Annual Report 2016
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TOWN OF STONEHAM MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Board of Selectmen Left to right: Selectmen Thomas Boussy, Selectman George Seibold, Chairwoman Ann Marie O’Neill, Secretary Anthony Wilson, Vice Chairwoman Caroline Colarusso (Photo by William Ryerson) 1 Table of Contents COMMUNITY PROFILE .............................................................................................................................................. 4 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ...................................................................................................................................... 5 ELECTED OFFICIALS 2016 ........................................................................................................................................ 6 APPOINTED OFFICIALS 2016 .................................................................................................................................... 7 BOARD OF SELECTMEN .......................................................................................................................................... 11 PLANNING BOARD .................................................................................................................................................... 12 BIKE AND GREENWAY COMMITTEE .................................................................................................................. 13 BOARD OF APPEALS ................................................................................................................................................. 14 BOARD OF ASSESSORS ............................................................................................................................................ 15 BOARD OF HEALTH .................................................................................................................................................. 15 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ...................................................................................... 18 CONSERVATION COMMISSION ............................................................................................................................ 19 COUNCIL ON AGING................................................................................................................................................. 20 CULTURAL COUNCIL ............................................................................................................................................... 24 DISABILITY COMMITTEE ....................................................................................................................................... 25 FARMERS MARKET COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................................ 27 FINANCE AND ADVISORY BOARD........................................................................................................................ 33 FIRE STATION/STONEHAM GIRL SCOUTS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE .................... 34 HISTORICAL COMMISSION ................................................................................................................................... 35 HISTORICAL SOCIETY ............................................................................................................................................ 38 MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................................. 39 STONEHAM SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION .................................................................................................. 41 SWITCHBOX ART PROJECT ................................................................................................................................... 41 FIRE DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 42 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 46 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES/BUILDING DEPARTMENT ................................................................................... 47 POLICE DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 47 PUBLIC LIBRARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................ 58 RECREATION DEPARTMENT ................................................................................................................................. 69 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT – SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENTENT OF SCHOOLS ................. 71 TOWN ACCOUNTANT ............................................................................................................................................... 90 TOWN CLERK ........................................................................................................................................................... 106 TOWN COUNSEL ...................................................................................................................................................... 175 TOWN PLANNER ...................................................................................................................................................... 179 TOWN TREASURER/TAX COLLECTOR ............................................................................................................. 180 2 UNICORN GOLF COURSE AND STONEHAM OAKS GOLF COURSE .......................................................... 181 VETERANS SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................ 184 3 TOWN OF STONEHAM COMMUNITY PROFILE Incorporated: Stoneham was incorporated as a town on December 17, 1725. Situated: 10.3 miles from Boston County: Middlesex Land Area: 6.6 square miles Population: 21,734 Tax Rate FY17: Residential: $12.70 Commercial: $22.55 FY16 Town Operating Budget: $69,376,542 Form of Government: Elected Board of Selectmen; Town Administrator; Open Town Meeting Annual Town Election: First Tuesday in April Annual Town Meeting: First Monday in May Public Schools: Colonial Park School; Robin Hood School; South School; Stoneham Central Middle School; Stoneham High School; Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Private Schools: St. Patrick’s School; Greater Boston Academy Governor: Charlie Baker Senators in US Congress: Edward Markey; Elizabeth Warren Representatives in US Congress – Fifth Congressional District: Katherine Clark Sixth District Governor’s Council: Terrance Kennedy Fifth Middlesex Senatorial District: Jason Lewis 31st Middlesex Representative District: Michael Day Official Website: www.stoneham-ma.gov 4 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 5 TOWN OF STONEHAM ELECTED OFFICIALS 2016 Office Term Board of Assessors Craig Celli, Chairman 2018 Anthony Kennedy, Vice Chairman 2019 William Jordan, Treasurer 2017 Board of Health John Scullen, Chairman 2018 Theresa Dean, Vice Chairwoman 2019 Wendy Cayton (appointed to fill unexpired term) 2017 Board of Selectmen Ann Marie O’Neill, Chairwoman 2017 Caroline Colarusso, Vice Chairwoman 2018 Anthony Wilson, Secretary 2019 Thomas Boussy 2018 George Seibold 2019 Constables David Luciano 2018 Robert Moreira 2018 Robert Nardone 2018 Housing Authority Thomas Anderson, Chairman 2018 Kevin McLaughlin, Vic Chairman 2020 Robert Daniels, Treasurer Appointed by Governor Michelle Meagher, Assistant Treasurer 2019 Carol Mustone 2021 Library Trustees Rocco Chiccarello, Chairman 2017 Jane Francis, Vice Chairwoman 2018 Marina Memmo, Secretary 2018 Patricia DePietro (appointed to fill unexpired term) 2019 Susan Fixman 2019 Michael Rora 2017 Moderator Lawrence Means 2017 Northeast Metropolitan Vocational School District Representative Lawrence Means 2020 6 Office Term Planning Board August Niewenhous, III, Chairman 2017 Kevin Dolan, Vice Chairman 2019 Terrance Dolan 2020 Daniel Moynihan, Jr. 2018 Joseph Rolli 2021 School Committee David Maurer, Chairman 2017 Shawn McCarthy, Vice Chairman 2018 Marie Christie 2018 Shelly MacNeill 2017 Rachel Meredith-Warren 2019 Town Clerk Maria Sagarino 2019 APPOINTED OFFICIALS 2016 Board Term Bike and Greenway Committee Dolly Wilson, Chairwoman 2019 Bill Murphy, Vice Chairman 2019 Joan Lemire, Secretary 2018 Cameron Bain 2019 Dorothy Bergold 2018 Linda Hanson 2019 Cindy Hemenway 2019 Devon Manchester 2019 Catherine Moore 2018 Julie Shulman 2019 Board of Appeals William Sullivan, Chairman 2017 Raymond Dufour 2019 Kevin McLaughlin 2019 Robert Saltzman 2018 Tobin Shulman 2017 Laurence Rotondi, Associate 2019 Eric Rubin, Associate 2019 7 Board Term Capital Improvement Advisory Committee Tom Barry, Chairman 2019 Anthony Wilson, Selectman Thomas Younger, Town Administrator Dr. Les Olson, Superintendent of Schools Marie Christie, School Committee Devon Manchester, Finance and Advisory Board Daniel Moynihan, Planning Board Donald Piatt, Town Accountant William Previdi 2017 TimWaitkevitch 2019 Conservation Commission Ellen McBride, Co-Chair 2017 Robert Parsons, Co-Chair 2017 Herlinda Charpentier Saitz 2019 Domenick Cimina 2018 Megan Day 2017 Norman L’Esperance 2019 Rachel Rennard 2018 George