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2008 Annual Report (PDF) TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS 303rd Annual Report of the Town Officers of Brookline for the year ending December 31, 2008 www.brooklinema.gov www.brooklinema.gov Table of Contents Town Officers………………………………………………………...……………… 3 Selectmen…………………...……………………………………………………….. 9 Town Administrator………………………………………………………………… 20 Town Moderator..…………………………………………………………………… 25 Advisory Committee……………………………………………..…………………. 25 Town Meeting………………………………………..………...……………………. 28 General Government Town Clerk…………………………………………………………………... 43 Registrars of Voters………………………………………………………… 45 Town Counsel……………………………………………………………….. 46 Human Resources…………………………………………..……………… 46 Public Safety Police Department………………………………………………….………. 50 Fire Department…………………………………………………………….. 61 Building Department………………………………………………………... 66 Building Commission……………………………………………………….. 70 Board of Examiners………………………………………………………… 71 Public Works Administration Division……………………………………………………... 72 Highway and Sanitation Division………………………………………….. 75 Water and Sewer Division…………………………………………………. 80 Parks and Open Space Division…………………………………………... 83 Engineering and Transportation Division………………………………… 91 Recreation Department………………………………………...………………….. 94 Public Schools………………………………………..………...…………………… 97 Library………………………………………..………...………………………….…. 105 Planning and Community Development………………………………………... 109 Planning Division……………………………………………………………. 109 Preservation Division……………………………………………………….. 111 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program………………. 113 Housing Division …………………………………………………………… 114 Board of Appeals...………………………………..………………………... 116 Economic Development ……………………………………... 117 Housing Authority…………………………………………………………… 120 Human Services Health Department…………………………………………………..……… 122 Human Relations – Youth Resources……………………………………. 129 Broadband Monitoring Committee………………………………………… 132 Council on Aging……………………………………………………………. 135 Veterans…………………………………………………….……………..… 138 Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Team………………………... 139 Commission for the Disabled …………………………………………… 140 Brookline Commission for the Arts………………………………………... 141 Brookline Commission for Women………………………………………... 142 Information Technology Department……………………………………………. 144 Finance Department……………………..…………………………………………. 146 Treasury Division………………………………………………………. 146 Comptroller’s Division. ………………………………………………… 149 Assessors Division………………………………………………………… 150 Purchasing Division……………………………………….………………... 151 Retirement Board………………………………..……………………..…… 153 Telephone Directory……………………..…………………………………………. 155 Town Fact Sheet…………………………………………………………………….. 156 2 2008 Annual Report TOWN OFFICERS For the Municipal Year 2008 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Elected Town Offices and Committees MODERATOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE Edward (Sandy) Gadsby (2009) Henry Warren, Chair (2010) Ira C. Chan (2009) TOWN CLERK Helen Charlupski (2010) Patrick J. Ward (2009) Glenn Alan Cunha (2011) Susan Wolf Ditkoff (2010) Kevin E. Lang (2009) BOARD OF SELECTMEN Judy Meyers (2009) Nancy A. Daly, Chair (2011) Alan Morse (2011) Robert L. Allen, Jr. (2009) Rebecca Stone (2011) Betsy DeWitt (2009) Jesse Mermell (2010) BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY Richard W. Benka (2011) David Trietsch, Chair (2013) Michael Jacobs, Vice Chair (2011) TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Roxanne Berman (2011) Carol Axelrod, Chair (2009) Barbara B. Dugan (2010) Michael A. Burstein (2010) Barbara A. Sard (2009) Vivien E. Goldman (2009) Regina Healy (2009) CONSTABLES Gary Jones (2011) Robert L. Allen (2010) Carol H. Kopelman (2010) Marvin A. Feinman (2010) Karen Livingston (2011) William A. Figler (2010) Jon Margolis (2011) Myrna Kahn (2010) Edith W. Sperber (2009) Stanley Rabinovitz (2010) Mary T. Sullivan (2011) Judith Vanderkay (2010) Roberta Winitzer (2010) Appointed by Moderator ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONT’D Harry Bohrs, Chair (2010) Karen D. Lieff (2009) Neil Wishinsky, Vice Chair (2010) Pamela Lodish (2011) Charles Baker (2011) Sean M. Lynn-Jones (2010) Carla Wyman Benka (2010) Shaari Mittel (2009) Michael Berger (2011) Charles Moo (2009) Francis G. Caro (2010) Roberta Ornstein (2010) Kenneth W. Chin (2011) William B. Powell (2009) Nancy Heller (2011) Stanley L. Spiegel (2010) Sytske V. Humphrey (2011) Michael S. Traister (2011) Janice S. Kahn (2011) Leonard A. Weiss (2011) Estelle Katz (2009) Donald C. Weitzman (2010) Frederick S. Lebow (2009) Karen M. Wenc (2009) Fred Levitan (2010) Christine M. Westphal (2009) Michele Earley, Executive Assistant 3 www.brooklinema.gov Senior Manager Appointments BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S OFFICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Richard J. Kelliher, Town Administrator Kevin Stokes, Chief Information Officer Sean Cronin, Deputy Town Administrator Melissa Goff, Assistant, Town Administrator