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FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
General Fund:
Nonspendable……………………………….$ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 7,252
Restricted………………………………. - 7,167,329 6,595,314 6,033,902 5,483,092 5,160,240 - - - -
Committed…………………………….. 279,918 166,540 240,545 202,643 328,343 470,608 358,148 364,246 886,722 923,152
Assigned…………………………….. 1,309,512 1,233,461 1,363,064 1,165,952 456,548 361,035 893,993 793,408 1,846,942 876,862
Unassigned…………………………… 6,585,875 5,784,251 5,193,760 5,825,529 7,118,096 8,276,920 9,815,657 11,430,875 12,961,775 16,128,195
Total general fund……………………………..$ 8,175,305 $ 14,351,581 $ 13,392,683 $ 13,228,026 $ 13,386,079 $ 14,268,803 $ 11,067,798 $ 12,588,529 $ 15,695,439 $ 17,935,461
All Other Governmental Funds:
Nonspendable……………………………….$ 325,985 $ 338,785 $ 356,385 $ 394,385 $ 404,785 $ 419,585 $ 432,785 $ 445,985 $ 471,585 $ 489,185
Restricted………………………………. 9,080,027 7,628,322 7,744,716 6,504,706 7,000,533 8,707,938 11,544,545 10,939,315 10,584,773 13,206,318
Unassigned…………………………… (2,275,117) (1,077,197) (1,116,827) (1,301,454) (1,735,507) (468,758) (1,187,828) (632,310) (2,674,755) (156,123)
Total all other governmental funds……………..
$ 7,130,895 $ 6,889,910 $ 6,984,274 $ 5,597,637 $ 5,669,811 $ 8,658,765 $ 10,789,502 $ 10,752,990 $ 8,381,603 $ 13,539,380
Note: The Town implemented GASB 54 in fiscal year 2011. All previous years (2008 - 2010) data presented were restated to conform to the GASB 54 presentation.
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CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Revenues:
Property taxes, net of tax refunds…………………………………………………….
$ 46,128,837 $ $ 49,516,225 $ $ 52,217,093 $ $ 55,345,629 $ 56,246,748 $ 59,063,932 $ 61,544,401 $ 63,767,588 $ 67,223,724 $ 71,943,571
Tax title……………………………………………………………………………. 62,100 187,083 193,859 224,631 371,909 219,962 782,539 351,721 147,456 172,988
Motor vehicle and other excise taxes………………………………………… 3,426,512 3,515,812 3,080,023 3,289,549 3,165,288 3,473,978 3,714,753 4,119,643 4,555,904 4,505,384
Hotel and meals taxes…………………………………………………… - - - - 38,309 460,905 568,317 581,621 601,227 593,076
Charges for services……………………………………………………… 1,488,941 1,552,111 1,611,311 1,704,553 1,598,646 1,474,669 1,580,929 1,627,494 1,747,854 2,028,754
Penalties and interest on taxes………………………………………188,163 246,950 317,161 305,814 263,511 323,695 344,012 310,740 254,164 314,625
Payments in lieu of taxes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
191,827 194,559 199,299 199,225 219,205 224,311 214,543 222,149 225,405 231,040
Fines and forfeitures…………………………………………… 189,562 165,991 139,458 165,051 134,626 109,411 141,311 113,467 119,540 92,821
Intergovernmental…………………………………………………….. 17,973,491 20,586,005 18,613,887 17,825,334 20,571,148 19,712,460 20,403,915 16,564,548 19,102,008 20,785,945
Intergovernmental - school construction grants…………………………………….. - 7,167,329 - - - - - 1,206,545 - -
Departmental and other………………………………………………. 2,836,910 2,827,470 3,394,781 2,768,345 2,971,011 3,456,976 4,073,470 4,119,749 4,506,265 3,539,653
Licenses and permits……………………………………….. 669,240 452,758 658,905 646,450 912,233 1,043,909 817,829 1,282,441 1,035,070 1,142,116
Contributions……………………………………………………………. 624,919 256,730 416,991 362,965 349,244 398,308 2,146,011 1,245,410 488,456 857,270
Investment income……………………………………………………….. 794,586 429,449 187,717 167,170 141,807 142,946 163,941 171,180 198,226 301,356
Total Revenue…………………………………………………
74,575,088 87,098,472 81,030,485 83,004,716 86,983,685 90,105,462 96,495,971 95,684,296 100,205,299 106,508,599
Expenditures:
General government…………………………………………………………….
