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ANNUAL REPORT of the Town Offices of Fairhaven, Massachusetts FAIRHAVEN Annual Reports 1988 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https ://arch i ve . o rg/detai I s/an n u al repo rtofto 1 988fai r ANNUAL REPORT of The Town Offices of Fairhaven, Massachusetts For The Year 1988 TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN TOWN H*11 FAIRHAVEN LOCUS 041° 38’ N Latitude 070° 54’ W Longitude Elevation 11 ft. M.S.L. at Town Hall Settled 1653 Incorporated 1812 Population 15,230 — 1988 State Census Tenth Congressional District First Councillor District Second Bristol Senatorial District Tenth Bristol Representative District Election of Officers First Monday in April 2 FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN Located On the Shore of Buzzards Bay 56 Miles From Boston — 1 Mile From New Bedford Registered Voters — 8,558 Tax Rate Fiscal 1988 - $19.31 100% Valuation — $479,791,295.00 Fiscal 1988 Area 7,497 Acres Miles of Shore Property — 21 Miles of Streets and Roads — Approximately 100 Number of Dwellings 1988 — 5,771 Churches — 12 Public Schools — 6 Private Schools — 4 Banks — 6 Principal Industries Ship Building — Fishing Industry — Fish Freezing Winches and Fishing Machinery Marine Repair <Sc Construction — Diesel Engine Repairing Data Processing — Auto Sales Benefactions of The Late Henry Huttleston Rogers Millicent Library — Town Hall Fairhaven High School — Rogers School Unitarian Memorial Church — Fairhaven Water Works Masonic Building — Cushman Park 3 DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICERS (Elective Officials Designated by Capital Letters) BOARD OF SELECTMEN JOSEPH CATALDO, JR. Term Expires 1989 KENNETH M. WOOD, JR. Term Expires 1990 SAMUEL FREITAS Term Expires 1991 Jan St. Germain Secretary Mary Heere Principal Clerk Loreen Pina Senior Clerk Jeffrey Osuch Executive Secretary TOWN CLERK ELAINE ROCHA Term Expires 1989 Eleanor Young Assistant Town Clerk Linda Smith Principal Clerk TREASURER Andrew Martin Director of Finance/Treasurer Ilene Rego Assistant Treasurer Joyce Shepard Principal Clerk TOWN COLLECTOR *Carol Brandolini Collector Elizabeth S. Fisk Deputy Collector Claire Medeiros Principal Clerk Deborah Santos Senior Clerk Virginia Travers Part-time Clerk Eileen Thorwaldson, resigned *JOHN ROGERS, resigned ASSESSORS Jeanne Reedy Assessor Manuel Botelho Assessor John Anjo’s Assessor Richard Gonsalves Appraiser Carol Chase Principal Clerk Roberta Wert Senior Clerk Madeline Downing Senior Clerk Gwen Andrade Clerk * MARJORIE J. SYLVIA, retired * GEORGE GAGNON, retired 4 MODERATOR LOUIS F. VAUDRY Term Expires 1991 COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUND RICHARD CARPENTER Term Expires 1989 LOUIS A. VEILLEUX Term Expires 1990 DANIEL A. MELLO Term Expires 1991 BOARD OF HEALTH DR. GEORGE WALMSLEY, Chairman Term Expires 1989 FRANK BARCELLOS, JR. Term Expires 1990 DR. EDWARD MEE Term Expires 1991 M. Teresa Darwin Administrative Assistant Milton K. Delano Part-time Sanitarian Patricia B. Fowle Part-time Sanitarian Jane R. Stankiewicz Community Nurse Administrator Kevin Barao Animal Inspector Kevin Barao Burial of Animals BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS PAUL FRANCIS, Chairman Term Expires 1989 ROBERT PIMENTAL Term Expires 1990 VICTOR OLIVEIRA Term Expires 1991 MANUEL CORREIA Term Expires 