Town of Billerica Annual Report

374 Pages·2002·23.9 MB·English

TOWN OF BILLERICA
ANNUAL REPORT
FISCAL 2002
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MEMORIAMS - 2002
ELEANOR M. ALGER - Died: September 27, 2001
Clerk Typist (Various Depts: 1978 - 1993
Election Officer: 1978 - 1995
WILLIAM B. ALLEN - Died: December 19, 2001
School Crossing Guard: 1994 - 2001
ROGER BIAGIOTTI, JR. - Died: March 24, 2002
Billerica Police Department: 1949 - 1987
Billerica Highway Dept.: 1945 - 1987
Special Police Officer: 1987 - 1992
Town Meeting Member: 1967 - 1975; 1987 - 2001
Planning Board: 1968 - 1979
Permanent School Building Committee: 1968 — 1977
Permanent Street Accept. Committee: 1974
Personnel Board: 1974 - 1983
Town Charter Committee: 1985 - 1986
Finance Committee: 1986 - 2001
By-Law Review Committee: 1987 - 1989
Democratic Town Committee: 1968 - 1992
GORDON C. BRAINERD - Died: January 27, 2001
Planning Board: 1951 - 1967
Town Meeting Member: 1956 - 1998
Selectman: 1972 - 1988
Ambulance Study Committee: 1974 - 1975
Sign By-Law Committee: 1988
Fence Viewer: 1989
Ombudsman Committee: 1989 - 1997
Museum Committee: 1993 - 1997
VERONICA M. DAWSON - Died: August 27, 2001
Teacher: Talbot School: 1948 - 1978
ALICE F. DONOVAN - Died: September 21, 2001
Finance Committee Member: 1960 - 1963
Precinct Officer: 1980 - 1981
NOREEN DONOVAN - Died: December 26, 2001
Dutile School Teacher 1985 - 2002
MARGUERITE E. GILL - Died: September 22, 2001
Election Officer: 1976 - 1984
LESLIE A. GREENLEAF - Died: October 28, 2001
Election Officer: 1998 - 2001
PAUL JAMES GALLAGHER, JR. - Died: April 15, 2002
Billerica Police Dept. Paramedic: 1985 — 1997
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MARGARET L. HASTINGS - Died: January 7, 2002
School Cafeteria Worker: 1970 - 1987
SIDNEY HORLINK - Died: September 28, 2001
Town Meeting Member: 1963 - 2001
Election Officer: 1996 - 2000
MAURICE J. HOULNE - Died: March 26, 2002
Town Meeting Member: 1956 - 1994
Associate Assessor: 1983 - 1993
LOIS HUMPHREYS - Died: August 8, 2001
Accountant Office Clerk: 1956 - 1974
DONNA J. HYMAN — Died: March 23, 2002
Ditson Teacher: 1991 - 2002
DR. ELIZABETH F. MCCARTHY - Died: September 20, 2001
Teacher & Dutile School Principal: 1965 — 1993
Town Meeting Member: 1956 — 1999
Housing Authority Member: 1973 — 2000
Municipal Building Use Study Committee: 1986 — 1988
Town By-Law Review Committee: 1992
Howe High School Study Committee: 1983 — 1984
School Building Study Committee: 1980 — 1982
Local Growth Policy Committee: 1976
GEORGINA A. MENEZES - Died: March 20, 2002
Substitute Election Precinct Officer
GERALDINE T. SANTOS - Died: June 23, 2002
School Dept. Clerk: 1981-1988
ADELINE TAYLOR - Died: June 12, 2002
Precinct Officer: 1976 - 1992
THEODORE TICHANUK - Died: June 18, 2002
School Custodian: 1975 - 1989
Raymond F. Trainor
Died: April 17, 2002
School Custodian: 1973 - 1991
DOROTHY E. TREMBLAY - Died: April 28, 2002
School Dept. Secretary: 1976 - 1980
RUSSELL YOUNG - Died: June 10, 2002
Selectman: 1965 - 1967
Finance Committee: 1960 - 1963
Town Meeting Member: 1967
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOVERNMENT
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GENERAL INFORMATION
ADDRESS: 365 Boston Road
ABSENTEE VOTING: AT ALL ELECTIONS,
HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Including primaries
AREA: 25.96 Square Miles
REGISTRATION: Monday through Friday, 8:30
ALTITUDE: 375 Feet above Sea Level a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Office of the Board of
Registrars. Special sessions held preceding
INCORPORATED: May 1655
elections.
POPULATION: 38,981 (Federal Census)
ANNUAL ELECTION: First Saturday in April
COUNTY: Middlesex
DISTRICTS: Fifth Congressional, Sixth ANNUAL APPROPRIATION MEETING:
Councilor, Fourth Middlesex Senatorial, 22" First Tuesday in May (Spring)
Middlesex Representative First Tuesday in October (Fall)
BOARD OF APPEALS: 1* and 3 Wednesday
U.S. Senator—Edward M. Kennedy (D)
Room 240, J.F.K. Federal Building BOARD OF HEALTH: 1* Monday each month
Boston, MA 02203
BOARD OF SELECTMEN: 1“ and 3" Monday
U.S. Senator—John Kerry (D) PLANNING BOARD: 2™ and 4" Monday
Transportation Building
SCHOOL COMMITTEE: 2™ and 4" Monday
Room 3220, 10 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116 BOARD OF HEALTH: Householders shall
report to the Board of Health all cases of
U.S. Representative-Martin T. Meehan (D) communicable disease unless a physician is in
320 Clark Road attendance. Subsurface sanitary disposal systems
Lowell, MA installation and repair must be inspected by the
Health Department.
State Senator-Robert A. Havern, III
Room 513 — State House DOG LICENSES: All dog licenses expire
Boston, MA 02133 December 31. A dog should be licensed when
three (3) months old. FEES:
State Representative-William G. Greene, Jr. Male/Female $10.00
Room 166 - State House Neutered Male/Spayed Female $6.00
Boston, MA 02133 Spaying or Neutering Certificates must be shown
for first license and a valid rabies certificate must
Councilor-Dorothy A. Kelly Gay (D) be shown every year before license can be issued,
1 Avon Street unless you have left the rabies certificate on file in
Somerville, MA (Sixth Councilor) the Town Clerk’s Office.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION PENALTY FEE: Any dog three (3) months of age
AS A VOTER: ALL ELECTIONS: Every or older not licensed by MARCH 10 will have a
citizen eighteen years of age and upwards, who $10.00 late fine added to the license fee.
has resided within the Town one day may claim
the right to vote. TAX RATE: For Fiscal Year 2002
$12.43 per $1,000 residential
ALL ELECTIONS: Eighteen (18) years of age $26.67 per $1,000 commercial/industrial
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