Category Archives: Town Services

MPR public information session 1/6 re potential new building

Posted on December 19, 2019 | Comments Off on MPR public information session 1/6 re potential new building

From Kevin Ryder –

MONDAY JANUARY 6, 2020 6:30PM @ PFAFF MEDFIELD PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT PUBLIC INFO SESSION FOR NEW PARK & REC CENTER Have your voice heard on what should be part of a potential new Park & Recreation Center in Medfield! Hear from Park & Rec and the consultants about progress and work done to date.

I wanted to update you on the status of our work with the consultants from Abacus in regard to a new Park & Rec facility.

We will be hosting a PUBLIC INFO SESSION on Monday, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:30pm at the Pfaff. The goal of this session is to update the public on the process and solicit information from the public about what they want to see in a new facility.

I have attached a flyer to this email. Could you pass the word along to the Selectmen?

Any questions, please let me know

Kevin

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Kevin Ryder, CPRP

Director of Parks & Recreation

 

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Posted in Buildings, Medfield Park & Recreation Commission, Planning, Town Services

Town Election

Posted on December 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Town Election

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Posted on: December 18, 2019

NOMINATION PAPERS FOR TOWN ELEC 3/30/2020

Papers are now available in the Town Clerk’s office for anyone wishing to run for a Town Office.  Last day to pick up papers is Feb 10, 2020, same day they are due back for certification.  It will be necessary to obtain fifty (50) valid (registered voters) signatures to place your name on the ballot.

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Posted in Elections, Town Services

Town FB page

Posted on October 16, 2019 | Comments Off on Town FB page

Assistant Town Administrator, Nicholas Milano, has created a Facebook page  for the Town of Medfield – https://facebook.com/townofmedfield –

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Posted in Town Services

Annual Reports on-line

Posted on October 4, 2019 | Comments Off on Annual Reports on-line

Town’s Annual Reports are on-line

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Hi Kristine,

I heard the digitization of town annual reports came up in the last selectman’s meeting, and I wanted to let you know that the library digitized all of the reports that we had a while back through the State Library commonwealth digitization project. Here’s the link: https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/427813  and you’re welcome to throw that up on the town website.

Thanks,

Pam

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Pamela Gardner

Library Director

 

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Posted in Information, Library, Select Board matters, Town Services

Nicholas Miliano, Assistant Town Administrator

Posted on August 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Nicholas Miliano, Assistant Town Administrator

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Good article by Mike Gleason on Nick in the Medfield Press

https://medfield.wickedlocal.com/news/20190829/milano-is-medfields-new-assistant-town-administrator

It was nice to meet Nick at the Select Board meeting last night.

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Posted in Employees, People, Select Board matters, Town Services

Your tax bill

Posted on February 8, 2019 | 2 comments

The Division of Local Services (DLS) of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue sends me emails with lots of data.  I was especially interested to see our colleagues in pain on the attached chart of what towns pay for property taxes.  Look at it on-line here

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This lists the towns paying the ten highest and lowest property taxes – we must be just off the high list:

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This was that same list from last year (which makes me wonder what sources of revenue Concord and Sudbury found to be able to lower their taxes):

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Posted in Budgets, Financial, Information, Select Board matters, Town Services

Town House Phone System

Posted on August 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Town House Phone System

Email from Kristine Trierweiler yesterday afternoon –

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Phone system went down earlier today. IT dept has been working and it was determined a piece of Verizon equipment in the Town House has failed. Verizon will be on site at 8 AM Tuesday to try and resolve the issue. 

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Kristine Trierweiler

Assistant Town Administrator
Town of Medfield

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Posted in Town Services

Mike Sullivan retiring in January

Posted on June 28, 2018 | 1 comment

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Michael Sullivan announced at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday that he will be retiring in January, 2019.  Mike will have served as the Town Administrator for 44 years, and he has been the longest serving town administrator in the state for almost the last ten years.  Prior to Mike being hired, the Medfield employed an executive secretary, so Mike is also the town’s one and only town administrator to date.

This selectman has asked Mike to write down all he knows about the town (and maybe its residents), as he has a huge institutional memory of what happened and why, all in his head.

Mike was educated at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and he has a tremendous understanding of and facility with the town finances and budgets.  I have come to think that he can almost run the  budget process off the cuff, especially where he has done it so many times and has seen so many things in those four decades of being in charge of our town.

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Posted in History, People, Select Board matters, Town Services

Mental health referral service

Posted on November 30, 2017 | Comments Off on Mental health referral service

The William James Interface Referral Service

The School Department and the town signed up with The William James Interface Referral Service, which is a mental health referral service for any resident.  Interface phones are answered by mental health professionals, and they match callers with appropriate clinical staff.  Interface does the legwork, and makes referrals based on the variables. The service became available for Medfield residents November 1.  See the Interface website for other resources – William James Interface Referral Service
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Posted in health, Information, Police Department, Schools, Teens, Town Services

Interface is live

Posted on November 3, 2017 | Comments Off on Interface is live

Interface, the mental health referral service brought to town by the combined efforts of the schools and police is now operational, and residents can get services.

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The following is from the Superintendent’s blog  –

This post will highlight our new partnership with Interface Referral Service

Medfield Public Schools and Town of Medfield Collaborate to Fund Interface

 

We are pleased to announce a new referral service for all students and residents of Medfield. The Medfield Public Schools and the Town of Medfield have teamed up with William James College to provide a referral service that provides a wide range of valuable resources related to mental health and wellness for the benefit of children, adults and families, as well as educators and mental health professionals.

In addition to the resources on their website, the William James Interface Referral Service maintains a mental health and wellness referral helpline Monday through Friday, 9 am-5 pm, at 888-244-6843 (toll free). This is a free, confidential referral service for individuals across the lifespan living in Medfield. Callers are matched with licensed mental health providers from their extensive database. Each referral meets the location, insurance, and specialty needs of the caller. More information about the service and terms of confidentiality can be found here on the new Interface- Medfield page.

 

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Posted in health, Information, Police Department, Schools, Teens, Town Services