730.14
18,810.88
7,061.20
15,230.08
34,672.92
720.00
83,824.00
410.00
6,071.56
4,282.08
680.00
1,780.00
2,116.20
10,965.45
21,295.62
14,626.29
712.00
100.00
52,733.89
280.00
25,707.88
105.00
1,179.00
45,720.24
43,559.00
49,632.80
11,935.08
18,993.18
64,668.41
1,740.00
87.50
1,708.20
37,922.22
6,368.96
36,169.58
Farrell, Ann
Farrell, Caitlin
Farrell, David
Farrell, Kristen
Fazio, Michael
Ferrechio, Lauren
Fields, Stephen
Fiske, Nathan
Forte, Luis
Fournier, Eric
Galeski, Jaine
Galeski, Ronald
Gannon, Martin
Geis, John
George, William
Goddard, Rebecca
Goulding, David
Green, Jonathan
Gumbart, Carol
Haimila, Edward
Hamburger, A. Luke
Harrington, Christopher
Hartwell, Ryan
Hathaway, Donna
Herbison, Linda
Heron, Lee
Holbrook, John
Holden, Edward
Howard, Katherine
Hughes, Scott
Hyde, Celia
Jaaskela, David
James, Brooke
Janson, Timothy
Jenkins, Joanne
Kawka, Przemyslaw
Keller, Daniel
Kenney, Lorraine
King, Sallyann
Koumpis, Harold
Krysa, Frank
Lamb, Kevin
Langberg, Phyllis
Latham, Susan
Lauritano, David
Lord, Jean
Marino, Michele
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
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$
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$
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$
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$
$
$
4,460.00
170.00
21,018.90
40.00
385.00
5,547.51
70.00
140.00
1,507.55
1,570.12
30,776.21
47,776.31
402.50
1,692.00
14,787.50
651.00
92.50
5,300.73
26,426.80
32,254.20
30,654.29
66,834.61
3,613.74
35,588.81
336.00
1,476.50
875.00
17,465.52
1,514.80
227.50
6,175.49
45,916.30
6,972.64
1,533.00
34,413.26
2,760.79
7,779.91
41,754.18
100.00
38,035.08
21,597.83
122.50
100.00
12,077.04
1,978.40
100.00
1,333.32
94
Matthew, Carl
McGeehan, Linda
McGrady, Samuel
McLaughlin, Maryann
McNally, John
McNamara, James A
Mentzer, John
Miles, Susan
Miller, Joyce
Murphy, Patrick
Murtland, Mary
Mustard, Kelvin
Nelson Jr., Warren
Nichols, Mary
Nichols, Rachel
O'Brien, Warren
O'Toole, Michelle
Ochsenbein, Cornelia
Pawelski, Joseph
Perkins, Wayne
Plante, Curtis
Pultorak, Patricia
Puri, Jason
Ramos, Juan
Rich, Dina
Roemer, Curtis
Roemer, Mary
Ross, Jodi
Sayles, Verity
Schnepf, Andrea
Slade, Sarah
Slepetz, Michael
Smith, Charles
Smith. Lenny
Sowizral, Pamela
Spaulding, Howard
Staake, Hank
Staake, Theodore
Stefanis, Daniel
Stephenson, John
Tate, William
Thraen, Darrin
Tipton, Nathaniel
Tower, Phyllis
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$
735.00
11,798.63
19,092.09
27,942.58
2,456.50
502.00
879.05
30,308.45
450.00
952.34
8,716.65
2,510.76
64,627.40
145.00
20.00
280.00
41,928.96
150.00
1,122.00
39,088.20
618.87
60.00
39,388.70
304.00
1,659.40
684.15
450.00
90,414.35
2,635.35
20,386.65
25.00
42,169.20
2,830.44
280.00
175.00
2,848.00
16,040.27
3,935.90
897.33
6,952.08
3,493.07
560.00
45,695.92
3,629.60
Trongone, Kevin
Troup, Kenneth
Washington, Yvette
Welch, Michael
Weliver, James
West, Arthur
Whalen, Philip
Wheeler, Barbara
Wilson, Gerald J.
Wilson, Jr., Gerald
Wilson, Sara
Wysocki, Stanley
Zayka, Theodore
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2,638.00
555.00
76,626.05
304.00
2,443.69
1,439.99
33,890.01
150.00
6,992.03
245.00
4,842.88
300.00
212.50
Total Wages
$ 1,941,095.21
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NASHOBA REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Nashoba Regional School District had a very strong year in 2006, both academically and fiscally. The
District has pre-kindergarten through eighth grade located at the Florence Sawyer School and the
Emerson School in Bolton. The high school students attend Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton
along with students from Lancaster and Stow which complete our regional school system.
The elementary school population is growing. There are now over
eight hundred (803) students attending pre-kindergarten through
eighth grade. All available classrooms are now filled in the Florence
Sawyer School and the Emerson School’s 1972 wing is completely
filled. The school district has been part of a Town of Bolton
conversation about renovating the remaining wings of the Emerson
School. The Office of the Superintendent and other central offices
will be vacating the building for the fall of 2010 in an anticipation of
such a project.
In 2006 we were fortunate to have our health program restored for grades
kindergarten through fifth grade and expanded it into eighth grade. For the
first time in the District’s short history we have also had a district wide
schedule for all of our middle schools and elementary schools that allowed
us to increase the academic time as well as even it out across curriculum
areas throughout the District. The District has also made considerable
progress on a complete revision of our English Language Arts curriculum
and our Social Studies curriculum. Both will be fully implemented over
the 2007 – 2008 school year.
Academically our students continue to perform well as evidenced by their
most recent scores (2006) on the Massachusetts Comprehensive
Assessment System suggest strong performance by our students in Bolton
with each successive year showing improvement. The goal of a standards
based assessment system is to see growth over time, and while this
assessment system measures how each group of students compares in
terms of how we deliver the curriculum, we know that when we look at
individual performance students are showing growth and improvement.
Fiscally, our District has never been stronger. The budget rose 7.51%
for FY 07 and we are educating 3331 students as of December 29,
2006. Our most recent audit for FY 06 shows no material findings.
This is an incredible feat for any organization, but especially one that is
only four years from a significant fiscal event. Mr. King, the Assistant
Superintendent of Finance, in management of his business team, has
developed a handle on the fiscal capacity of our system and is creating
a top notch response to the demands of operating under the fiscal
constraints of running a regional school district in today’s economic
times.
We have also been fortunate to have a great relationship with the Bolton Board of Selectmen and
Advisory Committee so that the capital needs of the schools are being met. Mr. Bill Spratt, the District’s
Director of Facilities, has been instrumental in keeping people informed and is responsive to their
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questions about facilities needs. This has translated into support of significant capital improvements over
the last year. The District is also benefiting from a lease agreement approved in 2006 by all three
communities. This lease documents the relationship between the Town of Bolton and the District as it
relates to managing the capital needs of the schools.
Our District is guided by a strategic plan adopted in 2005. We have made
significant progress on our communication goal by enhancing our website,
using the internet to enable parents to access grades on the internet through a
secure portal and to start school based and district based list serves. There has
been progress toward District parity by completing our English Language Arts
curriculum and the Social Studies curriculum. The District heard from its
Enrichment Task Force in December and is looking to implement some of its
recommendations in the coming year. There has also been the establishment of
a District wide committee to work on standards based reporting which will be
making recommendations for new assessments and report cards. The high school has also made
considerable progress on its NEASC review recommendations and has submitted their two year report on
NEASC’s findings for review.
We are also in conversations with
Fitchburg State College to develop a student teaching and intern site for
college students interested in becoming teachers.
