Town of Dartmouth 2007 Annual Town Report
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Town of Dartmouth 2007 Annual Town Report Table of Contents General Information 4 Directory of Public Officials 5 Directory of Town Officers 6 FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTANT REPORTS Town Accountant 8 Board of Assessors 29 Town Collector 31 PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION Building Department 32 Police Department 35 Traffic Division/Crime Prevention 47 K-9 Division 42 Underwater Recovery Unit 44 Investigative Division / ID 44 Sealer of Weights and Measures 48 Emergency Management Agency 48 PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES Department of Public Works 50 Water Pollution Control 58 Engineering Division 53 Highway and Sanitation Division 54 Water Division 59 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Planning Board 63 Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District 67 Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District 69 Board of Appeals 70 Historical Commission 72 Community Preservation Committee 73 Cemetery Commission 75 DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES 76 PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2 Financial Statements 79 Superintendent’s Annual Report 91 Dartmouth Community Television 145 Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School 148 HUMAN SERVICES Board of Health 186 Counsel on Aging 188 Housing Authority 191 Veterans’ Services 192 Youth Commission 193 Community Nurse and Hospice Care 196 Legal Department 197 Grants and Human Resources 198 PARKS, NATURAL RESOURCES & RECREATION Bristol County Mosquito Control Board 100 Conservation Commission 202 Natural Resources Department 204 Dartmouth Harbormaster Waterway Management Department 205 Soil Conservation Board 207 Park Department 208 Recreation Department 209 ANIMAL CONTROL 211 DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONS Industrial Development Commission 213 Capital Improvement Planning Committee 214 Personnel Board 220 TOWN CLERK Vital Statistics 223 ELECTIONS Annual Town Election, April 3, 2007 224 Special Town Election, July 31, 2007 TOWN MEETINGS Spring Annual Town Meeting, June 5, 2007 226 Fall Annual Town Meeting, October 16, 2007 3 GENERAL INFORMATION Town Hall Office Building Hours – Monday through Friday – 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Select Board – Meetings held every other Monday (Mon. holidays excluded). 508-910-1813 Conservation Commission – Meeting first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. 508-910-1822 School Committee – First and third Monday of each month, 7:00 P.M. 508-997-3391 Board of Public Works - First and third Tuesday of each month as scheduled. 508-999-0740 Board of Health - Meetings held the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7:45 A.M. 508-910-1804 Planning Board – Meetings each Monday, 7:00 P.M. (Monday holidays excluded) 508-910-1816 Police Department – Open 24 hours a day Telephone Routine Business 508-910-1734 Ambulance and Emergencies 911 Those Officers not maintaining regular office hours in the Town Office Building may be reached as follows: Sealer of Weight & Measures - Theodore Machado 508-997-4460 Housing Authority – Celia Witherell, Executive Administrator 508-994-1424 2 Anderson Way, Dartmouth Industrial Development Commission – Richard Walder, Vice-Chairman 15 Beverly Street, Dartmouth 508-999-0752 Soil Board – Diane Gilbert 508-993-1216 Fence Viewer – Joel Reed (Interim) 508-910-1825 DARTMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARIES GENERAL INFORMATION Southworth Library – 732 Dartmouth St. is open Monday – Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. and Friday and Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 4 Telephone 999-0726; Fax 508-992-9914 North Dartmouth Library – Closed Temporarily DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT U.S. Representative, Fourth District Barney Frank U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy U.S. Senator John F. Kerry STATE GOVERNMENT Governor Deval Patrick Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin Auditor of the Commonwealth A. Joseph DeNucci Treasurer and Receiver General Timothy Cahill Attorney General Martha Coakley Senator, Second Bristol District Mark C. Montigny Representative, Ninth Bristol District John F. Quinn BRISTOL COUNTY GOVERNMENT Commissioners Christopher Saunders Maria F. Lopes Arthur R. Machado Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson Register of Deeds (Southern District) J. Mark Treadup Treasurer Patrick Harrington Clerk of Courts Marc J. Santos Register Of Probate and Insolvency Robert E. Peck District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter 5 DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICERS Steven C. Sharek Moderator ADMINISTRATIVE SELECT BO ARD Kathleen Horan McLean, Chairperson Term expires 2008 Robert W. Carney, Vice Chairperson Term expires 2009 Diane Gilbert Term expires 2009 Nathalie L. Dias Term expires 2010 Joseph Michaud Term