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In the summer of 1986 we had to go to market <br /> Report of the with 2.38 million of bonds for the purchase of the <br /> Treasurer/Tax Collector Mashpee River Woodlands and the construction of the <br /> <f: new public works garage. At that time the Town did <br /> not have a bond rating, and we visited Moody's, the <br /> l' <br /> To the Citizens of Mashpee bond rating agency in New York City and received a <br /> � j rating of"A" <br /> There have been tremendous changes in the <br /> At that meeting, and at subsequent ones over the ' <br /> ' office of the Treasurer/Tax Collector since I was elect- <br /> years when we were bringing bonds to market,we had <br /> ed in May 1983. At that time everything was done <br /> ' manually,from the posting of tax payments to the pro- to "sell the Town" to the bond rating agency. For the <br /> cessing of payroll. last two issues, the bond rating agency came to <br /> Mashpee. <br /> Today, the tax files are emailed to the printer, <br /> i l who also stuffs and mails the bills. The tax payments It is never difficult for me to "sell" my town to <br /> anyone.It has many amenities,but to me the best is the <br /> are electronically transmitted from our lockbox, and <br /> 1 the payroll is electronically transmitted to ADP, our <br /> people who live here. Several years ago when speak- <br /> ; ing to a group of Mashpee residents,I told them of dri- <br /> payroll service. ving down Great Neck Road North, heading to Route <br /> These enhancements have contributed to speed- 130.As I neared the end I spied the house of Frank and <br /> ing up tax collections. At the present time our collec- Alice Hicks and thought of all the many wonderful <br /> tion rate is 99.7%. Also, the tax title account has friends I had made here in Mashpee. <br /> shrunk from 3.3 million in fiscal 1996 to $450,000 <br /> today. As I ended my talk I said that to me happiness <br /> was being your Treasurer/Tax Collector. <br /> { During those years we had several bond issues <br /> i for the many additions to our infrastructure. The With warmest regards, <br /> ' largest issue was the 30.3 million bonded in February Anne T. Shaw <br /> 1997 for the new high school and the renovations to <br /> I <br /> town hall. <br /> 'II <br /> ALA <br /> i <br /> i ' <br /> i <br /> fI <br /> i <br /> The Mashpee Middle School was built in 1977. <br /> Since then it has been named the Quashnet Valley <br /> and Quashnet River Schools; now it is the Quashnet School. <br /> 36 <br />