2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton

TOWN OF MILTON 

The 

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THIRD 

ANNUAL REPORT 

FOR FY 2009

EXPLANATION OF COVER ART 

In 2009, the Board of Selectmen sponsored a photography contest entitled, 

“What I love about Milton”, asking residents to submit photos that best illustrate this 

sentiment. Julie Grimes submitted the winter scene on the cover of this year’s annual 

report. 

Julie is a member of the Milton High School class of 2003. She graduated from 

Boston College in 2007 and is currently pursuing an M.D. at New York Medical 

College. In her free time, she enjoys playing trombone, being outdoors and spending 

time with her family. 

The following, in Julie’s own words, is an explanation of the cover art. 

“My favorite thing about growing up in Milton was the brook that runs down 

the middle of Wendell Park, just across the street from my home. As a child, I loved 

to play in the brook, sailing paper boats, counting frogs, and embarking on imaginary 

adventures. Many of my childhood memories involve walking home for dinner 

in soggy sneakers after another great day of playing outside. As an adult, I am 

captivated by the brook’s natural beauty and the serenity of its calmly trickling 

water. The already spectacular scene becomes positively breathtaking after a fresh 

snowfall. I’m not sure it it’s possible to truly capture the beauty of this brook in a 

photograph, but I make it a point to go out each winter to document one of the 

things I love most about Milton.”


The 

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THIRD 

ANNUAL REPORT 

FOR FY 2009 

ALSO INCLUDES ELECTION RESULTS 

AND 

TOWN MEETING MINUTES 

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2009

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EXPLANATION OF COVER ART 

In 2009, the Board of Selectmen sponsored a photography contest entitled, 

“What I love about Milton”, asking residents to submit photos that best illustrate 

this sentiment. Julie Grimes submitted the winter scene on the cover of 

this year’s annual report. 

Julie is a member of the Milton High School class of 2003. She graduated 

from Boston College in 2007 and is currently pursuing an M.D. at New York 

Medical College. In her free time, she enjoys playing trombone, being outdoors 

and spending time with her family. 

The following, in Julie’s own words, is an explanation of the cover art. 

“My favorite thing about growing up in Milton was the brook that runs 

down the middle of Wendell Park, just across the street from my home. As a 

child, I loved to play in the brook, sailing paper boats, counting frogs, and embarking 

on imaginary adventures. Many of my childhood memories involve 

walking home for dinner in soggy sneakers after another great day of playing 

outside. As an adult, I am captivated by the brook’s natural beauty and the 

serenity of its calmly trickling water. The already spectacular scene becomes 

positively breathtaking after a fresh snowfall. I’m not sure it it’s possible to 

truly capture the beauty of this brook in a photograph, but I make it a point to 

go out each winter to document one of the things I love most about Milton.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Elected Town Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Town Officers Appointed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

Appointments Made by the Moderator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

TOWN RECORDS 

2009 February Special Town Meeting Warrant, February 23, 2009. . . . 33 

2009 Annual Town Election, April 28, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 

Adjourned Town Meeting, May 4, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 



2009 June Special Town Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 

2009 Special Town Meeting Warrant, October 19, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . 111 

Special State Primary Warrant, December 8, 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS 

Animal Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 

Appeals Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 

Assessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 

Auxiliary Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 

Auxiliary Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 

Cemetery Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 

Conservation Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 

Council on Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 

Cultural Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 

Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 

Health, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 

Historical Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 

Housing Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 

Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 

Inspectional Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 

Legislative Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 

Library Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 

Library Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 

Library Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 

Metropolitan Area Planning Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 

Park Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 

Personnel Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 

Planning Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 

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Police Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 

Public Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 

Retirement, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 

Selectmen, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 

Town Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 

Town Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 

Traffic Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 

Veterans’ Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

Accountant’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 

Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 

SCHOOL REPORTS 

School Committee and Superintendent of Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 

Blue Hill Regional District School Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 

SPECIAL COMMITTEES 

Report of the Warrant Committee 

for the February 23, 2009 Special Town Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 


for the May 4, 2009 Annual Town Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 


for the October 19, 2009 Special Town Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 

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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS 

2009-2010 

NAME AND OFFICE ADDRESS TERM EXPIRES 

Kathryn A. Fagan 78 Capen Street 2010 

Marion V. McEttrick 10 Crown Street 2011 

John Michael Shields 142 Houston Avenue 2012 

TOWN CLERK 

James G. Mullen, Jr. 1475 Canton Avenue 2012 

ASSESSORS 

Kathleen Heffernan 11 Saddle Ridge Road 2010 

M. Joseph Manning 583 Adams Street 2011 

Thomas S. Gunning 4 Evergreen Trail 2012 

TOWN TREASURER 

James D. McAuliffe 103 Wood Street 2010 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

F. Beirne Lovely, Jr. 76 Old Farm Road 2010 

Glenn H. Pavlicek 115 Smith Road 2010 

Kristan M.Bagley-Jones 32 Belcher Circle 2011 

Christopher Huban 41 Magnolia Road 2011 

Mary E. Kelly 86 Nahanton Avenue 2012 

Lynda-Lee Sheridan 57 Clifton Road 2012 

REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

Festus Joyce 104 Washington Street 2012 

PARK COMMISSIONERS 

Barbara J. Brown 21 Windsor Road 2010 

John J. Davis 15 Woodside Drive 2011 

Stephen P. Affanato 45 Governors Road 2012 

BOARD OF HEALTH 

Anne T. Fidler 15 Cantwell Road 2010 

Roxanne F. Musto 101 Milton Street 2011 

Timothy Jay Lowney 34 Apple Lane 2012 

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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

Hyacinth Crichlow 70 Meadowview Road 2010 

Janet K. Evans 27 Huntington Road 2010 

*Robert E. Varnerin 40 Caroline Drive 2010 

**Ingrid L. Shaffer 63 Standish Road 2010 

Eugene S. Boylan 22 Thompson Lane 2011 

Gregory T. Buchanan 38 Hoy Terrace 2011 

Mary C. Regan 22 Evergreen Trail 2011 

Andrea G. Gordon 163 Gun Hill Street 2012 

Barbara A. Mason 26 Quarry Lane 2012 

Brendan F. McLaughlin 3 Herrick Drive 2012 

CONSTABLES 

Tamara Berton 251 Blue Hills Parkway 2010 

Stephen Freeman 97 Cheever Street 2010 

Eric Issner 193 Granite Avenue 2010 

Gary D. Nunley 12 Concord Avenue 2010 

TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY 

Anthony M. Sammarco 1370 Canton Avenue 2010 

Ann M. Walsh 99 Patricia Drive 2011 

Paul F. Dolan 47 Quisset Brook Road 2012 

Robert A. Mason 26 Quarry Lane 2013 

Joseph M. Reardon 49 Grafton Avenue 2014 

MODERATOR 

Brian M. Walsh 56 Pleasant Street 2010 

HOUSING AUTHORITY 

Joseph A. Duffy, Jr. 6 Westbourne Street 2010 

Joseph F. Murphy 17 Fox Hill Lane 2012 

Catherine A. Shea 584 Eliot Street 2013 

Lee B. Cary 22 Sias Lane 2014 

PLANNING BOARD 

Edward L. Duffy 35 Granite Place 2010 

Emily Keys Innes 300 Reedsdale Road 2011 

Peter F. Jackson 14 Capen Street 2012 

Alexander Whiteside 79 Hillside Street 2013 

Bernard J. Lynch, III 34 Milton Hill Road 2014 

*Resigned August 5, 2009 

**Appointed September 24, 2009 

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PRECINCT ONE 

TERM EXPIRES APRIL 2010 

Keel, Stefano 

Lange, Susan Renee 

Lindberg, Curtis J 

Moss, Edward V. 

Nkwah, Joyce W. 

O’Malley, Joseph Patrick 

Schmarsow, Emmett H. 

Turner, Darnell J. S. 

62 Churchill Street 

204 Blue Hills Parkway 

32 Dyer Avenue 

37 Crown Street 

196 Brush Hill Road 

84 Decker Street 

45 Aberdeen Road 

42 Blue Hill Terrace Street 


Macke, Nicholas J. 

McEttrick, Joseph P. 

McEttrick, Marion V. 

Packer, Buddy 

Packer, Lynda M. 

Scott, Brian M. 

Shields, Julie Callahan 




68 Cheever Street 


25 Belvoir Road 



Fleitman, Sheryl G. 

Ketler, Ana F. 

Ketler, Stephen H. 

Murphy, Lisa 

O’Malley, Shannon E. 

Reulbach, Donna M. 

Sloane, Priscilla Hayden 

Solomon, Iman A. K. 


61 Brook Road 

61 Brook Road 

21 Mulberry Road 


54 Essex Road 

55 Concord Avenue 

52 Concord Avenue 

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PRECINCT TWO 


Blutt, Michael A. 

Brown, Barbara J. 

Bullis, David P. 

Callahan, Thomas M. 

Felton, Deborah M. 

Horowitz, David 

Nelson, Vicki H. 

Potter, Kathleen A. 

40 Willoughby Road 

21 Windsor Road 

20 Austin Street 

16 Orono Street 

20 Willoughby Road 

45 Marilyn Road 

481 Eliot Street 

69 Saint Mary’s Road 


Caulfield, Timothy B. 

DeBesse, Joseph T. Jr. 

Ehrmann, David M. 

Friedman-Hanna, Karen L. 

Joyce, Michael C. 

Morash, Stephen A. 

Shields, John Michael 

Voigt, Ronit G. 

White, Elizabeth R. 

65 Ridge Road 

69 Hinckley Road 

44 Standish Road 

3 Norway Road 



142 Houston Avenue 


36 Ridge Road 


Cramer, Sandra R. 

Fagan, Kathryn A. 

Freeman, Matthew 

Jackson, Peter F. 

Kream, Reedy 

McCarthy, Thomas 

McEttrick, Joseph P., III 

Rosner, Carol J. 

Voigt, Herbert F. 

Ex-Officio 

Joyce, Brian A., State Senator 

Timilty,Walter F., State Representative 


78 Capen Street 



102 Cliff Road 

15 Fairfax Road 


10 Fieldstone Lane 




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PRECINCT THREE 


Boylan, Eugene S. 

Corcoran, Edward J., II 

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. 

Mullin, Peter A. 

McDonough, Brian P. 

Needham, W. Paul 

Newman, Carolyn 

Rosmarin, Ada 

Tangney, Nicholas J. 

22 Thompson Lane 

70 Morton Road 

21 Canton Avenue 

19 Gaskins Road 

22 Frothingham Street 

7 West Side Road 


32 Columbine Road 



Conlon, Kathleen M. 

42 Reedsdale Road 

Davis, Frank L. 

65 Valley Road 

Fahy, Christian Carter 


Heiden, Ruth A. 


Hodlin, Kristine R. 

112 Maple Street 

Neely, Richard B. 

23 Russell Street 

Rundlett, Marylou 


Sanchez, Omar M. G. 

26 Thompson Lane 

* Winchester, Charles C. 67 Whitelawn Avenue 


Giuliano, Frank J., Jr. 

Kelly, John M. 

King, Virginia M. Donahue 

MacNeil, Janet C. 

McLaughlin, Brendan F. 

Monack, Susan L. 

Sargent, C. Forbes, III 

Stillman, Laurie R. 

Ex-Officio 

Anne T. Fidler, Chairman, Board of Health 

* Died, October 20, 2009 

61 School Street 

7 Morton Road 


23 Oak Road 

3 Herrick Drive 



29 Waldo Road 

15 Cantwell Road 

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PRECINCT FOUR 


Campbell, J. Colin 

Casey, Richard “Ben” 

Craven, Linda 

Cronin, Brian M. 

Fitzgerald, John K. 

May, James 

Sullivan, Mary Ann 

Williams, Richard A. 

122 Gulliver Street 

338 Thacher Street 

83 Clapp Street 


16 Fairbanks Road 





Casey, Kimberly 

Cichello, Anthony J. 

Cronin, Maritta Manning 

Fallon, Jane E. 

Hannigan, Virginia C. 

Huban, Christopher 

O’Connor, Daniel F. 

Rota, Robert J. 



130 Wendell Park 

8 Stanton Road 


41 Magnolia Road 




Beyer, Edmund B. 

Carels, Margaret E. 

Cronin, John A. 

Manning, Harriet 

Milbauer, Deborah A. 

Mitchell, Leeann 

Monroe, Natalie S. 

Sheffield, Robert J. 

75 Elm Street 

19 Gibbons Street 



16 Winthrop Street 

60 Fairbanks Road 


372 Blue Hills Parkway 

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PRECINCT FIVE 


Buchanan, Helen E. 

1335 Blue Hill Avenue 

Froom, Karin J. 

465 Atherton Street 

* Mullen, Kathleen M. 1475 Canton Avenue 

Musto, Roxanne F. 

101 Milton Street 

O’Brien, Jeanne M. 


Phinney, Rachel A. 

206 Woodland Road 


Buchbinder, Betsy D. 


Dolan, J. William 

111 Woodland Road 

** Jeffries, David 1268 Canton Avenue 

Jeffries, Marjorie S. 


Keating, Clare F. 

28 Harland Street 

Mullen, James G., Jr. 


Murphy, Philip D. 


Sammarco, Anthony M. 



Armstrong, Kathleen E. 

Coghlan, Virginia L. 

Collins, Donald P. 

Daiber, Theodore E. 

Kearns, Nancy Peterson 

Lowney, Timothy Jay 

Stanley, Joanne P. 

Ex-Officio 

Hurley, John, Chairman, Warrant Committee 

* Resigned May 5, 2009 

** Resigned August 18, 2009 

37 Mingo Street 



399 Atherton Street 


34 Apple Lane 

36 Park Street 


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PRECINCT SIX 


Boeri, Steven V. 

Caldwell, Kenneth G. 

Kiernan, Susan A. 

Lavery, Kathleen Ryan 

Reardon, Joseph M. 

Sorgi, Kevin G. 

Sweeney, Richard E. 

Vaughan, Michael P. 

Wallace, Janice R. 

58 Hurlcroft Road 

23 Saint Agatha Road 

170 Cabot Street 

115 Governors Road 

49 Grafton Avenue 

40 Lochland Street 

24 Garden Street 

32 Governor Belcher Lane 



Affanato, Donald P. 

Cobb, Mary S. 

Duffley, Martha L. 

Evans, Janet K. 

Gallery, Daniel J. 

Kiernan, John A. 

Linehan, Brian P. 

MacVarish, John D. 

Mearn, Patricia M. 

55 Rowe Street 

16 Babcock Street 

46 Sheldon Street 

27 Huntington Road 

39 Pillon Road 


92 Waldeck Road 

46 Huntington Road 



Affanato, Stephen P. 

Dempsey, John A. 

Kennedy, James C. 

Killion, Richard J. 

Lyons, David J. 

Lyons, Stephen M. 

Mullen, Thomas F. 

White, Jennifer L. 

White, William H., Jr. 


218 Edge Hill Road 


282 Edge Hill Road 



5 Rowe Street 

73 Plymouth Avenue 

73 Plymouth Avenue 

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PRECINCT SEVEN 


Chrisom, Kevin B. 

Cidlevich, Stephen M. 

Doyle, Arthur J. 

Joyce, Daniel F. 

Kelley, Brian T. 

McCurdy, Steven J. 

O’Toole, Michael B., Jr. 

Wells, Virginia F. 

62 Courtland Circle 

82 Belcher Circle 


87 Washington Street 

11 Hope Avenue 


27 Brackett Street 

31 Granite Place 


Arens, Peter J. 

Bagley-Jones, Kristan M. 

Cleary, Kevin J. 

Deane, Michael J. 

Duffy, Edward L. 

Joyce, Festus 

Kempe, Martha J. 

Manning, M. Joseph 

Virgona, John A. 



17 Melbourne Road 

56 Howe Street 




583 Adams Street 

580 Adams Street 


Bulger, Nancy E. 

Conway, Laura A. 

Foster, Robert E. 

Greenwood, Todd M. 

Maholchic, Michael 

Maye, Mary E. Kelly 

Noonan, Christopher M. 

Viola, Lisa Rask 

Ex-Officio 

McAuliffe, James D., Town Treasurer 

44 Collamore Street 

67 Church Street 

18 Pierce Street 


5 Bunton Street 

52 Cedar Terrace Street 

35 Pierce Street 

25 Collamore Street 

103 Wood Street 

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PRECINCT EIGHT 


Colligan, Diane M. 

Delaney, James P. 

Gordon, Andrea G. 

Mason, Paul J., Jr. 

Mason, Robert A. 

Murphy, Stephen A. 

Neville, Gayle M. 

Neville, William J. 

Surrette, Marietta E. 

4 Bailey Avenue 

52 Lyman Road 

163 Gun Hill Street 

49 Lawrence Road 

26 Quarry Lane 

43 Orchard Road 

110 Nahanton Avenue 


132 Ridgewood Road 


Agostino, Diane DiTullio 

Berry, Maureen 

Delaney, Amy E. 

Gordon, Marvin A. 

Kates, Stacia A. 

Kelly, Thomas F. 

Perdios, David J. 

Shea, David 

Varela, Sheila Egan 

Walsh, Brian M. 

147 Ridgewood Road 

31 Fullers Lane 

52 Lyman Road 

163 Gun Hill Street 

64 Dean Road 

81 Fullers Lane 

52 Bartons Lane 

121 Harbor View Road 

70 Lyman Road 

56 Pleasant Street 


Driscoll, Jane E. 

Kelly, Margaret A. 

Kelly, Mary E. 

Mason, Barbara A. 

O’Connor, Thomas P. 

Powers, Anne F. 

Varela, Julio R. 

Walsh, Ann M. 


55 Cypress Road 


26 Quarry Lane 

19 Bailey Avenue 

620 Randolph Avenue 

70 Lyman Road 

99 Patricia Drive 

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PRECINCT NINE 


Connor, Roger T. 

Dunphy, James F. 

MacIntosh, Laurie A. 

Marr, Jeffrey T. 

Murphy, Joseph F. 

O’Leary, James M., Jr. 

Sheridan, Lynda-Lee 

White-Orlando, Judith M. 

6 Evergreen Trail 

90 Governor Stoughton Lane 

70 Parkwood Drive 

11 Mark Lane 

17 Foxhill Lane 

9 Mark Lane 

57 Clifton Road 

41 Deerfield Drive 


Barrett, George L. 

Conley, Jeanne M. 

Dunphy, Katherine Haynes 

Gardner, Dorothy M. 

Haddad, Helene L. 

Irwin, Eugene P., III 

Lovely, F. Beirne, Jr. 

Sweeney, Robert C. 

Ward, Richard P. 

46 Indian Spring Road 

26 Wildwood Road 


20 Azalea Drive 


120 Highland Street 

76 Old Farm Road 

156 Whittier Road 

11 Saddle Ridge Road 


Collins, Webster A. 

Davis, John J. 

Grogan, Joseph P. 

Heffernan, Kathleen 

Mulligan, Frank O. 

Murphy, Anne L. 

O’Connor, Elizabeth A. 

Shea, Richard J. 

Welz, Elzbieta K. 

Ex-Officio 

Flynn, John P., Town Counsel 

Lane, Branch B., Tree Warden 

533 Harland Street 

15 Woodside Drive 

11 Countryside Lane 

11 Saddle Ridge Road 


17 Foxhill Lane 




51 Buckingham Road 


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PRECINCT TEN 


Cary, Lee B. 

Cherry, Brian P. 

Cunningham, Joseph M., Jr. 

Desmond-Sills, Therese 

Donahue, Kevin P. 

Folcarelli, John W. 

Folcarelli, Patricia 

McMann, Joseph T. 

Sweeney-Dumais, Maryellen 

White, Ann E. 

22 Sias Lane 

31 Gordon Road 

140 Dudley Lane 

211 Centre Street 

84 Centre Lane 




42 Sheridan Drive 

32 Sias Lane 


Armstrong, Patricia 

Driscoll, Daniel F. 

Driscoll, Terence J. 

Fitzgerald, William J. 

Harnish-O’Sullivan, Lynn 

Innes, Ewan J. 

Mathews, Nancy S. 

McCarthy, Veronica J. 

McNamara, Mary E. 

11 Bradford Road 




202 Churchills Lane 



6 Hillcrest Road 

15 Brae Burn Road 


Buchanan, Gregory T. 

Cherry, Jessica A. 

Christensen, Janet M. 

Collins, Charles H. 

Innes, Emily Keys 

Mathews, Philip S. 

Shea, Richard W. 

Stout, Frank J. 

38 Hoy Terrace 



69 Meredith Circle 



41 Lawndale Road 

5 Artwill Street 

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PRECINCT ELEVEN 


Crichlow, Hyacinth 

Harnish, Sara L. 

Keally, Mary E. 

Kernan, Timothy S. 

O’Toole, Ellen D. 

Padula, George T. 

Riordan, Germaine V. 

Stone, Jeffrey R. 

Sumner, Mitchell 

70 Meadowview Road 




89 Hudson Street 


9 Loew Circle 

15 Lufbery Street 

44 Lafayette Street 


Baltopoulos, Ruth E. 

Doherty, Kristine A. 

Donahue, Kevin C. 

Driscoll, Philip J. 

McCarthy, Charles J. 

Pavlicek, Glenn H. 

Penta, Anita A. 

Saint-Surin, Farrah M. 

Wilkinson, Geoffrey W. 

117 Sumner Street 

34 Brush Hill Lane 

17 Meetinghouse Lane 


37 Landon Road 

115 Smith Road 

115 Smith Road 

2 Landon Road 

199 Beacon Street 


Fay, Earl W. 

Finn, James C. 

Larson, Malcolm R. 

Lowney, Jeremiah “Jay” 

McCarthy, Louisa C. 

O’Toole, Michael 

Padula, Helene D. 

Rounds, LisaDawn O. 

Trakas, Christopher J. 

45 Annapolis Road 

37 Prince Street 

147 Ferncroft Road 

311 Fairmount Avenue 






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TOWN OFFICERS OF MILTON 

APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN 

Town Administrator 

KEVIN J. MEARN 

Town Counsel 

Legislative Counsel 

JOHN P. FLYNN 

Director of Public Works 

JOSEPH W. LYNCH 

Chief of the Fire Department 

JOHN J. GRANT, JR. 

Chief of the Police Department 

RICHARD G. WELLS, JR. 

Town Accountant 

DAVID GRAB 

Town Planner 

WILLIAM B. CLARK, JR. 

Forest Warden 

JOHN J. GRANT, JR. 

Keeper of the Lockup 


Dog Officer 


Superintendent of Streets 

PAUL M. HURLEY 

Inspector of Plumbing, Sealer of Weights & Measures 

and Inspector of Gas Fittings 

MARK A. KELLY 

Assistant Town Administrator 

ANNEMARIE FAGAN 

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director 

MARK WILLIAMS 

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Inspector of Wires 

CLIFFORD FLYNN 

Building Commissioner 

JOSEPH PRONDAK 

Tree Warden 

BRANCH B. LANE 

Local Superintendent for the Suppression 

of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 

PAUL M. HURLEY 

Veterans’ & Burial Agent 

Director of Veteran’s Services 

STEPHEN J. MURPHY 

Veterans’ Graves Officer 

STEPHEN J. MURPHY 

Alternative Energy Committee 

HENRY MACLEAN, 147 School Street 2009 

RICHARD A. MALSTROM, 228 Eliot Street 2009 

OLIVER CRICHLOW, 70 Meadowview Road 2009 

ROBERT FOSTER, 18 Pierce Street 2009 

TARA MANNO RICHER, 41 Ferncroft Road 2009 

JOHN BARRON CLANCY, 35 Hudson Street 2009 

Bicycle Advisory Committee 

MICHAEL BLACKWELL, 357 Blue Hills Parkway 2009 

MARTIN BAUER, 78 Capen Street 2009 

LEE TOMA, 58 Aberdeen Road 2009 

DAVID FORSYTH, 33 Mechanic Street 2009 

MARJORIE JEFFRIES, 1268 Canton Avenue 2009 

JAY RITCHIE, 61 Parkway Crescent 2009 

ERICK ASK, 10 Stoddard Lane 2009 

HUGH STRINGER, 549 Eliot Street 2009 

MICHAEL MAHOLCHIC, 5 Bunton Street 2009 

RICHARD PANCIERA, 64 Pagoda Circle 2009 

Broadband Monitoring Committee 

JONATHAN BROWN, 80 Webster Road 2009 

PAUL YOVINO, 16 Sheridan Drive 2009 

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Business and Citizens Advisory Committee 

PAUL LANE, 3 Edge Hill Road 2009 

MERYL MANIN, 536 Adams Street 2009 

LESLIE WILL, 103 Canton Avenue 2009 

RAFAEL URBINA, 9 Viola Street 2009 

PAUL TIERNEY, 1060 Brook Road 2009 

BERNARD J. LYNCH, III, 34 Milton Hill Road 2009 

JOHN VIRGONA, 580 Adams Street 2009 

MARIETTA SURRETTE, 132 Ridgewood Road 2009 

NANCY JESSON, 1274 Randolph Avenue 2009 

KATHLEEN KECHEJIAN, 558 Adams Street 2009 

KENNETH G. CALDWELL, 23 St. Agatha’s Road 2009 

BRIAN O’SHEA, 32 Barton’s Lane 2009 

ARTHUR J. DOYLE, 85 Belcher Circle 2009 

Capital Improvement Planning Committee 

JOHN M. SHIELDS, 142 Houston Avenue 2009 

CHRISTOPHER HUBAN, 41 Magnolia Road 2009 

BARBARA MASON, 26 Quarry Lane 2009 

BERNARD J. LYNCH, III, 34 Milton Hill Road 2009 

VIRGINIA L. COGHLAN, 1372 Brush Hill Road 2009 

DAVID GRAB, Town Accountant 2009 

Celebration of Holidays Committee 

DR. MARY MULLEN BURKE, 297 Pleasant Street 2009 

J. ALEXANDER HARTE, 525 Brook Road 2009 

STEPHEN J. MURPHY, 525 Canton Avenue 2009 

FRANK STOUT, 5 Artwill Street 2009 

Commission on Disability 

JOSEPH PRONDAK, 525 Canton Avenue 2011 

CHARLES GAMER, 6 Briarfield Road 2010 

CAROLYN LAMONT, 23 Hillsview Road 2010 

LESLIE COLLINS, 26 Briarfield Road 2009 

DANIEL C. SACCO, 17 Garfield Road 2011 

NATHAN BOURQUE, 88 Wharf Street 2009 

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Community Preservation Act Study Committee 

DONALD R. NEAL, 115 Elm Street 2009 

JOHN A. CRONIN, 130 Wendell Park 2009 

BARBARA J. BROWN, 21 Windsor Road 2009 

MEREDITH M. HALL, 41 Russell Street 2009 

WALLACE E. SISSON, 278 Adams Street 2009 

Conservation Commission 

DONALD R. NEAL, 115 Elm Street 2009 

JOHN A. KIERNAN, 170 Cabot Street 2010 

JOHN T. MCGRATH, 1016 Brush Hill Road 2011 

JUDITH DARRELL-KEMP, 232 Highland Street 2011 

INGRID A. BEATTIE, 57 Ruggles Lane 2009 

MICHAEL BLUTT, 40 Willoughby Road 2011 

KENNETH HARRIS NAIDE, 65 Gaskins Lane 2009 

TAMMY MURPHY, 63 Concord Avenue 2012 

Consolidated Facilities Exploratory Committee 

CHRISTOPHER HUBAN, 41 Magnolia Road 2009 

ANTHONY CICHELLO, 55 Houston Avenue 2009 

JEREMIAH CAHALANE, 29 Quentin Street 2009 

KATHRYN A. FAGAN, 78 Capen Street 2009 

LYNDA LEE SHERIDAN, 57 Clifton Road 2009 

RICHARD A. WILLIAMS, 36 Gulliver Street 2009 

MARY S. COBB, 16 Babcock Street 2009 

MURRAY REGAN, 41 Centre Lane 2010 

Council on Aging 

PAUL KELLEY, 19 Buckingham Road 2010 

BETSY BUCHBINDER, 67 Vose Hill Road 2011 

VIRGINIA HANNIGAN, 20 Houston Avenue 2010 

LOUISE VOVERIS, 11 Brookside Park 2009 

ROGER CONNOR, 6 Evergreen Trail 2009 

BARBARA JACKSON, 179 Clapp Street 2011 

ENID CHAPMAN, 703 Brush Hill Road 2011 

EDWARD BROWNE, 216 Atherton Street 2010 

JEAN LESLIE, 121 Otis Street 2010 

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Cultural Council 

DAVID DEMARCO, 303 Pleasant Street 2010 

PEGGY DRAY, 36 Eliot Street 2011 

JOHN T. HIGGINS, 71 Governors Road 2009 

KATHLEEN M. KIRBY, 472 Central Avenue 2011 

DOUGLAS LANTIGUA, 9 Artwill Street 2011 

RODERICK LEBREW, 6 Columbine Road 2011 

DAVID LEVY, 10 Warren Avenue 2011 

LINDA MILLS, 39 Hawthorne Road 2010 

WILLIAM S. MULLEN, 339 Thacher Street 2011 

INGRID SHAFER, 63 Standish Road 2011 

MARILYN WHIPPLE, 52 Crown Street 2010 

Fair Housing Committee 

REV. GEORGE WELLES, JR., 453 Adams Street 2009 

THOMAS CALLAHAN, 16 Orono Street 2009 

JOSEPH A. DUFFY, JR., 6 Westbourne Street 2009 

ALEXANDER WHITESIDE, 79 Hillside Street 2009 

KAREN HORAN, 36 Willoughby Road 2009 

TRACY A. WEST-BOLDEN, 1031 Metropolitan Avenue 2009 

KENNETH G. CALDWELL, 23 St. Agatha Road 2009 

WILLIAM B. CLARK, JR., Fair Housing Officer 2009 

Governor Stoughton Trust Land Committee 

MARK BOYLE, 25 Lawrence Road 2009 

VANESSA CALDERON-ROSADO, 66 Rustlewood Road 2009 

WEBSTER COLLINS, 533 Harland Street 2009 

JULIE CREAMER, 58 Frothingham Street 2009 

DAVID HALL, 41 Russell Street 2009 

ROBERT SIMMONS, 40 Green Street 2009 

ROBERT SWEENEY, 156 Whittier Road 2009 

Harbor Master 

JOHN T. O’DONNELL 

Historical Commission 

NICHOLAS CARTER, 115 Randolph Avenue 2009 

MEREDITH HALL, 41 Russell Street 2010 

STEPHEN V. O’DONNELL, 65 Hills View Road 2011 

BRYAN C. CHENEY, 34 VOSES LANE 2011 

JOSEPH M. CUNNINGHAM, JR. 2011 

WALLACE SISSON, 278 ADAMS STREET 2010 

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MASSPORT Liaison 

JUDITH KENNEDY, 170 Atherton Street 2009 

DAVID GODINE, 196 School Street 2009 

Metropolitan Area Planning Committee Representative 

TABER KEALLY, 674 Brush Hill Road 2011 

Milton Village/Central Avenue Revitalization Committee 

EVERETT HAYWARD, 26 Eliot Street 2009 

JOHN ZYCHOWICZ, 8 Morton Terrace 2009 

KATHERINE HAYNES DUNPHY, 90 Governor Stoughton Lane 2009 

MICHAEL B. WILCOX, 42 Hillsview Road 2009 

DAVID ST. DENIS, 67 Standish Road 2009 

RUTH HEIDEN, 314 Eliot Street 2009 

Norfolk County Advisory Board Representative 

JOSEPH M. REARDON, 49 Grafton Avenue 2009 

Registrar of Voters 

MARY E. BROWN, 2 Clark Road 2010 

DAVID J. LYONS, 39 Sheldon Street 2011 

MARY SENNOTT BURKE, 123 Indian Spring Road 2012 

Sign Advisory Committee 

JOHN ZYCHOWICZ, 8 Morton Terrace 2009 

MARALIN MANNING, 57 Huntington Road 2009 

RAYMOND THILL, 457 Eliot Street 2009 

Telecommunications Design Review Committee 

VIRGINIA DONAHUE KING, 377 Canton Avenue 2009 

EDWARD L. DUFFY, 35 Granite Place 2010 

JOHN P. LAWTON, 100 Hillside Street 2009 

Wind Energy Committee 

DAVID D. DESANTIS, 104 Metropolitan Avenue 2009 

RICHARD KLEIMAN, 99 Otis Street 2009 

DARYL M. WARNER, 66 Martin Road 2009 

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APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH 

Agent of Public Health 

MICHAEL BLANCHARD, M.S. 

Inspector of Animals and Slaughter 

DR. MORTON WOLF 

APPOINTED BY THE CEMETERY TRUSTEES 

Superintendent of Cemetery 

THERESE DESMOND-SILLS 

APPOINTED BY THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES 

Librarian 

PHILIP MCNULTY 

APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 

Superintendent of Parks 

DAVID PERDIOS 

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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE TOWN MODERATOR 

BRIAN M. WALSH 

The following permanent and ad hoc committees and boards are appointed 

and reappointed by the Town Moderator, Brian M. Walsh. All appointments are 

filed with the Town Clerk, James G. Mullen, Jr. 

PERMANENT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS 

TERM EXPIRES 

BOARD OF APPEALS (Permanent Members) 

John S. Leonard, Chairman, 181 Whittier Road 2010 

Brian M. Hurley, 56 Barbara Lane 2011 

BOARD OF APPEALS (Associate Members) 

Jeffrey B. Mullan, 6 Fieldstone Lane 2010 

Francis C. O’Brien, 411 Canton Avenue 2010 

Emanuel Alves, 42 Emerson Road 2011 

Steven M. Lundbohm, 111 Garden Street 2011 

Sara L. Harnish, 376 Brush Hill Road 2012 

Virginia M. Donahue King, 377 Canton Avenue 2012 

AUDIT COMMITTEE 

(Article 14 of the 1978 Town Meeting and Article 9 of the 1985 Town Meeting 

and Article 9 of the 2001 Town Meeting) 

Christopher W. Heavey, 198 Canton Avenue 2011 

William R. Lovett, Jr., 39 Buckingham Road 2012 

SENIOR CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE 

(Article 37 of the 1998 Town Meeting) 

Edward M. Browne, 216 Atherton Street 

Mark D. Wartenberg, 14 West Street 

Indefinite 

Indefinite 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE 

(Article 50 of the 1978 Town Meeting and Article 9 of the 2001 Town Meeting) 

Jonathan A. Brown, 80 Webster Road 2010 

Allan E. Smith, 7 Herrick Drive 2010 

Michael E. Roberts, Chairman, 18 Herrick Drive 2011 

Paul J. Sullivan, 21 Smith Road 2012 

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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 


Walter J. Connelly, 1399 Blue Hill Avenue 2010 

Theodore E. Daiber, 399 Atherton Street 2010 

John P. Flynn, Chairman, 51 Buckingham Road 2010 

Christopher S. Pitt, 242 Woodland Road 2010 

LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE 


Jeffrey A. Gouveia, Jr., 407 Highland Street 2010 

David S. Hall, 41 Russell Street 2010 

G. Thomas Martinson, Chairman, 51 Columbine Road 2010 

Frank L. Davis, 65 Valley Road 2011 

Marjorie S. Jeffries, 1268 Canton Avenue 2011 

Ellen K. Anselone, 22 Morton Road 2012 

Eugene S. Boylan, 22 Thompson Lane 2012 

George E. Tougias, 660 Canton Avenue 2012 

PERSONNEL BOARD 


C. Forbes Sargent II, 25 Canton Avenue 2010 

William J. Curran, Jr., 22 Edward Avenue 2011 

Ann E. White, Chairman, 32 Sias Lane 2012 

Iris G. Kennedy, 51 Wendell Park 2013 

Michael B. Reardon, 70 Houston Avenue 2014 

SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE 


Francis X. Desmond, 411 North Main Street, Yarmouth, MA 2010 

Joseph F. Murphy, 17 Fox Hill Lane 2010 

Glenn H. Pavlicek, 114 Smith Road 2010 

Richard A. Williams, 36 Gulliver Street 2010 

Mary S. Cobb, 16 Babcock Street 2011 

Paul J. Hogan, 56 Pierce Street 2011 

John A. Virgona, 580 Adams Street 2011 

Anthony J. Cichello, Chairman, 55 Houston Avenue 2012 

Thomas G. Hess, 1 Fairfax Road 2012 

Lynda-Lee Sheridan, 57 Clifton Road 2012 

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WARRANT COMMITTEE 

John W. Abonen, 34 Thompson Lane 2010 

Henry E. Bell, 60 Sassamon Avenue 2010 

Kevin M. Chase, 16 Antwerp Street 2010 

John W. Folcarelli, 361 Centre Street 2010 

John Hurley, Chairman, 714 Blue Hill Avenue 2010 

Ewan J. Innes, 300 Reedsdale Road 2010 

Eric T. Kelley, 95 Otis Street 2010 

George E. Mandell, 4 Hawthorn Road 2010 

Barbara C. Martin, 104 Nancy Road 2010 

Maurice P. Mitchell, 22 Brae Burn Road 2010 

Raju M. Pathak, 87 Countryside Lane 2010 

Jean H. Powers, 1372 Brush Hill Road 2010 

Omar M.G. Sanchez, 26 Thompson Lane 2010 

Leroy J. Walker, 452 Truman Parkway 2010 

Michael F. Zullas, 67 Fairbanks Road 2010 

RECREATIONAL FACILITY COMMITTEE 


F. Beirne Lovely, Jr., Chairman, 76 Old Farm Road 2010 

Edmund B. Beyer, 75 Elm Street 2012 

John J. Davis, 15 Woodside Drive 2012 

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Town 

 

Records 

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2009 AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL AND ZONING BYLAWS 

Date of Articles Received by Approved Received by Published 

Town Meeting Attorney General Town Clerk 

May 7, 2009 42 June 25, 2009 Sept. 21, 2009 Sept. 28, 2009 October 8, 15, 2009 




All amendments with the approval of the Attorney General were published in the 

local paper on October 8, 2009 and October 15, 2009 as required by Chapter 46, Section 

32. 

James G. Mullen, Jr. 

Town Clerk 

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2009 

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts) SS. 

County of Norfolk 

To any of the Constables of the Town of Milton in said County: 

GREETINGS: 

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required 

to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Milton, qualified to vote in 

Town affairs, to meet at the Milton High School Auditorium on Gile Road, in 

said Milton on Monday, the twenty-third day of February next at 7:30 o’clock 

in the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles to wit: 

Articles 1 through 2 

And you are directed to warn said inhabitants qualified as aforesaid to meet at 

the times and places and for the purposes herein mentioned by posting attested 

copies of the Warrant in each of the post offices of said Town fourteen days at 

least before the twenty-third day of February and leaving printed copies thereof 

at the dwelling houses of said Town at least fourteen days before the date. 

Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon 

to the Town Clerk, on or before said twenty-third day of February, next. 

Given under our hands at Milton this twenty-second day of January, two thousand 

and nine. 

A True Copy: Attest 

Kathryn A. Fagan 

John Michael Shields 

Marion V. McEttrick 

Stephen Freeman 

CONSTABLE OF MILTON 

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts) SS 

County of Norfolk) 

Pursuant to the within Warrant, dated February 23, 2009, I have notified the inhabitants 

of the Town of Milton as within directed to meet at the time and places 

and for the purposes therein mentioned by posting attested copies of the same 

in the post offices of the Town and leaving attested copies at the dwellings of 

the inhabitants. Warrants were posted on February 6, 2009 and delivered to the 

inhabitants on February 7, 2009. 


Constable of Milton 

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 

FEBRUARY 23, 2009 

The Town Moderator Brian M. Walsh, opened the Special Town Meeting held 

at the Milton High School Auditorium, Gile Road at 7:35 p.m. 

The following 80 Town Meeting Members were absent for the Special Town 

Meeting held February 23, 2009 

PRECINCT ONE: 

PRECINCT TWO: 

Mary Ellen Gardiner 

Joyce W. Nkwah 

Beth Ann Nohmy 

Donna M. Reulbach 

Brian M. Scott 

Barbara J. Brown 

Sandra R. Cramer 

Joseph T. DeBesse, Jr. 

Deborah M. Felton 

Matthew Freeman 

Beth Greenawalt 

David Horowitz 

Kathleen A. Potter 

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PRECINCT THREE: 

PRECINCT FOUR: 

PRECINCT FIVE: 

PRECINCT SIX: 

PRECINCT SEVEN: 

Christian Carter Fahy 

Frank J. Giuliano, Jr. 

John M. Kelly 

Deb Kennedy 

Janet C. MacNeil 

Richard B. Neely 

Edmund B. Beyer 

J. Colin Campbell 

Douglas W. Fitzgerald 

Leeann Mitchell 

Daniel F. O’Connor 

Robert J. Rota 

Robert J. Sheffield 

Richard A. Williams 

Betsy D. Buchbinder 

David Jeffries 

Clare F. Keating 

Jeanne M. O’Brien 

Corinna P. Shillingford 

Donald P. Affanato 

John A. Dempsey 

James C. Kennedy 

Richard J. Killion 

Stephen M. Lyons 

John D. MacVarish 

Michael P. Vaughan 

Peter J. Arens 

Kevin B. Chrisom 

Susan M. Galvin 

Todd M. Greenwood 

Daniel F. Joyce 

Martha J. Kempe 

M. Joseph Manning 

Christopher M. Noonan 

Michael B. O’Toole, Jr. 

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PRECINCT EIGHT: 

PRECINCT NINE: 

PRECINCT TEN: 

PRECINCT ELEVEN: 

Maureen Berry 

Diane M. Colligan 

Jane E. Driscoll 

Thomas F. Kelly 

Paul J. Mason, Jr. 

Stephen A. Murphy 

Thomas P. O’Connor 

David J. Perdios 

David Shea 

Paul F. Vaughan 

George L. Barrett 

Webster A. Collins 

John J. Davis 

Dorothy M. Gardner 

Thomas S. Gunning (ex-officio) 

Helene L. Haddad 

Kathleen Heffernan 

Branch B. Lane (ex-officio) 

Laurie A. MacIntosh 

James M. O’Leary, Jr. 

Daniel F. Driscoll 

Patricia Folcarelli 

Lynn Harnish-O’Sullivan 

Joseph T. McMann 

Anita L. Tierney 

Kristine A. Doherty 

Philip J. Driscoll 

Everett I. Hayward, Jr. 

Timothy S. Kernan 

Jeremiah “Jay” Lowney 

Farrah M. Saint-Surin 

Geoffrey W. Wilkinson 

Town Clerk, James G. Mullen, Jr. informed the Moderator that a quorum was 

present. 

The Town Meeting Members stood to pledge allegiance to the flag. 

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Town Meeting Members stood for a moment of silence for the following Cemetery 

Trustee who had died since the last meeting. 

J. JOSEPH DONOVAN 

Cemetery Trustee 

1975-2009 

Town Meeting Member Michael A. Blutt made a motion which was seconded 

to eliminate the reduction of $26,228. from the Fire Department from Article 

One. 

VOTED. The Town voted NO. 

VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to reduce the following appropriations 

voted by Milton Town Meeting for the twelve month period beginning 

July 1, 2008: 

Department or Item Town Meeting Vote Current Appropriation 

Reserve Fund Article 49, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting $582,924 

Fire – Salaries and Wages Article 15, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting $3,884,552 

Police & Youth – Article 15, May, 2008 

Salaries and Wages Annual Town Meeting $5,116,997 

Public Works – 

Public Works General Article 20, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting $1,450,583 

Schools Article 36, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting; 

Article 7 and Article 8, 

October, 2008 Special Town Meeting $31,779,120 

and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to reduce the following appropriations voted by Milton 

Town Meeting for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2008: 

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Department or Item Town Meeting Vote Current Reduction Adjusted 

Appropriation 

Appropriation 

Reserve Fund Article 49, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting $582,924 $60,000 $522,924 

Fire – Salaries and Article 15, May, 2008 

Wages Annual Town Meeting $3,884,552 $26,228 $3,858,324 

Police & Youth – Article 15, May, 2008 

Salaries and Wages Annual Town Meeting $5,116,997 $36,916 $5,080,081 

Public Works – 

Public Works General Article 20, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting $1,450,583 $32,785 $1,417,798 

Schools Article 36, May, 2008 

Annual Town Meeting; 

Article 7 and Article 8, 

October, 2008 Special 

Town Meeting $31,779,120 $133,764 $31,645,356 

VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 2 To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee 

to enter into a contract for energy education services for a term which exceeds 

three (3) years; 


VOTED. The Town voted to authorize the School Committee to enter into a 

contract to develop and implement an energy management conservation program 

for the School District for a term not to exceed ten (10) years. 

The meeting dissolved at 9:40p.m. 

UNANIMOUS VOTE 



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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION 

To any of the constables of the Town of Milton in said County: 

GREETINGS: 



Elections and Town affairs, to meet at the several designated polling places in 

their respective Precincts in said Milton, to wit: 

In Precinct 1. 











Tucker School, Blue Hills Parkway 

St. Mary of the Hills School, Brook Road 

Glover School, Canton Avenue 

Milton Senior Center, Walnut Street 

Copeland Field House, Milton High School, Gile Road 

Cunningham School Gymnasium, Edge Hill Road 

Cunningham Park Community Center, Edge Hill Road 

Cunningham School Gymnasium, Edge Hill Road 

Copeland Field House, Milton High School, Gile Road 

Cunningham Park Community Center, Edge Hill Road 

Tucker School, Blue Hills Parkway 

On Tuesday, April 28, 2009 next at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, then and there to 

bring in to Precinct Officers of their precincts their votes on the one ballot respectively 

the following Town Officers to wit: 

One SELECTMAN AND SURVEYOR OF THE HIGHWAY for a term 

of three years 

A TOWN CLERK for a term of three years 

A TOWN TREASURER for a term of one year 

One ASSESSOR for a term of three years 

Two SCHOOL COMMITTEE members for a term of three years 

One PARK COMMISSIONER for a term of three years 

One member of the BOARD OF HEALTH for a term of three years 

Three TRUSTEES of the PUBLIC LIBRARY for a term of three years 

One TRUSTEE of the CEMETERY for a term of five years 

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One TRUSTEE of the CEMETERY for a term of one year 

One MEMBER of the HOUSING AUTHORITY for a term of five years 

One PLANNING BOARD member for a term of five years 

Ninety-three Town Meeting Members to be elected as follows: 

Precinct One: Eight for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Two: Nine for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Three: Eight for a Term of Three Years, One for a Term of One Year 

Precinct Four: Eight for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Five: Seven for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Six: Nine for a Term of Three Years, One for a Term of Two Years. 

Precinct Seven: Eight for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Eight: Eight for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Nine: Nine for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Ten: Eight for a Term of Three Years 

Precinct Eleven: Nine for a Term of Three Years 

For these purposes the polls will be open at each and all of said precincts at 

seven o’clock in the forenoon and will be closed at eight o’clock in the evening. 

And thereupon by adjournment of said meeting on the following Monday to 

wit, May 4, next at seven thirty in the evening at the Milton High School Auditorium, 

25 Gile Road in said Milton, then and there to act upon the following 

articles to wit: 

Article 1 through 50 inclusive appearing in regular type on the following pages. 



copies of the Warrant in each of the Post Offices of said Town seven days before 

the twenty-eighth day of April, and leaving printed copies thereof at the 

dwelling houses of said Town at least four days before said date. 


to the Town Clerk, on or before said twenty-eighth day of April, next. 

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Given under our hands at Milton this twenty-fifth day of March, two thousand 

nine. 





Board of Selectmen 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts) SS 


Pursuant to the within Warrant, dated May 4, 2009, I have notified the inhabitants 

of the Town of Milton as within directed to meet at the time and places and 

for the purposes therein mentioned by posting attested copies of the same in the 

post offices of the Town and leaving attested copies at the dwellings of the inhabitants. 

Warrants were posted on April 17, 2009 and delivered to the inhabitants 

on April 18, 2009. 



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*Elected APRIL 28, 2009 - ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION 

PRECINCT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL 

SELECTMAN AND SURVEYOR OF THE HIGHWAY - Vote for One 

*John Michael Shields 110 204 188 275 195 301 303 339 333 310 196 2754 

Others 0 7 7 7 1 1 2 4 1 3 2 35 

Blanks 63 190 188 124 129 154 169 162 145 154 122 1600 

TOWN CLERK - Vote for One 

*James G. Mullen, Jr. 111 204 199 291 226 324 325 370 357 329 193 2929 

Others 0 7 7 6 1 3 3 5 2 2 3 39 

Blanks 62 190 177 109 98 129 146 130 120 136 124 1421 

TOWN TREASURER - Vote for One 

Janet S. Lorden 50 72 66 78 71 44 42 110 75 47 86 741 

*James D. McAuliffe 25 117 88 187 97 306 325 276 219 265 43 1948 

Charles J. McCarthy 97 202 213 136 145 99 102 109 176 148 184 1611 

Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Blanks 1 10 16 5 12 7 4 10 9 7 7 88 

ASSESSOR - Vote for One 

*Thomas S. Gunning 72 135 158 205 149 221 163 242 257 211 133 1946 

Todd M. Greenwood 54 149 103 107 98 155 242 163 123 154 97 1445 

Others 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 

Blanks 47 117 122 93 78 80 66 99 99 102 90 993 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Vote for Not More Than Two 

*Mary E. Kelly 97 197 181 239 175 256 290 300 275 259 174 2443 

*Lynda-Lee Sheridan 105 208 217 185 165 199 229 215 254 236 181 2194 

Others 0 4 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 20 

Blanks 144 393 366 385 309 455 426 495 428 436 284 4121 

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PARK COMMISSIONER - Vote for One 

*Stephen P. Affanato 72 178 148 231 145 337 283 347 270 298 142 2451 

Thomas McCarthy 59 149 139 108 100 71 120 101 136 102 91 1176 

Others 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 

Banks 40 70 96 67 79 48 70 57 73 67 85 752 

BOARD OF HEALTH - Vote for One 

*Timothy Jay Lowney 104 194 184 219 193 247 275 294 265 258 182 2415 

Others 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 12 

Blanks 69 204 198 185 131 209 196 210 214 208 138 1962 

TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY - Vote for Not More Than Three 

*Andrea G. Gordon 113 218 219 208 206 263 231 291 318 278 179 2524 

Raymond P. Czwakiel 31 98 148 57 34 62 78 59 58 80 43 748 

*Barbara A. Mason 61 96 56 135 99 156 139 210 187 132 99 1370 

*Brendan F. McLaughlin 63 147 178 146 133 175 196 153 166 189 93 1639 

Ingrid L. Shaffer 47 141 97 93 63 88 63 67 85 57 74 875 

Tammy D. Vyas 43 68 56 70 44 88 104 156 65 86 68 848 

Others 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 

Blanks 161 435 394 509 392 536 610 579 558 577 404 5155 

HOUSING AUTHORITY- Vote for One 

*Lee B. Cary 58 138 141 116 114 156 163 185 203 219 113 1606 

Richard "Ben" Casey 73 128 92 196 111 158 179 188 138 109 98 1470 

Others 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 7 

Blanks 42 135 150 93 99 141 130 130 138 139 109 1306 

TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY - Vote for One 

*Joseph M. Reardon 100 203 193 248 194 295 294 308 296 279 185 2595 

Others 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 11 

Blanks 72 194 190 157 130 160 179 197 183 186 135 1783 

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TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY - Vote for One 

*Anthony M. Sammarco 110 225 226 235 210 267 263 301 301 273 187 2598 

Others 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 

Blanks 63 171 157 170 114 189 210 204 178 193 132 1781 

PLANNING BOARD - Vote for One 

*Bernard J. Lynch, III 101 193 200 232 200 259 294 290 299 273 188 2529 

Others 0 4 1 3 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 18 

Blanks 72 204 182 171 124 196 178 212 180 192 131 1842 

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STATISTICS APRIL 28, 2009 - ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION 


REGISTERED VOTERS 

1461 1641 1614 1512 1395 1754 1608 1726 1652 1740 1726 17829 

TOTAL VOTES CAST 

173 401 383 406 325 456 474 505 479 467 320 4389 

TIME RECEIVED P.M. 

8:43 8:50 8:24 8:20 8:25 8:26 8:30 8:25 8:27 8:31 8:19 

PERCENTAGE 

11.8 24.4 23.7 26.8 23.2 25.9 29.4 29.1 28.9 26.8 18.5 22.8 

The Town Clerk upon receipt of the returns from the several precinct, forthwith canvassed the same and announced the results at 9:20p.m. 

At the Annual Town Election held Tuesday April 28, 2009, Milton had the following number of Absentee Ballots. 


Applications Received 

Ballots Cast 

8 15 20 11 21 27 17 21 37 19 20 216 

8 9 13 9 16 26 14 21 33 16 18 183 

Of the total ballots cast, 64 were cast in person by the voter in the Town Clerk's Office and 119 were cast by mail. 

Thirty three (33) ballots that were mailed were not returned. 

The Absentee Ballots were distributed to the Precincts before the close of the polls. 

The Wardens put them through the Ballot Boxes and they were counted with the ballots cast in the precincts. 