expires 2010 Michael J. Gagné Executive Administrator Jean Delahunt Administrative Licensing Aide Pam Simmons Part-time Floater OFFICERS AND STAFF APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN Anthony Savastano Town Counsel David Prentiss Assistant Town Counsel Linda Torres Principal Clerk Doris J. Copley Paralegal/ Grant Program Manager/ Human Resource Coordinator TOWN HALL AND OFFICE BUILDING Manuel R. Morro Head Custodian Robert Keith Custodian Robert Mayo Custodian OFFICE OF BUDGET & FINANCE / TREASURER Edward F. Iacaponi Director of Budget/ Finance Finance Treasurer Cheryl Abrantes Assistant Treasurer Michael J. Courville Information Systems Manager Bryan Britton Administrative Clerk/Computer Coordinator Randall Kay Administrative Clerk 6 FINANCE COMMITTEE Term expires ATM of Peter Friedman, Chairman 2010 Greg Lynam, Vice-Chair 2008 David Ferreira 2010 Larry Fox 2009 Melissa Haskell 2009 Francis Pettengill 2009 Steward Washburn 2008 George Jacobs 2010 Shannon Jenkins 2009 Cheryl Abrantes Secretary HEALTH INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Randall Kay DTEA Representative Edward F. Iacaponi Representative Melissa Gell School Department Representative Ronald Richard Representative - DPW Nathalie Dias Representative of Retirees Richard Medeiros Representative of Retirees George Perry Police Representative Christopher Michaud DTEA Representative Cheryl Broughton School/Cafeteria Craig Souza DPW Representative SISTER CITY DELEGATION COMMITTEE Edmund Tavares Co-Chairperson Albert Porter Co-Chairperson Joseph Toomey Member Gil Borges Member Cecilia Denwood Member Peggy Cabral Member Nathalie Dias Member Manuel Branco Member Mary Creed Member 7 TOWN ACCOUNTANT REPORT Claire L. Karvonen Town Accountant Donna L. Fernandes Asst. Town Accountant Susan Dorschied Administrative Clerk Herewith is the annual report of the Town of Dartmouth, exemplifying the financial condition of the Town as of June 30, 2007. This report includes the following: Reconciliation of the Treasurer’s Cash Analysis of Town Debt and Interest Analysis of Appropriation Accounts Revenue Received - All Funds Report of Trust Funds The accounting procedures followed by the Town of Dartmouth are established by the Commonwealth which oversees the financial operations of the Town and other Massachusetts municipalities to maintain compliance with the applicable requirements of general and special law. In my opinion, the attached fairly reflect the financial condition of the Town of Dartmouth and the results of operations for the year ending June 30, 2007. Claire L. Karvonen Town Accountant 8 RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH AS OF JUNE 30, 2007 Cash and checks in office and Collector's Lock Box 473,086.79 Checking Account: Fleet 0.00 Bank Accounts-Interest Bearing: Mellon Financial 88,807.65 Slades Ferry 123,840.32 MMDT 11,722.14 Rockland Trust 86,368.97 Bank of America 4,679,531.45 Bank Five 5,024,243.41 Citizens Bank 8,796,529.40 Webster Bank 1,451,827.11 Eastern Bank 565,593.96 Bristol County Savings Bank 94,271.07 Uni-Bank 647,391.33 Total Bank Account-Interest Bearing 21,570,126.81 Investments: Certificate of Deposits 502,047.10 Trust Funds 708,870.17 TOTAL OF ALL CASH AND INVESTMENTS 23,254,130.87 I hereby certify that the foregoing schedule, setting forth the total cash in the custody of the Treasurer, is in agreement with the general ledger controls in my department. Claire L. Karvonen Town Accountant 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 TOWN COLLECTOR Deborah L. Piva Town Collector Joan Mitchell Asst. Town Collector Michelle Souza Head Cashier Elaine Lancaster Principal Clerk Utility Billing Sheila Sabourin Principal Clerk Carolyn Sue Oliveira Principal Clerk Utility Billing Lisa Raposa Cashier Melissa Jerome Cashier The year 2007 in the Collector’s Office was another very productive year. As in the past, we continue to have an exceptional collection rate. This is in part due to the different payment options we offer the Taxpayer such as credit cards, we accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover; there is a 2% convenience charge for this service. The on- line payment system cost less then a postage stamp and we encourage continued use of this payment method by registering with www.mcc.net and following the process, which is easy and self-explanatory. The online parking ticket system with ParkTech2000 is working very efficiently with accountability for all tickets collected and voided. The figures for 2007 totaling $47,040.00 was collected, with $40,180.00 in actual tickets collected, $6,860.00 in fines collected, and the number of tickets disposed of was 896. The continued effort of the Town’s Deputy Collector is apparent by an analysis of the report from January to December of 2007. The report reflects a total of 2,542 delinquents accounts paid in full, which consist of Motor Vehicle and Boat Excise for a collection amount of $261,458.41, of which $217,156.82 represents all tax, $17,186.59 interest, $12,755.00 demand fees and $14,360.00 Registry of Motor vehicle