Annual
Awards: Town Report Contest
Presentation
Saturday, January 13, 2001
6-6:30 p.m.
Salons C & D, 4th floor
Judges in the MMA Annual Town Report Contest consider layout and design,
quantity and depth of information, organization, originality, and overall
usefulness of the report to residents. The winners are:
Category 1 (population 12,500-plus)
1st place: Arlington
2nd place: Brookline
3rd place: Northborough & Sudbury (tie)
Category
2 (population 5,000-12,499)
1st place: Nantucket
2nd place:
Douglas
3rd place: Rockport & Stow (tie)
Category 3 (population 4,999 and under)
1st place: Edgartown
2nd place: Tisbury
3rd place: Rowe
Town Report Judges
John Kent is a past president of the Massachusetts Association of
Town Finance Committees and has been on the Easton Finance Committee
since 1989. A retired educator, Kent was a selectman in Easton for six
years and was active in the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association.
He is a former member of the MMA Board of Directors.
Stephen McGoldrick is deputy director of the Metropolitan Area
Planning Council and has served local government in various capacities
for 16 years. He has served as the chief of staff of the Chelsea Receivership,
executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association,
and personnel director for the city of Everett. He has also provided
consulting and interim town management for several cities and towns.
