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Annual Report of the Town Officers Of LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 3 1392 00490 2569 TOWN of WAKEFIELD 202ml Annual Report Id L On the cover... Fifty yard line at newly renovated Landrigan Field 202 nd Annual Report OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WAKEFIELD MASSACHUSETTS including the vital Statistics for the year ending December thirty-first 2013 6 5 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Population - 2013 - Census - 23,837 2010 Federal Census - 24,932 th Congressman, 6 District - John F. Tierney of Salem Councillor, 6th District - Terrence W. Kennedy of Lynnfield Senator, Fifth Middlesex District - Katherine M. Clark TOWN OFFICERS *Selectmen Patrick S. Glynn - 2014 Betsy Sheeran - 2014 Brian E. Falvey, Vice Chairman - 201 Paul R. DiNocco - 2015 Tiziano Doto, Chairman - 2016 Phyllis J. Hull -2016 Ann McGonigle Santos - 20 1 **Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio *Town Clerk Mary K. Galvin - 2014 *Tax Collector Kathleen M. Kelly -20 15 *Moderator William Harbison Carroll - 2014 ^Treasurer John J. McCarthy, Jr. - 2016 **Town Accountant Kevin M. Gill **Town Counsel Thomas A. Mullen **Director of Assessments Victor P. Santaniello Executive Secretary/Town Accountant John J. McCarthy - Emeritus January 26, 1991 2 202nd annual report of the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts FY 2013 | 5 5 5 5 **Advisory Board of Public Works James A. Lapery, Secretary - 2016 Robert P. Curran - 2014 Christopher J. Fowlie, Chairman - 2015 *School Committee Christopher J. Callanan, Vice Chairman - 2014 Anne P. Danehy, Chairman - 2014 Janine Iengo-Cook - 2015 Kathryn Day Morgan - 20 1 Evan Michael Kenney - 2016 Greg Liakos - 2016 Thomas F. Markham, III, Chairman - 2016 ^Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School (4 years) Vincent J. Carisella - 2016 *Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Trustees Michael J. Bourque, Vice Chairman - 2014 Nancy C. Delaney - 2014 Harold D. Regan - 2014 Christopher N. Janicki - 2015 Kevin Patrick Scanlon, Chairman - 20 1 Cindy A. Schatz - 20 1 Donna West Conlon - 2016 John Havelick, Jr. - 2016 Timothy F. Healy - 2016 **Town Planner Paul Reavis *Town Planning Board Sarah M. Guerin - 2014 Matthew Lowry, Chairman - 20 1 Paul J. Semenza, Vice Chairman - 2016 William M. D’Amore - 2017 Jonathan E. Kaufman - 2018 Catherine M. Johnston, Associate - 2014 *Board of Health Elaine M. Silva, Chairman - 2016 Alison J. Mehlman, Interim Appointee - 2014 Laurel Skinder Gourville - 2015 202nd Annual report of the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts FY 2013 3 | 55 564 6 6 *Board of Assessors Sebastian P. Tine, Vice Chairman - 2014 Jane A. D’Addario, Chairman - 2015 Christopher R. Wilcock, Secretary - 2016 ^Municipal Gas & Light Commissioners John J. Warchol -2014 Kenneth J. Chase, Jr., Chairman - 2015 Michael P. McCarthy - 2015 Michael Giannattasio, Secretary - 2016 Kevin T. Haggerty - 2016 * Wakefield Housing Authority Jane Good, Chairman - 2014 Arthur J. Rotondi, Jr., Asst. Treasurer - 2015 Eugene N. Ruggiero, Vice Chairman - 20 1 Alfred S. Confalone, Treasurer - 2017 Mary Therese Daniels - State Appointee ^Constables Robert E. Foley - 2014 Gerard S. Alterio, Jr. - 2016 Richard O. Bayrd - 2016 **Board of Registrars Jane Good, Chairman - 2016 Eugenia M. Coffin - 2014 Mary K. Galvin - 2014 Kathryn D. Morgan - 2015 **Finance Committee Brian P. Cusack, Chairman - 20 1 Gerard W. Leeman, Vice Chair - 2016 Joseph B. Bertrand - 2016 Daniel W. Sherman - 20 1 James Sullivan - 2016 William J. Boodry, Jr. - 2014 Douglas S. Butler - 2014 Quirino M. Iannazzo - 20 1 Jeanne MacNevin - 2014 Peter McManama - 2014 Dennis Hogan - 20 1 Philip F. McCarty - 2015 Wayne M. Tarr - 20 1 Joseph V. Tringale - 20 1 LorriW. Wheeler -2015 4 202ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FY 2013 | 4465 65 **Historical Commission Nancy L. Bertrand, Chair - 2014 Juliane M. Gerace - 2014 Gene A. Moulton - 2014 Marcia J. Phinney - 2014 **Recreation Commission Cyril R. Bode -2016 Jeanne Stinson - 2016 Susan Hickey - 2014 Richard Stevens - 2014 Daniel P. Crowley - 2015 Christine M. Gargano, Chair - 2015 Anthony J. Longo - 2015 Joseph V. Tringale - 2015 ^^Conservation Commission Frank J. Luciani, Jr., Chairman - 2016 David N. Peterson - 2016 Lea Tyhach - 2016 Frank Calandra - 20 1 Warren M. Laskey - 2014 Robert J. Romano, Vice Chair - 2015 Peter M. Miller -20 15 **Capital Planning Committee Robert P. Edson - 2016 Thomas P. MacKay - 20 1 Cyril R. Bode -2014 Lisa A. Butler - 20 1 Franklin C. Leone, Jr. - 2015 Shaun S. Margerison, Chairman - 2015 **Town Energy Conservation Committee Wendy Dennis, Chairman Robert R. Darnell Matthew D. Jewett Jennifer L. Kallay Warren W. Magoon Stephen D. Shoap **CATV Advisory Committee Selectman Betsy Sheeran Bruce Donovan - 20 1 Marian Joy Schilling - 2014 Laurel N. Hellerstein - 201 Daniel P. Lieber - 20 1 202ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OE WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FY 2013 5 | 65 6 3 John Murray -20 15 Steve Zolud, Chairman - 2015 **Commission on Disability Issues Larry A. Hardacker - 20 1 Phyllis B. Pearl-Baxter - 2016 Thomas F. Wholley, Jr. - 2016 Daniel L. Benjamin, Jr. - 2014 Judith E. Carmilia - 2014 Lois E. Jarema-Benjamin - 2014 Marc A. Luca, Chairman - 2014 Jeanne M. Boland - 2015 Anthony V. Guardia - Advisory **Council on Aging Virginia A. Hopkins, Chairman - 2014 Sheila Moran - 2014 Gene A. Moulton - 2014 Judith A. Carmilia, Secretary - 2015 Daniel L. Benjamin, Jr., Vice Chairman - 2016 Lois Jarema Benjamin - 2016 Phyllis J. Hull -2016 **Fence Viewers Vincent J. Carisella - 2016 Michael J. Delory - 2016 Michael J. Nasella - 2016 **WakefieId Cultural Council Julia L. Thomson, Chairman - 2016 Michael P. Salvatore - 2014 Peter L. Shekel - 2014 Nancy Nanopoulos - 2015 Kelli S.Parece- 2015 **Board of Appeals Richard O. Bayrd - 2016 James H. McBain, AIA - 20 1 Michael L. Pierce, Chairman - 2016 David W. Hatfield, Clerk - 2014 Charles L. Tarbell, Jr. - 2015 Kimberly Hackett, Alternate - 2016 Jennifer L. DiCarlo, Alternate - 2015 **Wakefield Permanent Building Committee John B. Encamacao, Chairman - 2015 Christopher Callanan - 20 1 6 202ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FY 201 | 45 Thomas P. MacKay - 2015 Joseph B. Bertrand, Vice Chairman - 2015 Lisa Butler - 2015 James A. Lapery - 20 1 Philip C. Crosscup - 2014 Michael Giannattasio - 2014 Charles L. Tarbell, Jr. - 2014 **Sweetser Lecture Advisory Committee Jeanne Blumer - 20 1 Robert L. Burk - 20 1 Diane Lind - 2014 Richard A. Henshaw - 2014 Helen Hincman - 2014 Susan K. Kilkelly - 2014 Lorraine Lackey - 2014 Sara M. Murphy - 2014 Joan R. Neale - 2014 A. Yvonne Scott - 2014 Joseph G. Spear - 2014 **Events Planning Committee Sel. Paul R. DiNocco, Chairman Paula Capuci Berg Dorothy J. Halpin Susan M. Majeski Diane Mulcahy Adam Pinkney Christina Quach Catherine A. Reynolds Nancy Rollins, Chamber of Commerce Walter Schofield Susan M. Wetmore, Vice Chairman **Chief of Police Richard E. Smith 202nd Annual report of the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts FY 2013 7 | **Fire Chief Michael J. Sullivan **Dog Officer/Animal Inspector Kenneth J. Stache **Emergency Management Michael J. Sullivan **Inspector of Buildings John J. Roberto, III **Parking Clerk Michael J. Nasella **Plumbing/Gas Inspector Paul J. Donohoe **Electrical Inspector David J. Sardella **Sealer of Weights and Measures Robert D. Rose **Veterans Agent Andrew DelRossi-Biggio *Elected ** Appointed 202ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FY 2013 | Wakefield Voters Elect: Board of Selectmen Board of Library Trustees Town Clerk Town Planning Board Moderator Municipal Gas & Light Commissioners Tax Collector School Committee Town Treasurer Wakefield Housing Authority Board of Assessors Constables Board of Health Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Representative Board ofSelectmen Appoints: Town Administrator Commission on Disability Issues Town Counsel Election Officers Historical Commission Wakefield Cultural Council Council on Aging Conservation Commission Board of Appeals Recreation Commission Board of Registrars Cable TV Advisory Committee Advisory Board of Public Works Capital Planning Committee Fence Viewers Various Special Committees Sweetser Lecture Advisory Committee Town Administrator Appoints: Town Accountant Town Planner Fire Chief Police Chief Inspector of Buildings Plumbing/Gas Inspector Wire Inspector Director of Emergency Management Parking Clerk Dog Officer/Animal Inspector Veterans Service Agent Sealer of Weights & Measures The Moderator & Chairman of Board ofSelectmen & Chairman of Finance Committee Appoints: Finance Committee Various Special Committees 202ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FY 2013 9 | HOW IT’S DONE IN WAKEFIELD • VOTER REGISTRATION • LOCAL ELECTIONS • TOWN MEETING Prepared by the Town Clerk and the League of Women Voters of Wakefield TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN WAKEFIELD YOU MUST BE: • an American citizen native-born or naturalized • at least 18 years old on the date of the election • a resident of Wakefield* Massachusetts WHEN AND WHERE TO REGISTER: • Monday through Wednesday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Thursday 8:00 am to 7:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to 12:30 pm and during any extra hours scheduled by the Board of Registrars see local newspapers for times. • Town Clerk's office, first floor, William J. Lee Memorial Hall, One Lafayette Street, OR in any other city or town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (your registration will be forwarded to Wakefield Town Clerk for inclusion on local voting list). You may also request a mail-in registration form. DEADLINES FOR REGISTRATION: • To vote in state or presidential primaries or state elections, you must register to vote at least 20 days before the election.
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