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TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS 296th Annual Report of the Town Officers of Brookline for the year ending December 31, 2001 townofbrooklinemass.com townofbrooklinemass.com Table of Contents Town Officers………………………………………………………...……………….. 3 Selectmen…………………...………………………………………………………….. 10 Town Administrator ………………..……………………………...…………………. 19 Town Moderator ..………………………………………………..…………………… 29 Advisory Committee……………………………………………..…………………… 29 Town Meeting………………………………………..………...…………………….... 31 General Government Town Clerk…………………………………………………………………… 41 Registrars of Voters………………………..…….…………………………… 42 Town Counsel………………………………………………………………… 43 Human Resources…………………………………………..………………… 43 Public Safety Police Department………………………………………………….…………. 45 Fire Department………………………………………………………….…… 48 Building Department………………………………………………………….. 52 Building Commission………………………………………………………… 54 Board of Examiners…………………………………………………………... 56 Public Works Administration Division……………………………………………………… 57 Highway and Sanitation Division…………………………………………….. 57 Water and Sewer Division …………………………………………………… 59 Parks and Open Space Division …………………………………………..….. 69 Engineering and Transportation Division .……….………………………...… 61 Recreation Department………………………………………...……………………... 73 Public Schools………………………………………..………...………………….…... 75 Library………………………………………..………...………………………….….. 80 Planning and Community Development………………………………………...…... 83 Planning Division …………………………………………………...……..… 86 Housing Division……………………………………………………………... 88 Preservation Division …………….……………………………………..……. 91 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program …….……...…..…. 93 Economic Development Office...………………………………..……...……. 94 Board of Appeals………………………………………………………...…… 97 Housing Authority……………………………………………………….…… 97 Human Services Health Department…………………………………………………….….…... 99 Human Relations – Youth Resources…………………………………….…... 104 Broadband Monitoring Committee…………………………………………… 108 Council on Aging…………………………………………………….……….. 110 Veterans…………………………………………………….………………… 111 Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Team…………………………… 113 Commission for the Disabled………………………………………………… 114 Brookline Commission for the Arts…………………………………………... 114 Finance Department……………………..………………………………………..…... 116 Comptroller’s Division………………...……………………………….…….. 118 Assessing Division…………………...……………………………………….. 118 Information Technology Division .…...……………………………………… 119 Purchasing Division………………………………………………….……….. 122 Treasury Division………………………………………….…………………. 123 Retirement Board………………………………..……………………………. 125 Telephone Directory……………………..………………………………………..…... 127 2 2001 Annual Report TOWN OFFICERS for the Municipal Year 2001 Elected Town Offices and Committees MODERATOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE Edward (Sandy) Gadsby Marcia M. Heist, Chair (2002) TOWN CLERK Nancy Hutchinson Erdmann (2002) Patrick J. Ward Kevin E. Lang (2002) Terry Kwan (2003) BOARD OF SELECTMEN Judy Meyers (2003) Donna R. Kalikow, Chair (2003) Dori Stern (2003) Joseph T. Geller, (2002) Helen Charlupski (2004) Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr. (2002) Susan L. Senator (2004) Deborah B. Goldberg (2004) Fred Wang (May 2004) Robert L. Allen, Jr. (2003) BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Francis