2018 Annual Report Town of Easton
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TOWN OF EASTON OF TOWN AT YOUR SERVICE 2018 Ames Free Library 508-238-2000 Animal Control Officer 508-230-3353 Assessors 508-230-0520 ANNUAL REPORT Board of Appeals 508-230-0590 Board of Health 508-230-0620 Board of Selectmen 508-230-0501 Collector 508-230-0610 Commission on Disabilities 508-230-0586 TOWN OF EASTON Conservation Commission 508-230-0640 Council on Aging 508-230-0690 Department of Public Works 508-230-0800 Department of Public Works Water Division 508-230-0850 Fire Department 508-230-0750 Food Pantry 508-230-0670 Housing Authority 508-238-4747 Inspectional Services 508-230-0580 Planning & Community Development 508-230-0630 Planning Board 508-230-0630 Police Department 508-230-3322 Recreation Department 508-230-0690 Town Accountant 508-230-0560 Town Administrator 508-230-0510 Town Clerk 508-230-0530 Treasurer 508-230-0600 Veterans Services Department 508-230-0690 Superintendent of Schools 508-230-3203 Center School 508-230-3233 Easton Middle School 508-230-3222 Richardson Olmstead 508-230-3227 Moreau Hall School 508-230-3235 Oliver Ames High School 508-230-3210 Parkview School 508-230-3230 EASTON EMERGENCY POLICE FIRE MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE DIAL 911 201 8 cover Inside TOWN OF EASTON 2018 www.easton.ma.us Incorporated 1725 Area of Town 29.04 Square Miles Population 23,112 (2010 Federal Census) 22,485 (2018 Town Census) Form of Government Open Town Meeting Total Assessed Real and Personal Property Valuation as of Jan 1, 2018 $ 3,544,821,790 Annual Town Meeting Third Monday in May May 21, 2018 Annual Town Election Fourth Tuesday in April April 24, 2018 REPRESENTATIVES FOR EASTON 2018 CONGRESSMEN Elizabeth Warren, US Senator Edward Markey, US Senator Joseph Kennedy III, Representative in Congress, 4th Congressional District STATE SENATORS Michael D. Brady, (D-Brockton) - 2nd Plymouth & Bristol (Precincts 1 & 2) Walter F. Timilty (D-Milton) - Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6) REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Claire D. Cronin (D-Easton) - 11th Plymouth District (Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Shaunna L. O’Connell (R-Taunton) – 3rd Bristol District (Precinct 6) GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL Robert Jubinville (D-Milton) - 2nd District (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6) Christopher A Iannella, Jr. (D-Boston) - 4th District (Precincts 1 & 2) 1 TOWN OF EASTON APPOINTED BOARDS & COMMITTEES (as of December 31, 2018) 524 DEPOT ST MASTER PLAN DEV TEAM BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE Tana M Babbitt 2018 Craig B Barger 2019 Kyla Bennett 2018 Thomas W Brussard 2019 Robert W Benton 2018 Lisha Cabral ExOfficio Thomas W Brussard 2019 Caroline S O'Neill 2019 Anne Daley ExOfficio Connor Read ExOfficio Stephanie Danielson ExOfficio Jennifer Stacy 2018 Michael Ganshirt 2018 Jacqueline Weisman 2019 John Homer 2018 Michael DiPietro 2019 Rory Kallfelz 2018 Catherine Kidd 2018 James Lee 2018 CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Todd Sandstrum 2018 Harris Bloomwald 2019 Andrew Williams 2018 Adam Crowley 2020 Stuart Schoenfeld 2021 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST Stephanie Alves 2020 CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COM Nikki Dostoomian 2019 Janice Fowler 2020 Samantha Hill 2020 John Fresh 2019 David Mills 2019 Andrew Howarth 2021 Amy Rodrigues 