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*Elected 

TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 

T-Tie April 28, 2009 

PRECINCT 1 

Vote for Not More Than Eight 

*Shannon E. O'Malley 106 *Stephen H. Ketler 78 

*Donna M. Reulbach 90 *Lisa Murphy 86 

*Priscilla Hayden Sloane 100 *Iman A.K. Solomon 95 

*Sheryl G. Fleitman 83 Others 1 

*Ana F. Ketler 80 Blanks 665 

PRECINCT 2 

Vote for Not More Than Nine 

*Sandra R. Cramer 182 *Herbert F. Voigt 209 

*Kathryn A. Fagan 246 *Reedy Kream 187 

*Matthew Freeman 160 *Thomas McCarthy 164 

*Peter F. Jackson 178 *Joseph P. McEttrick, III 217 

Eileen McSwiney 155 Others 3 

*Carol J. Rosner 165 Blanks 1601 

Hugh Stringer 142 

PRECINCT 3 


*Frank J. Giuliano, Jr 200 *C. Forbes Sargent, III 190 

*John M. Kelly 153 *Laurie R. Stillman 192 

*Virginia M. Donahue King 141 *Brendan F. McLaughlin 209 

*Janet C. MacNeil 172 Others 1 

*Susan L. Monack 168 Blanks 1638 

PRECINCT 3 

Vote for One 

John B. Gillooly 111 Others 0 

*Brian P. McDonough 135 Blanks 137 

PRECINCT 4 


*Edmund B. Beyer 187 *Margaret E. Carels 180 

*John A. Cronin 216 *Harriet Manning 211 

Albert L. Julian, Jr. 157 *Deborah A. Milbauer 172 

*Leeann Mitchell 173 Others 0 

*Natalie S. Monroe 174 Blanks 1600 

*Robert J. Sheffield 178 

PRECINCT 5 

Vote for Not More Than Seven 

*Kathleen E. Armstrong 119 *Joanne P. Stanley 138 

*Virginia L. Coghlan 158 *Timothy Jay Lowney 139 

*Donald P. Collins 128 Paul J. Pasquerella 111 

*Theodore E.Daiber 116 Others 3 

*Nancy Peterson Kearns 166 Blanks 1197 

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PRECINCT 6 


*Stephen P. Affanato 278 *Thomas F. Mullen 215 

*John A. Dempsey 183 *Jennifer L. White 194 

*James C. Kennedy 206 *William H. White, Jr. 178 

*Richard J. Killion 176 Others 0 

*David J. Lyons 192 Blanks 2314 

*Stephen M. Lyons 168 

Precinct 6 

Vote for One 

*Martha L. Duffley 247 Others 0 

Blanks 209 

PRECINCT 7 


*Nancy E. Bulger 254 Richard J. Boyd (Write In) 1 

*Laura A. Conway 259 Steven D. Fruzzetti (Write In) 1 

*Robert E. Foster 219 Bridget J. Mastandrea (Write In) 1 

*Todd M. Greenwood 240 *Lisa Rask Viola (Write In) 53 

*Michael Maholchic 209 David Young (Write In) 1 

*Christopher M. Noonan 208 Blanks 2131 

*Mary E. Kelly Maye 215 

PRECINCT 8 


*Jane E. Driscoll 281 Henry E. Bell 153 

*Mary E. Kelly 246 Abram Cardoza 139 

*Barbara A. Mason 220 *Margaret A. Kelly 226 

*Thomas P. O'Connor 211 *Julio R. Varela 226 

*Anne F. Powers 177 Others 1 

*Ann M. Walsh 231 Blanks 1929 

PRECINCT 9 


*Webster A. Collins 232 *Richard J. Shea 234 

*John J. Davis 220 *Elzbieta K. Welz 207 

*Kathleen Heffernan 205 *Joseph P. Grogan 225 

Paul I. Kelley 202 *Frank O. Mulligan 222 

*Anne L. Murphy 259 Others 1 

*Elizabeth A. O'Connor 218 Blanks 2086 

PRECINCT 10 


*Gregory T. Buchanan 208 *Frank J. Stout 159 

*Jessica A. Cherry 248 Anita L. Tierney 120 

*Janet M. Christensen 156 *Philip S. Mathews 163 

*Charles H. Collins 159 Paul J. Yovino 142 

*Emily Keys Innes 167 Others 1 

Robert G. O'Brien 149 Blanks 1874 

*Richard W. Shea 190 

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PRECINCT 11 


*James C. Finn 142 *Lisadawn O. Rounds 127 

*Malcolm R. Larson 157 *Christopher J. Trakas 129 

*Jeremiah "Jay" Lowney 145 *Earl W. Fay 140 

Stephen V. O'Donnell, Jr. 123 *Louisa C. McCarthy 187 

*Michael O'Toole 127 Others 0 

*Helene D. Padula 147 Blanks 1456 

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PRECINCT OFFICERS – APRIL 28, 2009 

PRECINCT ONE 

William H. Silk, Warden 

Carol Hahnfeld, Deputy Clerk 

Grace F. Locker, Inspector 

Bridget Bowen, Inspector 

PRECINCT TWO 

Anne J. Clark, Warden 

Joanne M. Daly, Deputy Warden 

Mary Quinlan, Clerk 

Virginia O. Connors, Deputy Clerk 

Carrie A. Dailey, Inspector 

James M. O’Rourke, Inspector 


Jane E. Tufts, Warden 

Agnes G. Dillon, Deputy Warden 

Jean T. Donahue, Clerk 

Rosemary D. Morgan, Deputy Clerk 

George-Marie D. Jasmin, Inspector 

PRECINCT FOUR 

Alice W. Mercer, Warden 

Kenneth C.G. Foster, Deputy Warden 

Janice M. Rota, Clerk 

Joseph Santo, Deputy Clerk 

Joseph P. McGovern, Inspector 

Barbara L. Jackson, Inspector 

PRECINCT FIVE 

Peter Rizzi, Warden 

Mary M. Stubbs, Deputy Warden 

Jean Callahan, Clerk 

Robert J. Rota, Deputy Clerk 

Ruth G. Goggin, Inspector 

Dorothy Lorraine Tower, Inspector 

PRECINCT SIX 

Kevin J. Cleary, Warden 

Thomas Grunin, Deputy Warden 

Susan M. Galvin, Clerk 

Maria C. Taylor, Deputy Clerk 

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John F. Fleming, Jr., Inspector 

Rosemary A. Holub, Inspector 


Richard J. Harrington, Warden 

Patricia E. Fisher, Deputy Warden 

James F. Thorne, Clerk 

Nicholas H. Gabriel, Deputy Clerk 

Ann M. Sheehan, Inspector 

Eleanor M. McDonough, Inspector 

Eileen M. O’Meara, Inspector 


Mary C. Martin, Warden 

Richard B. Martin, Deputy Warden 

Lois F. Brown, Clerk 

Ann F. O’Connor, Deputy Clerk 

Patricia Mearn, Inspector 

Diane M. Colligan, Inspector 

Emily R. Martin, Inspector 

PRECINCT NINE 

Kenneth P. Lodge, Warden 

Marie E. Roche, Deputy Warden 

Barbara M. Mahoney, Clerk 

Stanley D. Dworkin, Deputy Clerk 

Paul L. Kelly. Inspector 

Mary A. Whitney, Inspector 

PRECINCT TEN 

Joseph F. Murphy, Warden 

Noreen M. Remmes, Deputy Warden 

Frances K. McInnis, Clerk 

Jean D. Mullen, Deputy Clerk 

Josephine A. LaMonica, Inspector 

Paula Sweeney, Inspector 


Philip R. Zona, Warden 

Thomas J. Smigliani, Deputy Warden 

Sandra L. Wyse, Clerk 

Margaret M. Adams, Deputy Clerk 

Mary L. Ferson, Inspector 

Eileen Tangney, Inspector 

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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING 

MAY 4, 2009 

The Moderator, Brian M. Walsh, opened the Annual Town Meeting held at Milton 

High School Auditorium, Gile Road at 7:41 p.m. 

The Town Clerk, James G. Mullen, Jr. informed the Moderator that a quorum 

was present. 

Milton High School Girls and Mixed Chorus sang the National Anthem. 

Town Meeting Members stood to pledge allegiance to the flag. 

The Moderator introduced Rev. Aidan Walsh, Pastor of Saint Elizabeth’s 

Church who delivered the invocation. 

The following 40 Town Meeting Members were absent from the Annual Town 

Meeting held May 4, 2009. 

PRECINCT ONE: 

PRECINCT TWO: 





Michael A. Blutt 

Thomas M. Callahan 


Michael C. Joyce 

Eugene S. Boylan 

Frank L. Davis 

Charles C. Winchester 


John K. Fitzgerald 

Christopher Huban 





Kathleen M. Mullen 

Rachel A. Phinney 

Anthony M. Sammarco 

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PRECINCT SIX: 




PRECINCT TEN: 




Brian P. Linehan 



Michael J. Deane 

Michael Maholchic 

Maureen Berry 

Margaret A. Kelly 

Stephen A. Murphy 


David Shea 

F. Beirne Lovely, Jr. 

Jeffrey T. Marr 

Judith M. White-Orlando 

Patricia Armstrong. 






Mitchell Sumner 

At the request of the Moderator, Brian M. Walsh, a motion was made and seconded 

that on matters requiring a two-thirds vote by statute, a count need not 

be taken unless the vote so declared is immediately questioned by seven or 

more voters as provided by General Laws Chapter 39 Section 15. 

VOTED. The Town voted Yes. 


ARTICLE 1 To hear and act upon the report of the Town Accountant and 

other Town Officers and Committees. 

VOTED. The Town voted to approve the report of the Town Accountant as 

printed in the 2008 Annual Town Report on pages 226 to 262. 


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ARTICLE 2 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with 

the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in 

anticipation of the revenue of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 in accordance 

with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to issue 

a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes 

as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions 

of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17. 

VOTED. The Town voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the 

Board of Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time 

to time in anticipation of revenue of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 in 

accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to 

issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note 

or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with 

the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17. 


ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes 

to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed 

Collector, may use. 

VOTED. The Town voted YES. 


ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer to 

enter into compensating balance agreements during the fiscal year beginning 

July 1, 2009, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, 

Section 53F; and to act on anything relating thereto. 



ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint 

a committee of five citizens to consider such proceedings of the Legislature 

and State Boards and Commissions as may affect the interest of the Town, 

and confer as they may think expedient with the Selectmen in regard to the employment 

of counsel to represent the Town in any such proceedings; the members 

of such committee to hold office until the final adjournment of the next 

Annual Town Meeting and until the appointment of any succeeding committee 

authorized at such meeting. 


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UNANIMOUS VOTE

The moderator paid tribute to two long time Town Officials who were retiring. 

KEVIN G. SORGI 

Town Treasurer 

MALCOLM R. LARSON 

Fire Chief 

The Town Meeting Members gave Mr. Sorgi and Mr. Larson a warm round of 

applause. 

Town Meeting Member Diane DiTullio Agostino made a motion which was 

seconded to postpone all financial articles as listed on page three of the 2009 

Annual Town Meeting Warrant until June 15, 2009 

VOTED. The Town Voted NO. 

VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 6 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate to 

provide replacement of necessary equipment for the Public Works Department 

and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to apply for and 

use federal, state or other funds for this purpose, to see how such appropriation 

is to be raised; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $67,773 to fund the capital 

projects listed below: 

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION RECOMMENDED 

Public Works Third Year Lease Payment $ 67,773 

and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $67,773 be raised from the tax 

levy, and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to accept and 

expend in addition to the foregoing appropriation one or more grants or gifts or 

any other public or private funding source. 


ARTICLE 7 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for 

capital items; to determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by 

borrowing or otherwise; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

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VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $16,000 to fund the capital 

projects listed below: 

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION RECOMMENDED 

Various Second Year Lease Payment $ 16,000 

4 New Vehicles 

and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $16,000 be raised from the tax 

levy, and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to accept and 

expend in addition to the foregoing appropriation one or more grants or gifts or 

any other public or private funding source. 



the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of conducting a municipal audit for the 

fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and further to see if the Town will vote to authorize 

the Committee appointed pursuant to Article 14 of the 1978 Annual 

March Town Meeting (the Town Audit Committee) to make recommendations 

to the Selectmen relative to the employment of a Certified Public Accountant 

for the foregoing purpose; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to authorize the Town Audit Committee to make 

recommendations to the Board of Selectmen relative to the appointment of a 

Certified Public Accountant for the purposes of this article, and that the Town 

appropriate the amount shown in the following tabulation: 

AUDIT DEPARTMENT 

FY 10 

$56,000 

General Audit 

VOICE VOTE 


the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for the several categories classified 

as Employee Benefits; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the amounts shown in the following 

tabulation: 

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 

FY 10 

Contributory Retirement $ 3,855,014 

Non-contributory Retirement $ 50,574 

Group Insurance $ 8,926,356 

Total $ 12,831,944 

and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $12,831,944 be raised from the 

tax levy. Included in this appropriation are the sums of $266,612 representing 

expenses attributable to the Sewer Enterprise and $258,692 representing expenses 

attributable to the Water Enterprise, which are to be included in Schedule 

A, Local Receipts Not Allocated, to the Tax Recapitulation as Sewer and 

Water Estimated Receipts. 



reimburse the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Employment Security 

for benefits paid to former employees of the Town; and to act on anything 

relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $100,000 for the purpose 

set forth in this article. 



offset the revenue shortfall for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2008; 

to determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by transfer from 

available funds, borrowing under applicable provisions of law, or otherwise; 


VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $100,000 to offset the 

revenue shortfall for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2008, and that 

to meet said appropriation the sum of $100,000 be transferred from free cash, 

to be used as another financing source in the general fund for the twelve month 

period beginning July 1, 2008. 


ARTICLE 12 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate, 

in addition to the money appropriated by the October, 2008 Milton Special 

Town Meeting under Article 2, for payment of legally obligated medical expenses 

incurred from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 for Town of Milton 

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public safety personnel resulting from injuries sustained in the line of duty; to 

determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by transfer from 

available funds, borrowing under applicable provisions of law or otherwise; 

and, further, to see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for 

payment of legally obligated medical expenses incurred from July 1, 2009 

through June 30, 2010 for Town of Milton public safety personnel resulting 

from injuries sustained in the line of duty; to determine how said appropriation 

shall be raised, whether by transfer from available funds, borrowing under applicable 

provisions of law or otherwise; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $250,000 for the payment 

of legally obligated medical expenses incurred from July 1, 2008 through 

June 30, 2009 and appropriate the sum of $400,000 for the payment of legally 

obligated medical expenses incurred from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 

by certain Town of Milton public safety personnel resulting from injuries sustained 

in the line of duty; and that to meet this appropriation the Treasurer, with 

the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow $650,000 and 

to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor. 



payment of snow removal and ice removal expenses; to determine how said appropriation 

shall be raised, whether by transfer from available funds, borrowing 

under applicable provisions of law or otherwise; and to act on anything 


VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $488,073 for the payment 

of snow and ice removal expenses incurred between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 

2009 and to meet said appropriation the sum of $115,000 be raised from the tax 

levy, the sum of $102,319 be transferred from the overlay reserve account to 

available funds and the sum of $270,754 be transferred from free cash to available 

funds. 



the purpose of funding cost items not in departmental budgets for the twelve 

month period beginning July 1, 2009 for collective bargaining agreements 

reached before or after this Town Meeting between the Town and bargaining 

units representing Town employees, such sums to be allocated to departments; 


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VOTED. The Town voted that no appropriation be made. 


ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 13 of the General 

Bylaws, known as the Personnel Administration Bylaw, as follows: 

By striking out the section “Position Identification by Level, Department, Municipal 

Division and Personnel Code” and inserting in place thereof a new section 

as follows: 

POSITION IDENTIFICATION 

BY 

LEVEL, DEPARTMENT, MUNICIPAL DIVISION, 

AND PERSONNEL CODE 

Normal 

Work 

Level Week Position, Title, Department and Division 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

ASSESSORS 

10 Chief Appraiser 

6 Administrative Assistant 

4 37.5 Senior Administrative Clerk 

CENTRAL BUSINESS OFFICE 

12 Town Accountant 

9 Business/Procurement Manager 

6 Assistant Town Accountant 

6 37.5 Principal Bookkeeper 

4 37.5 Senior Administrative Clerk/Water&Sewer 

3 37.5 Principal Clerk 

SELECTMEN 

11 Assistant Town Administrator 

9 Director of Planning & Community Development 

6 Executive Secretary 


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TOWN CLERK 

6 Assistant Town Clerk 


TREASURER-COLLECTOR 

6 Assistant Town Treasurer 

5 37.5 Deputy Collector 


3 20 Principal Clerk 

VETERANS’ BENEFITS 

Misc. 

Veterans Agent/Director of Veterans Services 

PUBLIC SAFETY 

INSPECTIONAL SERVICES 

10 Building Commissioner 

7 20 Plumbing & Gas Inspector/Sealer of Weights & Measures 

7 37.5 Wire Inspector 

7 37.5 Local Inspector 


3 37.5 Principal Clerk 

FIRE 

F3 42 Deputy Chief 

F2 42 Lieutenant 

F2 42 Fire Prevention Officer 

F1 42 Fire Fighter 

4 30 Senior Administrative Clerk 

POLICE 

P3 40 Lieutenant 

P2 40 Sergeant 

P1 40 Police Officer 

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P1 40 Student Officer 

7 Crime Analyst 

7 Business Manager/ Civilians 

6 30 Youth Counselor 

4 37.5 Animal Control Officer 

4 37.5 Senior Administrative Records Clerk 

4 30 Senior Administrative Clerk - Payroll 

3 40 Civilian Dispatchers 

Misc. 

Traffic Supervisor/Cadet 

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES 

BOARD OF APPEALS 


COUNCIL ON AGING 

8 Director 

4 10 Outreach Worker 


2 19 Van Driver 

PERSONNEL BOARD 

11 Assistant Town Administrator 

PLANNING 

4 12 Senior Administrative Clerk 

9 Coordinator 

YOUTH 

CEMETERY 

9 Superintendent 


W8 40 General Working Foreman 

W7 40 Senior Working Foreman/Maintenance 

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Craftsman, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W7 40 Motor Equipment Repairman, 

Maintenance Craftsman, 

Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W5 40 Working Foreman, Maintenance Craftsman, 

Sprayer Operator/Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W4 40 Maintenance Craftsman 

Motor Equipment Operator, Grade 1 

W3 40 Maintenance Man, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 1 

W2 40 Laborer 

Misc. 

Laborer (Intermittent) 

HEALTH 

9 Agent 

6 22.5 Public Health Nurse 

5 25 Health Inspector 


LIBRARIES 

11 Director 

L3 37.5 Assistant Director 

L2.5 37.5 Branch Librarian 

L2 37.5 Collection Dev. Librarian 

Adult/Young Service Librarian 

Children’s Librarian 

Technical Services Librarian 

L1 37.5 Principal Library Assistant 

LS5 37.5 Administrative Assistant 

LS5 37.5 Circulation Library Assistant 

LS5 37.5 Technical Library Assistant 

LS4 37.5 Branch Librarian Assistant 

Children’s Library Assistant 

LS4 37.5 Library Assistant Circulation 

LS3 37.5 Library Assistant 

LS2 37.5 Library Aide 

Misc. 

Library Page 

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PARK 

9 Director of Parks and Recreation 


W7 40 Senior Working Foreman, 


W5 40 Working Foreman/Maintenance Craftsman 


W4 40 Maintenance Craftsman 


Misc. 


PUBLIC WORKS 

14 Director of Public Works/Town Engineer 

10 Assistant Director of Public Works 

10 Assistant Town Engineer/Manager of Contracts 

10 Manager of Street & Traffic Lights/Maintenance 

8 Superintendent of Buildings & Grounds 

7 Civil Engineer 

4 37.5 Draftsman 

5 37.5 Senior Administrative Clerk-Conservation 

W8 40 General Foreman, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W7 40 Signal Maintainer 

W7 40 Senior Working Foreman, Construction & Maintenance 

Craftsman, Senior Motor Equipment Repairman, Arborist 

Tree Surgeon, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W7 40 Senior Working Foreman, Motor Equipment 

Repairman, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W6 40 Working Foreman, Construction and Maintenance 

Craftsman, Motor Equipment Repairman-Helper, 

Arborist (Tree Surgeon) 


Public Works Emergency Man 

W5 40 Working Foreman, Construction and Maintenance 

Craftsman, Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 2 

W4 40 Construction and Maintenance Craftsman, 

Motor Equipment Repairman Helper, Apprentice 

Arborist (Tree Surgeon), Motor Equipment Operator Gr. 1 

W3 40 Maintenance Man, Grounds Maintenance Man, 

Water & Sewer System Maintenance Man, 

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Motor Equipment Repairman-Helper, 

Apprentice Arborist (Tree Surgeon), 


W2 40 Laborer 

Misc. 



Police Chief 

Deputy Chief 

Fire Chief 

Warrant Committee Clerk 

Registrar of Voters 

Park Recreation Employees 

Inspector of Animals 

UNCLASSIFIED 

VOTED. The Town voted to amend Chapter 13 of the General Bylaws, known 

as the Personnel Administration Bylaw, exactly as set forth in this article, and 

that the Town appropriate the sum of $41,617; said sum is to be added to the 

salary accounts of the departments as shown in the following tabulation: 

Animal Control $ 443 

Assessors 2,475 

Inspectional Services 5,838 

Cemetery 753 

Central Business Office 1,699 

General $ 645 

Water 527 

Sewer 527 

Council on Aging 2,994 

Fire - 

Health 1,966 

Information Technology 949 

Library 887 

Park 755 

Personnel 430 

Police 9,825 

Public Works 5,507 

General 1,983 

Vehicle Maintenance 385 

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Water 1,487 

Sewer 1,487 

Solid Waste General 165 

Selectmen 6,745 

Town Clerk 150 

Treasurer/Collector - 

Veterans Agent 94 

Warrant Committee 107 

Total: $ 41,617 

and that included in this appropriation are the sums of $2,014 representing expenses 

attributable to the Water Enterprise and $2,014 representing expenses attributable 

to the Sewer Enterprise which are to be included in Schedule A, 

“Local Receipts Not Allocated,” of the Tax Recapitulation as Water and Sewer 

Estimated Receipts with the remainder of $37,589 to be funded by amounts appropriated 

within each departmental budget. 


Town Meeting Member Mary E. McNamara made a motion which was seconded 

to amend Article 16 as follows: Increase Police and Youth Contingent appropriation 

by $44,086.00 For a total Police and Youth Contingent of 

$398,200.00 and a Grand Total Contingent under Article 16 to $655,954.00. 


VOICE VOTE 

Town Meeting Member Charles J. McCarthy made a motion which was seconded 

to amend Article 16 as follows: Increase Police and Youth Non Contingent 

appropriation by $44,086.00 from the Stabilization Fund for a total Police 

and Youth Non Contingent of $5,665,356.00 and a Grand Total Non Contingent 

under Article 16 to $10,241,461.00 and to reduce the Contingent appropriation 

by $44,086.00 for a total Police and Youth Contingent appropriation of 

$354,414.00 and a Grand Total Contingent of $611,868.00. 


VOICE VOTE 


the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for the several categories classified 

as “Public Safety”; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

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VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the amount shown in the following 

tabulation under the heading “Non-Contingent Appropriation”; and that the 

Town appropriate the amount shown in the following tabulation under the heading 

“Contingent Appropriation,” contingent upon the passage by the voters of 

the Town of Milton of an override ballot question under Chapter 59, Section 

21C of the Massachusetts General Laws. 

Non 

Contingent Contingent 

Approp. Approp. 

FY 10 

FY10 

PUBLIC SAFETY 

1 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES 

Salaries & Wages 301,776 13,619 

General Expenses 7,775 50 

309,551 13,669 

2 FIRE 4,257,048 239,984 

3 MILTON EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

(MEMA) 

Salaries & Wages 750 

General Expenses 184 101 

Auxiliary Fire 4,197 3,000 

Auxiliary Police 4,375 1,000 

9,506 4,101 

4 POLICE & YOUTH 5,621,270 398,200 

GRAND TOTAL 10,197,375 655,954 

and to meet said appropriation for Leash Law enforcement, the sum of $1,200 

be transferred from the Dog Licenses Surcharge Account received pursuant to 

Chapter 197 of the Acts of 1981. The balance of 10,852,129 is to be raised in 

the tax levy of the fiscal year. 

VOICE VOTE 

School Committee Chairman, Lynda Lee Sheridan made a motion which was 

seconded to consider Article 28 on May 5, 2009 and Article 29 on May 7, 2009 

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A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting until May 5 th 2009 at 

7:30 p.m. 

The meeting adjourned at10:28 p.m. 



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The Moderator Brian M. Walsh opened the adjourned Town Meeting held at 

Milton High School at 7:40 p.m. 

The following 41 Town Meeting Members were absent from the Town Meeting 

held May 5, 2009. 

PRECINCT ONE: 

PRECINCT TWO: 




PRECINCT SIX: 

Curtis J. Lindberg 






Anne T. Fidler (ex-officio) 

Laurie R. Stillman 






Betsy D. Buchbinder 

Donald P. Collins 

J. William Dolan 


Kathleen M. Mullen 






Patricia M. Mearn 


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PRECINCT TEN: 



Arthur J. Doyle 


Diane DiTullio Agostino 

Maureen Berry 




Patricia Armstrong 

Janet M. Christensen 



Frank J. Stout 




School Committee Chairman, Lynda Lee Sheridan paid tribute to two School 

Department Officials who were leaving Milton. 

Paul Hilton 

Assistant Superintendent for Business 

Drew Echelston 

Tucker School Principal 

MARTHA T. CURTIS 

Town Meeting Member John A. Cronin, offered the following informal resolution 

to the Town Meeting; 

Long time Town Meeting member Martha Curtis, who also served for many 

years on the Conservation Commission, authored the “Conservationaly Speaking” 

column in the local paper, ran the Community Gardens, was a founding 

member of the Milton Farmers Market, and was active in numerous environmental 

and civic organizations and causes. 

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The Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission invite the Town Meeting 

to join them in voting to dedicate the Daylily Garden, which she planted on 

Conservation Commission land, at the westerly corner of the intersection of 

Canton Avenue and Brook Road, in honor of Martha Curtis. 

A motion was made and seconded to accept this informal resolution. 




the support of schools for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 and 

to act on anything relating thereto. 



Town appropriate the amount shown in the following tabulation in the column 

captioned “Contingent Appropriation,” contingent upon passage by the voters 

of the Town of Milton of an override ballot question under Chapter 59, Section 


Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

SCHOOLS 

TOTAL 31,313,982 1,772,645 

VOICE VOTE 


the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for the operation of the Town 

departments classified as General Government; and to act on anything relating 

thereto. 







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GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

Non 



FY 10 FY 10 

A. BOARD OF SELECTMEN 

1 CENTRAL BUSINESS OFFICE 


General Expenses 8,236 6,917 

332,634 9,520 

2 ELECTION & REGISTRATION 

Salaries & Wages 13,271 - 

General Expenses 1,905 - 

15,176 - 

3 INSURANCE GENERAL 


4 LAW 

Retainer 53,500 - 

Special Services 83,576 1,424 

Disbursements 3,000 - 

Claims 1,000 - 

141,076 1,424 

5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

Salary & Wages 32,616 - 


196,503 42,080 

6 ANNUAL REPORTS/BYLAWS 6,300 - 

7 SELECTMEN 

Salary-Chairman 1,800 - 

Salary-Other Two Members 3,000 - 

Salary-Town Administrator 139,536 - 

Salary-Other 222,511 


Out of State Travel - - 

444,633 18,706 

8 VETERANS BENEFITS 

Salaries & Wages 9,339 692 


Benefits 11,000 - 

22,369 692 

TOTAL SELECTMEN 1,972,206 72,422 

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B. BOARD OF ASSESSORS 

Salary – Chairman 1,800 - 

Salary - Other Two Members 3,000 - 

Salary – Other 184,013 5,167 


Revaluation - - 

204,776 7,167 

C. TOWN CLERK 

Salary – Clerk 80,501 - 

Salary – Other 110,432 15,000 


223,422 17,364 

D. TREASURER-COLLECTOR 

Salary – Treasurer 79,501 - 

Salary – Other 164,479 11,276 


Cost of Bonds 1,500 - 

Tax Title 5,000 5,000 

New Equipment 2,560 - 

289,280 17,061 

TOTAL GENERAL 

GOVERNMENT 2,689,684 114,014 

and that included in this appropriation for General Government are the sums of 

$22,213 representing expenses attributable to the Sewer Enterprise and $25,168 

for expenses attributable to the Water Enterprise, which are to be included in 

Schedule A, “Local Receipts Not Allocated”, of the Tax Recapitulation as Sewer 

and Water Estimated Receipts. 



the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for the operation of the several 

Boards and Committees classified as Boards and Special Committees; and to 

act on anything relating thereto. 







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BOARDS AND COMMITTEES 

Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

10 BOARD OF APPEALS 



30,653 1,589 

11 CONSERVATION COMMISSION 


12 COUNCIL ON AGING 

Salaries & Wages 144,758 - 


Transportation Expenses 5,000 3,000 

173,839 7,840 

13 HISTORICAL COMMISSION 2,113 127 

14 PERSONNEL BOARD 


General Expenses - 1,700 

42,742 1,888 

15 PLANNING BOARD 



10,047 5,706 

16 WARRANT COMMITTEE 



17,903 1,219 

GRAND TOTAL 279,771 18,395 


Town Meeting Member Thomas F. Kelly made a motion which was seconded 

to amend Article 19 to add $80,000 for Street Lights. 


VOICE VOTE 

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the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009, for the operation, maintenance 

and improvements of Public Works; and to act on anything relating thereto. 







Non 



FY 10 FY 10 

PUBLIC WORKS 

Public Works General 1,529,467 204,637 

Vehicle Maintenance 269,908 150,000 

Sub-total Public Works 1,799,375 354,637 

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 

Collection of Refuse 534,546 - 

Refuse Disposal 487,991 - 

Curbside Recycling 591,908 279,836 

Landfill Monitoring 15,200 - 

Solid Waste General 65,000 - 

Household Hazardous 

Waste Collection - - 

Sub-total Solid Waste 1,694,645 279,836 

Total Non-Enterprise Accounts 3,494,020 634,473 

WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE 

Water Operations & 

Improvement 1,124,835 - 

Water Capital/Debt Service 535,697 - 

M.W.R.A. Assessment 2,125,145 - 

D.E.P. (SDWA) Assessment 8,641 - 

Personnel Increases 6,545 - 

Comprehensive Water Study - - 

Water Leak Survey 12,000 - 

Water Capital Outlay 364,992 - 

Sub-Total Water Enterprise 4,177,855 - 

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Sewer Operations & Improvement 799,246 - 

Personnel Increases 6,545 - 

Sewer Capital/Debt Service 151,306 - 

M.W.R.A. Assessment 4,581,217 - 

Sewer Capital Enterprise 774,694 - 

Sub-Total Sewer Enterprise 6,313,008 - 

Total Water &Sewer Enterprise 10,490,863 - 

Total Department of Public Works 3,494,020 634,473 

GRAND TOTAL 13,984,882 634,473 

Of the total amounts appropriated, the maximum sum authorized for salary and 

wages is $2,547,142. 

To meet the appropriation for Water Operations and Improvement and for the 

MWRA Water Assessment, and for the DEP Assessment, the sum of $ 0 is to 

be transferred from the water surplus as of June 30, 2008 and the sum of 

$4,177,855 is to be raised from the tax levy. This sum of $4,177,855 represents 

expenditures attributable to the Water Enterprise which are to be included in 

Schedule A, “Local Receipts Not Allocated,” of the Tax Recapitulation as Water 

Estimated Receipts. 

To meet the appropriation for Sewer Operations and Improvement and for the 

MWRA Sewer Assessment, the sum of $0 is to be transferred from the Sewer 

Surplus as of June 30, 2008, and the balance of $6,313,008 is to be raised from 

the tax levy. This sum of $6,313,008 represents expenses attributable to the 

Sewer Enterprise which is to be included in Schedule A, “Local Receipts Not 

Allocated,” of the Tax Recapitulation as Sewer Estimated Receipts. 

Included in the appropriation for Public Works General is the sum of $43,118 

representing expenses attributable to the Sewer Enterprise and the sum of 

$44,743 for expenses attributable to the Water Enterprise, which are to be included 

in Schedule A, “Local Receipts Not Allocated,” of the Tax Recapitulation 

as Sewer and Water Estimated Receipts. 

The Public Works Department is hereby authorized to sell at a private or public 

sale, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, equipment that is no 

longer needed by the department. It is further authorized to exchange or trade 

in old equipment for similar materials in the usual course of its operations to 

provide for replacement items. 

VOICE VOTE 

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maintaining, repairing, improving and constructing ways under the provisions 

of General Laws, Chapter 90, said sum or any portion thereof to be used in conjunction 

with any money which may be allotted by the State for this purpose; 

to determine how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by borrowing or 

otherwise; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted that the sum of $475,003 be appropriated for the 

purposes set forth in this article, that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer 

be authorized to issue, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, bonds or 

secured notes in the amount of $475,003; that the Town vote to accept grants 

under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 90 in the amount of $475,003, the said 

reimbursements from the state (100%) to be restored upon their receipt to the 

Town Treasurer. 



provide rehabilitation, replacement or enhancement of the town’s water system, 

and to authorize the Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to apply 

for and use federal, state, MWRA or other funds for this purpose, to determine 

how such appropriation shall be raised; whether by borrowing or otherwise; 



purpose of financing the rehabilitation, replacement or enhancement of the 

Town’s water system, including costs incidental and related thereto; that to meet 

this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen 

is authorized to borrow $677,180 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 8 

(5) of the General Laws, as amended, or any other enabling authority, and to 

issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor and that the Board of Selectmen be 

and hereby is authorized to accept and expend in addition to the foregoing appropriation 

one or more grants or gifts from the Massachusetts Water Resources 

Authority or any other public or private funding source. 



provide rehabilitation, replacement or enhancement of the Town’s surface drain 

system, including costs incidental and related thereto, and to authorize the 

Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to apply for and use federal, state, 

or other funds for this purpose; to determine how such appropriation shall be 

raised, whether by borrowing or otherwise; and to act on anything relating 

thereto. 

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VOTED. The Town voted that the sum of $500,000 be appropriated for the purpose 

of financing the rehabilitation, replacement, or enhancement of the Town’s 

surface drain system, including costs incidental and related thereto; that to meet 

this appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen 

is authorized to borrow $500,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Sections 

7(1) and 8(15) of the General Laws, as amended, or any other enabling authority, 

and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; and that the Board of 

Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to accept and expend in addition to the 

foregoing appropriation one or more grants or gifts from any other public or private 

funding source. 


ARTICLE 23 To see what sum of money the town will vote to appropriate to 

provide capital needs for the Town’s sewer system, including costs incidental 

and related thereto, and to authorize the board of Selectmen, on behalf of the 

Town, to apply for and use federal, state, MWRA or other funds for this purpose, 

to see how such appropriation shall be raised; whether by borrowing under applicable 

provisions of law or otherwise; and to act on anything relating thereto. 


purpose of financing the capital needs of the Town’s sewer system, including 

costs incidental and related thereto; that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer, 

with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is authorized to borrow 

$500,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 8 (5) of the General Laws, 

as amended, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the 

Town therefore and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to 

accept and expend in addition to the foregoing appropriation one or more grants 

or gifts from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority or any other public 

or private funding source. 



Health and Sanitation for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009; and 

to act on anything relating thereto. 







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Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

BOARD OF HEALTH 



Contract Services - - 

Total 159,710 4,905 


A motion was made and seconded to consider Article 25 after action on Article 27. 


VOICE VOTE 


the maintenance and improvement of the Cemetery for the fiscal year beginning 

July 1, 2009; and to act on anything relating thereto. 







Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

CEMETERY 


General Expenses 99, 320 18,919 

Equipment - 10,200 

Grave Liners - 3,600 

Total 608,068 80,955 

and to meet said appropriation the sum of $549,023 be raised from the tax levy 

of the fiscal year; and that the balance of the appropriation be transferred from 

available funds as follows: 

Proceeds from the sale of Burial Rights $70,000 

Income from Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund $70,000 

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The Department is hereby authorized to sell or exchange old equipment to furnish 

additional funds for new equipment 

VOICE VOTE 

Park Commissioner Chairman, John J. Davis paid tribute to former Park Commissioner 

Terence J. Driscoll, who did not seek re-election this year after ten 

years of dedicated and faithful service to the Town of Milton. 

TERENCE J. DRISCOLL 

Milton Park Commissioner 


The Town Meeting Members gave Mr. Driscoll a warm round of applause. 


the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for the operation of Parks and 

Recreation; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the continued use of 

the Park and Recreation Revolving Fund pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 

18 of the General Bylaws of the Town; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to authorize the continued use of the Park and Recreation 

Revolving Fund pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18 of the General 

Bylaws of the Town and that the Town appropriate the amount shown in the 

following tabulation under the heading “Non-Contingent Appropriation”; and 

that the Town appropriate the amount shown in the following tabulation in the 

column captioned “Contingent Appropriation,” contingent upon passage by the 

voters of the Town of Milton of an override ballot question under Chapter 59, 

Section 21C of the Massachusetts General Laws. 

Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

PARKS AND RECREATION 



Special Needs Program 500 - 

Total 300,946 61,185 


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Town Meeting Member M. Joseph Manning made a motion which was seconded 

to amend Article 25 as follows: increase the Library Contingent Appropriation 

by $43,047 for a total Library Contingent Appropriation of $120,710. 


VOICE VOTE 


the Public Library for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009; and to 








Non 



FY 10 

FY10 

LIBRARY 



Old Colony Network 35,688 - 

Books & Related Materials 48,511 

Total 917,253 77,663 


A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting until May 7, 2009 at 

7:30 p.m. 

The meeting adjourned at 11:27 p.m. 



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The Moderator Brian M. Walsh opened the adjourned Town Meeting held at 

Milton High School at 7:47 p.m. 

The following 64 Town Meeting Members were absent from the Town Meeting 

held May 7, 2009. 

PRECINCT ONE: 

PRECINCT TWO: 







Julie Callahan Shields 

Timothy B. Caulfield 



David Horowitz 

Brian A. Joyce (ex-officio) 



Frank J. Giuliano, Jr. 

Janet C. MacNeil 

Brian P. McDonough 

W. Paul Needham 

Richard B. Neely 




Jane E. Fallon 

John F. Fitzgerald 




Mary Ann Sullivan 

Virginia L Coghlan 





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PRECINCT SIX: 




PRECINCT TEN: 



Martha L. Duffley 




Stephen M. Lyons 

Patricia M. Mearn 

Thomas F. Mullen 


Peter J. Arens 

Michael J. Deane 

Edward L. Duffy 

Daniel F. Joyce 




Diane DiTullio Agostino 

Maureen Berry 

Thomas P. O’Connor 


David Shea 

Sheila Egan Varela 

Ann M. Walsh 

Kathleen Heffernan 

Branch Lane (ex-officio) 


Terence J. Driscoll 




Malcolm R. Larson 




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Article 28 was voted on May 5, 2009 


the support of the Blue Hills Regional Technical School for the twelve month 

period beginning July 1, 2009; and to act on anything relating thereto. 


purpose set forth in this article. 

VOICE VOTE 


Interest and Maturing Debt for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009, 


VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the amounts shown in the following 

tabulation: 

FY10 

INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT 

Interest 1,518,627 

Maturing Debt 2,595,834 

GRAND TOTAL 4,114,461 

and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $38,605 be transferred from bond 

premiums from the School Building Project and the remainder of $4,075,856 

be raised from the tax levy. 


Board of Health Chairman, Anne T. Fidler made a motion which was seconded 

to consider Article 48 at this time 


VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 48 To see if the Town will vote to withdraw from the Norfolk 

County Mosquito Control Project. Considering the prevailing economic conditions 

we think that the benefit from the program does not justify the expenditure 

of $67,000 because there are less expensive alternatives to reduce as 

much as possible the nuisance and dangers of this ancient, pervasive pest. 

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Marjorie S. Jeffries 


Mary E. Scott 

David King Landrith 

Patricia Barros 

Audrey B. Cummings 

Joanne G. Magliozzi 

Patricia R. Dobrindt 

Shannon Kessigne Landrith 

Laurie A. Duro 






58 Essex Road 

17 Brackett Street 

91 Meagher Avenue 




VOICE VOTE 

Town Meeting Member Todd M. Greenwood made a motion which was seconded 

to reconsider Article 25. 

VOTED. The Town voted: 

YES 79 NO 132 


the Stabilization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, 

Chapter 40, Section 5B; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to the Stabilization 

Fund and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,000 is to be raised from 

the tax levy. 

VOICE VOTE 


the Reserve Fund for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures for the twelve 

month period beginning July 1, 2009 and to apply from the Overlay Reserve 

such amounts as the Town shall determine to meet in whole or in part such appropriation; 


VOTED. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of $398,380 for the Reserve 

Fund for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures for the twelve month period 

beginning July 1, 2009; and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $398,380 

is to be raised from the tax levy. 


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the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009 for unpaid bills of departments 

for prior years; and to act on anything relating thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted that the sum of $4,289 be appropriated for the purpose 

set forth in this article as follows: 

Police $ 1,789 

Fire $ 2,500 

and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $4,289 be transferred from the 

Insurance Recovery Account. 


ARTICLE 34 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate 

into the Capital Stabilization Fund in accordance with the provisions of General 

Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B; to determine how said appropriation shall 

be raised, whether by transfer from available funds, borrowing or otherwise; 


VOTED. The Town voted no appropriation be made. 


ARTICLE 35 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to authorize the 

Inspectional Services Department to expend during the fiscal year beginning 

July 1, 2009 for the purpose of providing inspection services and code compliance 

services and administrative costs related thereto for the school construction 

projects which are the subject matter of the vote of the June 2000 

Special Town Meeting under Article 1, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53E1/2 

of the Massachusetts General Laws, from the revolving fund established by 

vote of October 2002 Special Town Meeting under Article 8, for fees received 

for inspection services and code compliance services in lieu of building permit 

fees for the foregoing school construction projects; and to act on anything relating 

thereto. 

VOTED. The Town voted to continue the revolving fund created under Chapter 

44, Section 53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws, established by vote 

of the October 2002 Special Town Meeting under Article 8, for fees received for 

inspection services and code compliance services in lieu of building permit fees 

for the foregoing school construction projects; to authorize the Inspectional 

Services Department to expend money from such revolving fund for the pur- 

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pose of providing inspection services and code compliance services for said 

school construction projects and administrative costs related thereto; and to 

limit expenditures from such revolving fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

2009 to $10,000. 


ARTICLE 36 To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 

53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to authorize the Board of Selectmen 

to utilize the fees received from the rental of facilities at the Senior Center 

not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of 

operation, rental, repair and maintenance of the Senior Center from the revolving 

fund established by vote of the May, 2001 Annual Town Meeting under 

Article 29; and to act on anything relating thereto. 


44, Section 53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws and established by 

vote of the May 2001 Annual Town Meeting under Article 29 for fees received 

from rental of the facilities at the Senior Center; to authorize the Board of Selectmen 

to expend money from such revolving fund for the purpose of operation, 

repair, rental and maintenance of the Senior Center; and to limit 

expenditures from such revolving fund for the purpose of operation, repair, 

rental and maintenance of the Senior Center; and to limit expenditures from 

such revolving fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 to $25,000. 



53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to authorize the Board of Health 

to expend a sum of money not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) in the 

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, for the purpose of the operation of a vaccination 

program and for the purchase of additional vaccine for the Town of Milton 

residents, from the revolving fund established by vote of the May 2004 

Annual Town Meeting under Article 28; and to act on anything relating thereto. 



vote of the May 2004 Annual Town Meeting under Article 28 to utilize fees 

and charges received from influenza vaccinations and pneumonia vaccinations, 

for the purpose of operation of said vaccination program, and for the purchase 

of additional vaccine for Town of Milton residents, and to limit expenditures 

from said revolving fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 to $4,000. 


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Board of Library Trustees to expend during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

2009 for the purpose of purchasing new books, other related materials, and 

trash stickers, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53E1/2 of the Massachusetts 

General Laws, from the revolving fund established by vote of the May 1996 Annual 

Town Meeting under Article 31 for revenue collected from fines for overdue 

materials and from charges for lost or damaged materials, printer user fees 

and receipts from the sale of trash stickers; and to act on anything relating 

thereto. 



vote of the May 1996 Annual Town Meeting under Article 31, for revenue collected 

from fines for overdue materials and from charges for lost or damaged 

materials, printer user fees and receipts from the sale of trash stickers; to authorize 

the Board of Library Trustees to expend money from such revolving 

fund for the purpose of purchasing new books, other related materials, and trash 

stickers; and to limit expenditures from such revolving fund in the fiscal year 

beginning July 1, 2009 to $50,000. 


Library Trustee Chairman, Janet K. Evans, paid tribute to two former Library 

Trustees who did not seek re-election this year. 

MARJORIE S. JEFFRIES 


JENNIFER L. WHITE 


The Town Meeting Members gave Mrs. Jeffries and Mrs. White a round of applause. 


Board of Library Trustees to expend during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

2009 for the purpose of library building maintenance and improvement, and 

other library operating expenses, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ of the 

Massachusetts General Laws from the revolving fund established by vote of 

the May, 2008 Annual Town Meeting under Article 30, from revenues collected 

from the rental of library facilities. 

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VOTED. The Town voted to continue the revolving fund pursuant to Chapter 

44, Section 53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws and established by vote 

of the May 2008 Annual Town Meeting under Article 30 in order to utilize fees 

and charges received from rental of library facilities; to authorize the Board of 

Library Trustees to expend money from such revolving fund for the purposes 

of library building maintenance and improvement, and other library operating 

expenses; to authorize the Board of Library Trustees to expend a sum of money 

not to exceed $25,000 from such revolving fund during the fiscal year beginning 

July 1, 2009. 



53E ½ of the Massachusetts General Laws, to authorize the Board of Cemetery 

Trustees to establish a revolving fund for revenue collected from fees for providing 

and installing grave liners, and to authorize the Cemetery Department to 

expend money from such revolving fund for the purpose of purchasing, storing, 

installing liners and other related materials and equipment; and to limit expenditure 

from such fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 to $60,000. 

VOTED. The Town voted to create a revolving fund under Chapter 44, Section 

53E1/2 of the Massachusetts General Laws for revenue collected from fees 

from the sale of grave liners; to authorize the Cemetery Department to expend 

money from such revolving fund for the purpose of purchasing, storing, installing 

liners and other related materials and equipment; and to limit expenditure 

from such fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 to $60,000. 



Board of Park Commissioners to expend during the fiscal year beginning July 

1, 2009, for the purpose of maintenance and repair of Town parks and recreational 

facilities, pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 53E1/2 of the Massachusetts 

General Laws, from the revolving fund established by vote of March 1994 Annual 

Town Meeting under Article 37, for fees received from the use of Town 

parks and recreational facilities; and to act on anything relating thereto. 



vote of the March 1994 Annual Town Meeting under Article 37 for fees received 

from the use of Town parks and recreational facilities; to authorize the 

Board of Park Commissioners to expend money from such revolving funds for 

the purpose of maintenance and repair of Town parks and recreational facilities; 

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and to limit expenditures from said fund in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

2009 to $75,000. 


ARTICLE 42. To see whether the Town will vote to amend Chapter 10 of the 

General Bylaws known as the Zoning Bylaws, by adding the following Section 

IVD. 

Section IVD. Wind Turbine 

1. Definition A wind turbine consists of a foundation, a tower, a generator 

located at the top of the tower, associated wiring and a rotor with 

two or more blades. The height of a wind turbine shall be measured 

from the grade at its base to the tip of a rotor blade at its highest point. 

2. Authorization of up to Two Wind Turbines Up to two Wind Turbines 

may be erected and maintained on a parcel of land owned by the Town 

pursuant to the provisions of a special permit issued by the Planning 

Board pursuant to Section IX.C. The special permit shall impose the requirements 

specified in this section together with such terms and conditions 

deemed appropriate by the Planning Board. There shall be only 

one or two wind turbines erected, maintained and operated pursuant 

to this section. The turbine(s) shall at all times be owned by the Town 

and sited on Town-owned land. The wind turbine(s) may be operated, 

maintained and managed by experienced persons or entities under contract 

with the Town. 

3. Applicable Zoning. The special permit shall identify a specific area of 

town-owned land for the site of the wind turbine(s). The requirements 

set out in Sections III, V, VI, and VII of the zoning bylaws shall not be 

applicable to the wind turbine and its components on this site. 

4. Requirements for Wind Turbine(s) 

(a) Siting: The wind turbine(s) shall be sited on a parcel of land owned by 

the Town at least 1300 feet from the nearest dwelling and at least 1250 

feet from the nearest state highway and at least 1500 feet from the nearest 

public town street, which is not separated from the selected site by 

the state highway, and at least 100 feet from the green and fairway of 

any golf course. Siting of the wind turbine(s) shall be supported by a 

study concluding that the selected site is a good wind energy project 

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site and by a study concluding that siting the wind turbine(s) on the 

selected site would minimize any adverse environmental consequences 

and any adverse impacts on historical or archeological sites. There shall 

be a showing that the shadow flicker impact on playing areas of any 

nearby golf course will be minimized. 

(b) Height: The wind turbine(s) shall in no event exceed 480 feet in 

height. If a lesser height will enable performance sufficient to make 

the turbine(s) project financially feasible to the town in a manner that 

efficiently generates the desired amount of electricity (not less than 1.5 

megawatts in rated capacity), the height of the wind turbine(s) shall 

not exceed such lesser height. The height of the tower and its location 

shall be approved by state and federal entities with jurisdiction. 

(c) Visual Appearance: The wind turbine(s) shall present a visually acceptable 

appearance. Its visual appearance on site, as viewed from both 

near and far, shall not have a significant adverse visual impact but shall 

blend with its site and environs as well as reasonably possible. In determining 

whether the visual appearance of the wind turbine is acceptable 

the Planning Board shall balance all relevant factors, including 

the national and local need for alternative energy sources and any practical 

ways in which the proposed wind turbine could be given a more 

acceptable visual appearance. 

(d) Noise: The wind turbine(s) and appurtenant equipment shall operate 

at all times at a low noise level. Quietness of operation shall be preserved 

throughout the wind turbine’s useful life. As the wind turbine 

ages, it shall be properly maintained and serviced so as to ensure continued 

quiet operation at all times. The wind turbine(s) and appurtenant 

equipment shall be the quietest available for the class and model of 

turbine selected. The noise level of the wind turbine(s) shall be measured 

at the beginning of its actual operation and shall not thereafter be 

significantly increased in subsequent operations. Under no circumstances 

shall the noise level of actual operations of the wind turbine(s) 

and of the appurtenant equipment exceed the standards set in the Massachusetts 

DEP’s Noise Control Regulation, 310 CMR 7.10 or successor 

regulatory provision. 

(e) Ownership: The wind turbine(s) shall be constructed on town-owned 

land in such manner and under such terms and conditions as may be authorized 

by the Board of Selectmen using grants, gifts, and other financing. 

Following construction the wind turbine(s) shall be owned by 

the Town. 

(f) Operations: During its useful life or until such earlier time as its operations 

permanently cease, the wind turbine(s) shall be operated, 

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maintained and managed by one or more persons or entities skilled in 

such operation, maintenance and management (the “operator”) . The 

operator shall be under contract with the Board of Selectmen. The Contract 

shall provide terms and conditions pursuant to which the wind 

turbine shall be operated and maintained and pursuant to which all necessary 

and appropriate charges and expenses shall be paid from revenues 

of the wind turbine(s). A separate reserve from these revenues 

shall be maintained by the Town Treasurer for unforeseen contingencies 

and for the eventual dismantling of the wind turbine(s). The operator 

shall have the responsibility and obligation to maintain all parts 

of the wind turbine(s) and associated structures and equipment in good 

condition providing for the safe efficient and quiet generation of electricity. 

The operator shall have the responsibility to operate the wind 

turbine in the manner for which it was designed, safely, efficiently and 

quietly . In the event of any malfunction of or damage to the wind turbine 

the operator shall take all necessary steps to remedy the malfunction 

or to repair the damage as quickly as reasonably possible. At the 

end of the useful life of the wind turbine or at such earlier time as the 

wind turbine(s) can no longer generate electricity safely, efficiently 

and quietly, the operator shall notify the Town, and the wind turbine(s) 

shall be removed and the site restored to an attractive natural condition. 

(g) Lighting and Signs: The wind turbine(s) shall carry aircraft warning 

lights as required under federal law, regulation or permit but shall not 

be otherwise illuminated at night provided that if actual operations 

show a need the Planning Board may require dim lighting of the blades 

at specified times. The wind turbine(s) shall carry no logos or signs 

except as authorized by the Town’s sign regulations. 

5. Contents of Application. The application for a special permit for a 

wind turbine(s) shall be made by the Town for itself as owner and on 

behalf of the operator of the wind turbine. The application for the special 

permit shall contain the following: 

(a) GIS maps showing the proposed site of the wind turbine(s) and the topography; 

all significant natural features, lot lines and identification 

of lot owners; all existing ways and trails; and all existing power lines 

shall be shown with reasonable accuracy. 

(b) A plan showing the distances from the proposed site of the closest residence, 

the nearest state highway, the nearest public street not separated 

from the proposed site by a state highway, and the nearest fairway 

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and green of a golf course. Distances can be calculated using the geological 

survey map of the area produced by the United States Geological 

Survey. 

(c) A site plan showing all site work necessary for the construction and 

operation of the wind turbine(s), including specifications for: clearing; 

foundation work; grading; and construction of power lines, access road, 

fencing, and storage building. 

(d) Detailed plans for the wind turbine(s) including renderings showing 

the front, rear and side profiles of the wind turbine(s) in all material detail. 

(e) Elevations accurately depicting the wind turbine(s) on site. The elevations 

shall show how the wind turbine will appear on site from various 

distances. Other elevations shall accurately depict the wind turbine on 

site when viewed from the following locations: (1) the observation area 

on Chickatawbut Road; (2) the Granite Links Golf Course Club House; 

and (3) such other additional or alternate locations specified by the 

Planning Board. 

(f) Detailed specifications of the wind turbine(s) including: height and diameter 

of tower; length, width and weight of blades; materials to be 

used; color and type of exterior finish; make and characteristics of the 

generator, including power output, noise characteristics and expected 

useful life; strength of components including the ability to withstand 

hurricane-force winds and icing; anticipated maintenance needs during 

operations; and ability to access components for maintenance and repair; 

material concluding that the appearance of the wind turbine(s) 

will not create unacceptable visual impacts. 

(g) Material concluding that operations of wind turbines do not produce 

unacceptable noise impacts. 

(h) Such other material or information which may be requested by the 

Planning Board and which will assist it in rendering a reasoned and 

reasonable decision on the application. 

6. Compliance with Special Permit. The requirements, terms and conditions 

of the special permit shall bind and be enforceable against both 

the Town and the operator then under contract with the Town or otherwise 

operating the wind turbine(s). The “Requirements for Wind Turbine(s)” 

set out in Subsection (4) shall be independently or 

concurrently enforceable against the Town and the operator. 

VOTED. The Town voted to amend Chapter 10 of the General Bylaws known 

as the Zoning Bylaws, by adding the following Section IV.D. 

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Section IVD. Wind Turbine 

1. Definition A wind turbine consists of a foundation, a tower, a generator 

located at the top of the tower, associated wiring and a rotor with 

two or more blades. The height of a wind turbine shall be measured 

from the grade at its base to the tip of a rotor blade at its highest point. 

2. Authorization of up to Two Wind Turbines Up to two Wind Turbines 

may be erected and maintained on a parcel of land owned by the Town 

pursuant to the provisions of a special permit issued by the Planning 

Board pursuant to Section IX.C. The special permit shall impose the requirements 

specified in this section together with such terms and conditions 

deemed appropriate by the Planning Board. There shall be only 

one or two wind turbines erected, maintained and operated pursuant 

to this section. The turbine(s) shall at all times be owned by the Town 

and sited on Town-owned land. The wind turbine(s) may be operated, 

maintained and managed by experienced persons or entities under contract 

with the Town. 

3. Applicable Zoning. The special permit shall identify a specific area of 

town-owned land for the site of the wind turbine(s). The requirements 

set out in Sections III, V, VI, and VII of the zoning bylaws shall not be 

applicable to the wind turbine and its components on this site. 

4. Requirements for Wind Turbine(s) 

a) Siting: The wind turbine(s) shall be sited on a parcel of land owned by 

the Town at least 1200 feet from the nearest dwelling and at least 

1100 feet from the nearest state highway and at least 1150 feet from the 

nearest public town street, which is not separated from the selected site 

by the state highway, and at least 100 feet from the green and fairway 

of any golf course. Siting of the wind turbine(s) shall be supported by 

a study concluding that the selected site is a good wind energy project 

site and by a study concluding that siting the wind turbine(s) on the 

selected site would minimize any adverse environmental consequences 

and any adverse impacts on historical or archeological sites. There shall 

be a showing that the shadow flicker impact on playing areas of any 

nearby golf course will be minimized. 

b) Height: The wind turbine(s) shall in no event exceed 480 feet in 

height. If a lesser height will enable performance sufficient to make 

the turbine(s) project financially feasible to the town in a manner that 

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efficiently generates the desired amount of electricity (not less than 1.5 

megawatts in rated capacity), the height of the wind turbine(s) shall 

not exceed such lesser height. The height of the tower and its location 

shall be approved by state and federal entities with jurisdiction. 

c) Visual Appearance: The wind turbine(s) shall present a visually acceptable 

appearance. Its visual appearance on site, as viewed from both 

near and far, shall not have a significant adverse visual impact but shall 

blend with its site and environs as well as reasonably possible. In determining 

whether the visual appearance of the wind turbine is acceptable 

the Planning Board shall balance all relevant factors, including 

the national and local need for alternative energy sources and any practical 

ways in which the proposed wind turbine could be given a more 

acceptable visual appearance. 

d) Noise: The wind turbine(s) and appurtenant equipment shall operate 

at all times at a low noise level. Quietness of operation shall be preserved 

throughout the wind turbine’s useful life. As the wind turbine 

ages, it shall be properly maintained and serviced so as to ensure continued 

quiet operation at all times. The wind turbine(s) and appurtenant 

equipment shall be the quietest available for the class and model of 

turbine selected. The noise level of the wind turbine(s) shall be measured 

at the beginning of its actual operation and shall not thereafter be 

significantly increased in subsequent operations. Under no circumstances 

shall the noise level of actual operations of the wind turbine(s) 

and of the appurtenant equipment exceed the standards set in the Massachusetts 

DEP’s Noise Control Regulation, 310 CMR 7.10 or successor 

regulatory provision. 

e) Ownership: The wind turbine(s) shall be constructed on town-owned land 

in such manner and under such terms and conditions as may be authorized 

by the Board of Selectmen using grants, gifts, and other financing. Following 

construction the wind turbine(s) shall be owned by the Town. 

f) Operations: During its useful life or until such earlier time as its operations 

permanently cease, the wind turbine(s) shall be operated, 

maintained and managed by one or more persons or entities skilled in 

such operation, maintenance and management (the “operator”) . The 

operator shall be under contract with the Board of Selectmen. The Contract 

shall provide terms and conditions pursuant to which the wind 

turbine shall be operated and maintained and pursuant to which all necessary 

and appropriate charges and expenses shall be paid from revenues 

of the wind turbine(s). A separate reserve from these revenues 

shall be maintained by the Town Treasurer for unforeseen contingencies 

and for the eventual dismantling of the wind turbine(s). The op- 

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erator shall have the responsibility and obligation to maintain all parts 

of the wind turbine(s) and associated structures and equipment in good 

condition providing for the safe, efficient and quiet generation of electricity. 