The schools have also benefited from the excellent work of the school
council and the donations committee. Bolton’s students, teachers and
staff also benefit from many gifts including the gift of time from
numerous volunteers throughout the school year. The District said
goodbye to several Florence Sawyer Staff members in 2006. Mary
Jean Foster retired after twenty years with the Emerson School and then
Florence Sawyer School as a first grade teacher. Mrs. Kathy Plante retired as the school’s secretary after
over seventeen years in that role. The high school Guidance Department also had two veteran members
of its staff retire in 2006. Ms. Nancy Grohmann, High School Guidance
Counselor, retired after 14 years with the District and Ms. Dianne
Haarmann, Director of Guidance, retired after more than 36 years of service
to the District. Joining them in retiring was Mr. Peter Richards, Athletic
Director, and Ms. Maureen Dugan, High School Science Teacher, each with
over thirty five years of service to the District. Ms. Sandy Bourgeois, High
School Secretary, also retired after nineteen years of service to the District.
The District has been honored by those who have come to know the quality
of our staff, but who come from outside our system. Ms. Ann Farrell was
chosen as the Nurse Administrator of the Year by the Massachusetts Association of School Nurses. Mr.
Peter Richards was chosen as the Athletic Director of the Year by the Massachusetts Association of
Athletic Directors. Ms. Mary Marotta and Ms. Leslie Carroll were honored by Microsoft Corporation for
their exemplary collaborative work within a learning team to impact student achievement. Ms. Karen
Cavaioli has been named the Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. The District is truly
fortunate to have such strong participation in these competitive award programs.
The Town of Bolton has every reason to have great pride in its elementary schools, middle school and its
contribution to Nashoba Regional High School. Our students are continuously improving and
demonstrating their competitiveness in the classroom, on the field and in the world around us.
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MINUTEMAN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School of Applied Arts & Sciences
758 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02421
Class of 2006 Graduate Achievement Highlights
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96% of the Class of 2006 graduated into college, employed in their field of study or enlisted in
the US military.
Commercial & Human Services graduates achieved 98% placement rate with 76% enrolled in
college, 21% employed in their field of study, and 1% in the military.
Science Technology graduates achieved 98% placement with 81% enrolled in college, 7%
employed in their field of study and 10% enlisted in the US military with 100% of
Electromechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Office Technology and Graphic
Communications students attending college.
Construction-Trades graduates achieved 92% placement rate 35% enrolled in college, 49%
entering the workplace in their field of study and 8% enlisting in the US military.
100% of Dental graduates passed the National Dental Board examination.
100% of Early Childhood Education graduates were certified by the Office for Child Care
Services.
100% of Cosmetology graduates passed the state board examination to become a licensed hair
stylist.
Medical Occupations graduates achieved 100% placement in college.
Daniel Ceddia, a Plumbing graduate from Sudbury, was honored as an Outstanding Vocational
Student of the Year by the Minuteman Regional School Committee, the Massachusetts
Association of Vocational Administrators and State Commissioner of Education, Dr. David
Driscoll.
John Pelletier, a Computer Technology student from Lancaster, graduated Valedictorian in the
Class of 2006.
Student speakers at the Class of 2006 graduation ceremony were Valedictorian John Pelletier of
Lancaster, Salutatorian Victoria Coffey of Watertown and Class President Nicholas Radl of
Stow.
The Class of 2006 – Bolton
Andrew Hasenzahl
Katherine Joyce
Michael Kenney
Joshua Kerrigan
Welding
Cosmetology
Drafting
Telecommunications
2006 Students of the Month
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Courtney DeCosta of Belmont, Office Technology
Hava & Michal Pullman of Needham, Office Technology & Medical Occupations
John Pelletier of Lancaster, Computer Technology
Laura Martino of Watertown, Cosmetology
Nicole McCarthy of Belmont, Environmental Science
Krista Burgoyne of Bolton, Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management
Brian Clough of Dover, Carpentry
Alice Ofria of Medford, Environmental Technology
Aaron Gralnik of Lexington, Environmental Science
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Academic Division Highlights
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Minuteman Regional High School sophomores had a 98% pass rate on the English Language Arts
MCAS Test taken in May 2006.
Thirty-eight students took advantage of college level pre-calculus and calculus courses under an
articulation agreement with Middlesex Community College.
Minuteman students on the Math Team competed strongly at all levels against academically
diverse groups of area schools finishing the year ranked in first place in the state vocational
conference for the third year in a row.
A Latin course was expanded to serve the growing number of students interested in medical
careers, biotechnology and science.
The Minuteman Players, the school’s drama students, produced and performed a full production of
Tim Kelley’s murder mystery comedy, “Love is Murder.”
The Special Education Department teamed with mainstream teachers to help students achieve one
of the highest levels of special education MCAS “pass” scores in the state.
Faculty members from English, Math, Science and several vocational fields designed a series of
MCAS Science curriculum standards for use throughout each of the school’s 22 vocational majors.
Chemistry Teacher Gary Sypteras was awarded the “2006 Theodore William Richards Award for
Excellence in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry” presented by the American Chemical
Society.
Science & Technology Division Highlights
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The first state-approved high school pre-engineering program entered its seventh year and
graduated its third class of students, again with 100% attending college.
Electromechanical Robotics students Max Cane of Acton and George McKenna of Winchester
took National Third Place in Skills USA National Competition on Team Robotics and Automation
held in Kansas City, MO in June 2006.
Many new business/industry projects were achieved, including - - Verizon supporting with afterschool technology training for middle school students, Cognex Corporation of Natick providing
weekly on-line interactive training on Visions Systems, GTE helping with new physics units for
biotechnology, the Northeast Center for Telecommunications providing grant assistance, a $80,000
gift from Adept Robots for the Electromechanical Engineering/Robotics program, etc.
Approximately 82% of the division seniors graduating received certification in their respective
area, while approximately 92% were planning to continue their education or training upon
graduation.
This past summer, Sam Rogers of Concord served as an intern at Harvard University’s Molecular
Biology Laboratory.
A Team of two Pre-Engineering students placed second in the “West Point Bridge Design” contest
– A National Internet-based software design contest.
Minuteman is now an authorized CertiPort Testing Center for Microsoft Office Specialist
Certifications.
Construction – Power Mechanics – Building Trades Division Highlights
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The Automotive Technology Department won the industry’s Most Outstanding Automotive
Program in Massachusetts award for the sixth year in a row.
Students in Carpentry, Electrical Wiring, Plumbing and HVAC completed construction of the 3000
square foot two-family Gambrel home for the Lexington Housing Authority in partnership with the
Lexington Rotary Club.
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Underclassmen created four scaled New England style homes for display at the New England
Home Show in Boston. Minuteman is the only participating vocational high school in MA.
In Landscape Management, two graduates won the two most prestigious scholarships given by the
Mass Arborist Association
Electrical Wiring students completely wired two residential units in Lexington.
Carpentry was invited to attend the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Education
as an honorable mention. This award honors individual schools, teacher and students across the
commonwealth who have distinguished themselves in environmental education initiatives.
Commercial & Human Services Division Highlights
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For the third year in a row, Culinary Arts students won first-place in the annual culinary
competition at Newbury College and in so doing earned $7,000 in scholarships for enrollment at
Newbury College.
As a community service project a team of junior Graphic Communications students worked with
the Lahey Clinic in designing and printing a 2005 calendar incorporating artwork drawn by
elementary age students who are patients in the “young hearts” clinic.
