Townofwestport Annualreport 2019
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T O W N O F W E S T P O R T A N N U A L R E P O R T 2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN & OTHER BOARDS OF OFFICERS Including a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019 1 INDEX Section I - General Government About Westport .............................................................................……….. 9 Board of Appeals ....................................................................…...…...….. 62 Board of Assessors …………………………………………………………….. 63 Board of Health ............................................................................…….….. 65 Board of Selectmen ..........................................................................…….. 17 Bristol County Mosquito Control ......................................................….….. 71 Building Departments (Building, Gas, Plumbing & Wire) .................……… 72 Cemetery Department …………………………………………………………. 75 Commission on Disability ………………………………………….……......…. 75 Community Preservation Committee …………………………….……......…. 77 Conservation Commission/Soil Board ............................................…...….. 79 Council on Aging ..............................................................................….….. 80 Elected Officials …………………………………………………………...……. 12 Elections, Town Meetings & Primaries ..............................….......…………. 30 Fire Department ...............................................................................……... 85 Fish Commissioners …………………………………………...…….….……… 89 Greater Fall River Vocational School District (Diman) ...................…...…… 187 Harbormaster .................................................................................….…… 90 Highway Department ……………………………………………………...…… 91 In Memoriam …………………………………………………………………….. 4 Landing Commission ………………………………………………………….. 93 Moderator Report ................................................................................….. 95 Planning Board ..............................................................................…....… 96 Police Department .........................................................................…….… 100 Recreation Department ……………………………………………………….. 111 Sealer of Weights and Measures ....................................................…...… 113 Shellfish Department ........................................................................…..… 114 The People Who Represent You ……………………………….….....……… 11 Town Accountant ………………………………………………………………. 116 Town Clerk …...................................................................................…….. 15 Town Farm …………………………………………………………………..….. 136 Town Treasurer …………………………………………………………………. 136 Trustees of the Westport Free Public Library ....................................…..… 93 Veterans' Services ...........……....................................................……….… 139 Westport Affordable Housing Trust .......................................................…. 145 Westport Community Television ….…………………………………….…….. 147 Westport Cultural Council ………………………………………………....….. 149 Wharfinger .................................................................................….....…... 150 2 Section II - School Report Alice A. Macomber Primary School …………….……………………....……. 159 Enrollment .............................................................................................… 155 Extended Day Program …………………………………………………….…. 178 Federal & State Revenues ……………………………………………...…….. 158 Fiscal 2019 Actual Expenditures & School Committee Spending ….……… 156 Graduation Exercises/ Academic & Community Awards & Scholarships … 172 Office of Curriculum and Instruction …………………………………………. 175 Profile 2018-2019 Westport Jr/Sr High School ………………………..……. 169 Revolving Account Balances ……………………………………………..…… 159 School Committee ………………………………………………………...…… 152 School District Personnel …………………………………………….…...….. 182 Special Education ……………………….………………………………...…... 176 Student Services ………………………………………………………………. 180 Student Transportation Services ………………………………………..……. 179 Superintendent’s Report ……………………………………………....………. 153 Technology Department ………………………………………...…………….. 178 Town Expenses in Support of Schools …………………………………..….. 157 Westport Elementary School …………………………………………..…….. 162 Westport Junior/Senior High School ………………………………...…..….. 164 Municipal Directory ……………………………………………………... 