3,728,731 4,706,731 4,187,558 4,062,501 3,811,225 3,905,506 4,255,876 3,980,026 3,936,471 3,938,757
Public safety……………………………………………………………… 8,907,119 9,285,602 9,364,149 9,427,684 9,579,726 10,087,953 10,630,184 10,724,190 11,138,061 11,386,263
Education………………………………………………………………… 30,142,662 33,314,956 34,967,636 36,008,019 35,975,887 37,524,669 39,417,729 40,479,930 42,896,291 44,863,583
Public works…………………………………………………………….. 4,048,452 3,548,575 4,125,380 4,353,404 3,845,990 4,449,435 4,503,498 5,515,513 5,592,699 5,494,358
Health and human services…………………………………………………………..
626,827 697,221 767,077 805,351 861,386 853,534 892,603 1,182,773 1,106,152 1,152,349
Culture and recreation…………………………………………………1,742,977 1,784,546 1,771,572 1,830,239 1,818,050 1,793,002 1,880,085 2,062,646 2,647,844 2,493,339
Pension benefits…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9,252,069 9,901,744 10,482,808 11,104,953 11,325,041 11,733,329 11,915,349 7,321,245 9,802,225 12,480,279
Employee benefits…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8,293,944 8,482,345 9,107,798 9,973,437 10,403,739 10,327,387 11,152,708 11,675,327 11,482,452 12,083,049
State and county charges………………………………………… 894,634 924,550 932,878 849,149 874,821 959,538 959,868 944,583 927,338 995,573
Capital outlay and other……………………………………………………………….
4,039,135 7,296,078 2,495,021 3,771,064 6,577,524 2,369,095 2,930,119 8,445,932 6,844,641 5,203,195
Debt service:
Principal……………………………………………………………… 3,827,020 3,929,020 3,947,750 4,029,141 4,306,220 4,385,178 4,520,404 3,819,900 3,931,624 3,821,850
Interest……………………………………………………………………. 2,111,050 2,010,966 1,955,945 1,838,977 1,661,391 1,677,804 1,619,994 1,166,454 1,061,042 970,237
Total Expenditures………………………………………………………..
77,614,620 85,882,334 84,105,572 88,053,919 91,041,000 90,066,430 94,678,417 97,318,519 101,366,840 104,882,832
Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures…………………………………………………
(3,039,532) 1,216,138 (3,075,087) (5,049,203) (4,057,315) 39,032 1,817,554 (1,634,223) (1,161,541) 1,625,767
Other Financing Sources (Uses):
Issuance of refunding bonds…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1,084,000 - - 5,398,612 - - 15,185,400 - 515,000 1,596,000
Payments of refunded bonds…………………………………………………………….. - - - (5,540,000) - - (21,739,649) - (526,148) (1,619,000)
Payments to refunded bond escrow agent……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
(1,070,000) - - - - - - - - -
Issuance of bonds and notes………………...…………………………………………
1,907,000 3,541,000 1,087,261 1,964,388 2,932,908 2,603,159 175,000 2,861,150 1,367,000 5,455,000
Premium from bonds and notes………………...…………………………………………
81,480 85,862 69,122 261,192 136,455 166,242 2,258,843 153,042 11,148 305,990
Capital lease financing…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- 82,362 - 62,192 51,211 - - 104,250 - -
Insurance recoveries……………………………………………………………………………… - - - - - - - - 2,354,811 -
Transfers in……………………………………………………………………………… 2,827,203 2,728,433 2,445,096 2,865,322 2,854,525 3,835,589 3,988,699 1,856,376 2,294,746 2,421,242
Transfers out…………………………………………………………………………… (1,858,102) (1,718,504) (1,390,926) (1,513,797) (1,687,557) (2,772,344) (2,756,115) (1,856,376) (4,119,493) (2,387,200)
Total other financing sources (uses)…………………………………………………………………..