Krista Burgoyne of Bolton, a junior Culinary Arts Baking student won National First Place in the
SkillsUSA skills competition held in Kansas City, MO in June 2006. Krista also placed first in this
competition for the past three consecutive years.
The Cosmetology Class of 2006 had a 100% success rate when taking the State Board Exams.
National Honor Society
The Minuteman Chapter of the National Honor Society proudly served the school and the community
with thousands of volunteer hours maintaining a solid and diverse membership while inducting thirteen
new members.
Overall School Highlights
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A new Freshmen Exploratory program was designed and implemented as a means to ensure that
members of the Class of 2010 have a full opportunity to experience each of Minuteman’s twentytwo technical programs before choosing a major. This new exploratory program runs half of grade
9 and allows students to develop a better understanding of their talents and interests while exposing
them to diverse careers.
New and/or updated college articulation and advance credit agreements with numerous top colleges
in over 78 different courses and programs at over 17 colleges and universities.
Community Education services, including After School programs for middle school students, Adult
High School services, Evening and Continuing Education courses and Summer School programs
and camps, provided to member town residents continued at one of the highest participation and
success levels in the state.
The Facilities Management Department completed major campus renovation and facility
improvement projects including renovation of the school’s Special Education administrative areas,
renovation of elevators, upgrade of grades 9 & 10 Cosmetology Training Rooms, and updating of a
Technical literacy Mac Lab and Training Room.
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Minuteman Students Receive
John and Abigail Adams Scholarships
The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship provides a tuition waiver for eight traditional semesters of
undergraduate education at the University of Massachusetts, the seven state colleges, or fifteen
community colleges. Students qualify for the scholarship when score in the Advanced category in
either the Mathematics or the English language arts section of the grade 10 MCAS test; score in the
Proficient or Advanced category on the second subject (Mathematics or English language arts); and
have a combined MCAS score on these assessments that ranks in the top 25% in their school district.
The following students were awarded: Chris Poznick, Morgan Quirk, David Keyworth, Francis
Gassert, Ethan Maitland, Adam Norman, and Jaime Michaels of Acton; Louis Bowers, Karl Gibson,
Molly McDowell, James Murray, and Matt Taber of Arlington; Ian Hurley of Ayer; Dean Crimaldi of
Belmont; William Neville of Boxborough; Raisa Marcelino and Amanda Watson of Cambridge; Erin
Guertin and Sam Rogers of Condord; Dan Brauer of Lexington; Derek McLaughlin, Brendan Sullivan,
and Dean Vieria of Medford; Eliza Leahy of Needham; Brian Leao of Sudbury; Steven Hallet, Carl
Mahon, Jonathan Sapienza, and Matt Sproul of Stow; Raphael Santiago of Waltham; Stephen Akian,
Tim Doherty, and Desi Forte of Watertown
Three Students Awarded
National Merit Scholarship
Three Minuteman Students were awarded as “Commended Students” in the National Merit Scholarship
Program. These Commended Students are being recognized for the exceptional academic promise
demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the PSAT’s. The following students were awarded
the scholarship: Francis Gassert (Pre-Engineering) and Morgan Quirk (Graphic Communications) of
Acton and Karl Gibson (Computer Technology) of Arlington. These students received a Letter of
Commendation for their exceptional scores.
Minuteman Students Take Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
at National SkillsUSA Competition
Eleven students from Minuteman Regional High School represented their school and Massachusetts at
a national competition, the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, MO in late June. Eight came
home with first, second or third place medals and three more returned with top ranking national
placements.
Krista Burgoyne of Bolton, known now as “The #1 Student Baker in the Country, (Again!)”, took
National First Place and a gold medal in Commercial Baking, edging out other state winners in an allday competition, during which visitors could watch contestants preparing, baking and displaying more
than a half-dozen types of pastry and assorted confections. Krista accepted her award on stage in the
Kemper Arena in Kansas City, among a crowd estimated at 11,000, including competitors from all 50
states and several U.S. territories, advisors, parents, and hundreds of business partners.
In addition to the medal and the cheers of the crowd, Krista was awarded a full tuition scholarship at
the Culinary Institute of America for her first-place win. However, as Krista was a sophomore upon
earning the scholarship she returned to National Competition for a second time this year to defend her
title, and succeeded.
Karl Gibson of Arlington, a junior in Computer Technology placed First in the Nation in the Computer
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Programming Competition. This is the first year that this competition has been available to compete in.
This was Karl’s first year competing in SkillsUSA and was very excited about his success and ease in
the competition. Karl will compete again next year to defend his title as a senior.
The team of Kerry McCoy, Molly McDowell, and Gina Willms all of Arlington were honored as
Second Place finalists in the Tech Prep Showcase Competition. Tech Prep Showcase is a unique
leadership competition where students are required to perform an act of community service and
develop a detailed and rehearsed presentation following competition guidelines and concludes by
making a formal presentation to a group of judges. This competition is also in it’s infancy stages and
has had great success from students for the past two years of its existence.
The team of Max Cane of Acton and George McKenna of Winchester took their skills in Robotic and
Automation Technology to the national level, and emerged as bronze medal winners, placing third in
the country. Max and George’s competition area, where they worked all day on Thursday to produce a
medal-winning project, was directly below the sign announcing the competition, and drew many
onlookers, but the experienced team seldom looked up, concentrating on their work. Members of the
Class of 2006, both are headed to college in the fall.
Jake Shearer of Wayland, a sophomore in Medical Assisting placed third in the Medical Assisting
competition. This was Jake’s first year in Medical Assisting starting out as a Culinary Art’s student in
his freshman year. Jake’s impressive national third place ranking as a sophomore brings high hopes for
next year’s competition.
Three other students also received national standings; James Sullivan of Arlington, placed first in the
state in Technical Computer Applications. Francis Gassert of Acton placed first in the state in Related
Technical Math. Evan Rogers of Concord placed first in the state in Job Interview, another Leadership
competition.
Through leadership events and competitions on the district, state and national level, the organization
helps students excel in their education and future technical, skilled and service careers, including
health occupations. SkillsUSA serves nearly 265,000 high school and college/postsecondary students
and their chapter advisors who are professional members.
Art and Literary Magazine Celebrates 21st Anniversary
The ink is dry on the twenty-first edition of Minuteman Regional High School’s Art & Literary
Magazine, and as usual, the publication contains many outstanding examples of student-generated
poetry and art. This year’s magazine showcases 19 poets and 20 artists.
The winners of school-wide poetry and art contests provide the content for the magazine. This year,
approximately 150 poems from about 80 poets were submitted. In the art contest, 40 artists submitted
70 pieces of artwork. Originality is the primary criteria used in selecting work for inclusion in the
magazine, and selection committee members also try to ensure a mixture of styles.
“We really have quite an artistic community at the school,” Mr. Donovan said. “We used to just get
block printing, but now, it’s quite a variety. We added photography to the art contest three or four
years ago. This year, there are quite a few pieces of artwork done in anime style. “Anime has become
very popular in the school,” he said. “They had an Anime Club this year for the first time.
A third contest, open to juniors in the Graphics department, determines who designs the magazine’s
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cover. Jasmine Sanders of Needham won this year’s cover design contest. Jasmine also did the
magazine’s entire layout.
Former Minuteman English teacher Denise R. Donovan served as the Copyright Editor, and the
Graphics Coordinator was Graphics Department senior teacher Daniel Vardaro. The school’s Office
Technology department did the word processing. “The magazine is truly an integrated student effort,”
Mr. Donovan said. “By the time it’s done, many students from all majors and departments have played
a part in its creation.”
