2017 Annual Town Report
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TOWN Town of Wakefield Wakefield of Town of WAKEFIELD 206th Annual Report – 206 th Annual Report 2017 2017 Council on Aging Form of Bequest I hereby give and bequeath to the Friends of the Council on Aging, Wakefield, Mass., the sum of ……………………. Dollars to have and to hold, to be used for the unrestricted purposes of the said Council. Library Form of Bequest I hereby give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass., the sum of …………………. Dollars to have and to hold, to be used for the unrestricted purposes of the said library. 206th Annual Report OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WAKEFIELD MASSACHUSETTS including the vital Statistics for the year ending December thirty-first 2017 2 206TH ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Population – 2017 - Census – 24,426 2010 Federal Census – 24,932 Councilor, 6th District – Terrence W. Kennedy of Lynnfield U.S. Representative for Mass. 6th Congressional District-Seth Moulton Representative 9th Essex District- Donald H. Wong Representative 32nd Middlesex District- Paul A. Brodeur Senator, Fifth Middlesex District – Jason Lewis TOWN OFFICIALS *Selectmen Paul R. DiNocco, Chairman – 2018 Brian E. Falvey – 2018 Peter J. May, Vice Chairman – 2019 Ann McGonigle Santos, - 2019 Anthony J. Longo – 2019 Edward F. Dombroski, Jr. – 2020 Mehreen N. Butt - 2020 **Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 3 **Chief of Police Richard E. Smith **Fire Chief Michael J. Sullivan *Town Clerk Betsy Sheeran - 2020 *Tax Collector Kathleen M. Kelly – 2018 *Moderator William Harbison Carroll – 2018 *Treasurer John J. McCarthy, Jr. – 2019 **Town Accountant Kevin M. Gill 4 206TH ANNUAL REPORT **Town Counsel Thomas A. Mullen **Director of Assessments Victor P. Santaniello Executive Secretary/Town Accountant John J. McCarthy – Emeritus January 26, 1991 **Advisory Board of Public Works Christopher J. Fowlie - 2018 David A. West - 2019 Maria Palomino -2020 *School Committee Kathryn Day Morgan – 2018 Robert A. E. Tiro, Vice Chairman– 2018 Greg Liakos – Chairman - 2019 Thomas F. Markham, III – 2019 Ronald J. Masse, Jr - 2019. Anne-Marie Fortier - 2020 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 5 *School Committee - Continued Christopher J. Callanan - 2020 *Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School (4 years) Vincent J. Carisella – 2020 *Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Trustees Michael J. Bourque, Vice Chairman – 2020 Susan Wetmore - 2020 Kevin Patrick Scanlon, Chairman – 2018 Cindy A. Schatz – 2018 Jeffrey Michael Quinn – 2019 John Havelick, Jr. – 2019 Timothy F. Healy – 2019 Joseph Tringale- 2020 Yue Ren – 2018 **Town Planner Paul Reavis 6 206TH ANNUAL REPORT *Town Planning Board Matthew Lowry - 2020 Paul J. Semenza - 2021 William M. D’Amore – 2022 Christopher J. Fowlie - 2018 William Spaulding, -2019 *Board of Health Elaine M. Silva – 2019 Alison J. Mehlman, Chairman - 2020 Laurel Skinder Gourville, Vice Chairman - 2018 *Board of Assessors Sebastian P. Tine, Vice Chairman – 2020 Jane A. D’Addario, Chairman – 2018 Walter Schofield - 2019 *Municipal Gas & Light Commissioners John J. Warchol, Chairman – 2020 Kenneth J. Chase, Jr. - 2018 Michael P. McCarthy – 2018 Kevin T. Haggerty, Secretary – 2019 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 7 *Municipal Gas & Light Commissioners - Continued William J. Boodry, Jr. - 2019 *Wakefield Housing Authority Jane Good - 2019 Maureen E. Hickey - 2020 Alfred S. Confalone, 2020 Charles Geier – 2021 Lorelei Mackay - 2022 *Constables Gerard S. Alterio, Jr. – 2019 Richard O. Bayrd – 2019 Kevin J. Lopes - 2020 **Board of Registrars Eugenia M. Coffin - 2018 Kathleen M. Beaulieu – 2019 Peter J. Vitale - 2018 8 206TH ANNUAL REPORT **Finance Committee Dennis Hogan – 2018 Wayne M. Tarr – 2018 Joseph V. Tringale – 2018 Joanne Reilly - 2018 Lorri W. Wheeler - 2018 Brian P. Cusack - 2019 Gerard W. Leeman - 2019 Joseph B. Bertrand - 2019 Daniel W. Sherman, Chairman – 2019 James Sullivan - 2019 Douglas S. Butler – 2020 Peter McManama – 2020 Rebecca Gilding – 2020 Jonathan Chines – 2020 Jan DiGiambattista - 2020 **Historical Commission Nancy L. Bertrand, Chairman – 2020 Juliane M. Gerace – 2020 Gene A. Moulton – 2020 Daniel Benjamin Jr. – 2020 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 9 **Historical Commission - Continued Francene Harrington- 2020 **Recreation Commission Gerald E. Barrett-2020 Jeanne Stinson, Vice Chairman-2019 Susan Hickey - 2020 Richard Stevens, Chairman – 2020 Daniel P. Crowley – 2018 Christine M. Gargano – 2018 Frank Leone – 2019 Michael Boudreau – 2019 Joseph V. Tringale – 2018 **Conservation Commission Frank J. Luciani, Jr., Chairman – 2020 David N. Peterson – 2019 Lea Tyhach - 2019 Robert J. Romano, Vice Chairman – 2018 Peter M. Miller – 2018 Warren M. Laskey – 2020 Frank Calandra - 2019 10 206TH ANNUAL REPORT **Capital Planning Committee Shaun S. Margerison, Chairman-2018 