The operator shall have the responsibility to operate the wind 

turbine in the manner for which it was designed, safely, efficiently and 

quietly. In the event of any malfunction of or damage to the wind turbine 

the operator shall take all necessary steps to remedy the malfunction 

or to repair the damage as quickly as reasonably possible. At the 

end of the useful life of the wind turbine or at such earlier time as the 

wind turbine(s) can no longer generate electricity safely, efficiently 

and quietly, the operator shall notify the Town, and the wind turbine(s) 

shall be removed and the site restored to an attractive natural condition. 

g) Lighting and Signs: The wind turbine(s) shall carry aircraft warning 

lights as required under federal law, regulation or permit but shall not 

be otherwise illuminated at night provided that if actual operations 

show a need, the Planning Board may require dim lighting of the blades 

at specified times. The wind turbine(s) shall carry no logos or signs 

except as authorized by the Town’s sign regulations. 

5. Contents of Application. The application for a special permit for a 

wind turbine(s) shall be made by the Town for itself as owner and on 

behalf of the operator of the wind turbine. The application for the special 

permit shall contain the following: 

(a) GIS maps showing the proposed site of the wind turbine(s) and the topography; 

all significant natural features, lot lines and identification 

of lot owners; all existing ways and trails; and all existing power lines 

shall be shown with reasonable accuracy. 

(b) A plan showing the distances from the proposed site of the closest residence, 

the nearest state highway, the nearest public street not separated 

from the proposed site by a state highway, and the nearest fairway 

and green of a golf course. Distances can be calculated using the geological 

survey map of the area produced by the United States Geological 

Survey. 

(c) A site plan showing all site work necessary for the construction and 

operation of the wind turbine(s), including specifications for: clearing; 

foundation work; grading; and construction of power lines, access road, 

fencing, and storage building. 

(d) Detailed plans for the wind turbine(s) including renderings showing the 

front, rear and side profiles of the wind turbine(s) in all material detail. 

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(e) Elevations accurately depicting the wind turbine(s) on site. The elevations 

shall show how the wind turbine will appear on site from various 

distances. Other elevations shall accurately depict the wind turbine on 

site when viewed from the following locations: (1) the observation area 

on Chickatawbut Road; (2) the Granite Links Golf Course Club House; 

and (3) such other additional or alternate locations specified by the 

Planning Board. 

(f) Detailed specifications of the wind turbine(s) including: height and diameter 

of tower; length, width and weight of blades; materials to be 

used; color and type of exterior finish; make and characteristics of the 

generator, including power output, noise characteristics and expected 

useful life; strength of components including the ability to withstand 

hurricane-force winds and icing; anticipated maintenance needs during 

operations; and ability to access components for maintenance and repair; 

material concluding that the appearance of the wind turbine(s) 

will not create unacceptable visual impacts. 

(g) Material concluding that operations of wind turbines do not produce 

unacceptable noise impacts. 

(h) Such other material or information which may be requested by the 

Planning Board and which will assist it in rendering a reasoned and 

reasonable decision on the application. 

6. Compliance with Special Permit. The requirements, terms and conditions 

of the special permit shall bind and be enforceable against both 

the Town and the operator then under contract with the Town or otherwise 

operating the wind turbine(s). The “Requirements for Wind Turbine(s)” 

set out in Subsection (4) shall be independently or 

concurrently enforceable against the Town and the operator. 

VOTED. The Town voted YES 

The Moderator declared a two thirds votes. 

VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 43 To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 

44, Section 55C of the Massachusetts General Laws, added by Chapter 491, 

Section 1 of the Acts and Resolves of 2004, as amended, which would authorize 

the Town to establish a trust to be known as the Municipal Affordable Housing 

Trust Fund, the purpose of which is to provide for the creation and 

preservation of affordable housing for the benefit of low and moderate income 

households; 


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VOTED. The Town voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 55C 

of the Massachusetts General Laws, added by Chapter 491, Section 1 of the 

Acts and Resolves of 2004, as amended, which will authorize the Town to establish 

a trust to be known as the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the 

purpose of which is to provide for the creation and preservation of affordable 

housing for the benefit of low and moderate income households. 


ARTICLE 44 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section IV of the Zoning 

Bylaws (a) by striking the subtitle “A. Continuation of Non-conforming uses of 

Building and Land” and (b) by adding the following fifth sentence: “Authorization 

by special permit of a subsequent use in a building in the business district 

shall not be required where the only nonconformity in the building and 

use is in the dimensions or set-back of the building, where the prior use is a 

valid, preexisting use, where the subsequent use is the same or substantially 

similar to the prior use and where the parking requirements conform to Section 

VII of the Milton Zoning Bylaws.” 

VOTED. The Town vote to amend Chapter 10 of the General Bylaws known 

as the Zoning Bylaws (a) by striking the subtitle “A. Continuation of Non-conforming 

uses of Building and Land” in Section IV and (b) by adding the following 

new fifth sentence in Section IV: “Authorization by special permit of 

a subsequent use in a building in the business district shall not be required where 

the only nonconformity in the building and use is in the dimensions or set-back 

of the building, where the prior use is a valid, preexisting use, where the subsequent 

use is the same or substantially similar to the prior use and where the 

parking requirements conform to Section VII of the Milton Zoning Bylaws.” 


ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section I, Subsection 5 

of the Zoning Bylaws by adding the following sentence to the definition of 

“Building” in Paragraph 5 of subsection A of Section I: 

“A retaining wall rising no more than five feet above the finished grade at its 

base, exclusive of any berms, shall not be deemed a structure.” 


as the Zoning Bylaws by adding the following sentence to the definition of 

“Building” in Paragraph 5 of subsection A of Section I: 

“A retaining wall rising no more than five feet above the finished grade at its 

base, exclusive of any berms, shall not be deemed a structure.” 


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ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section III, subsection 

J, paragraph 6 and subsection K, paragraph 7 of the Zoning Bylaws as follows: 

by adding the words “insofar as reasonably possible” after the words “so that” 

in the last clause of the first sentence of Section III, subsection J, paragraph 6 

and subsection K, paragraph 7. 


as the Zoning Bylaws as follows: 

by adding the words “insofar as reasonably possible” after the words “so that” 

in the last clause of the first sentence of Section III, subsection J, paragraph 6 

and after the words “so as” in subsection K, paragraph 7. 

VOTED. The Town voted YES 

VOICE VOTE 

The Moderator declared a two thirds vote. 


55 of the Acts and Resolves of 2006 which will allow an increase in the dependent 

allowance payable to surviving children of retirees whose benefits are being 

paid in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 32, §9 (the Accidental Death 

provision) of the Massachusetts General Laws. Said allowance being paid to surviving 

children pursuant to G.L. c. 32 §9(d)(ii) can be increased to an amount 

equal to the amount being paid to children pursuant to G.L. c. 32 §7(2)(d)(ii). 

VOTED. The Town voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 55 of the Acts 

and Resolves of 2006 and allow an increase in the dependent allowance payable 

to surviving children of members whose benefits are being paid in accordance 

with the provisions of Chapter 32, §9 (the Accidental Death provision) of the 

Massachusetts General Laws. Said allowance being paid to surviving children 

pursuant to G.L. c. 32 §9(2)(d)(ii) of the Massachusetts General Laws can be 

increased to an amount equal to the amount being paid to children pursuant to 

G.L. c. 32 §7(2)(a)(iii) of the Massachusetts Laws. 


Article 48 was voted after Article 30 on May 7, 2009. 

ARTICLE 49 The following article is hereby submitted for consideration of 

the annual Town Meeting by the undersigned citizens of the Town of Milton: 

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Chapter 10 of the General Bylaws is hereby amended by inserting after Subsection 

III.K thereof, the following subsection: 

L. Blue Hill Avenue Institutional/Business Overlay District 

In the Residence C District on a lot that is located on a state highway, which 

contains no less than 120,000 square feet of land, exclusive of wetlands, and 

which contains a financially distressed, tax-exempt institution which will 

remain on site, a development combining a mix of the tax-exempt institution 

and business uses may be permitted by a special permit issued by the 

Planning Board upon such terms and conditions as the Planning Board shall 

deem to be reasonable and appropriate. As used in this subsection L, the 

“lot” shall be deemed to include a combination of adjacent lots in one ownership. 

In the event that a special permit for an institutional/business development 

shall be issued for a lot of land, no use of the lot may be made 

except as specifically authorized by the special permit. 

(1) Purpose 

The purpose of this subsection is to permit quality development combining 

both an existing, financially distressed, tax-exempt institutional use and 

business uses and providing significant amenities to the public, including 

an attractive design which takes advantage of natural features and fits in 

well with other properties that are adjacent to it, and that preserves the ability 

of the historically significant religious or charitable institution to maintain 

a viable presence in the town. 

(2) Uses 

(a) Business uses otherwise permissible in the Business District, including 

a pharmacy with a drive-through transaction window, may be permitted, 

in conjunction with institutional use, by a special permit, except 

that none of the following uses shall be permitted: used car lots, motor 

vehicle dealerships, gasoline stations, motor vehicle repair shops and 

sexually oriented businesses. 

(b) The existing institutional use shall be permitted in conjunction with an 

amount and type of business use which is deemed reasonable and appropriate 

by the Planning Board, by a special permit. 

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(3) Buildings 

(a) Gross Floor Area. In an institutional/business development the total 

gross floor area of all buildings, excluding below-grade basements and 

parking areas within a building, shall not exceed 1.6 times the area of 

the lot, exclusive of wetlands. 

(b) Lot Coverage. In an institutional/business development, buildings, exclusive 

of parking structures used solely for parking, shall not cover in 

excess of 50% of the lot, exclusive of wetlands. The total coverage of 

parking structures, which are used solely for parking, together with 

other buildings shall not cover in excess of 65% of the lot. 

(c) Building Height. In an institutional/business development, buildings 

developed exclusively for business use shall not contain in excess of 

three (3) stories, including any above grade parking levels, and shall not 

exceed a height of more than thirty-five (35) feet above the mean finished 

grade of the ground contiguous to the building as such ground 

will exist subsequent to construction, and buildings developed exclusively 

for institutional use shall not contain in excess of two (2) stories 

and shall not exceed a height of more than forty-five (45) feet in height 

above the mean finished grade of the ground contiguous to the building 

as such ground will exist subsequent to construction, as determined 

by the Planning Board. The Planning Board may permit protrusions of 

up to eight feet above the roofline, such as elevator shaft housings, 

solar energy systems or chimneys, so long as the appearance of the 

building remains architecturally coherent, visually attractive and appropriate 

to its setting. The Planning Board may allow a cupola, clock 

tower or similar architectural detail up to twelve (12) feet above the 

roofline so long as it has been shown to add significant merit to the 

building’s design. 

(4) Design Standards 

In an institutional/business development, each building shall be designed to 

be architecturally coherent, well sited on its lot, visually attractive, and 

compatible with its neighborhood and nearby buildings. In addition, each 

building shall meet the following additional design standards: 

(a) Building architecture shall be coherent in all its elements and compatible 

with and complementary to its surroundings. 

(b) Box-shaped structures without visual interest shall not be used. 

(c) Windows and doors shall be surrounded by appropriate architectural elements 

setting the windows and doors off from the plane of the façade. 

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(d) Each door, doorway, window or window grouping shall be suitably 

proportioned to the building. Small windows shall not be used if disruptive 

to architectural continuity. 

(e) Rooflines shall be visually coherent and architecturally well-defined. 

Mansards, cornices and like architectural elements shall be used, when 

appropriate. 

(f) Building materials shall be of high quality, and traditional materials 

such as brick, granite and clapboard should be favored, as should traditional 

colors, unless there is a sound basis for different treatment. 

(g) Landscaping shall enhance the design of the buildings, provide attractive 

features and significant visual and physical elements to help integrate 

and buffer the development with and from nearby residential 

districts. 

(h) Lighting fixtures shall be appropriate to the architecture and provide 

suitable lighting without detriment to nearby residences. 

(i) Parking lots and/or structures shall not contain large, unrelieved expanses 

of asphalt, but shall be unobtrusive and designed to blend with 

the buildings and the neighborhood. There shall be convenient access 

from a parking lot or structure to the institutional and business uses 

which it serves. 

(5) Street Design and Access 

Any institutional/business development, insofar as possible, shall have safe 

and convenient access to and egress from the state highway with adequate 

capacity for all anticipated traffic. Vehicular access shall be restricted, insofar 

as possible, to and from residential streets. The driveways shall be designed 

so as to provide safe and convenient access and egress for users. 

Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways shall be designed to give pedestrians 

save and convenient access to and from on-site parking areas and adjacent 

areas. 

(6) Business Parking 

In an institutional/business development, parking for business use shall be 

dependent on the type of business use. In the absence of specification of 

the business use in the application for a special permit, four spaces per 

1,000 square feet of business floor area shall be required; thereafter, each 

business use undertaken shall have the number of parking spaces specified 

in Section VII.C or a lesser number of spaces determined to be adequate for 

the particular use by the Planning Board considering all relevant circum- 

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stances. If a particular use is specified in an application, each such use 

shall have the number of parking spaces specified in Section VII.C or a 

number of spaces determined to be adequate for the particular use by the 

Planning Board considering all relevant circumstances. If a business use is 

changed, a new determination of an adequate number of parking spaces 

shall be made by the Planning Board in like manner. One circumstance, 

which may be considered, is any availability of institutional parking vacant 

and available for business use during normal business hours. 

(7) Institutional Parking 

In an institutional/business development, the institutional use shall have the 

number of spaces specified in Section VII.B.3 and/or Section VII.B.4 or a 

lesser number of spaces determined to be adequate for the particular use by 

the Planning Board considering all relevant circumstances. One circumstance, 

which may be considered, is any availability of business parking 

vacant and available for institutional use outside of normal business hours. 

(8) Site Plan 

An application for institutional/business development shall include a plan 

meeting the requirements for site plan specified in Section VIII.D.2 and 

such other requirements as may be specified by the Planning Board. The 

plan shall be contained in various sheets, all of which, after approval, shall 

contain the written approval of the Planning Board and shall be recorded 

with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds at the applicant’s expense. The 

plan on record shall be a part of the special permit for institutional/business 

development. The plan shall show the development in all material detail. 

Any amendments or modifications to the plan shall be approved by the 

Planning Board and recorded with said Registry of Deeds at the applicant’s 

expense. The application shall also include professional studies calculating 

the impacts of the development on town services and on traffic in the 

town. The applicant shall promptly provide to the Planning Board evidence 

of recording of each approved plan, amendment or modification. When 

each such document has been returned to the applicant, the applicant shall 

promptly provide a copy thereof to the Planning Board, which shows the 

book and page of recording. 

(9) Application Review Fees 

When reviewing an application for a special permit for institutional/business 

development, the Planning Board may determine that the assistance of 

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outside consultants is warranted due to the size, scale or complexity of the 

proposed project or because of the project’s potential impacts. The Planning 

Board may require that an applicant pay review fees, consisting of the 

reasonable costs incurred by the Planning Board for employment of outside 

consultants engaged by the Planning Board to assist in the review of the 

application. In hiring outside consultants, the Planning Board may engage 

disinterested engineers, planners, architects, urban designers or other appropriate 

professionals who can assist the Planning Board in analyzing a 

project to ensure compliance with this bylaw and with other laws, regulations 

and requirements. Expenditures may be made at the direction of the 

Planning Board and shall be made only in connection with the review of the 

specific project for which the review fee has been collected from the applicant. 

Failure of an applicant to pay a review fee shall be grounds for denial 

of the application. At the completion of the Planning Board’s review 

of a project, any excess amount of the review fees shall be repaid to the applicant. 

A final report of expenditures shall be provided to the applicant. 

(10) Notice, Procedures and Standard for Decision 

The notice and procedural requirements set out in Section IX.B and C and 

the standard to be used in rendering a decision set out in Section IX.C shall 

apply to special permits for institutional/business development under this 

subsection. 

Presented for consideration by the undersigned citizens of the Town: 

Terence J. Driscoll 

Karen J. Seligsohn 

Anita L. Tierney 

Samuel S. Rodman 

Carol J. Rosner 

Elizabeth R. White 

Anthony J. Cichello 

Ann Hallett 

Elizabeth W. Coover 

Hyacinth Crichlow 



1060 Brook Road 

114 Randolph Avenue 

10 Fieldstone Lane 

36 Ridge Road 


32 Sias Lane 



VOTED. The Town voted to refer Article 49 to the planning board for further 

study to report at the next town meeting. 


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ARTICLE 50 To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 37M of Chapter 

71 of the Massachusetts General Laws relating to the consolidation of maintenance 

and other functions of the School Committee with those of the Town; or 

act in any other manner in relation thereto. 

VOTED. The Town vote to accept the provisions of M.G.L. c. 71, §37M, which 

would authorize the Town to consolidate Town and school administrative functions. 

VOICE VOTE 

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. 




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SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION 


GREETINGS: 


to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Milton qualified to vote in 

Elections and Town Affairs, to meet at the several designated polling places in 

their respective Precincts in said Milton, to wit: 

In Precinct 1. Tucker School, Blue Hills Parkway 

In Precinct 2. St. Mary of the Hills School, Brook Road 

In Precinct 3. Glover School, Canton Avenue 

In Precinct 4. Milton Senior Center, Walnut Street 

In Precinct 5. Copeland Field House, Milton High School, Gile Road 

In Precinct 6. Cunningham School Gymnasium, Edge Hill Road 

In Precinct 7. Cunningham Park Community Center, Edge Hill Road 





on Monday, June 8, 2009 next at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, then and there to 

bring in to Precinct Officers of their respective precincts their vote on one ballot 

respectively on the following question: 

QUESTION NUMBER 1 

Shall the Town of Milton be allowed to assess an additional $3,420,189 in real 

estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding in the additional 

amounts shown operating budgets for Inspectional Services ($13,669), Fire Department 

($239,984), Milton Emergency Management Agency ($4,101), Police 

and Youth ($398,200), General Government ($114,014), Boards and 

Committees ($18,395), Department of Public Works ($634,473), Board of 

Health ($4,905), Library ($77,663), Cemetery ($80,955), Parks and Recreation 

($61,185), and Schools ($1,772,645) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009? 

YES_____________ NO_______________ 

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For these purposes the polls will be open at each and all of said precincts at 

seven o’clock in the forenoon and will be closed at eight o’clock in the evening. 



copies of the Warrant in each of the Post Offices of said Town fourteen days at 

least before the eighth day of June, and leaving printed copies thereof at the 

dwelling houses of said Town at least fourteen days before the date. 

Hereof fail not and make due return the Warrant with your doings thereon to the 

Town Clerk, on or before said eighth day of June, next. 

Given under our hands at Milton this seventh day of May, two thousand nine. 







BOARD OF SELECTMEN 



Pursuant to the within Warrant, dated June 8, 2009, I have notified the inhabitants 

of the Town of Milton as within directed to meet at the time and places and 

for the purposes therein mentioned by posting attested copies of the same in the 

post offices of the Town and leaving attested copies at the dwellings of the inhabitants. 

Warrants were posted on May 18, 2009 and delivered to the inhabitants 

on May 16, 2009. 



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JUNE 8, 2009 - SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION 


QUESTION ONE - Operational Override 

YES 272 467 525 422 358 401 386 385 390 555 385 4546 

NO 156 306 309 351 294 464 406 523 443 387 309 3948 

Blanks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

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STATISTICS June 8, 2009 - SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION 


REGISTERED VOTERS 

1471 1627 1615 1515 1397 1760 1620 1734 1660 1740 1735 17874 

TOTAL VOTES CAST 

428 774 834 773 652 865 792 908 833 942 694 8495 

TIME RECEIVED P.M. 

8:45 8:31 8:25 8:19 8:21 8:34 8:37 8:35 8:20 8:28 8:17 

PERCENTAGE 

29 47 51 51 46 49 48 52 50 54 40 47 

The Town Clerk upon receipt of the returns from the several precinct, forthwith canvassed the same and announced the results at 9:10p.m. 

At the Special Town Election held Monday June 8, 2009, Milton had the following number of Absentee Ballots. 


Applications Received 

Ballots Cast 

13 31 34 21 32 32 22 37 49 34 30 335 

10 25 26 19 26 31 21 36 42 30 26 292 

Of the total ballots cast, 158 were cast in person by the voter in the Town Clerk's Office and 134 were cast by mail. 

forty three (43) ballots that were mailed were not returned. 

The Absentee Ballots were distributed to the Precincts before the close of the polls. 

The Wardens put them through the Ballot Boxes and they were counted with the ballots cast in the precincts. 



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PRECINCT OFFICERS – JUNE 8, 2009 

PRECINCT ONE 


Nora A. Cummings, Deputy Warden 

Josephine A. LaMonica, Clerk 

Carol Hahnfeld, Deputy Clerk 



PRECINCT TWO 


Joanne M. Daly, Deputy Warden 

Alice Duzan, Clerk 





Jane E. Tufts, Warden 



Ellen M. Pierce, Deputy Clerk 

Rosemary D. Morgan, Inspector 

Cara M. Hebard, Inspector 

PRECINCT FOUR 







PRECINCT FIVE 





Alexandra O’Brien, Inspector 


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PRECINCT SIX 

Lucas J. McGary, Warden 

Thomas Grunin, Deputy Warden 

Edith L. Chase, Clerk 

Susan M. Galvin, Deputy Clerk 

Elizabeth Walsh, Inspector 


Maria C. Taylor, Inspector 



James F. Thorne, Deputy Warden 

Eileen M. O’Meara, Clerk 

Patricia E. Fisher, Deputy Clerk 

Nicholas H. Gabriel, Inspector 

Ann M. Sheehan, Inspector 


Mary C. Martin, Warden 

Carole J. Kavey, Deputy Warden 

Richard B. Martin, Clerk 


Patricia Mearn, Inspector 

Diane M. Colligan, Inspector 

PRECINCT NINE 






Mary A. Whitney, Inspector 

William A. Edwards, Inspector 

PRECINCT TEN 


Janice K. Walwood, Deputy Warden 



Noreen M. Remmes, Inspector 


Mary Gabriel, Inspector 

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Emmanuel J. Feeney, Jr., Clerk 


Heather N. Maffeo, Inspector 


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT 




GREETINGS: 



Town affairs, to meet at the Milton High School Auditorium on Gile Road, in 

said Milton on Monday, the nineteenth day of October next at 7:30 o’clock in 

the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles to wit: 

Articles 1 through 3 



copies of the Warrant in each of the Post Offices of said Town fourteen days at 

least before the nineteenth day of October and leaving printed copies thereof at 

the dwelling houses of said Town at least fourteen days before the date. 


to the Town Clerk, on or before said nineteenth day of October, next. 

Given under our hands at Milton this ninth day of September, two thousand 

and nine. 







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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 

OCTOBER 19, 2009 

The Moderator, Brian M. Walsh, opened the Special Town Meeting held at Milton 

High School Auditorium, Gile Road at 7:43 p.m. 

Town Meeting Members paid tribute to Charles C. Winchester, Chairman of 

the School Building Committee, former Moderator and former School Committee 

Member. 

The following 83 Town Meeting Members were absent from the Special Town 

Meeting held October 19, 2009. 

PRECINCT ONE: 

PRECINCT TWO: 




Lisa Murphy 

Shannon E. O’Malley 


Darnell J.S. Turner 

Michael A. Blutt 

Barbara J. Brown 

Timothy B. Caulfield 



Jeffrey L. Cruikshank 

Frank L. Davis 

Christian Carter Fahy 

Anne T. Fidler (ex-officio) 

John M. Kelly 

Brian P. McDonough 

Brendan F. McLaughlin 

Marylou Rundlett 


Charles C. Winchester 


Kimberley Casey 

Richard “Ben” Casey 

Linda Craven 

John K. Fitzgerald 

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James May 





PRECINCT SIX: 



113 

Helen E. Buchanan 



Jeanne M. O’Brien 

Rachel A. Phinney 


Stephen P. Affanato 

Kenneth G. Caldwell 

Mary S. Cobb 






Kristan Bagley-Jones 


Kevin J. Cleary 

Laura A. Conway 

Arthur J. Doyle 

Robert E. Foster 


Mary E. Kelly Maye 


Michael B. O’Toole, Jr. 

Lisa Rask Viola 

Maureen Berry 

Amy E. Delaney 

Marvin A. Gordon 

Stacia A Kates 


Mary E. Kelly 

Gayle M. Neville 


David Shea


PRECINCT TEN: 


George L. Barrett 

John J. Davis 

Dorothy M. Gardner 

Elizabeth A. O’Connor 

James M. O’Leary, Jr. 

Patricia Armstrong. 

Joseph M. Cunningham, Jr. 

Daniel F. Driscoll 



Frank J. Stout 

Philip J. Driscoll 

James C. Finn 

Mary E. Keally 

Timothy S. Kernan 

Malcolm R. Larson 



Christopher J. Trakas 

Geoffrey W. Wilkinson 

At the request of the Moderator, Brian M. Walsh, a motion was made and seconded 

that on matters requiring a two-thirds vote by statute, a count need not 

be taken unless the vote so declared is immediately questioned by seven or 

more voters as provided by General Laws Chapter 39 Section 15. 

VOTED. The Town voted Yes. 


ARTICLE 1 To see if the Town will vote to decrease budget appropriations 

voted by the 2009 Milton Annual Town Meeting as follows: 

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Meeting 

Vote 

Current 

Reduction 

Department 

Appropriation Reduction Line Item 

Schools Article 28 $33,086,627 $110,591 $32,976,036 

Police Article 16 $ 6,019,470 $175,502 $ 5,843,968 

Fire Article 16 $ 4,497,032 $ 15,031 $ 4,482,001 

Revised 

Appropriation 

Public Works 

General 

Public Works Article 19 $ 4,128,493 $ 13,799 

$ 4,114,694 

Auxiliary Fire 

MEMA Article 16 $13,607 $183 

$13,424 

Inspectional 

Services Article 16 $323,220 $609 

General 

Expenses $322,611 

Board of 

General 

Appeals Article 18 $32,242 $71 Expenses $32,171 

Board of Health Article 24 $164,615 $219 

General 



Assessors Article 17 $211,943 $319 

General 


Central Business 

Office Article 17 $342,154 $424 

General 


Conservation 

Commission Article 18 $2,500 $1 

General 


Historical 

Commission Article 18 $2,240 $6 $2,234 

Information 

Technology Article 17 $238,583 $1,875 

General 


Law Article 17 $142,500 $63 

Disbursements 

$142,437 

Personnel Board Article 18 $44,630 $84 

General 


Planning Board Article 18 $15,753 $254 

General 


Selectmen Article 17 $463,339 $834 

General 


Town Clerk Article 17 $240,786 $774 

General 


Treasurer- 

Collector Article 17 $306,341 $760 

General 


Warrant 

Committee Article 18 $19,122 $54 

General 


Veterans 

Benefits Article 17 $23,061 $31 

General 


Cemetery Article 26 $689,023 $3,608 

General 


Council on 

Aging Article 18 $181,679 $349 

General 


Library Article 25 $994,916 $3,461 

General 


Parks and 

Recreation Article 27 $362,131 $2,727 

General 



VOTED. The Town voted to reduce the following revised appropriations voted 

by Milton Town Meeting for the twelve month period beginning July 1, 2009: 

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Meeting 

Vote 

Current 

Reduction 

Department 

Appropriation Reduction Line Item 

Schools Article 28 $33,086,627 $110,591 $32,976,036 

Police Article 16 $ 6,019,470 $175,502 $ 5,843,968 

Fire Article 16 $ 4,497,032 $ 15,031 $ 4,482,001 

VOICE VOTE 

A motion was made and seconded to refer article two back to the Selectmen. 


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Revised 

Appropriation 

Public Works 

General 

Public Works Article 19 $ 4,128,493 $ 13,799 

$ 4,114,694 

Auxiliary Fire 

MEMA Article 16 $13,607 $183 

$13,424 

Inspectional 

Services Article 16 $323,220 $609 

General 



General 

Appeals Article 18 $32,242 $71 Expenses $32,171 

Board of Health Article 24 $164,615 $219 

General 



Assessors Article 17 $211,943 $319 

General 


Central Business 

Office Article 17 $342,154 $424 

General 


Conservation 

Commission Article 18 $2,500 $1 

General 


Historical 

Commission Article 18 $2,240 $6 $2,234 

Information 

Technology Article 17 $238,583 $1,875 

General 


Law Article 17 $142,500 $63 

Disbursements 

$142,437 

Personnel Board Article 18 $44,630 $84 

General 


Planning Board Article 18 $15,753 $254 

General 


Selectmen Article 17 $463,339 $834 

General 


Town Clerk Article 17 $240,786 $774 

General 


Treasurer- 

Collector Article 17 $306,341 $760 

General 


Warrant 

Committee Article 18 $19,122 $54 

General 


Veterans 

Benefits Article 17 $23,061 $31 

General 


Cemetery Article 26 $689,023 $3,608 

General 


Council on 

Aging Article 18 $181,679 $349 

General 


Library Article 25 $994,916 $3,461 

General 


Parks and 

Recreation Article 27 $362,131 $2,727 

General 

Expenses $359,404


64L, Section 2(a) of the Massachusetts General Laws, added by Chapter 27, 

Section 60 of the Acts and Resolves of 2009, which authorizes the Town of 

Milton to impose a local sales tax upon the sale of restaurant meals originating 

within the Town of Milton by a vendor at the rate of 0.75 percent of the gross 

receipts of the vendor from the sale of restaurant meals; and to act on anything 


VOTED. The Town voted to accept the provisions of Massachusetts General 

Laws Chapter 64L, Section 2(a), added by Chapter 27, Section 60 of the Acts 

and Resolves of 2009 authorizing the Town of Milton to impose a local sales 

tax on the sale of restaurant meals originating within the Town of Milton by a 

vendor at the rate of 0.75% of the gross receipts of the vendor from the sale of 

restaurant meals. And that said local sales tax shall take effect on April 1, 2010. 

VOICE VOTE 

ARTICLE 3 To see what sum of money the Town, pursuant to the authority 

conferred by Chapter 366 of the Acts and Resolves of 2008, will vote to appropriate, 

in addition to the money appropriated by the 2009 Milton Annual 

Meeting under Article 12, for payment of legally obligated medical expenses incurred 

from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 for Town of Milton public 

safety personnel resulting from injuries sustained in the line of duty; to determine 

how said appropriation shall be raised, whether by transfer from available 

funds, borrowing under applicable provisions of law or otherwise; and to 


VOTED. The Town voted that, pursuant to the authority conferred by Chapter 

366 of the Acts and Resolves of 2008, appropriate the sum of $450,000 for the 

payment of legally obligated medical expenses incurred from July 1, 2009 

through June 30, 2010 by certain Town of Milton public safety personnel resulting 

from injuries sustained in the line of duty; and that to meet this appropriation, 

the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is 

authorized to borrow $450,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore. 

This appropriation is in addition to the $400,000 appropriation voted by 

the 2009 Milton Annual Town Meeting under Article 12 for this purpose. 





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WARRANT 

SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY 




GREETINGS: 


to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Milton, qualified to 

vote in Elections and Town affairs, to meet at the several designated polling 

places in their respective Precincts in said Milton, to wit: 


In Precinct 2. St. Mary of the Hills School, Brook Road 

In Precinct 3. Glover School, Canton Avenue 

In Precinct 4. Milton Senior Center, Walnut Street 








On Tuesday, December 8, next at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, then and there 

to bring in their vote to the Precinct Officers of their respective Precincts for the 

Candidate of their Political Party for the following office: 

SENATOR FOR THE COMMONWEALTH 

For these purposes the polls will be open at each and all of said precincts 

at seven o’clock in the forenoon and will be closed at eight o’clock in the 

evening. 

And you are directed to warn said inhabitants qualified as aforesaid to meet 

at the times and places and for the purposes herein mentioned, by posting attested 

copies of this Warrant in each of the Post Offices of said Town seven 

days at least before said meeting and leaving printed copies thereof at the 

dwelling houses of said Town at least four days before said date. 

Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings 

thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before said eighth day of December, next. 

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Given under our hands at Milton this twelfth day of November, two thousand 

nine. 




Board of Selectmen 




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DECEMBER 8, 2009 - SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY 

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT 


SENATOR IN CONGRESS Vote for ONE 

MICHAEL E. CAPUANO 96 129 112 114 110 143 118 122 114 110 155 1323 

MARTHA COAKLEY 157 233 254 205 194 229 210 237 226 230 178 2353 

ALAN A. KHAZEI 44 113 110 92 67 63 66 74 79 103 71 882 

STEPHEN G. PAGLIUCA 31 46 48 41 34 63 54 70 54 65 49 555 

Others 0 2 0 3 2 4 3 2 5 0 0 21 

Blanks 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 


REPUBLICAN BALLOT 



SCOTT P. BROWN 25 57 77 56 67 94 85 91 116 109 56 833 

JACK E. ROBINSON 3 11 10 10 10 10 9 12 6 13 3 97 

Others 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 

Blanks 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 


LIBERTARIAN BALLOT 



NO CANDIDATE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 

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STATISTIC - DECEMBER 8, 2009 SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY 


REGISTERED VOTERS 1468 1638 1632 1527 1400 1785 1626 1747 1664 1746 1738 17971 

REPUBLICAN 66 119 145 95 158 161 135 135 250 195 119 1578 

DEMOCRATIC 889 951 761 746 611 800 716 730 664 757 873 8498 

INDEPENDENT 506 566 723 678 627 823 771 880 746 791 741 7852 

LIBERTARIAN 6 1 2 5 3 1 4 2 3 3 4 34 

GREEN-RAINBOW 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 

DEMOCRATIC VOTES CAST 328 525 525 455 407 502 451 505 478 510 453 5139 

REPUBLICAN VOTES CAST 28 69 87 67 77 105 95 103 122 122 60 935 

LIBERTARIAN VOTES CAST 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 

TOTAL VOTES CAST 356 594 612 523 484 607 546 609 600 633 513 6077 

TIME RECEIVED P.M. 8:59 8:39 8:44 8:20 8:27 8:24 8:25 8:33 8:32 8:26 8:27 

PERCENTAGE 24.2 36.2 37.5 34.1 34.5 34 33.5 34.8 36 36.2 29.5 33.8 

The Town Clerk upon receipt of the returns from the several precincts, forthwith canvassed the same and 

announced the results at 9:10p.m. At the Special State Primary held Tuesday December 8, 2008. Milton had 

the following number of Absentee Ballots. 

Applications Received 13 22 29 15 37 37 20 28 35 24 21 281 

Ballots Cast 10 15 21 8 35 31 16 23 29 20 14 222 

Of the total ballots cast, 77 were cast in person by the voter in the Town Clerks' Office and 145 were cast by 

mail. Fifty nine ballots that were mailed were not returned. 

The Absentee Ballots were distributed to the Precincts before the close of the polls. The Wardens put them 

through the Ballot Boxes and they were counted with the ballots cast in the precincts. 



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PRECINCT OFFICERS – DECEMBER 9, 2009 

PRECINCT ONE 


Carol Hahnfeld, Clerk 

Nora A. Cummings, Deputy Clerk 



PRECINCT TWO 


Mary Quinlan, Clerk 




Cody Clark, Inspector 


Anne L. Murphy, Warden 



Rosemary D. Morgan, Deputy Clerk 

Carol A. Queeney, Inspector 

Jacob Kolack, Inspector 

PRECINCT FOUR 







PRECINCT FIVE 





Janet F. Zawatski, Inspector 


PRECINCT SIX 

Kevin J. Cleary, Warden 

William A. Edwards, Deputy Warden 

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Edith L. Chase, Clerk 

John F. Fleming, Jr., Deputy Clerk 

Elizabeth Walsh, Inspector 




James F. Thorne, Deputy Warden 

Eileen M. O’Meara, Clerk 

Patricia E. Fisher, Deputy Clerk 

Nicholas H. Gabriel, Inspector 

Eleanor M. McDonough, Inspector 


Richard B. Martin, Warden 

Lois F. Brown, Clerk 


Kathryn F. Steele, Inspector 

PRECINCT NINE 






Barbara DeLuca, Inspector 

PRECINCT TEN 


Janice K. Walwood, Deputy Warden 



Noreen M. Remmes, Inspector 


Mary Gabriel, Inspector 




Alice M. Duzan, Clerk 



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124

Department 

 

Reports 

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REPORT OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER 

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: June 30, 2009 

The income and activities of the Dog Pound for the period July 1, 2008 

through June 30, 2009 were as follows: 

Number of stray dogs taken in 120 

Dogs turned in (surrendered) 6 

Total entered 126 

Dogs adopted 38 

Dogs returned to owners 62 

Dogs died 0 

Dogs euthanized 5 

Dogs sent to rescue 17 

Total exited 122 

The census as of July 1, 2008 consisted of 2 dogs. 

The census as of June 30, 2009 consisted of 4 dogs. 

Shelter fees were collected in the amount of $4,680.00. 

Citations were issued for unlicensed and unleashed dogs totaling $570.00. 

The Town was reimbursed for their share of the revenue. 

The invaluable assistance of the Milton Animal League is gratefully acknowledged, 

especially their help in adoptions and coverage of the shelter. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Linda A. Kippenberger 

Animal Control Officer 

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS 


The Board of Appeals respectfully submits the following report for Fiscal 

2008. 

Fiscal Year 2009 was another busy year for the Board of Appeals. We had 

Thirty - Four (34) applications we received last year. By statutory law we still 

have to mail out notices to their abutters regarding the hearing and the filing of 

the decision with the Town Clerk. We bill the applicants for the postage that is 

used and that money is returned to the General Fund. 

To file for a Variance or a Special Permit the application fee is one hundred 

dollars ($100.00) that money is also returned to the General Fund. 

Applications 

34 Cases 

29 Granted 

1 Denied 

2 Withdraw 

2 Continued 

Three Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($3,400) were collected in application 

fees and deposited with the Town Treasurer. 

The Chairman would like to express his sincere appreciation to its dedicated 

members of the Board, Emanuel Alves, Robert M. Fitzgerald, Stephen 

M. Lundbohm, Brian M. Hurley, Sara L. Harnish, Virginia Donahue King, Jeffrey 

B. Mullen and Francis C. O’Brien for their technical expertise and endless 

hours devoted to reviewing documents and attending hearings over the years 

and in substituting for members of the Board who were unable to be present at 

various hearings. 

The Board extends its sincere thanks and appreciation to Secretary, Diane 

Colligan of the Board, Milton Building Commissioner, Joseph Prondak, all Department 

Heads, Town Employees, Boards and Committees for their continued 

support and assistance over this past year. 


John S. Leonard, 

Chairman 

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 


THE DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES 

FOLLOWS: 

JULY 1, 2008- JUNE 30, 2009 

TAX RATE 

RESIDENTIAL $11.74 

COMMERCIAL $17.95 

EXPENSES FOR 2009 FISCAL YEAR 

ESTIMATED STATE & COUNTY ASSESSMENTS 

A. COUNTY ASSESSMENTS & CHARGES: $200,438 

B. STATE ASSESSMENTS & CHARGES: 

1. RETIRED EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE $0 

2. RETIRED TEACHERS HEALTH INSURANCE $1,503,217 

3. MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECTS $66,901 

4. AIR POLLUTION DISTRICTS $8,268 

5. METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL $7,592 

6. RMV NON-RENEWAL SURCHARGE $38,640 

SUB-TOTAL, STATE ASSESSMENTS $1,624,618 

C. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES: 

1. MBTA $1,566,072 

2. BOSTON METRO, TRANSIT DISTRICT $595 

SUB-TOTAL, TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENTS $1,566,667 

D. ANNUAL CHARGES AGAINST RECEIPTS: 

1. SPECIAL EDUCATION $2,732 

SUB-TOTAL, ANNUAL CHARGES AGAINST RECEIPTS $2,732 

E. TUITION ASSESSMENTS: 

1. SCHOOL CHOICE SENDING TUITION $5,000 

2. CHARTER SCHOOL SENDING TUITION $71,984 

SUB-TOTAL, TUITION ASSESSMENTS $76,984 

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TOTAL ESTIMATED CHARGES, FISCAL 2009 $3,471,439 

TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS & 

OTHER REVENUE SOURCES $29,878,317.00 

TOTAL REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY $53,815,744.47 

TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES $83,694,061.47 

OVERLAY ALLOWANCE FOR ABATEMENTS & 

EXEMPTIONS $362,512.28 

RESIDENTIAL TAX RATE $11.74 

COMMERCIAL TAX RATE $17.95 

TOTAL RESIDENTIAL VALUE $4,334,880,123 X11.74 $50,891,492.64 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL VALUE $102,508,275 X17.95 $1,840,023.54 

TOTAL INDUSTRIAL VALUE $5,045,100 X17.95 $90,559.55 

SUBTOTAL $4,442,433,498 $52,822,075.73 

TOTAL PERSONAL PROPERTY $55,357,590 X17.95 $993,668.74 

TOTAL $4,497,791,088 $53,815,744.47 

TOTAL OF ALL TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR FISCAL 2008 $52,822,075.83 

TOTAL PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR FISCAL 2008 $993,668.84 

TOTAL REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY $53,815,744.67 

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO THE 

2009 REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS 

SEPTIC BETTERMENT $1,683.37 

INTEREST $84.40 

SEWER BETTERMENT $36,870.93 

INTEREST $26,346.80 

WATER BETTERMENT $6,742.40 

INTEREST $1,352.19 

WATER LIENS $220,992.34 

SEWER LIENS $326,006.81 

PENALTY LIENS (INTEREST) $95,785.78 

TOTAL $715,865.02 

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ESTIMATED RECEIPTS - STATE 

CHERRY SHEETS $9,880,660.00 

ESTIMATED TOWN RECEIPTS 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE $3,043,598.00 

OTHER EXCISE $2,284.00 

PENALTIES & INTEREST ON TAXES & EXCISE $596,767.00 

PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES $46,929.00 

WATER (CONTRA) $4,694,100.00 

SEWER (CONTRA) $6,640,078.00 

TRASH (CONTRA) $976,104.00 

FEES $148,426.00 

DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE - SCHOOLS $400,627.00 

DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE - CEMETERIES $378,520.00 

OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE $209,264.00 

LICENSES & PERMITS $896,982.00 

FINES & FORFEITS $312,409.00 

INVESTMENT INCOME $82,480.00 

MISCELLANEOUS RECURRING $0.00 

TOTALS $18,428,568.00 

AVAILABLE FUNDS TOWN MEETING 

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

MAY 5,6,8,12 &13, 2008 

ARTICLE #8 $115,595.00 

ARTICLE #15 $1,200.00 

ARTICLE #31 $140,000.00 

ARTICLE #35 $82,192.00 

ARTICLE #37 $573,043.00 

ARTICLE #40 $110,110.00 

ARTICLE #50 $27,460.00 

ARTICLE #51 $14,412.00 

TOTAL $1,064,012.00 

AVAILABLE FUNDS SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 

OCTOBER 20, 2008 

ARTICLE #3 $51,580.00 

ARTICLE #4 $3,118.00 

ARTICLE #5 $20,000.00 

TOTAL $74,698.00 

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EXCISE TAX 

2009 BOAT EXCISE 

COMMITTED MARCH 26, 2009 $1,899.00 

2007 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 

COMMITMENT #10, JULY 18, 2008 $772.62 

COMMITMENT #11, OCTOBER 2, 2008 $689.23 

2008 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 

COMMITMENT #4, JULY 23, 2008 $204,244.73 

COMMITMENT #5, OCTOBER 8, 2008 $83,554.73 

COMMITMENT #6, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 $48,187.01 

COMMITMENT #7, JANUARY 8, 2009 $18,901.45 

COMMITMENT #8, FEBRUARY 17, 2009 $200.94 

COMMITMENT #9, APRIL 16, 2009 $1,005.12 

2009 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 

COMMITMENT #1, FEBRUARY 3, 2009 $2,135,512.50 

COMMITMENT #2, MARCH 3, 2009 $284,793.39 

COMMITMENT #3, APRIL 23, 2009 $128,798.32 


Kathleen Heffernan, Chairman 

Thomas S. Gunning 

M. Joseph Manning 

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REPORT OF THE MILTON AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT 

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, June 30, 2009 

The Milton Auxiliary Fire Department, a unit of the Milton Emergency 

Management Agency, provides support services to the Milton Fire Department 

as well as responds to special calls from the Milton Police Department and Milton 

Health Department. 

The Auxiliary Support Service Unit contains six portable generators and 

one vehicle-mounted generator; first aid equipment; AED; floodlights; 1000- 

watt roof-mounted lighting mast; electrical cables; mobile command post space, 

re-hydration supplies; a DIGITAL PACKET radio data link for MEMA communication 

as well as assorted tools and seven portable radios, four that can be 

used by the Milton Fire Department Incident Commander at a major fire. 

The Auxiliary Fire also has a ’97 Chevrolet 4WD TAHOE containing a 

1KW portable generator, lights, radio, and safety equipment. It also serves as 

backup for MFD-C8. 

The Auxiliary has a trailer-mounted 5Kw-generator with four light sets and 

a trailer with four portable generators (5Kw diesel, 6.2Kw gasoline, 5Kw gasoline, 

3Kw gasoline). 

In addition, the Auxiliary Fire staffs and maintains Engine No.5, a 1934 

Maxim pumper. 

The Support Service Unit / TAHOE responded to sixteen incidents during 

FY-2009 including two multiple alarm fires; three parades; one road race; one 

accident investigation; one fire scene investigation; National Night Out; DPW 

Open House; lighting detail on Halloween night at Andrews Park; support service 

to the MFD decontamination unit at Milton Hospital and portable radio utilization 

by the deputy chief at a fire scene. 

In FY-09 Engine #5 took part in three parades and two special assignments. 

Restoration of its two original seats was initiated in FY-09. 

The Milton Firefighters Memorial Archives is located in the Chemical 

Building. It contains Milton Fire Department memorabilia. The Auxiliary established 

the Archives in 1993 and with support of the Milton Fire Department, 

is now in its sixteenth year. For over twenty years, Auxiliary Fire members have 

had primary responsibility for maintaining the Chemical Building. 

In FY-09 the Auxiliary has used its Internet access to obtain training resources 

such as the National Incident Management System, weather data and 

to communicate with members. 

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The Auxiliary accepted one new member in FY-09. 

In FY 2009 the Auxiliary Fire recorded over 1400 hours of volunteer service. 

The Auxiliary Fire has a representative on the Milton Local Emergency 

Planning Commission. Members took part in two training sessions for staffing 

the Nuclear Accident Reception Center in Braintree. 

Scheduled meetings are at 7 P.M. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each 

month at the Chemical Building, 509 Canton Avenue. Members routinely check 

on the building and the vehicles at various unscheduled times during the week. 

Anyone interested in joining the Auxiliary is welcome to apply. He/she 

must be available for assignments with the Support Service Unit. Our phone 

number is 617-898-4909. Please leave a message and your call will be returned. 

The Auxiliary would like to express its gratitude for the support of Chief 

Malcolm Larson and the professional firefighters of the Town of Milton as well 

Chief Richard Wells of the Milton Police Department and Walter “Buddy” Mc- 

Dermott, and crew, from Central Maintenance. 

Prepared by: John Fleming, Captain 

Approved by: Deputy John Foley, MFD, 

Director, MAFD 

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REPORT OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE DEPARTMENT 

To The Honorable Board of Selectmen, June 30, 2009 

The Milton Auxiliary Police, acting as a support group to the regular Police 

Department, provided traffic and crowd control for twenty-seven different 

Town events during the fiscal year. 

The summer concerts which were held on the town green during the months 

of June, July and August were patrolled to assist residents in crossing Canton 

Avenue and in parking and/or any other assistance that was necessary. 

Other events included, but were not limited to, Celebrate Milton and the 

Milton Junior Women’s Club Road Race. We also assisted with the Monster 

Dash Fun Run, the Marine Corps Race, the Breast Cancer Walk and patrolled 

the town schools on Halloween. This amounted to 340 volunteer hours to various 

agencies. 

The Auxiliary Department wishes to express our sincere appreciation to 

Chief Richard G. Wells, Jr., Deputy Chief Paul T. Nolan and Lieutenant Kevin 

P. Foley for their guidance and leadership. 


Lieutenant Mark G. Williams 

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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY TRUSTEES 


The Trustees of the Milton Cemetery are pleased to submit their report for 

the period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. 

Joseph Reardon served as Chairman of the Board until the Annual Meeting 

in May 2009 when Anthony M. Sammarco was elected to succeed him. 

At that Annual Meeting, Robert A. Mason was elected Secretary and Therese 

Desmond-Sills was re-appointed Superintendent. 

During the fiscal year there were 289 interments and 156 graves sold. Income 

from the sale of burial rights and service fees totaled $505,305. Investments 

in the Perpetual Care Fund totaled $96,522. 

Plans for the Garden of Honor were presented to the Board of Trustees by 

the Superintendent and were approved. This area located north of the Copeland 

Garden will be dedicated to the burial of veterans and their spouses. A central 

memorial to all veterans buried in Milton Cemetery will be erected in this new 

flush marker section. 

The “Friends of the Milton Cemetery”, a group dedicated to preserving the 

historic character of the Cemetery, was formally organized as a 501(c ) 3 charitable 

organization. The immediate goals of this group are to raise funds for a 

veterans’ memorial and to restore the 1879 O.T. Rogers and Company granite 

Receiving Tomb. The Board would like to thank the Directors of the “Friends” 

for their invaluable time and commitment to our historic cemetery. 

The Board would also like to thank the Superintendent, Therese Desmond- 

Sills, and the staff of the Milton Cemetery for their hard work and professionalism 

in providing a needed service to the Town. 

The Trustees would also like to thank the Board of Selectmen and Town 

Administrator, the Department of Public Works, the Town Accountant and Town 

Treasurer, the Personnel Board, the Police and Fire Departments and other departments 

who have been extremely supportive during the year. 


Anthony M. Sammarco, Chairman 

Ann M. Walsh 

Paul F. Dolan 

Robert A. Mason 

Joseph M. Reardon 

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REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION 


The Conservation Commission is appointed by the Board of Selectmen to 

implement the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Milton Wetlands 

Bylaw. Our jurisdiction extends to 100 feet beyond wetlands and floodplains, 

and 200 feet beyond the banks of perennial streams. The Commission consists 

of 7 citizens of the Town – all volunteers. We meet monthly (second Tuesday 

of each month) at Town Hall and perform inspections of jurisdictional areas as 

necessary. We have an annual budget of $2,500 and technical and administrative 

support from the Department of Public Works. 

The Commission held ten meetings at Town Hall and eight site visit meetings. 

The Commission considered a number of applicants such as individual 

homes, additions, subdivisions, sewer and septic system upgrades, and continued 

to be active in conservation issues that directly affect the Town. 

The Commission funded a debris and sediment removal project along Pine 

Tree Brook. For this project, Quarry Hills Associates provided $90,000 worth 

of materials and labor in compliance with a settlement agreement between DEP 

and the Commission for violations of the Wetlands Protection Act related to 

the closure of the Milton Landfill and construction of the Granite Links Golf 

Course. 

The Commission regretfully accepted the resignation of Donald R. Neal, Jr., 

Chairman and commended him for his many years of service to the Town. The 

Commission also welcomed Tammy Murphy as a new member. The Commission 

voted John A. Kiernan as Chairman. 


John A. Kiernan, Chairman 

John McGrath 

Judith Darrell-Kemp 

Kenneth Naide 

Ingrid Beattie 

Michael Blutt 

Tammy Murphy 

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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING 

To The Honorable Board of Selectmen June 30th, 2009 

The Milton Council on Aging is pleased to submit its Annual Report for the 

year ending June 30th, 2009. Again this year, more residents are becoming familiar 

with the Council on Aging and participating in the varied programs and 

services that are offered to our senior residents. This is due in some respect to 

the many baby-boomers who are now reaching retirement and are seeking out 

classes and activities to help them age productively. Many residents are also 

using our new and improved Council on Aging website. This is where they can 

find daily updates, our monthly calendar of events and information about the 

many services offered here at the Council on Aging. We also write a weekly 

article for the Milton Times that highlights our various programs and activities. 

We also provide a monthly newsletter that is available free of charge at many 

locations throughout town. Each year, the Council on Aging faces budgetary 

issues and it is a fact that without the financial support of the Friends of the 

Council on Aging, we would not be able to continue to fund our programs and 

services at their current levels. This past year the Friends of the COA hosted 

many fundraisers including; 13th Annual Golf Tournament, Shoppalozza, Skinner 

Appraisal Day and various day trips. All funds raised by the Friends of the 

Council on Aging are used to help us run our programs. We would also like to 

acknowledge and thank the Copeland Family Foundation for their generous donation 

to help fund our van transportation program. Our entire town is blessed 

to have such caring friends. The work we do here at the Council on Aging 

would not be possible without the support and dedication of the Council on 

Aging Board Members and our many volunteers. We are very grateful for all 

they do to help the staff and the seniors of our community. The mission of the 

Council on Aging remains the same and we do all in our power to enhance the 

quality of life for all seniors in Milton. We offer a supportive environment that 

validates the changing needs and interests of individuals and enhances growth, 

dignity and connection with each other and the greater community. 

The following is a brief overview of FY’2009 

INFORMATION & REFERRALS Units of Service…….19,500 

Trained staff and volunteers answer an average of 75 phone calls on any 

given day. The callers request information or assistance on a wide range of 

elder issues and concerns. Many of the phone calls we receive each day are for 

van transportation. Other calls relate to housing, health insurance, legal concerns, 

trips and caregiving. Calls are received from elders and non-elders and 

all calls are documented daily. Callers are treated with courtesy and respect 

and if a caller is required to leave a voice mail, all calls are returned in a timely 

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manner. The COA Director is also available day or evening via cell phone for 

the police and fire departments in the case of an emergency involving an elder. 

TRANSPORTATION Units of Service…….10,200 

The Council on Aging Transportation Program is the most utilized of all our 

services. We currently have 4 vans. Two are lift equipped and one can hold up 

to 12 passengers. We were forced to take one of our older vans off the road this 

year due to mechanical problems. We are hoping to secure a small car this year 

to use when we just have one person going into Boston. This would save on gas 

in the long run. The majority of our van requests are for medical appointments 

with grocery shopping trips not far behind. All of our drivers receive specialized 

training so that they can transport the seniors in a safe manner. Our van 

service is available to all Milton residents over the age of 60 and all disabled residents. 

A small donation is suggested but many elders are in difficult financial 

situations and this year our donations have seen a decrease. No one is denied 

a ride even if they are unable to make a donation. Printed information is given 

to all van riders explaining the COA Transportation Program. We are very 

grateful to our wonderful van drivers for their caring and concern for our seniors. 

OUTREACH PROGRAM 

The Outreach Team at the Milton Council on Aging is the link between 

seniors, their family members and services. They spend many hours meeting 

with seniors and their families to help initiate care plans that meet the needs of 

all concerned. Outreach sponsors many different support groups and they include: 

Caregivers Support Group Early Stage Alzheimer’s Support Group 

Parkinson’s Support Group Vision Support Group 

Diabetes Support Group Weight Loss Support Group 

Transition Support Group 

All of these helpful groups allow people to learn from each other and talk 

openly about the challenges they may be facing. Guest speakers are brought in 

from time to time and these groups are free of charge and open to all. Outreach 

also arranges for many health education programs and we work closely 

with Milton Hospital and Quincy Medical Center. 

