ANNUAL REPORT of the Town Offices of Fairhaven, Massachusetts
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SELECTMEN ’ S OFFICE FAIRHAVEN OXFORD SCHOOL PHI Annual Reports 1995 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1995fair SELECTMEN’S OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT of The Town Offices of Fairhaven, Massachusetts Printed by Athol Press. Inc.. Athol. MA 01331 TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN FAIRHAVEN LOCUS 041° 38' N. Latitude 070° 54' W. Longitude Elevation 11 ft. M.S.L. at Town Hall Settled 1653 Incorporated 1812 Population 15,921 Tenth Congressional District First Councillor District Second Bristol Senatorial District Tenth Bristol Representative District Election of Officers First Monday in April IN MEMORIAM Barbara Johnson Hastings Middle School English Teacher 1963 - 1969 Hastings Resource Room Teacher 1969 - 1979 IN MEMORIAM Irma Darwin Teacher Oxford School 1948 - 1965 Teacher Rogers School 1965 - 1969 Teachers/Asst. Prin. Rogers School 1969 - 1979 4 IN MEMORIAM Richard Jenny Building Custodian 1942 - 1976 IN MEMORIAM Robert Lawton High School Math Teacher 1928 - 1965 Math Department Head 5 IN MEMORIAM Lillian Gautreau Cafeteria Helper (Sub/Full-time) 1972 - 1975 Assistant Cook/Baker 1975 - 1991 IN MEMORIAM George Tripp Hastings Middle School Building Maintenance Craftsman 1951 - 1973 6 IN MEMORIAM Jeannette Mulvey Home Economics Teacher 1953 - 1967 Fairhaven High School/ Hastings Middle School IN MEMORIAM Ruth Robinson High School Business Teacher 1952 - 1970 High School Business Teacher/ Department Head 1970 - 1973 7 Fairhaven, Massachusetts General Information About the Town Located On the Shore of Buzzards Bay 56 Miles From Boston — 1 Mile From New Bedford Registered Voters — 9,085 Tax Rate Fiscal Year 1996 Residential $13.35 Commercial $16.09 100% Valuation — $876,801,500.00 Area 1A91 Acres Miles of Shore Property — 29.4 Miles of Streets and Roads — Approximately 100 Number of Dwellings in 1995 Residential Dwellings 5,896 Commercial/Industrial 350 Churches — 12 Public Schools — 6 Private Schools — 4 Banks — 6 Principal Industries Ship Building Fishing Industry Fish Freezing Winches and Fishing Machinery Marine Repair & Construction 9 DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICERS (Elective Officials Designated by Capital Letters) BOARD OF SELECTMEN PATRICK MULLEN Term Expires 1996 JOHN R. RODERIQUES Term Expires 1997 JOHN T. HAALAND Term Expires 1998 Jeffrey W. Osuch Executive Secretary Jan St. Germain Secretary Bernice Alves Principal Clerk Loreen Pina Senior Clerk TOWN CLERK EILEEN LOWNEY-HUNT Term Expires 1998 Elaine Rocha Assistant Town Clerk Linda Smith Principal Clerk DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE/DIVISION OF TREASURY Andrew J. Martin Director of Finance/Treasurer *Joyce Shepard Assistant Treasurer **Lisa Rose Payroll Supervisor *Ilene Rego, retired **Joyce Shepard, Appointed Assistant Treasurer DIVISION OF ACCOUNTING *Anne M. Carreiro Town Accountant **Debra Santos Part-time Accounting Clerk *Claire Karvonen, resigned **Ann M. Brake, resigned DIVISION OF ASSESSING Jeanne Reedy Chief Assessor Delfino Garcia, Part-time Assessor Term Expires 1996 Patrick Flinn, Part-time Assessor Term Expires 1996 Mary Ann Hawk, Assistant Assessor Term Expires 1996 Carol Chase Senior Clerk