14 3 IN MEMORIAM THIS TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO SERVED THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND PASSED AWAY DURING THE YEAR 2019 Anne Barnes James E. Britland Conservation Commission Finance Committee Solid Waste Committee Hazardous Waste Coordinator Anthony J. Connors Energy Committee George E. Cunningham Town Hall/Annex Custodian Emile A. Fuller Poll Worker Stanley M. Gwozdz Building Inspector Horace I. Huyler School Department Custodian Joseph L. Keith, III Zoning Board of Appeals Shirley D. Manchester Poll Worker Eileen Martin Town Treasurer Francesco A. Montesanti School Department Teacher Anne E. Motta School Department Teacher Normand E. Ouellette Poll Worker Rose M. Rebello Bike Path Committee School Department Cafeteria Worker Stanley L. Reed Sr. Rosemarie Souza Board of Health Council on Aging Daniel P. Sullivan Constable Fish Commissioner Assistant Shellfish Warden 4 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT Raymond Belanger Part-Time Health Agent – Board of Health 9/18/06 – 6/30/19 Paul Cabral Library Trustee 4/14/09 - 5/6/19 Robert Gormley Library Trustee 4/10/07 - 4/9/19 Daniel Ledoux Call Firefighter 1989 - 6/1/91 Firefighter/EMT 6/2/91 - 3/18/06 Lieutenant 3/19/06 - 1/13/19 Assistant Shellfish Constable 7/1/88 - 6/30/94 Geraldine Millham Historical Commission 7/1/79 - 6/30/19 Kenneth J. reilly Call Firefighter/EMT - Fire Department 7/79 - 8/18/19 Michael P. Silvia Captain, Lieutenant, Firefighter/EMT, Call Firefighter – Fire Department 7/1/78 -8/18/19 Lee Tripp Westport Agricultural Commission 7/1/07 - 6/30/19 5 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT John DeFusco Principal – Westport Elementary School 3/16/64 – 8/25/00 Part-Time Grants & Title I Coordinator 8/26/00 - 8/31/18 Stephanie Ducharme Teacher Assistant – Westport Elementary School 9/8/08 - 8/9/18 Elizabeth Dunn Teacher – Alice A. Macomber School 1/3/83 - 6/30/19 Cheryl Estrella Teacher Assistant – Alice A. Macomber School 8/29/94 - 6/29/19 Susanne Theriault Teacher – Westport Junior/Senior High School 2/10/03 - 7/10/18 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT David C. Cole Planning Board 4/9/13 - 7/29/19 Marc DeRego Planning Board 4/8/14 - 4/12/19 Carolyn Duby Westport Cultural Council 7/1/13 - 6/30/19 7 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Michael Concepcion Custodian – Alice A. Macomber School 8/5/13 - 4/18/19 Elizabeth Karam Part-Time Teacher Assistant – Westport Elementary School 11/29/10 - 6/30/19 Lisa Stanton Speech Language Pathologist - 8/30/16 – 7/16/18 8 ABOUT WESTPORT SETTLED: 1670 - Incorporated July 2, 1787 232 years old in 2019 COUNTY: Bristol POPULATION: 1950 - 4,987 1960 - 7,185 1970 - 9,313 1980 - 13,604 1990 - 13,241 2000 - 14,206 2010 - 15,516 2015 - 14,623 2019 - 15,116 AREA: 61 Square Miles - 33,900 acres (Road Mileage - approximately 140 miles of accepted street, not including Routes 6, 88 & 177) HIGHEST ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 240 Feet 9 TAX RATE: Fiscal Year 2019 $ 8.27 Fiscal Year 2018 $ 8.17 Fiscal Year 2017 $ 7.97 Fiscal Year 2016 $ 7.91 Fiscal Year 2015 $ 7.93 Fiscal Year 2014 $ 7.70 Fiscal Year 2013 $ 7.39 Fiscal Year 2012 $ 7.05 Fiscal Year 2011 $ 6.71 Fiscal Year 2010 $ 6.27 Fiscal Year 2009 $ 5.54 Fiscal Year 2008 $ 5.56 FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Open Town Meeting - Annual Meeting 1st Tuesday in May Board Of Selectmen/Town Administrator ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION: 2nd Tuesday in April HOSPITALS NEARBY: Charlton Memorial & St. Anne's in Fall River St. Luke's in New Bedford HUMAN SERVICES: Council on Aging Veterans Services HEALTH: Part-Time Community Nurse PUBLIC SAFETY: Full-Time Fire Department with two fire stations Trained Paramedics & EMT's provide emergency & ambulance service Full-Time Police Department UTILITIES: Electrical service provided by National Grid & NStar Electric Company Natural gas service provided by Liberty Utilities Land line telephone service provided by Verizon SCHOOLS: Public: Elementary - Alice A. Macomber & Westport Elementary School Westport Junior/Senior High School Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Bristol County Agricultural High School Private: Several private schools, nursery schools & day care centers CHURCHES: Three Catholic; two Congregational; one Methodist; one Quaker; one Independent Bible; one Pentecostal; and one Chapel (Christian Multi-Denominational) 10 RECREATION: State Reservation - Horseneck Beach; thirty-five miles of shoreline and ponds provide for boating; sailing; fishing and other water related sports; hunting; wide variety of seasonal programs and events under the jurisdiction of the Community Center Committee POST OFFICES: Main Office - 649 State Road Route 6), 02790 Central Village Station - 10 Adamsville Road, 02790 Noquochoke Station - Old County Road, 02790 Westport Point - Main Road, 02791 THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT YOU GOVERNOR His Excellency, Charles Baker (R) Office of the Governor, Room 280 Boston, MA 02133 Website: www.mass.gov/governor SENATORS IN CONGRESS