2,971,581 4,719,153 2,210,553 3,497,909 4,287,542 3,832,646 (2,887,822) 3,118,442 1,897,064 5,772,032
Net change in fund balance………………………………………………………………….
$ (67,951) $ 5,935,291 $ (864,534) $ (1,551,294) $ 230,227 $ 3,871,678 $ (1,070,268) $ 1,484,219 $ 735,523 $ 7,397,799
Debt service as a percentage of noncapital expenditures……………………………………………….
8.07% 7.56% 7.23% 6.96% 7.07% 6.91% 6.69% 5.61% 5.28% 4.81%
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ASSESSED VALUE AND ESTIMATED ACTUAL VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY BY CLASSIFICATION AND TAX RATES
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Assessed Value Tax Rates
Ratio of
Total Total State Assessed to
Fiscal Residential Commercial Industrial Personal Commercial Town Equalized Equalized Residential Commercial Average
Year Value Value Value Property Value Value Value Value Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate
2008 $ 3,203,773,709 $ 435,216,821 $ 399,643,400 $ 91,515,750 $ 926,375,971 $ 4,130,149,680 $ 4,384,334,700 94.20% $ 9.34 $ 18.40 $ 11.37
2009 3,234,696,626 429,321,664 389,319,700 120,258,560 938,899,924 4,173,596,550 4,487,449,500 93.01% 9.98 19.68 12.16
2010 3,032,221,732 455,712,638 378,970,320 122,726,290 957,409,248 3,989,630,980 4,487,449,500 88.91% 10.83 21.77 13.46
2011 3,044,468,807 442,405,763 360,889,000 126,905,510 930,200,273 3,974,669,080 4,386,215,300 90.62% 11.55 23.04 14.24
2012 3,063,743,888 432,654,082 333,946,500 124,249,390 890,849,972 3,954,593,860 4,386,215,300 90.16% 11.91 24.23 14.69
2013 3,080,898,534 433,793,536 330,412,500 126,558,890 890,764,926 3,971,663,460 4,131,231,300 96.14% 12.30 24.99 15.15
2014 2,971,728,949 427,533,191 343,409,000 141,947,970 912,890,161 3,884,619,110 4,131,231,300 94.03% 12.87 26.53 16.08
2015 3,150,088,016 421,047,184 345,967,900 152,768,400 919,783,484 4,069,871,500 4,083,657,900 99.66% 12.82 26.36 15.88
2016 3,367,549,515 443,366,255 349,329,400 160,467,160 953,162,815 4,320,712,330 4,083,657,900 105.80% 12.79 26.36 15.78
2017 3,508,576,688 459,186,222 358,855,200 171,786,770 989,828,192 4,498,404,880 4,615,563,300 97.46% 12.79 26.34 15.77
Commercial Value as % of Total Value
26.0%
24.0%
22.0%
20.0%
18.0%
16.0%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Source: Official Statements, State Division of Local Services
Note: All property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is assessed at 100% of full and fair cash value. The State estimates this "equalized valuation" for all municipalities every two years.
