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Stockbridge 2012 Text.Indd STOCKBRIDGE ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Announcements Baby Town Meeting – May 13, 2013 6:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Town Offi ces, 50 Main Street Annual Town Meeting – May 20, 2013 6:30 p.m. in the Gymnasium of the Town Offi ces, 50 Main Street Annual Town Elections – May 21, 2013 Pictures this year show the installation of the 8:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. in the Gymnasium of the Town Offi ces, 50 Main Street Diversion Pipe at the Outlet This project will allow for water to fl ow freely under the Memorial Day Parade – May 27, 2012 will be at 12:00 NOON Commencing at the Town Offi ces down Main Street to the Town Hall Sewer and Tennessee Gas Lines. Potluck Community Picnic on Town Green immediately following the Program Second Homeowner’s Meeting will be on Saturday, July 6, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Pictures courtesey of Steve Blanchard of Stockbridge the Meeting Room of the Town Offi ces, 50 Main Street Back cover: Stockbridge Flag hanging in the Hall of Flags at the State House ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS INCORPORATED 1739 FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 2012 December 20, 2011. The beginning of the new road from the driveway to the outlet of the lake. Contents Information and Offi cers 5 General Information of Town of Stockbridge 6 Business Hours of Town Offi cers 7 Town Offi cers of Stockbridge 8 Appointees and Committees 8 Town Clerk’s Report 11 Statistics 12 In Memoriam 15 General Services 16 Selectmen 17 Police Department 19 Fire Department 22 Highway Department 23 Cemetery Department 24 Sewer and Water Department 25 Parks and Recreation 26 Emergency Management 27 Emergency Response Committee 29 Community Television of South Berkshire 29 Health, Education and Social Services 31 Board of Health 32 Tri-Town Health 34 Porchlight VNA/ Home Care 37 Brien Center for Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Inc. 38 Education 38 Stockbridge Library Association 40 Stockbridge Council On Aging 42 Stockbridge Housing Authority 43 Elderly & Disabled Tax Aid Committee 45 Lee Amblance Service 46 Planning and Aesthetics 47 Planning Board 48 Building Inspector 49 Conservation Commission 50 Stockbridge Historical Commission 50 Historical Preservation Commission 52 Cultural Council 53 Stockbridge Bike Group 54 Community Preservation Committee 55 Berkshire Regional Planning Commission 56 Memorial Day Committee 57 December 20, 2011. The beginning of to the outlet of the new road from driveway the lake. Memorial Day Speech 58 Stockbridge Green Team 60 Stockbridge Bowl Association 60 Zebra Mussel Committee 63 Stockbridge Land Trust 64 Laurel Hill Association 66 Finances 69 Accountant 70 Balance Sheet 71 Board of Assessors 91 Town Collector 92 Treasurer 97 Finance Committee 99 Town Warrant 101 Warrant 102 Article 4 112 Warrant Articles for FY 14 115 Information and Offi cers December 29, 2011. View up the outlet from the end of the access road at this point. 5 General Information of Town of Stockbridge Chartered 1737 Incorporated 1739 Population 1,846 Registered Voters 1,571 Form of Government Open Town Meeting Tax Rate $7.36 Annual Town Meeting Third Monday in May UNITED STATES SENATORS Elizabeth Warren, Boston John F. Kerry, Boston CONGRESSMAN Richard E. Neal STATE SENATOR Benjamin B. Downing REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT William Smitty Pignatelli 6 Business Hours of Town Offi ces ASSESSORS, BOARD OF PARKS and RECREATION COMMISSION 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As necessary Monday-Friday PLANNING BOARD BERKSHIRE HILLS REGIONAL 7:30 p.m. