Town of Chatham ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Table of Contents
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TOWN OF CHATHAM ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Table of Contents Elective Offices ...........................................................................2 Harbormaster .............................................................................68 Appointed Offices .......................................................................2 Board of Health ..........................................................................73 Committees .................................................................................4 Health and Environment ............................................................73 In Memoriam – 2011 ..................................................................7 Herring Warden ..........................................................................77 Board of Selectmen ....................................................................7 Historic Business District Commission .....................................77 Town Manager ............................................................................7 Historical Commission ..............................................................77 Annual Financial Reports ...........................................................8 Chatham Housing Authority ......................................................78 Annual Wages – Town Employees ...........................................48 Human Services Committee ......................................................78 Affordable Housing Committee ...............................................57 Land Bank Open Space Committee ..........................................79 Airport Commission .................................................................57 North Beach Advisory Committee ............................................79 Animal Control Officer .............................................................57 Park and Recreation Commission .............................................80 Assembly of Delegates ..............................................................58 Permit Office ..............................................................................80 Board of Assessors .................................................................. 58 Planning Board ..........................................................................81 Bikeways Committee .............................................................. 58 Pleasant Bay Alliance ................................................................81 Cape Cod Commission ........................................................... 59 Police Department .....................................................................81 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority .......................................59 Department of Public Works .....................................................82 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District .................59 Railroad Museum Group ...........................................................83 Capital Projects Review Committee ..........................................60 Public Schools and Superintendent of Schools .........................83 Cemetery Commission ..............................................................60 Shellfish Constable ....................................................................84 Coastal Resources ......................................................................60 South Coastal Harbor Plan Committee .....................................85 Community Development ..........................................................62 Summer Residents Advisory Committee ..................................85 Community Preservation Committee ........................................63 Town Clerk .................................................................................85 Conservation Commission .........................................................63 Tree Warden ...............................................................................86 Council on Aging .......................................................................64 Cultural Council .........................................................................65 Veterans Services .......................................................................86 Committee for the Disabled .......................................................66 Water and Sewer Departments...................................................86 Eldredge Public Library .............................................................66 Waterways Advisory Committee ...............................................87 Chatham Emergency Management Agency ..............................67 Zoning Board of Appeals ...........................................................87 Energy Committee .....................................................................67 300th Anniversary Planning Committee ...................................87 Facilities Department .................................................................67 Annual Town Meeting - May 9, 2011 ........................................88 Finance Committee ....................................................................68 Annual Town Election - May 12, 2011 ....................................100 Fire-Rescue Department ............................................................68 Special Town Meeting - October 24, 2011 ..............................100 ABOUT THE COVER – Front: contemporary picture of the refurbished and restored Marconi-RCA Operations Center. Front and back: collage of the wireless communications operations and operators from early 1920’s to 1950’s. The Operations Building of the Marconi-RCA Wireless Station was built in 1914 for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, operated with distinction as Coastal Marine Station WCC, Chatham Radio from 1921-1997. This Building and the entire Site were placed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1994. It currently houses the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Museum and Education Center, where the science of wireless communica- tions and Chatham’s historic role come alive. Photo credits: Chatham Marconi Maritime Center 1 Elective Offices Moderator (3 year term) Chatham Housing Authority (5 year term) School Committee (3 year term) William G. Litchfield Term Expires 2012 Valerie Foster, Director Jeffrey S. Dykens, Chairman William P Bystrom Term Expires 2013 Term Expires 2014 John J. Kelleher Term Expires 2016 Susan Ann Linnell Term Expires 2014 Selectmen (3 year term) Shirley L. Smith Term Expires 2015 Steven B. Davol Term Expires 2013 Florence Seldin, Chair Term Expires 2012 Joanne M. Taylor Term Expires 2014 Robert N. Long Term Expires 2013 Leonard M. Sussman, Vice Chair Maureen E. Auterio, (State Appointee) Eric Whiteley Term Expires 2012 Term Expires 2014 Term Expires 2012 Timothy Roper, Clerk Term Expires 2013 Sean Summers Term Expires 2012 Barnstable County Assembly of David R. Whitcomb Term Expires 2013 Delegates – Representative (2 year term) Ronald J. Bergstrom Term Expires 2012 Appointed Offices Town Manager’s Office Council on Aging Election Personnel/Inspectors Jill R. Goldsmith Town Manager Roger Kallstrom Driver David Porter Kristin M. Sullivan Executive Assistant Francis Marchessault Driver Louise Redfield Peter Norcross Driver Janine Scott George Parsons Driver Jennifer Smith Finance Department Paul Robinson Driver Alexandra Heilala, James Rooney Driver Director of Finance/Town Accountant Constables Nancy E. Geiger Assistant Town Accountant Information Technology Department Benjamin J. Nickerson Term Expires 2014 Shanna Nealy Accounting Clerk Thomas R. Pennypacker, II Raymond J. Medeiros Director Term Expires 2012 James A. Cuddy Manager John Proudfoot Term Expires 2013 Treasurer/Collector Louise A. Redfield Treasurer/Collector Town Counsel Amanda Love Monahan, Veterans’ Services Director/Burial Bruce P. Gilmore Assistant Tax Collector Agent Anita A. Beebe Collections Assistant Edward F. Merigan Town Clerk Department Assessing Julie S. Smith Town Clerk Health & Environment Andrew R. Machado Deputy Assessor Paula A. Tobin Assistant Town Clerk Holly Cabot Assistant Assessor Robert A. Duncanson Director Candace Griffin Assistant Assessor Registrars of Voters Cathy M. Schaeffer Assistant Assessor Virginia Laporte Conservation Frank H. Tobin Kristin M. Andres Conservation Agent Human Resources, Human Services Henry W. Welch, Jr. Mary M. Fougere Secretary and Channel 18 Lara Slifka Assistant Conservation Agent/ Environmental Technician Gerry Panuczak Human Resources Director Election Personnel/Inspectors Danni Krash Media Coordinator Evelyn Ambriscoe Joan Bagnell Ryan Darmon Assistant Media Coordinator Health Carol Barry Beverly Brown Judith H. Giorgio Health Agent Permit Department G. Valerie Buck Emily Beebe Health Inspector/Part-time Mary Jane O’Leary Permit Clerk Theodora Casey Dianne E. Langlois Secretary Bette Hahner Permit Clerk Scott Daniels Ann Eldredge Coastal Resources Priscilla Ford Theodore L. Keon Director Council on Aging John Geiger Renee Gagne Shellfish Constable Ellen D. Ford Director Nancy Geiger Rachel Hutchinson Propagation Specialist Penny Forsman Outreach Worker Mary Griffin Assistant Shellfish Constable/ Pauline G. Hoerner Secretary Elizabeth Hines Katherine Dalton Secretary/Clerical Sandra Koski Patricia A. Schapira Mary McDermott Deputy Shellfish Constables Outreach Worker & Volunteer Coordinator Lillian McNulty David DeSaulnier Term Expires 2012 Whitney Burr Driver Judith Perron Patricia Duvall Term Expires 2013 Richard Hosmer Driver Sandra Porter 2 Appointed Offices Deputy Shellfish