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Ofdlj/y^d '^owfi JjMcuuj ShujCI St/ud ^uljod, %i. 0/757 m 2000 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT - TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Page Appointed Officials 6 Dedication 2-3 Elected Officials 4 Facts About Milford 1 Federal, State, & District Officials 1 REPORTS OF MUNICIPAL BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS Board of Selectmen/Town Administrator 12 Animal Control Department 15 Assessors 16 Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational School District 17 Cable Advisory Committee 19 Capital Improvement Committee 21 Collector of Taxes 22 Commission on Disability 23 Community Development Office 24 Community School Use Program 25 Conservation Commission 27 Council on Aging 28 Cultural Council 29 Emergency Management Agency 30 Fair Housing Committee 31 Finance Committee 32 Fire Department 33 Health Board 34 Highway Department 36 Historical Commission 38 Industrial Development Commission 39 Inspector of Animals 40 Inspections Department 41 Library 43 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 45 Milford Pond Restoration Committee 47 Parks and Recreation Department 49 Personnel Board 50 Planning Board 51 Planning and Engineering Department 53 Police Department 55 School Committee 57 Sealer of Weights and Measures 40 Sewer Commission (No Report Submitted) Vernon Grove Cemetery Trustees 58 Veteran’s Services 59 Youth Commission 60 Zoning Board of Appeals 61 Town Clerk 62 TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS Presidential Primary - March 7, 2000 64 Annual Town Election - April 3, 2000 67 Presidential Election - November 7, 2000 72 Annual Town Meeting - May 15, 2000 75 Special Town Meeting - June 28, 2000 127 Special Town Meeting - October 25, 2000 129 BALANCE SHEETS. FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORTS Town Treasurer’s Financial Report 157 Milford Contributory Retirement Board Balance Sheet 163 Tax Collector’s Balance Sheet 164 Assessors’ Balance Sheet 165 Town Accountant’s Financial Statement 166 Vendor Payments in Excess of $5000 236 SALARY AND WAGE INFORMATION Municipal Personnel 240 School Personnel 244 REPORT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2000 INCORPORATED APRIL 11,1780 “Two Hundred Twenty Years of Progress” FACTS ABOUT MILFORD POPULATION (2000 Federal Census) 26,800 ASSESSED VALUATION (FY 00) 1,487,088,276 TAX RATE FOR FY 2000 Residential or Open Space $14.79 Commercial, Industrial or Personal Property $26.45 GOVERNMENT: Representative Town Meeting with Three Member Board of Selectmen AREA 15.65 Square Miles MILES OF HIGHWAY 110.75 REGISTERED VOTERS 15,300 STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICERS Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts HIS EXELLENCY, ARGEO PAUL CELLUCCI United States Senate SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY SENATOR JOHN F. KERRY 315 Russell Senate Building 421 Russell Senate Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 JFK Federal Building, Room 409 10 Park Plaza, Room 3220 Boston, MA 02203 Boston, MA 02116 (617) 565-3170 (617) 565-8519 Second Congressional District CONGRESSMAN RICHARD E. NEAL 131 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Milford Office: U.S. Post Office Building (508) 634-8198 Worcester and Norfolk Senatorial District SENATOR RICHARD T. MOORE Room 518, State House Boston, MA 02133 (617) 722-1420 Tenth Worcester Representative District REPRESENTATIVE MARIE J. PARENTE Room 167, State House Boston, MA 02133 (617) 722-2400 1 (D^(DICAT'I0^ In 9\iay of2000, the Town of!Miforcf Cost one of the most dedicated andhnowCedgeahCe puhCic officials ever to serve our community. Seena Jdeller, a memherofthe (planning (Board and a Town ^Meeting memher, for over 26 years passed away after devoting a lifetime of service to her adopted community of Milford. Mrs. dCeCCer was proBahCy singularly responsihle for codifying and strengthening the Town of Milford's Zoning (By-Laws in the early 1970’s. Since then, she hadguarded these Caws with a ferocious tenacity. She was scrupulously fair to aCC, soft-spoh^n in her judgments, and always ready to [end a hand. The Town of Mi ford indeed owes a debt of gratitude to Seena for her diligence, years of unwavering strength and her sense of duty. 2