FY 2007 - Town of Uxbridge

nels are for Public, Education and Government
use. Uxbridge Community Access Television
produces programming for approximately
4,000 subscribers in the town.
In the FY 07, UCAT requested a budget of
$125,040 that was voted and accepted by town
meeting in the spring. The budget was use to
purchase equipment for the three entities of
PEG Access.
The equipment purchased will be utilized by
volunteer producers, staff and students in the
school district to produce programming for
Public Access Television.
Students at Uxbridge High School will be able
to use this equipment to help produce morning
announcements live to the school, help cover
local sporting events and be able to incorporate
into the curriculum through the Technology
Department.
The public is invited to participate in training
workshops to learn about Public Access
Television and be trained on the equipment. In
the workshops volunteers will learn all aspects
of television production including studio production,
portable camera operation and nonlinear
editing.
Uxbridge Community Access Television is
available to the residents of Uxbridge to help
produce programming for the Public,
Education or Government channels in
Uxbridge. Classes are held throughout the year
for training on the equipment that is available
to the community. If you interested on learning
more about Public Access Television in
Uxbridge or you might have an idea for a
program and you just need to know how to go
about getting that program on UCAT, please
contact the Program Coordinator at 508-278-
0708 or email at cable.access@uxbridge-ma.gov.
Respectfully submitted,
Barry Giles, Program Coordinator
Uxbridge Community Access Television
Department of Public Works
The Department of Public Works, operating
under the Town Manager, is comprised of
the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent,
Water and Sewer Operations Manager, Highway
Supervisor, 2 Administrative Staff and 17 Union
Employees for FY 07.
The Public Works Department is responsible
for all highway construction and maintenance
projects, winter snow & ice operations, maintenance
of the commons, parks, playgrounds and
recreation fields, school grounds maintenance,
water and wastewater facility operations, and
infrastructure maintenance, as well as landfill
monitoring and maintenance. I am proud of
the Department and its accomplishments and
we look forward to meeting the challenges that
face our growing community however, I caution
residents that further budget reductions
will only defer much needed infrastructure
maintenance resulting in long term higher
costs for repairs and reconstruction.
Frustration is beginning to set in with residents
and the Department as a result of the
absence of the Capital Improvement Program,
the Bridge and Culvert Rehabilitation Program
and most noticeably the $0 funding of the Road
Improvement Program. The lack of these programs
will directly result in escalating construction
and replacement costs in the foreseeable
future and our inability to maintain our infrastructure
adequately.
One can see by driving the community that
stop gap safety measures (jersey barriers) to
protect the motoring and pedestrian public are
cropping up throughout the Town until funding
becomes available for these necessary
projects.
The Town’s road improvement program dictates
approximately $700,000 be spent annually
to maintain the current level of service. In a
typical year, Chapter 90 State Aid is in the range
of $350,000 requiring the Town subsidize the
balance of $350,000. Over the years, continuous
cuts have been made and ultimately the budget
was decimated to zero last year. As maintenance
monies are deferred, road reconstruction costs
skyrocket and simple maintenance projects
become full-scale reconstruction projects. The
DPW, with the use of only Chapter 90 Mass
Highway funds, completed reconstruction of
Elm Street, Pleasant Street and portions of Cross
Road.
Capital improvement projects including the
addition of a lime silo at the Waste Water
Facility and the Low Service Water Tank
Replacement Project and Rosenfeld Well Design
Project are all ongoing and expected to be completed
in FY07-08
We invite the public to view all Division’s
equipment and buildings at their convenience,
and we take this opportunity to thank all Town
Departments that have assisted us in meeting
our work schedules and goals for this year.
WASTEWATER DIVISION
The Wastewater Division as of July 1, 2007, has
2255 residential connections, 96 commercial
connections, and no industrial connections.
Treatment Plant Data
Total gallons processed 341,500,000
Gallons of septage processed 3,417,550
Gallons of sludge to SYNAGRO 2,088,000
Dry tons of sludge to SYNAGRO 309.0
Cost of sludge disposal $125,096.02
Extension to Sewerage System
1,268 feet of 8 inch main
WATER DIVISION
The Water Division as of July 1, 2007 has 2984
residential connections, 82 commercial connections,
and 1 industrial connection and 64.4
miles of water main.
Plant Data
Blackstone Wellfield Totals
Total gallons pumped 120,213,349
Average gallons per day 329,352
Well #1 hours pumped 1,907.7
Well #2 hours pumped 2,004.9
Well #3 hours pumped 2,021.7
Bernat Wellfield Totals
Total Gallons pumped 113,800,700
Average gallons per day 311,782
Well #4 hours pumped 1,119.4
Well #5 hours pumped 1,884.9
Well #6 hours pumped 2,611.1
Extension to Water System
1,468 feet of 8 inch main
PUBLIC WORKS REVENUE
Water
Usage/liens/interest/fees 888,244.81
Water System Development 186,240.00
SUB TOTAL $1,074,484.81
Sewer
Usage/liens/interest/fees 714,308.52
Septage 193,885.00
Sewer Betterments 8,049.71
SUB TOTAL $916,243.23
TOTAL $1,990,728.04
Respectfully submitted,
Lawrence E. Bombara
DPW Superintendent
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