FIRE CHIEF Peter Skerry BUILDING DEPARTMENT Michael Shepard, Commissioner HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Charles Simmons, Director of Public Buildings Dr. Alan Balsam, Director Tony Guigli, Building Project Administrator HUMAN RELATIONS/YOUTH RESOURCES COUNCIL ON AGING C. Stephen Bressler, Director Ruthann Dobek, Director HUMAN RESOURCES FINANCE DEPARTMENT Sandra DeBow, Director Stephen E. Cirillo, Director of Finance/ Treasurer/Collector RECREATION David Geanakakis, Chief Procurement Officer Lisa Paradis, Director Judith A. Haupin, Comptroller Gary McCabe, Chief Assessor SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS William H. Lupini TOWN LIBRARIAN James C. Flaherty TOWN COUNSEL’S OFFICE Jennifer Dopazo, Town Counsel PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Joslin Ham-Murphy, Assoc. Town Counsel Jeff Levine, Director John Buchheit, Assoc. Town Counsel Kara Brewton, Economic Development Director Patricia Correa, Assoc. Town Counsel VETERANS’ SERVICES POLICE CHIEF William McGroarty, Director Daniel C. O’Leary PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT A. Thomas DeMaio, Commissioner Andrew Pappastergion, Deputy Commissioner/Director of Water and Sewer Peter Ditto, Director of Engineering/Transportation Erin Chute Gallentine, Director of Parks and Open Space Kevin Johnson, Director of Highway Boards and Commissions Appointed by the Selectmen ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Dr. Bruce Cohen, Chair (2010) Jonathan Book (2010) Roberta Gianfortoni (2009) Kathryn R. Ham (2009) Milly Krakow (2009) Mark Allen (2009) Cheryl Lefman (2010) Anna Christina Wolfe (2011) Patricia Maher (2011) Mark Zuroff (2011) Anthony Schlaff (2011) BOARD OF APPEALS BOARD OF ASSESSORS Enid Starr, Chair (2010) Gary McCabe, Chair (2010) Jesse Geller (2009) Mark J. Mazur (2009) Robert DeVries (2011) Harold Petersen (2011) 4 2008 Annual Report BOARD OF EXAMINERS BUILDING COMMISSION Barnett Berliner (2008) Janet Fierman, Chair (2009) Fred Lebow (2009) George Cha (2009) VACANCY (2010) George Cole (2010) Kenneth Kaplan (2010) BROADBAND MONITORING COMMITTEE David Pollack (2011) Francine Berger, Chair (2009) Michael Newman (2008) FLAG DAY COMMITTEE Al Pisano (2011) Michael W. Merrill, Chair Michael S. Selib (2012) Marge Amster Annmarie Cedrone Polly Cornblath BROOKLINE ACCESS TELEVISION A. Thomas DeMaio William Slotnick, Chair (2008) Peter Ditto Leor Brenman (2009) Eli Gorock Albert Davis (2008) Kelly Hardebeck Andrew M. Fischer (2008) Lisa Paradis Mary Hoffee (2009) William McGroarty Jodi Long-Godes (2008) Rita McNally Chou Chou Merrill Betty Moylan BROOKLINE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS Captain John O’Leary Joanne Lukitsh, Co-Chair (2009) Captain Michael O’Reilly Gavin Andrews, Co-Chair (2010) William Riley Rory Dela Paz (2010) Melvin Ritter Katherine Ewen (2010) Michael Shepard Jennifer W. Green (2012) Brenda Sullivan Jeanette L. Gullemin (2010) Herbert Taymor Gillian Willis-Jackson (2009) Ben Vivante Dione Langan (2009) Joseph Walsh Katherine Lapuh (2010) Yvette Yelardy Sibyl Senters (2009) Libby Smith (2011) COMMISSION FOR THE DISABLED Zina Schiff (2011) Eileen Connell Berger, Chair (2009) Jane Stanhope (2010) Keith Duclos (2009) Brenda Sullivan (2010) Selectman Richard Benka (2011) Marie Wilson (2010) James Miczek (2008) James Peters (2008) BROOKLINE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Melvin Ritter (2009) Casey Hatchett, Chair (2010) Vacancy (2007) Jamie Costello, Vice-Chair (2008) Vacancy (2008) Sharman Andersen (2009) Merry Arnold (2010) CONSERVATION COMMISSION Chris Chanyasulkit (2009) Randolph Mieklejohn, Chair (2010) Debbie Howerton (2009) Kate Bowditch (2009) Alberta Grossman Lipson (2009) Gail McClelland Fenton (2010) Sandra Lundy (2008) Werner Lohe (2011) Maura McAvoy (2008) Marcus Quigley (2009) Susan Ross (2010) Roberta Schnoor (2009) Dr. Gloria Rudisch (2010) Brian Winner (2011) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Marian Lazar Pamela Harvey 5 www.brooklinema.gov COUNCIL ON AGING HUMAN RELATIONS/YOUTH RESOURCES Agnes Rogers, Chair (2009) COMMISSION CONT’D Miriam Sargon, Vice-Chair (2011) David Tappan Heist (2011) Eleanor Bart (2011) Rita McNally (2010) Gretrude Cohen (2009) Kay O’Halloran (2010) Irvin Finn (2009) Captain John O’Leary (2009) Elizabeth Kirsten (2010) Donelle O’Neil, Sr. (2010) Evelyn Roll (2011) Larry Onie (2011) Shirley Radlo (2010) Agnes Rogers (2011) Anatoly Rakin (2010) Enid Shapiro (2009) Dorothy Wolfson (2010) Lena Wong (2010) William Wong (2011) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Herb Goodwin (2009) Doris Toby Axelrod (2011) Paula Schneider (2010) Deborah Brass (2011) Doreen Wilkinson (2011) Lillian Christmas (2010) Philip Fullerton (2011) HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD Ruth Golden (2010) Kenneth V. Kurnos, Chair (2011) Mary Lee Hood (2010) Edward DeAngelo (2010) Jean Kramer (2011) Gerald Raphel (2010) Marjorie Diana Harvey (2009) Randall E. Ravitz (2009) Celia
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