Town of Shirley - Shirley, MA

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKSThe DPW staff includes 3 full time employees, 1 part time call-in employee and 1 part timeadministrative assistant. We are also fortunate enough to have help from 2 Senior Work OffEmployees. The duties and responsibilities for the Superintendent’s vacant position are stillbeing fulfilled by the Foreman and Administrative Assistant.The new fiscal year began again with 5 employees from Bemis Associates volunteering their timewith several duties around the town such as lawn care and brush cutting at Government Center,the Center and Village Cemeteries, Lura A. White School and Shirley Middle School. Thank youagain, Bemis Associates, Inc and your employees for your continuing dedication to this town.Foreman Paul Farrar, who also serves as Tree Warden, and his crew have many duties to upkeepfor the DPW including basin cleaning and repair, upkeep of town roads, trimming andmaintenance of lawns and landscaping of all town properties, (including Center and VillageCemeteries and the Schools) brush clearing, hot top patching, grading of roads, beaver dam cleanup, street sweeping and line painting, just to name a few. General repairs and maintenance ofmore than 80% of the DPW vehicles were done by this Department, saving the Town thousandsof dollars annually in outside maintenance and repair contracting costs.Stormwater Management is required by Federal Regulation Section 309 of the Clean Water Act.In FY 12, to maintain general compliance with the regulations and state/federal permits, thedepartment performed ditch maintenance, cleared grates, cleaned catch basins, repaired covers,opened obstructed pipes, maintained waterways, maintained detention ponds, replaced pipe andstructures and marked drains and brooks. The Annual EPA Stormwater Report was submitted bythe department and signed by CAO.Income earned by the issuance of 14 driveway permits for FY 12 totaled $675.00. $1,733.00was also made from the sale of scrap metal and wood chips. The MBTA was also invoiced$9,758.10 for the annual maintenance of the Commuter Rail Train Depot.While we enjoyed a season respite from the heavy winter in FY 11, FY 12 had a reasonably easywinter. It was the first year in several that DPW did not surpass its annual snow budget of$79,000. Many thanks to the contract snow plow drivers and citizens who helped thisDepartment keep the streets and sidewalks clear for our residents and pedestrians.The DPW did not complete any Chapter 90 projects in FY 12, however, we did submit ProjectRequests for approvals of a culvert replacement on Catacunemaug Road and the approval forresurfacing a one mile section of Squannacook Road. As of the writing of this report, theCatacunemaug Culvert was successfully completed in November, 2012 at a cost of $162,089.00.The resurfacing project was recently approved by Mass DOT and we anticipate the SquannacookRoad resurfacing project to commence in May or June of 2013.Respectfully submitted,Paul Farrar, ForemanMichael LanteigneArthur FlynnPam Callahan98