1992 DAVID SZELIGA Term Expires 1993 * William Madden Public Works Superintendent Alfred Raphael Assistant Superintendent of Board of Public Works John Harrison Highway Division Superintendent Edward L. Fortin Water Division Superintendent George Bragga Head Clerk, Secretary Francis Robbilard Principal Clerk Sheila-Rae Dlugosinski Principal Clerk Kathy A. Tripp Principal Clerk Claire Desrosiers Part-time Senior Clerk *Julie Lemos Senior Clerk Lisa Rose Senior Clerk *Joyce Shepard, resigned Cynthia Rabello, resigned 5 HOUSING AUTHORITY HAZEL KIDD Term Expires 1989 WALTER BOROWICZ Term Expires 1990 Albert Roderiques, State Appointee Term Expires 1990 ROBERT NORRIS, Chairman Term Expires 1992 JOHN KEARY Term Expires 1993 Stanley A. Wojcik Executive Director Urania M. Oliveira Administrative Assistant PLANNING BOARD CHANNING HAYWARD Term Expires 1989 JOHN V. SYLVIA Term Expires 1989 ALBERT BORGES Term Expires 1990 JOHN RODERIQUES, JR. Term Expires 1990 ALBERT RODERIQUES Term Expires 1991 RAYMOND FLEURENT, Chairman Term Expires 1991 ANTONE “RED” MEDEIROS Term Expires 1992 MARINUS VANDER POL, JR. Term Expires 1992 Nicholas Tangney Planner SCHOOL COMMITTEE WILLIAM DILLS Term Expires 1989 MATTHEW GOULET Term Expires 1989 H. DANTE VENA Term Expires 1990 GILBERT VIEIRA Term Expires 1990 LOUIS KRUGER, Chairman Term Expires 1991 SHARON LEE WOOD Term Expires 1991 TREE WARDEN ANTONE MEDEIROS Term Expires 1991 TOWN ACCOUNTANT * Claire Karvonen *Joyce Cabral, resigned ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Kevin Barao David Szeliga, Deputy 6 BOARD OF APPEALS f Roland Seguin, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Curtis Lopes, Associate Term Expires 1989 Daryl Manchester Term Expires 1990 Donald Levesque Term Expires 1991 Ann Moore Term Expires 1992 Andrew Tillet Term Expires 1993 Roger Bergeron, Associate Lou Kalife, Associate Charles A. Tetrault, Associate Albert Benac, resigned Mildred Brennan Clerk BUILDING DEPARTMENT Michael Mendoza Building Commissioner * Wayne Fostin Deputy Building Inspector Elsie Cecil Administrative Assistant Wendy Mandeville Part-time Temporary Clerk Kerry Jones Part-time Temporary Clerk Kendall Gardner Part-time Temporary Clerk Joseph Cardoza Gas Inspector &. Assoc. Plumbing Inspector Milton K. Delano Assistant Gas Inspector William J. Alphonse Plumbing Inspector <Sc Assoc. Gas Inspector Arthur L. Cushing Chief Wire Inspector Carlton Davis Associate Wire Inspector Randall C. Durrigan Associate Wire Inspector Walter Bouvay Temporary Associate Wire Inspector * Richard E. Senna, resigned CIVIL DEFENSE John Rogers, Jr. Director Roger Gautreau Deputy Director Lynn Jodoin Board Secretary 7 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Joseph Pauline Term Expires 1989 Lucie Plant Term Expires 1989 Mariano Moniz Term Expires 1990 Ken Meehan Term Expires 1990 John Ward, Chairman Term Expires 1990 Marinus Vander Pol, Jr. Term Expires 1991 *John Darwin Term Expires 1991 Leon Couture, Associate Macy Joseph III, Associate Mary Heere, Secretary *John Medeiros, resigned COUNCIL ON AGING John E. Keary, Chairman Term Expires 1989 * George F. O’Neil, deceased Term Expires 1989 Dr. George Walmsley Term Expires 1989 * Betty S. Lacerda Term Expires 1989 Elmira D. McKenzie Term Expires 1990 Pedro H. Monteiro Term Expires 1990 Doris P. Blanchard Term Expires 1991 Virginia A. Carey Term Expires 1991 Doris Green