Chapter 59, Section 21C of the Massachusetts General Laws, known as "Proposition 2 1/2", imposes 2 separate limits on the annual tax levy of the Town. The primary limitation is
that the tax levy cannot exceed 2 1/2% of the full and fair cash value. The secondary limitation is that the tax levy cannot exceed the maximum levy limit for the preceding fiscal year
as determined by the State Commissioner of Revenue by more than 2 1/2%, subject to an exception for property added to the tax rolls and for certain valuation increases. This
secondary limit may be exceeded in any fiscal year by majority approval of the voters, however, it cannot exceed the primary limitation.
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PRINCIPAL TAXPAYERS
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
2017 2008
Percentage of Percentage of
Total Taxable Total Taxable
Nature of Assessed Assessed Assessed Assessed
Taxpayer Business Valuation Rank Value Valuation Rank Value
Eversource (formerly NSTAR) Utility $ 65,805,370 1 1.46% $ 34,609,600 4 0.84%
Randolph Properties Housing 44,370,900 2 0.99%
Reebok Offices 43,993,700 3 0.98% 45,120,978 1 1.09%
BAC Canton Holdings LLC (formerly
One Beacon Insurance) Offices 42,106,900 4 0.94% 38,956,800 2 0.94%
Medical Information Tech., Inc. Offices 35,277,500 5 0.78% 37,191,600 3 0.90%
Canton Village Shoppes Retail 28,579,300 6 0.64% 30,435,300 5 0.74%
Boston Mutual Offices 28,025,100 7 0.62% 16,739,900 9 0.41%
Hines Global 250 Royall (formerly
Computershare) Offices 23,064,000 8 0.51% 24,829,900 7 0.60%
Spirit Canton LLC (formerly Casual Male) Offices 18,563,800 9 0.41% 16,075,500 10 0.39%
Columbia Gas Utility 17,632,570 10 0.39%
Chestnut Hill Realty Apartments 28,083,900 6 0.68%
Dan Road Building LLC Offices 19,581,200 8 0.47%
Totals $ 347,419,140 7.72% $ 291,624,678 7.06%
Source: Official Statements
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PROPERTY TAX LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Tax Levy Collections
Percent of
Less First Year Percent of Delinquent Total Total Tax
Fiscal Total Abatements & Net Current Net Levy Tax Tax Collections to
Year Tax Levy Exemptions Tax Levy Tax Collections Collected Collections Collections Net Tax Levy
2008 $ 46,968,564 $ 447,162 $ 46,521,402 $ 46,095,704 99.08% $ 347,730 $ 46,443,347 99.83%
2009 50,759,823 280,732 50,479,091 49,631,932 98.32% 441,490 50,073,422 99.20%
2010 53,681,761 568,052 53,113,709 52,019,666 97.94% 371,521 52,391,187 98.64%
2011 56,595,429 944,646 55,650,783 54,980,240 98.80% 636,552 55,616,792 99.94%
2012 58,074,485 544,552 57,529,933 56,783,097 98.70% 424,995 57,208,092 99.44%
2013 60,155,267 637,338 59,517,929 58,747,142 98.70% 338,628 59,085,770 99.27%
2014 62,465,167 867,042 61,598,125 61,056,268 99.12% 255,387 61,311,655 99.53%
2015 64,629,621 747,291 63,882,330 63,380,847 99.21% 343,663 63,724,510 99.75%
2016 68,196,330 657,044 67,539,286 66,960,492 99.14% 419,878 67,380,370 99.76%
2017 70,946,770 451,549 70,495,221 69,940,713 99.21% - 69,940,713 99.21%
Source: Accounting Records
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RATIOS OF OUTSTANDING DEBT BY TYPE
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Business-type
Governmental Activities Activities
General General Total Percentage Debt
Fiscal Obligation Capital Obligation Outstanding Personal of Personal U.S Census Per
Year Bonds (1) Leases Bonds (1) Debt Income Income Population Capita
2008 $ 48,857,465 $ - $ 9,554,055 $ 58,411,520 $ 1,022,343,000 5.71% 21,916 $ 2,665
2009 48,417,350 59,764 11,623,368 60,100,482 942,403,000 6.38% 22,048 2,726
2010 45,506,780 41,097 18,914,008 64,461,885 1,050,979,000 6.13% 21,732 2,966
2011 43,253,178 61,227 23,101,280 66,415,685 968,993,208 6.85% 20,097 3,305
2012 41,835,011 58,547 27,692,649 69,586,207 969,066,640 7.18% 20,159 3,452
2013 40,010,850 25,634 29,160,760 69,197,244 993,466,795 6.97% 20,708 3,342
2014 31,039,890 13,022 31,180,694 62,233,606 1,049,031,660 5.93% 21,932 2,838
2015 29,666,327 104,250 29,775,432 59,546,009 1,084,774,372 5.49% 22,276 2,673
2016 26,748,006 84,246 27,631,734 54,463,986 1,107,131,165 4.92% 22,510 2,420
2017 28,307,653 63,827 27,644,494 56,015,974 1,125,784,923 4.98% 22,551 2,484
Source: U. S. Census, State Division of Local Services
(1) Presented net of original issuance discounts and premiums.