SHINE (SERVING HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS OF ELDERS) 

Health insurance and the cost of benefits continue to be a major concern for 

many seniors. We are fortunate here in Milton to have our own dedicated 

SHINE Counselor, Paul Kelley. Paul is available to meet in private with seniors 

here at the Senior Center every Tuesday and Thursday morning. He does 

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ask that you call to schedule an appointment as certain times of the year he is 

very busy. Paul is trained by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and attends 

monthly meeting to learn the latest information about health insurance issues. 

The Milton Council on Aging remains grateful to the many people in our 

town who support our work. We could not offer the helpful services we do 

without their support. As Director of the Milton Council on Aging, I would 

like to acknowledge the wonderful staff here at the COA. They go above and 

beyond to address the needs of our seniors. Our team approach and open door 

policy continue to provide the best possible environment for our seniors. Special 

thanks to the staff of: 

Philip Driscoll, Transportation Coordinator 

Nancy Stuart, Outreach Coordinator 

Alice Mercer, Outreach Worker 

Frank MacQuarrie, Van Driver 

Frank Tevenan, Van Driver 

Andrew Staunton, Van Driver 

Bill Driscoll, Van Driver 

Mary Ann Dirane, Van Driver 

Special thanks also to our fellow town employees and Town Administrator, 

Kevin Mearn, for their continued support and assistance. 



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REPORT OF THE MILTON CULTURAL COUNCIL 


The Milton Cultural Council is pleased to submit its annual report for the 

fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The Milton Cultural Council is the local affiliate 

of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, formerly the Massachusetts Arts 

Lottery Council. 

Background 

In Massachusetts, public funding for the arts, humanities, and interpretive 

sciences is provided through a central state agency, the Massachusetts Cultural 

Council (MCC) and a network of 329 local councils that serve every city and 

town in the Commonwealth. The program is the largest and most decentralized 

of its kind in the United States. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation 

to the MCC, which then allocates funds to each local council. Decisions 

about which activity to support are made at the local level by the board of municipally 

appointed volunteers. 

The duties of the Milton Cultural Council are to review and recommend 

action on local grant applications, report to the MCC, comply with MCC guidelines, 

communicate its role to the public, solicit community input, and assess 

local cultural needs. The Milton Cultural Council directs funds to individuals, 

organizations, and schools that are dedicated to productive and creative efforts 

in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences and that contribute to the cultural 

vitality and well-being of Milton. 

Under the MCC initiative, local cultural councils with strong procedures, 

a high level of member training, and a clean approval record qualify for streamlining. 

Streamlining allows communities to receive their state funds earlier in 

the year, reducing the long delay between grant requests and reimbursements. 

The Milton Cultural Council has maintained its streamlined status since at least 

2001. 

FY09 Activities 

2009 Membership 

Local Cultural Council memberships are valid for 3 years. Membership 

can be renewed once, bringing the maximum consecutive years of service allowed 

by the MCC to 6. The Milton Cultural Council for FY09 consisted of 

11 individuals with 3 resigning their terms early: 

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Name Title Start Date End Date 

DeMarco, David Chair 13-Jun-2007 13-Jun-2013 

Dray, Peggy Member 28-Jun-2008 28-Jun-2014 

Higgins, John 

Former 

Secretary 1-Jun-2006 Resigned 

1-Jun-2009 

Kirby, Kathleen Member 28-Jun-2008 28-Jun-2014 

Lantigua, Douglas Member 28-Jun-2008 28-Jun-2014 

LeBrew, Roderick Member 28-Jun-2008 Resigned 

6-Nov-2009 

Levy, David 

Mills, Linda 

Treasurer 

Co-Chair 27-Dec-2005 31-May-2011 

Former 

Publicist 13-Jun-2007 Resigned 

6-Aug-2009 

Mullen, William Publicist 16-Jun-2008 15-Jun-2014 

Shaffer, Ingrid Secretary 28-Jun-2008 28-Jun-2014 

Whipple, Marilyn Member 13-Jun-2007 13-Jun-2013 

Table 1 - Milton Cultural Council Members FY09 

2009 Funding Resources 

The Milton Cultural Council had funding resources for 2008 available as 

follows: 

Source 

Amount 

Allocation from the MCC $6,700 

Unencumbered funds from previous years $163 

Other funds $181 

Interest accrued in account $55 

Overhead Reserve -$160 

Total Available for Granting $6,939 

Table 2 - FY09 Available Funds 

2009 Grant Applications and Funding 

For the 2009 granting year, the Milton Cultural Council received 25 grant 

applications. Of these, 14 (56% of applications) were deemed to be qualified 

for funding. Those not qualified were lacking a Milton sponsor, did not serve 

a Milton audience, or the request was out of scope for Milton Cultural Council 

guidelines. All qualified applicants received at least partial funding for their 

projects. 

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Organization Program Requested Granted % of 

Request 

Funded 

St. Agatha School Historical Perspectives – 

Ben Franklin $253 $253 100% 

Quarry Museum New Geology Core Borings $200 $200 100% 

Forbes House 

Museum Lincoln’s Legacy $2,800 $500 18% 

St. Mary of the Historical Perspectives – 

Hills School Abe Lincoln $500 $500 100% 

Gregory Maichack 

How to Pastel Paint as 

Impressionists $435 $435 100% 

Cunningham 

Elementary School Rosa’s Ride $750 $750 100% 

Cunningham 

Elementary School Historical Perspectives - 

Benjamin Franklin $400 $150 47% 

Milton Performing Arts Milton Young 

Musicians’ Festival $1,500 $700 47% 

Milton Art Museum Art of the Drum $1,480 $1,000 68% 

Glover Elementary 

School PTO International Night $1,000 $300 30% 

Thacher 

Montessori School Boston Lyric Opera $1,530 $750 49% 

PTO of 

Tucker School OrigiNations – 

a Taste of Latin Dance $1,000 $750 75% 

Milton Players 2008-2009 Season $500 $250 50% 

Tucker Diversity and Cultural 

Arts Committee Japanese Drummers $400 $400 100% 

Totals $12,748 $6,938 

Table 3 - FY09 Milton Cultural Council Grants 

2009 Cultural Council Highlights 

In September of 2009, the Milton Cultural Council participated in the annual 

¡CelebrateMilton! event. This served as another venue to gather community 

input and promote the work of the Council. The Council wishes to thank 

David DeMarco for underwriting the cost of the table at ¡CelebrateMilton! 

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The Milton Cultural Council will be holding its granting meeting for the 

FY10 allocations on 4-Nov-2009 in Milton Town Hall. As of this writing, the 

allocation from the Commonwealth is $5,240 (down significantly from last year 

due to state budget cuts). 

Respectfully Submitted, 

David DeMarco, Chair 

David A. Levy, Co-Chair & Treasurer 

William Mullen, Publicist 

Ingrid Shaffer, Secretary 

Peggy Dray 

Kathleen Kirby 

Douglas Lantigua 

Marilyn Whipple 

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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: 

I herewith submit my report of the Fire Department activities for the period 

of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 

Alarms 

The Fire Department responded to 3,815 incidents during this period. 

Fire Alarms and / or Requests for the Year 

Fires (Buildings, Vehicles, Outside, etc) 175 

Overpressure, Rupture, Explosion, Overheat 6 

Rescue and Emergency Medical Service 1886 

(Includes auto accidents with injuries) 

Hazardous Condition (No Fire) 218 

(Wires down, Gas leaks, Hazmat, Bio-hazard, etc.) 

Service Calls 443 

Good Intent Calls 160 

(Dispatched / cancelled en route Investigations, Wrong location, etc.) 

False Alarms and False Calls 540 

Severe Weather / Natural Disaster 1 

Special Incident Types 385 

(Inspections, Fire Drills, Fire Safety Education, Training) 

I would like to thank our officers and firefighters for their loyalty to the 

Department and devotion to duty in serving our Townspeople. Also my thanks 

to our Department secretary, fire auxiliary and to the many department heads 

and employees who contribute their time and efforts to make this the fine Department 

that it is. A special thanks to our mutual aid neighbors in Metrofire and 

Norfolk County. 


John J. Grant Jr., Fire Chief 

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REPORT OF THE HEALTH DIRECTOR 


The Board of Health herewith submits their Annual Report for the period 

July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 

The mission of the Milton Board of Health is to achieve the highest level 

of wellness for all Milton residents by adopting reasonable health regulations, 

providing preventative health programming, and preparing and planning for 

public health emergencies. Under the guidance of the elected Board of Health, 

the Board’s professional staff assesses the public health needs of the Milton 

community. The staff addresses those needs by enforcing state and local public 

health and environmental health regulations and by providing public health 

nursing services, health promotion activities, emergency preparedness and response 

planning, community health education and by reducing environmental 

health hazards. The Board of Health consists of three members elected by the 

citizens of Milton, a volunteer Medical Advisor, and a professional staff comprised 

of a full time Director, a part-time Public Health Nurse, a part-time 

Health Inspector, a part-time Clerk and an on-call Animal Inspector. This year 

we were all delighted to congratulate Timothy J. Lowney, Esq., on his re-election 

to the Board. 

Bioterrorism, Pandemic Flu, and Emergency Preparedness 

Increasing concern for emergency preparedness 24/7 requires that the 

Board of Health increase its emergency response capabilities. 

Board of Health staff continued to be an integral part of the Local Emergency 

Planning Committee. The LEPC meets during the year to develop response 

plans for emergencies, works with the Emergency Management 

Department, and reviews the Town’s Emergency and Infectious Disease Plans. 

The Board of Health staff also continued its participation in the statewide region 

4B for local response to bioterrorism preparedness. We received a grant for 

close to $8,000. which was used for training and equipment to enhance local 

public health emergency preparedness. Our region consists of 26 communities 

surrounding Boston, with a total population just under one million. The goal 

of the regional system is to ensure adequate resources are available to prepare 

and protect residents from terrorist attacks, pandemic flu and natural disasters 

and to develop and implement plans, procedures and protocols to ensure effective 

and efficient coordination of public health and public safety resources. Regional 

representatives meet monthly and plan to develop a model for effective 

and efficient delivery of all public health services, not just emergency or bioterrorism 

response. The Board of Health also works closely with Milton Hospital. 

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The Milton Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), along with the Towns of Canton, 

Dedham, Needham, Norwood, Wellesley and Westwood, participated in 

emergency preparedness trainings, a communication drill and a full-scale Emergency 

Dispensing Site drill. Over 100 medical professionals have volunteered 

to become members of the Milton MRC. 

Environmental Health 

Environmental health activities are determined by legal mandate, complaints, 

licensure, permit requirements, inquiries and regulatory enforcement 

of local and state regulations. Activities include the licensing and inspections 

of food establishments, housing code inspections and enforcement actions, 

swimming pools, solid waste handling practices, animal, insect and rodent control, 

and the abatement of general nuisances. Additional concerns include asbestos 

removal, lead in the environment, hazardous waste and indoor air quality. 

The Health Director and Health Inspector attended public health organization, 

state and national trainings this year on numerous environmental health topics. 

Website 

The Board of Health’s web page continues to grow and contains useful 

health information as well as meeting schedules and minutes, annual reports, 

regulations, application forms and lists, fee schedules, important web links and 

emergency preparedness information for residents and the Medical Reserve 

Corps. Please visit us at www.townofmilton.org, click on ‘Town Government’, 

then ‘Health Department’. 

Norfolk County Mosquito Control District 

The threat of West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis 

(EEE) continued this year. The Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project 

(NCMCP) continued to focus on source reduction, water management, larviciding, 

salt marsh management, mosquito trapping and testing, and groundbased 

nuisance spraying for mosquitoes based on residents’ requests and 

mosquito activity monitoring. 

Massachusetts Environmental Health Association (MEHA) 

The Health Director served on the Executive Board for MEHA and served 

as Treasurer for the association. This organization is devoted to improving local 

public health practice and increasing educational and funding opportunities for 

local boards of health. 

Tobacco Control 

The Board of Health continued its enforcement of the Tobacco Control 

Regulations including conducting compliance checks to monitor the sale of tobacco 

to minors. 

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Public Health Outreach 

Our efforts in this area included distribution of educational materials, press 

releases and cable television releases on pertinent public health issues, including 

emergency preparedness. We also assisted in numerous requests for information 

on radon, lead paint, asbestos, Title 5 and septic systems, safe food 

handling practices, mosquito control, West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis 

and rabies. 

Mercury Recovery Program 

The Board of Health, working with Wheelabrator Technologies, offered a 

mercury collection program to prevent mercury from entering the waste stream. 

Items accepted at the Board of Health include thermostats, thermometers, button 

cell batteries, and elemental mercury. Also, a free digital thermometer was 

provided for every household that brought in fever thermometers. 

Summary of Inspectional Services 

Food Establishments 

(routine inspections, re-inspections & consultations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 

Housing Code Enforcement 

(includes inspections, lead determinations & court actions). . . . . . . . . . 37 

Misc. Inspections (tanning, ice rinks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Public Health and Environmental Complaints 

(investigations and re-inspections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

Recreational Camps for Children 

(plan reviews, consultations and inspections). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 

Septic System Installation Inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Septic System Percolation Tests/Soil Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Septic System Plan Reviews and Consultations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Swimming Pools (public and semi-public) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

Tobacco Compliance Checks (signage and sales) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

Summary of Board of Health Permits Issued 

Burial Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 

Disposal/Septic System Construction Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Disposal/Septic System Installers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Food Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 

Food – Catered Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 

Food - Temporary Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Funeral Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Indoor Skating Rinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Recreational Camps for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Rubbish Haulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 

Septage Haulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

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Stables - Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Stables - Private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Swimming Pools - Public and Semi-Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Tanning Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Tobacco Retailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 


Michael Blanchard, M.S. 

Health Director 

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE 

This was an extremely busy year for the Board of Health with the emergence 

of the novel H1N1 flu virus in the spring and pandemic and emergency 

planning in our town. We had sixteen confirmed cases of H1N1 in Milton and 

hundreds of cases of influenza-like illness. As a part-time Public Health Nurse, 

some of my responsibilities included communicable disease surveillance, emergency 

planning and preparedness, town employee blood pressure screenings, 

community health outreach, summer camp inspections for proper immunizations 

of campers and counselors, flu and pneumonia clinics and public health 

nurse resource for the schools and community. 

Communicable Disease 

A total of 95 communicable diseases were reported during the year. A complete 

listing of the confirmed, probable and suspect cases according to case definitions 

from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health are on file. 

The Tuberculosis status of 19 latent TB residents was monitored throughout 

the year. These residents were followed at the tuberculosis clinic and prescribed 

medications as per protocol. 

Community Health 

A total of 1150 doses of Seasonal Influenza vaccine and 32 doses of Pneumonia 

vaccine were administered. 

Blood pressure screening for all town employees was provided at various 

worksites. 

We participated in the Milton Hospital’s Wellness Fair again this year and 

provided vital information to the Milton community. 

All recreational summer camps were inspected with the Health Director 

and health records for campers and counselors were reviewed for compliance 

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with state immunization requirements. Booster immunizations for Td and 

MMR were given at the health office to those who were not current on their vaccinations. 

Education/Planning 

Continuing education credits were received for seminars attended on 

Healthy People 2010: How does Massachusetts Measure Up?; Communicable 

Disease Surveillance; The Role of the Public Health Nurse; Behavioral Health 

Disaster Response - Psychological First Aid; Annual MHOA Health Conference 

and Annual MIAP Conference. 

Received training for input of communicable disease information into the 

MAVEN database. 

Participated in several conference calls and attended LEPC meetings to prepare 

for the H1N1 pandemic. 

Made numerous surveillance calls to the schools during the Spring when 

the H1N1 virus started gaining momentum. 

Community Relations 

Member of the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses 

Member of Region 4B Local Emergency Planning Committee 

Member of the Massachusetts Health Officers Association 

Captain-American Cancer Society Daffodil Days 

Volunteer for MHS Spring Sports Walkathon 


Caroline A. Kinsella, R.N., BSN 

Public Health Nurse 

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS 

Local Board of Health Regulations, Chapter 1, governs the Keeping of Animals 

for both commercial and private uses. To ensure compliance with the 

local regulations, Animal Inspector Dr. Morton Wolf inspected the three commercial 

stables in Milton. The inspections assess cleanliness and sanitation, 

bedding supplies for the animals, food storage practices, and most importantly, 

monitor the manure storage and handling. The inspections are critical to avoid 

the creation of nuisance conditions and breeding grounds for rodents and other 

pests. 

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The privately-licensed stables were also inspected pursuant to the Massachusetts 

Department of Food & Agriculture, Division of Animal Health and 

local regulations. In place of the official Barn Book used in past years, the 

state now requires a census sheet to be completed which records the numbers 

and types of animals housed in the Town of Milton. 

All biting and scratching incidents reported to the Board of Health were 

investigated to make sure that the animals involved were current on their rabies 

inoculations. The investigations included both animal-to-human contact, 

as well as animal-to-animal contact. Various types of quarantines were issued 

(isolation, strict confinement or close observation) depending on the circumstances 

of the contact and the immunization status of the animals involved. Follow-up 

visits were made prior to the end of the quarantine periods to authorize 

the release of the animal. During this fiscal year the following numbers of quarantines 

were issued: 

10 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

45 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 

6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Due to the sharp rise in the incidence of rabies in our community and 

throughout the state, animals suffering from wounds of unknown origin receive 

the strictest quarantine. The time period varies from 45 days, if the animal has 

been properly vaccinated, to 6 months for an animal not up to date on its shots. 

Regular contact is required to assess the health status of all animals under quarantine 

and to make sure that they are properly quarantined as defined by the 

State Department of Food & Agriculture. This year 33 wounds of unknown 

origin were investigated, as well as 19 dog or cat bites to humans and 8 animal 

to animal biting incidents, including encounters with skunks and bats. 

Once again, Dr. Wolf oversaw the spring Rabies Clinic, co-sponsored by the 

Board of Health and the Kiwanis Club, with the assistance of the Milton Animal 

League. At this clinic, 68 dogs and 61 cats were inoculated against rabies 

and 52 dog licenses were issued. 

In closing, the Board of Health and its staff would like to express its gratitude 

to Linda Grant, M.D., MPH, our Medical Advisor, for her many contributions 

and continued guidance. We also want to thank each of the other Town Departments 

and agencies, without whose help our work would be more difficult. 


Anne T. Fidler, Sc D, Chairman 

Roxanne Musto, RN-C, MS, ANP, Secretary 

Timothy J. Lowney, Esq., Member 

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REPORT OF THE MILTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION 


The Milton Historical Commission continues to maintain the goal of preservation 

of historic places and structures in Milton. The year began with the initiative 

by MHC Member Wallace Sisson to restore the Bay Colony Tercentenary 

sign on Churchill’s Lane. The state highway department refurbished the sign, 

and as of March it stands in clear view, marking this significant historic site. 

The MHC continues to seek any other signs known to residents or town employees. 

The historic plaque program successfully continues as well, and we 

are currently working to establish new historic district signage. 

In February, the Chairman, Meredith Hall, was invited to attend a meeting 

of the Town Farm Study Committee. Upon the request of the Study Committee, 

the MHC voted in April to write a letter to the Committee quoting from 

the existing 1999 MA Historic Inventory document, urging the preservation of 

the farm structures and their site. The MHC is hopeful for the preservation of 

the farm structures as well as the surrounding landscape. Nominated by neighbors 

of the property, The Milton Poor Farm is now considered one of the state’s 

top ten most endangered properties by Preserve MASS, and eligible for National 

Historic Register by the MA Historical Commission. In its Final Report, 

the Town Farm Study Committee has recommended that the historic 

structures be preserved. 

In June, the MHC sponsored the First Annual Speaker Series, featuring Anthony 

Sammarco. Mr. Sammarco spoke about the development of Milton, from 

an agricultural town to a suburb and various periods of architecture in Milton. 

In spring, the Commission also began discussing short and long-term goals, in 

response to the Town-wide Survey by the Planning Board, whose goals currently 

do not include reference to historic preservation. 

The preservation work by Edie Clifford continues to be MHC’s most significant 

contribution. There were 16 Massachusetts Historical Commission Inventory 

submissions made to, and accepted by the MHC. The Commission is 

also pleased that there were no significant demolitions of private property. 

Lastly, the Milton Historical Commission wishes to thank John Cronin for 

his tireless work in providing the written history of the original Milton High 

School to be used in the interpretive signage soon to be displayed at the new 

High School. 

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We continue to support the ongoing research into the opportunities for grant 

funding by MA Historical Commission’s and through programs such as the 

Community Preservation Act. The Milton Historical Commission looks forward 

to 2010, and working with the community on new preservation initiatives! 


Meredith Hall, Chairman 

Nicholas Carter 

Bryan Cheney 

Joseph Cunningham 

Steven O’Donnell 

Wallace Sisson 

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REPORT OF THE MILTON HOUSING AUTHORITY 


The Milton Housing Authority, established by Town Meeting in 1975, administers 

low-income housing in the Town of Milton. 

The properties owned by the Authority include thirty-nine (39) units of elderly/disabled 

housing at Miller Avenue and six two family houses. The Authority 

maintains two group homes: one houses eight special needs tenants; 

the second houses six special needs residents and is barrier free. The elderly/disabled 

waiting list has been open since January 1999; the family waiting 

list was opened on September 15, 2008 and closed on September 26, 2008. 

The Authority continues to administer the Section 8 Voucher Program 

which is funded by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

Milton Housing Authority participates in the Section 8 Centralized Waiting List 

which is administered by Massachusetts NAHRO. 

In 2009 Milton Housing Authority obtained a Family Self Sufficiency Grant 

to administer an FSS Program for 25 families under the Section 8 Housing 

Choice Voucher Program. To date 18 families have elected to participate in the 

FSS Program. 

The Authority also administers a small MRVP Program (Massachusetts 

Rental Voucher Program) and that list is presently closed. 

In May 2009 June O. Elam-Mooers joined the Milton Housing Authority 

Board as the State Appointee. At the Annual Meeting in May the following officers 

were elected: 

Joseph A. Duffy, Chairman 

Catherine A. Shea, Vice Chairperson 

Lee B. Cary, Treasurer 

Joseph F. Murphy, Assistant Treasurer 

June O. Elam-Mooers, Member 


Joseph A. Duffy, Chairman 

Milton Housing Authority 

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REPORT OF THE 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT 


The Technology Department is pleased to submit a report for the fiscal year 

ending June 30, 2009. The Department continues to maintain and support all 

network infrastructures, servers, workstations and the telephony phone network. 

This year the technology department continued to replace obsolete computer 

workstations, printers and network hardware. 

In an effort to preserve the integrity and reliability of the network infrastructure, 

email and data servers were replaced and upgraded in the Town Office 

Building and Police Department. 

Software vendor Data National partnered with WTI systems, and continues 

to supply and support all financial, payroll and data management software. 

The Information Technology Department wishes to thank the Board of Selectmen, 

Town Administrator, all Town Departments and the Technology Committee 

for all their cooperation and support. 


James F. Sgroi 

Information Technology Director 

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BUILDING 

INSPECTIONAL SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 

MONTH NUMBER PERMITS FOR PERMITS ALTERATIONS VALUATION FEES 

OF PERMITS DWELLINGS FOR GARAGES ALL OTHER REPAIRS & RECEIVED 

MISC. 

July 116 2 0 0 114 $4,972,990.00 $61,152.00 

August 100 0 1 0 99 $2,515,537.00 $30,768.00 

September 95 0 0 0 95 $2,296,347.71 $31,500.00 

October 98 1 0 0 97 $2,914,232.00 $35,544.00 

November 65 0 0 0 65 $1,488,815.00 $17,268.00 

December 47 0 0 0 47 $1,437,280.00 $17,428.00 

January 29 0 0 0 29 $2,038,661.00 $25,176.00 

February 43 2 1 0 40 $10,431,643.00 $130,798.00 

March 54 0 0 0 54 $15,177,804.00 $182,628.00 

April 59 0 0 0 59 $2,604,871.00 $31,548.00 

May 81 0 0 0 81 $1,356,142.00 $16,512.00 

June 97 0 0 0 97 $7,364,226.00 $94,785.00 

TOTALS 884 5 2 0 877 $54,598,548.71 $675,107.00 

WIRE 

Total No. 

Permits 

Month Issued Original Alterations Fees 

July 75 1 74 $9,125.00 

August 88 0 88 $5,757.50 

September 61 0 61 $5,320.00 

October 77 0 77 $6,010.00 

November 38 1 37 $4,990.00 

December 55 1 54 $15,765.00 

January 43 0 43 $3,430.00 

February 43 0 43 $4,190.00 

March 44 2 42 $4,635.00 

April 42 0 42 $5,014.00 

May 43 0 43 $4,000.00 

June 43 0 43 $7,925.00 

TOTALS 652 5 647 $76,161.50 

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PLUMBING AND GAS 

Month Number Plumbing Gas Fees 

of Permits 

Received 

JULY 111 66 45 $2,620.00 

AUGUST 91 56 35 $1,950.00 

SEPTEMBER 114 54 60 $2,890.00 

OCTOBER 125 66 59 $2,515.00 

NOVEMBER 79 39 40 $1,575.00 

DECEMBER 67 39 28 $1,215.00 

JANUARY 73 38 35 $1,590.00 

FEBRUARY 59 29 30 $1,255.00 

MARCH 77 47 30 $3,025.00 

APRIL 65 43 22 $1,310.00 

MAY 46 31 15 $2,825.00 

JUNE 66 36 30 $3,990.00 

TOTALS 973 544 429 $26,760.00 

Total fees submitted by the Inspectional Services Department were as follows: 

Building permits – six hundred seventy-five thousand one hundred seven dollars 

and no cents ($675,107.00) 

Certificate of Inspection and miscellaneous – two thousand eight hundred 

twenty-two dollars and no cents ($2,822.00) 

Wire permits – seventy-six thousand one hundred sixty-one dollars and fifty 

cents ($76,161.50) 

Plumbing and Gas permits – twenty-six thousand seven hundred sixty dollars 

and no cents ($26,260.00) 

Reconciliation fees – sixty eight thousand one hundred twelve dollars and no 

cents ($68,112.00) 

Weights and measures fees – eight hundred three dollars and no cents 

($803.00) 

Fines – two thousand nine hundred eighty-one dollars and no cents ($2,981.00) 

The total of fees collected for the Inspectional Services Department in the 

amount of eight hundred fifty-two thousand seven hundred forty-one dollars and 

fifty cents ($852,741.50) have been collected and paid to the Town Treasurer. 

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I wish to extend to the Honorable Board of Selectmen and to the Town Administrator 

my sincere appreciation for their cooperation. I also would like to 

express my gratitude to the Board of Health, the Police Department, the Fire 

Department, and the Public Works Department with whom this office works 

very closely along with other Town officials, Boards, Committees and especially 

to Local Inspector, Jay Beaulieu; Wire Inspector Clifford Flynn; Plumbing 

and Gas Inspector, Mark Kelly; Substitute Wire Inspector, Jack Calabro; 

Substitute Plumbing and Gas Inspector, Charles King, and to Secretaries, Janice 

Freeman and Jean Peterson, along with our senior citizen volunteers for 

their cooperation and their assistance. 

Respectfully yours, 

Joseph Prondak 

Building Commissioner 

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REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 


The primary legislative matters in 2009 were acceptance of a statute which 

authorizes the Town of Milton to establish a trust to be known as the Municipal 

Affordable Housing Trust Fund, for creation and preservation of affordable 

housing to benefit low and moderate income households, and acceptance of a 

statute that authorizes consolidation of Town and School administrative functions. 

Robert Barrett passed away in 2009. Bob was a smart, industrious, unflappable 

and pleasant individual with an admirable commitment to public service 

and to community service. He was a loyal member of the Legislative 

Committee for sixteen years. We extend our sympathy to his family. May he 

rest in peace. 

I wish to thank Committee members Walter Connelly, Theodore Daiber 

and Christopher Pitt for their willingness to serve the Town of Milton. 


John P. Flynn 

Chairman 

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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES 


The new and renovated Milton Public Library opened on budget and with 

great fanfare in April, after operating for most of the fiscal year out of the Kidder 

and East Milton branch buildings. Director Philip McNulty and the library 

staff worked with extraordinary dedication to serve the public, problem-solve, 

transfer materials, and prepare for the opening. 

Many thanks go to the Friends of the Library, the Library Foundation, the 

Trustees, the Opening Committee and countless volunteers. So many people 

contributed time, energy, and musical and artistic talent to make the Opening 

Weekend special. We are grateful to the town and all its residents for their financial 

support for a great library. 

During the new library’s first months of operation, all measures of activity 

– new library cards issued, circulation, computer/internet use and meeting room 

use - are up significantly. It clearly pleases Milton residents to have the new library 

as a community center, a resource for job searches, a research facility and 

a quiet space to read. To get maximum use of the space, the Trustees voted in 

April to add Sunday afternoon hours from October 2009 through May 2010. 

The Trustees closed the Kidder branch in March and put out a request for 

proposals for its reuse. The Trustees plan to rent the property to The Discovery 

Schoolhouse, Inc. under a three-year lease beginning in the fall of 2009. In 

order to prepare the property for rental, the Trustees authorized extensive repairs, 

including replacing all the windows. 

In view of the increased use of the main library, weekday afternoon staffing 

levels, and limited resources, the Trustees voted in May to close the East Milton 

branch as of the end of June. At a library budget meeting in May, neighbors 

expressed their sadness at the loss of the branch. In the coming year, the 

Trustees will submit a warrant article to ask Town Meeting to allow the Selectmen 

to rent the property. 

After many years of dedicated service, Jennifer White and Marjorie Jeffries 

retired from the Board. The town re-elected Andrea Gordon and elected 

Barbara Mason and Brendan McLaughlin to the Board of Library Trustees. 

We hope you and all Milton residents come and enjoy your new library 

during the year ahead. 


Janet K. Evans 

Chair of the Board of Library Trustees 

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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR 


I have the honor of presenting the 136th Annual Report of the Milton Public 

Library for the year ending June 30th, 2009. 

April 2009 marked on of the most significant milestones in Milton Public 

Library history, with the opening of the new Main Library. The month opened 

with an evening celebration with over 1000 people viewing the new library, 

continued on April 2nd with our public opening, and culminated with the dedication 

ceremonies on Sunday April 5th. 

The opening celebrations were made possible by an immense volunteer effort 

on the part of the Library Trustees, the Friends of the Milton Public Library, 

and the Milton Library Foundation. Their work made for a very 

memorable and entertaining opening for all. 

I would also like to commend the library staff on how they handled the 

transition to the new building. Not only were there new offices, space and collection 

layouts, but new computer systems, self-checks, automated returns, new 

public computer sign-up, alarm systems, etc to deal with. They took this deluge 

of changes in stride and made the transition much smoother than could reasonably 

be expected. 

Usage of the new library in April, May and June broke all previous records 

for those months. Milton became the second public library in Massachusetts to 

install an automated checkin and sorting system. The staff completed a project 

of tagging all materials with a radio frequency ID system, another major accomplishment 

of the year. The tags are encoded with the books barcode, and a 

security flag which tells whether a book is properly checked out. In the presence 

of a reader plate, the tag is activated and sends the barcode number to the 

reader. The sorting unit has a built-in tag reader, and checks the materials in as 

your return them into the exterior book return slot. Milton is the third library in 

the Old Colony Library Network to tag its collections. Books borrowed from 

Plymouth and Cohasset will also check in automatically when returned through 

our book slots. The RFID tags are also used when checking out materials at the 

new self-check stations in our lobby. Early numbers showed that 30% of materials 

checked out of the library were signed out at the self-check stations. 

The Milton Historical Society has also moved their collections out of temporary 

quarters and is back operating out of the Milton Room. Many of their 

archive materials are now available in an office with a table near the Milton 

Room, instead of being in a musty closet in the library basement. 

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The Kidder Branch has again closed as an operating branch facility, with 

its last operation in mid-March of 2009. The Trustees advertised the availability 

of the space for lease, in accordance with the bequest of the property to the 

Town and Library. The East Milton Branch operated throughout the fiscal year, 

but the Trustees did decide to set June 30, 2009 as its last day of operation. 

Respectfully Submitted 

Philip E. McNulty, Director 

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Milton Public Library, FY 2009 Statistics 

Circulation of the Collection 

Books 134,294 

Periodicals & Newspapers 5,656 

Audio Recordings 17,139 

Video Recordings 42,983 

Computer Software & e-books 602 

Miscellaneous 604 

Total Borrowing 201,278 

Interlibrary Loans & Non-Resident Use 

Materials received from other libraries for use in Milton 37,722 

Materials sent to other libraries 38,374 

On-Site loans to residents of other towns. 16,316 

Services Provided 

Total Hours the Main Library was open (4/5 - 6/30/09) 711 

Total Hours the branch libraries were open 6,010 

Total number of Saturdays open 42 

Total number of Sundays open 0 

Number of reference questions answered 7,876 

Number of Children’s programs offered 45 

Attendance at all Children’s programs 1,319 

Number of programs for adults offered 2 

Attendance at all adult programs 52 

Volunteers helping at the library 145 

Estimated number of hours volunteered 616 

People registered for a Milton library card. 15,834 

The Library Collection 

Materials Held Adult & YA Children’s Total 

Books 77,341 29,404 106,745 

Newspapers & Periodical volumes 359 39 398 

Audio Recordings 5,145 991 6,136 

Video Recordings 4,622 1,216 5,838 

Software & materials in electronic format 802 151 953 

Microforms 248 0 248 

Kits & miscellaneous 1,618 0 1,618 

Total Items in Collection 90,135 31,801 121,936 

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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TREASURER 


ANNUAL STATEMENT AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 

The funds in the care of the Trustees of the Milton Public Library were invested as 

summarized in the following tables as of the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 2009. 

General Fund of the Trustees 

2009 $179,119.35 Interest $0.00 $11,000.00 withdrawn 

2008 $188,013.61 

These investments represent funds provided by the following donors: Margaret 

Blair, Ellen Charming, Augusta Phillips Gardner Churchill, Aimee Draper, 

Miriam S. Draper, Rose Dabney Forbes, an anonymous gift in memory of 

Waldo Emerson Forbes, Amor Hollingsworth, Marion Davis Hollingsworth, 

Albert J. Johnson, the family of Edward Crosby Johnson II, Henry Parsons Kidder, 

Eleanor Pope Martin, Harriet B. Mears, the Milton Woman’s Club, Anthony 

M. Sammarco, Florence I. Tucker, Sarah Vose, Mrs. Joseph Cutler 

Whitney, J. Huntington Wolcott, Roger Wolcott, and the sale of the Albert Bierstadt 

painting, which was donated by Mrs. Dana. 

Milton Public Library Building Expansion Fund 

2009 $206,820.84 Interest $0.00 $0.00 withdrawn 

2008 $204,483.75 

This fund was established by an anonymous donor to provide construction 

capital for future renovation and expansion of the main library facility. 

A detailed list of investments held by the Trustees of the Milton Public Library 

for the benefit of the library is as follows: 

Cash & Money Funds $385,940.19 

Bonds Market Value $0.00 

Julia D. Stackpole Memorial Fund 

2009 $17,217.60 Interest $400.00 $ 0.00 withdrawn 

2008 $16,210.43 

This fund was established through donations received from members of the 

Stackpole family and colleagues and friends in memory of Miss Julia Stackpole, 

a former MPL librarian, for annual scholarships for library pages. 

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Harry R. Hoyt Trust Fund 


2008 $88,094.69 

This fund was established by the donor to generate income to purchase 

both children’s books and biographical books. 

Anthony M. Sammarco Fund 


2008 $4,682.87 

This fund was established by the donor to earn income that would be used 

for the unrestricted benefit of the library. 

Buchanan Historiography Fund 


2008 $4,660.66 

This fund was established by the donor to enable the library to purchase 

books and other materials relating to the study of the techniques of historical research 

and writing. 

Milton Art Association Fund 


2008 $8,576.08 

This fund was established in 2002 by the donation of $7,300.00 from the 

Milton Art Association. 

A detailed list of investments held in the Julia D. Stackpole Fund, Harry R. 

Hoyt Fund, Anthony M. Sammarco Fund, Buchanan Historiography Fund, and 

Milton Art Association Fund is as follows: 


Bonds 

US Treasury 02/15/14 $10,700.80 

US Treasury 08/15/09 $14,056.28 

Common Stocks 

None $0.00 

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Hyde Park Bank Checking Account 

2009 $ 8,246.17 Interest $ 3.63 

2008 $ 3,735.60 

The funds for the benefit of the Milton Public Library in the custody of the 

Town Treasurer, as agent for the Milton Public Library, were invested as summarized 

in the following tables as of the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 2009. 

Nathaniel T. Kidder Fund 

2009 $116,041.06 Interest $2,950.00 $3,037.50 withdrawn 

2008 $112,581.21 

Oakland Hall Trust Fund 

2009 $49,103.71 Interest $1,200.00 $1,200.00 withdrawn 

2008 $37,310.90 

A detailed list of investments held in the name of the Nathaniel T. Kidder 

Fund and the Oakland Hall Trust Fund is as follows: 


Bonds 

US Treasury 11/15/12 $42,872.00 

US Treasury 5/15/13 $21,154.60 

US Treasury 2/15/14 $32,102.40 


Brendan F. McLaughlin, Treasurer 

Board of Trustees 

Milton Public Library 

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REPORT OF THE 

METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL 

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is a regional planning 

agency serving the people who live and work in Metro Boston. With a mission 

to promote smart growth and regional collaboration, MAPC’s work is guided 

by our regional plan, “MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region.” 

Despite economically challenging times, MAPC has proudly helped the 

101 cities and towns in Greater Boston in navigating the recession with an eye 

toward preserving our region’s vast resources for future generations. Whether 

in the area of public safety, open space preservation, clean water, affordable 

housing, transportation equity, sustainable development or inter-municipal cooperation, 

MAPC is uniquely positioned to bring cities and towns together for 

the betterment of the region as a whole. Our work encompasses many facets of 

living and working in Massachusetts, but is always guided by smart growth 

principles, and the philosophy that collaborative approaches can best solve regional 

issues. 

Guiding Future Development and Preservation 

With MAPC’s progressive new regional plan, “MetroFuture: Making a 

Greater Boston Region,” the agency is helping to guide both development and 

preservation in Metropolitan Boston, now through 2030. The plan was approved 

in December 2008, and campaigns for its implementation were launched to the 

public at an energizing event in June 2009. With the plan officially in place, 

MAPC’s work has turned to advancing and measuring its implementation. 

Since the plan’s adoption, MAPC staff has worked hard collecting input from 

hundreds of MetroFuture friends and supporters, whose ideas have helped craft 

four initial MetroFuture campaigns: Green Jobs and Energy, Local Smart 

Growth Planning, Transportation Investment and Zoning Reform. At the June 

9, 2009 MetroFuture kickoff event, more than 300 people gathered to discuss 

and advise MAPC on strategies for advancing the first three campaigns. MAPC 

also released “From Plan to Action: A MetroFuture Summary,” an accessible 

guide to MetroFuture goals and implementation strategies, which is available 

online at www.mapc.org and www.metrofuture.org. In 2010, One way MAPC 

is advancing MetroFuture is through our work with the Massachusetts Smart 

Growth Alliance (MSGA). Through MSGA, MAPC has successfully advocated 

for policies and initiatives that advance sustainable and equitable development, 

including increased state investment in transit and other transportation 

options, the state’s “Gateway Cities” revitalization program, and meaningful 

zoning reform. MSGA is also working with the Massachusetts Water Resources 

Authority (MWRA) to make sure that expansion of the MWRA is accompanied 

by smart growth requirements and water conservation. 

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MAPC strives to make every major development project in the region compatible 

with MetroFuture and the state’s Sustainable Development Principles. 

One way we do this is through our active involvement in the Massachusetts Environmental 

Protection Act (MEPA) process. Our MEPA comments consistently 

seek to minimize and mitigate traffic impacts, to expand transit, bicycle, 

and pedestrian alternatives, to safeguard critical environmental resources, to 

limit storm water impacts through “Low Impact Development (LID),” and to 

encourage a mixture of commercial and residential uses. 

Better Planning through Technical Assistance 

Cities and towns throughout the region continue to seek out MAPC for 

technical assistance on a variety of issues. Much of MAPC’s “on the ground” 

technical assistance work for municipalities has been made possible through 

funding from the District Local Technical Assistance program (DLTA). This 

program was created by the Legislature and Governor Deval Patrick in 2006 to 

assist communities with a variety of land use planning activities, especially expedited 

permitting of commercial and industrial projects. The program is now 

entering its third funding round, and it has been expanded to assist municipalities 

to regionalize planning, procurement and service delivery. 

Encouraging and Supporting Collaboration among Municipalities 

Subregional councils are a primary means of communication between 

MAPC and member communities, and MAPC continually seeks to expand participation 

in these councils. Each municipality in the MAPC region is included 

in one of eight subregions, led by a staff coordinator. 

Subregions provide a venue for citizen input into regional planning as well as 

a forum for local elected officials, planners, community organizations, legislators 

and businesses to exchange information. Over the past year, subregional meetings 

addressed a wide variety of planning topics, such as the Ocean Management Act, 

the Green Communities Act, Scenic Byways, water usage, using GIS, economic 

development and more. MAPC also facilitates regional dialogue and joint municipal 

action among chief elected and appointed officials in the region. 

MAPC continues to perform fiduciary, planning, and project management 

services for the Northeast Homeland Security Regional Advisory Council 

(NERAC), managing $4.65 million in grant funding for 85 cities and towns 

north and west of Boston. 

Preparing for Natural Disasters 

After recent storm events – such as the Northeast ice storm in December 

2009, and several heavy rains storms that caused flooding this summer – residents 

across the region are more aware than ever of the severe effects of natural 

disasters. 

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In 2010, MAPC will be completing the final set of plans for the region, 

helping 17 more communities. MAPC will also begin work this year on updating 

and renewing the Hazard Mitigation plans for 19 communities on the 

North Shore and South Shore, whose original plans were completed in 2005. 

FEMA requires that the plans be renewed every five years to reflect current 

data and conditions. 

Municipal Savings through Shared Procurement 

Some 35 communities are saving up to 20 percent on purchases of office 

supplies, paving services, and road maintenance by participating in MAPC’s 

Regional Services Consortiums. MAPC performed multiple procurements for 

municipalities in four consortiums in the South Shore, MetroWest, North Shore, 

Metro Northwest, and Merrimack Valley regions. Similar savings were realized 

by the 300 members of the Greater Boston Police Council (GBPC). 

In 2009, MAPC began its partnership with the Fire Chiefs Association of 

Massachusetts (FCAM) to develop a collective procurement service model to 

address the high cost of fire apparatus and ambulances. MAPC procurement 

services will continue to be attractive as local governments face mounting 

budget constraints 

Getting Around the Region 

Transportation – and equitable access to reliable transit – is a major focus 

of MAPC’s work. The agency serves as vice-chair of the Boston Region Metropolitan 

Planning Organization (MPO), which establishes transportation funding 

priorities for the region. We conduct studies and develop plans to support 

transportation improvements, and advocate for a well-funded, accessible transportation 

system that provides choice and mobility. We also encourage the coordination 

of transportation and land use policies at the state, regional and 

municipal level. 

From Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill 

Making change on Beacon Hill requires dedication to advocacy and coalition-building. 

Under the guidance of our Legislative Committee, MAPC works 

with the Patrick Administration, legislators, and stakeholders of all stripes to advance 

legislation and policies across a diverse set of issues. We continue efforts 

to make it easier for cities and towns to regionalize municipal services, to improve 

and better fund the successful Community Preservation Act, to create a 

system to convey and reuse surplus state land in ways that are consistent with 

smart growth, and to reform health insurance for municipal employees. 

MAPC is also increasingly active in Washington, working with the Obama 

Administration and our Congressional delegation to revamp the way transportation 

is funded in America, with an increased emphasis on lowering green- 

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house gas emissions through a greater emphasis on transit. We are collaborating 

closely with the National Association of Regional Commissions and other 

allies to establish the so-called “sustainable and livable communities” program, 

which will fund the development and implementation of regional plans like 

MetroFuture. 

The Three Rivers Interlocal Council (TRIC) 

Annual Report 2009 

Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Milton, Needham, 

Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole and Westwood 

The Three Rivers Interlocal Council (TRIC) is includes thirteen communities 

southwest of Boston. Taber Keally, Town of Milton, is the Chair. Steve 

Olanoff, Town of Westwood, is the Co-Chair. The purpose of TRIC is to disseminate 

information and encourage regional collaboration. 

In 2009, TRIC met monthly to discuss issues of local and regional significance. 

Participants at TRIC meetings can include Local Council Representatives, 

municipal staff, Town Administrators, and Chambers of Commerce, and 

business owners. The Local Council Representatives who attend often represent 

additional town boards and committees as well. TRIC sponsored a Legislative 

Breakfast in 2009 that brought together members of the Massachusetts 

State Legislature, municipal officials, and municipal staff for frank discussion 

of current municipal issues and state response to those issues. TRIC channels 

information to and from towns. 

Current growth and development issues that are both significant and shared 

throughout the TRIC communities include the potential for South Coast Rail 

construction to negatively impact local economic development and to adversely 

impact privately held property. Also, traffic congestion on municipal roads during 

peak travel hours currently create unsafe travel conditions as commuter vehicles 

avoid congested principal and minor arterial roads to cut through smaller 

local streets designed to service residential neighborhoods. There is a critical 

mass of interested municipal staff and citizens within almost every TRIC town 

that wants to understand parking issues in their town and village centers as a 

first step to finding the balance between too much and too little parking. 

The I-95 Corridor Transportation Study, currently underway and conducted 

by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, will evaluate transportation 

issues in the I-95 and Route 1 corridors from Dedham to Attleboro. Towns in the 

TRIC subregion are directly impacted by both of these principal arterial roads 

and are eager for the study to be completed. The timely completion of The Canton 

Interchanges Project remains a critical concern for TRIC communities. 

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 

To The Honorable Board of Selectmen: June 30, 2009 

The Board of Park Commissioners is pleased to submit the following annual 

report for the period ending June 30, 2009. 

The Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for maintaining approximately 

115 acres of town property, including areas at Flatley Field, Kelly 

Field, Andrews Park, Mary C. Lane Playground, Shields Park, Gile Road Athletic 

Complex, Crane Park, Turners Pond and Town Landing. Our recreation 

programs provide a wide variety of activities year round for both children and 

adults. We have continued to add new programs and improve on current ones. 

All recreation related programs offered by the Park Department are conducted 

through our self-supporting revolving account. 

The Parks and Recreation popular Summer Playground Program was held 

at Cunningham Park. The Board of Park Commissioners wishes to thank the 

Cunningham Foundation for their support and in particular facility manager 

Mr. Dave Wahlgren. This program ran for 8 weeks, was staffed with enthusiastic 

recreation counselors comprised of Milton teens, and was open daily from 

8:30 to 3:00 p.m. Participants, ages 7-13, were able to enjoy organized sports, 

games, special events on site, swimming at the park pool, arts and crafts and 

weekly field trips. The field trips included: the Museum of Science, Water 

Country water park, an all day trip to Canobie Lake Amusement Park, a wet and 

wild trip to Water Wizz, a knock down trip to Boston Bowl, an exciting safari 

to the Franklin Park Zoo, a trip to the Imax Theatre and an action packed day 

at Lazer Zone. Several other special events and activities took place on a daily 

and weekly schedule as well. Such as: the Paint Ball Competition Day at P&L 

Paintball (Bridgewater), a weekly movie day, Junior Olympic competition, 

weekly birthday parties, picture day, the Rain Forest Reptile Show, daily supervised 

swimming, a Talent Show, a Pinata Party, whiffle ball tournaments and 

much more. Total participation for the summer program was 280 children. 

Once again we offered a number of sports clinics throughout the summer. 

Weekly clinics were offered on the following sports: boys and girl’s basketball, 

two weeks of the Bay State Baseball Academy, softball, Mike Madden Soccer 

School, boys and girl’s lacrosse, track and field and two weeks of golf lessons 

at Granite Links. Our six-week tennis instruction program for children ages 5 

– 12 continued to be one of our most popular sports clinics. We also offered a 

tennis program for advanced players through out the summer at the Hardison 

Courts (Kelly Field). 

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Although town funding for the popular Summer Band Concert series has 

been cut from our budget, with the support of local sponsors, we have been 

able to continue this popular tradition. These Tuesday performances provide a 

night of enjoyment for the seniors of the town as well as many young families. 

We would like to thank the following sponsors: Celtic Monument, Milton Rotary 

Club, The Copeland Family Foundation, Milton Early Childhood Alliance, 

State Representative Walter Timilty, Dolan Funeral Home, Congressman 

Stephen Lynch, The J.F.K. Presidential Library and Museum, Alfred Thomas 

Funeral Home, Fallon Ambulance, Milton Town Club, Chapman, Cole & Gleason, 

State Senator Brian A. Joyce and ABS-INC.COM. 

Our 2008/2009 ID Recreation Program for middle school children continued 

to be very popular with a total membership of 850 students. This program 

is open to all middle school students who live in Milton and is responsible for 

providing safe recreational activities throughout the school year. Activities for 

2008-2009 included numerous dances at Fontbonne Academy, a ski trip to 

Wachusett Mountain, a winter beach party at Cocoa Beach Indoor Resort and 

Paintball games. The highlight of the program once again was the annual Spirit 

of Boston Boat Cruise around Boston Harbor. Four hundred students enjoyed 

the day cruising the harbor listening to music, dancing, eating and hanging 

with their friends. The Commissioners are very grateful to its volunteer board 

and all the chaperones that have made this program such a tremendous success. 

The after school Junior Tennis Lesson Program, in it’s third year, continued 

to be popular. Directed by Weymouth Tennis Club staff, lessons were offered 

in the fall and spring. Classes met once a week for six weeks at the Kelly 

Field Courts. Over 80 young aspiring players between the ages of 7 – 15 participated 

in both programs. 

The Park Department sponsored several adult day trips this year including 

two visits to the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. New this year was a one day 

shopping/site seeing trip to New York City. 

The Milton Park Department is committed to offering the Special Needs 

children in our community a year round schedule of activities. We have been 

able to expand and improve our program with financial help from the Milton 

Junior Women’s Club, The Cunningham Foundation, Milton Town Club, and 

the Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament. 

Once again we offered a Gym Buddy Recreation camp. This week long 

program, held at Cunningham Park, featured daily camp activities such as arts 

& crafts, a Rainforest Reptile Show and swimming. Campers also went on 

field trips to Canobie Lake Park, Castle Island, Boston Bowl and Water Wizz. 

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The Gym Buddy Program took place for the eleventh consecutive year on 

Wednesday evenings at the Glover School Gym. This program provides an opportunity 

for developmentally delayed and/or physically handicapped children 

to socialize and interact with their peers. The program has grown tremendously 

in 11 years and has been a huge success. Weekly activities include a Halloween 

Costume Party, Parachute games, basketball and floor hockey, Christmas party 

with Santa, Rainforest Reptile Show, Olympic Games, Bowling, a field trip to 

Lazer Zone and Plaster Fun Time and two swim nights at Fuller Village. The 

highlight of the program was the trip to the Wang Center to see the “Dr. Seuss’ 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”. 

Once again the Special Needs bowling program was held at Cunningham 

Lanes on Thursday nights from October to March. This program provides a 

venue for these very special children to socialize and experience the joy and accomplishment 

of knocking down all the pins. 

The Fall Outdoor Basketball Program was a huge success. This youth basketball 

program runs from September to October at the Casey Outdoor Basketball 

Courts on Gile Road. The program is open to all children grades 3 thru 

8. We had 260 boys and girls competing. There were five age divisions with a 

total of 24 teams competing. 

The popularity of our Youth Instructional Basketball Program for children 

in grades K – 3 continued to grow. This program was held on Wednesday and 

Friday nights at the Cunningham and Collicot School gyms. The program 

started the first week in December and ended the second week in February. Attendance 

grew to 200 boys and girls. 

The fourth annual Snow Ball Basketball League was a huge success. This 

recreation basketball program was offered to children in grades 3 thru 8. The 

turn out was tremendous as 225 boys and girls competed on the hardwood floor 

from December to February. 

A blustery winter allowed us to once again offer the popular Blue Hills Ski 

Lesson Program. The program attracted 93 anxious youngsters. 

The Fifth Annual February school vacation baseball clinic was another big 

success. The program is offered to children ages 5 – 12. This years program 

was attended by 95 future ball players. Proceeds help fund our special needs 

programs. 

Several special events were offered throughout the year for children and 

adults. The highlight of the fall was our second annual Halloween Festival held 

at Cunningham Park. Pictures with costume characters, pumpkin painting and 

horse drawn carriage rides made the event special. In the spring we ran our 

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eighth annual Easter Egg hunt at Pierce Middle School. In addition, the 15th 

annual Edward H. Baker Fishing Tournament was held at Turners Pond in May. 

More than 500 families and friends enjoyed these events. New events this year 

included trips to Boston to see the Harlem Globetrotters and Ringling Brothers 

Circus. 

The Spring Youth Basketball Program continued to be popular. The program 

ran from March through May with 240 boys and girls in grades 6-12 

competing. This recreational basketball program consisted of a 10 game schedule 

with playoffs and a championship game at the end. 

The Milton Youth Sports Advisory Committee (M.Y.S.A.C.) played another 

important role this year in assisting the Park Department with field projects. 

The groups mission is to identify field rehab projects and raise money to 

fund these projects. The following town organizations are active participants 

with this committee: Milton Park Department, National Little League, American 

Little League, American Legion Baseball, Traveling Soccer, Town Soccer, 

Youth Lacrosse, Girls Softball, and Youth Football. 

Improvement projects to our parks and playgrounds this year include the 

ongoing turf maintenance program as well as the upgrade of fibar and play sand 

at all of our recreational facilities. Funds were used to upgrade the irrigation system 

at Kelly Field. New sprinkler heads were installed old broken and inefficient 

ones. New player benched were also installed at the Kelly Field 

regulation baseball diamond along with fencing to protect the bench area. New 

bull pens were also built along both foul ground areas. Addition drainage was 

installed along the perimeter of the Gile Road middle tier athletic field to help 

alleviate some of the water runoff issues. 

In April, Terry Driscoll stepped down as Park Commissioner after serving 

ten (10) successful years. Mr. Driscoll’s commitment to improving recreational 

opportunities for the community became the catalyst for many of the department’s 

initiatives. 

In April, Stephen Affanato was elected to a three (3) year term. 

In May, the Board of Park Commissioners was reorganized with Barbara J. 

Brown as Chairman, John J. Davis as Secretary and Stephen P. Affanato as 

Member. 

The Board of Park Commissioners wishes to thank our many volunteers 

who assist us throughout the year and who provide many hours of service to the 

community. We extend our appreciation to the Board of Selectmen, to Kevin 

Mearn, Town Administrator and other town departments and their administra- 

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tive staffs for all of their support. In particular, we wish to extend our gratitude 

to our exceptional staff: David J. Perdios, Director of Parks and Recreation, 

Paul DiManno, Recreation Supervisor and to Gayle Neville, Principal Clerk 

for their many hours of devotion to the recreational needs of Milton. 


Barbara J. Brown, Chairman 

John J. Davis, Secretary 

Stephen P. Affanato, Member 

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REPORT OF THE PERSONNEL BOARD 


The Personnel Board is committed to maintaining fair and equitable Town 

personnel policies and continues its efforts to ensure compliance with the Equal 

Employment Opportunity policy. The Board reaffirmed its objective to assist 

and advise Department Heads in their equal opportunity efforts. This assistance 

includes recruiting, interviewing, and hiring. 

During the twelve-month period, of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, the 

Personnel Board held ten meetings and continued to make important decisions 

with respect to various Town positions within the Classification Plan as follows: 

• An increase in hours of the Inspectional Services Department 

Local Inspector position from 34.5 hours to 37.5 hours 

per week. 

• An increase in the hours of the Planning Board Senior Administrative 

Clerk position from 7 hours to 12 hours per 

week. 

