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surrounding towns depend on our office for service,so �ofthe Town Clerk I will continue for another year, at least. Below I have listed a number of statistics handled by this Office over the last year. We are now also involved in recording, collecting fines, disposing To the Residents and Taxpayers of the unpaid violations from all departments bylaw viola- Town of Mashpee, tions. 1 The fallowing is the Report and an index to the doings Coll ected Jul 1 1996 thru Dec 3 ,199 6 in the Town Clerk/Elections Office. Transfer Station Stickers $134,840.00 This year has been a hectic adventure that my staff and Shellfish Stickers $6,861.00 temporary employees carried out with dignity and pro- Beach Stickers $40,410.00 � fassionalsm. Collected Jan 1, 1996 thru Dec 31,1996 We held four elections and all results,by precinct,fol- low and we also held three (3) town meetings, and a Dogs $5,594.00 earl 642.95 yearly census. our new system (OPTECH) worked Fish &Game Licenses $8Fish &Game Clerk Fees $156.45 very well thanks to Deborah Dami and Margaret Santos and our Bylaw Fines $3,645.00 , Board of Registrars did their usual splendid gobs.Thank you ladies— Clerk Fees (General Fund) $6,738.60 The Sticker Office was a problem but was handled Population (As of 12/31/96) 11,170 daily from the Mashpee Middle School as there was Voters (As of 12/31/96) 6,356 no other solution available. Some residents were dis- gruntled and rightly so.It is my hope that we can open The following is a breakdown of Population and the Sticker Office from May to September from 9 a.m. Voters by Precinct: to 4 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays. This would allow us to provide full Clerk services on .a ' `s P'e`'' Saturdays with one supervisor on premise. However, we will have to make a few small staff changes in Population(11,170) 2,637 3,132 2,667 2,734 order to provide this service. I willursue this s sub'Ject. Voters (6,356) 1,394 2,016 1,357 1,589 The Clerk's Office has been exceptionally busy with the everyday business and the TLC needed by persons Democrat 374 552 365 424 Who are residents, taxpayers and visitors. Inter. 3rd Party 1 Libertarian 6 3 5 5 The State of Massachusetts caused turmoil for clerks Republican 233 393 186 299 by raising all Fish & Game licenses $10, and not Unenrolled 781 1,067 801 861 changing the fee of$.50 cents per license received by the Town for all the time and monthly paperwork Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren i involved. We are also mandated to have a previous to dwell together in unity! Hunting License in hand. There was an option for clerks not to sell licenses and it was very tempting,but Respectfully submitted, I have many persons who give these for gifts. In the Jane D.Lab ute Spring and Summer vacationers in Mashpee and the Town Clerk I i 'I 38