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RATIOS OF GENERAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
General Less: Percentage Debt
Fiscal Obligation Amounts Assessed of Assessed U.S Census Per
Year Bonds (1) Available (2) Total Value Value Population Capita
2008 $ 58,411,520 $ (5,186,347) $ 53,225,173 $ 4,130,149,680 1.29% 21,916 $ 2,429
2009 60,040,718 (11,241,837) 48,798,881 4,173,596,550 1.17% 22,048 2,213
2010 64,420,788 (10,331,918) 54,088,870 3,989,630,980 1.36% 21,732 2,489
2011 66,354,458 (9,431,541) 56,922,917 3,974,669,080 1.43% 20,097 2,832
2012 69,527,660 (8,540,706) 60,986,954 3,954,593,860 1.54% 20,159 3,025
2013 69,171,610 (7,260,823) 61,910,787 3,971,663,460 1.56% 20,708 2,990
2014 62,220,584 (2,860,353) 59,360,231 3,884,619,110 1.53% 21,932 2,707
2015 59,441,759 (2,499,064) 56,942,695 4,069,871,500 1.40% 22,276 2,556
2016 54,379,740 (2,125,785) 52,253,955 4,320,712,330 1.21% 22,510 2,321
2017 55,952,147 (1,740,116) 54,212,031 4,498,404,880 1.21% 22,551 2,404
Source: U. S. Census, State Division of Local Services
(1) General obligation bonds consist of debt of both governmental and business-type activities, net of original issuance discounts and premiums.
(2) These are restricted resources from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for debt principal on school construction.
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COMPUTATION OF LEGAL DEBT MARGIN
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Amounts in Thousands)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Equalized Valuation…………………………………..
$ 4,384,335 $ 4,487,450 $ 4,487,450 $ 4,386,215 $ 4,386,215 $ 4,131,231 $ 4,131,231 $ 4,083,658 $ 4,083,658 $ 4,615,563
Debt Limit…………………………..…………………. 219,217 224,372 224,372 219,311 219,311 206,562 206,562 204,183 204,183 230,778
Outstanding general obligation bonds………………. 58,412 60,041 64,421 66,354 69,528 69,172 62,221 59,442 54,380 55,952
Authorized and unissued debt…………………………. 26,237 26,434 18,071 18,405 9,305 10,144 6,547 22,881 16,695 15,992
Debt not applicable to debt limit………………………….(11,810) (12,780) (15,481) (22,111) (28,735) (30,364) (31,263) (30,212) (28,533) (28,457)
Legal debt margin…………………………………………..
$ 146,378 $ 150,677 $ 157,361 $ 156,663 $ 169,213 $ 157,610 $ 169,057 $ 152,072 $ 161,641 $ 187,291
Total debt applicable to the limit
as a percentage of debt limit…………………………………..
