FY 2011 - Town of Uxbridge

Zoning Board continued
submitted under M.G.L. Chapter 40B.
The Zoning Board of Appeals
meets the first Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 P.M. in the Board of
Selectmen’s Meeting Room, in the
Uxbridge Town Hall, 21 South Main
Street, Uxbridge, MA.
We respectfully submit the following report
for the period beginning July 1, 2010 to
June 30, 2011. During FY 2011, the
Zoning Board of Appeals heard 12 cases.
There were requests for 5 Variances; (out
of those requests 2 applications were
denied, 3 were granted). There were
requests for 7 Special Permits, (All 7 were
granted).
Respectfully submitted,
Uxbridge Zoning Board of Appeals
Mark Wickstrom, Chairman
Stephen O’Connell, Vice Chairman
Thomas Bentley, Clerk
Joseph Frisk, Alternate
Christopher Walkiewicz, Alternate
Charter Review
Committee
Article 7 Section 6 of the Town
Charter calls for a periodic review of the
Charter at least once in every ten years,
in each year ending in zero, a special
committee to consist of nine members
shall be established for the purpose of
reviewing the charter and to make a
report, with recommendations, to the
town meeting concerning any proposed
amendments which said committee may
determine to be necessary and
desirable.
Appointed to the Committee
were Arthur O. DuBois, Peter Emerick,
Barbara Hall, Bill Kessler, James Legg,
Kenneth Redding, Harry A. Romasco
and Mary Pat Wickstrom.
The Committee held its first meeting
on February 9, 2011 and elected Harry A.
Romasco chairman, Arthur O. DuBois vice
-chairman and Bill Kessler secretary. The
committee conducted nine meetings and
received input from the Town Manager,
F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e , S c h o o l
Superintendent, School Committee,
Department Heads, Town Boards and
Town Committees.
The Charter Review Committee will
continue to hold public hearings through
August 1, 2012. The published report will
be completed by September 1, 2012. The
proposed amendments will then be on the
warrant for the fall Town Meeting. If the
Attorney General concludes there is no
conflict with MGL then the question will go
to the ballot at the annual election in May
2013.
The Charter Review Committee
extends its thanks to those who have
assisted us in this very important
endeavor.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry A. Romasco, Chairman
Arthur O. DuBois, Vice- Chairman
Bill Kessler, Secretary
Peter Emerick
Barbara Hall
James Legg
Kenneth Redding
May Pat Wickstrom
Fire Department
The Fire Department is the service
provider for the community responsible
for fire suppression, rescue and
emergency medical services. Personnel
also provide fire prevention services
through plan review, inspections, and
participation in the planning process in
cooperation with the Building Inspector
and Planning Department and public
education through school and community
programs. Members include 11 full-time
Firefighter/EMTs and 30 “on-call”
members operating from three stations.
We provide advanced life support (ALS)
ambulance service with two ambulances
serving the town.
There were some personnel
changes that took place over the course
of this fiscal year. Captain Michael
Legendre retired from the department
after nearly 30 years of service as a
firefighter and EMT. He was one of the
original Station 3 crew when it opened in
original Station 3 crew when it opened in
1988 and had taken care of that station
since. We wish him well in his life away
from the Fire Department.
Firefighter/EMT Brian Cote resigned
in April 2011 after four years of service.
Brian had accomplished Firefighter I/II
certification and became an EMT, then
decided to build a house in Rhode Island.
While we regret losing a promising
member, we wish him well in his new
location.
Two new firefighters were appointed
during the year, Derek Scott in August
and Peter Galas in January. Both
successfully completed the District 7
Recruit class and are working towards
getting Firefighter I/II certification at the
State level. We anticipate that happening
soon and look forward to their addition as
regular members of the department.
As mentioned in last year’s report,
Engine 5 was taken out of service due to
significant mechanical problems, and we
purchased a 1984 pumper as an interim
solution for a rescue/extrication vehicle.
Having received funding at Town Meeting
for a Rescue truck, a committee was
formed and vehicle specifications received
funding at Town Meeting for a Rescue
truck, a committee was formed and
vehicle specifications were written and put
out to bid. Rosenbauer was the winning
bidder and has committed to delivering
the new Rescue truck in the fall of 2011.
Rosenbauer had also built the Tanker put
into service last year, which we are very
pleased with.
Over the past year, our calls for firerelated
and EMS services increased
slightly. Our transition to Paramedic level
service has proven to be life-saving in
several instances, where patients were in
cardiac arrest on arrival or went into
cardiac arrest enroute to the hospital and
were revived by department Paramedics.
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