• The elimination of the Milton Public Library Branch Librarian 

L2.5 position. 

• The elimination of the Milton Public Library Branch Library 

Assistant LS4 position. 

• Reclassification of the Adult Services Librarian position 

from L2 to L2.5, and approval of a revised job description for 

that position. 

• Reactivation of the Young Adult Librarian L2 position, and 

approval of a revised job description for that position. 

• The creation of a Community Services Library Assistant position 

at LS4, and approval of a job description for that position. 

The 2008 Annual Town Meeting voted against a 2.75% wage adjustment for 

Chapter 13 personnel for FY2009. Subsequently, the Personnel Board submitted 

an article for inclusion in the October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting 

Warrant recommending a 2.75% wage adjustment for FY2009 for Chapter 13 

personnel under its jurisdiction. During a Personnel Board meeting prior to 

the Special Town Meeting the Board voted to recommend to the Warrant Committee 

and Town Meeting a revised wage adjustment of 2%. Town Meeting 

voted a 2% wage adjustment for Chapter 13 personnel for FY2009. 

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On February 10, 2009, the Board voted to recommend to the Warrant Committee 

and Town Meeting a 1% wage adjustment for FY2010 for Chapter 13 

personnel under its jurisdiction. The Board considered the fiscal constraints 

facing the Town for FY2010, union contract settlements, historical data and 

other related trends when voting this wage adjustment. Town Meeting voted a 

1% wage adjustment for Chapter 13 personnel for FY2010. However, this wage 

adjustment was to be funded by amounts appropriated within each departmental 

budget. 

The Board wishes to acknowledge and thank all of the governing boards, 

department heads and Town employees for their cooperation and support during 

the year. 


Ann E. White, Chair 

Iris G. Kennedy 

Michael B. Reardon 

William J. Curran, Jr. 

C. Forbes Sargent, III 

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REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD 


The Planning Board met 28 times during the 2009 fiscal year (July 1, 2008- 

June 30, 2009). We had a busy year discharging our responsibilities under Massachusetts 

General Law and the Town of Milton’s Zoning Bylaws. In addition 

to our general responsibilities reviewing subdivision requests and scenic road 

applications, we spent significant efforts on Special Permits, promoting a new 

Town-wide Master Plan, supporting development of a wind power generating 

facility, and considering the proposed redevelopment of the Temple Shalom 

site on Blue Hill Avenue. 

After almost three years of effort to plan and develop an overlay zone for 

the Central Avenue Business District and eighteen months reviewing an application 

for redevelopment of 36 Central Avenue, the Planning Board issued a 

Special Permit for this mixed use residential and commercial project. The Planning 

Board also issued a Special Permit for the new restaurant in East Milton 

Square, Abby Park. 

After discussions at Town Meeting and with the Board of Selectmen, the 

Planning Board developed and distributed a Master Plan Questionnaire to solicit 

public input on the need, scope, and priorities for a new Master Plan. The 

questionnaire was available on the internet and in hard copy format. We received 

almost 700 responses and continue to evaluate these responses to determine 

the next steps toward this process. 

A significant effort of the Planning Board this year was consideration of a 

proposed redevelopment of the four-acre Temple Shalom site on Blue Hill Avenue. 

A citizen petition for rezoning the property was filed for the May 2009 

Annual Town Meeting. As required, the Planning Board conducted public hearings 

on the proposal and voted not to recommend the proposed rezoning. Town 

Meeting voted to refer the matter back to the Planning Board for further study. 

The Planning Board established a Temple Shalom Redevelopment Advisory 

Committee and is in the process of holding meetings in response to the Town 

Meeting directive. 

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The Planning Board would like to thank our Administrative Assistant Diane 

Colligan for her hard work in support of the Board this year. We also want to 

acknowledge the skills and hard work of Planning Director Bill Clark. Mr. Clark 

is pulled in many directions as he fills several important roles within Town government 

and his consistent efforts on behalf of the Planning Board ease our 

task appreciably. 


Peter F. Jackson, Chairman 

Alexander Whiteside, Secretary 

Edward L. Duffy 

Emily Keys Innes 

Bernard J. Lynch, III 

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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 


I herewith submit my report for the twelve month period July 1, 2008 

through June 30, 2009. 

ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING ATTEMPTS 

Homicide 5 Sudden Deaths 17 

Rape 0 Fire Alarms 559 

Robbery 7 Burglar Alarms 1,363 

Assault & Battery 22 Domestic Complaints 211 

Breaking & Entering 51 Youth Disturbance 392 

Larceny 183 Neighbor Disturbance 312 

Auto Theft 8 Trespassing Complaints 25 

Arson 0 General Service 1,256 

Vandalism 126 Notification 76 

Sex Offenses 0 Warrant Service 96 

Narcotics 33 Animal Complaints 280 

Other Crimes 23 Dog Bite/Animal 6 

OUI 23 Annoying Phone Calls 64 

Protective Custody 28 Stolen MV Recovered 12 

Other MV Violations 249 Zoning Violation 8 

Suspicious Activity 1,453 Assist Other Departments 418 

Missing Persons 49 Suicide & Attempts 16 

Medical Service 2,005 

MOTOR VEHICLE STATISTICS 

Property Damage Accidents 472 

Personal Injury Accidents 90 

Hit and Run Accidents 73 

Illegal Parking Complaints 5,322 

Traffic Complaints 6,008 

Retirements 

Patrol Officer Paul J. Lynch - February 14, 2009 after thirty-two years of 

service to the Town. Paul began with the DPW after returning from Vietnam 

where he served in the United States Air Force. He joined the Police Department 

in 1978 and attended the State Police Academy in Framingham. In his 

many years of service, he became affectionately known to co-workers and residents 

as “Lynchie”. We wish Paul the best in his retirement and thank him for 

his service to the Town. 

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Deaths 

G. Lawrence “Larry” Maffei - January 29, 2009. After a 35 year career on 

the police force he remained an important element of the department as he assumed 

the responsibilities of communications consultant. There is very little 

that Larry Maffei could not fix. His expertise with regard to the station facility, 

the fleet and our emergency equipment saved this community thousands of 

dollars. Early last year, Larry learned that he had been diagnosed with a rare 

form of cancer and passed away shortly afterwards. Larry’s devotion to the 

Police Department and this community will be missed. 

This past year, Milton was affected by several violent deaths. These crimes 

serve as an important reminder to all residents of this community how essential 

professional policing is. We will strive to maintain effective partnerships 

with our neighborhoods, business groups, schools and other town departments. 

The cost for the quality of life Milton residents expect is significant and we 

will continue to persevere for policing excellence in Milton. 

I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Milton, the Board of 

Selectmen, the Town Administrator, our support personnel such as our cadets, 

civilian staff, traffic supervisors and to our police and fire auxiliary who generously 

donate their time. I also wish to thank this year Jeff Cruikshank, Julio 

Varela and Maryanne Rull for their tireless effort on behalf of everyone who 

lives and works in this community. 

Finally, and most importantly, I wish to thank the sworn men and women 

of this Department who strive so diligently to protect and serve the Town of 

Milton. 


Richard G. Wells, Jr. 

Chief of Police 

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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 

To the Honorable Board of Selectman: June 30, 2009 

During Fiscal Year 2009, the Department of Public Works went through several 

significant changes in operational structure, assignment of work responsibility, 

and funding limitations. The single most significant event in the 

department was implementation of the DPW Reorganization Plan. The challenge 

of reorganization became necessary due to significant impacts realized 

from the downturn in the regional and national economies and its impact on municipal 

revenues, which significantly decreases the available funding for all of 

the Town’s departments to carry out its’ missions. To meet the available funding, 

the DPW eliminated two full-time positions and eliminated a third position 

by absorbing (consolidating) what had been two positions into one. All of these 

changes took place within the Administrative division of the department so as to 

minimize any direct impact to delivery of services for any critical operation. A 

second major operational change in the department took place by consolidation 

of the Wiring Department into the DPW. This resulted in the Wiring, Central 

Maintenance, Building Maintenance, and Sewer Divisions all being supervised 

under a single manager. The Conservation /Administration/DPW position assigns 

all of the Conservation, clerical and fuel system administration duties to 

one person. The Assistant town engineer assumed responsibilities for all town 

contracts and the entire solid waste disposal program. The streetlight manager 

assumed the building and grounds, sewer operations, and central maintenance. 

Utilizing their resources and capabilities to the fullest, the DPW has provide 

the necessary services to the town and extra services that residents have become 

accustomed to. With this modestly staffed work force, the DPW continued to meet 

the challenges of maintaining the town’s equipment, a fully functioning roadway 

network, a clean water system and an efficient sewer system. The DPW has kept 

overhead and outside consultant expenses to a minimum, allowing the majority of 

capital funding to be spent on construction and implementing a modest plan to 

improve our water, sewer and storm water system over ten years. Installation of 

a long needed traffic signal at the intersection of Bluehills Parkway and Brook 

Road is just one of the major projects which DPW has completed. The following 

reports detail the progress made by each division of the department. 

ENGINEERING 

In fiscal year 2009, the Engineering Department, despite going through numerous 

changes, continued to provide engineering support and planning services 

to the citizens of Milton through its collaboration with other town departments, 

including the Milton Conservation Commission, the Planning Board, the Board 

of Selectmen, the Board of Health, the Traffic Commission, the Board of Ap- 

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peals, the Milton Police Department, the School Department, the Park Department, 

and the Cemetery Department. In February 2009, Walter Heller, the Director 

of Public Works, resigned from his position, which would remain unfilled 

until July 2010. February also saw the hiring of a new employee, Civil Engineer 

Dale Horsman, who would work closely with Asst. Town Engineer John Thompson 

to help design, oversee and manage all of the Department of Public Works 

capital projects. In FY 2009, there was over $3,000,000 in construction for capital 

projects ranging from watermain replacement and sewer inflow reduction 

to traffic signal installation and roadway improvements. 

WATER CAPITAL PROGRAM 

Engineering Design – Design for the watermain construction project 

planned for the spring of 2009 was conducted entirely by the Engineering Department. 

The watermain construction design included nearly $1.3M in construction, 

although funding would not allow for the whole project to be 

completed. The FY09 watermain construction contract (contract W09-1) 

awarded consisted of the replacement of water main on Houston Avenue (between 

Blue Hills Pkwy and Thacher St), Reedsdale Rd (between Randolph Ave 

and Pleasant St), Pleasant Street (between Reedsdale Rd and Gun Hill St.), and 

Horton Place. The contract also included the abandonment of a parallel unlined 

watermain on Pleasant Street, between Gun Hill St and Edgehill Rd. Design 

was completed during February 2009, and bids were accepted in April 

2009. Tom Gioioso Construction of Rockland, MA began construction in May. 

Watermain relays that were designed and not included for construction were 

Bailey Ave, Mathaurs St, Dean Rd, Bradford Rd, Pillon Rd, and Taff Rd. These 

streets can now be included in future watermain construction projects as funding 

allows with no additional design effort required. 

Construction Management – During the 2009 fiscal year, construction on 

contract W08-1 was completed. This consisted of the replacement of water 

main on Dyer Avenue, Verndale Road, Lothrop Avenue, and Decker Street, and 

the abandonment of small unlined parallel mains on Houston Avenue extension 

and Blue Hills Parkway. Tom Gioioso Construction of Rockland, MA 

began construction in June of 2008 and was completed in November of 2008. 

SEWER CAPITAL PROGRAM 

The sewer master plan, better known as the Infiltration / Inflow Reduction 

Plan, is now in Year 5, and looking ahead to Year 6. This year, the Engineering 

Department, working in conjunction with Weston & Sampson Engineers, 

tackled the Year 5 design and prepared the contract bid documents for construction 

in early summer 2009. Year 5 Construction and Year 6 Investigations 

and construction are set to take place in FY 2010. 

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Engineering Design – Design was completed for the Year 5 Construction 

contract. This contract includes cleaning and inspection of over 45,000 linear 

feet of sewer pipe, topside inspection of 191 sewer manholes, testing and sealing 

of over 8,700 pipe joints, chemical root treatment of over 4,300 linear feet 

of pipe, 900 feet of cured in place sewer and sewer liners, and six open cut 

sewer repairs. The contract was bid and awarded in May 2009 to National Pipe 

Cleaning Company, of Watertown, CT. 

Construction Management – During fiscal year 2008, Year 4 construction 

for the Sewer I/I Reduction Plan was completed. In fiscal year 2009, warranty 

and guarantee work was completed. Television inspection and retesting of all 

Year 4 repairs was completed to ensure adherence to contract specifications. 

This work was overseen by the Engineering Department, working in conjunction 

with Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc. 

DRAINAGE CAPITAL PLAN 

The Engineering Department is currently in Year Four of its Ten Year 

Stormwater System capital improvement program. 

Engineering Design – In FY 2009, the Engineering Department completed 

the design for Year 4 of the stormwater system rehabilitation. The year 4 

drainage plan consists of drain line cleaning and inspection in various sections 

of Milton, including Edgehill and Governor’s Rd, the Columbines including 

Ridge Rd, Hallen Ave and Woodside Drive, California Ave and Lochland St, 

and numerous other streets. Overall, approximately 30,000 linear feet of pipe 

is identified for cleaning and inspection, so that flow capacity can be restored. 

Construction Management – During fiscal year 2009, the Engineering Department 

created construction bid documents for completion of Year 3 and Year 

4 of the drainage capital plan. In October 2008, a construction contract was 

awarded to Truax Corporation, of Lakeville, MA for over 50,000 linear feet of 

drainage pipe rehabilitation. Construction began in the spring of 2009 and is 

expected to be wrapped up in fiscal year 2010. 

ROAD RESURFACING PROGRAM 

In FY 2009, the Engineering Department completed the design for the construction 

of sidewalks and repaving of streets in the Town of Milton. The streets 

included in this year’s paving program were Dyer Avenue, Tucker Street, Aberdeen 

Road, Decker Street, Lothrop Avenue, Verndale Road, and Houston Avenue 

(between Thacher Street and Blue Hills Parkway). In addition to the road 

resurfacing, sidewalk and pedestrian improvements were made along all of the 

streets with the exception of Houston Avenue. 

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OTHER 2009 PROJECTS 

Blue Hills Parkway and Brook Road Intersection Improvements - During 

the fall of 2009, the Engineering Department oversaw the reconstruction of 

Blue Hills Parkway between Eliot Street and Brook Road, a project that began 

in FY 2008. The project included signalization of the intersection at Blue Hills 

Parkway at Brook Road. The project also included the installation of new 

streetlights, improved drainage, landscaped islands and tree plantings, and improved 

pedestrian facilities. 

Central Avenue Footprints Road Design- In early FY 08, the Engineering 

Department submitted a revised 25% design to the Massachusetts Highway Department 

for review and comment. In FY 09, the Engineering Department continued 

to work with Mass Highway to revise the design based on their review, 

and move the project closer to being earmarked for state funding on the Transportation 

Improvement Plan. The project involves the reconstruction of Central 

Avenue between Brook Road and Maple Street, including a bi-directional 

off-road bike path along the Turner’s Pond side of the right-of-way, sidewalk 

improvements, and reconfiguration of the Hinckley Street intersection to include 

pedestrian crossing facilities and speed control. A 25% design hearing 

is expected to be held in the fall of 2009. 

Brook Road Tree Filter Box Installation - In 2008, the Milton Engineering 

Department partnered up with the Neponset River Watershed Association 

(NepRWA) to apply for a 319 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental 

Protection (DEP) to improve surface water quality in Milton. During 

FY 2009, a grant was awarded to Milton and NepRWA to install 14 tree 

filter boxes along Brook Road (between Pierce School and St. Mary’s School) 

and Lincoln St. The tree boxes at first glance appear to be just street tree and 

grates, but are actually vaults designed to collect and clean stormwater runoff 

from the street before it is discharged into Pine Tree Brook. The Engineering 

Department completed the construction design and bid documents for this project 

in house. A construction contract was awarded to Benedict Construction of 

Weymouth, MA in September of 2008, and work was completed in the spring 

of 2009. 

HIGHWAY OPERATIONS - Mother Nature continues the erratic pattern 

that it has delivered to us over the past few years. Precipitation levels overall 

were above average for six months of the year with the remaining months well 

below average. December once again proved to be the blockbuster for snowfall 

with 30.4 inches falling, again tying for the fourth snowiest on record. And 

again snowfall far exceeded the average with total accumulations just above 89 

inches. Temperatures continue to mirror the erratic precipitation patterns. Over- 

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all temperatures were near or above average for the year and also included the 

fourth warmest April and the tenth coldest June on record. 

During the winter sanders were dispatched 22 times and the plowing equipment 

went out in full force 14 times. 

DPW personnel continue to play an integral role in the operation of the 

Town. Operations plays a key role in the success of all projects in Town, including 

Chapter 90 paving, I&I sewer program, drain line cleaning and inspection, 

special projects such as Blue Hill Pkwy reconstruction, PWED Grant 

project in Lower Mills, MWRA water main replacement in East Milton water 

main replacement projects as well as offering support to other departments including, 

Schools, Park, Council on Aging, Building, Health, Fire Police, and 

Cemetery. 

The sign replacement program was completed and all street signs in town 

have been replaced. 

The Town needs to develop a long term capital plan for its infrastructure. 

Employees are being expected to produce more and more with less and less. It 

is becoming more and more difficult to maintain the existing infrastructure with 

less and less funds and resources. 

WATER OPERATIONS 

DPW personnel responded to and repaired 43 leaks, 23 were main breaks 

and the remainder were service related leaks. 

Seventeen hydrants were replaced throughout the system and an additional 

13 were repaired. 

DPW employees continue to be the support for the Engineering Division 

with supervision and inspections in the water main replacement program and 

repairs and installations by contractors. 

Hydrant flushing was again performed in the months of October and November. 

Flushing is an important component in the commitment of the DPW 

to maintain the water system and help to insure water quality. 

SEWER OPERATIONS 

The DPW maintains 8 pumping stations and nearly 100 miles of sewer 

main line piping and several thousand manholes. Crews respond to approximately 

5 back-ups per month, which occur or a rather continual basis throughout 

the entire year. Four of the eight pumping stations are more than 50 years 

old. These four are being evaluated and considered for inclusion into the sewer 

capital improvement program. The other four remaining pump stations have 

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either received extensive rehabilitation and/or replacement within the past 15 

years and remain in reasonably reliable condition with extended periods of remaining 

useful life. 

Through frequent and diligent maintenance, pumping station reliability has 

greatly improved. Without diligent maintenance, pump failures result in sewer 

backups, which can cause property damage and environmental concern. 

FORESTRY AND TREE MAINTENANCE 

Disease, age, wind storms and snow have been major factors in the dwindling 

tree stock throughout town. The Town continues to lose more trees each 

year than we are able to replace. A total of 113 trees were taken down this year 

and only 39 were planted. 

Tree grants to cities and towns from the Federal and State level have dried 

up over the last couple of years and local funding has been minimal. The DPW 

has partnered with different organizations throughout the town and managed to 

plant in designated areas mandated by these private grants and donation of trees. 

New sources of funding need to be found and a concentrated commitment 

to future tree planting must be maintained to continue an important aspect of the 

character of the town. 

WIRE, ALARM AND STREET LIGHTING 

Two new fire alarm boxes were installed; 1) at 6412 St Agatha’s Church, 

and 2) at 2116 Curry College Student center. A total of 3600 feet of fire alarm 

cable was replaced; 800 feet Centre St, 1200 feet of underground cables to remove 

the poles at Adams Village, 600 feet Randolph Ave, 500 feet Brook Rd, 

100 feet at Atherton Station 

Traffic signal work included replacement of 38 failing LED signal lamps. 

To better improve traffic flow timing configuration was studied at several intersections. 

All of the studied intersections were found to be performing at optimum 

levels of service with the exception of the signalized intersections within 

the East Milton Square area. Timing and coordination of the signals in East 

Milton Square was carefully analyzed and adjustments were implemented. Subsequent 

to the re-timing and coordination of signals, traffic in this areas flows 

at as close to optimum as is possible given the complex interaction of traffic 

flowing along Bryant Avenue, Adams Street, Granite Avenue, and Squantum 

Street. Traffic signal repairs were also made at three locations due to damage 

caused by hit and run motor vehicle accidents. These locations were at the intersections 

of Brook & Central, Brook & Centre, and Centre & Randolph. Several 

other traffic signal repairs were made due to motor vehicle accidents 

involving reported and insured vehicles. On these repairs the Signal Division 

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coordinated repairs with the Town’s loss recovery contractor and repairs were 

made by this vendor at no cost to the town. 

During the course of FY2009 repair to138 streetlights were made. Lighting 

outages were pretty evenly balanced between burned- out lamps and malfunctioning 

photocells. 

The Division once again contributed equipment and manpower to the effort 

of decorating East Milton Square for winter holidays. The Town owes a considerable 

dept of gratitude to Mr. Albert Thomas. Mr. Thomas is a timeless fixture 

to the strength of the Milton business community and is a dedicated 

volunteer to the Town’s spirit of celebration. Without Mr. Thomas’s generous 

donation of lights and supplies, the Town’s delightful holiday light display 

would not be possible. 

The division also installed a new electric service to service the Town’s 

recreational athletic fields which are located at 1200 Brushhill Rd. 

Using its’ bucket truck and equipment, the Division hung a total of 28 banners 

at St. Elizabeth’s corner and the E. Milton Firehouse for the purpose of announcing 

and advertising various municipal and volunteer charitable events. 

The Division also continued with the routine operations and maintenance of 

3300 municipally owned streetlights, the municipal fire alarm system, and 17 

signalized intersections. The Division also provides electrical support services 

to 3 fire stations, 1 police station and town hall. The present staff consists of 2 

licensed electricians. 

CENTRAL MAINTENANCE 

The 2nd year of a 3 year lease purchase was started for 2 small dump trucks 

& a sidewalk plow. The 1st year of a lease purchase program was started for the 

purchase of four, fuel- efficient Toyota Corolla’s. These cars replaced four Ford 

Crown Victoria’s, which had exceeded their useful lives and (more than 12 

years old with over 150,000 miles each) and were “gas-guzzlers”. By making 

this wise purchase the town has enjoyed immediate benefits of better reliability, 

reduced maintenance costs, and higher fuel mileage economy. 

Central maintenance is responsible for the repair and maintenance of all 

Municipal (non-school), Police, Fire, and Council on Aging vehicles and equipment. 

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With an aged fleet, the new technology, and environmental concerns, the 

personnel of central maintenance continue to perform an outstanding job keeping 

the town’s fleet up and running. The garage has two mechanic’s working 

to keep about 140 pieces of equipment maintained and running. 

After 39 years of service mechanic Paul Hazel retired this year. We wish 

him well in his retirement. 

COLLECTION OF REFUSE 

In fiscal year 2009, all of the Town’s solid waste services (trash, recycling, 

yard waste, large appliance picks) were provided through year two of a five-year 

contract with Waste Management, Inc. During FY09, Town residents generated 

approximately 5,062 tons of municipal solid waste (i.e. trash) which was picked 

up curbside. Milton’s trash is transported by Waste Management to a Waste- 

To-Energy incinerator in Saugus. As always, the DPW continues to focus on 

providing the best customer service regarding curbside pickups to Milton residents. 

COLLECTION OF RECYCLING 

FY 2009 was the 16 th year of the Town’s curbside recycling program. Milton 

residents continue to be diligent recyclers: Milton’s overall recycling rate 

was 55%, WHICH RANKS AMOUNG THE HIGHEST IN THE Commonwealth 

of Massachusetts. Town residents recycled approximately 3,522 tons of 

co-mingles (bottles, cans) and mixed paper. This figure does not include electronics, 

scrap metal, and large appliances. 

COLLECTION OF YARD WASTE 

During FY09, the DPW provided 15 weeks of yard waste pickup for residents: 

14 weeks for yard waste and one week for holiday trees. The total tonnage 

collected from curbside services was approximately 1850 Tons. 

RECYCLING CENTER 

Although the Recycling Center at 629 Randolph Avenue is only open the 

first Saturday of every month from 9am-noon, it remains a popular destination 

for Milton residents. The Recycling Center continues to collect books, clothing, 

propane tanks, mercury-bearing items (thermometers, thermostats, fluorescent 

bulbs, non-alkaline batteries), non-freon white items, and freon items 

such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and de-humidifiers. 

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FY09 SOLID WASTE REVENUES 

Trash Sticker Revenue 

Store sticker sales $695,856 

Annual trash stickers $37,128 

Town Hall trash sticker sales $51,183 

Library sticker sales $15,400 

Subtotal (all trash stickers) $799,567 

Recycling Revenues 

Large items $1,980 

Recycling bins $2,960 

Compost bins $2,170 

Recycled paper receipts $104,074 

Scrap Metal receipts $7,957 

Subtotal (assorted fees) $119,141 

TOTAL ALL SOLID-WASTE RELATED REVENUE $918,708 

DPW AWARD/OPEN HOUSE 

At the DPW Open House that was held in May, “Sustainable Milton” was 

given the distinguished “Larry DeCelle Friend of DPW Award” for their outstanding 

efforts in promoting sustainability, including the securing of Clean 

Energy funds for the installation of Solar Photo-Voltaic systems at Milton High 

School and Town Hall, development and implementation of comprehensive recycling 

educational programs within the elementary schools, and even promoting 

the sale of rain barrels at the DPW Open house event. The DPW Open 

House continues to be a popular event, drawing families and officials to learn 

about the work of the DPW and get a first-hand look at the equipment the Dept. 

uses on a daily basis. 

CALL RESOLUTION 

The call resolution system continues to be an integral part of assuring the 

efficient distribution, management and tracking of the work load of the DPW. 

The system logs requests for services, complaints and generates work orders. 

During FY09 there were 830 calls reported and logged into the system. The 

830 reports do not account for reports for missed trash, recycling and most 

snow and ice related calls. Including all citizen reports of need for service, the 

DPW logged more than 2800 total calls; 639 calls were processed due only to 

solid waste collection; these calls relate to trash, recycling, yard waste and 

Christmas trees. Most snow and ice calls are not logged into the system because 

they are generally received during storms or at times which they are addressed 

immediately. 

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PERSONNEL 

In addition to employee departures resulting from position eliminations, the 

Department had two long time employees retire and two others leave to pursue 

different opportunities. Paul Hazel retired after 39 years of service and Joseph 

Martinelli retired after 35 years of service. We wish them health and happiness in 

their retirement and thank them for their years of dedicated service to the Town. 

Director of Public Works, Walter Heller left the Department when he was selected 

as Director of the Accelerated Bridge Construction for the Massachusetts Highway 

Department. Mr. Heller’s dedication and vision will be sorely missed. Timothy 

Lynch, a two year employee of the Department, resigned from the DPW in order 

to pursue different opportunities, and we wish him well in his future career. 

THE CHALLENGES AHEAD 

The Department of Public Works has been downsized through attrition 

since 1973. This is excellent if it does not affect the services which residents 

expect. Last year the DPW again saw attrition of its workforce ranks in addition 

to the elimination of key service positions. The Department eliminated a 

full time secretary and the program manager. Though these changes have not 

drastically affected the service levels of operations undertaken “on the street”, 

they truly affected the overall service that the Department is expected to deliver 

to its citizenry. Just the elimination of the Program Manager’s position 

alone has affected the town’s ability to effectively keep the public well-informed 

regarding recycling programs, construction projects, and the pursuit of grant 

opportunities. With continued pressure exerted by funding limitations, the 

DPW’s ability to provide the same service with less is becoming more and more 

challenging. The Department continues to monitor and evaluate the need to 

alter or limit some services being provided in order to meet the necessary financial 

constraints of the town. We have established a workforce and funding 

levels sufficient to provide a modest level of service and maintenance to the 

Town. The challenge ahead is to continue to find new ways to become more efficient 

with the continuous funding pressures and reductions we will be facing. 

The Department looks forward to meeting these challenges in the same 

way past challenges have been met, through creativity, teamwork, hard dedicated 

efforts of its’ workforce, and the cooperation of all town officials. In that 

spirit, I express my sincere appreciation for the efforts and support of the DPW 

field employees, engineers and management staff; the Board of Selectmen, Warrant 

Committee, Personnel Board, other Town Departments, Town Meeting; 

and the residents of Milton. 


Joseph W. Lynch 

Director of Public Works 

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT 

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: June 30, 2008 

The Annual Statement of the Financial Condition of the Milton Contributory 

Retirement System for the year ending December 31, 2008 is submitted 

herewith. 

As of December 31, 2008 the system had an enrollment of 349 active members 

and 276 pensioners and survivors receiving benefits. 


David S. Grab, Chairman 

John H. Bowie, Jr., Secretary 

Robert J. Byron 

Richard J. Madigan 

Kevin J. Cleary 

Annual Statement of the Milton Retirement System 

for the Year Ended December 31, 2008 

ASSETS & LIABILITIES 

1 1040 Cash 307,403.96 

2 1100 Short Term Investments 

16 1198 PRIT Cash 564,312.25 

17 1199 PRIT Fund 62,848,647.15 

18 1550 Interest Due and Accrued 

18 1550 Accounts Receivable (A) 0.00 

20 2020 Accounts Payable (A) 0.00 

TOTAL 63,720,363.36 

FUNDS 

1 3293 Annuity Savings Fund 16,124,791.69 

2 3294 Annuity Reserve Fund 5,341,864.56 

3 3295 Military Service Fund 4,570.68 

4 3296 Pension Fund 1,557,597.58 

5 3298 Expense Fund 0.00 

6 3297 Pension Reserve Fund 40,691,538.85 

TOTAL ASSETS AT MARKET VALUE 63,720,363.36 

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RECEIPTS 

1 Annuity Savings Fund: 

(a) 4891 Members’ Deductions 1,537,160.26 

(b) 4892 Transfers from Other Systems 83,276.43 

(c) 4893 Member Make Up Payments and Redeposits 35,946.36 

(d) 4900 Member Payments from Rollovers 0.00 

(e) Investment Income Credited to Members’ Accounts 87,913.38 

Subtotal 1,744,296.43 

2 Annuity Reserve Fund: 

(a) Investment Income Credited to Annuity Reserve Fund 163,673.42 

Subtotal 163,673.42 

3 Pension Fund: 

(a) 4898 3(8)(c) Reimbursements from Other Systems 181,688.91 

(b) 4899 Received from Commonwealth 

for COLA and Survivor Benefits 178,698.67 

(c) 4894 Pension Fund Appropriation 3,702,589.00 

Subtotal 4,062,976.58 

4 Military Service Fund: 

(a) 4890 Contributions Received from Municipality 0.00 

(b) Investment Income Credited 27.26 

Subtotal 27.26 

5 Expense Fund: 

(a) 4896 Expense Fund Appropriation 

(b) Investment Income Credited to Expense Fund 476,759.61 


6 Pension Reserve Fund: 

(a) 4897 Federal Grant Reimbursement 0.00 

(b) 4895 Pension Reserve Appropriation 

(c) 4822 Interest Not Refunded 5,308.81 

(d) 4825 Miscellaneous Income 0.00 

(e) Investment Loss (26,140,275.21) 

Subtotal (26,134,966.40) 

TOTAL RECEIPTS (19,687,233.10) 

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DISBURSEMENTS 

1 Annuity Savings Fund: 

(a) 5757 Refunds to Members 106,436.94 

(b) 5756 Transfers to Other Systems 117,303.21 


2 Annuity Reserve Fund: 

(a) 5750 Annuities Paid 777,047.32 

(b) 5759 Option B Refunds 3,801.67 

Payment to Widow-Acc. Death 0.00 


3 Pension Fund: 

(a) 5751 Pensions Paid 

Regular Pension Payments 3,329,791.80 

Survivorship Payments 493,204.02 

Ordinary Disability Payments 28,520.40 

Accidental Disability Payments 1,034,742.27 

Accidental Death Payments 332,522.16 

Section 101 Benefits 47,220.06 

(b) 5755 3(8)(c) Reimbursements to 

Other Systems 157,095.88 

(c) 5752 COLA’s Paid 81,671.29 

Subtotal 5,504,767.88 

4 Military Service Fund: 

(a) 4890 Return to Municipality for 

Members who Withdrew Their Funds 0.00 

Subtotal 0.00 

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5 Expense Fund: 

(a) 5118 Board Member Stipend 0.00 

(b) 5119 Salaries 78,313.52 

(c) 5304 Management Fees 377,938.82 

(d) 5305 Custodial Fees 0.00 

(e) 5307 Investment Consultant Fees 0.00 

(f) 5308 Legal Expenses 12,844.84 

(g) 5309 Medical Expenses 0.00 

(h) 5310 Fiduciary Insurance 4,162.00 

(I) 5311 Service Contracts 0.00 

(j) 5312 Rent Expense 0.00 

(k) 5589 Administrative Expenses 2,902.63 

(l) 5599 Furniture & Equipment 0.00 

(m) 5719 Travel 597.80 


TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS 6,986,116.63 

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INVESTMENT INCOME/(LOSS) 

Investment income received from: 

(a) Cash (from Schedule 1) 3,692.32 

(b) Short Term Investments (from Schedule 2) 

(c) Fixed Income Securities (from Schedules 3A and 3C) 

(d) Equities (from Schedules 4A and 4C) 

(e) Pooled Funds (from Schedule 5) 2,674,259.96 

(f) Commission Recapture 

4821 TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME 2,677,952.28 

Plus: 

4884 Realized Gains (Profits) 997,432.18 

4886 Unrealized Gains (Increase in Market Value) 4,370,982.39 

1550 Interest Due and Accrued on Fixed Income 

Securities at End of Current Year 0.00 

5,368,414.57 

Less: 

4823 Paid Accrued Interest on Fixed Income Securities 0.00 

4885 Realized Losses (5,429,562.63) 

4887 Unrealized Losses (Decrease in Market Value) (28,028,705.76) 

1550 Interest Due and Accrued on Fixed Income 

Securities Prior Year 0.00 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME/ (LOSS) (25,411,901.54) 

Income Required: 

Annuity Savings Fund (from Supplementary Schedule 87,913.38 

Annuity Reserve Fund 163,673.42 

Expense Fund 476,759.61 

Military Service Fund 27.26 

TOTAL INCOME REQUIRED 728,373.67 

Net Investment Income (25,411,901.54) 

Less Income Required (728,373.67) 

EXCESS INCOME /(LOSS) TO 

PENSION RESERVE FUND (26,140,275.21) 

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN 

To the Citizens of Milton: 

The makeup of the Board of Selectmen remained Kathryn A. Fagan, Marion 

V. McEttrick and John Michael Shields in Fiscal Year 2009. John Michael 

Shields was re-elected to a three year term in April, 2009. On May 1, 2009 the 

Board elected John Michael Shields to serve as Chair, Marion V. McEttrick to 

serve as Secretary. 

Fiscal challenges continued to dominate most of the Board’s time in this fiscal 

year. A sluggish national economy turned into a deep recession, causing a 

rise in unemployment and an increase in foreclosures on an unparalleled level. 

Milton was not immune from these national problems. 

A remarkable dip in state receipts led to over a million dollars in reductions 

in local aid during the fiscal year. 

The Board of Selectmen took a pro-active approach to what amounted to a 

crisis. Department heads and management personnel were asked not to take 

pay raises. A hiring freeze was put into effect. Overtime spending was monitored. 

At the Annual Town Meeting in May, the Board joined with the Warrant 

Committee and the School Committee to ask Town Meeting to support a 3.4 

million dollar Proposition 2 1/2 operating override. The Board felt strongly 

that to maintain a quality of life that all Milton residents expect, in light of State 

cut- backs to local aid, a tax increase was necessary. The Town Meeting agreed, 

and the voters subsequently concurred, with a positive override election vote. 

The Board is aware that raising taxes in the middle of a deep recession is 

not something to take lightly. We are extremely grateful to the people who voted 

for the override to keep services level with past years. We also are cognizant of 

the fact that some are dealing with individual crisis’ with household finances 

due to current circumstances. 

Additionally, the Board called for two additional Special Town Meetings in 

this fiscal year with Warrant Articles for further budget reductions to respond 

to budget shortfalls. One was in October 20, 2008, another on February 23, 

2009. We continue to work with our legislators, our colleagues on other Boards 

and Committees, and our professional management team to provide the services 

that people expect in Milton, even with these challenges. 

COMPARATIVE TAXATION LEVELS 

It is interesting to note where Milton ranks compared to other, similar communities. 

The following tabulation is from 1990 through 2009. Zero is the high- 

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est tax and communities with a residential exemption are excluded, this data 

was collected from the Department of Revenue website. 

1990 31 

1991 22 

1992 30 

1993 33 

1994 34 

1995 35 

1996 31 

1997 31 

1998 33 

1999 35 

2000 38 

2001 40 

2002 39 

2003 43 

2004 46 

2005 47 

2006 46 

2007 41 

2008 46 

2009 43 

These rankings indicate how Milton’s average tax bill for residential property 

compares to all other Massachusetts communities except those that have 

adopted a residential exemption. 

BOARD OF SELECTMEN INITIATIVES 

While the budget issues were dominant, the Board, in conjunction with the 

Wind Study Committee, sought approval of a plan at the Annual Town Meeting 

to move forward with the installation of wind turbines on town-owned land 

near the site of the closed landfill. With this plan as a blueprint, the town will 

be seeking bond authorization at the Special Town Meeting in February, 2010 

to fund the capital project. We continue to explore and apply for certain grants 

and special technology programs to offset the cost of funding by the taxpayers. 

But all projections show a positive cash flow after debt service if we go forward, 

to help with energy costs in our municipal buildings. 

The Board received the final report of the Governor Stoughton Trust Study 

Committee on December 3, 2009. This committee spent many hours in preparing 

a report to assist the Board in developing a plan for the future of the Governor 

Stoughton property known in the past as the “Poor Farm”. The Selectmen, 

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named as the trustees of the land in the last will and testament of Governor 

Stoughton to “help the poor of Milton” will take a more active role concerning 

the future of the land in the next year. 

Kathryn Fagan has served for three years on the Selectmen appointed Consolidated 

Facilities Study Committee. If this initiative is taken to fruition, it 

will create a Facilities Department. The function of the proposed department is 

one of property management. or an anti-deterioration department. If we recognize 

we have many hundreds of thousands of square feet of buildings and acres 

of property, we have to also recognize that these properties should be professionally 

maintained, so that we are getting efficiencies of function and all internal 

systems are working correctly. We hope that by creating this department, 

the Town’s incredible investment in capital building stock that has occurred in 

the last fifteen years can be made to last for the long run. The goal is to focus 

on proper, consistent maintenance to assure the longest usage of our facilities. 

The East Milton Parking Study Committee at long last seems ready to get 

off the ground. They have been parked in neutral for too long. But now the 

funding provided by Congressman Lynch has been filtered through the Department 

of Transportation of the Commonwealth, and appears ready for release. 

This committee will be reporting to the Board in 2010. 

MILTON’S NUMBER 5! 

In August, 2009, Milton was recognized by Money Magazine/CNN as the 

Number 5 best place to live in the nation. The people of the town should be 

very proud of this accomplishment. It takes many dedicated people to make a 

town exceptional, both employees and volunteers. Working together, in the 

spirit of community, we make it work, and this has been recognized nationally. 

The town welcomed two new restaurants with full liquor licenses this year. 

Abby Park in East Milton Square, and 88 Wharf in Milton Village. These establishments 

are a welcomed addition as amenities have long been needed in the 

town. Both seem to be run by first class management. 

Milton was also the site of a Town Meeting held by Governor Deval Patrick, 

a Milton resident, on July 21, 2008 on the town green at the Baron Hugo 

Gazebo. 

RETIREMENTS 

This year, the following town employees retired ; 

Joseph Martinelli, DPW Department after 27 years, 7 months 

Paul Lynch, Police Department after 36 years, 11 months 

John M. Noris, Jr., Fire Department after 37 years, 5 months 

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Kevin G. Sorgi, Police Department and elected 

Town Treasurer, 37 years, 8 months 

Michael Hanafin, Fire Department, 30 years 

Paul Hazel, DPW Department, 39 years, 4 months 

Malcolm Larson, Fire Department (Chief), 33 years, 2 months 

The town also mourned the loss of former Fire Department Chief Robert 

Blake. 

Also, long time Conservation Commission member Martha Curtis passed 

away during the year. 

APPOINTEES 

With the retirement of Fire Chief Malcolm Larson, the Board appointed 

Deputy Jack Grant to the position of Chief of the Fire Department on May 14, 

2009. 

DPW Director and Town Engineer Walter Heller resigned to work for the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts overseeing the repair and building of 3 billion 

dollars in bridge projects throughout the state. The Board thanked him for 

his service, and wished him the best in his new endeavors. 

On July 6, 2009, the Board appointed Joseph Lynch to director of the DPW 

Department. Joe brings a wealth of experience, and not a little bit of enthusiasm 

to his new position. 

The Board of Selectmen wishes to acknowledge and thank the many employees 

of the town who work on our behalf, also the volunteers that serve on 

other boards and committees, or volunteer their time to the town. 

We especially would like to thank our staff in the Selectman’s office, our 

Town Administrator, Kevin Mearn, the assistant town administrator, Annemarie 

Fagan, our Secretary, Paula Rizzi and our Senior Administrative Clerk, Patricia 

Reynolds. 

We are also grateful to the help given to us throughout the year from our 

legislative delegation, Congressman Stephen Lynch, State Senator Brian Joyce, 

State Representatives Walter Timilty, Linda Dorcena-Forry, and Angelo Scaccia. 

Sincerely, 

John Michael Shields, Chair 

Marion V. McEttrick, Secretary 


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REPORT OF THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR 


I am pleased to submit my third Annual Report. This report covers some 

of the major issues in which we have been involved during fiscal year 2009 and 

areas of concern to the Milton taxpayers. 

Financial 

Fiscal Year 2009 was a financially difficult year. With a mid-year state aid 

cut by the Commonwealth, department heads were challenged with absorbing 

this reduction in their budget without reducing the level of service to the Town. 

As a result, a February 2009 Special Town Meeting was held for the purpose 

of making mid year reductions in order to balance the Town’s FY2009 budget. 

The FY2010 budget process proved to be extremely arduous with local aid cuts 

of approximately 1.1 million dollars. As departmental budgets were formulated 

it was apparent that an operational override was essential in order for departments 

to provide close to level service to the Town. The Warrant Committee 

was tasked with crafting and presenting to Town Meeting a contingent and noncontingent 

budget for FY2010. Town Meeting voted a contingent budget and on 

June 8, 2009 a Proposition 2½ override in the amount of $3,420,189 was voted 

by the residents of the Town for the fiscal year which began on July 1, 2009. 

Following lengthy negotiations a contract was signed between the Town 

and Comcast of Milton, Inc. that will grant a license to Comcast to operate and 

maintain a cable television system within the Town of Milton from October 16, 

2008 through October 15, 2018. On October 20, 2008 the Board of Selectmen 

signed a contract with MPEG Access, Inc. for the purpose of providing local 

cable programs to the residents of Milton. 

Growth and Development 

The Town received a federal grant to assess current traffic patterns, parking 

supply, present and future traffic projections and parking demand, and to develop 

measures that will help East Milton Square remain as a viable commercial 

center. The recommendations from this traffic and parking study may include 

the alteration of traffic patterns and roadway layouts, implementation of parking 

supply management strategies, creation of additional parking supply and 

other traffic or parking-related proposals. The guiding document for this study 

is the East Milton Square Parking Study: Scope of Work dated March 2009. 

The Board of Selectmen appointed a Business & Citizen Advisory Committee 

(“BCAC”) comprised of four business owners, nine Town residents, one member 

of the Board of Selectmen and one member of the Planning Board. The 

BCAC will provide recommendations to the Traffic Commission, the Board of 

Selectmen and the Planning Board through meeting minutes and through comments 

on and endorsement of the final study report. 

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The Board of Selectmen conducted public hearings for a new full service 

restaurant to be located at 550 Adams Street in East Milton. As a result of these 

public hearings the Board of Selectmen approved an alcohol license for Abby 

Park Restaurant, which is tentatively scheduled to open in the summer of 2009. 

The Board of Selectmen appointed an Alternate Energy Committee and a 

Wind Energy Committee for the purpose of addressing escalating energy costs. 

As a result, the Town received grant money from the Renewable Energy Trust, 

which is part of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to conduct a wind 

turbine feasibility study. This feasibility study indicated that the best location 

for a wind turbine would be on Town owned property in the area of the Quarry 

Hills Golf Course. The Town is continuing to explore the feasibility of a wind 

turbine in that location. In addition, the Alternate Energy Committee was successful 

in securing a grant for the installation of solar panels at the high school 

and the town hall. 

Real Estate 

After a public bid process, a purchase and sale agreement was signed for 

the purchase of Town-owned land located on Central Avenue adjacent to the 

MBTA right-of-way. 

Personnel Changes 

Town Treasurer/Collector Kevin Sorgi, who served the Town for 28 years, 

did not seek re-election. Mr. Sorgi’s keen knowledge and experience will be 

missed. I would like to personally thank Mr. Sorgi for his loyalty, dedication 

and service to the Town. In April, James D. McAuliffe was elected as Milton’s 

new Town Treasurer/Collector. 

Director of Public Works/Town Engineer Walter Heller resigned, effective 

February 20, 2009, to take a position with MassHighway. I would like to acknowledge 

and thank Mr. Heller for his years of service to the Town as Director 

of Public Works/Town Engineer and wish him well in his new role. 

After 40 years of dedicated service, DPW Foreman Paul Hazel announced 

his retirement which took effect on June 30, 2009. We wish him a long, healthy 

and well deserved retirement. 

Fire Chief Malcolm Larson retired on June 30, 2009 after serving the Town 

for thirty-two years with distinction. I am sure Mr. Larson will pursue his love 

of golf during his retirement. A Fire Chief Screening Committee was appointed 

by the Board of Selectmen comprised of Westwood Fire Chief William 

P. Scoble, Brockton Fire Chief Kenneth Galligan, Marshfield Fire Chief Kevin 

C. Robinson, Michael B. Reardon and Stefano Keel. The Committee performed 

in depth interviews and assessments on all candidates and recommended three 

finalists for the position of Fire Chief. From the six candidates who applied the 

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following finalists were presented for consideration by the Board: Deputy Chief 

John P. Foley, Jr.; Deputy Chief John J. Grant, Jr.; and Deputy Chief Brian P. 

Linehan. The Board of Selectmen appointed Deputy Fire Chief John J. Grant, 

Jr. as the new Fire Chief, effective July 1, 2009. Chief Grant has big shoes to 

fill but I am confident he is up to the task. 

Collective Bargaining 

The Town has approximately 831 full and part-time employees. During 

fiscal year 2009, four union contracts were settled. A two year contract was 

signed with the Southeastern Public Employees Association and three year contracts 

were signed with the Milton Public Employees Association, Milton Firefighters, 

Local 1116, and the Milton Public Library Staff Association, M.L.S.A. 

Negotiations were started but not completed with the Police Superior Officers 

Association and the Police Association. The following tabulation illustrates 

the collective bargaining groups: 

Contract 

Union 

Expires 

Milton Public Employees Association 6/30/11 

Milton Police Superior Officers Association 6/30/07 

Milton Police Association 6/30/08 

Milton Firefighters, Local 1116 6/30/11 

Southeastern Public Employees Association 6/30/11 

Milton Public Library, 

Staff Association, M.L.S.A. 6/30/11 

There are approximately 60 non-union, non-school employees who are represented 

by the Personnel Board. 

In conclusion, I extend my thanks and appreciation to the department heads, 

town employees and officials, the members of the boards and committees and 

to the citizens of Milton who have assisted me throughout the year. Special 

thanks to Assistant Town Administrator Annemarie Fagan, Executive Secretary 

to the Board of Selectmen Paula Rizzi and Senior Administrative Clerk Patricia 

Reynolds for their dedication and assistance during this year. Finally, I 

thank the Board of Selectmen for its support throughout the year. 


Kevin J. Mearn 


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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL 


Intense legal issues were prevalent in 2009, most often in the areas of budgets, 

the Cemetery, conservation, contracts, easements, employee benefits, legislation, 

liquor licenses, litigation, open meeting, procurement, real estate, 

schools, the School Building project, subdivision control, Town Meeting, zoning, 

and frequent consultation with and advice to Town of Milton personnel. 

Procurement documents or contracts were reviewed for emergency ambulance 

services; for school energy conservation management services; for consultant 

services associated with a renewable energy project; for a drain easement 

involving the property at 20-24 and 36 Central Avenue; for lease of the former 

Kidder Branch Library property; for lease of the Milton Yacht Club property; 

for lease of the property at 169 Governor Stoughton Lane and the property at 

208 Governor Stoughton Lane; for donation of a 1967 Fire Truck to the 911 

Fund; for purchase and installation of solar panels at Milton High school and 

purchase and installation of educational data displays in the Milton public 

schools; for pupil transportation services; and for purchase and installation of 

an exterior guard rail at the Pierce Middle School. 

The Annual Town Meeting was held in May and Special Town Meetings 

were held in February and October. Town Meeting reduced budget appropriations; 

established a revolving fund for providing grave liners; accepted a statute 

which authorizes the Town to establish a trust to be known as the Municipal Affordable 

Housing Trust Fund, for creation and preservation of affordable housing 

to benefit low and moderate income households; accepted a statute that 

authorizes consolidation of Town and School administrative functions; amended 

the Zoning Bylaws to provide that a special permit is not required where the 

only nonconformity in a building is the dimensions or setback of the building, 

where the prior use is a valid preexisting use, where the subsequent use is the 

same or substantially similar to the prior use, and where the parking requirements 

conform to the Milton Zoning Bylaws; amended the Zoning Bylaws to 

clarify under what circumstances a retaining wall constitutes a building; and 

amended the Zoning Bylaws to provide that affordable housing units required 

for special permits granted for a Central Avenue Planned Unit Development or 

a Brownfield Planned Unit Development do not have to qualify for inclusion on 

the Massachusetts Subsidized Housing Inventory if such inclusion is not practicable. 

A case involving a contract for a generator at the Central Fire Station was 

resolved by installation of the generator for less than the contract price. One 

(1) zoning case was dismissed with the result that the Board of Appeals deci- 

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sion remains in effect. One (1) appeal to the Appellate Tax Board involving 

commercial property was dismissed. 

Lawsuits pending at the end of 2009 include six (6) zoning cases, one (1) 

subdivision case, one (1) case involving a proposed wireless telecommunications 

facility, and two (2) appeals to the Appellate Tax Board, one (1) involving 

valuation of residential property and one (1) involving valuation of 

commercial property. 

We thank Walter Heller for his service as Public Works Director and we 

hope that Joseph Lynch enjoys considerable success in that position. 

Charles Winchester passed away in 2009. I had the privilege to work with 

Charlie during his services as Town Moderator and as Chairman of the School 

Building Committee. He was an admirable combination of class, intelligence, 

quiet confidence, subtle wit, and grace, particularly under pressure. His contributions 

to the Town of Milton are incalculable and he is sorely missed. We 

express our sympathy and gratitude to his family. REQUISCAT IN PACE. 

My firm, Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP, is a law firm of thirty 

(30) lawyers. Partner David DeLuca, associates Karis North, Bryan LeBlanc, 

Brandon Moss, Brian Fox and Lauren Galvin, and paralegals Paula Rivera and 

Bryanne Tartamella also worked on Town Counsel matters in 2009. We thank 

the Board of Selectmen, Kevin Mearn, Annemarie Fagan, Paula Rizzi, Patricia 

Reynolds and all Town employees, boards, commissions and committees for 

the opportunity to work with you throughout the year. 


John P. Flynn 

Town Counsel 

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REPORT OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION 

To The Honorable Board of Selectmen: June 30, 2009 

The report of the Traffic Commission for the period July 1, 2008 through 

June 30, 2009 is herewith submitted. 

During this period we were asked to make recommendations on existing or 

anticipated traffic problems in all areas of the town. 

The Commission acted on individual requests for the installation of various 

traffic signs throughout the town and recommended those that were deemed 

necessary or served a useful purpose. 

The MWRA project replacing the main that runs from Boston to Quincy is 

complete (Phase I - East Milton). Phase Two will begin in the spring of 2010. 

This is a significant project which will run the length of Adams Street into 

Boston and will last until 2011. 


Richard G. Wells, Jr., Chairman, Chief of Police 

Malcolm R. Larson, Chief, Fire Department 

Clifford C. Flynn, Inspector of Wires 

Lt. Brian P. Cherry, Traffic & Safety Officer 

William F. Ritchie, School Department 

William B. Clark, Jr., Town Planner 

John P. Thompson, Assistant Town Engineer 

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REPORT OF THE VETERANS’ SERVICES DEPARTMENT 

To the Honorable Board of Selectmen June 30, 2009 

Milton Veterans’ Services is responsible for assisting Milton Veterans and 

their dependants according to MGL, Chapter 115. 

The Town expended a total of $27,754 for state authorized financial benefits 

to town veterans in fiscal year 2009. The Massachusetts Department of 

Veterans’ Services approves all financial benefits paid by the Town. The Town 

is reimbursed 75% of every dollar paid. 

The Veteran’s Office also assists our veterans and their dependents with 

applying for military records, VA benefits, funeral and burial benefits, education 

and job programs. 

At this time, the Town is exploring the possibility of forming a Veteran 

Service Office District with the Town of Randolph. 

I would like to thank the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator and all 

the other Town Offices who have assisted me this past year. 

Respectfully, 

Stephen J. Murphy 

Veterans’ Service Officer 

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Financial 

 

Statements 

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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT 

To The Honorable Board of Selectman June 30, 2009 

I hereby submit the report of the Town Accountant for the twelve-month period 

ending June 30, 2009 arranged as follows: 

1. Detailed summary of revenue budgeted to actual for the General Fund, 

Water Fund and Sewer Fund. 

2. Detailed summary of Indirect Costs attributable to 

School Appropriations. 

3. Detailed summary Schedule of Capital Improvement Funds. 

4. List of Authorized and Unissued Debt for the Town. 

5. Summary of Outstanding Debt of the Town. 

6. Combined Balance Sheet of all funds as of June 30, 2009. 

7. Enterprise Funds Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2009. 

All bills and vouchers on which monies have been paid from the Treasury 

and all trust funds in the custody of the Town Treasurer and Library Trustees 

have been examined and found to be correct. 

I wish to thank the Central Business Office Staff, the Board of Selectmen, 

all Town Departments and the Warrant Committee for all of their help during 

the past fiscal year. 


David S. Grab 

Town Accountant 

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Town of Milton 

Statement of Revenues Budget vs. Actual 

FISCAL YEAR 2009 

Year Ended June 30, 2009 

Audited General Funds 

AS OF: 06/30/09. 

REVENUES: 

ACTUAL VARIANCE YTD % 

CASH FAVORABLE VS. 2008 2007 2006 

BUDGET BASIS (UNFAVORABLE) ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL 

Real estate taxes (Less Res for Abate) $52,506,464 $52,183,661 ($322,803) 99.39% $50,898,186 $50,122,696 $46,480,646 

Personal property taxes $993,669 $993,494 ($175) 99.98% $836,906 $696,338 $669,785 

Tax liens redeemed $0 $137,639 $137,639 0.00% $319,808 $199,785 $229,531 

Motor vehicle & Boat excise $3,152,290 $2,951,717 ($200,573) 93.64% $3,045,882 $2,971,847 $3,325,835 

Penalties and interest $620,000 $588,436 ($31,564) 94.91% $596,767 $367,146 $403,942 

Cemetery $465,500 $485,647 $20,147 104.33% $378,520 $378,451 $325,232 

Licenses and Permits $1,076,885 $871,066 ($205,819) 80.89% $1,045,408 $895,652 $651,343 

Other Departmental $1,219,415 $1,115,884 ($103,531) 91.51% $1,585,995 $1,173,522 $1,398,776 

Fines $333,700 $281,831 ($51,869) 84.46% $312,409 $326,075 $284,818 

Intergovernmental $9,490,967 $8,962,635 ($528,332) 94.43% $9,213,821 $9,166,122 $7,366,605 

Investment Income $100,000 $110,098 $10,098 110.10% $82,480 $373,924 $455,202 

Water & Sewer $11,331,396 $10,344,072 ($987,324) 91.29% $10,329,712 $9,692,193 $9,299,265 

Other $0 $773,182 $773,182 100.00% $651,489 $685,662 $996,517 

Total Revenues $81,290,286 $79,799,362 ($1,490,924) 98.17% $79,297,383 $77,049,413 $71,887,497 

Overlay $362,512 

FREE CASH $103,000 Anticipated 

OVERLAY RESERVE $0 Receipt Rate: 100.00% 

Other Available Sources $0 12/12 of year 

Other Source Sch B-2 $1,138,710 

Res for Debt Service $409,861 

Appropriation Reductions STM $0 

RECAP TOTAL $83,304,369 $0 

100.19% 100.84% 102.25% 

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Town of Milton 

Revenue Comparative 

FISCAL YEAR 2009 

Year Ended June 30, 2009 

Audited General Funds 

AS OF: 06/30/09. 