Director Marjorie H. Hamel Senior Clerk DATA PROCESSING ADVISORY BOARD Elaine Rocha Jeffrey Osuch Andrew Martin Joyce Cabral William Madden Jeanne Reedy FENCE VIEWER Michael Mendoza FIRE DEPARTMENT Donald Bernard Fire Chief Debra Besse Clerk 8 BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS Joseph Cataldo, Jr., Chairman Kenneth M. Wood, Jr. Samuel Freitas GREATER NEW BEDFORD REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Raymond Sylvia Term Expires 1991 Victor Oliveira Term Expires 1992 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Elizabeth Hastings Term Expires 1989 Donald Bernard Term Expires 1989 Joseph Cataldo, Jr. Term Expires 1989 Gail Isakesen, Associate Term Expires 1989 Michele Z. Crotty, Associate Term Expires 1989 Nicholas F. Tangney, Annual Advisor Term Expires 1989 Barbara Santos, Associate Term Expires 1989 Priscilla Wright, Associate Term Expires 1989 Helen Radcliffe, Associate Term Expires 1989 Nancy P. Bunnell, Associate Term Expires 1989 Milton K. Delano, Vice Chairman Term Expires 1990 Karen Garnett, Secretary Term Expires 1990 Louis Veilleux, Treasurer Term Expires 1991 David Wood, Chairman Term Expires 1991 INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM Frank E. Przybyszewski FINANCE COMMITTEE Linda Edwards, Chairman Member at Large PRECINCT 1 David Bancroft, Vice Chairman Term Expires 1990 PRECINCT 2 Frederick W. Wright Term Expires 1989 Robert Carey Term Expires 1990 PRECINCT 3 Michelle Fidalgo Term Expires 1989 Mary Viera Term Expires 1990 9 PRECINCT 4 William Whitehead Term Expires 1989 Frank Faria Term Expires 1990 PRECINCT 5 William Markey Term Expires 1989 Fred E. Ryan Term Expires 1990 PRECINCT 6 Carol Dussault Term Expires 1990 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AUTHORITY Elizabeth Isherwood Term Expires 1989 Nicholas Tangney Term Expires 1990 Joseph Saladino Term Expires 1991 Daniel Mello Term Expires 1992 Roland N. Seguin Term Expires 1993 LOTTERY ARTS COUNCIL Jean Staiti Term Expires 1989 Susan Robba Term Expires 1989 Joaquim Custodio Term Expires 1990 Norbert Cruz Term Expires 1990 Mark L. Baron, Chairman Term Expires 1990 Ruth Galary Term Expires 1990 Lynn Gautreau Term Expires 1990 MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK Antone Medeiros MILLICENT LIBRARY TRUSTEES Bruce Bendiksen Edward Lefkowitz James S. Buckley Marion N. Lewin George A. Bunnell, Jr. Raymond McK. Mitchell Jean Campbell Paul Peralta - Ramos Virginia A. Carey Anita Carroll Rose * *Irma V. Darwin Earl J. Dias Alice Torres Dennis Duval Pearl E. Wilbor James P. Honohan Carolyn Longworth, Director Dr. Ron Hoekstra * Walter Silveira, deceased ‘Joseph Cataldo, Jr. ** Norbert Cruz 10 NEW BEDFORD-FAIRHAVEN MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE Roland Seguin Clement Daley Mary Morris Curtis Lopes Joseph Cataldo, Jr. Gary Golas Dr. Martha E. Cummings Nicholas Tangney Joseph Pauline Carl P. Pimental PERSONNEL BOARD Dana Pickup Term Expires 1989 Peter F. Staiti Term Expires 1990 * Barbara Oliveira, resigned Term Expires 1990 * Melissa M. Thomas Term Expires 1990 Norris Walecka Term Expires 1991 Roger Judge Term Expires 1991 Kathy Marshall, Secretary POLICE DEPARTMENT Peter F. Barcellos Police Chief NATURAL RESOURCE DEPARTMENT Joseph Pauline Harbormaster <Sl Wharfinger George F. Joseph Assistant Harbormaster
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