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Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 WHERE TO CALL: EMERGENCY: POLICE Emergency Calls 911 Other Calls: 751-9300 FIRE Emergency Calls 911 Other Calls: 751-9400 FOR INFORMATION ON: Administration Town Administrator 751-9100 Assessments Assessors 751-9130 Bills & Accounts Finance Department 751-9150 Birth Certificates Town Clerk 751-9200 Building Permits Building Commissioner 751-9180 Cemetery Superintendent of Cemeteries 326-1177 Civil Defense Director 751-9300 Code Enforcement Enforcement/Compliance 751-9186 Counseling, etc. Youth Commission 326-3120 Council on Aging Elder Services 326-1650 Death Certificates Town Clerk 751-9200 Dog Licenses Town Clerk 751-9200 Dogs, Lost, Found, Complaints Canine Controller 751-9106 Elder Services Council on Aging 326-1650 Elections Town Clerk 751-9200 Entertainment Licenses Selectmen 751-9100 Environment Conservation Commission 751-9210 Finance Committee Finance 751-9140 Finance Director Finance 751-9150 Fire Permits Fire Department 751-9400 Fuel Oil Shortage Fire Department 751-9400 Gas Permits Gas Inspector 751-9183 Health Board of Health 751-9220 Housing Inspections Housing Inspector 751-9220 Information Services Technology 751-9145 Library Main Library 751-9280 Endicott Branch 326-5339 Lights (street lights out) Police Department 751-9300 Marriage Licenses Town Clerk 751-9200 Planning Board Planning Director 751-9240 Plumbing Permits Plumbing Inspector 751-9183 Recreation Recreation Department 751-9250 Retirement Retirement Board 326-7693 Schools Superintendent of Schools 326-5622 No School 326-9818 Sewers, Streets & Snow Removal Public Works Department 751-9350 Tax Collections Collector 751-9160 Treasury Town Treasurer 751-9170 Veterans Veterans Services 751-9265 Voting & Registration Town Clerk 751-9200 Water Dedham-Westwood Water 329-7090 Wiring Wire Inspector 751-9184 Zoning Building Commissioner 751-9180 Zoning/Appeals Board of Appeals 751-9240 Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 2009/2010 DEDHAM TOWN REPORT Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 IN MEMORIAM The Town of Dedham remembers the following town employees, elected and appointed officials and volunteers who passed away during the years 2010: 2010 Adolph Cunha – Assessor’s Department John “Jack” Delaney – Town Meeting Arthur Capone – School Department Albert Kiser – Department of Public Works Barbara Wallace – School Department Dan Fitzgerald – Department of Public Works Ralph Viscariello – Town Meeting Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Board of Selectmen James A. MacDonald 2012 Carmen E. DelloIacono 2013 Michael L. Butler 2013 Sarah MacDonald 2011 Paul Reynolds 2011 Board of Assessors Frank M. Stapleton 2012 John P. Burke 2013 Richard C. Bremer 2011 Town Clerk Paul M. Munchbach 2012 School Committee David L. Roberts 2012 Thomas M. Ryan 2011 Tracy L. Driscoll 2011 Kevin R. Coughlin 2012 Joe L. Heisler 2012 Mayanne MacDonald Briggs 2013 Dimitria Sullivan 2013 Board of Health Leanne M. Jasset, R.PH 2011 Mary P. Ellard, R.N. 2012 Michael P. O’Leary, M.D. 2013 Trustees of the Public Library Robert W. Desmond 2011 Joseph A. D’Amico 2013 Rebecca Peluso 2012 Michael Chalifoux 2013 Edward D. Fitzhenry 2011 Moderator Daniel Driscoll 2011 Planning Board Robert D. Aldous 2012 Ralph I. Steeves 2013 John R. Bethoney 2015 Michael A. Podolski 2014 James E. O’Brien 2011 Commissioners of Trust Funds Michael G.E. Winbourne 2012 Joseph Leonard 2012 Ronald B. Slack 2013 Michael Malamut 2013 John Tuerck 2011 Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 Park & Recreation Commission Donald Reisner 2011 James Maher 2011 John Maida 2012 Kevin Flaherty 2012 Salvatore P. Ledda 2013 Housing Authority Kristen Morse (Gov. Appt.) 2012 John G. Wagner 2013 Mary Louise Munchbach 2014 Irene C. Carey 2015 Catherine Luna 2011 APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Town Administrator William G. Keegan, Jr. Board of Appeals Scott Steeves 2013 Jessica Porter (Associate) 2010 J.H. Rumpp (Associate) 2010 Gregory Jacobsen 2011 Robert Smith 2010 James McGrail 2012 Patrick Maguire 2010 Commission on Disability Patricia Whitehouse 2013 R. Victoria Berg 2013 Kenneth Cimeno Town Official Diane Daria 2013 Michelle Labadini 2013 Anita Amy Ashdon 2011 Carolann Reaves 2011 Laurie Reisner 2012 Conservation Commission Jonathan J. Briggs 2011 David Gorden 2011 Frederick Civian 2011 Julia Healy 2010 Tory Kempf 2010 Laura Bugay 2012 Brian McGrath 2012 Cultural Council Charles Brunner 2010 Barbara A. Gula 2010 Virginia Brobst 2010 Sylvia Chin-Chaplan 2010 Design Review Advisory Board John Haven 2011 Mollie Moran 2010 Paul Corey 2011 Martha Abdella 2010 Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 Historic Districts Commission Margaret F. Cabot 2010 Lynn A. Fairbank 2010 Andrea M. Gilmore 2009 Kevin F. Hampe 2009 Thomas M. Landy 2009 Alexander K. Leith 2010 Stanton A. Lyman 2010 Registrars of Voters Tracey Smart 2012 Robert D. King 2011 Dennis Guilfoyle 2010 Paul M. Munchbach Town