Same Period Same Period Same Period 

ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL 

CASH 2008 2007 2006 

BASIS ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL 

REVENUES: 

Real estate taxes $52,183,661 50,898,186 50,122,696 $46,480,646 

Personal property taxes $993,494 836,906 696,338 $669,785 

Tax liens redeemed $137,639 319,808 199,785 $229,531 

Motor vehicle & Boat excise $2,951,717 3,045,882 2,971,847 $3,325,835 

Penalties and interest $588,436 596,767 367,146 $403,942 

Cemetery $485,647 378,520 378,451 $325,232 

Licenses and Permits $871,066 1,045,408 895,652 $651,343 

Other Departmental $1,115,884 1,585,995 1,173,522 $1,398,776 

Fines $281,831 312,409 326,075 $284,818 

Intergovernmental $8,962,635 9,213,821 9,166,122 $7,366,605 

Investment Income $110,098 82,480 373,924 $455,202 

Water & Sewer $10,344,072 10,329,712 9,692,193 $9,299,265 

Other $773,182 651,489 685,662 $996,517 

Total Revenues $79,799,362 $79,297,383 $77,049,413 $71,887,497 

Other Financing Sources: $260,552 $914,236 $666,482 $1,912,096 

210

$54,000,000 

$52,000,000 

$50,000,000 

$48,000,000 

$46,000,000 

$44,000,000 

Property Taxes 

1 2 3 4 

Year 

Series1 

AS OF: 06/30/09. 

Year 1 = 2009 

Year 2 = 2008 

Year 3 = 2007 

Year 4 = 2006 

$10,000,000 

$8,000,000 

$6,000,000 

$4,000,000 

$2,000,000 

$0 

State Aid 

1 2 3 4 

Series1 


Year 2 = 2008 

Year 3 = 2007 

Year 4 = 2006 

Year 

$17,500,000 

$17,000,000 

$16,500,000 

$16,000,000 

$15,500,000 

Local Receipts 

1 2 3 4 

Year 

Series1 


Year 2 = 2008 

Year 3 = 2007 

Year 4 = 2006 

Revenues FY2006 - FY2009 

Revenues by Classification 

3 

11.36% 

2 

21.23% 

1 

67.41% 

1 

2 

3 

1=Property Taxes 

2=Local Receipts 

3=State Aid 

Current Year Only 

211

212

AT 06/30/09. 

SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND 


FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 

UNEXPENDED EXPENDITURES ENDING 

FUNDS GEN CAP OTHER BALANCE 

PROGRAM TITLE 7/1/08 REVENUE GOVT. OUTLAY BUD ENTRIES TRANSFERS ENCUM. 6/30/09 

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NSTAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 258,452.65 0.00 0.00 25,355.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 233,097.65 

LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION (2,633,729.47) 9,556,843.18 0.00 6,177,293.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 745,820.45 

PARKS 72,726.21 0.00 0.00 24,387.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 48,339.21 

LAMB PLAY FIELD 82,192.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 82,192.83 0.00 0.00 

COA BUILDING 99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

SCHOOL BUILDING PLAN 108.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 108.00 

ART35 DRAINAGE STUDY 01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

LIBRARY DESIGN/RENOVATION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

DPW DUMP TRUCK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TRAFFIC MGT. PLAN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

SURFACE DRAINAGE REHAB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

NEW BUCKET TRUCK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

SYSTEM-WIDE PHONE SYSTEM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

PARKS PICK-UP TRUCK 1,612.00 0.00 0.00 825.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 786.50 

TOB AUTO TEMP CONTROLS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

LIBRARY GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

EMERGENCY GENERATORS 19,594.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19,594.30 

LADDER TRUCK STM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

FIREHOUSE REHAB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

E-911 POLICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

FIRE RESCUE PUMPER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

MA TECH COLLABORATIVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

SURFACE DRAIN REHAB FY08 437,540.54 0.00 0.00 301,501.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 136,039.08 

POLICE LOT REHAB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

PARKS FACILITIES STM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

WIRE PICK UP TRUCK 2,273.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,273.50 

SCHOOL PICK UP TRUCK 1,160.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,160.00 

ALLOWED ESTIMATES & COSTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

SURFACE DRAINAGE REHAB 06 30.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.54 

KEYSPAN PAVING 0.00 106,180.00 0.00 58,573.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 47,606.12 

ESTABLISH CAPITAL STABILIZATION FUND 61,613.65 3,403.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 (115,595.00) 0.00 180,611.79 

SCHOOL BUILD PROJ UNDISTRIBUTED (905,120.86) 3,547,180.00 0.00 31,565.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,610,493.77 

GLOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 406,934.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 406,934.73 

NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 2,222,947.00 0.00 0.00 252,267.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,970,679.74 

TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 147,443.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 147,443.90 

COLLOCOT & CUNNINGHAM SCHOOLS (6,135,109.79) 1,195,654.00 0.00 201,137.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 (5,140,593.56) 

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HIGH SCHOOL 1,927,956.40 0.00 0.00 3,527.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,924,429.40 

BOND BROOK RD TM98 29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

BOND RANDOLPH TM98 11 3,647.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,647.99 

WOODLAND RD PLANNING 151,141.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 151,141.69 

SEWER SYSTEM REHAB 0.00 500,000.00 0.00 750.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 499,250.00 

SEWER MITIGATION I/I 19,432.37 106,064.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 125,496.37 

WATER METER READ/REPLACEMENT 90,525.11 0.00 0.00 10,944.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 79,581.11 

WATER LINE INSTALLATION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

WATER SYSTEM I&I 06TM ART25 135,344.38 0.00 0.00 135,344.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

WATER SYSTEM I&I 08TM ART22 0.00 677,180.00 0.00 379,979.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 297,200.77 

WATER SYSTEM I&I 09TM ART21 0.00 601,054.00 0.00 74,757.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 526,296.20 

WATER SYSTEM I&I 05TM ART24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

---------------------- --------------------- ------------------------ ----------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- 

TOTALS (3,631,282.33) 16,293,558.32 0.00 7,678,208.91 0.00 (33,402.17) 0.00 5,017,469.25 

============ ============ ============= ============= ============ ============ ============== ============== 

ROUNDING (0.25) 

ENCUMBS. 0.00 

EXPS. 5,017,469.25 

-------------------------- 

5,017,469.00 

============== 

EQUITY 5,017,469 

------------------------- 

VARIANCE 0.00 

============== 

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TOWN OF MILTON A =MWRA LOANS O% INTEREST 

AUTHORIZED AND UNISSUED DEBT B =BOND ISSUE 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 E =EXEMPT FROM PROP 2 1/2 

N =NEW AUTHORIZATION 

TOWN R =RESCIND PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DEBT 

MEETING LEGAL ORIGINAL ACTUAL BALANCE FY 2009 BALANCE 

DESCRIPTION DATE ARTICLE AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT ISSUE 7/1/08 ACTIVITY 6/30/09 

-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------- -------------------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------- 

WATER METER READING AND REPLACEMENT SYSTEM 5/03/99 A32 C44 S8(7A) 1,089,000 0 R 0 0 

SCHOOL BUILDINGS 01/12/00 A4 C44 S7(3\3A) C645 114,754,000 0 E 0 0 

05/01/00 S 1 0 R 0 

01/12/00 A5 C44 S7(3\3A) C645 4,384,000 0 E 0 0 

02/23/04 S 1 C44 S7(3\3A) C645 10,982,468 (16,787,577) B (3,547,180) (20,334,757) 

06/19/00 S 1 C44 S7(3\3A) C645 13,935,725 134,056,193 E 0 134,056,193 

10/172005 S 7 C44 S7(3\3A) C70B 3,000,000 3,000,000 E 0 3,000,000 

2/27/06 S1 C44 S7(3\3A) C70B 2,975,000 2,975,000 E 0 2,975,000 

5/7/07 40 C44 S7(3\3A) C70B 2,000,000 2,000,000 E 0 2,000,000 

WATER MAIN PROGRAM 5/25/06 25 C44 S8(5) 677,180 0 B 0 0 

WATER MAIN PROGRAM 5/7/07 25 C44 S8(5) 677,180 0 A 0 0 

WOODLAWN ROAD SEWER 05/01/00 A27 C44 S7(1) 630,000 31,600 0 31,600 

SEWER SYS REHAB/REPLACE 5/4/09 A23 C44 S8(5) 500,000 0 B 500,000 500,000 

SURFACE DRAIN SYSTEM 5/7/07 A26 C44 S7(1) & S8 (15) 500,000 0 B 0 0 

SEWER SYS REHAB/REPLACE 5/5/08 A24 C44 S8(5) 500,000 500,000 N (275,000) 225,000 

DEPT EQUIP LEASE/PURCHASE 5/5/08 A7 C44 S7(9) 81,000 81,000 N (1,000) 80,000 

LIBRARY DESIGN/RENOVATE 5/6/02 A25 C44 S7(21) 185,000 0 E 0 0 

WATER MAIN PROGRAM 5/3/03 A23 C44 S8(5) 677,180 0 A 0 0 

DEPARTMENTAL EQUIP 5/3/04 A6 C44 S7 440,000 0 B 0 0 

DEPARTMENTAL EQUIP 5/3/04 A8 C44 S7 (9) 230,606 0 R 0 0 

DEPARTMENTAL EQUIP DPW 5/7/07 A6 C44 S7 (9) 236,797 236,797 0 236,797 

DEPARTMENTAL EQUIP POLICE 5/7/07 A8 C44 S7 (9) 170,000 0 B 0 0 

DEPARTMENTAL EQUIP PUMPER 5/7/07 A9 C44 S7 (9) 358,854 0 B 0 0 

WATER MAIN PROGRAM 5/4/09 A21 C44 S8(5) 677,180 0 N 76,126 76,126 

SURFACE DRAIN SYSTEM 5/3/04 A24 C44 S7(1) & S8 (15) 500,000 0 B 0 0 

MEDICAL EXPENSES 5/4/09 A12 Special Legislation 650,000 0 N 650,000 650,000 

SEWER SYSTEM REHAB 5/3/04 A26 C44 S7(1) 774,694 499,694 0 499,694 

FACILITIES & PUBLIC SAFETY 2/7/05 A1 C44 S(3A) & S7 (9) 1,100,000 0 B 0 0 

MAIN LIBRARY CONST/RENOV 10/17/05 A1 C44 S7(3) & S7 (3A) 13,418,000 13,418,000 E (8,332,275) 5,085,725 

SURFACE DRAIN SYSTEM 5/4/09 A22 C44 S7(1) & S8 (15) 500,000 0 B 500,000 500,000 

WATER MAIN PROGRAM 5/5/08 A22 C44 S8(5) 677,180 147,580 B (147,580) 0 

------------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------- 

TOTAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 177,281,044 140,158,287 (10,576,909) 129,581,378 

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Massachustts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services 

Bureau of Accounts ~ Automated Statement of Indebtedness 

City/Town/District of : Milton 

FY2009 

Long Term Debt 

Inside the Debt Limit 

Outstanding 

July 1, 2008 

+ New Debt Issued 

- Retirements = Outstanding 

June 30, 2009 

Interest 

Paid in FY2009 

Buildings 509,000.00 8,332,275.00 165,000.00 8,676,275.00 19,692.00 

Departmental Equipment 1,371,000.00 0.00 276,000.00 1,095,000.00 53,685.00 

School Buildings 17,500,000.00 3,547,180.00 1,000,000.00 20,047,180.00 765,875.00 

School - All Other 20,000.00 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 750.00 

Sewer 3,272,478.00 275,000.00 235,862.00 3,311,616.00 135,819.00 

Solid Waste 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Other Inside 638,000.00 0.00 77,000.00 561,000.00 25,473.00 

SUB - TOTAL Inside $23,310,478.00 $12,154,455.00 $1,763,862.00 $33,701,071.00 $1,001,294.00 

Long Term Debt 

Outside the Debt Limit 

Outstanding 

July 1, 2008 

+ New Debt Issued 

- Retirements = Outstanding 

June 30, 2009 

Interest 

Paid in FY2009 

Airport 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Gas/Electric Utility 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Hospital 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

School Buildings 6,787,577.00 0.00 339,379.00 6,448,198.00 119,914.00 

Sewer 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Solid Waste 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Water 2,979,592.00 1,278,234.00 474,026.00 3,783,800.00 0.00 

Other Outside 43,243.00 540,000.00 3,364.00 579,879.00 2,080.00 

SUB - TOTAL Outside $9,810,412.00 $1,818,234.00 $816,769.00 $10,811,877.00 $121,994.00 

TOTAL Long Term Debt $33,120,890.00 $13,972,689.00 $2,580,631.00 $44,512,948.00 $1,123,288.00 

Please complete all sections of this report and return it to the Public Finance Section no later than September 30, 2009. 

I certify to the best of my knowledge that this information is complete and accurate as of this date. 

Treasurer: 

Date: 

I certify that long and short term debt as identified in this Statement of Indebtedness is in agreement 

with the general ledger controls in my department and are also reflected on the balance sheet. 

Accounting Officer: 

Date:________________ 

Delivery By U.S. Mail Phone/Fax FedEx, UPS, Other Delivery 

Public Finance Section (617) 626-2399 Public Finance Section 

Division of Local Services (617) 626-2382 Division of Local Services 

PO Box 9569 (617) 626-4110 100 Cambridge St. 

Boston MA 02114-9569 Fax (617) 626-3916 Boston MA 02114 

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TOWN OF : MILTON 

COMBINED BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 

ASSETS 

#100 #101-#299 #300-#399 #600-#700 #801-#890 #970 

GENERAL SPECIAL CAPITAL ENTERPRISE TRUSTS AND LONG-TERM TOTALS 

FUND REVENUE PROJECTS FUNDS AGENCY ACCOUNT GROUP ALL FUNDS 

CASH AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 1,913,392 3,910,238 5,091,669 1,780,843 8,591,530 0 21,287,672 

DEPARTMENTAL RECEIVABLES 159,327 30,397 0 58,593 0 0 248,317 

INTERFUND RECEIVABLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

DUE FROM COMMONWEALTH OF MASSASCHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

EXCISE TAX RECEIVABLE 431,778 0 0 0 0 0 431,778 

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECEIVABLE 7,998 0 0 0 0 0 7,998 

REAL ESTATE TAX RECEIVABLE 1,714,071 0 0 0 0 0 1,714,071 

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS RECEIVABLE 0 0 0 640,785 0 0 640,785 

TAX LIENS 1,139,338 0 0 0 0 0 1,139,338 

USER CHARGES RECEIVABLE 0 0 0 2,107,223 0 0 2,107,223 

UTILITY LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 0 0 0 103,987 0 0 103,987 

AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR BONDS 0 0 0 5,294,015 0 39,218,933 44,512,948 

OTHER ASSETS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TAX FORECLOSURES 10,806 0 0 0 0 0 10,806 

TOTAL ASSETS 5,376,710 3,940,635 5,091,669 9,985,446 8,591,530 39,218,933 72,204,923 

LIABILITIES 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 730,036 81,625 74,199 18,712 191,050 0 1,095,622 

PAYROLL PAYABLE 443,227 101,671 0 62,378 0 0 607,276 

INTERFUND PAYABLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BONDS PAYABLE 0 0 0 5,294,015 0 39,218,933 44,512,948 

DEFERRED REVENUES 2,715,498 30,397 0 2,910,588 0 0 5,656,483 

NOTES PAYABLE 0 250,000 0 0 0 0 250,000 

OTHER LIABILITIES 0 0 0 1,051 0 0 1,051 

PROVISIONS FOR ABATEMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS 747,821 0 0 0 0 0 747,821 

WITHHOLDINGS PAYABLE 244,802 0 0 0 0 0 244,802 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 4,881,384 463,693 74,199 8,286,744 191,050 39,218,933 53,116,003 

FUND EQUITY 

RESERVE FOR ENCUMBRANCES-CURRENT YR 206,917 3,476,642 5,017,470 918,946 5,845,609 0 15,465,584 

RESERVE FOR EXPENDITURES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

RESERVE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES (FREE CASH) 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 

RESERVE FOR OVERLAY SURPLUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

RESERVE FOR DEPOSITS & PETTY CASH 15,216 300 0 779,706 0 0 795,222 

RESERVE FOR DEBT SERVICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

RESERVED FOR SNOW & ICE DEFICITS (233,098) 0 0 0 0 0 (233,098) 

UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 506,291 0 0 0 2,554,871 0 3,061,162 

TOTAL FUND EQUITY 495,326 3,476,942 5,017,470 1,698,702 8,400,480 0 19,088,920 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 5,376,710 3,940,635 5,091,669 9,985,446 8,591,530 39,218,933 72,204,923 

. 

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BALANCE SHEET DETAIL AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 

Total Interfund Total Notes/ DEFERRED Other Reserve For Reserve for Reserve for Unreserved Total Total Liabilities 

FUND # Fund Name Cash Receivables Receivables Deposits Assets BAN's REVENUES Liabilities Encumbrances Petty Cash Deposits Fund Balance Fund Equity And Fund Equity 

#26XXX 

12 SCHOOL LUNCH 384,245.00 384,545.00 6,945.00 377,300.00 300.00 0.00 377,600.00 384,545.00 

PLANNING BOARD DEPOSIT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

13 HWY STATE AID REIMB (154,315.00) 0.00 (154,315.00) 0.00 0.00 (154,315.00) 0.00 (154,315.00) (154,315.00) 

401 DRUG FREE SCHOOLS 774.00 774.00 0.00 0.00 774.00 0.00 774.00 774.00 

402 TITLE 1 (1,212.00) (1,212.00) 1,364.00 (2,576.00) 0.00 (2,576.00) (1,212.00) 

403 SPED PROF DEVLOP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

404 SPED 194-42 11,676.00 11,676.00 2,029.00 9,647.00 0.00 9,647.00 11,676.00 

405 SPED EARLY CHILDHOOD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

406 TITLE V 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

407 ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

408 TEACHER QUALITY (3,522.00) (3,522.00) 2,475.00 (5,997.00) 0.00 (5,997.00) (3,522.00) 

409 MCAS 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 

410 ENHANCED SCHOOL HEALTH 781.00 781.00 0.00 781.00 0.00 781.00 781.00 

411 MA LITERACY INTERVENTION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

412 FREEMAN GRANT 5,281.00 5,281.00 2,476.00 2,805.00 0.00 2,805.00 5,281.00 

413 MENTOR PRIVATE GRANT 176.00 176.00 0.00 176.00 0.00 176.00 176.00 

414 INFLEXXION GRANT 759.00 759.00 0.00 759.00 0.00 759.00 759.00 

415 SPED CORRECTIVE ACTION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

416 KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION 8.00 8.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 

418 KINDERGARTEN FULL DAY 6,181.00 6,181.00 6,181.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,181.00 

421 COMMUNITY SERVICE 3,797.00 3,797.00 3,797.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,797.00 

422 SAFE SCHOOLS II 525.00 525.00 0.00 525.00 0.00 525.00 525.00 

423 TITLE 1 SUMMER CARRYOVER 2,313.00 2,313.00 0.00 2,313.00 0.00 2,313.00 2,313.00 

201 SENIOR CENTER 200.00 200.00 0.00 200.00 0.00 200.00 200.00 

202 RECYCLING GIFT 760.00 760.00 0.00 760.00 0.00 760.00 760.00 

203 FAIR HOUSING GIFT 774.00 774.00 0.00 774.00 0.00 774.00 774.00 

204 INS RECOVERY/SELECTMEN 5,103.00 5,103.00 0.00 5,103.00 0.00 5,103.00 5,103.00 

205 LANDFILL ESCROW 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

206 SPEC NEEDS GIFT 330.00 330.00 0.00 330.00 0.00 330.00 330.00 

207 CELEBRATE MILTON 19.00 19.00 0.00 19.00 0.00 19.00 19.00 

208 DEFIB. GIFT ACCT 2.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 

209 MILTON ACADEMY GIFT 25,018.00 25,018.00 0.00 25,018.00 0.00 25,018.00 25,018.00 

210 HILLSIDE AVE SALE 29,597.00 29,597.00 0.00 29,597.00 0.00 29,597.00 29,597.00 

211 BOND PREMIUMS 466,548.00 466,548.00 0.00 466,548.00 0.00 466,548.00 466,548.00 

212 WARRANT COMMITTEE 600.00 600.00 0.00 600.00 0.00 600.00 600.00 

213 RCN LICENSE FCC 133,382.00 133,382.00 6,175.00 127,207.00 0.00 127,207.00 133,382.00 

214 DOG LICENSE SURCHARGE 2,920.00 2,920.00 0.00 2,920.00 0.00 2,920.00 2,920.00 

215 CONCOM SPEC PROJ 38,674.00 38,674.00 0.00 38,674.00 0.00 38,674.00 38,674.00 

216 CONCOM GIFT 10,652.00 10,652.00 0.00 10,652.00 0.00 10,652.00 10,652.00 

217 SPEC BIKE ACCT 7,030.00 7,030.00 0.00 7,030.00 0.00 7,030.00 7,030.00 

218 CONSERVATION FUND 2,210.00 2,210.00 0.00 2,210.00 0.00 2,210.00 2,210.00 

219 NEPONSET RIVER GIFT 10,000.00 10,000.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 

220 HILLTOP ST 33.00 33.00 0.00 33.00 0.00 33.00 33.00 

221 CRAIG HILL ESTATES 130.00 130.00 0.00 130.00 0.00 130.00 130.00 

222 FULLER HOUSING 20,914.00 20,914.00 0.00 20,914.00 0.00 20,914.00 20,914.00 

223 EILEEN ROAD 50.00 50.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 50.00 50.00 

224 POLICE PRIVATE WORK 15,578.00 30,397.00 45,975.00 30,397.00 9,882.00 5,696.00 0.00 5,696.00 45,975.00 

225 C OF M FIREARMS 26,029.00 26,029.00 0.00 26,029.00 0.00 26,029.00 26,029.00 

226 INSURANCE RECOVERY/FIRE 81.00 81.00 0.00 81.00 0.00 81.00 81.00 

227 AUXILIARY FIRE GIFT 600.00 600.00 0.00 600.00 0.00 600.00 600.00 

228 FIRE GIFT 11,581.00 11,581.00 0.00 11,581.00 0.00 11,581.00 11,581.00 

229 DETAIL WORK/FIRE 10,531.00 10,531.00 226.00 10,305.00 0.00 10,305.00 10,531.00 

230 COOMBS MUSEUM GIFT 1,748.00 1,748.00 0.00 1,748.00 0.00 1,748.00 1,748.00 

231 SPECIAL SERVICES/BLDG DEPT 34,334.00 34,334.00 83.00 34,251.00 0.00 34,251.00 34,334.00 

232 FIRE EQUIPMENT GRANT FY07 69.00 69.00 0.00 69.00 0.00 69.00 69.00 

233 COOP TREE PLANT 6,636.00 6,636.00 0.00 6,636.00 0.00 6,636.00 6,636.00 

234 COMPOST BINS 2,703.00 2,703.00 1,520.00 1,183.00 0.00 1,183.00 2,703.00 

235 RES LIQ DAM WASTEMANAGEMENT 6,746.00 6,746.00 0.00 6,746.00 0.00 6,746.00 6,746.00 

238 EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION 2,181.00 2,181.00 0.00 2,181.00 0.00 2,181.00 2,181.00 

240 BURIAL RIGHTS 96,265.00 96,265.00 0.00 96,265.00 0.00 96,265.00 96,265.00 

241 VACCINATIONS 53E 1/2 11,149.00 11,149.00 0.00 11,149.00 0.00 11,149.00 11,149.00 

242 HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPARE 3,733.00 3,733.00 313.00 3,420.00 0.00 3,420.00 3,733.00 

243 SPECIAL NEEDS VAN 24,375.00 24,375.00 1,379.00 22,996.00 0.00 22,996.00 24,375.00 

244 SENIOR CENTER GIFT 3,853.00 3,853.00 0.00 3,853.00 0.00 3,853.00 3,853.00 

245 YOUTH NETWORK GIFT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

246 LIBRARY GIFT 10,564.00 10,564.00 4,237.00 6,327.00 0.00 6,327.00 10,564.00 

247 GILE RD MAINTENANCE 82,193.00 82,193.00 0.00 82,193.00 0.00 82,193.00 82,193.00 

248 LIBRARY FACILITIES RENTAL 5,625.00 5,625.00 0.00 5,625.00 0.00 5,625.00 5,625.00 

249 HANDICAP GIFTS PARKS 11,396.00 11,396.00 1,935.00 9,461.00 0.00 9,461.00 11,396.00 

250 PARKS GIFTS 3,043.00 3,043.00 0.00 3,043.00 0.00 3,043.00 3,043.00 

251 RECREATION REV CH 118 143,147.00 143,147.00 18,088.00 125,059.00 0.00 125,059.00 143,147.00 

252 KELLY FIELD 3,833.00 3,833.00 0.00 3,833.00 0.00 3,833.00 3,833.00 

253 ANDREWS PARK GIFT 23,544.00 23,544.00 0.00 23,544.00 0.00 23,544.00 23,544.00 

254 RENTAL REV 44 53E PARKS 32,936.00 32,936.00 5,029.00 27,907.00 0.00 27,907.00 32,936.00 

255 PIERCE FIELD LIGHTS 865.00 865.00 0.00 865.00 0.00 865.00 865.00 

257 HISTORICAL COMMISSION 2,156.00 2,156.00 154.00 2,002.00 0.00 2,002.00 2,156.00 

258 ELDER AFFAIRS 25,178.00 25,178.00 919.00 24,259.00 0.00 24,259.00 25,178.00 

259 CEMETERY GIFT REVOLVING 5,588.00 5,588.00 0.00 5,588.00 0.00 5,588.00 5,588.00 

260 POLICE DARE 6,090.00 6,090.00 1,533.00 4,557.00 0.00 4,557.00 6,090.00 

261 COMMUNITY POLICING 11,950.00 11,950.00 312.00 11,638.00 0.00 11,638.00 11,950.00 

262 FRDERAL CLICK-IT 17,862.00 17,862.00 17,000.00 862.00 0.00 862.00 17,862.00 

263 HOMELAND SECURITY POLICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

264 LIBRARY REVOLVING 24,954.00 24,954.00 6,743.00 18,211.00 0.00 18,211.00 24,954.00 

265 FIRE HAZMAT GRANT 13,440.00 13,440.00 0.00 13,440.00 0.00 13,440.00 13,440.00 

266 FIRE SAFE GRANT 5,406.00 5,406.00 0.00 5,406.00 0.00 5,406.00 5,406.00 

267 FIRE MDU DEPLOYMENT 9,448.00 9,448.00 568.00 8,880.00 0.00 8,880.00 9,448.00 

268 ATM 08 FIRE MEDICAL 7,710.00 7,710.00 250,000.00 0.00 (242,290.00) 0.00 (242,290.00) 7,710.00 

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269 PARKS GILE ROAD FIELDS GIFTS 43,273.00 43,273.00 0.00 16,388.00 26,885.00 0.00 26,885.00 43,273.00 

270 DPW URBAN FORESTRY GRANT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

271 DPW DCR GATEWAY TO MILTON 163,231.00 163,231.00 1,413.00 161,818.00 0.00 161,818.00 163,231.00 

272 DPW CENTRAL AVE ENHANCEMNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

273 DPW RTE 28 FIRE ALARMS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

274 WALTER BAKER GIFT 13.00 13.00 0.00 13.00 0.00 13.00 13.00 

275 COPELAND DPW GIFTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

276 BRING OUT THE MUSIC PROJECT 14,311.00 14,311.00 0.00 14,311.00 0.00 14,311.00 14,311.00 

277 YOUTH HEALTHY COMM PROJ 3,430.00 3,430.00 0.00 3,430.00 0.00 3,430.00 3,430.00 

278 SALE OF LAND CENTRAL AVE 40,000.00 40,000.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 

279 POLICE SETB TRAINING 7,301.00 7,301.00 0.00 7,301.00 0.00 7,301.00 7,301.00 

280 EOPS NEPONSET PATROL POLICE 18,668.00 18,668.00 0.00 18,668.00 0.00 18,668.00 18,668.00 

281 POLICE STERILIZATION 353.00 353.00 0.00 353.00 0.00 353.00 353.00 

282 POLICE 911 SUPPORT GRANT 37,912.00 37,912.00 14,754.00 23,158.00 0.00 23,158.00 37,912.00 

283 POLICE STATE FITNESS GRANT 480.00 480.00 0.00 480.00 0.00 480.00 480.00 

285 POLICE LEPC 914.00 914.00 0.00 914.00 0.00 914.00 914.00 

286 ENERGY CONSERVATION GRANT 3,218.00 3,218.00 0.00 3,218.00 0.00 3,218.00 3,218.00 

287 TOWN GREEN BENCHES 1,061.00 1,061.00 0.00 1,061.00 0.00 1,061.00 1,061.00 

288 HINCKLEY ROAD 4,111.00 4,111.00 0.00 4,111.00 0.00 4,111.00 4,111.00 

289 SAFETY EQUIP FY09 FIRE 59.00 59.00 0.00 59.00 0.00 59.00 59.00 

290 FIRE FEMA 32.00 32.00 0.00 32.00 0.00 32.00 32.00 

291 INSURANCE RECOVERY/WIRE 2,169.00 2,169.00 0.00 2,169.00 0.00 2,169.00 2,169.00 

292 PINE TREE DEM#0104 2,608.00 2,608.00 0.00 2,608.00 0.00 2,608.00 2,608.00 

293 PWED WHARF ST. PROJECT 4,868.00 4,868.00 0.00 4,868.00 0.00 4,868.00 4,868.00 

295 LIBRARY INCENTIVE 79,318.00 79,318.00 0.00 79,318.00 0.00 79,318.00 79,318.00 

296 TURNERS POND GIFTS 49,781.00 49,781.00 0.00 49,781.00 0.00 49,781.00 49,781.00 

297 ARTS LOTTERY 3,221.00 3,221.00 0.00 3,221.00 0.00 3,221.00 3,221.00 

299 CURRY COLLEGE GIFT 2,867.00 2,867.00 0.00 2,867.00 0.00 2,867.00 2,867.00 

502 SUMMER SCHOOL 171,405.00 171,405.00 2,060.00 169,345.00 0.00 169,345.00 171,405.00 

503 ADULT SCHOOL 9,358.00 9,358.00 0.00 9,358.00 0.00 9,358.00 9,358.00 

504 ATHLETIC REVOLVING 81,569.00 81,569.00 345.00 81,224.00 0.00 81,224.00 81,569.00 

505 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 223,579.00 223,579.00 19,955.00 203,624.00 0.00 203,624.00 223,579.00 

506 COPELAND FAMILY FUND 20,690.00 20,690.00 637.00 20,053.00 0.00 20,053.00 20,690.00 

507 SPED GIFTS 9,639.00 9,639.00 0.00 9,639.00 0.00 9,639.00 9,639.00 

508 LOST BOOKS 11,525.00 11,525.00 2,631.00 8,894.00 0.00 8,894.00 11,525.00 

509 PRESCHOOL 4,434.00 4,434.00 0.00 4,434.00 0.00 4,434.00 4,434.00 

510 RENTAL 44 53E 40,843.00 40,843.00 4,769.00 36,074.00 0.00 36,074.00 40,843.00 

511 INTER PRESCHOOL 25,980.00 25,980.00 0.00 25,980.00 0.00 25,980.00 25,980.00 

512 BUS REVOLVING 21,689.00 21,689.00 600.00 21,089.00 0.00 21,089.00 21,689.00 

513 EDUCATION FOUNDATION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

515 STUDENT ACCOUNTS 46,000.00 46,000.00 0.00 46,000.00 0.00 46,000.00 46,000.00 

516 STUDENT ENRICHMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

517 WELCOME TO PIERCE 24,533.00 24,533.00 9,980.00 14,553.00 0.00 14,553.00 24,533.00 

518 CIRCUIT BREAKER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

519 MHS ACCREDITATION FUND 831,942.00 831,942.00 4,756.00 827,186.00 0.00 827,186.00 831,942.00 

520 SCHOOL DEPT GIFTS 52,906.00 52,906.00 3,375.00 49,531.00 0.00 49,531.00 52,906.00 

521 MUSIC DEPT 13,394.00 13,394.00 0.00 13,394.00 0.00 13,394.00 13,394.00 

522 ALTERNATIVE EVENING PGM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

524 FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN 42,094.00 42,094.00 270.00 41,824.00 0.00 41,824.00 42,094.00 

525 MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

526 HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

530 FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN B 77,625.00 77,625.00 0.00 77,625.00 0.00 77,625.00 77,625.00 

TOTAL OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE 3,909,938.00 30,397.00 0.00 0.00 3,940,635.00 250,000.00 30,397.00 183,296.00 3,476,642.00 300.00 0.00 0.00 3,476,942.00 3,940,635.00 

204 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

206 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

210 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

212 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 201 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

202 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

211 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

242 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

251 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

259 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

262 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

263 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE 3,909,938.00 30,397.00 0.00 0.00 3,940,635.00 250,000.00 30,397.00 183,296.00 3,476,642.00 300.00 0.00 0.00 3,476,942.00 3,940,635.00 

301 NSTAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT 233,098.00 233,098.00 0.00 233,098.00 0.00 233,098.00 233,098.00 

304 LAMB PLAYING FIELD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

305 SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS 108.00 108.00 0.00 0.00 108.00 0.00 108.00 108.00 

306 LIBRARY DESIGN/RENOVATION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

309 SURFACE DRAIN REHAB 31.00 31.00 0.00 0.00 31.00 0.00 31.00 31.00 

311 SYSTEMWIDE PHONES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

312 PARKS PICK UP TRUCK 787.00 787.00 0.00 787.00 0.00 787.00 787.00 

314 LIBRARY GEOTECH SURVEY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

315 POLICE GENERATORS 19,594.00 19,594.00 0.00 0.00 19,594.00 0.00 19,594.00 19,594.00 

317 FIREHOUSE REHAB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

324 WIRE PICK UP TRUCK 2,273.00 2,273.00 0.00 2,273.00 0.00 2,273.00 2,273.00 

325 SCHOOL PICK UP TRUCK 1,160.00 1,160.00 0.00 1,160.00 0.00 1,160.00 1,160.00 

326 EST COSTS OF BONDING 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 327 PARKS CAPITAL OUTLAY FIELDS 50,339.00 50,339.00 2,000.00 48,339.00 0.00 48,339.00 50,339.00 

335 LIBRARY CONSTR/RECONSTR 745,820.00 745,820.00 0.00 0.00 745,820.00 0.00 745,820.00 745,820.00 

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338 SURFACE DRAIN REHAB 208,239.00 208,239.00 0.00 72,199.00 136,040.00 0.00 136,040.00 208,239.00 

339 KEYSPAN PAVING 47,606.00 47,606.00 0.00 47,606.00 0.00 47,606.00 47,606.00 

340 CAPITAL STABILIZATION FUND 180,612.00 180,612.00 0.00 180,612.00 0.00 180,612.00 180,612.00 

351 UNDISTRIBUTED SBP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

352 GLOVER ELEMENTARY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

353 NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

354 TUCKER ELEMENTARY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

355 COLLICOT & CUNNINGHAM 1,919,388.00 1,919,388.00 0.00 0.00 1,919,388.00 0.00 1,919,388.00 1,919,388.00 

356 HIGH SCHOOL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

372 RANDOLPH AVE. SEWER 3,648.00 3,648.00 0.00 3,648.00 0.00 3,648.00 3,648.00 

373 WOODLAWN RD. 151,142.00 151,142.00 0.00 151,142.00 0.00 151,142.00 151,142.00 

374 SEWER MITIGATION I/I 125,496.00 125,496.00 0.00 125,496.00 0.00 125,496.00 125,496.00 

375 SEWER SYSTEM REHAB 499,250.00 499,250.00 0.00 499,250.00 0.00 499,250.00 499,250.00 

381 METER READERS/REPLACEMENT 79,581.00 79,581.00 0.00 79,581.00 0.00 79,581.00 79,581.00 

388 MWRA CAPITAL 297,201.00 297,201.00 0.00 297,201.00 0.00 297,201.00 297,201.00 

389 MWRA CAPITAL 526,296.00 526,296.00 0.00 526,296.00 0.00 526,296.00 526,296.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS 5,091,669.00 5,091,669.00 0.00 74,199.00 5,017,470.00 0.00 5,017,470.00 5,091,669.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 803 ML PEABODY POOR FUND 5,000.00 5,000.00 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 

804 SELECTMEN SCHOLARSHIP 6,137.00 6,137.00 0.00 6,137.00 6,137.00 6,137.00 

805 HUGO'S GAZEBO 12,427.00 12,427.00 0.00 12,427.00 12,427.00 12,427.00 

806 GIBBONS SCHOLARSHIP 6,786.00 6,786.00 0.00 6,786.00 6,786.00 6,786.00 

807 KANE SCHOLARSHIP 2,000.00 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 

808 TUELL HOLLOWELL SCHOLARSHIP 1,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 

810 SCHOOLMAN SCHOLARSHIP 10,162.00 10,162.00 0.00 10,162.00 10,162.00 10,162.00 

811 EDWARDS SCHOLARSHIP 10,007.00 10,007.00 0.00 10,007.00 10,007.00 10,007.00 

812 MILTON FOUNDATION 207.00 207.00 0.00 207.00 207.00 207.00 

813 E&E LEVINE SCHOLARSHIP 7,700.00 7,700.00 0.00 7,700.00 7,700.00 7,700.00 

815 CEMETERY PERP CARE TRUST 1,263,482.00 1,263,482.00 0.00 1,263,482.00 1,263,482.00 1,263,482.00 

816 CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND 380,816.00 380,816.00 0.00 380,816.00 380,816.00 380,816.00 

817 CEMETERY F LAPORTA 2,526.00 2,526.00 0.00 2,526.00 2,526.00 2,526.00 

818 CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND 159,996.00 159,996.00 0.00 159,996.00 159,996.00 159,996.00 

820 LIBRARY OAKLAND HALL 47,870.00 47,870.00 0.00 47,870.00 47,870.00 47,870.00 

821 LIBRARY NJ KIDDER 114,514.00 114,514.00 0.00 114,514.00 114,514.00 114,514.00 

822 LIBRARY PUBLIC TRUST 188,014.00 188,014.00 0.00 188,014.00 188,014.00 188,014.00 

824 LIBRARY HYDE PARK CHECKING 3,735.00 3,735.00 0.00 3,735.00 3,735.00 3,735.00 

825 LIBRARY STACKPOLE MEMORIAL 16,210.00 16,210.00 0.00 16,210.00 16,210.00 16,210.00 

826 LIBRARY HARRY HOYT 88,095.00 88,095.00 0.00 88,095.00 88,095.00 88,095.00 

827 LIBRARY EXPANSION 204,484.00 204,484.00 0.00 204,484.00 204,484.00 204,484.00 

828 ANTHONY SAMMARCO 4,683.00 4,683.00 0.00 4,683.00 4,683.00 4,683.00 

829 HISTORIOGRAPHY 4,661.00 4,661.00 0.00 4,661.00 4,661.00 4,661.00 

830 LIBRARY BARON HUGO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

832 MILTON ART ASSOCIATION 8,576.00 8,576.00 0.00 8,576.00 8,576.00 8,576.00 

835 SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP 5,783.00 5,783.00 0.00 5,783.00 5,783.00 5,783.00 

861 GOVERNOR STOUGHTON TRUST 406,225.00 406,225.00 0.00 406,225.00 0.00 406,225.00 406,225.00 

862 STABILIZATION FUND 1,364,149.00 1,364,149.00 0.00 1,364,149.00 0.00 1,364,149.00 1,364,149.00 

863 ML PEABODY POOR FUND 2,153.00 2,153.00 0.00 2,153.00 0.00 2,153.00 2,153.00 

864 SCHOLARSHIP FUND 17,034.00 17,034.00 0.00 17,034.00 0.00 17,034.00 17,034.00 

865 HUGO'S GAZEBO 4,719.00 4,719.00 0.00 4,719.00 0.00 4,719.00 4,719.00 

866 SF GIBBONS SCHOOL FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

867 KANE SCHOLARSHIP 26.00 26.00 0.00 26.00 0.00 26.00 26.00 

868 TUELL HOLLOWELL SCHOLARSHIP 335.00 335.00 0.00 335.00 0.00 335.00 335.00 

869 ED DONATION EXCISE 4,002.00 4,002.00 250.00 3,752.00 0.00 3,752.00 4,002.00 

870 SCHOOLMAN SCHOLARSHIP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

871 EDWARDS SCHOLARSHIP 1,851.00 1,851.00 0.00 1,851.00 0.00 1,851.00 1,851.00 

872 LEVINE SCHOLARSHIP 1,430.00 1,430.00 0.00 1,430.00 0.00 1,430.00 1,430.00 

873 MILTON HIGH SCHOLARSHIP 294,135.00 294,135.00 0.00 294,135.00 0.00 294,135.00 294,135.00 

874 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE 294,222.00 294,222.00 0.00 294,222.00 0.00 294,222.00 294,222.00 

875 CEMETERY CPC RECEIPTS 200,994.00 200,994.00 0.00 200,994.00 0.00 200,994.00 200,994.00 

876 CEMETERY LA PORTA 110.00 110.00 0.00 110.00 0.00 110.00 110.00 

877 CEMETERY INC SPEC 651.00 651.00 0.00 651.00 0.00 651.00 651.00 

878 CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND 215,912.00 215,912.00 0.00 215,912.00 0.00 215,912.00 215,912.00 

880 LIBRARY NJ KIDDER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

881 REED PARK TRUST 4,349.00 4,349.00 0.00 4,349.00 0.00 4,349.00 4,349.00 

882 HEALTH CLAIMS TRUST 3,224,362.00 3,224,362.00 190,800.00 3,033,562.00 0.00 3,033,562.00 3,224,362.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL TRUST AND AGENCY 8,591,530.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,591,530.00 0.00 0.00 191,050.00 5,845,609.00 0.00 0.00 2,554,871.00 8,400,480.00 8,591,530.00 

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FISCAL 2009 - ANALYSIS OF FUND BALANCE - GENERAL FUND 

Unreserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserve for TOTAL 

Fund for for Cont. for Future for for for Subs. Snow/Ice FUND 

Balance Encumbrances Appropriations Excluded Expenditures Overlay Expenditures Deficit BALANCE 

Debt Deficit (o/l surplus) 

Balance July 1, 2008 $1,298,616.66 $129,561.00 $119,924.85 $409,861.00 $0.00 $0.00 $5,170.00 -$386,497.19 $1,576,636.32 

$0.00 

$0.00 

Reverse PY Encumbrances $129,561.00 -$129,561.00 $0.00 

Reverse PY Cont. Appro. $119,924.85 -$119,924.85 $0.00 

Reverse PY Res for Exp $0.00 $0.00 

Reverse PY Subsequent Exp $5,170.00 -$5,170.00 $0.00 

Reverse PY Overlay Deficit $0.00 $0.00 

Reverse PY Snow & Ice Deficit -$386,497.19 $386,497.19 $0.00 

Reserve For PY Excess Excluded Debt $409,861.00 -$409,861.00 $0.00 

$0.00 

Close Out Revenue $69,715,841.21 $69,715,841.21 

Close Out OFS $0.00 $0.00 

Close Out Expenditures -$70,812,367.25 -$70,812,367.25 

Close Out PY Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 

Close Out OFU $0.00 $0.00 

Close Out Excess Premium $0.00 $0.00 

$0.00 

Reserve For Exp Free Cash $0.00 $0.00 

Reserve For Subs Exp (O/L Surplus) $0.00 $0.00 

Reserve For Encumbrances -$206,917.39 $206,917.39 $0.00 

Reserve For Cont. Appropriations $0.00 $0.00 

Reserve For Snow/Ice Deficit $233,097.97 -$233,097.97 $0.00 

Reserve For Overlay Deficit $0.00 $0.00 

Reserve For Excess Excluded Debt $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 

Reserve For Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 

Balance June 30, 2009 $506,290.86 $206,917.39 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 -$233,097.97 $480,110.28 

PROOF $480,110.28 

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COMBINED BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 

ASSETS 

SEWER SEWER TOTAL WATER WATER TOTAL TOTAL 

OPERATIONS CAP PROJ SEWER OPERATIONS CAP PROJ WATER CAP PROJ CAP PROJ CAP PROJ TOTALS 

CASH AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 653,023.00 0.00 653,023.00 1,127,820.00 0.00 1,127,820.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,780,843.00 

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS RECEIVABLE 611,883.00 0.00 611,883.00 28,902.00 0.00 28,902.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 640,785.00 

DEPARTMENTAL RECEIVABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 58,593.00 0.00 58,593.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 58,593.00 

USER CHARGES RECEIVABLE 1,392,837.00 0.00 1,392,837.00 714,386.00 0.00 714,386.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,107,223.00 

UTILITY LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 61,265.00 0.00 61,265.00 42,722.00 0.00 42,722.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 103,987.00 

AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR BONDS PAYABLE 1,371,199.00 0.00 1,371,199.00 3,922,816.00 0.00 3,922,816.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,294,015.00 

CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL ASSETS 4,090,207.00 0.00 4,090,207.00 5,895,239.00 0.00 5,895,239.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,985,446.00 

LIABILITIES 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 2,070.00 0.00 2,070.00 16,642.00 0.00 16,642.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18,712.00 

ACCRUED EXPENSES 8,585.00 0.00 8,585.00 53,793.00 0.00 53,793.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 62,378.00 

INTERFUND PAYABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

BONDS PAYABLE 1,371,199.00 0.00 1,371,199.00 3,922,816.00 0.00 3,922,816.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,294,015.00 

DEFERRED REVENUES 2,065,985.00 0.00 2,065,985.00 844,603.00 0.00 844,603.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,910,588.00 

NOTES PAYABLE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

OTHER LIABILITIES 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,051.00 0.00 1,051.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,051.00 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,447,839.00 0.00 3,447,839.00 4,838,905.00 0.00 4,838,905.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,286,744.00 

FUND EQUITY 

RESERVE FOR ENCUMBRANCES 103,915.00 0.00 103,915.00 815,031.00 0.00 815,031.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 918,946.00 

RESERVE FOR EXPENDITURES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

RESERVE FOR PETTY CASH 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 

RESERVE FOR DEPOSITS 538,453.00 0.00 538,453.00 241,253.00 0.00 241,253.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 779,706.00 

UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL FUND EQUITY 642,368.00 0.00 642,368.00 1,056,334.00 0.00 1,056,334.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,698,702.00 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 4,090,207.00 0.00 4,090,207.00 5,895,239.00 0.00 5,895,239.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,985,446.00 

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ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENTAL SPECIAL UTILITY TOTAL ACCOUNTS PAYROLL INTERFUND BONDS DEFERRED OTHER RESERVE FOR RESERVE FOR RESERVE FOR RESERVE FOR UNRESERVED Total TOTAL LIABILITIES 

FUND FUND NAME CASH RECEIVABLE RECEIVABLES ASSESSMENTS LIENS ADDED ASSETS PAYABLE PAYABLE PAYABLES PAYABLE REVENUES LIABILITIES ENCUMBRANCES EXPENDITURES PETTY CASH DEPOSITS FUND BALANCE Fund Equity AND FUND EQUITY 

600 SEWER ENTERPRISE 653,023.00 1,392,837.00 0.00 611,883.00 61,265.00 2,719,008.00 2,070.00 8,585.00 0.00 1,371,199.00 2,065,985.00 0.00 103,915.00 0.00 0.00 538,453.00 0.00 642,368.00 4,090,207.00 

601 SEWER INVESTMENT EARNINGS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

602 SEWER PRINCIPAL/INT PAYMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL SEWER OPERATIONS 653,023.00 1,392,837.00 0.00 611,883.00 61,265.00 2,719,008.00 2,070.00 8,585.00 0.00 1,371,199.00 2,065,985.00 0.00 103,915.00 0.00 0.00 538,453.00 0.00 642,368.00 4,090,207.00 

612 SYSTEM RECONST I & I PHASE II 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

613 SEWER CAPITAL PROJECTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

620 TOWNWIDE SANITARY SYSTEM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL SEWER CAP PROJECTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

640 WATER ENTERPRISE 1,127,820.00 714,386.00 58,593.00 28,902.00 42,722.00 1,972,423.00 16,642.00 53,793.00 0.00 3,922,816.00 844,603.00 1,051.00 815,031.00 0.00 50.00 241,253.00 0.00 1,056,334.00 5,895,239.00 

641 WATER INVESTMENT EARNINGS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

642 WATER PRINC/INT PAYMENTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL WATER OPERATIONS 1,127,820.00 714,386.00 58,593.00 28,902.00 42,722.00 1,972,423.00 16,642.00 53,793.00 0.00 3,922,816.00 844,603.00 1,051.00 815,031.00 0.00 50.00 241,253.00 0.00 1,056,334.00 5,895,239.00 

643 WATER PHASE I BONDING 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

650 WATER PHASE II IMPROVEMENTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

652 WELL #9/#8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

656 WATER MISC CAPITAL PROJECTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

657 WATER TREATMENT FACILITY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

TOTAL WATER CAP PROJECTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

0.00 

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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER 


The following is the financial report of my office for the fiscal year ended 

June 30, 2009. 