The student artists featured in this year’s magazine are Sean Chicosky and Arielle Shander of Acton;
Pat Cooney, Geoffrey Landskov, Nate O’Farrell, Shanon Rogers, Rebecca Rowe and Ashley Val all of
Arlington; Courtney Lindhorst and Isaac Tsavalakoglou of Belmont; Elizabeth Mullane of Cambridge;
Erin Guertin, Tim Overton and Will Roche of Concord; Lily Altshuler of Maynard; Keith Frankston of
Newton; Collin Aucoin, Elizabeth Haberkorn, all of Stow; and Montana Mirabella of Winchester.
The student poets featured in this year’s magazine are Francis Gassert, David Keyworth, and Morgan
Quirk of Acton; Molly McDowell and Ashley Val of Arlington; Andrea Bergstrom of Belmont; Joanna
Rosario of Cambridge; Gabe Gerzon and Sam Rogers of Concord; Nick Solano of Everett; Ashley
Cobuzzi and Pierre Etienne of Lexington; Eliza Leahy and Jasmine Sanders of Needham; Marissa
Gabel, Avi Love, and Niles Radl all of Stow; Leo Jordan of Watertown; and Montana Mirabella of
Winchester.
Minuteman Regional School Committee 2006
Charles Olmstead of Acton
Rosalie Barton-May of Lancaster
Laura Morrissette of Arlington
Marjorie Daggett of Lexington
Linda Frizzell of Belmont
Kemon Taschioglou of Lincoln
Kileen Burgoyne of Bolton
Jeffrey Stulin of Needham (Chairman)
Donna Corey of Boxborough
Alice DeLuca of Stow (Secretary)
Nancy Weiss of Carlisle
Atty. Paul Lynch of Sudbury (Vice-Chair)
John Lang of Concord
Mary Ellen Castagno of Wayland
Frank Gobbi, Jr. of Dover
David Harmon of Weston
James Sullivan of Arlington - Student Representative
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FY 05
ACTUAL
FY 06
BUDGET
DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS
CHAPTER 70 AID
CURRENT TUITION
TRANSPORTATION REIMB
CHOICE
OTHER PROGRAM INCOME
LAND SALE
APP SUR
PREV YEAR'S TUITION
TOTAL
$ 7,990,324.00
$ 2,045,500.00
$ 670,807.00
$ 653,811.00
$ 156,633.00
$ 222,201.00
$
$ 322,349.00
$ 3,282,714.00
$ 15,344,339.00
EXPENSES
BUILDING TRADES
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
ELECTRONICS
GRAPHICS
HEALTH INSTRUCTION
METAL FABRICATION
POWER MECHANICS
TECHNOLOGY
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
REGULAR OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIAL TRADES
SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS
HUMAN RELATIONS
MATH
SCIENCE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ATHLETICS
BUSINESS INSTRUCTION
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ART
MUSIC
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
PUPIL SUPPORT
PRINCIPAL
VOCATIONAL COORDINATOR
COMPUTER SERVICES
DEAN
DISTRICT PROGRAMS
LEGAL FEES
AUDIT FEES
SUPERINTENDENT
PLAN/ACADEMICS
BUSINESS OFFICE
RISK INSURANCE
RETIRE/EMPLOYEE BNFT
TRANSPORTATION
CAFETERIA
OPER & MAINTENANCE
EQUIPTMENT PURCHASES
DEBT MANAGEMENT
SALARIES
TOTAL
EXCESS REV
$
72,555.00
$
15,637.00
$
28,162.00
$
49,388.00
$
17,193.00
$
28,594.00
$
13,787.00
$
75,241.00
$
14,414.00
$
3,930.00
$
18,968.00
$
8,793.00
$
32,582.00
$
15,639.00
$
37,345.00
$
50,914.00
$
4,803.00
$ 101,225.00
$
2,735.00
$
15,910.00
$
4,673.00
$
95.00
$
1,413.00
$
83,169.00
$
80,461.00
$ 122,810.00
$
3,050.00
$
15,087.00
$
1,855.00
$ 232,884.00
$
65,767.00
$
57,800.00
$
4,012.00
$
7,980.00
$
10,213.00
$ 176,593.00
$ 1,544,734.00
$ 1,105,614.00
$
7,290.00
$ 1,003,206.00
$
24,000.00
$
$ 10,000,789.00
$ 15,161,310.00
$ 183,029.00
REVENUES
ACTUAL/
ENCUMBERED
TRANSFER/
RECEIPTS
$ 9,129,974.00
$ 2,071,250.00
$ 650,000.00
$ 743,040.00
$
$ 214,026.00
$
$
$ 2,890,865.00
$15,699,155.00
$ 9,072,541.00
$ 2,062,420.00
$
600,000.00
$
834,795.00
$
$
289,529.00
$
$
$ 2,839,870.00
$ 15,699,155.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
72,120.00
$
19,212.00
$
25,102.00
$
66,061.00
$
18,540.00
$
30,074.00
$
11,836.00
$
71,552.00
$
13,600.00
$
3,985.00
$
20,990.00
$
7,250.00
$
35,718.00
$
19,138.00
$
35,578.00
$
51,145.00
$
5,610.00
$
95,497.00
$
$
16,040.00
$
6,864.00
$
$
9,000.00
$
77,910.00
$
60,910.00
$
74,250.00
$
5,800.00
$
25,400.00
$
6,845.00
$ 249,835.00
$
30,760.00
$
54,075.00
$
4,700.00
$
28,500.00
$
20,175.00
$ 188,882.00
$ 1,825,127.00
$ 1,133,630.00
$
6,550.00
$ 935,400.00
$
75,000.00
$
$10,260,494.00
$15,699,155.00
$
-
$
69,560.00
$
20,120.00
$
21,369.00
$
63,040.00
$
18,002.00
$
28,126.00
$
11,470.00
$
61,300.00
$
13,967.00
$
3,421.00
$
12,399.00
$
7,993.00
$
30,281.00
$
15,629.00
$
34,226.00
$
41,242.00
$
2,714.00
$
96,367.00
$
$
14,148.00
$
1,246.00
$
$
$
74,992.00
$
104,226.00
$
99,327.00
$
1,931.00
$
22,569.00
$
6,063.00
$
248,910.00
$
57,195.00
$
58,500.00
$
3,177.00
$
32,385.00
$
38,528.00
$
173,390.00
$ 1,829,573.00
$ 1,190,179.00
$
5,438.00
$ 1,088,475.00
$
74,995.00
$
$ 10,218,152.00
$ 15,894,625.00
$
(195,470.00)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
-
(59.00)
1,800.00
144.00
10,809.00
110.00
60.00
862.00
(2,360.00)
702.00
96.00
(4,660.00)
(300.00)
650.00
441.00
(318.00)
455.00
(1,311.00)
9,809.00
(125.00)
104.00
55,992.00
4,825.00
150.00
75,000.00
44,135.00
197,011.00
197,011.00
AVAILABLE
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(57,433.00)
(8,830.00)
(50,000.00)
91,755.00
75,503.00
(50,995.00)
-
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2,501.00
892.00
3,877.00
13,830.00
648.00
1,948.00
366.00
10,312.00
495.00
564.00
6,231.00
(41.00)
5,533.00
3,509.00
1,352.00
5,243.00
2,596.00
(220.00)
1,892.00
5,618.00
9,000.00
3,359.00
(43,634.00)