2020 Krisanne Sheedy 2019 CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE James Truax 2019 Harris Bloomwald 2022 James Condon 2021 AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION Peter Deschenes 2019 Rosa Galeno 2019 Davis Allan Healy 2018 Tyler Jones 2019 Colin McCarthy 2019 Michael Luke 2021 Wendy Nightingale ExOfficio Kathryn O'Dwyer 2020 Christopher Veale 2020 Todd Sandstrum 2021 Eric J Silverman 2020 CEMETERY COMMISSION Vacancy (Edmund Hands) 2020 Fairis Bliss 2021 Timothy V Hurley 2019 AUDIT COMMITTEE Katherine Minsky 2020 Leonard Berkowitz 2019 Nancy Deluca 2019 COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES Charles P King 2019 Antal Basa Jr 2021 Jennifer Starr 2020 Paul Decouto 2021 Roberta A Verville 2018 Timothy Garner 2019 William J McAuley 2019 BOARD OF REGISTRARS Jason T Sutton 2020 Benjamin T Carroll 2021 Barbara Methelis Crowley 2019 Patricia Locke 2020 2 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COM. CULTURAL COUNCIL Amanda Buck Varella 2019 Pamela Borbely 2019 Michael Goodman 2019 Juliette Coughlin 2019 Edmund Hands 2020 Michael Dipietro 2020 Meredith Keach 2019 Beth Goldman Galer 2019 James Lee 2021 Debra Lally 2021 Dennis Sheedy 2019 Patrick Lally 2020 Gregory Strange 2019 Majorie Liew-Melz 2019 John Ventresco 2019 Douglas Oroak 2020 Avery Lee Williams 2020 Linda Paolucci 2021 Catherine Sutton 2021 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Sarah Truax 2020 Stefan Cautino 2021 Daniel Farren 2019 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Michael Goodman 2019 Craig B Barger 2019 William T Humphrey 2020 Bruce Boyer 2020 Rory Kallfelz 2020 Stephanie Danielson ExOfficio Jonathan D Chace Associate Member Daniel Farren 2020 Christopher Patrick Associate Member Dottie Fulginiti 2019 Jon Holbrook 2020 CONSTABLES Roy Kok 2019 William Amrhein 2019 Timothy McCaul 2019 Robert Bishop 2020 Keith Mclaughlin 2020 James Carey 2020 Margaret Carey 2020 GREEN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE Brian James Flavin, Jr 2020 Craig B Barger 2019 Peter E Gutierrez 2020 Sherraine Glover 2021 James T Hartford 2021 Abigail C Less 2021 Adam P Loomis 2021 Nicholas Mollo 2019 Matthew Anthony Lupica 2021 Christina Refford 2020 Harold L March 2019 David Martel 2020 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Matthew Thomas Pauliks 2021 Robert Bishop 2019 Brent Michael Peterson 2021 Ian Graham 2021 William E Scharnick 2021 Timothy V Hurley 2019 Amy Spencer 2020 COUNCIL ON AGING Gregory Strange 2020 Lynn Cleveland 2019 John Ventresco 2021 Rose Friedeborn 2019 Mikaela Wolfe 2020 Marie Graca 2021 Lois Parker 2020 HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD Jean Shearing 2020 John Curran 2020 Frank Spillane 2020 Mahsa Khanbabai 2019 Donna Welch 2021 Robert MacLennan 2019 3 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PUBLIC SPACES COMMITTEE Matthew Badoud Exofficio Cynthia Boyce 2020 Craig B Barger 2019 Cheryl Morrison 2020 Faiza Bokhari 2021 Francis Murphy, Jr. 2021 Ilisabeth S Bornstein 2020 William Palmer 2021 Karen Chan 2020 Catherine Sutton 2019 Irene Deane 2020 Beth Devonshire 2021 RECREATION COMMISSION Michelle Durrance 2019 Tana M Babbitt 2020 Amy Gershman 2019 Robert W Benton 2020 Alikki Kiniklis 2021 Kevin Cross 2019 Tiffany J Sears 2019 Steven Gaito 2019 Alison Urciuoli 2019 Jennifer Gallagher 2019 Charles Hammond 2021 LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Meredith Keach 2021 William Ames 2019 Kelly S Bressette 2021 RENT