M. Moroney, Chair (2004) Peter J. Epstein, Chair (2002) Leslie B. Fabian (2006) Gary D. Jones (2002) David Trietsch (2003) Karen Livingston (2002) Barbara B. Dugan (2005) Gabriela Romanow (2002) Michael Jacobs (2006) Carl Axelrod (2003) Mary Firestone (2003) CONSTABLES Kenneth D. Jacobson (2003) Robert L. Allen (2004) Ellsworth E. Rosen (2003) Marvin A. Feinman (2004) Leonard Bernstein (2004) William A. Figler (2004) Dennis P. Geller (2004) Myrna Kahn (2004) Paul M. Katz (2004) Stanley Rabinovitz (2004) Roberta S. Winitzer (2004) Appointed by the Moderator ADVISORY COMMITTEE Stanley L. Spiegel (2004) Nancy Daly, Chair (2002) Ronny M. Sydney (2003) Harry K. Bohrs, V. Chair (2004) Leonard A. Weiss (2002) Carla Wyman Benka (2004) Karen Wenc (2002) Michael Berger (2002) Neil Wishinsky (2003) Acheson H. Callaghan, Jr. (2003) Robin E. Coyne, Budget Analyst Kenneth W. Chin (2004) Robert H. DeVries (2002) COMMITTEE ON TOWN L. Branch Harding IV (2004) ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE Gerard J. Hayes (2004) Jean D. Berg, Chair (2002) Sytske V. Humphrey (2002) Betsy DeWitt (2003) Estelle Katz (2003) Michael Robbins (2004) Frederick Lebow (2003) Martin R. Rosenthal (2003) Roger R. Lipson (2003) Robert M. Stein (2004) Pamela Lodish (2002) Shaari S. Mittel (2003) Sergio Modigliani (2002) Charles Moo (2003) William B. Powell (2003) 3 townofbrooklinemass.com Boards and Commissions Appointed by the Selectmen Myrna Balk, Chair ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. J. Jacques Carter, Chair (2002) Ruth Abrams Elizabeth Hirshom (2002) Diane Berk Dr. Millie Krakow (2003) Marilyn Berliner Roberta Gianfortoni (2003) Saul Carliner Kerry McDonald (2004) Elizabeth Carter Dr. Bruce Cohen (2004) Sara Rosenfeld Dassel Mark Favermann BOARD OF APPEALS Alan Fisch Diane Gordon,Chair (2002) Margaret Hogan Bailey Silbert (2003) Mika Hornyak Harry Miller (2004) Bruce Kinch ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Moni Oolyinghai Lewis C. Cohen (2002) Jan Schrieber Sara McCauley Sheldon (2002) P. Nicholas Elton (2003) BROOKLINE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Lawrence E. Kaplan (2003) Maura McAvoy, Chair (2003) Susana Lannik (2003) Karen Katz (2002) Jan Canavan (2002) BOARD OF ASSESSORS Denise Langabeer (2003) George Moody, Chair (2004) Gloria Perugini (2003) Harold Peterson (2002) Amy Lampert (2004) Sally Powers (2003) 1 Vacancy (2002) 2 Vacancies (2003) BOARD OF EXAMINERS 2 Vacancies (2004) Barnett Berliner (2002) Vacancy (2003) BUILDING COMMISSION Vacancy (2004) Janet Fierman, Chair (2003) Louis Wilgoren (2002) BROADBAND MONITORING COMMITTEE George Cha (2003) Francine Berger, Chair George Cole (2004) Tobe Berkovitz Kenneth Kaplan (2004) Edward “Tad” W. Campion Jack Kettell CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE Douglas Levin Marge Amster Al Pisano Richard Bargfrede Michael S. Selib Maureen Carter Kenneth Carter BROOKLINE ACCESS TELEVISION Deborah Cohen Christopher Crowley, President (2004) Polly Cornblath Judy Diamond, Secretary (2002) A. Thomas DeMaio Vera Armen (2002) Jeannette Doetsch Dan Berman (2002) Richard J. Kelliher Bernice Speen (2002) Robert Lynch Gary Jones (2003) Chou Chou Merrill Marvin Lucas (2003) Michael W. Merrill Barbara Soifer (2004) Betty Moylan David Tavenner (2004) James Nickerson William Riley BROOKLINE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS Melvin