JAMES D. MCAULIFFE, TREASURER 

IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MILTON 

CURRENT ASSETS 

A. Cash/Checks on hand $150.00 

B. Non-Interest Bearing Operational Funds $165,167.41 

C. Interest Bearing Operational Funds $4,504,387.89 

D. Liquid Investments $10,818,376.51 

E. Term Investments $3,917,115.67 

F. Trust Funds $1,855,064.97 

All cash and investments: $21,260,262.45 

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CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND 

Olive Adams Baker Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Muriel H. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Allen - Ditto Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

F. Proctor Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710.00 

Eleanor D. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Norma L. Andrews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Edward F. Baker Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Bannin Family Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

R. Kingsley Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600.00 

Elizabeth B. Bates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Louise M. & Francis C. Bates Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Ethel M. Beam Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Viola Bearse Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

John A. Bergren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.00 

Ida F. Bernie Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Katherine A. Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Jennie Bonigli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

J. Lawrence & Ann L. Bough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Mary A. Bowie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Margaret L. Boyd Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Ida F. Boyden Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

George A. Briggs Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Aileen A. Burke Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Jean Barnes Butts Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Rita Cameron Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Estate of Mary F. Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Elizabeth S. Cannon Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Eleanor L. Carey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Margaret S. Carlson Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Howard T. Chandler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Evelyn G. Chalmers Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Gertrude E. Clapp Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Alice B. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Margaret T. Concannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Joseph H. Cordela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Helen Costello Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Anna E. Coughlin Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Doris V. Coutts Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Marjorie A. Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Irene B. Cummings Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

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Ann I. McCarthy Dederding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Frances G. DeSalvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Helen Z. DeVoe Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Genevieve S. Dickey Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

John S. Dolan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Melvin E. Dolan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

James V. Dooley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Arthur J. & Susan C. Doyle Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Catherine Driscoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Irma H. Drohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 

George F. Duffy Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Jacques B. Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Charles P. Edwards Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Florence M. Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Christine M. Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Emory H. Farrington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Dorothy M. Ferris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Lillian M. Collins Fife Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00 

Ruth A. Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Frank C. Flaherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Mary K. Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Dorothy Johnson Flett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

James & Dorothy Flett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Eugene J. Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Mary M. Flynn Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Margaret E. Fontaine Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Mary E. Fontaine Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00 

Ellen Mary French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Jeremiah F. Galvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

George F. Geden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Pierino Gherardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Michael K. Gillis Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Col. Walter A. & Alice B. Guild Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Julie Golden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 

John J. Hackett, Jr. Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Generosa C. Hagan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Ann Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Gladys J. Hanley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Hannon-Hannon Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Estelle Hanson Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Eileen M. Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

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Joseph A. Hartigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Olivia Peters Henry Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.00 

Herrick Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,050.00 

Frank J. Heustis Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Edith P. Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Mary C. Houghton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

John L. Johnson Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Dorothy C. Keefer Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Therese Plakias Kelakos Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Stephen J. Kelleher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Albert J. Kelley Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Katherine A. Kelley Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Mildred F. Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

William J. Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

John F. Kerrigan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Bertha L. Konet Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Fortunata LaPorta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,037.07 

Anna E. Lauzonis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Jane V. Lehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

John P. Linehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Jeanne H. Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Earl F. Loud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Anna K. Loughlin Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Norman Ludlow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Elizabeth R. Lynch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 

John Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Lewis & Vera Lyons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Ewen MacSwain Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Janice O’Leary MacLeod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

John N. MacLeod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Thomas W. Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Kathleen Maguire Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Charles A. Mahoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 

James J. Maloney Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Lillian R. Manning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

S. Frances Marden Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Alice M. Marr Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Helen E. & Chester A. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00 

Helen E. & Chester A. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Annie K. Maynard Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Lillian I. MacLean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

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Josephine M. McAteer Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Robert D. McAuliffe Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Alice I. McGarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Paul T. McCarthy Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

George P. McCrevan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Francis P. McDermott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Margaret McDermott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Paul F. McDermott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Mary Louise McGrath Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Helen D. McHardy Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Kathleen C. McKeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Marcelle M. McKeon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Alice C. McNaughton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Margaret P. Milano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Andrea F. Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Helen Morrissey Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Rita E. Mulhern Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Timothy J. Murphy Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Clorindo J. Nazzaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 

Arthur J. Nighan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Frederick J. Ochs Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Anna E. O’Connell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150.00 

Daniel J. O’Leary Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Margaret C. Osgood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Daniel F. O’Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Jennie E. Palmieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Katherine Pappas Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Mary L. Peabody Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,746.54 

Beatrice Pellacchia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

R. Forbes Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Jane Petitto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Charles T. Pierce Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,855.83 

William Pilgrim Trustee Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

F. A. Pineau - B. M. Pineau Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Carol J. Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Marjorie C. Pratt Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Clarence H. Prentice Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Quinlan-Murray Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Maria F. Racioppi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Jason Reed Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,626.67 

Major John E. Regan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

228

John A. Reilly Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Gertrude S. Retnauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.00 

Lee E. Retsis Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Hester E. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100.00 

Wingate Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Douglas E. Rollings Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Robert E. Sageman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Helena Schayer Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Ethel M. Sisson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Mabel Hunt Slater Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Anne L. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Arthur A. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Frank A. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

Letitia D. Stevenson Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 

Herbert G. Stokinger Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Jean A. Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 

Marguerite G. Tays Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Robert Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Alexander Thompson Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

E. G. Tucker Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,168.48 

Catherine F. Verrochi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Sara G. Vose Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,170.53 

Florence L. Wall Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Gerald L. Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 

Eloise H. Watson Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Kathryn A. Welch Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Robert B. Welts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 

Marjorie M. Whearty Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 

Wheeler-Dexter Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Mary D. White Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 

Bertha E. Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 

$215,415.12 

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TOWN OF MILTON TRUST FUNDS 

TRUST FUNDS MARKET VALUE DEPOSITS WITHDRAWLS MARKET 

BEGINNING BALANCE VALUE 

E.T.L. Reed Park $ 4,224.96 $ 4,298.40 

F. Laporta Cemetery $ 36.88 $ 37.52 

Tuell-Hallowell $ 1,685.94 $ 400.00 $ 1,319.90 

Public Sch. Fund $ 200.93 $ 204.44 

E.P. Edwards Scholarship $ 11,522.22 $ 500.00 $ 11,228.23 

Gov. Stoughton` $ 404,567.40 $ 411,601.51 

Stabilization $ 1,325,391.73 $ 1,348,435.93 

S.M. Gibbons $ 7,176.44 $ 600.00 $ 6,708.02 

M.L. Peabody $ 8,340.98 $ 1,400.00 $ 7,070.65 

EF. & ME. Kane Fund $ 2,163.05 $ 200.00 $ 2,002.94 

Baron Hugo Library $ 8,374.06 $ 8,519.66 

Town Scholarship $ 4,522.60 $ 4,601.22 

Levine Schol. Fund $ 9,161.98 $ 300.00 $ 9,024.80 

Oakland-Hall Fund $ 10,524.95 $ 10,450.90 $ 101.11 

Gazebo Fund $ 16,751.61 $ 17,042.86 

Cap. Stab. Account $ 61,613.65 $115,595.17 $ 178,531.41 

TOTAL $1,876,259.38 $115,595.17 $ 13,850.90 $ 2,010,728.60 

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TRUST FUNDS 

CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND 

2008 Withdrawals 2009 

C.P.C. Cert. of Deposit $ 85,000.00 $ 85,000.00 

C.P.C. Morgan Stanley $ 1,487,693.55 $ 1,263,482.35 

C.P.C. Abbey Capital $ 801,883.07 $ 816,822.46 

C.P.C. Savings $ 3,079.09 $ 3,079.09 

C.P.C. Treasury Bonds $ 290,000.00 $ 290,000.00 

Cemetery Bequest Fund $ 215,415.12 $ 215,415.12 

LIBRARY 

2008 Withdrawals 2009 

Oakland Hall Library Fund $ 47,972.97 $ 1,200.00 $ 47,870.25 

Kidder Library Fund $112,688.40 $ 2,412.50 $ 114,514.48 

SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 

2008 Deposits Withdrawals 2009 

School Scholarship Fund $332,281.62 $2,692.28 $21,600.00 $313,373.90 

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LONG TERM DEBT OUTSTANDING +NEW DEBT -RETIREMENTS =OUTSTANDING INTEREST 

INSIDE DEBT LIMIT JULY 1, 2008 ISSUED JUNE 30, 2009 PAID IN FY09 

Buildings 509,000 8,332,275 165,000 8,676,275 19,692 

Department Equip. 1,371,000 0 276,000 1,095,000 53,685 

School Buildings 17,500,000 3,547,180 1,000,000 20,047,180 765,875 

School – All Other 20,000 0 10,000 10,000 750 

Sewer 3,272,478 275,000 235,862 3,311,616 135,819 

Solid Waste 0 0 0 0 0 

Other Inside 638,000 0 77,000 561,000 25,473 

SUB TOTAL 23,310,478 12,154,455 1,763,862 33,701,071 1,001,294 

LONG TERM DEBT OUTSTANDING +NEW DEBT -RETIREMENT =OUTSTANDING INTEREST 

OUTSIDE DEBT LIMIT JULY 1, 2008 ISSUED JUNE 30, 2009 PAID IN FY09 

Airport 0 0 0 0 0 

Gas/Electric Utility 0 0 0 0 0 

Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 

School Buildings 6,787,577 0 339,379 6,448,198 119,914 

Sewer 0 0 0 0 0 

Solid Waste 0 0 0 0 0 

Water 2,979,592 1,278,234 474,026 3,783,800 0 

Other Outside 43,243 540,000 3,364 579,879 2,080 

SUB TOTAL 9,810,412 1,818,234 816,769 10,811,877 121,994 

TOTAL LONG 

TERM DEBT 33,120,890 13,972,689 2,580,631 44,512,948 1,123,288 

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COLLECTOR'S REPORT 2009 

BALANCE COMMITTED REFUNDS COLLECTED ABATED LIENS ADDED TAX TITLE BALANCE 

7/1/08 TO TAXES 6/30/09 

POLICE $19,015.56 $710,871.83 $698,220.70 $1,269.54 $30,397.15 

VETERANS $0.00 $16,398.00 $16,398.00 $0.00 

TOTALS $19,015.56 $727,269.83 $714,618.70 $1,269.54 $30,397.15 

WATER DEPARTMENT 

RATES $566,029.37 $4,486,121.13 $6,953.58 $4,067,082.05 $57,360.58 $220,275.51 $714,385.94 

WATER CCCP $33,900.00 $28,900.00 $25,900.00 $36,900.00 

MISCELLANEOUS $25,581.60 $161,786.61 $164,958.37 $716.83 $21,693.01 

WATER SERVICE $750.00 $750.00 $0.00 

LIENS ADDED 07 TAXES $271.41 $271.41 

LIENS ADDED 08 TAXES $30,318.82 $17,254.30 $12,032.94 $1,031.58 

LIENS ADDED 09 TAXES $220,992.34 $186,406.39 $34,585.95 

PENALTY LIENS 07 $42.42 $42.42 

PENALTY LIENS 08 $5,148.97 $2,812.57 $2,159.63 $176.77 

PENALTY LIENS 09 $38,314.31 $31,699.89 $6,614.42 

TOTALS $661,292.59 $4,936,864.39 $6,953.58 $4,496,863.57 $57,360.58 $220,992.34 $14,192.57 $815,701.50 

SEWER 

SEWER USER CHARGE $985,644.47 $6,066,548.61 $11,254.13 $5,280,523.49 $64,080.35 $326,006.81 $1,392,836.56 

LIENS ADDED 07 TAXES $491.48 $491.48 

LIENS ADDED 08 TAXES $41,586.80 $22,899.61 $17,061.47 $1,625.72 

LIENS ADDED 09 TAXES $326,006.81 $277,110.14 $48,896.67 

PENALTY LIENS 07 $63.59 $63.59 

PENALTY LIENS 08 $7,723.46 $4,218.90 $3,239.46 $265.10 

PENALTY LIENS 09 $57,471.47 $47,549.82 $9,921.65 

TOTALS $1,035,509.80 $6,450,026.89 $11,254.13 $5,632,301.96 $64,080.35 $326,006.81 $20,300.93 $1,454,100.77 

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BALANCE COMMITTED REFUNDS COLLECTED ABATED LIENS ADDED TAX TITLE/ BALANCE 

7/1/08 TO TAXES DEFERRED TAX 6/30/09 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE '05 $30,542.82 $5,348.02 $25,194.80 $0.00 

REAL ESTATE '06 $655.00 $655.00 $0.00 

PERSONAL PROPERTY $2,972.75 $2,972.75 $0.00 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE $39,835.37 $3,048.62 $10,647.11 $3,839.34 $28,397.54 

BOAT EXCISE $631.00 $631.00 $0.00 

REAL ESTATE '07 $4,221.81 $6,901.55 $4,242.34 $6,881.02 $0.00 

PERSONAL PROPERTY $2,005.78 $2,005.78 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE $99,123.01 $1,461.85 $3,656.78 $52,784.46 $5,936.60 $45,520.58 

BOAT EXCISE $284.00 $284.00 

REAL ESTATE '08 $1,509,326.62 $16,981.06 $1,192,092.24 $8,418.23 $289,441.82 $36,355.39 

PERSONAL PROPERTY $5,816.61 $2,669.53 $3,147.08 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE $384,490.87 $356,093.98 $20,795.57 $653,858.73 $25,327.14 $82,194.55 

BOAT EXCISE $1,715.00 $83.00 $811.00 $267.00 $720.00 

SEWER BETTERMENT $955.10 $477.55 $477.55 $0.00 

SEWER COM. INTEREST $210.12 $105.06 $105.06 $0.00 

REAL ESTATE '09 $52,822,173.48 $170,221.92 $51,050,590.99 $199,040.14 $23,435.61 $1,719,328.66 

PERSONAL PROPERTY $993,668.84 $3,667.08 $994,403.83 $2,932.09 

MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE $2,548,736.71 $15,872.21 $2,255,291.44 $35,112.07 $274,205.41 

BOAT EXCISE $1,899.00 $1,316.00 $127.00 $456.00 

SEWER BETTERMENT $36,870.93 $33,278.92 $3,592.01 

SEWER COM. INTEREST $26,346.80 $23,440.34 $2,906.46 

WATER BETTERMENT $6,742.40 $5,779.20 $963.20 

WATER COM. INTEREST $1,352.19 $1,159.02 $193.17 

SEPTIC BETTERMENT $1,683.37 $1,683.37 $0.00 

SEPTIC COM. INTEREST $84.40 $84.40 $0.00 

TOTALS $2,082,785.86 $56,797,113.95 $241,227.79 $56,290,718.55 $313,747.09 $313,460.04 $2,203,201.92 

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Reports 

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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

AND 

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 



The Milton School Committee and the Milton Public Schools are honored 

to submit our annual report for the period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. We 

are pleased to report on many of our highly successful programs and continued 

achievement of our students. 

As in the past, Milton Public Schools have strived to adhere to its core values: 

high academic achievement for all students; excellence in the classroom; 

collaborative relationships and communication; respect for human differences; 

risk taking and innovation for education. 

The school year began under the new leadership team of Superintendent 

Mary Gormley; and Assistant Superintendents John Phelan and Paul Hilton. 

We were especially pleased to offer, for the first time, full day kindergarten in 

all four of our elementary schools, for a total of 14 full day kindergarten classrooms. 

MCAS scores at the elementary level remain strong, although a slight decrease 

was experienced at the grade 4 level on both the English Language Arts 

(ELA) and Math tests. At the Pierce Middle School, MCAS scores in ELA 

showed improvement but the Math scores dipped slightly. High School MCAS 

scores followed the same trend, showing improvement in ELA but a dip in overall 

Math scores. 

Many of our students earned local, state and national accolades during the 

2008-2009 academic year. In September, Milton High School was named as 

one of the Best Public High Schools by Boston Magazine. A combined team 

of Future Problem Solvers from Collicot and Cunningham Elementary Schools 

won the state competition and competed at the international competition in 

Michigan. A Cunningham first-grader won a statewide essay contest sponsored 

by Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill and the Massachusetts School 

Building Authority. Our students also placed in the top categories for Continental 

Math exams and the WordMaster exams. A Pierce seventh-grader competed 

at the Regional Spelling Bee and placed fourth out of 25 finalists. Another 

Pierce student placed in the top tier at the statewide Mythology Bee. 

At the high school level, the number of student participation in the Advanced 

Placement Program rose to 248, and the number of AP exams taken 

rose to 496. Fifty students in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 earned the distinc- 

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tion of Advanced Placement Scholar for their achievement in these college level 

examinations. Among these students, three qualified for the AP National 

Scholar by earning an average grade of at least 4 or higher on eight or more of 

these exams One of our French students won first place in a statewide CANE 

(Classical Assoc. of New England) Essay Writing Contest and another student 

won an essay contest sponsored by the French Consulate in Boston. The prize 

was a two-week, all expense paid trip to Paris. Seven of our talented art students 

were recognized by the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards. Dozens of our 

music students won spots in local, regional and statewide competitions in nearly 

all categories. 

One of our teachers was recognized for her outstanding efforts. Tucker Elementary 

School teacher Soondari Barker was honored by Milton Early Childhood 

Alliance with their MECA Professional Recognition Award for her 

outstanding contribution to the children and families of the town of Milton. In 

addition, Ms. Barker was named runner-up in the final round of the Massachusetts 

Teacher of the Year contest and honored in a State House ceremony. This 

extremely competitive event was sponsored by Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett was presented with the Visionary Leadership 

Award at the Massachusetts All State Music Conference in March. This award 

is given by Administrators in Music Education (AIME), which is an affiliate 

group with the Massachusetts Music Educators’ Association 

The Milton Public Schools continued to build and maintain relationships 

with our community in both formal and informal settings. We continued our 

tradition of community service for our high school students, which has resulted 

in hundreds of thousands of community service hours since this program began. 

Our students volunteer to shovel snow for senior citizens; help at the Milton 

Food Pantry; serve meals to the elderly; work with special needs students in 

the Gym Buddy program; and participate in volunteer projects for outside programs 

such as Father Bill’s Place, Cradles to Crayons and My Brother’s Keeper. 

In April, the Milton School Committee voted unanimously to elect Lynda- 

Lee Sheridan as chairman of the committee and Mr. Glen Pavlicek as vice chairman. 

Near the end of the school year, at the Commencement Ceremony for the 

Class of 2009, it was our privilege to join the Copeland Family Foundation in 

hosting a Naming Ceremony. The purpose of the ceremony was to honor those 

individuals whose contributions helped to make the Milton Public Schools what 

they are today. 

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• The Milton High School Auditorium was named for Charles Winchester 

• The Milton High School Library was named for Dr. Mary Grassa-O’Neill 

• The Pierce Auditorium was named for Senator Brian A. Joyce 

• The Milton High School Weight Room was named for John Reardon 

It was a fitting end to a very productive and eventful year. 


Mary Gormley, Superintendent 

John Phelan, Assistant Superintendent 

Lynda-Lee Sheridan, Chairman 

Glenn Pavlicek, Vice Chairman 

Beirne Lovely, Member 

Christopher Huban, Member 

Kristan Bagley Jones, Member 

Mary Kelly, Member 

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MILTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 

REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

AND 

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 


The Students and the Schools 

The school year began under the new Milton Public School leadership team 

of Superintendent Mary Gormley and Assistant Superintendents John Phelan 

and Paul Hilton. 

Our district includes four elementary schools, one middle school and one 

high school. We also include two pre-K classrooms as well as the Milton Community 

Schools, which runs before- and after-school programs. Our district offers 

Adult Education courses throughout the year, as well as private music 

instruction for students, school vacation camps, Summer Enrichment opportunities 

and weekly summer camps. 

As of June, 2009, Milton’s total enrollment was 3,961 students in our public 

schools, a figure that rose by 86 students (2.2%) from the previous June. 

In the 2008-2009 year, as in the past, the Milton Public Schools educated 

high-performing students. Our high school students are accepted at highly competitive 

colleges and universities at a rate that is significantly higher than in 

most other school districts. 

We reinforced our district’s core values, which are: High Academic 

Achievement for All Students, Excellence in the Classroom, Collaborative Relationships 

and Communication, Respect for Human Differences, Risk Taking, 

and Innovation for Education. 

During the 2008-2009 school year, we are pleased to report that our district 

rolled out our long-awaited Full Day Kindergarten program. Fourteen full day 

classrooms were opened throughout the district and one half day classroom at 

Cunningham. This means that 96% of our kindergarten students chose the full 

day option. 

In addition to the new superintendent, we also welcomed several new faces 

to the Milton Public Schools during the academic year. Pierce students were 

greeted by their new principal, James Jette, who had previously served as assistant 

principal of Pierce Middle School. Karen Spaulding was named the new 

assistant principal of the Pierce. In January, we announced the hiring of Christopher 

Masalsky to be Milton Public School System’s first grant writer. This half- 

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time grant writer position is being totally funded by the Milton Foundation for 

Education. 

Another major milestone was reached during the 2008-2009 school year. In 

December, we launched a new, redesigned website, www.miltonps.org. Our 

new site makes it much easier for students, parents and the public to get pertinent 

information about our school district. 

Collicot Elementary School: 

The Collicot School, under the leadership of Principal Gerard Schultz, had 

a total of 484 students at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 school year. 

Our Collicot mission is to insure that each of these students is supported in 

a nurturing environment to meet with success academically and socially. We 

instituted a Response to Intervention Initiative in grades K-2 to identify students 

in need of more support and to provide that support with more time for 

instruction. Students have been assessed and we are finding ways to provide 

them with focused instruction. Inclusion of students with education plans has 

been expanded in all grades; thus providing them with increased access to the 

district’s curriculum. 

During this past year, instructors from Tufts University trained faculty in 

grades K-2 with the Reading Workshop. A literacy initiative is underway to 

provide each student with the same book which will lead to individual and class 

activities that promote the love of reading. This program is named in honor of 

Jen Kelly, a Collicot parent who passed away during the school year. 

Successes have resulted from the district’s Future Problem Solving program. 

A combined team from Collicot and Cunningham won the state competition 

and competed at the international competition in Michigan. For 

WordMasters and Continental Math competitions, several students received 

perfect scores and as a school, Collicot was acknowledged to rank in the higher 

level nationally. We enhanced knowledge of the environment by participating 

in Green Week activities. Students learned about recycling by weighing their 

snack wrappers, bottles, etc. Other achievements include: 

• Parent-sponsored Math Olympics clubs in grades 2,3,4,5 and Lego clubs 

in grades 2, 3 

• WISP science partnership with UMass Boston in grade 5 

• Senior Citizen Volunteer Program from Fuller Village 

• Parent-student Math nights 

• Science Fair 

• Parent-Student Zumba Night 

• Collicot-Cunningham Thanksgiving feast in grade 1 

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Cunningham Elementary School: 

The Cunningham School currently has 481 students enrolled. Led by Principal 

Christine Gerber, the Cunningham mission is to achieve high academic 

standards for all students in an environment that is nurturing and supportive. 

Our core reading program is Open Court and teachers are utilizing the Reader’s 

Workshop framework aligned with that program. Our math curriculum is 

Everyday Mathematics. 

Students at the Cunningham School have been recognized for their achievement 

on WordMasters and Continental Math. In addition, during the 2008-2009 

school year, a joint Cunningham/Collicot team won the State Future Problem 

Solvers competition and went on to compete in the international competition. 

One of our first-graders won a statewide contest sponsored by Massachusetts 

State Treasurer Tim Cahill and the Massachusetts School Building Authority. 

The student’s essay and a drawing on why Cunningham is “The Ideal School,” 

was chosen from among nearly 2,500 entries. 

The Cunningham School administration believes that Character Education 

is an important element to our daily instruction. We have monthly Character assemblies 

in which students learn about, discuss, and strive to exemplify certain 

virtues. To enhance that character education, our PTO has aligned our Cultural 

Events to coincide with specific virtues. 

The Cunningham School is also committed to sustainable education. We 

participated in National Green Week during the 2008-2009 school year and 

were recognized for our efforts. Finally, the Cunningham School met our AYP 

targets for 2009 and we are identified as having “no status.” 

Glover Elementary School: Under the leadership of Dr. Dore Korschun, 

Glover’s 560 students had a very productive year. 

Science took a step forward at Glover School this year. With a designated 

space for science observations and experiments, our programs were able to 

flourish. We maintained a partnership with UMass/Boston, with a doctoral student 

working with the 5th grade team throughout the year on the ecology of 

the watershed. Glover fifth graders also partnered with their 3rd grade buddies 

for a special visit to Trailside Museum. The fifth grade junior naturalists presented 

their animal projects to the third grade students. The Trailside staff visited 

Glover several times with live animal demonstrations and interactive 

lessons. Students also participated in the Neponset River Project. 

Glover students and parents participated in International Day events. Students 

studied the culture of a country and developed and displayed their corresponding 

projects in the gymnasium where their colorful displays were shared 

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with the entire student body. During the evening Glover families enjoyed an 

exotic potluck buffet and ethnic music and entertainment. 

Glover parents participated in an informative and fun-filled math night. 

Teacher representatives from all grades K – 5 explained the Everyday Math to 

parents who became their students for this one evening! 

Throughout the year, Glover students continued to win academic honors 

and accolades. Many of our students captured awards for the Lincoln Essay 

Contest, including first place in the essay category. 

We continued to expand the inclusion classroom model through grade three. 

The classroom is composed of half special needs and half typical or role model 

students. In the morning, the class is co-taught by a regular elementary certified 

teacher and a special educator. In the afternoon, there is a teacher and an 

aide. This has been a very successful model. 

The Cultural Arts Council of the Glover School provided many enriching 

opportunities for students. Various performing arts and educational programs 

were presented such as the Persian Ensemble, Prince Caspian, Radio Disney 

and the New England Percussion Ensemble and the Ben Franklin Historical 

perspective. 

Glover parents organized an evening Read-a-Thon. Kindergarten and grade 

1 and 2 students participated in activities and listened to stories read by a guest 

readers. Upper grade students brought interesting books to read and enjoyed 

independent reading and popcorn. 

More than 50 students participated in the first annual Glover musical production. 

Glover students and their families attended this dazzling performance 

highlighting a repertoire of Broadway tunes. 

Both of our student teams who participate in Future Problem Solvers Clubs 

were notified in the spring that their high scores in the regionals had qualified 

them for the State Bowl, which was held at M.I.T. Coached by our librarian 

Lori Henry, the students did exceptionally well at the state bowl. 

It was an excellent year for Continental Math, with one of our fourthgraders 

winning First Place Regional for New England and Canada; a pair of 

students winning First Place Regional Team; two District High Scorers in Grade 

Five; and nearly a dozen winners of first, second and third-place awards. 

In the annual WordMasters competition, we had five first-place medals; 15 

certificates; and 7 perfect scores. 

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Tucker Elementary School: 

The year always begins at Tucker with home visits to the new Kindergarten 

families and a Back-to-School Block Party in the Tucker Playground. Under 

the leadership of Principal Drew Echelson, the Tucker School, with an enrollment 

of 320 students, had a very successful academic year in 2008 and 2009. 

In the springtime, Mr. Echelson announced his departure from the Tucker, in 

order to pursue an advanced degree. A principal search committee was formed 

to begin the task of hiring a new principal to lead the school in Fall of 2009. 

Other developments at Tucker for the 2008-9 year include: 

Saturday School One part of the instructional improvement plan for Tucker 

School is to provide students with additional time for focused, intense instruction. 

Therefore, we will be implementing a Saturday program entitled 

P.A.L.S.—Playing and Learning on Saturday. Each session will run from 9- 

11 and will include one hour of mathematics instruction and one hour of English 

Language Arts instruction. An optional third hour running from 

11:00-12:00, in which students may play basketball in the gym was made available. 

Summer Scholars Title One summer program staffed by Tucker staff for 

children at risk to encourage a longer school year. 

After School Program: Based on perceived need the after school program 

instituted a homework club mentored by High School students. Pam Dorsey, Director 

of Milton Community Schools, also helped to expand scholarships for 

Tucker students. 

Family Book Club: Title One funds supported Family Book Club. Every 

Tucker student received a grade specific title to read with their family. Families 

met in the evening to discuss the books and participate in related activities. 

Diversity Event: The annual Tucker Diversity Event was a huge success. 

Tucker PTO sponsored the Capoeira Brazilian Dancers who provided dance instruction 

from around the globe. All Tucker students performed for the parents 

by grade level. The night ended with a Diversity Dessert supplied by Tucker 

Families. 

Parent Information Session: Sarah Ward, Speech and Language pathologist, 

spoke with parents about executive functioning disorders which affect critical 

organizational abilities needed for learning. 

Teacher Initiatives: Tucker Teachers continued professional development 

with Tufts University to develop Units of Study in Readers’ Workshop. Tucker 

also continued an on-going relationship with the Murphy School in Boston by 

visiting the school to see Readers’ Workshop in action. Two teachers, Sarah 

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Slater and Elizabeth Spitz, received a stipend to take the Principals of Inclusion 

Class at Harvard with Professor Thomas Hehir. They investigated a model for 

expanding the co-taught classroom into the fourth and fifth grades. Their recommendations 

will be used to pilot the model in the 2010-2011 school year. 

Teachers also had the opportunity to visit the Ahearn School in Boston to view 

their Response to Intervention and Special Education model programs. The 

Tucker was in its second year of developing an RTI model. This year the team 

initiated “rounding meetings” in which teachers met with the Child Study Team 

to brainstorm intervention strategies to help students in the classroom. A new 

initiative implemented was Teacher Learning Walks. Teachers visited colleagues’ 

classrooms to view instruction in action, observe the continuum of 

learning between grades, and listen for common instructional language throughout 

the school. Tucker teachers also opened their classrooms to other Milton 

principals and teachers to share the concept of Learning Walks and how they 

support teachers’ professional growth. 

Student Activities: Tucker fifth graders had their annual visit to Harvard 

University which consists of a tour, a scavenger hunt, and a meeting with Mary 

Grassa O’Neill, who spoke on the importance of planning for school and their 

future. The science curriculum brought presentations by the Trailside Museum 

to the school. Grade 5 students presented Junior Naturalist animal presentations 

to the third grade students. Grade 3 visited Plymouth Rock. They also 

continued their relationship with Milton seniors by visiting the Senior Center 

and engaging in a Pen Pal Program. Five Tucker students participated in the 

ACE Art Program. Tucker students also participate in the WISP science program 

with University of Massachusetts focused on water ecology. A U Mass 

doctoral student worked with the Tucker fifth grade students for the year. 

Continental Math Awards and WordMaster Awards: Four Tucker students 

took first place awards in Continental Math. Six took second place and three 

took third place. Three Tucker students won medals in WordMasters and 12 

won certificates. 

Teacher Accolades: We were pleased to report that Tucker Elementary 

School teacher Soondari Barker was honored by Milton Early Childhood Alliance 

with their MECA Professional Recognition Award for her outstanding 

contribution to the children and families of the town of Milton. In addition, Ms. 

Barker was named runner-up in the final round of the Massachusetts Teacher 

of the Year contest. This extremely competitive event, sponsored by Massachusetts 

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, selects a teacher 

each year who is worthy of speaking for and energizing the teaching profession, 

and who represents the positive contributions of all teachers statewide. As runner-up, 

Ms. Barker was honored at a State House ceremony. 

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Pierce Middle School: We began the 2008-2009 school year with a total 

enrollment of 844 Students (280 6th graders, 274 7th graders and 290 8th 

graders), all under the leadership of Principal James Jette. 

During this academic school year, Pierce Middle School was identified by 

the state as needing Corrective Action for ELA and Restructuring Year One for 

mathematics, based on MCAS scores. 

In response to this status, the Pierce Middle School lobbied for an additional 

1.5 FTE to support the Pierce Middle School moving forward and to meet 

the challenges that we face. The classes that were added were 1.5 Math Investigations 

to work with students that were identified as “Warning” or “Needs 

Improvement” on the mathematics section of the MCAS test. 

The purpose of the Mathematics Investigations course is to provide students 

with in-depth, hands on investigatory experiences in order to build deep 

understanding of mathematical concepts. Course topics reflect important concepts 

from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 

Mathematics Curriculum Framework. 

Pierce Science teachers participated in the Pre-AP (Advance Placement) 

training and the Vertical Team as part of the AP Grant. The focus of the AP 

Grant was to increase the number of underrepresented students in AP. The Pre- 

AP Program takes concepts that are taught in each of the AP courses and provides 

activities to teach these topics at a level appropriate for a middle school 

student. These lessons are not meant for just upper level students- all will benefited 

from them which we hope helps to improve our students’ MCAS scores. 

Three grade 8 Math teachers participated in an Algebra research study at 

Pierce. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and is collaboration 

between researchers at Harvard, Vanderbilt University, and Temple 

University. The project involves creating, implementing, and evaluating curriculum 

materials designed to improve students¹ learning of topics in an Algebra 

I course. The goal of the initial project was to develop materials that ‘infuse’ 

comparison into what teachers might already be doing in their classrooms. 

Middle school math teachers and special educators participated in a course: 

Addressing Accessibility in Mathematics through the Education Development 

Center, Inc. The goal of the course was to Improve Math Learning for Students 

with Disabilities: Patterns and Algebra Strand (Grades 6-8). The course met six 

different weeks for approximately 3 hour each session 

Mentoring Program: 28 faculty and/or staff members volunteered their time 

and services to meet and support 2-4 students each. These mentors met with students 

before or after school and sometime during lunch at least once per week. 

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The meetings focused on academics, motivation, achievement, extracurricular 

activities and so much more. 

High School Mentoring Program – on December 18, 2008 mentors from the 

high school visited each of the 8th grade homerooms to speak to the entire 8th 

grade student body. The topic of their presentation/discussion was Citizenship, 

Respect, and Achievement. 

We were pleased at the accomplishment of Madeleine Collins, a seventhgrader 

who represented Pierce and the Town of Milton at the Regional Spelling 

Bee and placed fourth out of 25 finalists. 

Despite budget cuts, we maintained a wide variety of programs for students 

at all levels at the Pierce Middle School, including: 

• World Languages – Latin, French Immersion, Spanish 

• Science: Collaboration with UMass/Boston’s WISP program 

• Music – Band, Chorus, Strings, Music Appreciation, Electronic Keyboarding, 

General Music, Jazz Band 

• Visual Arts – General Art and ACE Program (Honors Art) 

• Drama — The Pierce Players did a fantastic job with, “The Secret 

School” in January and “Mulan” in June 

• Athletics – Physical Education and After School Traveling Boys and Girls 

Basketball Team (8th grader only) 

• Special Ed – Full Inclusion Model for Math and English in grades 7th and 

8th 

We are pleased to report a number of special programs we coordinated during 

the school year. We sponsored a French Exchange Program with students 

fro Ste. Marcel, France here in the fall of 2008 and our students traveled to 

France in April 2009. In addition, a group of seventh-grade French teachers 

took 30 students to Quebec City in May 2009. We also organized a trip with a 

small group of 8th grade students, who had the opportunity to travel to Washington, 

DC during the Memorial Day weekend. In addition, we sponsored the 

following programs: 

• New Student Orientation and Parent Tour (August 2008) – for families 

that are new to the Town of Milton and the Milton Public Schools 

• New student luncheon held at all grade levels for students new to the Milton 

Public Schools 

• Drama Field Trip to Huntington Theater in September 2008 to see a 

Shakespearian Play 

• Urban Improvisation Program held in October 2008 for grade 6 students 

to assist children with strategies regarding bullying 

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• Judge Baker Program - a research project designed to target student’s 

considered “at risk” for adolescent depression by including them in afterschool 

groups to develop skills 

• Pierce Holiday Craft Fair 

• Pierce Food Drive – collected food for the Milton Food Pantry 

• Pierce Toy Drive – Collected toys and gifts for My Brother’s Keeper, a 

charitable organization in Easton, MA 

• Pierce Families helping Families – Volunteer initiative where Pierce families 

helped other Pierce families in need 

• Cradles to Crayons 

• Holiday Door Decorating Contest 

• Saturday School – a 9 week program, funded by a grant to assist students 

in improving their MCAS scores 

• Global Celebration – Celebration of diversity where community members 

were exposed to exhibits of teacher and student work, cultural foods and 

entertainment 

• The After-School Lego Club participated in a Lego League Robotics 

Tournament 

• Pierce student Percy Jackson placed in the top tier at the Mythology Bee 

• Math Night was held in January 2009 

• Honor Roll Breakfasts (held by grade level) 

• Tim Bulman (a former Pierce student and NFL player) spoke to the 6-7- 

8 grade as a motivational speaker 

• March 2009 - Pierce Middle School PTO Presentation MCAS (Milton 

Children Achieving Success) - Information Night on how to prepare students 

for MCAS testing -March 4, 2009 

• March 2009- Shakespeare Now! Theater Company performed “A Midsummer 

Nights Dream” for grade 8 students 

• An American Heart Association Fund Raiser “Hoops for Heart” was conducted 

by the physical education teachers 

• March 2009 – Karim Nagi did an assembly for grade 7 students on Arab 

culture in music and dance. 

• April 2009 – All 8th graders visited the Museum of Fine Arts in April 

• May 2009 – The Spring Fling (an evening event for parents) was held as 

a PMS fundraiser 

• May 2009 – Milton Green Day – PMS students participated in a cleanup 

of the Pine Tree Brook 

• May 2009 – Literacy Night 

• Elizabeth MacElhaney was named “Outstanding Teacher” by MFE. 

• June 2009 – Ace Honors Art Show 

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• June 2009 – Barnes and Noble book fair was held at the Braintree Barnes 

and Noble store as a school fundraiser 

• June 9th - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon – Organized by Pierce PTO 

and parent volunteers 

• June 12th – Pierce Grade 8 Social in the Pierce gymnasium 

• June 16th –Grade 8 Field Day at the South Shore YMCA in Hanover, 

MA June 17th - Grade 8 Awards Ceremony 

Milton High School: 

Dr. John Drottar, Principal of Milton High School, was able to begin the academic 

year began with a bit of good news. Milton High School was named as 

one of the Best Public High Schools by Boston Magazine in their September 

edition. Our high school placed 23rd for cost efficiency, which measures academic 

performance against per-pupil spending. We also placed 41st for academic 

performance alone. 

We were also honored with a visit in September by Massachusetts Governor 

Deval Patrick. The Governor came to MHS to discuss his recently unveiled 

Readiness Project. The governor, accompanied by Paul Reville, Massachusetts 

Secretary of Education, met with a group of parents, a classroom full of teachers, 

several student leaders, and the entire 10th grade class in the auditorium. 

There were 1,058 students enrolled at Milton High School at the conclusion 

of the academic year. 

Math: Our math department, headed by Paul Ajamien, had a very successful 

year in 2008-2009. In the first semester, 5 of 5 students passed the MCAS 

Math retakes and during the second semester, 6 of 6 students passed the same 

exam. In total, of the 11 students taking the MCAS prep course last year 100% 

passed the MCAS Exam. In addition, 72% of our students scored “Proficient or 

Advanced” in the math section. We were pleased to see a total of 19 perfect 

math MCAS scores from our middle- and high-school students. Our students 

also performed well on the AP exams: 

• AB Computer Science 

• 100 % of the students earned qualifying scores 

• 100% of the students earned the top score of 5 

• A Computer Science 



• AP Statistics 



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• BC Calculus 



• AB Calculus 


• 3.3% of the students earned the top score of 5 

• Micro-Economics 


• Macro-Economics 


The math department introduced a new Collaborative Teachers Effort in the 

2008-2009 school year. As part of this project, Jessica Parsons, Michelle Kreuzer, 

Amy Starzynski and Kristin Masciarelli collaborated throughout the year and 

created a project based resource binder. The binder includes experiments, discovery 

lessons, activities, summaries, openers, graphic organizers, puzzles, takehome 

projects, and journal prompts. These binders were sorted by course and 

available electronically for the entire math department. The project encourages 

and fosters differentiated instruction and alternate forms of assessment. 

Guidance: Ninety-six percent of students in the Class of 2009 went on to 

post-secondary education. These students were accepted at some of the following 

fine colleges and universities: American University, Andrews University, 

Assumption College, Babson College, Bard College, Boston College, 

Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Brown University, Bryn Mawr College, 

Case Western Reserve University, Catholic University, Colby College, Colgate 

College, College of the Holy Cross, Columbia University, Connecticut College, 

Cornell University, UCLA, Dartmouth College, Dickinson College, Drexel University, 

University of Delaware, Fairfield University, Fordham University, 

Goucher College, Harvard University, Haverford College, Iona College, Ithaca 

College, McGill University, Mount Holyoke College, University of Maryland, 

University of Miami, New York University, Northeastern University, Norwich 

University, University of North Carolina, Oberlin College, University of Oregon, 

Pace University, Providence College, Quinnipiac College, Rensselaer 

Polytech Institute, Santa Clara University, Sienna College, Skidmore College, 

St. Michael’s College, Syracuse University, Temple University, Trinity College, 

University of Texas, Ursinus College, Washington and Jefferson College, 

Wellesley College and Worcester Polytech Institute. 

College Board participation of students in the SAT and the Advanced Placement 

Program continued to increase in quantity and quality over the last several 

years. Ninety-nine percent of the Class of 2009 took the SAT, and the 

combined score was 1038. The number of student participation in the Advanced 

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Placement Program rose to 248, and the number of AP exams taken rose to 496. 

Fifty students in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 earned the distinction of Advanced 

Placement Scholar for their achievement in these college level examinations. 

Among these students, three qualified for the AP National Scholar by 

earning an average grade of at least 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams, 

ten qualified for the Scholar with Distinction Award by earning a score of 3 or 

higher on five or more exams, and nine qualified for the Scholar with Honor 

Award by earning a grade of three or higher on four or more of these exams. 

As a result of taking the PSAT’s in the fall of 2008, one student qualified 

as a semifinalist in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. Seniors 

qualifying as semifinalists will have the opportunity to go on to compete 

for scholarship awards. In addition, five students were recognized for their exceptional 

academic promise. These students are placed among the top five percent 

of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by 

taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test 

(PSAT/NMSQT). 

The Milton High School Guidance Department continued to expand their 

developmental group guidance program in which all students at Milton High 

School in grades 9-12 take part in a four-year program for career and educational 

planning. Students meet with their counselor in small groups during regularly 

scheduled meetings throughout the year. The program allows students to explore 

their interests, abilities and values as they relate to post-secondary planning. The 

curriculum encourages high academic achievement by helping students to understand 

how their academic accomplishments and level of involvement during 

high school affect the options available to them after high school. 

In addition, the first steps were taken towards implementing Naviance, a 

web-based system for schools. Student, parents and counselors will be able to 

manage all aspects of the college admissions process from researching schools 

to processing college applications, transcripts and related forms electronically. 

Program Highlights: 

World Languages: 

• Sponsored “Le Journee de la Francophonie, in cooperation with the 

French Consulate. 25 area schools participated in a day of celebration of 

the French speaking world. Organized by Gracie Burke. 

• Sponsored and participated in a French exchange with the Lycee 

Chevrolier in Angers, France. 25 French high school students were 

hosted in Milton for two weeks in October and 25 French students returned 

to Angers for 10 days in February. American students also spent 

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4 days in Paris. Mme Laine organized the exchange with the assistance 

of Gracie Burke and Pat Menard. 

• Sponsored and participated in a French exchange with the Middle School 

Leonardo de Vinci in St. Marcel, France. 25 French middle school students 

were hosted in Milton for two weeks in October and 25 of our Milton 

French students returned to St. Marcel for 10 days in April. American 

students also spent 4 days in Paris. Mme Bird organized the exchange 

with the assistance of Gracie Burke and Jeanne Roulleau. 

• Sponsored a seventh grade trip to Quebec for 30 French Immersion students 

over the Labor Day weekend. Students visit cultural attractions 

that they have studied and have one dinner at one of Quebec’s “Sugar 

Shacks” Mme Safizadeh organized the trip with the assistance of Gracie 

Burke, Kristen Kotter and Mme Nivoroshkin. 

• Sponsored a presentation at the middle school on Arab culture through 

music and dance in conjunction with the Middle Eastern studies department 

of Harvard University. Organized by Mme Safizadeh. 

• The CANE (Classical Assoc. of New England) Essay Writing Contest 

first prize for the state was won by Kate O’Sullivan for her creative essay 

on “Living Antiquities; Classics in the Modern World.” 

• The Spanish Club and the French Club did workshops with the Pre- 

School and the elementary schools to introduce the younger students to 

Spanish and French language and culture. Spanish students taught about 

the Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Spanish students also sang carols 

and made cards for residents of the elderly housing. They visited the 

Peabody-Essex museum to study their exhibits on the “Day of the Dead,” 

and had an excursion to the Immigration Museum in Boston. 

• The language department celebrated Foreign Language week by inviting 

speakers to teach about their culture and language in the language classrooms. 

Every language class had the opportunity to hear at least one 

guest speaker. One notable guest speaker was a former Spanish student 

who was a Rotary International Scholar who had studied in Chile for the 

year. 

• Fifth grade elementary students at the Collicot received their Pen-Pals 

from Canada for a day of fun filled activities when the Canadian students 

visited Boston. 

• Evelyn Orlando, a student in Mme. Laine’s French Humanities class, won 

an essay contest sponsored by the French Consulate in Boston. The prize 

was a two-week, all expense paid trip to Paris. Evelyn’s essay was chosen 

from more than 250 received from the region. She joined 130 young 

people and 20 teachers on her Parisian trip, which will allow for the discovery 

of French culture and civilization through the eyes of the young. 

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Science: 

The Milton Public Schools partnered with Mass Insight Education & Research 

Institute to implement the MMSI program. This initiative, funded by 

Mass Insight, helped prepare our students for college. Highlights of our participation 

in the grant included: Large increase in students taking AP courses; 

Vertical Teaming with MHS and PMS supported by NIMSI staff; Content-based 

PD for PMS and MHS staff focused on instruction for Pre-AP students (both 

A and Honors level); activities from this PD were used in MS science and HS 

Biology and Chemistry classes. It also included Saturday Prep Sessions at 

Northeastern University and MHS for AP students. In the springtime, three 

MHS staff members were chosen as trainers for the State-wide Program, with 

teacher Tom Shaw chosen to lead AP Physics institute. In other science news: 

• Biology MCAS: 86% of MHS 9th graders scored either proficient or advanced 

on the 2009 Biology MCAS (State average: 65%) 

• Senior Lab Assistants: New course, seniors served as teaching assistants 

preparing materials for labs (solutions, gels etc) and assisting with small 

group instruction during labs (helping with dissections, giving assistance 

during experiments). Lab assistants visited Biogen’s Community Lab to 

perform an advanced PCR lab, one which we are currently doing with 

this years Biotech classes 

• Created three new courses in the Science Department: Biotechnology, 

Human Body and Chemistry of Life. These are one semester courses 

that are designed to give students an opportunity to explore a viable career 

path, especially here in Massachusetts (Biotechnology), assist students 

who need additional preparation for the Biology MCAS (Human 

Body), prepare students for the rigors of a traditional chemistry course 

(Chemistry of Life) 

• Continued support of Biotech efforts by funding from MFE and Mass 

BioTeach grant. All biology (honors and A level), Anatomy and Physiology 

and AP Biology students used the lab 

• Students and faculty enjoyed a variety of field trips sponsored by Schools 

to Career Partnership- (Biogen, Siemans Engineering, South Shore Hospital). 

Music: 

During the 2008-2009 school year, our music program was proud to see 

many of its students in grades 7 through 12 selected for Senior and Junior Eastern 

District Music Festivals. Many were also chosen for the Senior and Junior 

SEMSBA Music Festivals and the Massachusetts All State Music Festival. 

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Our music department hosted the Eastern District auditions for Senior District 

in November of 2008. We were pleased that Gary Good was selected as the 

conductor of the orchestra for the Senior SEMSBA Festival, and Dawn Sykes 

was selected as the conductor of the chorus for the Junior SEMSBA Festival. 

There were many concerts at both Pierce Middle School and Milton High 

School by the various vocal and instrumental groups. One highlight of the year 

was the Drama Club’s production of Gypsy as the fall musical. This production 

was exciting, as it was the first time in many years that elementary students 

performed in the musical. 

Our talented music director, Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett, was presented 

with the Visionary Leadership Award at the Massachusetts All State Music Conference 

in March. This award is given by Administrators in Music Education 

(AIME), which is an affiliate group with the Massachusetts Music Educators’ 

Association. Dr. Burdett was recognized for being “a strong advocate of music 

education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a leader and mentor recognized 

for her ability to unify her K-12 staff in Milton as well as music educators 

and administrators across the Commonwealth.” 

Many Music Department students traveled to NYC for a cultural trip and 

went to see an opera at the MET and several musicals on Broadway. 

In March, Milton High School hosted its first-ever Faculty/Staff Talent 

Show. This was an evening to remember, with dozens of our talented teachers 

and administrators performing before a sold-out auditorium. Proceeds from this 

event went to our high school athletics, clubs and activities. 

Visual Arts: 

In February of 2009, The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards organization 

recognized seven of our students with prizes in this highly competitive and prestigious 

competition. The winners their work exhibited at the Transportation 

Building in Boston. The Globe Scholastics is connected to the nationally-recognized 

Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and strives to recognize excellence 

in the Visual Arts by students in public and private schools throughout the 

Commonwealth. Thousands of pieces of student art are judged, and only a small 

percentage receives the coveted Gold and Silver Key awards. While there were 

more Honorable Mention awards given, even to be acknowledged among such 

impressive and numerous entrants is remarkable. We can certainly be proud of 

the accomplishments of our students, our teachers, and our program. Other art 

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• A total of 16 students took the AP Studio Art exam in May of 2009 which 

featured a portfolio made up of 29 pieces of artwork 

• The Milton Photography class submitted entries into the “What I Love 

About Milton,” photography contest, sponsored by the Town of Milton 

• Art students submitted hand painted slates of historic landmarks in and 

around Milton as part of a fundraising effort from the Milton Foundation 

for Education. The slates were originally part of the Baker’s Chocolate 

buildings and were displayed at the annual Celebration for Education 

event in November, where they were auctioned off 

• AP art students at the high school submitted a piece with the theme of 

“teens against violence” with Ann Toby in collaboration with Wheelock 

College. Their piece was selected to be displayed in the State House for 

Teenage Violence Prevention Week. This was collaboration with Sheila 

Walsh’s English class. 

• The art department started its own website for grades K-12, which can be 

viewed at www.miltonpsart.com 

• We were sorry to lose Karen Slodden, Pierce art teacher for 34 years, 

who retired last June, but welcomed Stephanie Sherman as a replacement 

• Our highly successful and popular ACE program survived the budget cuts 

and is continuing under Ms. Sherman’s leadership 

• The art program is also lucky to have FAVA (Friends and Advocates of 

the Visual Arts) members, who continue to offer art classes after school 

as an enrichment activity. The financial support of FAVA allows the ACE 

program to continue. FAVA also funded digital media kits for classroom 

teachers at all schools 

Athletics: 

We had a very exciting year in athletics, despite some financial constraints. 

During the fall season, Girls’ Cross-Country had an undefeated season and 

won the Bay State Conference Championships in the Herget Division. 

During the winter season, Girls Indoor Track and our Boys Ice Hockey 

Team also won Bay State Conference championship titles. Our Girls Ice 

Hockey made it to the state tournament. 

In March, the Boys Basketball team led by Coach Sean Lopresti won the Division 

2 State title at the DCU Center in Worcester with a final record of 22-4. 

In spring, our golf, baseball and softball teams made it to the state tournament. 

Several individual athletes achieved extraordinary results, including sophomore 

Ariana Launie, who had another exceptional year on the girls’ tennis 

team and made it to the sectional finals in the State Individual Tournament. 

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Paul Connor excelled at both indoor and spring track. Mckenzie Sumner and 

Paul Connor won the Female and Male Outstanding Senior Awards, respectively, 

for their athletic ability. 

Coach Dale Snyder was elected to the Massachusetts State Track Coaches 

Association Hall of Fame. A coach at MHS for 23 years, Mr. Snyder has 

coached both boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams, indoor track and outdoor 

track. In the course of his career, Mr. Snyder has coached as many as 14 conference 

champion teams. 

For the 2008-2009 athletic season, the athletic fee was $200. There is a 

waiver system for students unable to pay the fee. 

Special Education: 

During the 2008-2009 school year the special education department embarked 

upon a major reorganization of the Pierce Middle Schools Language 

Based programs. With the goal of the continuous improvement of individual 

MCAS scores and the quest to meet academic proficiency goals for all students 

the new design of this program included the full inclusion of students in the 

primary subject areas of English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies 

and Science classes. Students also received additional pull-out small group remedial 

instruction in Language Arts and Mathematics. 

At the high school level, a new program was initiated for students with significant 

learning disabilities who required smaller group direct instruction in 

English/Language Arts, Mathematics and Social Studies. The Transitions Program 

was designed to meet the specific academic needs of a growing number 

of students, to prevent the need for out-of-district placements and to allow students 

to remain in their community high school. 

In February, the Department was presented a $10,000 donation from one 

family. These funds were specifically to be used to purchase equipment for a 

sensory/motor room to be located in the Collicot School for the use of the occupational 

and physical therapy needs of the students at Collicot, Cunningham 

and the pre-school. This generous gift allowed the Department to purchase certain 

specially designed heavy equipment which would allowing our staff to 

greatly expand the sensory and physical therapy needs of these students. Additional 

equipment was also purchased for the Glover and Tucker programs. 

The highly successful and popular co-taught classroom model was expanded 

once again in 2008-2009. The Tucker added a grade 2 and Glover added 

a grade 4 co-taught classroom each. The co-taught program was started 5 years 

ago to fully include students with special needs in the regular classroom setting 

by teaming a regular classroom teacher with a full-time special educator. 

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With the growing need to program for students with autism spectrum disabilities, 

2008-2009 saw the start of a new program to meet the academic and 

social integration needs of these students. Housed in the Collicot School, the K- 

1 Integrated Program started the year with 4 students, one special education 

teacher and 2 educational assistants. Students were provided with highly individualized 

instruction and the opportunity to be included in regular education 

instruction in kindergarten and first grade. 

Jeff Rubin, administrator of Pupil Personnel Services, reviewed the Department 

of Education report, which analyzed our district’s special education 

department. Milton completed its mid-cycle review and the DOE results were 

excellent. Out of the 42 areas that this monitoring covered, we were in total 

compliance with 39 and partially in compliance with the remaining three areas, 

which are currently being addressed. We are well on our way to our goal of full 

compliance. 

Milton Food Services: 

The Milton Public Schools’ food service department oversees the distribution 

of nearly 2,500 lunches, served each day in our schools. Also, breakfast is 

served at all six schools; our snack program complies with Mass Action for 

Healthy Kids; and all beverages are on the American Healthy Generations list. 

The emphasis on healthy meals has also resulted in all breads being 

changed to whole grain or whole wheat; and Milton’s participation in the Farm 

to School Program, which provides fresh fruits and vegetables to our students. 

A new computerized system has made the Food Service department more 

efficient both for students and for administrators. Elementary cafeterias use a 

pre-paid system; while middle- and high-school school students swipe their 

IDs as payment, which limits the amount of cash in use. 

Also, during the 2008-2009 school year, we were proud to congratulate 

Jacqueline Morgan, Director of Food Services, who was elected president of the 

School Nutrition Association of Massachusetts, a leading organization committed 

to educating and supporting school nutrition and food service professionals. 

Pre-School Services 

Pre-school services are mandated by law for all children with a disability 

between the ages of 3-5. years old. Children must be diagnosed with a disability 

and are deemed eligible by a team which includes parents, educators, therapists 

and specialists in the area of the suspected disability. Currently, our 

district runs seven half-day integrated classrooms and one full-day classroom 

for students with more significant disabilities. 

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The integrated classrooms are composed of students with moderate disabilities 

and children who are non-disabled peer role models. The split is about 50/50. 

Currently there are 43 students with disabilities and 43 peer role models enrolled. 

Parents of the peers role models are charged tuition to attend (2 sessions a 

week for $1000, four sessions a week for $2,000 and five sessions a week for 

$2,500) and students with diagnosed disabilities attend free of charge. 

There are an additional 25 students who are “services only” meaning they 

come in for therapies such as speech or occupation therapies by appointment but 

do not attend the classroom sessions. The preschool programs are located at 

the Collicot School. 

Milton Community Schools: 

Programs continued to thrive during the 2008-2009 school year, providing 

enrichment opportunities outside of school hours at all four elementary schools. 

Approximately 300 students attended the Early School Arrival Programs. 

Attendance at the Children Learning After School (CLASP) increased dramatically 

from 400 students in July of 2008 to 535 students in August of 2009. 

Attendance also increased during the December, February and April Vacation 

Camps; between 70 and 105 students attended each week. 

Camp Cunningham also attracted an all-time high of 139 students, most of 

whom attended all eight weeks of the summer. Camp Cunningham’s nurse 

provided coverage for the Special Education summer services program also 

held at the Cunningham/Collicot campus, another money-saving measure. 

The MCS office was relocated from the Cunningham School to Milton High 

School. Pam Dorsey and her staff administer MCS programs, the Transportation 

Department and Milton Summer Enrichment from the office in Room 208. 

School Year 08/09 Participation in Community Schools Programs 

Camp Cunningham 139 

ESAP Coll/Cunn 67 

Glover 109 

Tucker 96 

CLASP Collicot 143 

Cunningham 134 

Glover 140 

Tucker 118 

December Camp 66 

February Camp 104 

April Camp 74 

Milton Summer Enrichment Participation 499 students 

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Adult Education: 

Two sessions of Adult Education were run during the school year. In fall of 

2008, 178 students enrolled in 22 courses. The most popular courses were the 

variety of cooking classes. In the spring of 2009, 208 students enrolled in 25 

classes, with Beginner Piano being the most popular course. 

The Adult Education program continued to offer an SAT prep course and, 

held driver’s education classes for Milton High School students. These programs 

were extremely successful and served hundreds of students. 

Community Partnerships: 

Throughout the year, the Milton Public Schools are pleased to maintain a 

variety of partnership with local organizations. During the 2008-2009 school 

year, we collaborated with many Milton organizations, as well as some state and 

regional groups. 

In early November, we partnered with Professor Greg Hall and the Bentley 

College Honors Cyber Psychology Program to present a free interactive 

seminar for all parents, guardians and citizens on Children and the Internet. 

Bentley College Honors students, who completed a Cyber Psychology course, 

presented an interactive seminar focusing on the issues of internet safety, social 

networking and the implications of on-line media and curriculum resources. 

Every year for the past few years, we have offered assistance to the Milton 

Food Pantry during the Thanksgiving holiday. In addition to collecting the necessary 

ingredients for a holiday meal, we also collect other essentials for the 

pantry’s year-round needs. Many of our high school athletes, particularly members 

of the football team, volunteer to unload the dozens of deliveries which arrive 

daily at the pantry. During the 2008-2009 school year, students from our 

alternative high school program also volunteered with some of the heavy lifting 

at the Milton Food Pantry. 

Another annual November event, the Milton Foundation for Education’s annual 

“Celebration” took place in 2008. The event raises approximately $100,000 

annually. The MFE board uses the funds to enhance the educational experience 

for all Milton Public School students. They also award grants to MPS teachers 

who submit applications. This year, the MFE has generously funded 17 grants 

to benefit all six of our schools. The total funded this cycle was $14,767.66.The 

proposals ranged from “tremor tables,” to help middle school students engineer 

earthquake-proof structures, to the purchase of theatrical lights for a drama classroom, 

to a set of multimedia classroom materials for fourth-graders to learn 

about Canada. More than 20 teachers and other faculty members applied for 

these competitive grants, all of which will directly benefit students. 

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In January, students and faculty from the Milton Public Schools participate 

in a town wide, interfaith celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Temple 

Shalom in Milton. This annual event features a performance from our high 

schools “MLK Scholars,” a panel discussion; an essay and poetry contest; and 

a musical performance of the Milton High Gospel Chorus. 

The Milton Public Schools are also fortunate to work with M-PACE. This 

group, (Milton Partnership for Arts and Cultural Enrichment) awarded grants 

to fund cultural activities. During the 2008-2009 year, these activities included: 

Riverside Theatre Works Poetry and Music workshops for students in Grade 3; 

a trip to the Boston Symphony for students in Grade 4; a visit to the Museum 

of Fine Arts for students in Grade 8; and a performance of Macbeth at the MHS 

auditorium to be presented by Shakespeare Now Theater Company. A total of 

12 grants were awarded, which cover each grade level and offer a variety of 

experiences. 

In collaboration with the Milton Council on Aging and the selectmen’s office, 

our town has begun a Senior Tax Work-Off program. Our schools have 

been privileged to have a group of Milton’s Senior Citizens volunteer in our 

schools as volunteers through this program. 

The Tucker Elementary School has also had a long-standing partnership 

with Milton’s Council on Aging through their Director Mary Ann Sullivan. This 

pen pal partnership has proven to be one of the more successful programs of its 

kind. Throughout the school year, third-graders correspond with “their own” 

senior citizen, assigned through the COA office. In the springtime, the pen-pals 

meet for a luncheon at the Walnut Street center. 

The Milton Public Schools and Fuller Village piloted a new Milton Senior 

Citizen Volunteer Program with a large group of residents from Fuller Village. 

Our second grade teachers and elementary librarians welcomed a volunteer into 

their classroom once a week. We were most appreciative of the help of these 

very talented individuals. 

We are grateful to the Milton Rotary Club for their wonderful project involving 

our third- and fourth-graders in a community project. Rotarians organized 

a tile-painting session in the fall at the Pierce Middle School. Students 

were given a six-inch tile and allowed to paint a scene from their favorite book 

on the tile. More than 200 students participated in this project, and the finished 

tiles were used to create a mosaic wall when the new Milton Public Library 

opened in the springtime. 

In May, the Milton Public Schools worked with the Milton Police Department 

and Milton Hospital to host an event, “Parenting Your Teen in these Tough 

Times.” 