(24,622.00)
2,558.00
12,640.00
782.00
925.00
(26,435.00)
(4,425.00)
1,523.00
(3,885.00)
(18,478.00)
15,596.00
51,546.00
(51,724.00)
1,262.00
(78,075.00)
5.00
86,477.00
1,541.00
1,541.00
104
TAX COLLECTOR
Margaret R. Child
Financial Statement
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Salary
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$24,700.00
$24,700.00
$0.00
Wages
Appropriated
Expended
Unexpended balance returned to general fund
$14,362.00
$14,059.84
$302.16
Expenses
Appropriated
Expended
$20,625.00
Software Support
Postage
Tax Taking
Supplies
Miscellaneous
Dues
Meeting Expenses
Unexpended balance returned to general funds
Encumbered Funds FY2005
Expended
Tax Taking
Unexpended balance returned to general funds
12,673.02
1705.79
0.00
692.78
0.00
45.00
35.00
$15,151.59
$5,473.41
$750.00
$259.50
$490.50
The following is a summary of the collection of taxes for the 2006 fiscal year, ending June 30, 2006
REAL
ESTATE
PERSONAL
PROPERTY
FARM
EXCISE
MOTOR
EXCISE
1993 taxes
Outstanding 7/1/05
Debit
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
$0.00
$40.83
$39.58
$1.25
1994 taxes
Outstanding 7/1/05
Rescind
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
$7.50
$22.50
$45.00
($15.00)
105
REAL
ESTATE
1997 taxes
Outstanding 7/1/05
Balance 6/30/06
1998 taxes
Outstanding 7/1/05
Debit
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
1999 taxes
Outstanding 7/1/05
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
2000 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Refunded
Abated
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
2001 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Tax Lien
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
2002 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Tax Lien
Debit
Abated
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
2003 taxes
Outstanding7/1/05
Debit
PERSONAL
PRPERTY
FARM
EXCISE
MOTOR EXCISE
$125.18
$0.00
$125.18
$823.13
$179.38
$643.75
($17.01)
$0.00
($17.01)
($494.38)
$534.38
$0.00
$40.00
($142.32)
$0.00
($142.32)
$1,036.88
$411.25
$625.63
$1,531.01
$2,666.39
$830.05
$1,953.02
$0.00
$408.04
$0.00
$2,666.39
$7,163.43
$2,031.93
$2,307.99
$2,823.51
$770.58
$5,070.97
$0.00
$770.58
$4,447.43
$623.54
$1,700.56
($70.89)
$7,656.21
$2,098.03
$1,238.70
$942.50
$2,380.34
$3,177.84
$0.00
$1,700.56
$225.31
$20,920.57
$868.46
$851.71
$1,710.69
106
Tax Lien
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
REAL ESTATE
$2,952.31
$8,807.49
$9,160.77
2004 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Committed
Refunded
Abated
Rescind
Collected
Balance
6/30/06
FARM
EXCISE
MOTOR EXCISE
$0.00
$868.46
$40.00
$2,522.40
$1,121.00
$11,954.97
$39,349.49
$547.61
$701.29
$5,235.44
$1,899.90
$2,711.98
$502.50
$7,850.28
$9,030.55
2095.38
$61,829.54
$127.90
$31,513.40
$7,836.09
2005 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Committed
Refunded
Abated
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
$205,428.84
$5,568.42
$30,310.27
$2,674.62
$160,266.10
$78,366.81
2005 supplemental taxes
Committed
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
2006 taxes
Outstanding
7/1/05
Committed
Exemptions
Refunded
Abated
Collected
Balance 6/30/06
PERSONAL
PROPERTY
$0.00
$3,640.40
3.98
$1,010.81
$1,088.55
$3,640.40
$0.00
$107,640.27
$5,800.89
$8,620.63
$159,016.61
$7,633.46
$33,287.09
$30,562.25
$2,724.84
$0.00
$12,682,578.61
$36,251.66
$19,580.72
$30,077.43
$12,221,919.03
$413,911.21
$0.00
$0.00
$467,869.00
$661,333.98
$465,592.25
$2,276.75
$2,066.34
$7,889.59
$618,755.33
$36,755.40
107
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2006
The following is a list of all receipts and expenditures as per warrants, for ALL FUNDS, for the period beginning July 1,
2005 through June 30, 2006.
RECEIPTS - GENERAL FUND
INCOME FROM TAXATION:
Personal Property Taxes
2002
2004
2005
2006
$19.25
$419.71
$1,006.83
$465,592.25
$467,038.04
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
$2,307.99
$2,380.34
$8,807.49
$28,494.68
$140,743.46
$12,197,750.06
$12,380,484.02
2003
2004
2005
2006
$40.00
$5,950.38
$153,200.14
$616,688.99
$775,879.51
2004
$3,496.84
$3,640.40
Real Estate Taxes
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Farm Animal Excise
Tax Lien Revenue
Rollback Taxes
Supplemental Taxes
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Penalties & Interest Real & Personal
Penalties & Interest Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax Lien Interest
CHARGES & FEES:
Parks
Landfill
Police Admin Fees
Other Departmental
Nashoba Board of Health
Town Clerk
Town Secretary
Planning
Board of Appeals
Cemetery
$20,260.64
$19,033.36
$30,562.25
$3,660.14
$40,832.40
$3,026.25
$593.34
$44,451.99
$6,715.00
$78,712.00
$4,403.65
$90.00
$535.00
$6,741.62
$100.00
$8,865.00
$240.00
$3,600.00
108
Police
Police Alarm
Assessors
Tax Collector
Registry Release Fees
Highway
Treasurer
Library
Conservation Fees
LICENSES & PERMITS:
Alcohol Beverage
Other Licenses
Driveway Permits
Building
Wire
Plumbing
Fire
INCOME FROM STATE:
Abatements to Blind/Elderly
School Aid Chapter 70
Construction of School Projects
Veterans Benefits
Lottery
Room Occupancy
State Owned Land
FINES:
Court Fines
Parking Fines
MISCELLANEOUS:
Earnings on Investments
Premium from Sale of Bonds
Sale of Fixed Assets
Miscellaneous Revenue
Transfer from Rec. Reserved for Approp.
