Table Of Content

Town of Middleton Massachusetts TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH MUNICIPALYEAR TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 3 Town Officials 4 Board of Selectmen/Town Administrator 9 State Primary Election, September 17, 1996 16 Special Town Meeting, October 15, 1996 18 State Election, November 5, 1996 27 Annual Town Meeting, May 13, 1997 51 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, May 15, 1997 51 Annual Town Election, May 19, 1997 57 Board ofRegistrars 59 Births, Marriages and Deaths 60 Custodian ofTown Lands 60 Town Accountant 61 Balance Sheet 63 Cash Receipts 67 Cash Disbursements 70 Treasurer/Tax Collector 80 Board ofAssessors 85 Police Department 86 Fire Department 92 Inspections Department 98 Department ofPublic Works 99 Plumbing and Gas Inspector 106 Inspector ofWiring 106 Planning Board 107 Board ofAppeals 108 Board of Health 109 Conservation Commission 110 Recycling Committee 14 1 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 1 15 Middleton Public Schools 17 1 School Building Committee 128 North Shore Regional Vocational District 129 Animal Control Officer 130 Historical Commission 132 Flint Public Library 133 Electric Light Department 137 Housing Authority 141 Council on Aging 145 Department ofVeterans' Services 148 Recreation Committee 149 Tri-TownYouth Council 150 & Middleton Meeting Schedule, Office Hours Telephone Listing 152 Senators and Representatives for Middleton 153 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1997midd DEDICATION JOSEPH CONCEISON The Middleton Board of Selectmen, acting he "retired" for the third time this year. Each on behalf of the inhabitants of the Town of time he stepped down, he was asked to Middleton, takes pride in dedicating this return again temporarily until he had served 1997 Town Report to Joseph E. for 28 years, 2 years as Chairman of that Conceison, who has served his fellow board and 8 years as board Clerk. Middleton residents for over 29 years as an unpaid volunteer. Today much of the visual structure of our town is due to Joe's efforts in approving the For many years, Joe served and continues good and being able to say "no" to that to serve on various ad hoc committees which was not in our Town's best interest - requiring citizen participation, but most not an easyjob. importantly he participated as a member of the Zoning Board ofAppeals from 1967 until Thank you Joe. 3 TOWN OFFICIALS ELECTED -1997 MODERATOR REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE HenryA. Tragert 1998 Susan M. Richardson 1998 JudyA. Gallerie 1999 Kurt P. Mann 2000 TOWN CLERK Edward Gronbeck 2000 Sarah B. George 1999 PLANNING BOARD Harry Mathews 1998 SELECTMEN George E. Dow, Sr. 1999 David T. Leary, Sr. 2000 Vacancy 2001 Richard 0. Ajootian 1998 Stephen H. Durham 1998 BeverlyA. Popielski 2002 Richard W. Kassiotis 1999 Nancy M. Jones 2000 William R. Mugford 2000 ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS Charles S. Clinch III 1998 CONSTABLE Alfred J. Jones 1999 A. David Lenzie 1999 Robert M. Aldenberg 1998 Richard W. Kassiotis 2000 Frank Twiss 2000 BOARD OF ASSESSORS LIBRARY TRUSTEES Patricia A. Ohlson 1998 Theodore L. Novakowski 1998 Kosta E. Prentakis 1999 Lois Gianni 1998 Deborah J. Carbone 2000 Leonard A. Stone 1999 Marion B. Gilman 1999 William Dalton 2000 SCHOOL COMMITTEE HOUSING AUTHORITY Roger E. Drysdale 1998 Paul F. Woodbury, Jr. 1999 Charles M. Collier 1999 Thomas E. Skinner 1999 Faith Anderson Stone 2000 Douglas H. Mathews 2000 Vacancy (state appointed) 2000 Gimme SueValacer 2000 Mary Jane Morrin 2001 Paul J. Clauss 2002 4 TOWN OFFICIALS APPOINTED -1997 TOWN ADMINISTRATOR PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTOR Ira S. Singer 2000 William A. Smith 1998 TOWN ACCOUNTANT INSPECTOR OF WIRES CUSTODIAN OF TOWN LANDS James E. Marshall 1998 Robert F. Murphy 1999 ALTERNATE INSPECTOR OF WIRES TREASURER/COLLECTOR Alfred J. Jones 1998 Charles W. Newhall 1999 TOWN LIBRARIAN TOWN COUNSEL Michele M. Mais Jerome A. Segal 1999 DOG OFFICER ASSESSOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Cheryl L. Gillespie 1999 INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Elizabeth L. Heckman 1998 CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FORESTWARDEN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT EMERGENCY MGT. DIR. SUPERINTENDENT OF INSECT Henry Michalski, Jr. PEST CONTROL Dennis R. Roy 1999 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR George W. Nash 1998 SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS Florence M. Leary 1998 CHIEF OF POLICE Paul Armitage VETERANS' AGENT George M. Farley 1998 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Joseph J. Connelly, Ed. D. MIDDLETON HOUSING AUTHORITY Kathleen A. Thurston INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL FENCE VIEWER ON AGING Robert M. Aldenberg 1998 Lindsey D. Snavely 1998 ALTERNATE BUILDING INSPECTOR MIDDLETON ELECTRIC LIGHT William F. Cashman 1998 DEPARTMENT MANAGER Mark Kelley HEALTH AGENTAND SANITARIAN CONSERVATION COMMISSION NORTH SHORE REGIONAL VOCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE COORDINATOR James M. Reynolds 1998 Leo J. Cormier 1998 5 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL ESSEX COUNTY BUDGETADVISORY Nancy L. Karolides 1998 BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Karen Gerrior 1999 Richard W. Kassiotis Mary C. Hocter 2000 Sarah B. George (Ex Officio) REPRESENTATIVE TO THE IPSWICH RIVERWATERSHED DISTRICT CONSERVATION COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD William Mugford 1999 Sally MacDonald 1998 Gertrude M. Dearborn 1998 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOXFORD Leonard W. Kupreance 1999 STATE FORESTADVISORY BOARD Glen Bambury 1999 MatthewW. Pride Warren A. Haas, Jr. 2000 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HAROLD CONSERVATION COMMISSION PARKER STATE FOREST CONSULTANT ADVISORY BOARD W. Pike Messenger Warren A. Haas, Jr. ARTS COUNCIL Elizabeth Wetmore \ 1998 BOARD OF HEALTH Ronald Deschenes 1998 Nancy Killam 1 1998 Niranjan Patel 1998 Kenneth F. Lewis * 1* ^Vll^ 1999 Dale P. Buckley 1998 Becky Rodham i * 1 1999 Dr. Robert R. Nersasian 1999 Kathleen Miksis * 1999 Mary Jane Morrin 1999 Katharine Brown * 1999 Dr. Jay R. Afrow 2000 COUNCIL ON AGING Susan Moore 1998 FINANCE COMMITTEE Mary C. Hocter 1998 Hazel M. Proctor 1998 Paul M. Gettings 1998 May Kauffman (alt.) 1998 RobertTwombly 1998 Peggy Sinrich (alt.) 1998 Robert Porteous 1998 Eugene LeBlanc (alt.) 1998 Jill Mann 1999 Marion C. Watson (alt.) 1998 Sharon L. Nelson 1999 Mary Hamilton 1999 Antonio Pascuccio 2000 Lome C.Davis 1999 Josephine R. Leary 2000 Dorothea Faulkner 2000 DorothyA. Ferreira 2000 BOARD OF APPEALS Kathryn N. Martinuk 2000 Olga Michalchuk 2000 Ethel E. Lee 2001 Linda Parker (alt.) 1998 Richard O. Ajootian 1998 RECREATION COMMISSION Stuart H. Lord, Jr. 1999 Jeffrey D. Schreiber 2000 Roger E. Drysdale 2001 William Mugford 1998 Jack Leitner 2002 PattiA. Flynn 1998 GaryL'Abbe 1999 Michele Nowak 2000 Priscilla C. Neal 2000 6