Clerk Scholarship Committee Barbara Gula 2012 David Roberts 2012 Virginia Brobst 2010 Marie d’Eon 2010 Mary Faherty 2010 Sustainability Advisory Committee Elizabeth O’Donnell Peter Onelli Joanna Hamblin Jonathan Briggs Carmen Dello Iacono Steve MacAusland Russell Poole Deborah Harrison Town Counsel Kopelman & Paige, P.C. Annually Water Commissioners Robert Blume 2013 Kenneth Bragg 2011 Steve Mammone 2012 APPOINTED BY MODERATOR Capital Expenditures Committee Kenneth Bragg 2010 Paul G. Joyce 2011 Eric Chambers 2012 Laura Timmins Finance Committee Michael Podolski Planning Board Finance Committee William A. Podolski 2010 John Heffernan 2011 Laura Timmins 2011 David Martin 2012 Mark Driscoll 2010 Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 Kevin Young 2010 Susan Carney 2012 Derek Moulton 2011 William McKinney 2012 By-Law Review Committee Margot Pyle Cecelia Emery-Butler Julia Healy Robert Fish Michael Humphrey APPOINTED BY TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Building Commissioner Kenneth Cimeno Canine Controller Elizabeth A. Taylor Annually Civic Pride Committee Martha Podolski Barbara Carney Margot Pyle Jean Schoener Marianne Quinn Marie-Louise Kehoe Anthony Freitas Kristen Sheehan Mark Driscoll William Call Susan Hicks Paul O’Connor Anne Marie Sheehan Mabel Herweg Louie Giunta Amy Black Sunshine Millea Sheila Shaw Robert Mendes Jill DiVirgilio Teresa Buonanduci Matthew S. Donovan Joseph G. Hughes Marcia Damon Donald Seager Mickey Lessard Elaine Brancato Tess Raymond Civil Defense Director Anthony F. Zollo, Jr. Annually Director of Public Works Joseph Flanagan Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 Director of Finance Mariellen Murphy 2011 Fire Chief William Cullinane Police Chief Michael d’Entremont Veterans Agent & Procurement Officer Audrey Insalaco Wire Inspector Paul M. Riordan Building, Planning & Construction Committee James O’Brien 2012 John Donovan 2011 James Sullivan 2011 Stephen P. Rahavy 2010 Robert Naser 2010 Carmen E. DelloIacono 2010 John Nackley, Jr. 2012 Council on Aging Maureen Teti 2010 Richard Kohut 2010 Margot Pyle 2010 Russell Poole 2010 Marie-Louise Kehoe 2010 Sandra Tocman 2010 Amanda Perry 2010 Dr. David Kaufman 2010 Leanne Jasset (Board of Health Representative) Anthony Mucciaccio (Parks Department Representative) Endicott Estate Commission Barbara Gula 2012 Michele Heffernan 2013 Marie-Louise Kehoe 2012 David D’Arcy 2013 Brian Falvey 2012 Youth Commission Maryann Cronin 2012 Timothy Brandon 2011 Leslie Sattler 2010 P J Cady 2011 Dennis Teehan, Jr. 2012 Sarah Mosca DHS Student Rep Gabriella Iarrobino DHS Student Rep APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Director of Assessing John Duffy Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Town Treasurer/Collector Robin A. Reyes Information Services Director Veronica Barnes Interim Facilities Manager Eugene Negrone APPOINTED BY BUILDING COMMISSIONER Assistant Building Commissioner Frederick Johnson Plumbing & Gas Inspector Michael Provost APPOINTED BY BOARD OF HEALTH Public Health Nurse Claire Gardner Animal Inspector John F. D’Esopo, D.V.M . Health Director - Sanitarian Catherine Cardinale Assistant Health Director Leontia Flanagan APPOINTED BY RECREATION COMMISSION Director of Recreation Robert Stanley APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE Superintendent of Schools June M. Doe Assistant Superintendent of Business Affairs Michael LaFrancesca Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Assessment and Professional Development Cynthia Kelly Town of Dedham Annual Report 2009/2010 TOWN OF DEDHAM BUSINESS CONDUCTED DURING 2009/2010 CHAPTER I - ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS SPECIAL ELECTION (1/19/10) ........................................................................................................................................... 1 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION (4/10/10)............................................................................................................................... 2 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING (5/17/10) ................................................................................................................................ 8 ATTENDANCE 2010 .......................................................................................................................................................... 43 CHAPTER II - EDUCATION DEDHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS .......................................................................................................................................... 51 DEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (2010) ............................................................................................................ 64 BLUE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ............................................................................................................
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