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This was a parent forum on parenting teens, with a panel presentation. Milton 

Police Chief Richard Wells presented the current state of teen drinking in 

Milton. In addition, Milton High principal Dr. John Drottar and athletic director 

Steve Traister discussed how these issues affect our students. A pediatrician 

from Milton Hospital was on hand to talk about the impact of alcohol on 

teenage development. The forum was sponsored by the Milton School Committee’s 

Health and Safety Subcommittee, Milton Hospital and Milton High 

School. 

Special Issues: 

Finally, it was with great pleasure that the Milton Public Schools hosted a 

Naming Ceremony at the Class of 2009 Commencement. Together with the 

Copeland Family Foundation and the Milton School Committee, the administration 

recognized the following individuals by dedicating spaces in our schools 

in their honor: 

Senator Brian A. Joyce Auditorium at Pierce Middle School 

Dr. Mary Grassa O’Neill Library at Milton High School 

John F. Riordan Weight Room at Milton High School 

Charles C. Winchester Auditorium at Milton High School 

This was a fitting end to the academic year, as we honored those in our 

community who have left a lasting impression on the Milton Public Schools. 

Our graduating seniors were told that each of these individuals represent 

four characteristics that can help our students to build a more rewarding life. 

Senator Joyce represents community service; Dr. O’Neill embodies lifelong 

learning; John Riordan is an example of “do what you love, and love what you 

do;” and our final honoree, Charles Winchester, characterizes integrity. 

Faculty: 

We welcomed 29 new teachers into our district at the start of the 2008-2009 

school year. 

Collicot: Christine Carter, Shannon Enos, Cassi Kelble, Sarah Richardson, 

Sarah Rothenberg, and Michelle Tierney. 

Cunningham: Jodi Russell. 

Glover: Sara Willis, Melissa Hines, Katherine Lavalle, Catherine Maliel, 

Adina O’Neill, and Kristen Smith. 

Tucker: Melissa Arbour, Ava Casper, Katherine Grenzeback and Caitlin 

O’Brien. 

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Pierce Middle School: Melissa Acevedo, Jennifer Gilbert, Lauren Kapalka, 

Angeleen Kelley and Christina Mahon. 

Milton High School: Earl Darlington, Carey Dardompre, Kassandra Derby, 

Meaghan Barrett, Kara Gallagher, Myles McPartland and Amy Schabloski. 

The following faculty members retired at the conclusion of the school year: 

Terry Deutsch, Collicot & Cunningham; Lyse Stevens at Cunningham; 

Dorothy Kehoe at Glover & Tucker; Karen Slodden, Anne Murphy and John 

Lanigan at Pierce Middle School; Anne Fagan, Christine Ronan and Carol 

Cove at Milton High School. 

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REPORT OF THE BLUE HILLS REGIONAL DISTRICT 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

The Blue Hills Regional District School Committee is pleased to submit its 

Annual Report to the residents of the Town of Milton. 

Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School continues its steadfast 

commitment to providing the highest caliber academic and vocational instruction 

to district students in grades nine through twelve, and to those receiving 

postgraduate training. The nine towns in the district include Avon, Braintree, 

Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, and Westwood. 

Festus Joyce serves as the Milton representative on the Blue Hills Regional 

District School Committee. The Committee meets on the first and third Tuesday 

of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the William T. Buckley District School Committee 

Meeting Room (207A) at the school at 800 Randolph St., Canton. The 

public is invited to attend. The following members comprised the 2008-2009 

School Committee: 

AVON: Francis J. Fistori, Chairman 

BRAINTREE: Robert P. Kimball 

CANTON: Aidan G. Maguire, Jr., Secretary 

DEDHAM: Joseph A. Pascarella, Vice Chairman 

HOLBROOK: Robert S. Austin 

MILTON: Festus Joyce 

NORWOOD: Kevin L. Connolly 

RANDOLPH: Richard Riman 

WESTWOOD: Charles W. Flahive 

Late in 2004, Gov. Mitt Romney announced the inception of the John and 

Abigail Adams Scholarships, which are given to high school students in recognition 

of their outstanding MCAS scores. The scholarships entitle the recipients 

to four years of free tuition at any University of Massachusetts campus or any 

participating state or community college in Massachusetts. Forty-three members 

of the Class of 2009 were named Adams Scholars, including Milton residents 

Michelle Sweeting, Anthony Soto, and Lauren Katsiroubas. 

Eighteen juniors and two seniors were awarded their Certified Nursing Assistant 

credentials in a ceremony at the school in June. All of the honorees were 

in the Health Occupations program. Among them was junior Jade Amado of 

Milton. 

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Blue Hills Regional students participated in the SkillsUSA District Competition 

at the J.P. Keefe Regional Vocational Technical School in Framingham 

and they won 23 medals. Anthony Soto of Milton earned a gold medal in Electronic 

Technology. 

The Annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction was held on February 

25, 2009. Twenty-three new members were welcomed, and 15 second- and 

third-year members participated in the ceremony as well. A festive dinner prepared 

by students in Culinary Arts was served before the ceremony to the inductees, 

their families, and administrators and staff in the school’s restaurant, 

the Chateau de Bleu. The chapter’s faculty advisor is Jane M. O’Malley of 

Milton. Michelle Sweeting of Milton was a second-year member from the 

Class of 2009. 

The Engineering Program successfully entered its sixth year at Blue Hills 

Regional. This rigorous college preparatory program can earn students college 

credit. Students develop an understanding of engineering, engineering technology 

and its high-demand career opportunities. They learn engineering problem 

solving skills and advanced hands-on project based engineering models 

and designs, using the latest computer software and equipment. 

Blue Hills was enthusiastic about the opportunity to participate at the wellattended 

Celebrate Milton civic fair at Milton High School. This was a great 

opportunity for Blue Hills Regional to meet with the Milton community. 

On November 19, 2008, Blue Hills Regional hosted its annual Open House. 

The well-attended event allowed the public to visit classrooms and vocational 

areas, speak with students, teachers, and administrators, and get other helpful 

information about the school. 

On October 29, 2008, the Blue Hills Regional Eighth Grade Assembly Program 

was held at the Pierce Middle School in Milton. Staff and student attendees 

included: Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Marybeth Joyce, 

Freshman Guidance Counselor Sarah Titus, Coordinator of Career Assessment, 

Planning and Placement Jacqueline Martin, and a Health Occupations student, 

senior Michelle Sweeting of the Class of 2009. 

As of October 1, 2008, total enrollment in the high school was 849 students. 

There were 45 students from Milton. 

There was one adult student from Milton who graduated from the post-secondary 

Practical Nursing Program on June 24, 2009. The Practical Nursing Program 

is a full-time program of study provided to adults on a tuition and fee 

basis. The Practical Nurse student is prepared upon graduation to take the 

NCLEX-PN (National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nursing), 

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through the State Board of Registration in Nursing. As of Nov. 5, 2009, all 

members of the Class of 2009 who have taken it have passed the National Council 

Licensure Examination for Practical Nursing through the State Board of 

Registration in Nursing. 

Blue Hills Regional is proud to offer various services to district residents 

– and in some cases, the general public – from a variety of vocational programs. 

This practice allows students to utilize their training in practical, hands-on situations 

that nicely augment their classroom work. Furthermore, these professional-quality 

services are available at well below commercial cost. Over the 

years, residents and civic or municipal groups in the Town of Milton have saved 

considerable money by having Blue Hills Regional students perform work for 

them. 

Students in Cosmetology offer a full range of services for hair, skin and 

nails by appointment. All members of the public are welcome. Students in the 

Adult Cosmetology class also welcome customers in the evening. 

Full-course lunches prepared by students are served to the public during 

the school year in the Blue Hills Regional restaurant, the Chateau de Bleu. Bakery 

goods are available for purchase, and the facility can also be used for civic 

group meetings. 

The Early Education Center features a preschool program for youngsters 

who are two years, nine months old to kindergarten-entrance age. It is accredited 

by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The program 

also provides a learning environment for students studying Early 

Education. 

Each year, Blue Hills Regional’s Construction Technology and Electrical 

students build two major residential projects. District residents are invited to 

submit applications for these projects, which must last the full school year and 

have significant educational value. 

Continually, the Auto Body and Auto Repair students complete automotive 

projects for community residents on a departmental-approved appointment 

basis. 

Blue Hills Regional continues to be an exceptional career and technical education 

facility offering a variety of academics and vocational courses at the 

high school, post-secondary and continuing education levels. It is an education 

and employment placement service provider for students through its Cooperative 

Education Program, higher education and employment placements, and a 

community service and resource provider because the school offers production 

and services, partnerships with businesses and industries, and placements into 

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post-secondary and apprenticeship programs for residents of the Blue Hills Regional 

School District, which includes the Town of Milton. It continues to build 

a skilled workforce and contribute to future economic growth within the Blue 

Hills Regional District communities, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and 

the nation. 


Mr. Festus Joyce 

Milton Representative 

Blue Hills Regional Technical School District 

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REPORT OF THE WARRANT COMMITTEE 

FOR THE FEBRUARY 23, 2009 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 

Tonight Town Meeting will be asked to hear and vote on two Articles. One 

of the Articles is directly related to the fiscal dilemma that our Town and many 

other communities in the Commonwealth are facing. The other Article will ask 

Town Meeting to grant the School Department permission to enter into a longterm 

contract for energy. 

As many residents are aware the Town of Milton like most other Massachusetts 

communities has what is called a structural deficit. A structural deficit 

occurs when the rate of the growth of expenditures in a city or town exceeds its 

ability to raise revenues. Short term deficits due to changes in the economy are 

called cyclical deficits. When the economy improves the cyclical deficit is usually 

corrected. A structural deficit occurs because of the manner in which the 

municipality is organized and how it expends funds to achieve its goals and objectives. 

Structural deficits generally are not corrected until the structure and 

spending patterns of the municipality change or the ability to generate revenue 

increases. The Town of Milton unquestionably has a structural deficit. It currently 

is being further exacerbated by a cyclical deficit caused by the current recession. 

The cyclical deficit will eventually correct itself when the economy 

improves. As such with the exception of some very painful belt tightening or an 

operating override there is no need to look long-term to correct the cyclical 

deficit. On the other hand when the dust settles and the economy improves the 

Town will continue to face structural deficits. There are two simple ways to address 

a structural deficit, spend less or increase revenues. The problem with 

spending less is that it affects the ability of the Town to provide critical services 

to its residents. The problem with increasing revenues is that the Town to 

a large degree is statutorily limited as to type and amounts of revenues that can 

be raised and most of those revenues come directly from the residents. The 

Town can impact the structural deficit without adversely affecting critical services 

by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of providing those services. 

The Warrant Committee understands that this is an easy statement to make and 

much harder to implement. While the Town may never be able to totally correct 

the structural deficit and thereby eliminating the need for overrides it has 

an obligation to the residents to make every effort possible to provide necessary 

services within the confines of available revenue. The reason that we are here 

tonight is in large part due to the deficits that the Town faces. 

Article 1 seeks to reduce the Town’s appropriation for fiscal year 2009 in 

the four largest departments and the reserve fund. The Warrant Committee has 

recommended total reductions of $410,300. The reductions are in response to 

the looming probability that the State will reduce local aid for fiscal year 2009. 

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Mass General Laws Chapter 29: Section 9C requires the Governor to make 

budget reduction when, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Revenue, available 

State revenues will be insufficient to meet State expenditures. §9c only 

permits the Governor to make reductions in budgets and departments that are 

under his control. This power cannot be used to cut local aid, the courts, the legislature, 

or other constitutional offices. The Governor has, at the time of writing, 

requested and received approval from the State legislature to expand his 

powers to include cuts in these areas, however the nature of the cuts have not 

yet been released 

The State’s current estimates are that it will be necessary to trim 1 billion 

dollars from the State’s budget in addition to the 1.4 billion that the Governor 

cut in October. While it is uncertain as to whether local aid will be affected and 

if so to what extent it seems highly unlikely that with such deep cuts local aid 

will not feel some impact. 

In October the Warrant Committee presented a plan to the Board of Selectmen 

to mitigate the affect of a potential reduction in local aid for fiscal year 

2009 of 10% or approximately $900,000. That plan called for the Schools, Fire 

Department, Police Department and the Public Works Department to voluntary 

curtail a portion of their spending so that each of those departments would be 

able to absorb a certain amount of budget reductions should the need arise. The 

plan called for the Schools to curtail spending equal to approximately .65% of 

its fiscal year 2009 appropriation. The Police and Fire Department share was 

1% each. Public Works was approximately 1.4%. Those spending reductions 

aggregated $350,300. The Warrant Committee would hold back $60,000 from 

the reserve fund. The balance of a 10% reduction in local aid would be made 

up from free cash. 

The Board of Selectmen embraced the plan and a joint memo was distributed 

to the departments affected. The Warrant Committee met with each department 

to discuss the plan, its impact on the department and implementation 

plans. All of the departments have since implemented a plan to achieve their 

spending reduction goal. 

The School Committee has asked for approval to enter into a contract that 

exceeds three years. By State statute MGL 30B §12 a Municipality cannot 

award a contract that exceeds three years in duration without the express approval 

of Town Meeting. The School Department is currently assessing the concept 

of making certain behavioral changes in the approach to the use of energy 

in school buildings in an effort to significantly conserve the consumption of 

energy. The School Department has received initial estimates that there is a potential 

to save approximately $4,000,000 in energy costs over a ten year period 

simply by changing the habits of teachers, students and staff. The concept is 

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known as a formalized people oriented energy management & conservation 

program. The concept will require an analysis of the physical school facilities 

and training of teachers, students and staff as well as the implementation of an 

in-house monitoring program. The School Department is estimating that the 

contract will cost approximately $600,000 payable over the life of the contract. 

Any contract that is negotiated will include a money back guarantee of the savings 

proposed. 

The Warrant Committee applauds the School Department for proactive 

steps to redirect funds that would otherwise be non service providing into funds 

that could be used to provide critical educational services. It is this type of effort 

that will help to make inroads into the Town’s structural deficit. 

While any cost cutting initiatives should be encouraged there can be dangers 

associated with long-term contracts. It is for this reason that Massachusetts 

General Law stipulates a three year duration limit on supply or service contracts. 

It would be unwise to grant carte blanche long-term contracting authority 

to the School Department or any other Town Department. It is the 

responsibility of the Warrant Committee and Town Meeting to determine on a 

case by case basis if long-term contracts are in the best interest of the Town. 


January 23, 2009 

Tom Hurley, Chair 

Ewan Innes, Secretary 

Stefano Keel 

Leroy Walker 

Brendan McLaughlin 

Barbara Martin 

Kevin Chase 

John Folcarelli 

Omar Sanchez 

George Mandell 

Jean H. Powers 

Raj Pathak 

Eric Kelley 

Maurice (Moe) Mitchell 

Robert (Bob) G. O’Brien 

Helen Kiddy, Clerk 

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FOR THE MAY, 2009 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

As required by Chapter 3, Section 4, of the General Bylaws of the Town of 

Milton, the Warrant Committee presents to Town Meeting Members and the 

residents of Milton its recommendations for action on the articles that have 

been submitted to the Annual Town Meeting convening on Monday, May 4, 

2009. 

The Warrant Committee recommends that Town Meeting vote appropriations 

totaling $86,809,493 (excluding revolving funds and bond issues), of 

which $3,376,104 would be contingent upon passage by the voters of a Proposition 

2½ override ballot question. The Board of Assessors has advised us that, 

without an override, the recommended FY10 budget will result in an increase 

in the residential property tax rate from $11.74 to $12.35 per thousand. For 

the average taxpayer, with a home valued at $529,533, this means a tax increase 

of $323. The recommended contingent or override budget would further increase 

the residential property tax rate to an estimated $13.08 per thousand, resulting 

in an additional increase of $386. Thus, if the voters pass a Proposition 

2½ override ballot question, the total tax increase for the average taxpayer 

would be $709. 

We acknowledge that the current economic downturn and inflationary pressures 

present challenges for many residents and hardship for some. However, 

it is our judgment that, in light of the Town’s financial condition (described 

herein), the only responsible course of action for the Town’s finance committee 

to take is to present Town Meeting with two budgets to deliberate. The balanced 

or non-contingent budget will necessitate a significant number of 

employee layoffs and reduce the level of service that is currently provided by 

most departments. Thus, we recommend that Town Meeting adopt the contingent 

budget, but we do not do so lightly and we are mindful of the impact that 

it will have upon the Town’s taxpayers, particularly in these difficult times. 

Last year we recommended that Town meeting consider a contingent 

budget but Town Meeting rejected it. The contingent budget that we presented 

would have required an override of approximately $2.6 million, an amount that 

last year’s Warrant Committee believed to be necessary to maintain level service 

for all Town departments. As a result of rejecting the contingent budget, a 

non-contingent balanced budget was adopted resulting in a reduction in services. 

It was hoped that some of these reductions would be restored in FY10. 

Little did any of us know that we would be in the midst of the worst recession 

since the Great Depression. Not only are we not able to restore services in the 

FY10 budget we are not even able to maintain the reduced services that resulted 

from the FY09 budget into FY10 

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These are unprecedented times for all of us. Normally any contingent 

budget presented would be sufficient to carry the Town with level or close to 

level service budgets for two fiscal years beyond the current budget year without 

the need for additional overrides. We cannot make that statement this year 

with any certainty. First as I will explain later the contingent budget that we 

have recommended does not provide level services it simply restores some of 

the services that the Town would lose under the balanced budget to allow us to 

get through FY10 without tremendous pain. Second, all predictions indicate 

that the fiscal condition of the State Government will worsen in FY11 causing 

more trickle down hardship to cities and towns via lost revenues. The contingent 

budget if adopted for FY10 will help maintain some services into FY11. 

However we are currently anticipating some reductions in services in the FY11 

budget. Reductions from the non-contingent FY10 budget will be devastating 

in FY11. We believe that reductions in FY11 from the contingent budget will 

still allow the Town to operate effectively. 

I The Town’s FY10 Budget 

As has been the case for many years, the growth in requested expenditures 

continues to outpace the growth in revenue. A summary of the Town’s projected 

FY10 revenue, recommended expenditures and current financial issues as well 

as a description of the budget process and the impacts of both budgets follows: 

A. Projected Revenue 

The table inside the front cover of the Warrant itemizes revenue for FY09 

and FY10. The primary sources of the Town’s revenue are property taxes, local 

receipts, State aid and available funds. 

Property taxes may be increased by a maximum of 2.5% each year. The 

amount of the increase from FY09 to FY10 is $1,294,729. New growth is added 

to this amount. Because there is little room for further development in Milton, 

new growth is not a significant amount. It is expected to be approximately 

$330,060, approximately $250,000 less than FY09. Therefore, revenue from 

property taxes is projected to increase by $1,624,789 or 3.14%, next year. 

Local receipts include water and sewer revenue and other departmental income. 

We anticipate decreases in local receipts including motor vehicle excise, 

penalties and interest and licenses and permits fees. Decreases are 

budgeted in water and sewer receipts. However, water and sewer revenue is expected 

to cover all expenses relating to the provision of water and sewer services 

to consumers in FY10. 

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Under Governor Deval Patrick’s proposed budget, State aid to Milton will 

decrease from $9,880,660 in FY09 to $9,109,470 in FY10, a decrease of 

$771,990. However, included in the Governor’s proposed budget is $454,380 

of revenue from increased hotel and meals taxes that will be passed through to 

cities and towns. This is legislation that has not yet been enacted. We believe 

that there is a reasonably good chance that this legislation will not be passed. 

We have not included the increased hotel and meals tax monies in our revenue 

projections. Accordingly we are projecting that State aid will decrease by 

$1,226,370. Chapter 70 aid for education is proposed at the same amount as it 

was in FY09. Lottery and additional assistance line items in the State’s FY09 

budget have been replaced with a line item called general assistance. Those line 

items have decreased by $751,984. Generally by this time we have the House’s 

version of the budget. However as of this writing the Governor’s proposal is the 

only one that has been published. 

Under the category of other available funds are cemetery perpetual care 

fund and burial right accounts. These funds are earmarked for the Cemetery 

budget. In past years this category has included grant funds from the Copeland 

Foundation known as the Hillside Fund that was earmarked for specific items 

in the School budget, free cash, overlay reserves and other onetime revenue 

sources. Estimated Cemetery perpetual care funds are significantly less than 

the FY09 amount because of reductions in interest rates. There will be no free 

cash or overlay reserve funds available for the FY10 budget. The Town has approximately 

$370,000 of free cash and $102,000 of overlay reserve. Neither of 

these reserves are available for the FY10 budget. $100,000 of free cash will be 

used to rebalance the FY09 budget that is out of balance as a result of the Governor’s 

midyear cuts in FY09 local aid. The balance of the free cash and the 

overlay reserve will be used to fund the almost $600,000 snow and ice deficit 

for FY09. FY09 was the last year of the Hillside Fund grant. 

Estimated revenue from FY09 to FY10 without an override will decrease 

by approximately $440,343. With the recommended override, there would be 

an increase in estimated revenue of approximately $2,935,761 or 4.03%. 

B. Expenditures 

Table 10 summarizes the amounts that the departments requested and that 

the Warrant Committee recommends (in the contingent budget) for FY10. Additionally, 

the table inside the front cover of this Warrant compares the recommended 

FY10 contingent appropriations to the FY09 appropriations. 

Significant expenditures are described below. 

The cost of group health insurance will increase by approximately 4.24%, 

which is slightly steeper than last year. This will mark the second year in a row 

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that we have been able to hold group insurance growth below 5%. The Town has 

a relatively small insurance group which can be subject to substantial volatility 

from increased claims. It is not expected that the Town will maintain a group 

insurance growth rate under 5% next fiscal year. Two years ago, cities and towns 

became eligible to join the Group Insurance Commission (“GIC”). To date relatively 

few cities and towns have joined GIC. Joining GIC requires the consent 

of a majority of the Town’s collective bargaining units. The Town Administrator 

and the former School Superintendent held a series of meetings in 2008 

with union representatives in an effort to secure the unions’ consent to join GIC. 

In exchange for such consent, the unions sought an increase in the percentage 

of health insurance premiums paid by the Town from 85% to 90% The Board 

of Selectmen has rejected the union’s demand as it is not in the best long-term 

interest of the Town. The Town has continued discussions with the unions but 

to date the unions have not wavered from the demand for a 90% Town contribution. 

The date to join GIC for FY10 expired in December 2008. The Town 

will not be eligible to join GIC until FY11. 

The largest increase in requested expenditures relates to wage and salary increases 

for employees in all departments. Total requested wage increases including 

step and lane increases aggregate in excess of $2,200,000. At the time 

budget requests were submitted two police unions, the firefighters union, the administrative 

union and unions representing the DPW, Cemetery and Park Departments 

were working without contracts for FY09. With the exception of the 

Police unions all other contracts have been settled and ratified as of this writing. 

It is expected that the Police union contracts will be settled before the start 

of FY10. At our recommendation, the May, 2008 Annual Town Meeting appropriated 

no funds to be set aside for potential FY09 wage adjustments. A 

small amount was set aside in the FY09 budget for FY08 wage increases. Both 

the contingent and the non-contingent budgets for FY10 provide no set asides 

for wage adjustments not included in departmental budgets. As a result departments 

will be required to absorb any wage increases for FY10 and retroactive 

wage increases for FY09 in their FY10 budgets. The Personnel Board has recommended 

a 1% wage increase for Chapter 13, non-union non-school employees. 

We have provided no set asides for Chapter 13 wage increases in either 

FY10 budget. The estimated amount of wage increases for FY09 and FY10 that 

are not included in departmental budgets including the Personnel Board request 

for Chapter 13 personnel is approximately $828,000. Since we were unable to 

reach a level service in either the contingent or non-contingent budgets funding 

set asides would have simply reduced departmental request further below 

level service. The School Committee requested that the school teachers union 

reopen their contract to discuss a wage adjustment for FY10 in an effort to preserve 

some teaching positions. The Union listened to the School Committee’s 

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equest but ultimately rejected it. The only wage concession made as of this 

writing is by the Town Clerk who has agreed to forgo his recommended 1% 

wage increase for FY10. The Warrant Committee thanks the Town Clerk for his 

generous offer. 

C. The State of the Town’s Finances 

The Nation is experiencing the worst recession since the Great Depression. 

Milton is feeling the impact of this recession. We saw our local aid from the 

State cut by $390,000, local receipts are lagging behind FY08 levels and we anticipate 

local aid to be cut in FY10 by amounts exceeding $1 million. Interest 

rates have decreased causing interest income on invested funds to drop. The 

Town’s retirement system investments have been significantly affected by the 

economic downturn. While those investments have outperformed the stock market 

the fund has experienced significant losses. It is anticipated that these losses 

will affect the schedule for fully funding the Town’s pension system. The System 

was on a track to be fully funded by FY2016. The losses that have been incurred 

may require funding beyond FY2016 to fully fund the System. The Town 

maintains a perpetual care trust fund for the Cemetery. These funds have also 

felt the impact of the recession and will result in less revenue available for support 

of the Cemetery for FY10. 

Utility costs and vehicle fuel continued to place strain on the departmental 

budgets for FY09. The Town entered into a contract in August 2008 at a price 

of almost $4 per gallon. At the time the contract was negotiated the rate was 

below the current market rate. In late 2008 due in part to the recession the price 

of fuel plummeted. However, the Town was locked into the higher contract 

price. The Town has been in discussions with the contractor in an attempt to reduce 

the rate. In the mean time a new contract for fuel that will be effective in 

August 2009 will provide vehicle fuel to the Town at a rate of approximately 

$1.90 per gallon. 

Other utility costs continue to rise. The Town has been proactive in looking 

for alternatives to reduce the cost of utilities. Permission was given to the 

School Department in February to explore consulting contracts for utility conservation. 

An article in this Warrant requests permission for the construction of 

two wind turbines on Town owed property. If approved and constructed the turbines 

could return revenue to the Town that would equal the total electric costs 

for all Town and School owned buildings. 

Coupled with the deteriorating economy the Town has experienced one of 

the heaviest snow fall seasons in several years. The Town has a snow and ice 

budget of $128,000. The cost of plowing and removing snow and treating ice 

is expected to aggregate over $700,000 resulting in a snow and ice deficit for 

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FY09 that will approach $600,000. This deficit will have an effect on the 

amount of funds available in the FY10 budget. 

The Town received permission from the State to bond the ongoing medical 

expenses of a Firefighter who was injured in the line of duty. Under the legislation 

enacted up to $800,000 of the continuing medical expenses of this Firefighter 

may be bonded each year for the next five years. Medical expenses are 

currently estimated to be $400,000 annually. This legislation will add much 

needed relief to the Towns operating budget. Without this legislation, the medical 

costs would have to be funded as part of the operating budget. 

The Town issued $12.5 million of multi-purpose bonds in 2009. We are 

happy to report that the Town maintained its AA bond rating even in these hard 

economic times. The bonds permanently financed the new library as well as 

temporary debt incurred for medical expenses and the surface drain project. 

The interest rate for the bonds was 3.96% 

D. The Budget Process 

The FY09 budget requests that were submitted by most of the Town’s departments 

were influenced by several factors, which are discussed below: 

We received initial spread sheet budget projections from the Town Administrator 

in September 2008. At the request of the Town Administrator departmental 

budgets normally required to be submitted to the Warrant Committee by 

December 1 were submitted in early October. This was requested because it 

was anticipated that this would be a difficult year and there was a desire to have 

as much time as possible to review the budgets and consider alternatives. 

In October, Town officials and the Warrant Committee realized that FY10 

was going to be a very difficult year. We anticipated early in the process that 

FY10 revenues were likely to be less than FY09. The Warrant Committee with 

the help of the Town Administrator got the word out to the departments. The 

School Department very early in the budget process began working on impact 

statements of a level dollar funded budget. The Town Administrator requested 

that all town departments prepare impact statements under the assumption that 

budgets would be level dollar funded and departments would be required to absorb 

all wage increases in their FY10 budgets. 

The Warrant Committee’s various subcommittees began their initial review 

of budgets in October. Review was slowed because of several meetings with 

the Selectmen, the School Committee and other major Town departments to 

discuss concerns and alternatives relating to the worsening economy and the 

possibility of cuts in State aid in FY09. Budget reviews were also slowed so 

that we could prepare for two special town meetings. In October, Town Meet- 

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ing voted to transfer funds from the FY09 medical expense line of the Fire Department 

budget to fund Chapter 13 wage increases for FY09 and to fund the 

Library Union contract. As a result, most departments were required to submit 

revised budgets to reflect the corrected FY09 and FY10 salary information. 

The Warrant Committee completed its review of the various departmental 

budgets and prepared questions for department heads and meetings were scheduled 

with department heads to discuss their impact statements and other questions 

regarding their budgets. 

The Warrant Committee held an all day meeting on the first Saturday in 

March to begin the process of preparing a balanced budget. We decided to televise 

the all day meeting this year because of the importance of this year’s budget 

process to the Town. We approached the non-contingent budget by first adjusting 

all departmental requests to the smaller of the departments FY09 appropriations 

or the departmental FY10 request. Budgets that are fixed charge budgets 

such as insurance, law, employee benefits and State and County charge backs 

were kept at their FY10 estimated amount. The Blue Hills Regional Vocational 

School budget was set at approximately $40,000 above the FY09 appropriation 

based on estimated information received from the Blue Hills School Committee. 

The group insurance budget was reduced from the original estimate 

$9,327,960 to $9,027,960 based on information received from the Town’s insurance 

consultant. 

After all of the aforementioned adjustments a revenue shortfall of approximately 

$700,000 remained. The short fall was allocated to each departmental 

budget in a ratio of the department’s budget to the total of controllable departmental 

budgets. This resulted in a reduction of all of the operating department 

budgets to an amount that was 1.43% below their FY09 appropriation. Furthermore 

each department would be responsible for absorbing wage increases 

in their departmental budgets. We were later apprised of additional savings in 

Group Insurance and General Insurance that ultimately resulted in departmental 

budgets for the non-contingent budget being 1.06% below FY 09 appropriations. 

After the budget was balanced each department head or representative was 

invited to sit with us and discuss the balanced budget number for his/her departments 

and revisit the potential impact to his/her department. In general the 

initial reaction from each department was that the balanced budget presented 

would have the same impact as had been previously reported to us. 

The Saturday meeting ended with a discussion on an approach to a contingent 

budget. Over the course of the next week’s meetings we discussed and debated 

the approach to a contingent budget. We determined that a level service 

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udget for FY10 would result in an override of an amount approaching 

$5,000,000. The Committee decided that such a number was simply unrealistic 

and decided not to pursue a level service budget. We also wanted to approach 

the override in a way that was fair and rational for all departments. We decided 

that proposing an override that would simply provide funds to maintain current 

staffing levels was not sustainable into FY11 without the need for another override 

in FY11. We were also concerned that over several years the budgets for 

general operating and maintenance expense has continued to shrink. The most 

dramatic example of this is the fact equipment maintenance in the Public Works 

vehicle maintenance budget for FY09 was $15,000. We decided to try as best 

we could to make sure that the departments had enough funding in the personnel 

line item to allow them to operate, and then to focus on non-salaried items. 

The Warrant Committee decided to build a contingent budget using a bottom 

up approach. We did not have a contingent number in mind when we started 

the process. The first step in the process was to start with the non-contingent 

budget for each department and build up. Each department was first brought 

back to level dollar funding with the FY09 appropriation that was voted in May 

2008 and amended in October 2008. The committee then focused on each department’s 

impact statements to decide what was important to add back to the 

budgets. For the School budget we added funding for school athletics, SPED out 

of district tuitions, lost Medicaid reimbursements and teachers for enrollment 

growth and Annual Yearly Progress. For Police we added back funds for police 

cruisers, other police equipment, three patrolmen and two cadets. For the DPW 

budget, we added $150,000 to the Vehicle Maintenance budget, $280,000 to 

restore Yard Waste pickup and additional amounts for construction materials 

and staffing. We approached each of the major budgets in a similar manner. 

Our plan contemplated each department absorbing any pay increases for FY10 

in their operating budget. We did not provide a set aside for wage increases that 

were not in departmental requests. The FY10 non-contingent budgets were not 

sufficient to fund pay increases or step increases and maintain current staffing 

levels. While we added back funds to restore positions we did not add back 

funds for pay increases with the exception of step and lane increases and 

longevity increases. When the Committee completed this process we had a contingent 

budget that was approximately $2,900,000 over the non-contingent 

budget. This budget was submitted to department heads and the School Department 

for comment and impact. When we heard back from the departments 

we realized that the small departments would not be able to operate without 

some additional funding for personnel. The Schools needed approximately 

$130,000 more to ensure that they would be able to keep all of the schools open. 

Police and Fire required additional personnel funding to be able to maintain 

minimal manning to allow them to operate effectively. After listening to the de- 

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partmental impacts we added another $476,000 to the contingent budget to 

bring the contingent budget to $3,376,104 over the non-contingent budget. 

The Warrant Committee decided after much debate to allow the Police and 

Fire departments to have a bottom line appropriation. That means that there is 

only a total amount recommended for the Police and Fire budgets. There is no 

break down between salaries and general expenses as there has been in prior 

years.. We did this to give the public safety departments as much flexibility as 

possible to manage their budgets. A bottom line appropriation will allow those 

departments to transfer budget amounts between salary line items and general 

expense line items with only the approval of the selectmen. This flexibility is 

important because of the lack of proper funding especially in the non-contingent 

budgets for the efficient management of those departmental budgets. 

We did not include salary increases when building up our contingent budget 

number and that is true. However that is not to say that salary increases will 

not occur because they undoubtedly will. Also the schools have a bottom line 

appropriation as will the Police and Fire departments if Town meeting approves 

the public safety budget article as recommended. These departments will have 

the ability to move dollars from non-salary line items to salary line items should 

they choose. We have warned the departments that full staffing of their budgets 

may not be sustainable into FY11. The allocations provided by all the departments 

allocated the contingent amounts in the manner that we suggested 

which will result in a reduced salary budget. 

E. Budget Impact 

1. Non-Contingent Budget 

The non-contingent budget will require cuts in service across the board. 

We arrived at the non-contingent budget by funding all departments except 

those that represent fixed costs at 1.06% below their FY09 funding level. There 

are no salary set asides in the non-contingent budget. All departments will be 

required to pay any salary increases out of a budget that is already 1.06% 

smaller than the previous year. Salary set asides would have simply taken more 

money away from the departmental budgets and as a result would not have 

helped the situation. The non-contingent budget will result in significant cuts 

in personnel and result in large cuts in services. 

a. School Department 

The School department has a non-contingent budget that is $465,000 less 

than its FY09 appropriation. This will result in the closure of an elementary 

school and the loss of 47 positions, 37 of which will be professional personnel; 

1 administrator and 9 non professional personnel. Of the professional personnel 

it is estimated that 17 will be classroom teachers. Cuts will be necessary in 

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supplies and maintenance. There will be decreases in funding for student activities 

and increased student user fees. Certain non-core education courses 

could be eliminated. 

b. Public Safety 

The Police budget is $96,000 below FY09 funding; Fire is $71,000 below 

FY09 funding. Again asking departments to absorb pay increases in their budgets 

effectively puts the departments even further behind FY09 funding. 

The Police department would forgo replacement of vehicles and other 

needed equipment. In addition there would be a loss of 6 traffic supervisors, 5 

patrol officers and 2 emergency 911 operators. Police presence on the streets 

would be reduced. Police deployment would be altered and become less effective. 

Response time would increase and there would be a lack of man power to 

investigate large cases. 

The Fire Department would be forced to close one fire station. Staffing 

would be reduced from 55 firemen to 50 firemen. Response times would increase. 

The Town’s ability to participate in the mutual aid program would be 

compromised. Funding for equipment and building repairs that are already underfunded 

would be all but eliminated. 

a. Other Departments 

All departments are significantly underfunded. Smaller departments would 

be required to reduce staff hours. At Town Hall some positions may be eliminated 

with cross training of staff to cover more areas of responsibility. The library 

would be forced to close the East Milton branch library. There would be 

staff reductions. Library hours of operation would be cut back to the level required 

for State certification. Maintenance and general expense budget line 

items would be cut. Parks would reduce building and ground maintenance, cut 

the special needs program and look to increase activity and program fees. 

2. Contingent Budget 

The contingent budget is still not a level service budget but it would restore 

a significant amount of services. The School Department would not be forced 

to close an elementary school. Some staff reductions would be necessary and 

class sizes in certain instances may increase but not to the point that it would 

severely impact the learning environment. The Police and Fire Departments 

should be able to operate at a level of service equal to that of FY09. Some funding 

would be available for vehicles and equipment. DPW while still significantly 

underfunded would receive a significant increase in funding for vehicle 

maintenance and funds to add back some staffing positions. All other departments 

would operate at or near their FY09 levels. 

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II. Non-Budget Articles. 

A. Bylaw Amendment to Allow Construction of Wind Turbines 

Article 42 would amend the Towns zoning bylaws to provide for the construction 

of two wind turbines on Town owned land. These two wind turbines 

could generate enough energy credits through the sale of electricity to the National 

Grid to offset all of the electricity costs for Town and School owned buildings. 

It would cost approximately $8,000,000 to build the turbines the cost of 

which may be eligible for grants or zero interest loans. This proposal received 

favorable response at public hearings. 

B. Establishment of an Affordable Housing Trust 

Article 43 would allow the Town to establish an affordable housing trust to 

accept revenue to be used for the furtherance of housing for low and moderate 

income families in the Town. The Town is anticipating receiving $50,000 from 

the 2 Adams Street project in lieu of Chapter 40B housing. Without the establishment 

of this trust the Town would have no mechanism to accept this revenue. 

The trust would operate as an independent body with a five member board one 

of whom would be a member of the Board of Selectmen. 

C. Continuation of Non-conforming uses of Building and Land 

Article 44 submitted by the Planning Board would eliminate the need for 

a public hearing and authorize the Building Inspector to allow the continued use 

by a new owner of non-conforming property in the Town’s business districts 

when such use is substantially the same or substantially similar to the use by the 

previous owner. This amendment would only apply when the non-conforming 

use was in relation to set back or dimensions. Residents would continue to 

have the right to challenge the Building Inspectors determination. 

D. Retaining Wall is not a Structure 

Article 45 submitted by the Planning Board would change the Town’s zoning 

bylaws to clarify that a retaining wall of five feet or less in height is not a 

structure. This article is in response to litigation. Without definitive language the 

courts concluded that a retaining wall was a structure and as a result was subject 

to the Town’s zoning laws with respect to minimum sets backs. This change 

will allow residents to construct a retaining wall not exceeding five feet at the 

property line. 

E. Amendment to Affordable Housing Zoning Bylaw 

Article 46 submitted by the Planning Board is a technical amendment designed 

to clarify that affordable housing units required for special permits 

granted under the zoning for the Central Avenue Planned Unit Development 

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and the Brownfield Planned Unit Development do not have to qualify for inclusion 

on the state Subsidized Housing Inventory administered by the Department 

of Housing and Community Development if such inclusion is not 

practicable. 

F. Dependency Allowance for Children of Employees Injured in the Line 

of Duty. 

Article 47 submitted by the Retirement Board would permit the dependency 

allowance payable to surviving children of retirees who have died as a result of 

injuries sustained in the line of duty to be paid under the same provisions and 

amount as the dependency allowance payable to children of retirees who are injured 

in the line of duty but still surviving. There are currently two different sections 

of the Massachusetts General Law pertaining to benefits paid to 

dependents of retirees injured in the line of duty. MGL Chapter 32 §7 pertains 

to surviving retirees who are injured in the line of duty and MGL Chapter 32 

§9 which pertains to retirees who have died as a result of injuries suffered in the 

line of duty. Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2006 allows the Town to adopt a provision 

that would permit the dependent allowance paid to children of retirees 

whether the retiree is alive or deceased under Chapter 32 §7. 

G. Withdrawal From Norfolk County Mosquito Control 

Article 48 is a citizen’s article requesting that the Town withdraw from the 

Norfolk County Mosquito Control program. The Citizens claim that the 

$67,000 fee paid by the Town is not justified and better alternatives exist to reduce 

the threat of mosquitoes. For the reasons stated in the comment to Article 

48, we recommended against this article. 

H. Blue Hill Avenue Institutional/Business Overlay District 

Article 49 is a citizen’s article submitted to the Planning Board in an attempt 

to establish a business overlay zone for a parcel of land that is located in 

a residential class C zoning district. If approved the Article would allow the 

property on Blue Hill Avenue currently owned by a religious organization to be 

included as an overlay business zone under standards established by the Planning 

Board. This Article has proven to be quite controversial and the Planning 

Board is still in the process of public hearings and has not yet reached a decision 

as whether to support the Article. We have deferred consideration of the 

article until the Planning Board completes its public hearing. 

I. Consolidated Facilities Department 

Article 50 would give the Town and the School Committee the Authority 

to discuss the prospect of transferring the responsibility for maintenance of 

School and Town owned properties to a single department know as the consol- 

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idated facilities department. Without Town Meeting approval it is not possible 

to combine School and Town operations. 

J. Snow and Ice Deficit 

Article 13 asks Town Meeting to transfer $486,073 to available funds to 

cover the FY09 snow and ice budget deficit. The total deficit will be approximately 

$600,000 of which $115,000 will be made up by a set aside in the FY10 

budget. The remainder of the $486,073 or $373,073 will be made up by a request 

to transfer free cash and overlay reserve to available funds for FY09. The 

balance of the deficit will be covered by reserve fund transfers and identification 

of additional revenue in the FY10 tax recap submitted to the Department 

of Revenue. 

K. Cemetery Revolving Fund 

Article 40 establishes a new revolving fund for the Cemetery allowing the 

expenditure of $60,000 annually to purchase and install grave liners. All proceeds 

from the sale of grave liners would be deposited in the revolving fund. 

The Cemetery makes a profit from the sale of grave liners. However in the past 

few years due to reductions in their operating budget the Cemetery has significantly 

cut its budget for the purchase of grave liners. With no funds to purchase 

the grave liners the Cemetery is currently unable to sell grave liners. 

III. Acknowledgments 

This year our Town Treasurer Kevin Sorgi is retiring after twenty eight 

years of tireless service to this community as its Treasurer and several years 

before that as a Milton police officer. Kevin has seen the Town through some 

very tough economic times and has been instrumental in securing financing for 

the construction of our new schools and our new public library. Kevin is more 

than just a Treasurer and public servant to many people in this Town he is a 

dear friend and neighbor. 

The Warrant Committee would like to thank Kevin for all of his hard work 

and dedication and wish Kevin all the best in his retirement. 

This year we also bid farewell to Walter Heller the Town’s Director of Public 

Works and Paul Hilton the Assistant Superintendent of Business for the 

School Department. Both Walter and Paul have taken positions outside of the 

Town. Walter has taken a position with the Massachusetts Highway Department 

and Paul has taken a business manager’s position in another school district. 

In the years that they have served the Town Walter and Paul have worked 

diligently to improve operations and manage difficult budgets. We wish Walter 

and Paul the best of luck in their new positions. 

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We also acknowledge and thank the many Town employees and elected and 

appointed officials without whose efforts no warrant would ever be produced. 

In particular, the Warrant Committee thanks Town Administrator Kevin Mearn, 

Town Accountant David Grab, Assistant Town Administrator Annemarie 

Fagan, Town Counsel John Flynn, Treasurer Kevin Sorgi, Chief Appraiser Jeff 

d’Ambly, Kathy Fagan, Chair of the Board of Selectmen, and Beirne Lovely, 

Chair of the School Committee, for their assistance in preparing this Warrant. 


March 30, 2009 


Ewan Innes, Secretary 

Stefano Keel 

Leroy Walker 

Brendan McLaughlin 


Kevin Chase 


Omar Sanchez 



Raj Pathak 

Eric Kelley 

Maurice (Moe) Mitchell 

Robert (Bob) G. O’Brien 


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FOR THE OCTOBER 19, 2009 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 

When Town Meeting concluded last May the State Budget was far from 

being finalized. Unlike past years when the Governor’s budget recommendations 

for local aid tended to be more conservative than the House and Senate this 

year turned out quite the opposite. The Governor’s budget recommendations 

were extremely optimistic and were significantly reduced in both the House 

and Senate versions of the State Budget. While the Warrant Committee took a 

conservative approach in the estimate of State Aid for the FY 10 budget cuts at 

the State went far deeper than anyone originally predicted. At the time of Town 

Meeting the only State Aid numbers the Warrant Committee had to work with 

was the Governor’s recommendation. The Warrant Committee estimated State 

Aid for FY 10 $454,000 below the Governor’s recommendation, believing that 

certain items were not likely to pass the House and Senate. As we now know 

the amount of State Aid allocated to Milton in the final conference committee 

budget for FY 10 was $331,000 less than the Warrant Committee projection. 

This leaves the Town with a budgeted revenue short fall that must be made up 

in order to balance the budget and set the tax rate for FY 10. There are only two 

ways to remedy the revenue short fall. One is to identify other sources of revenue 

to replace the lost State Aid. The other is to reduce appropriations. In other 

words cut budgets. Discussions with Town Accountant David Grab quickly revealed 

that identifying additional revenue sources was simply not possible. The 

Town already has a $200,000 snow and ice deficit from FY 09 that must be 

funded by additional available revenue from FY 10. There is not enough room 

in the revenue budget to absorb both the snow and ice deficit and the State Aid 

short fall. It is not expected that the Town will have any free cash available for 

FY 10. This leaves the unpleasant task of reducing appropriations or cutting 

budgets for FY 10. 

The $331,000 cut in State Aid was the result of an $85,000 reduction in 

Chapter 70 (aid to schools), a $155,000 reduction in police education incentive 

and a $91,000 reduction in general aid and payments in lieu of taxes. Last 

year midyear budget cuts were absorbed by the large departments, Schools, Police, 

Fire and DPW. After long deliberation and discussions with the Selectmen 

and the School Committee the Warrant Committee decided that all departments 

should share in the responsibility for FY 10 budget cuts. The Warrant Committee 

decided to recommend that cuts resulting from reductions in Chapter 70 

and general aid be shared by all departments. The Committee further recommended 

that cuts resulting from reductions in police education incentive be allocated 

solely to the Police Department. 

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Police officers who receive advanced education degrees are awarded a 

stipend called education incentive. Once a police officer earns the advanced degree 

he or she is paid this incentive annually. Fifty percent of the stipend is to 

be funded by the Town and fifty percent from State Aid. The education incentive 

does not flow into the police officers’ base wages for budgetary purposes. 

All payments for education incentives are paid from the education incentive 

budget line item. 

This year the line item for education incentive in the Police budget is approximately 

$625,000. Because of the reduction in State Aid this budget line 

item will be reduced to $470,000. The Town’s contract with the police unions 

allows the Town to reduce the amount of education incentive paid to police officers 

in proportion to the reduction in State funding for that benefit. The State 

is funding approximately $48,000 through State Aid. The balance of $422,000 

will be funded by the Town. The reduction of police education incentive funds 

will result in reduced incentive payments to police officers. 

We are recommending the budget cuts resulting from Chapter 70 and general 

aid reductions be shared by the Schools and all Town departments in proportion 

to the size of their budgets. In arriving at the recommendation the 

Warrant Committee combined all of the smaller departments together to determine 

a single number to determine the recommended budget cut to those collective 

departments. That amount was then allocated to the smaller departments 

in proportion to the amount of the FY 10 override allocated to those departments. 

The Warrant Committee’s approach should assure that the budget cuts 

will not place an undue burden on any one small department. 

Town meeting members voted in favor of Warrant Article 12 at the May 

2009 annual Town meeting. That Article appropriated $400,000 to cover the 

medical expenses incurred between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 by a Milton 

Firefighter who was permanently injured in the line of duty. The amount of 

the appropriation was based on estimates received from Town’s insurance consultant 

taking into consideration the injured Firefighter’s medical condition at 

that time. Since then the Firefighter has had numerous medical setbacks and it 

is now apparent that $400,000 will not cover the estimated medical expenses for 

the year. The Town’s insurance consultant’s current estimate is that medical 

expense will approach $700,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. Special 

legislation passed by the State in 2008 allows the Town to issue debt not exceeding 

$850,000 for each year through June 2013 to cover this Firefighter’s 

medical costs incurred each year. 

The Warrant Committee is recommending that Town Meeting approve borrowing 

authority up to the $850,000 maximum amount for fiscal year 2010. By 

doing so additional Warrant Articles on this issue will be avoided should the 

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costs exceed the $700,000 estimate. Allowing the Town borrowing authority in 

excess of amounts expended will result in no significant adverse financial impact 

to the Town. The Town can only bond amounts actually expended. If the 

medical costs for the year are less than $850,000 the Town will simply have 

unused borrowing capacity that can be revoked at a latter Town meeting. The 

Town has a responsibility to provide sufficient medical care to the injured Firefighter 

to ensure him the best quality of life available under the circumstances. 

The Town Administrator, our insurance consultant and Town government continues 

to vigorously negotiate with the heath care providers to conserve Town 

resources. 

Chapter 27, Section 60 of the Acts and Resolves of 2009 added general law 

Chapter 64L, Section 2(a) to the Massachusetts statute. This law allows municipalities 

to vote to impose a tax of 0.75% on the sale of restaurant meals as 

defined originating within the Town. After significant spirited debate the Warrant 

Committee is recommending that the Town vote to impose such a meals tax 

Milton. The debate centered around the fact that Milton needs additional 

sources of revenue to lessen the Town’s overwhelming reliance on residential 

property taxes to finance government operations. Many members of the Committee 

are concerned about the impact that such a tax might have on businesses 

located in the Town. Still others are concerned about the impact that such a tax 

might have on the residents of the Town who patronize local restaurants in the 

Town. Most Committee members agree when put in perspective a 0.75% tax on 

meals should not be a significant contributing factor to a consumers decision to 

dine at a restaurant. The tax would result in the consumer paying an extra $0.75 

on a $100 restaurant bill. Certainly there are many other factors that a consumer 

should consider including location, convenience, quality of service, quality of 

food and price far ahead of an additional $0.75 charge. That being said sometimes 

perception outweighs reality. If Milton is the only Town in the surrounding 

area to pass the meals tax what impact will that have on perception? 

After taking all of that into consideration the Town could really use the revenue. 

But how much revenue will the tax generate? There is currently no historical 

data as to the value of meals served in Milton annually. The State does 

not currently track meals tax information by community. The only data that is 

currently available are estimates provided by the State for purposes of determining 

allowable revenue for the FY 10 tax recap work sheet. Based on that 

data Milton could include $52,000 of estimated revenue from meals tax for FY 

10 on the tax recap if the tax was adopted by August 31, 2009 to be effective 

October 1, 2009. Annualizing that information it would amount to $70,000 of 

annual revenue. $70,000 is not a lot of additional revenue. The question must 

be asked whether an additional $70,000 is worth the risk and effort. $9,333,000 

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of meals sales will generate $70,000 in meals tax revenue. Again while there is 

currently no historical data the Town has small but successful franchise restaurants 

and many other small restaurants and sandwich shops that are very successful. 

It is certainly conceivable that those restaurants already have food sales 

exceeding $9,333,000. The Town currently has two new and wonderful restaurants 

that even if evaluated in the context of a good economy are doing very 

well. When measured against a bad economy, their initial performance is incredible. 

While we don’t know the volume of sales from these new restaurants 

it is reasonable to assume that their sales will significantly increase the sale of 

food in the Town. The Warrant Committee believes that future revenues generated 

from a local meals tax will exceed the $70,000 imputed from the State’s 

estimate. 

The Warrant Committee sought feedback from the two new restaurants in 

the Town as to the impact that a local meals tax may have on their businesses. 

Vance Welch speaking for both new restaurants in the Town addressed the Committee. 

Mr. Welch stated that he is aware of the revenue needs of the Town. He 

will support the new meals tax if it will help Town finances. Mr. Welch did not 

think that the tax would have a significant impact on business provided that 

most communities in the area adopted the local meals tax option. He stated that 

he does have concerns if Milton is the only community in the area to adopt the 

local meals tax option. Mr. Welch urged that we not be too hasty in adopting 

the new tax. 

The cities of Boston, Cambridge and Brookline have all indicated that they 

will adopt the new tax. Other communities are contemplating but have not as 

of yet indicated if they will support a local meals tax. Other communities have 

already indicated that they will not support the local meals tax option. 

The Warrant Committee carefully considered all of the information before 

it and believes that the benefit of the new revenue source will outweigh the potential 

negative impact. In an effort to address the expressed concern of business 

owners the Warrant Committee has decided to recommend that the new tax 

not be imposed until April 1, 2010. The Committee believes that this will provide 

the new restaurants in the Town sufficient time to establish themselves and 

allow time to assess the impact on communities that have decided to adopt the 

tax earlier. 

The Warrant Committee anticipates that fiscal year 2010 will be a year 

filled with financial turmoil. The Town as you all know was the beneficiary of 

a $3.5 million proposition 2 1/2 override thanks to the concerned and caring residents 

of the Town. The override will allow the Town to continue to provide the 

quality of service that is expected by the residents of the Town. While the economy 

is starting to show significant signs of improving, the financial position of 

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the State still remains tenuous. The State’s stabilization fund has been significantly 

depleted and tax revenues are not expected to recover quickly. All signs 

indicate that the Town should anticipate additional cuts in State aid during fiscal 

year 2010. The Town will not have any free cash available for 2010 to absorb 

reductions in State aid. The Warrant Committee has set aside $49,000 for 

the reserve fund to help fund State aid reductions. As the year continues the 

Warrant Committee may be able to free some additional reserve funds for this 

purpose. The Committee feels any reserve funds available to mitigate cuts in 

State aid while helpful will not be sufficient to make a significant impact. Any 

significant reduction in State aid for 2010 will result in departmental budget 

cuts. As was the case last fiscal year the Warrant Committee is currently developing 

a communication to all Town departments with a recommendation to 

curtail spending in anticipation of these reductions. 


September 9, 2009 


Maurice (Moe) Mitchell, Secretary 

Ewan Innes 

Leroy Walker 


Kevin Chase 


Omar Sanchez 



Raj Pathak 

Eric Kelley 

Michael Zullas 

John Ahonen 

Henry Bell 


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INTERESTING FACTS AND STATISTICS ABOUT MILTON 

Area of Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,448 acres, or 13.2 square miles 

Area of Water Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 acres or .23 square miles 

Area of D.C.R. Reservation in Town . . . . . . . . 1,838 acres, or 2.87 square miles 

Business Area East Milton (exclusive of streets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.65 acres 

Business Area Milton Village (exclusive of streets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.42 acres 

Business Area East Side of Granite Avenue at Neponset River . . . . . . 6.15 acres 

Length of Public Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.6 miles 

Length of State Highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.44 miles 

Length of Metropolitan Park Roadways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.078 miles 

Extent of Town North and South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.339 miles 

Extent of Town East and West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.094 miles 

Elevation of crest of center line Adams Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 feet 

Elevation of Adams Street at Granite Avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 feet 

Elevation of Adams Street at Eliot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 feet 

Elevation of Canton Avenue at Town Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 feet 

Elevation of Canton Avenue at Blue Hills Parkway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 feet 

Elevation of Randolph Avenue at Reedsdale Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 feet 

Elevation of Randolph Avenue at Hillside Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 feet 

Elevation center line Brush Hill Road near Robbins Street . . . . . . . . . . . 206 feet 

Elevation center line Brush Hill Road at center line Canton Avenue. . . . 209 feet 

Elevation summit Great Blue Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 feet 

All elevation figured from Boston Base, which means low tide water at 

Charlestown Navy Yard 

Population 26,272 - Voting Precincts: eleven 

MILTON TOWN OFFICE 

525 Canton Avenue, Telephone 617-898-4800 

MILTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES 

Main Library – Canton Avenue at Reedsdale Road, Telephone 617-698-5757 

MILTON FIRE STATIONS 

Central Fire Station – Canton Avenue rear of Town Office Building 617-898-4901 

Engine No. 2 – Corner Adams Street and Granite Avenue 

Engine No. 4 – Corner Blue Hill Avenue and Atherton Street 

MILTON POLICE HEADQUARTERS 

40 Highland Street, Telephone 617-698-1212 

MILTON HOSPITAL 

199 Reedsdale Road, Telephone 617-696-4600

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MILTON, MA 02186

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