Town Manager

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Town Manager

• Informational Overview

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Town Manager Mission

• The Mission of the Town Manager is to
  implement the policies established by the Board
  of Selectmen to provide the overall
  administration to the Towns municipal
  organization and to foster continuous
  improvement and customer focused services and
  programs.

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Town ManagerOrganization
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Town ManagerPrimary Functions Services

• The Town Manager serves as the Towns chief
  administrative, fiscal, and personnel officer. He
  oversees all town departments and services, and
  is responsible for ensuring that all boards,
  officers and representatives of the Town comply
  with policy determinations of the Board of
  Selectmen. The Town Manager also appoints and
  supervises all employees, officers and boards not
  appointed by the Selectmen or Town Moderator.
  This is in accordance with the Town Charter (Ch.
  571 of the Acts of 1956) which established the
  Open Town Meeting, Board of Selectmen, Town
  Manager form of government for Andover.

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Town ManagerFY06 Goals Objectives

• To successfully complete the Board of Selectmens
  goals and objectives and provide continuous
  support to the Board in areas of policy analysis,
  policy implementation and attainment of the
  Boards Mission and the six value statements.
• To implement and manage the Towns buildings,
  grounds and infrastructure improvement projects
  to include the successful completion and close
  out of the Fire Station portion (Phase II) of the
  Public Safety Center, continued construction of
  the multi-year residential sewer project,
  construction of a Youth Center on the West
  Andover site, the planning of a Senior Citizen
  Center at the Bartlet Street site, and the Main
  St. Improvement Project in the downtown area.

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Town ManagerFY06 Goals Objectives (cont.)

• To improve communications with our citizens via
  the Towns website, thereby facilitating improved
  citizen access to municipal government
  information.
• To continue to initiate award applications that
  acknowledge outstanding customer service and
  recognize innovative solutions to challenges
  presented in the delivery of quality municipal
  services.
• NEWWA Selected - Alan Carifio, Chief Chemist WTP
  as this years Dexter Brackett Award winner for
  his paper on alternative methods for evaluating
  granular activated carbon.
• GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in
  Financial Reporting
• CHAPA Leadership Award for Affordable Housing
• Boston Business Journal cited Andover for being a
  regional center for life science companies

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Town ManagerFY06 Goals Objectives (cont.)

• To work with the Main Street Committee to improve
  Main Street and the downtown area for the safety
  of pedestrians and motorists.
• To continue the implementation of the master plan
  for playfield maintenance and improvements.
• To continue the acquisition of open space for the
  preservation of this natural resource and the
  enjoyment of our citizens.

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Town ManagerIssues Challenges

• Andover is an economically developed suburb, and
  people enjoy living here because of our
• Quality of Life
• Quality of Schools
• Quality of Municipal Services
• Our challenge is to continue to improve these
  qualities within our ability to pay for them

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Town ManagerIssues Challenges (cont.)

• Budget FY2006 and Beyond
• Expenditure Challenges
• Health Insurance Costs
• Collective Bargaining Settlements
• Petroleum Energy Costs
• Retirement Costs
• Construction Materials
• Revenue Challenges
• NESWC Funds
• State Aid
• New Growth

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Town ManagerIssues Challenges (cont.)

• CIP FY2007-FY2011
• School Town Facility Maintenance
• Sidewalk Improvements
• Town Yard Lewis Street
• Playfield Design Construction

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Town ManagerContacting Us

• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail manager_at_andoverma.gov
• Website andoverma.gov
• Address 36 Bartlet Street