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of SCHOOL COMMITTEE each month 7:30 p.m. 2nd Thursday of SELECTMEN, BOARD OF each month 7 p.m. Monday CONSERVATION COMMISSION TOWN CLERK 7 p.m. 2nd and 4th Tuesday of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each month Monday-Friday COUNCIL ON AGING 1:00 p.m. 2nd Monday of TOWN TREASURER each month 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-Wed & Fri. FINANCE BOARD TOWN COLLECTOR As necessary 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday HEALTH, BOARD OF 6 p.m. 1st Thursday of each month VETERANS’ AGENT 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday HISTORICAL COMMISSION Great Barrington Town Hall As necessary SEWER and WATER COMMISSION HOUSING AUTHORITY 4:30 p.m. 1st Tuesday of each month 8:30 a.m. 1st Tuesday of each month ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS at Heaton Court As necessary TELEPHONE NUMBERS Berkshire Hills Regional School District 298-4017 Monument Mountain 528-3346 Monument Valley Regional Middle School 644-2300 Muddy Brook Regional Elementary 644-2350 Fire Department Burning Permits www.townofstockbridge.com or 298-5562 Glendale Station 298-3242 Hose Company No. 1 298-4866 Interlaken Station 298-4956 Highway Department 298-5506 Police Department 298-4179 Sewer and Water Department 298-4067 Town Offi ces 298-4170 Accountant ext. 255 Assessors ext. 254 Building Inspector ext. 257 Cemetery Consultant ext. 260 Conservation Commission ext. 259 Council on Aging ext. 263 Facilities Manager ext. 260 Planning Board ext. 261 Selectmen & Town Administrator ext. 250 Town Clerk ext. 251 Town Collector ext. 253 Treasurer ext. 252 7 Town Offi cers of Stockbridge Moderator Gary D. Johnston, 2015 Selectmen Barbara L. Cohen-Hobbs, 2014 Robert L. Flower, 2013 resigned Donald M. Chabon, 2015 Charles Gillett, 2013 Kate Fletcher, 2017 Deborah S. McMenamy, 2015 Gary M. Pitney, 2016 Stephen Shatz, 2014 Douglas J. Rose, 2013 Eugene Talbot, 2016 Board of Assessors Douglas Goudey, 2013 Treasurer John A. Miller, 2014 Karen T. Williams, 2014 Gary M. Pitney, 2015 Tree Warden Town Clerk Peter L. Curtin, Jr., 2015 Linda Hunt, 2013 Parks and Recreation Town Collector Mary T. Hart, 2015 Nancy E. Socha, 2014 Philip F. Heller, 2013 Steven Knopf, 2014 Board of Health Stephanie Adler, 2015 Housing Authority Scott Muir, 2014 Bernard Edmunds, 2015 Harriet Vines, 2013 Joan Burkhard, State Appointee R. Timothy Minkler, 2014 Sewer and Water Commissioners Kenneth M. Shearn, 2013 Donald C. Schneyer, 2015 Anna O. Smith, 2016 Thomas Paul Schuler, 2014 Peter J. Socha, 2013 Regional School Committee David Adler, 2014 Planning Board Richard D. Bradway, 2016 Robert Bartle, 2017 Daniel Weston, 2014 APPOINTEES AND COMMITTEES FOR 2012 Accountant Plumbing Inspector Elaine Markham, 2014 Gregory M. Pilling Building Inspector Emergency Management Ned Baldwin Christpher Marsden Director Ernest Cardillo, Deputy Director Veterans’ Agent Laurie Hils, 2013 Wire Inspector Nicholoas Fredsall, 2013 Highway Superintendent Clinton E. Schneyer, Jr., 2013 Town Administrator Jorja-Ann P. Marsden, 2015 8 Fire Chief Zoning Board of Appeals Ernest Cardillo, 2013 Linda Day, 2013 C. Joseph Tracy, Deputy Patricia Flinn, 2016 James Murray, 2015 Gas Inspector Thomas Schuler, 2017 Gregory M. Pilling