Ritter 4 2001 Annual Report Peter Scott HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Ronny Sydney Regina Barshak, Co-Chair Barbara Tynan Leon Satenstein, Co-Chair Ben Vivante Christopher J. Crowley Barbara Helfgott-Hyett COMMISSION FOR THE DISABLED Benjamin Jacobs Robert Sneirson, Chair (2004) Mimi Krant Renee Mantel Albert (2002) Evelyn Mordechai James Kinsellagh (2002) Reizel Polak Selectman Gilbert R. Hoy (2003) Joan Sax Jutta Von der Mosel (2003) Ronny Sydney Melvin Ritter (2003) Benjamin Varon Bernard Gollis (2004) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS HOUSING ADVISORY BOARD James Peters (2003) Roger Blood, Chair (2003) Amy Anthony (2002) CONSERVATION COMMISSION Kathryn Cochrane Murphy (2002) Stephen Burrington, Chair (2004) Kathy Spiegleman (2004) Adam Kahn (2002) Leslie Fabian - Housing Authority Rep. Werner Lohe (2002) Ken Goldstein - Planning Board Rep. Kate Bowditch (2003) Joan Lamphier - Tenant Rep. Roberta Schnoor (2003) Joanna Wexler (2003) HUMAN RELATIONS/YOUTH RESOURCES Gail McClelland Fenton (2004) COMMISSION ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Ruth Flaherty, Chair (2004) Joan Fried, Vice Chair Harold Koritz, Vice Chair (2003) Keith Beasley Sandra Bakalar (2002) Susana Lannik Assunta Cha (2002) Marian Lazar Carolyne Devore Parks (2002) Agnes Rogers (2002) COUNCIL ON AGING Reverend George Chapman (2003) Agnes Rogers, Chair Ellen Goodman (2003) Miriam Sargon, Vice-Chair Juan Martinez (2003) Eleanor Bart Captain Peter Scott (2003) Irvin Finn Alan Cohen (2004) Elizabeth Kirsten Leslie Fabian (2004) Anatoly Rakin Susan K. Howards (2004) Evelyn Roll Dr. Edward Wang (2004) Bernice Rosenbaum Vacancy (2004) Sally Rotman ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Dorothy Wolfson Dr. Barbara Brown Sy Yesner Betty Chan Nancy Erdmann ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD Sandra Kostetsky Robert I. Sperber, Co-Chair (2004) Rita McNally Jill Weber, Co-Chair (2002) Enid Shapiro Miceal Chamberlain (2002) Abby Tatel Jim Zien (2002) Dr. Barbara Brown Ben Birnbaum (2003) Anne Meyers (2003) HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD Alden Raine (2003) Frances Shedd-Fisher, Chair (2004) James R. Shea, Jr. (2003) Kenneth V. Kurnos (2002) Kenneth Lewis (2004) Jacqueline J. Young (2003) Thomas Nally (2004) Edward DeAngelo (2004) Paul Saner (2004) (1) Vacancy (2003) Donald A. Warner, AIA (2004) 5 townofbrooklinemass.com INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE RETIREMENT BOARD Geoff Cohen Fred A. Taub, Chair (2003) Peter Groustra Joseph P. Duffy (2002) David Kula James Riley (2002) Harvey J. Beth (2003) PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION Judith Haupin - Ex-Officio John Bain, Chair (2004) Nina Brown (2002) SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Daniel F. Ford (2002) Lee Cooke-Childs, Acting Chair (2002) Nancy O'Connor (2002) Matthew Cassis (2002) Mary Dewart (2003) David Friedman (2003) Robert Simmons (2003) Jennifer Wutz (2003) Nancy Madden (2004) Elaine McGinn (2004 PLANNING BOARD TRANSPORTATION BOARD Jerry I. Kampler, Chair (2006) Fred Levitan, Chair (2002) Mark J. Zarrillo (2002) Faith Michaels (2003) Linda Hamlin (2003) Michael Sandman (2003) Kenneth M. Goldstein (2004) Kathy Jonas (2004) Stephen Heikin (2005) Robert Sloane (2004) PRESERVATION COMMISSION TREE PLANTING COMMITTEE David England, Chair (2003)