Kristine Fitzsimmons Senior Clerk Jane Bettencourt Senior Clerk DIVISION OF COLLECTION Carol Brandolini Town Collector Elizabeth S. Fisk Deputy Collector Claire Medeiros Principal Clerk Barbara Souza Senior Clerk 11 Pamela Bettencourt Senior Clerk Cheryl Forand Part-time Senior Clerk MODERATOR LOUIS F. VAUDRY, JR. Term Expires 1997 BOARD OF HEALTH FRANK BARCELLOS, JR. Term Expires 1996 DR. EDWARD MEE, Chairman Term Expires 1997 RAYMOND RICHARD Term Expires 1998 Patricia B. Fowle Health Agent M. Teresa Darwin Administrative Assistant Jane R. Stankiewicz Community Nurse Administrator * Kristin Joseph Animal Inspector * Kristin Joseph Burial of Animals Alfred Brouillette Assistant Animal Inspector *Christine Mackay, resigned COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS GEORGE BUNNELL Term Expires 1996 DANIEL MELLO Term Expires 1997 GEORGE GRAVES Term Expires 1998 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS PAULE. FRANCIS, Chairman Term Expires 1996 ARTHUR OLIVEIRA, Clerk Term Expires 1996 RICHARD BRODEUR, Vice Chairman Term Expires 1997 PETER TRAHAN Term Expires 1997 CHRISTOPHER DIAS Term Expires 1998 Alfred Raphael Superintendent of Board of Public Works John B. Harrison Highway Division Superintendent Edward L. Fortin Water Division Superintendent Linda L. Simmons Sewer Division Superintendent George W. Bragga Head Clerk, Secretary Kathy A. Tripp Head Clerk Claire Desrosiers Principal Clerk *Kim Souza Principal Clerk *Lisa Rose Transferred to Department of Finance/Treasury HOUSING AUTHORITY Robert Thayer, State Appointee ROBERT A. NORRIS Term Expires 1 997 JOHN KEARY, Chairman Term Expires 1998 ANNE D. SILVEIRA Term Expires 1999 12 WALTER BOROWICZ Term Expires 2000 Stanley A. Wojcik Executive Director Urania M. Oliveira Assistant Executive Director Laurie A. Powers Principal Clerk PLANNING BOARD GARY F. SOUZA Term Expires 1996 MARINUS VANDERPOL Term Expires 1996 SHEILA C. DOLAN Term Expires 1997 CHANNING W. HAYWARD Term Expires 1997 ALBERT BORGES Term Expires 1998 JOHN RODERIQUES, JR. Term Expires 1998 RAYMOND FLEURENT Term Expires 1999 WAYNE HAYWARD Term Expires 1999 Jeffrey W. Osuch Planning Board Advisor Wayne Fostin Planning Board Consultant SCHOOL COMMITTEE ANDREW B. TILLETT Term Expires 1996 ANN M. PINTO Term Expires 1996 STEPHEN FURTADO Term Expires 1997 LOUIS KRUGER, Chairman Term Expires 1997 NATALIE HEMINGWAY Term Expires 1998 MATTHEW RILEY Term Expires 1998 TREE WARDEN ANTONE MEDEIROS, JR. Term Expires 1997 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE Channing Hayward Term Expires 1996 Helen A. Nader Term Expires 1996 Lawrence Robert Term Expires 1996 Stanley Wojcik Term Expires 1996 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER *Kristin Joseph Animal Control Officer Alfred Brouillette Assistant Animal Control Officer *Christine Mackay, resigned BOARD OF APPEALS Donald Levesque Term Expires 1 996 Ann Cochran Term Expires 1 997 Andrew Tillett, Chairman Term Expires 1 998 Curtis Lopes Term Expires 1999 13 Daryl Manchester Term Expires 2000 Winfred Eckenreiter, Associate Term Expires 1996 Roger Bergeron, Associate Term Expires 1998 Louis Kalife, Associate Term Expires 1998 Brent T. Souza, Associate Term Expires 1998 Mildred Brennan Secretary BUILDING DEPARTMENT Wayne Fostin Building Commissioner Frances Robillard Administrative Assistant Joseph