John H. Spencer, 2014 Robert Edwards, Alternate Cultural Council John Hyson, Alternate Donna Hassler Julie McCarthy Town Counsel Nina Ryan J. Raymond Miyares Terry Wise Rena Zurofsky Conservation Commission William Briggs, 2013 Berk. Regl. Planning Ronald Broucker, 2015 Kate Fletcher, Planning Board, Joseph DeGiorgis, 2013 Marie Raftery, Alternate, Selectman John Hart, 2014 appted Jay Rhind, 2013 James Schantz, 2013 Board of Registrars George Shippey, 2015 Linda Hunt Sally Underwood-Miller, Alternate, Sec- Jennifer Carmichael, 2013 retary Nancy Cark, 2015 Nancy Ann Wilcox, 2014 Animal Inspector John Drake Cable Advisory Committee Richard Scott Burrow Finance Board Craig Berger, 2014 Principal Assessor Jay Bifofsky, Alternate Michael Blay Mary Boyce, 2013 Neil Holden, Alternate Police Chief James McMenamy, 2014 Richard B. Wilcox, 2015 Keith Raftery, 2014 Holly Rhind, 2013 Historical Commission Jean Rousseau, 2015, Chairman Maria Carr Charles Murray, 2014, Linda Jackson, Chairman Martin Torodash Green Communities Committee Peter Williams Ned Baldwin Barbara Cohen-Hobbs Memorial Day Committee Jorja-Ann Marsden Jorja-Ann Marsden Jay Rhind Deborah S. McMenamy, Chairman Tim Minkler Community Preservation Committee Keith Raftery Craig Berger, for Finance Skip Whalen Michael Blay, Treas, for Assessors Barbara Cohen-Hobbs, for Parks and Rec Berkshire Regional Transit Authority David Hellman for Selectmen Craig Berger, Delegate, 2013 Robert Feuer, Housing Authority 9 Linda Jackson, Historical Comm Council On Aging John Spencer, for Selectmen Mary Boyce, 2014 Eugene Talbot, for Planning Board Elizabeth DiGrigoli, Director Sally Underwood-Miller, Chairman, for Lynne French, 2013 Con Com Ronald Muir, 2013 Susan Rogers, 2014 Elderly and Disabled Committee Diane Sheridan, Chairman, 2012 Joyce Hovey Elizabeth McCormack Dog Offi cer John Miller Donald Holmes Nancy Socha Karen Williams Historic Preservation Committee Sue Bonak Constables Gary Johnston Darrell Fennelly, 2014 Jay Rhind Rosario Messana, 2014 Pam Sandler Brian A. Shaw, 2014 Carl Sprague, Chairman Bruce J.Stringer, 2014 Eileen Taft Aldheid Teutsch, 2014 Peter Williams, Secretary Richard B. Wilcox, 2014 Cemetery Commission Special Police Board of Selectmen Beth McCormick Deborah McMenamy, Chuck Gillett Robert Nielson Stephen Shatz Paul Petruesu Laurel Hill Representative, Helen Kim Shaw Pigott Michael Stanton Town Clerk, Linda Hunt Cemetery Consultant, Chris Marsden Highway Supt., Clinton Schneyer 10 Town Clerk’s Report January 15, 2012. The second crossing of the gas pipelines has been completed. You can just see the beginning of the cofferdam. 11 Town Clerk’s Report for 2012 VITAL STATISTICS Population 1846 Registered Voters 1571 Number of Births 7 Number of Marriages 24 Number of Deaths 16 At the recommendation of the Registry of Vital Records and the United States Department of State, we no longer print the individual names from vital records in the town report. This will help to protect the privacy of individuals as well as help to curb identity theft. RAFFLE PERMITS ISSUED Raffl e Permits -0- DOG LICENSES Males 19 Neutered Males 88 Females 6 Spayed Females 108 Kennel 0 Replacements 1 Transfers 0 Totals 222 $ 1,552.00 $ 295.00 Dog License Late Fees $ 1,847.00 Paid to the Town Treasurer for Dog Licenses Fees amounting to an additional $6,598.90 were also turned over to the Town Treasurer for the sale of certifi ed birth, marriage and death records, the fi ling of marriage intentions.
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