33.23% 32.84% 29.87% 28.57% 22.84% 23.70% 18.16% 25.52% 20.84% 18.84%
Source: State Division of Local Services, Accounting Records
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DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES DEBT
AS OF JUNE 30, 2017
Estimated
Estimated Share of
Debt Percentage Overlapping
Outstanding Applicable Debt
Debt repaid with property taxes:
Norfolk County…………………………………………………….. 14,204,000 (a) 3.68% (c) $ 522,707
Subtotal, overlapping debt………………………………………………………………………….. 522,707
Town direct debt……………………………………………………………. 28,371,480
Total direct and overlapping debt…………………………………………… $ 29,416,894
(a) Outstanding debt as of March 16, 2017.
(c) Based on the Town's weighted percentage of total equalized valuation.
Source: Official Statements, Accounting Records
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Per
Capita
Fiscal Population Personal Personal Median School Unemployment
Year Estimates Income Income Age Enrollment Rate
2008 21,916 $ 1,022,343,000 $ 46,648 39.8 3,103 5.60%
2009 22,048 942,403,000 42,743 39.8 3,137 7.20%
2010 21,732 1,050,979,000 48,361 42.3 3,172 6.60%
2011 20,097 968,993,208 48,216 42.3 3,267 6.70%
2012 20,159 969,066,640 48,071 42.3 3,298 5.80%
2013 20,708 993,466,795 47,975 42.3 3,312 5.50%
2014 21,932 1,049,031,660 47,831 42.3 3,321 4.70%
2015 22,276 1,084,774,372 48,697 42.3 3,385 3.80%
2016 22,510 1,107,131,165 49,184 42.3 3,375 3.80%
2017 22,551 1,125,784,923 49,922 42.3 3,379 2.40%
Source: U. S. Census, Division of Local Services, Massachusetts
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Median age is based on most recent census data
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PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS (EXCLUDING TOWN)
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
2017 2008
Nature Percentage Percentage
of of Total Town of Total Town
Employer Business Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
Reebok International Footwear 881 1 4.01% 1,200 1 5.46%
Computershare (Equiserve) Operations Center 661 2 3.01% 900 3 4.10%
Dunkin Brands, Inc. Food and Beverages 658 3 2.99% 555 5 2.53%
Meditech Hospital Software 516 4 2.35% 698 4 3.18%
Destination XL Group (Casual Male) Retail/Wholesale 457 5 2.08% 475 6 2.16%
Stoneridge Control Devices (Pollak) Automotive Engineering 318 6 1.45% 450 7 2.05%
FIS Global Financial Services 298 7 1.36%
Boston Mutual Inurance Insurance Sales and Service 242 8 1.10% 271 9 1.23%
CB&I (Shaw Group) Engineering 140 9 0.64%
Gray, Gray and Gray LLP Accounting 122 10 0.56%
One Beacon Insurance Insurance Sales and Service 1,000 2 4.55%
Cumberland Farms Milk and Dairy Products, Gasoline 350 8 1.59%
Tweeter, Etc. Retail Audio and Video Equipment 230 10 1.05%
Totals 2,093 9.52% 3,474 15.82%
Source: Official Statements
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FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TOWN EMPLOYEES BY FUNCTION
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
General government…………………………………………………………….
27 28 28 27 27 27 26 26 24 27
Public safety…………………………………………….. 100 104 104 103 104 104 103 99 101 103
Education…………………………………………………… 391 427 427 429 416 423 440 426 443 474
Public works……………………………………………………………..
43 43 43 43 43 43 46 43 43 42
Health and human services…………………………………………………………..
9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9
Culture and recreation…………………………………………………
22 22 22 22 22 22 23 24 22 24
Total Town employees…………….…………………...……..