Transfer from Revolving Fund
$1,356.00
$525.00
$675.00
$15,398.13
$20.00
$7,740.00
$300.00
$1,825.59
$60.00
$137,901.99
$9,650.00
$1,941.50
$5,275.00
$95,277.00
$8,471.50
$7,075.00
$2,840.00
$130,530.00
$3,529.80
$5,341.00
$602,467.00
$2,638.00
$189,415.00
$6,082.00
$26,970.00
$836,442.80
$47,224.17
$445.00
$47,669.17
$59,987.37
$4,054.75
$3,349.00
$2,829.30
$212,439.43
$128,299.19
$410,959.04
TOTAL RECEIPTS - GENERAL FUND
$15,308,513.35
RECEIPTS - HIGHWAY FUND
RECEIPTS:
Chapter 90
TOTAL RECEIPTS - HIGHWAY FUND
$325,102.00
$325,102.00
109
RECEIPTS - STATE GRANTS FUND
RECEIPTS:
Community Policing
Police Public Safety Equipment
Library State Aid
Selective Enforcement
LEPC
Council on Aging
Recreational Trails Grant
Arts Lottery Council
Bulletproof Vests
$22,598.00
$9,694.00
$4,710.11
$3,850.36
$3,515.09
$3,000.00
$2,557.50
$2,500.00
$680.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS - STATE GRANTS FUND
$53,105.06
RECEIPTS - RECEIPTS RESERVED FOR APPROPRIATION
RECEIPTS:
Ambulance:
Charges for Services
Interest
$226,080.01
$5,418.92
TOTAL RECEIPTS - RECEIPTS RESERVED FOR APPROPRIATION
$231,498.93
RECEIPTS - REVOLVING FUNDS
RECEIPTS:
Cingular Tower Funds
Ambulance Donations
Police Outside Details
Cable Fees
Dog Fund
Insurance Recovery
Cultural Council
Conservation Wetlands
Park & Recreation Gift
DARE Gift
Law Enforcement
$83,652.33
$64,086.11
$44,812.50
$26,132.21
$7,184.60
$5,238.97
$2,289.58
$1,445.00
$250.00
$202.20
$23.25
TOTAL RECEIPTS - REVOLVING FUNDS
$235,316.75
RECEIPTS - CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
RECEIPTS:
Bond Proceeds
State Revenue
Transfer from General Fund
TOTAL RECEIPTS - CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
$1,690,000.00
$166,000.00
$175,799.00
$2,031,799.00
110
RECEIPTS - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS
RECEIPTS:
Earned Interest:
Stabilization
Dewhurst, Fire
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Dewhurst, Police
M. Edes
Brigham
Joan Sullivan
Houghton School
Brown Library
Conservation
Whitcomb
Brown School
Bolton History
Sign Fund
Lucy Bowen Library
Income:
Transfer from Gen Fund - Affordable Housing
Transfer from Gen Fund - Conservation
$24,113.48
$378.68
$353.05
$291.57
$97.95
$86.01
$84.98
$62.79
$56.13
$45.08
$40.57
$29.69
$20.61
$3.53
$0.93
$24,405.53
$5,000.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS
$55,070.58
RECEIPTS - AGENCY FUNDS
RECEIPTS:
Licenses Due the Commonwealth - F&W
Licenses Due the Commonwealth - Firearms
Conservation Escrow - A. Maillet
TOTAL RECEIPTS - AGENCY FUNDS
TOTAL RECEIPTS - ALL FUNDS
$817.75
$2,100.00
$30,000.00
$32,917.75
$18,273,323.42
111
EXPENDITURES - GENERAL FUND
GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
Moderator
Selectmen Salary
EMT Coordinator Salary
Selectmen's Expense
Prior Year Bills ATM 5/06
#1
Administrator Salaries
Administrator Expenses
Advisory Comm. Expenses
Accountant Salary
Accountant Expenses
Assessor's Salaries
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$100.00
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$900.00
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$4,800.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$22,211.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$9,909.51
$20.00
$600.00
$4,800.00
$15,578.49
$9,909.51
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$156,734.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$10,600.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$175.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$45,805.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$18,375.00
Salary
Approp.
Transfer out
$155,136.10
$8,370.84
$140.00
$45,804.68
$16,798.15
$90,153.00
($32,000.00)
$58,153.00
Salary
Assessor's Expense
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$54,935.84
$18,380.00
$32,000.00
$50,380.00
112
Expenses
Treasurer Salaries
Treasurer Expense
Salary
Approp.
Salary
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$38,870.18
$33,711.00
$33,710.56
$10,475.00
$24,935.00
$35,410.00
Expenses
Tax Collector Salaries
Tax Collector Expense
Law Committee
$32,643.91
Salary
Approp.
Salaries
$39,062.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$20,625.00
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$38,759.84
$15,151.59
$70,300.00
$5,000.00
$75,300.00
Expenses
Personnel Committee
MIS Expense
Town Clerk Salaries
Town Clerk Expense
Election Wages
$56,771.82
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$11,025.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$29,010.00
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$71,510.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$6,770.00
Wage
Approp.
Transfer in
$5,848.86
$25,010.08
$71,509.80
$6,670.97
$925.00
$650.00
$1,575.00
Wages
Election Expense
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
Expenses
$1,575.00
$1,375.00
$1,341.05
$2,716.05
$2,716.05
113
Registrars Wages
Registrars Expense
Conservation Comm. Wages
Conservation Comm. Exp.
Planning Board Wages
Wage
Approp.
Wages
$150.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$800.00
$150.00
$757.36
Wage
Approp.
Wages
$32,564.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$24,800.00
Wage
Approp.
Transfer in
$29,563.46
$17,821.22
$43,451.00
$167.32
$43,618.32
Wages
Planning Board Expense
Board of Appeals Expense
Affordable Housing Expense
Town Buildings Expense
Town Hall Expense
Building Insurance Expense
Town Reports
$43,618.32
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$40,000.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$10,850.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$5,000.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$82,750.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$38,100.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$21,095.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$6,700.00
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$8,254.12
$6,438.63
$0.00
$78,851.89
$34,011.64
$19,891.00
$5,614.14
$886,304.05
114
PROTECTION OF PERSONS &
PROPERTY
Police Dept. Salaries
Salaries
Approp.
Transfer in
$625,491.00
$103,000.00
$728,491.00
Salaries
Police Dept. Expense
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$728,382.27
$104,776.00
$9,000.00
$113,776.00
Expenses
Fire Dept. Wages
Fire Dept. Expense
Wage
Approp.
Wages
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$113,760.71
$63,500.00
$41,638.01
$26,600.00
$106.34
$26,706.34
Expenses
Ambulance Wages
Ambulance Expense
Wage
Approp.
Wages
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$26,706.34
$25,000.00
$24,500.00
$21,320.00
$20,515.57
$41,835.57
Expenses
Building Inspector Wages
Building Inspector Expense
Plumbing Inspector Expense
Wiring Inspector Expense
Animal Control Salary
$41,835.57
Wage
Approp.
Wages
$24,720.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$2,000.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$12,731.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$16,391.00
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$14,670.00
$24,720.00
$1,884.74
$12,731.00
$16,391.00
$14,669.98
115
Animal Control Expense
Traffic Lights
Forestry Salary
Forestry Expense
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$2,900.00
Expense
Approp.
Expenses
$3,300.00
Salary
Approp.
Salary
$2,737.00
Expense
Approp.
Transfer in
$761.47
$2,520.55
$2,737.00
$43,000.00
$15,000.00
$58,000.00
Expenses
Communication Wages
Wage
Approp.
Transfer out
$54,584.50
$178,334.00
($6,000.00)
$172,334.00
Wages
Communication Expense
Expense
Approp.
Transfer out
$169,891.84
$53,958.00
($4,000.00)
$49,958.00
Expenses
$48,409.28
TOTAL PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
$1,326,124.26
SCHOOLS
Nashoba School District
Assessment
Assessment Approp.
Transfer out
$9,027,841.00
($24,935.00)
$9,002,906.00
Assessment
Minuteman Vocational
Assessment
Assessment Approp.
Assessment
Post Secondary Voc Ed
Transfer in
Assessment
$9,002,906.00
$306,127.00
$306,127.00
$11,708.00
$11,708.00
TOTAL SCHOOLS
PUBLIC WORKS &
OTHER
Highway Dept. Wages
$9,320,741.00
Wage Approp.
Wages
$495,568.00
$464,868.97
116
Highway Dept. Expense
Highway Improvements
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$131,656.00
Wage & Exp. Approp
Wages
Expenses
$185,000.00
Main Street Sidewalks ATM
5/05 #7
Expense Approp.
Expenses
Snow & Sand Wages
Wage Approp.
Wages
Snow & Sand Expenses
Street Lights
$125,080.02
$4,655.00
$179,941.30
$8,000.00
$4,475.00
$36,375.00
$27,447.41
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$125,269.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$5,200.00
$800.00
$6,000.00
$167,966.62
Expenses
Transfer Station Wages
Transfer Station Expense
Landfill
Cemetery
Wage Approp.
Wages
$5,901.63
$66,955.00
$59,263.57
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$129,461.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$8,200.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$12,550.00
$200.00
$12,750.00
$114,276.27
$879.99
Expenses
$7,250.00
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS & OTHER
HEALTH
Animal Inspector Salary
Board of Health Expenses
Nurse Salary
Nurse Expense
$1,162,005.78
Salary Approp.
