Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1996 IN MEMORIAM OLIVER "AL" ARUDA JOSEPH P. BEATON GLADYS M. BELBIN AUGUSTUS "GUS" BLAISDELL WILLIAM F. LEO CAMPBELL DOMINIC DEGRAZIA MARY E. DENAULT HELEN T. DOHERTY LOUIS E. GAGE HAROLD F. GARRETT JOHN R. HARVEY MARGARET IMBIMBO HOWARD I. LAFAVER DR. RALPH LEPORE FRANCIS A. OTTATI JAMES J. RUSSO CAROL SEARS THORA F. SMITH (frontcover) BuzzellSeniorCenter The winterof1996was thesnowiest everrecordedbythe Town of Wilmington. Theyear1996also markedthe TenthAnniversaryofthe openingoftheBuzzellSeniorCenter. On thisspecialoccasionthetown againsalutesthemanyseniorcitizens andvolunteers who workedsohard tomakethedreamcometrue. Table of Contents Title Page Accepted Streets 40 ADA Advisory Committee 66 Animal Control Officer 29 Board of Appeals 67 Board of Assessors 18 Board of Health 46 Board of Registrars 21 Board of Selectmen 2 Boards, Committees & Commissions 9 Cable T.V. Advisory Task Force 45 Carter Lecture Fund 55 Constable 21 Council for the Arts 73 Department of Public Works 77 Directory of Officials 8 Disabilities, Commission on 65 Elderly Services Commission 63 Fire Department 22 Historical Commission 54 Housing Authority 49 Housing Partnership 38 Inspector of Buildings 30 Library 6 Meeting Dates and Times 163 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 76 Middlesex Canal Commission 45 Mission Statement 1 Municipal Services Guide 13 Officers & Department Heads 12 Permanent Building Committee 55 Planning/Conservation Department 32 Police Department 25 • Public Buildings Department 55 Recreation Commission 57 Redevelopment Authority 45 Sealer of Weights and Measurers 66 School Department 84 Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School 98 Telephone Directory by Department 164 Tovm Accountant 141 Tovm Clerk 19 Tovm Collector/Treasurer 17 Town Counsel 50 Tovm Manager 4 Tovm Meetings. Presidential Primary - March 5, 1996 101 . . . Annual Tovm Election - April 20, 1996 102 Annual Tovm Meeting - April 27, 1996 103 State Primary - September 17, 1996 124 Recount County Comm. - September 30, 1996 127 Special Tovm Meeting - October 28, 1996 128 State Election - November 5, 1996 137 Recount Rep. in Congress -'November 26, 1996. 139 . . . Veterans' Services 59 Water &. Sevs^er Department 8