592 633 634 633 621 628 647 627 643 679
Source: Town personnel records
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OPERATING INDICATORS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
General Government:
Population…………………………………….. 20,767 20,985 21,003 21,529 20,159 20,708 20,853 20,717 20,878 21,443
Registered voters……………………………………..14,104 14,539 14,376 14,624 12,529 14,241 14,467 14,734 14,984 15,694
Public Safety:
Police
Criminal offenses……………………………………………… 623 419 422 448 554 909 464 384 945 1,076
Fire
Fire calls………………………………………………..1,023 930 1,000 1,470 1,391 1,242 1,500 1,800 1,683 1,638
Ambulance calls………………………………………… 2,471 2,729 2,600 2,304 2,367 2,250 2,600 2,100 2,525 2,457
Permits issued………………………………………………. 803 823 950 927 1,218 949 1,380 1,005 745 857
Building Department
Building permits issued………………………………….712 837 771 788 860 905 894 1,132 1,514 1,271
Other permits issued…………………………………. 1,629 1,478 1,497 1,406 1,536 1,670 2,062 2,030 1,885 1,951
Education:
Number of students…………………………………. 3,083 3,118 3,061 3,229 3,252 3,262 3,338 3,427 3,378 3,379
Public Works:
Highway
Roads paved (miles)……………………………………………… 0.0 2.4 0.6 1.4 3.9 0.8 1.7 3.6 2.5 3.1
Water
Water mains installed (miles)…………………………… 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 0.0 1.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
Sewer
Sanitary sewers installed (miles)……………………………
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health and Human Services:
Board of Health
Inspections and complaint investigations……… 656 680 730 742 520 661 680 673 652 925
Permits issued……………………………………………….. 582 590 612 627 636 645 647 641 644 644
Council on Aging
Bus trips………………………………………….. 6,500 9,000 9,000 9,200 9,550 9,825 8,500 7,863 8,200 10,180
Culture and Recreation:
Libaries
Circulation……………………………………………. 266,498 261,512 262,132 288,148 308,552 315,297 294,718 301,191 269,045 287,981
Children's programs held……………………………………………. 100 107 117 118 349 132 132 132 241 197
Children's programs attendance…………………………………………….
1,895 2,510 2,811 2,857 4,673 3,550 3,004 3,004 3,985 3,898
Recreation
Swimming pool attendance…………………………………………….
8,960 10,962 7,360 8,120 8,000 9,600 9,426 4,446 6,056 5,107
Playground program participants…………………………………………….
1,253 1,599 1,509 1,509 1,509 1,400 812 1,008 1,294 1,090
N/A - Information not available
Source: Various Town Departments and State websites.
Town of Canton, Massachusetts Page 124 of 125 Comprehensive Annual Financial ReportSource page 137
CAPITAL ASSET STATISTICS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
General Government:
Number of buildings……………………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Public Safety:
Police
Number of stations……………………………. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fire
Number of stations……………………………. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Education:
Number of elementary schools…………………………………….
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Number of middle schools…………………………………….1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of high schools………………………………………..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Public Works:
Road miles………………………………………. 94 94 94 94 112 112 112 112 112 112
Water main (miles)…………………………………………. 122 122 122 123 123 123 123 123 123 123
Sanitary sewers (miles)…………………………………………. 66 66 66 66 82 82 82 82 82 82
Number of water towers…………………….. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Number of water treatment plants…………………….. - - - - 1 2 2 2 2 2
Health and Human Services:
Number of senior centers…………………….. - - - - - - - - 1 1
Culture and Recreation:
Number of libraries……………………………………………
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of pools………………………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
N/A - Information not available
Source: Various Town Departments and State websites.
Town of Canton, Massachusetts Page 125 of 125 Comprehensive Annual Financial ReportSource page 138
Jay Turner photo courtesy of the Canton Citizen The Historic Paul Revere Rolling Mill recently received a new copper roof with materials supplied by the Revere Copper Products Company. Plans are underway to construct a heritage park on the site utilizing both the mill and the Revere barn (pictured in the background).