CONTROL BOARD Nancy Donahue 2019 See Board of Selectmen James Fowler 2020 Karen Hays 2019 Kevin Kidd 2021 SCHOOL PLANNING COMMITTEE Gerard Marsan 2020 Lisha Cabral Donna Richman 2021 Kenneth Carlson Hazel Varella 2019 David Field Dottie Fulginiti Patrick C Hellen MARIJUANA POLICY ADV. COMMITTEE Marc Lamb Wayne Benson 2018 Jane Martin James Keith Boone 2018 Caroline S O'Neill Dottie Fulginiti 2018 Connor Read Lynne Leblanc 2018 William Sobieraj Rebecca Tellyer MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMITTEE David Twombly Lisha Cabral ExOfficio Ann Weintrob Kenneth Carlson 2020 David Field ExOfficio ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Colleen A Less 2021 Ryan Cook 2022 Jane Martin 2019 John Curran 2019 Larry Mowatt 2019 Jeremy Kay 2020 Andrew Williams 2019 Timothy McCaul 2020 Vacancy (School Representative) 2019 Steve Merlin 2023 Vacancy 2020 Michael Spillane 2021 Edward C Watson 2019 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD Deborah Balcarek 2023 Wayne Benson 2021 Peter Deschenes 2020 Charles Malo 2020 Gregory Strange 2022 Vacancy (David Clymens) 2019 4 TOWN OF EASTON ELECTED OFFICIALS (as of December 31, 2018) BOARD OF ASSESSORS REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE Michael J McKenna 2019 Michael Pietrowski 2022 Raymen A Morrell 2020 Scott Timulty 2021 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Nancy Deluca 2019 BOARD OF HEALTH Michelle Durrance 2020 Lynne Leblanc 2020 Jane Martin 2019 Elizabeth Reichman 2019 Caroline S O'Neill 2020 Aria L Zayas 2021 Jacqueline Weisman 2021 BOARD OF SELECTMEN TOWN MODERATOR Craig B Barger 2020 Kate Welch 2021 Thomas W Brussard 2021 Dottie Fulginiti 2019 Charles P King 2021 David Mills 2019 FINANCE COMMITTEE Michael DiPietro 2021 Davis Allan Healy 2021 Patrick C Hellen 2020 Stephanie M. Keller 2019 Marc Lamb 2019 Jennifer Stacy 2020 Timothy Vamosi 2021 Roberta A Verville 2020 James Stebbins* 2019 HOUSING AUTHORITY Thomas Thibeault (State Appointee) 2019 John Evan Sharpe 2020 Dennis Sheedy 2022 Krisanne Sheedy 2023 Pamela M Widdop 2021 *appointed to fill vacancy until 4/23/19 election 5 TOWN OF EASTON DEPARTMENT HEADS (as of December 31, 2018) Town Administrator Connor Read Assistant Town Administrator Michael Blanchard Chief Assessor Robert Alford Chief of Police Gary Sullivan Collector / Treasurer Linda Hawkes Dir. Health & Community Services Kristin Kennedy Inspector of Buildings Mark Trivett Director Planning & Economic Development Stephanie Danielson Assist. Planning Director / Environmental Planner Andrea Langhauser Director of Public Works / Town Engineer David Field Finance Director / Town Accountant Wendy Nightingale Fire Chief Kevin Partridge Information Systems Manager Michael Deltano Library Executive Director Uma Hiremath Recreation Program Director Anne Daley School Superintendent Dr. Lisha Cabral School Superintendent Assistant Christine Pruitt Town Clerk Danielle M. Sicard Water Division Operations Manager John J. Marsh Town Counsel Mead, Talerman & Costa, LLC Town Labor Counsel Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP 6 2018 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EASTON BOARD OF SELECTMEN 2018 was a busy and productive year as the Town continued to advance infrastructure improvements, a new pre-K to grade 2 school feasibility study and Regional Emergency Dispatch Operations. We welcomed Michael Blanchard as Assistant Town Administrator and Cory Ahonen as Veterans Services Officer. Tom Brussard