Salary
$1,100.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$9,727.00
Salary Approp.
Salary
$6,606.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,100.00
$8,379.36
$5,824.29
$650.00
$373.00
117
TOTAL HEALTH
CHARITIES &
VETERANS
Council on Aging Salary
Council on Aging Expenses
Veterans Expense
$15,676.65
Salary Approp.
Salary
$14,820.00
$14,383.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$8,260.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$4,000.00
$340.00
$4,340.00
$8,259.27
Expenses
Housing Authority
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$4,340.00
$250.00
$0.00
TOTAL CHARITIES AND VETERANS
CULTURE &
RECREATION
Library Salaries
Library Expense
Salary Approp.
Salaries
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$26,982.27
$121,161.00
$114,101.26
$54,415.00
$2,196.89
$56,611.89
Expenses
Recreation Wages
Recreation Expense
$56,269.90
Wage Approp.
Wages
$4,500.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$4,300.00
$750.00
$5,050.00
$4,014.75
Expenses
Parks Expense
Historical Commission
Memorial Day
$5,049.34
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$4,600.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$3,600.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,500.00
TOTAL CULTURE & RECREATION
$4,592.10
$3,600.00
$773.50
$188,400.85
UNCLASSIFIED
Debt Principal:
118
Florence Sawyer School
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$530,000.00
$45,000.00
$575,000.00
Expenses
Emerson Repairs
Sawyer Repairs
Emerson School
Emerson Roof Repair
$575,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$4,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$4,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$94,000.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$16,700.00
$34,100.00
$50,800.00
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
$94,000.00
Expenses
$50,800.00
Landfill Closure/Transfer
Station
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$85,000.00
Highway Sander
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$19,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$13,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$40,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$22,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$28,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$10,000.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$74,230.00
$148,460.00
$222,690.00
Highway Gas Cleanup Addt'l
Highway Gas Cleanup
Ambulance
Atlantic Union College Land
Barretts Hill Land
Moen Land
$85,000.00
$19,000.00
$13,000.00
$40,000.00
$22,000.00
$28,000.00
$10,000.00
Expenses
Nashoba Valley Land
Savignano Land
$222,690.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$35,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$7,000.00
$35,000.00
$7,000.00
119
Athletic Fields
Schartner/Nicewicz APR
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
Expenses
Expense Approp.
Transfer out
$39,000.00
$39,000.00
$78,000.00
$78,000.00
$84,500.00
($63,606.00)
$20,894.00
Expenses
Debt Interest:
Florence Sawyer School
Expense Approp.
Transfer out
$0.00
$318,942.50
($45,000.00)
$273,942.50
Expenses
Emerson Repairs
Sawyer School Repairs
Emerson School Restoration
Emerson Roof Repairs
Landfill Closure/Transfer Sta.
Highway Sander
Highway Gas Cleanup Addt'l
Highway Gas Cleanup
Ambulance
Atlantic Union College Land
Barretts Hill Land
Moen Land
$255,177.96
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$197.60
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$2,910.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$69,860.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,740.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$40,794.75
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$451.25
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$3,396.25
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$16,946.26
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,086.80
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,254.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$6,944.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$7,740.00
$197.60
$2,910.00
$69,860.00
$1,408.33
$40,794.75
$451.25
$3,396.25
$16,946.26
$1,086.80
$1,254.00
$6,944.00
$6,877.78
120
Nashoba Valley Land
Savignano Land
Athletic Fields
Stephenson Land
Braman Land
Schartner/Nicewicz APR
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$24,313.50
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$4,780.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$3,500.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$3,500.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,000.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer out
$92,950.00
($75,000.00)
$17,950.00
$24,313.50
$4,780.00
$3,233.35
$3,500.00
$708.00
Expenses
State Assessments
$0.00
Assessment Approp.
Assessments
$4,276.00
County Assessment
Governments
Assessment Approp.
Assessment
$10,256.00
County Retirement Assess.
Assessment Approp.
Assessment
$170,885.00
Workers Compensation
Unemployment
Health Ins. - Town Share
Life Insurance - Town Share
Medicare Ins. - Town Share
Other Insurance
$4,536.00
$10,256.00
$170,885.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$25,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$1,000.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$208,370.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$600.00
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$30,000.00
Expense Approp.
Transfer in
$52,890.00
$3,001.00
$55,891.00
$22,240.00
$466.80
$181,565.20
$0.00
$27,374.65
Expenses
Transfer out
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$55,842.00
$200,204.53
$200,204.53
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TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED
$2,404,700.01
CURRENT YEAR EXPENDITURE TOTAL
ENCUMBRANCES & CARRY FORWARDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2005
Rte. 117 Traffic Signs STM
Expense Balance
11/02 #3
Expenses
$15,330,934.87
$5,000.00
$0.00
LRPC Emerson School #4
Water Supply STM 11/02
Expense Balance
Expenses
$8,420.00
Police Facility Solution ATM
5/04 #23
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$2,250.00
($2,250.00)
$0.00
$0.00
Expenses
Smith Property STM 11/04
#5
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$0.00
$9,496.50
($3,989.79)
$5,506.71
Expenses
GIS STM 11/98 #7
Collector's Expenses
Personnel Comm. Expenses
Step Increases ATM 5/04 #17
$5,506.71
Expense Balance
Expenses
$10,562.01
Expense Balance
Expenses
$750.00
Expense Balance
Expenses
$3,618.00
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$6,370.15
($6,370.15)
$0.00
$0.00
$259.50
$3,567.50
Expenses
Conservation Expenses
Master Plan STM 11/04 #4
Appeals Expenses
Affordable Housing STM
11/02 #8
$0.00
Expense Balance
Expenses
$850.00
Expense Balance
Expenses
$7,067.84
Expense Balance
Expenses
$4,000.00
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$24,405.53
($24,405.53)
$0.00
$850.00
$0.00
$1,225.00
Expenses
Town Building Expenses
Expense Balance
Expenses
$0.00
$10,757.28
$8,246.70
122
Local Planning STM 11/04
#3
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$9,304.91
($9,304.91)
$0.00
Expenses
Generator STM 11/04 #2
Fire Expenses
New Pumper/Tanker ATM
5/02 #12
($3,515.09)
Expense Balance
Expenses
$26,500.00
Expense Balance
Expenses
$6,200.00
Expense Balance
Transfer out
$468.20
($468.20)
$0.00
$23,432.00
$6,200.00
Expenses
$0.00
Emerson Renov, Water
Supply
ATM 5/03 #3
Expense Approp.
Expenses
$33,282.99
Upgrade Septic System
ATM 5/04 #7
Expense Approp.