Cardoza Gas Inspector & Assoc. Plumbing Inspector William J. Alphonse Plumbing Inspector & Assoc. Gas Inspector Randall C. Durrigan Chief Wire Inspector Edward Viveiros Associate Wire Inspector Eric J. Sylvia Associate Wire Inspector CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Carl Bissonnette Marc Scanlon John D. Moore, Chairman Brent T. Souza Patrick Mullen Anthony Vuolo, Jr Roberta Rocha COMMUNITY NURSE ASSOCIATION Jane Stankiewicz, R.N., B.S. Administrator Norman Laporte, President Kristina Heaton, First Vice President J. Richard Early, Second Vice President George Bunnell, Treasurer Hugh B. Darden, Jr., Assistant Treasurer Susan Guy, R.N., B.S., Nursing Supervisor Thomas Severance, Fiscal Manager CONSERVATION COMMISSION Winfred Eckenreiter Term Expires 1996 Mariano Moniz Term Expires 1996 William Mullin, III Term Expires 1997 Marinus Vanderpol, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1997 Sheila Dolan Term Expires 1998 Antone Lopes Term Expires 1998 William Markey Term Expires 1998 Ronald Desnoyers, Associate Term Expires 1996 Wayne Fostin, Conservation Agent Pamela Bettencourt, Secretary 14 CONSTABLES (TERMS EXPIRE 1996) Steven Borges Robert Jones Lawrence Carroll Robert W. Landry, Sr. Robert Cormier Lawrence Machado Donald Dompierre John Rezendes Doris Guerette Norman Saucier Stephen M. Gwozdz Joseph Williams Eileen Lowney-Hunt COUNCIL ON AGING Joan Benoit Term Expires 1996 Pedro Monteiro Term Expires 1996 Doris Blanchard Term Expires 1997 Virginia A. Carey, Chairman Term Expires 1997 Joseph Begnoche Term Expires 1998 John Keary Term Expires 1998 Harry Young, Jr. Term Expires 1998 Betty S. Lacerda Director Marie Tucker Social Day Care Coordinator Betty Ramos Assistant Social Day Care Coordinator Elaine Medeiros Senior Clerk EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Marc Jodoin, Director Term Expires 1996 EMPLOYEE RIGHT TO KNOW CONTACT PERSON Raymond Richard Term Expires 1996 ENFORCEMENT AGENT Veronica Reynolds FAIR HOUSING COMMITTEE Louis Kalife Term Expires 1996 Patrick Mullen, Fair Housing Coordinator Term Expires 1996 Helen A. Nader Term Expires 1996 Edward J. Riggs Term Expires 1996 FAIRHAVEN CULTURAL COUNCIL Walter Owen Term Expires 1996 Olinda Owen Term Expires 1996 Donald Fredette, Chairman Term Expires 1997 Jean Kellaway Term Expires 1997 Richard Kellaway Term Expires 1997 Betty Lacerda Term Expires 1997 Richard Manning, Jr. Term Expires 1997 15 FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Thomas P. Crotty Bernard F. Roderick David Despres Louis Rodrigues Louis H. Kruger Andrew B. Tillett Andrew J. Martin Linda Tunstall Patrick Mullen David Wood John Newbum Paul E. Francis FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER AT LARGE Steven Pereira Term Expires 1996 PRECINCT 1 Brian Bowcock Term Expires 1997 William Machado Term Expires 1996 PRECINCT 2 Christopher Carey Term Expires 1996 Manuel Sylvia Term Expires 1997 PRECINCT 3 Joyce Cabral Term Expires 1997 Jeffrey Messier Term Expires 1996 PRECINCT 4 Gilbert Mendez Term Expires 1996 Urania Oliveira Term Expires 1997 PRECINCT 5 Joseph Oliveira Term Expires 1997 PRECINCT 6 Carol Dussault, Chairman Term Expires 1996 Richard Poulin Term Expires 1997 FIRE DEPARTMENT David Crowley Chief *Deborah Santos Acting Senior Clerk *Debra S. Besse, resigned 16 FIRE APPARATUS STUDY COMMITTEE David