kCf-IVX fi.WWK- OWOfc h'-’-W R1*« I t |«vr J 'i!' $ ?i Ksewa W^'A ' Vi S'liiKKiS ii \.A ^-.,14 >•' « f fi K ll t fA''M^ fl S S i jr’* isVl iil S ^ ft Slo»*^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Boston Public Library https://archive.org/details/annualreportoft1998milf_0 Spruces St^el %ltend. ^k. CI757 V',rw , ^'Kv'./^V .. .- , 1 * ,hJ : ' 4 ii i/'Tar.jfrr?’ va ''if i Ifli ■■):»■- i*, ■■■ y>' ' '■ .Kirtf' ' 'S ' • I'i ■ ■ K ti-'f' f 4 v'V . U f-r* '1 i.. ‘ ■'’’' •. ■ ■ "I? j"j*-•a' ;/i{'V - 't-; j. <• l/k »r,". • ■ ’i i :^4'...', •» j VC ■ ,*i' v‘*.--;r .1 - ■■ ' i I*, 4 Town Decor i i % 1998 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT - TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Page Appointed Officials 5 Dedication 1 Elected Officials 3 Facts About Milford 2 Federal, State, & District Officials 2 REPORTS OF MUNICIPAL BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS Board of Selectmen/Executive Secretary 11 Animal Control Department 13 Assessors 14 Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational School District 15 Cable Advisory Committee 16 Collector of Taxes 18 Commission on Disability 19 Community Development Office 20 Community School Use Program 21 Conservation Commission 23 Council on Aging 24 Emergency Management Agency 26 Fair Housing Committee 27 Finance Committee 28 Fire Department 29 Health Board 30 Highway Department 32 Historical Commission 34 Industrial Development Commission 35 Inspector of Animals 36 Inspections Department 37 Library 40 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 42 Milford Pond Restoration Committee 43 Parks and Recreation Department 44 Personnel Board 45 Planning Board 47 Planning and Engineering Department 49 Police Department 51 School Committee 52 Sealer of Weights and Measures 36 Sewer Commission 55 Vernon Grove Cemetery Trustees 57 Veteran’s Services 58 Youth Commission 59 Zoning Board of Appeals 60 Town Clerk 61 TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS Annual Town Election - April 6, 1998 62 State Primary Election - September 1998 67 State Election - November 3, 1998 71 Annual Town Meeting - May 18, 1998 78 Special Town Meeting - October 21, 1998 108 BALANCE SHEETS, FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORTS Town Treasurer’s Financial Report 119 Milford Contributory Retirement Board Balance Sheet 125 Assessors’ Balance Sheet 126 Tax Collector’s Balance Sheet 127 Town Accountant’s Financial Statement 128 Vendor Payments in Excess of $5000 194 SALARY AND WAGE INFORMATION Municipal Personnel 198 School Personnel 207 Cover photo courtesy of Paul Curran V'E'DICJAT'IOn The Town of MiCforcC has Been most fortunate to fiave Been served By many fine incCivicCuaCs tBrougBout tBe years. SacCCy, in OctoBer of 1998, one oftBe true gentCemen of our timey Mr. 'RonaCdJ. Sj?eroni, our BeCovecCJ-CigBway Surveyor, j>assecC away. 'Ron joinedtBe J-CigBway 'Dej)artment in 1962 as a CaBorer. In 1971 Be was eCected3-[igBway Surveyor wBere Be remaineduntiCBis deatB. Tds rej)utation for efficiency and cooperation in running Bis department was weCC-known. J-Cowever, as important as tBese cBaracteristics were, 'Ron Speroni wiCC Be forever rememBeredfor Bis smiCe and Bis wiCCingness to taCk to and BeCp peopCe from aCC waCks of Cife. One wouCd Be Bard pressed to run into 'Ron and find Bim witBout Bis trademark smiCe, even in a storm. Ron Speroni wiCC Be rememBered as afinepuBCic servant and as a kind gent Ceman. J-Ce wiCC Be sadCy missed By aCCwBo BadtBe Bonor andpCeasure of knowing Bim. 1 REPORT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31,1998 INCORPORATED APRIL 11, 1780 "Two Hundred Eighteen Years of Progress” FACTS ABOUT MILFORD POPULATION (1990 Federal Census) 25,355 ASSESSED VALUATION (FY 98) $1,011,418,307 TAX RATE FOR FY 98 Residential or Open Space $16.29 Commercial, Industrial or Personal Property $29.30 GOVERNMENT: Representative Town Meeting, with Three Member Board of Selectmen AREA 15.65 Square Miles MILES OF HIGHWAY 112+/- REGISTERED VOTERS 13,355 STATE, DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts HIS EXCELLENCY, 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 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 2