Daniel Calore-2020 Franklin C. Leone, Jr. – 2018 Lisa Butler- 2020 Robert P. Edson – 2019 **CATV Advisory Committee Bruce Donovan – 2019 Daniel P. Lieber – 2018 James Lapery -2020 **Commission on Disability Issues Lois E. Jarema-Benjamin – 2020 Anthony V. Guardia – Advisory Tracy J. Vincent- 2020 Sarah McCauley - 2020 John Murray – 2019 Gene Moulton – 2019 Gregory Powers - 2019 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 11 **Council on Aging Sheila Moran, Secretary – 2020 Gene A. Moulton - 2020 Judith A. Carmilia – 2018 Frances Mary Cheney – 2019 Thomas Coffin – 2019 Heather Hansson – 2020 Elizabeth Ellis – 2020 Florence Calore - 2020 **Fence Viewers Michael J. Delory - 2020 Michael J. Nasella – 2020 Dennis M. Cloherty- 2020 **Wakefield Cultural Council Michael P. Salvatore – 2020 Ann Marie Gallivan – 2018, Chair Caroline Lieber – 2019 Colleen Getty – 2019 Joy Schilling – 2019 Robert MacRobbie - 2019 12 206TH ANNUAL REPORT **Board of Appeals Richard O. Bayrd, – 2019 James H. McBain, Clerk – 2019 Michael L. Pierce – 2019 David W. Hatfield, Chairman - 2020 Charles L. Tarbell, Jr. - 2018 Kimberly Hackett – 2019 Amy Wall, Alternate-2020 Thomas J. Lucey-2018 **Wakefield Permanent Building Committee Christopher Callanan-2018 Joseph B. Bertrand, Chairman – 2019 Lisa A. Butler - 2019 James A. Lapery- 2019 Charles L. Tarbell, Jr. – 2020 Jerry Hammersley-2018 Jason Cohen -2018 Philip Renzi – 2019 George Brooks – 2020 Timothy Demers - 2020 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 13 **Events Planning Committee Sel. Paul R. DiNocco, Chairman Susan M. Majeski Walter Schofield Susan M. Wetmore, Vice Chairman Leonard Malvone Saritin Rizzuto Peter May **Dog Officer/Animal Inspector Kenneth J. Stache **Emergency Management Michael J. Sullivan **Inspector of Buildings John J. Roberto, III **Parking Clerk Kenneth J. Stache 14 206TH ANNUAL REPORT **Plumbing/Gas Inspector Paul J. Donohoe **Electrical Inspector David J. Sardella **Veterans Agent Alicia Reddin *Elected **Appointed General Government Reports of BOARD OF SELECTMEN TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ASSESSING DEPARTMENT PLANNING BOARD CONSERVATION COMMISSION CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD RECREATION COMMISSION 16 206TH ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF WAKEFIELD 17 Report of the Board of Selectmen At the Board of Selectmen’s organizational meeting on May 10, 2017, following the Town Election in April, Paul DiNocco was elected Chairman and Peter May was elected Vice-Chairman. The Board welcomed Edward F. Dombroski Jr, and Mehreen N. Butt. The other members of the Board are Brian Falvey, Ann McGonigle Santos and Anthony Longo. Board members thanked Phyllis Hull for her years of service on the Board and also recognized the many accomplishments of Patrick Glynn who stepped down after nine years as a Selectman. The Board of Selectmen meets on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month at WCAT studios on Hemlock Road. The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen are broadly diversified in hundreds of sections of law applying directly to Selectmen. The broadly diversified powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Selectmen affect the functioning of all Town departments and central coordination is essential to an effective and efficient municipal administration. The Town continues to function under the Open Town Meeting - Board of Selectmen-Town Administrator Charter. The Charter gives the Town Administrator the responsibility for daily management of the Town’s business; provides for the election by the voters of a seven member Board of Selectmen, a Town Moderator, a seven member School committee, a five member Planning Board and a Housing Authority; provides for strengthened financial procedures; created a Department of Public Works with an Advisory Board of Public Works; provides flexibility to reorganize Town agencies in the future; and, provides a referendum procedure by which Town Meeting votes on certain Warrant Articles may be reconsidered by the voters in a referendum election. The Board of Selectmen and the Town Administrator have continued to represent the Town’s interest before governmental officials, committees and commissions at the various levels of government for the purpose of presenting information and evidence on matters that concern the Town of Wakefield. The necessity for effective liaison and representation between the Town and State government has become increasingly important as locally uncontrollable costs are transferred and made part of the cost of Town government. 18 206TH ANNUAL REPORT Town Planner Paul Reavis serves as the Town’s representative to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The Board of Selectmen wishes to thank the many volunteers who work so attentively on a variety of Boards, Committees and Commissions to make Wakefield the Town that it is. Paul R. DiNocco, Chair Peter J. May, Vice Chair Mehreen N. Butt Edward