FY 2007 - Town of Uxbridge

Respectfully submitted,
Mason Seagrave, Chair
Christopher Cota, Chris Hanson,
Will Page, Donna Roy, Norman Roy
Stephen Taylor, Chair
Town Common Preservation
Committee
The Town Common Preservation Committee
was appointed in 1999 to continue the work
of the of the Town Common Study Committee.
Through grants and donations the Committee
has made many improvements to the Town
Common. The major items include installing of
an underground electrical system, an irrigation
system, a community bulletin board, restoration
of the temperance fountain, cleaning and
repairing of the war monuments, replacing the
flag pole and installing new benches and trash
barrels.
The Committee would like to thank everyone
who has contributed to the restoration of the
Town Common. Please help the Committee to
maintain this beautiful piece of property for the
Town of Uxbridge.
Respectfully submitted,
John McQuade, Chairman
Phyllis A. Smyth, Secretary/Treasurer
Gerald Baker, Herve Gazaille,Victor Sloan
Tree Warden
Work completed from July 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2007:
Trees Removed 15
Trees Trimmed 1
Butt Logs 1
Trees Planted – Maple 2
Work planned for July 1, 2007 through June 30,
2008:
Tree Removal 8
Tree Trimming 2
Butt Logs 1
Tree Planting 2
Website Committee
The Committee is presently focused on
The Website Committee was formed and completing the implementation of Content
members selected by the Town Manager in Management functionality so staff can take sole
February 2005. The purpose of the Committee is responsibility for this throughout the website. In
to design and build a Town website primarily to conjunction with this, and as the website has
serve the residents of Uxbridge and secondarily matured and the amount of information has
to provide information about the Town. Since grown, we are also presently focused on archiving
older documents while still maintaining
the website was initially released in May 2005,
the function of the Committee has expanded to access to this historical information.
include evolving the functionality of the website On the recommendation of the Committee,
to allow staff to post and manage documents the Town’s Cable Access Coordinator, Barry
directly (Content Management), and working Giles, has acquired equipment and software to
with staff and members of Boards and
produce videos of meetings for HTTP streaming
Committees to increase the amount, and relevance
of the content on the website.
any assistance Mr. Giles feels the Committee can
on the website. The Committee is available for
This past year the Town’s Website was recognized
by Common Cause Massachusetts’
We also have an on-going interest in, and
provide to assist with this.
Campaign for Open Government for its role in work closely with staff to have complete and
promoting open government. The website won current documents on the website. And, the
the 2007 E-Government Award on March 15th Committee has received excellent input from
and the Town received a letter of recognition the Community for other improvements and
from the Massachusetts House of
information to be presented on the website.
Representatives for this achievement. Our website
was one of the first recognized for meeting Town hire a qualified Information Technology
The Committee continues to recommend the
all of the criteria defined by Common Cause for professional to provide infrastructure support
promoting open government in Massachusetts. for the Town’s current investment in technology
The Website Committee recognizes these accolades
are more the result of the material and out the town government and related
and to advance the use of technology through-
efforts provided by Boards, Committees and staff Departments, Boards and Committees. This
with whom we have the pleasure to collaborate. position will help ensure the future usability
Use of the website varies from month-tomonth,
apparently depending on current issues systems, and will result in more quality content
and relevance of the Town’s website and other
and events, and continues to increase year-toyear
in both average daily visits and total
The Committee presently consists of a single
for the site.
monthly visits. This implies more people are member as two positions vacated by resignations
have gone unfilled. Joseph Bonapace
looking to the website to find information. The
trend also implies people are finding relevant recently stepped down from the Committee after
information and continue to come back to the serving as its Chair since its inception. His contributions
were significant.
website for other information.
Respectfully submitted,
Grant W. Fletcher
Website Statistics - Visits
I would like to express my thanks and appreciation
to Lawrence Bombara, Bob Harris, and
Anne Marie Moran – Arborist for National Grid
– for their assistance during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
John J. DiRienzo,Tree Warden
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