Transfer out
$125,012.63
($20,000.00)
$105,012.63
$0.00
Expenses
$94,192.95
Gas Spill Cleanup Continued
ATM 5/02 #14
Expense Balance
Expenses
$44,581.66
New 1-ton Truck ATM 5/05
#4
Expense Balance
Expenses
$51,100.00
Landfill Expenses
Expense Balance
Expenses
$4,500.00
Expense Balance
Expenses
$23,000.00
Veterans Memorial ATM 5/04 Expense Balance
#21
Expenses
$2,170.00
Other Insurance Expenses
$1,000.00
Replacement Monitoring
Wells
STM 11/04 #8
Expense Balance
Expenses
TOTAL ENCUMBRANCES FROM FISCAL YEAR 2005
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - GENERAL FUND
$29,898.59
$51,100.00
$4,500.00
$6,925.51
$2,170.00
$1,000.00
$235,559.37
$15,566,494.24
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EXPENDITURES - HIGHWAY GRANT FUND
EXPENSES:
Chapter 90
$362,085.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - HIGHWAY FUND
$362,085.00
EXPENDITURES - STATE GRANTS FUND
EXPENSES:
Police Equipment
Community Policing
Selective Enforcement
Bulletproof Vests
Council on Aging
Recreational Trails
Library State Aid
Arts Lottery Council
$13,820.90
$5,179.36
$3,560.38
$3,096.20
$3,000.03
$2,557.50
$2,500.00
$1,512.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - STATE GRANTS FUND
$35,226.37
EXPENDITURES
- RECEIPTS
RESERVED FOR
APPROPRIATION
EXPENSES:
Transfer to General Fund - Real Estate
Transfer to General Fund - Ambulance
$203,955.67
$8,483.76
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - RECEIPTS RES. FOR APPROP.
$212,439.43
EXPENDITURES - REVOLVING FUNDS
EXPENSES:
Police Outside Details
Cable Gift
Dog Licenses
Ambulance Gift
Insurance under $10K
Police Law Enforcement
Bollard Gift
Recycling Revolving
Police Gift
Cultural Council
DARE Gift
Bolton Loop Trail Gift
Conservation Wetlands
$40,426.50
$40,000.00
$16,743.09
$7,247.40
$5,238.97
$1,185.00
$1,000.00
$900.00
$687.10
$475.00
$450.00
$369.50
$358.61
124
Bolton Flag Fund
Library Memorial
Transfer to General Fund - Miscellaneous
$227.12
$161.31
$128,299.19
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - REVOLVING
FUNDS
$243,768.79
EXPENDITURES - CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS
EXPENSES:
Schartner/Nicewicz APR's
Used Highway Truck
$1,690,000.00
$75,000.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS
$1,765,000.00
EXPENDITURES - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS
EXPENSES:
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Dewhurst, Fire
Edes Fund
Joan Sullivan
$2,002.75
$880.00
$300.00
$250.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - EXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS
$3,432.75
EXPENDITURES - AGENCY FUND
EXPENSES:
Licenses Due Commonwealth - Firearms
Licenses Due Commonwealth - F&W
Conservation Escrow - 90 Exchange LLC
Conservation Escrow - Danforth Brook
Conservation Escrow - Collette & Melone
Planning Board Escrow - Woodview Develop
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - AGENCY FUND
TOTAL EXPENDITURES - ALL FUNDS
$1,800.00
$935.50
$4,400.00
$3,022.00
$975.00
$16,000.00
$27,132.50
$18,215,579.08
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TOWN OF BOLTON
Encumbrances and Carry Forwards to Fiscal Year 2007
Selectmen
Selectmen
Assessors
Assessors
Assessors
Collector
Personnel
Comm.
Personnel
Comm.
MIS
Conservation
Planning
Town Buildings
Police
Fire
Ambulance
School
School
School
Highway
Highway
Highway
Highway
Cemetery
BOH
Historical
Commission
Life Insurance
Rte. 117 Traffic Signs Art 3 11/02
LRPC-Emerson School Water Art 4 11/02
Wages
GIS Art 7 11/98
Purchase of Services
Tax Taking Expense
0200-122-5712-ART
0200-122-5713-ART
0200-141-5114-ENC
0200-141-5820-ART
0200-141-5200-ENC
0200-146-5344-ENC
$
$
$
$
$
$
5,000.00
8,420.00
75.00
10,562.01
2,788.00
1,000.00
Longevity
0200-152-5103-ENC
$
675.00
Educational Assistance
Purchase of Services
Land - Capital Improvement
Master Plan Art 4 11/04
Maintenance
Generator Art 2 11/04
Vehicle Exhaust Emissions System Art 7 5/06
Wages
Emerson Renov, Water Supply Art 3 5/03
Upgrade Septic System Sawyer/Emerson Art 7
5/04
School Space Needs Art 5 5/06
Gas Spill Art 14 5/02
Gas Spill Art 9 5/06
Repairs
Main Street Sidewalks Art 7 5/05
Other
Replacement Monitoring Wells Art 8 11/04
0200-152-5709-ENC
0200-155-5200-ENC
0200-171-5800-ENC
0200-175-5200-ART
0200-190-5240-ENC
0200-210-5851-ART
0200-220-5800-ART
0200-231-5112-ENC
0200-300-5840-ART
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,320.00
1,823.00
2,784.00
7,067.84
3,898.11
3,068.00
6,200.00
460.00
33,282.99
0200-300-5850-ART
0200-300-5200-ART
0200-421-5781-ART
0200-421-5780-ART
0200-421-5241-ENC
0200-422-5801-ART
0200-491-5700-ENC
0200-510-5802-ART
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
10,819.68
10,000.00
14,683.07
30,000.00
6,000.00
3,525.00
4,100.00
16,074.49
Tree Replacement Art 10 5/06
Life Insurance
0200-691-5800-ART
0200-915-5175-ENC
$
$
3,000.00
600.00
$
187,226.19
Total Encumbered and Carried Forward
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TOWN HALL HOURS
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday evening
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
CLOSED
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
TOWN CALENDAR AND OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION
Advisory Committee
Meet when needed, 7:30 p.m., 779-2297
Animal Control Officer
Contact Dispatcher at 779-2276
Appeals, Board of
Meet when needed, 7:30 p.m., 779-3308
Assessors
Meet Tuesday, 6-8:00 p.m. by appointment, 779-5556
Building Inspector
Town Hall (Monday, Wednesday, 9-10:00 a.m./Tuesday 6:30-7:30 p.m.)
779-2297
Emerson School (Saturdays 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.)
779-3312
Call at home noon time or evenings
562-6519
Cemetery Committee
Harold Brown 779-6402
Conservation Commission
Meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., 779-3304
Council on Aging
Meet 2nd Tuesday, 10:00 a.m., 779-3313
Senior Center open Tuesday & Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fire Department
Meet at Fire Station, Tuesday evening, 7:00 p.m.779-2203
Fire Permits
non-emergency phone number 779-2276
Health, Board of
Meet 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., 779-2297
Historical Commission
Meet 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 779-5022
Library Trustees
Meet monthly, as posted at the Library & Town Hall, 779-2839
Nashoba Regional School Committee
Meet Alternate Thursdays, 6:00 p.m., 779-0539
Nurse, School
Florence Sawyer School, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 779-2295
Emerson School, 779-6497
Nurse, Town
Brooke James, Thursday, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at 779-3313
Parks & Recreation
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, at
Town Hall 7:30 p.m., 779-2297
Personnel Committee
Meet 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., 779-2297
Planning Board
Meet 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., 779-3308
Police Department - Dispatcher – Police & Fire Information (non-emergency)
Houghton Building, 779-2276
Public Works, Department of
Highway Department, 12 Forbush Mill Road, 779-6402
Selectmen, Board of
Meet Alternate Thursdays, 7:00 p.m., 779-2297
Tax Collector
Peggi Child 779-6116
Town Clerk
Betsy Cussen 779-2771
Town Administrator
Jodi Ross 779-3300
Town Planner (Planning Board, Board of Appeals)
Nat Tipton 779-3308
Town Secretary
Linda Day 779-2297
Tree Warden
Mark Caisse 779-6402
Veterans Agent
Michele Marino 838-2442
Ambulance……….911
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Fire……….911
Police……….911
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POISON INFORMATION CENTER 1-800-682-9211, 617-232-2120, 508-799-7094
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