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2019 Annual Report Town of Brookline 2019 Annual Report TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS 314th Annual Report of the Town Officers of Brookline for the year ending December 31, 2019 www.brooklinema.gov www.brooklinema.gov Table of Contents Town Officers………………………………………………………...……………… 3 Select Board………………….……………………………………………..……….. 9 Town Administrator………………………………………………………………… 14 Town Moderator..…………………………………………………………………… 19 Advisory Committee……………………………………………..…………………. 20 Town Meeting………………………………………..………...……………………. 22 General Government Town Clerk…………………………………………………………………... 39 Registrars of Voters………………………………………………………… 40 Town Counsel……………………………………………………………….. 41 Human Resources…………………………………………..……………… 42 Public Safety Police Department………………………………………………….………. 44 Fire Department…………………………………………………………….. 52 Building Department………………………………………………………... 57 Building Commission……………………………………………………….. 59 Board of Examiners………………………………………………………… 60 Public Works Administration.……….……………………………………………………... 61 Engineering and Transportation Division ……………………………….. 63 Highway, Sanitation and Fleet Services Division……………………….. 69 Parks and Open Spaces Division……………………………………….... 72 Water and Sewer Division……………….………………………………… 76 Recreation Department………………………………………...………………….. 78 Public Schools………………………………………..………...…………………… 80 Library………………………………………..………...………………………….…. 86 Brookline Interactive Group…………..………...………………………….…..… 90 Planning and Community Development………………………………………... 92 Regulatory Planning..………………………………………………………. 92 Zoning Board of Appeals ……………….……………..…………..………. 92 Preservation Commission……………………..…………………………... 93 Community Planning…………………..………………………………….... 94 Housing…………………………………………………............................. 95 Economic Development …………………..……………………………….. 96 Housing Authority…………………………………………………………… 98 Human Services Health Department…………………………………………………..……… 102 Council on Aging……………………………………………………………. 107 Age-Friendly City Committee………..………………….…………..…… 110 Veterans' Services……………………..………………….……………..… 111 Commission on Disability….. ……………………………………………... 112 Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations…………………………... 113 Commission for the Arts…………………….……………………………... 115 Commission for Women………………………………………………….... 116 Information Technology Department……………………………………………. 117 Finance Treasury Division……………..…………………………………………….. 119 Comptroller's Division. …………………………………………..………… 120 Assessors Division………………………………………………………….. 121 Purchasing Division……………………………………….………………... 122 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds………………………………………… 124 Retirement ……..………………………………..……………………..…… 126 Telephone Directory..……………..……………..……………....……………..… 127 Town Fact Sheet..……………..……………..……………..………….…………… 128 2 2019 Annual Report TOWN OFFICERS For the Municipal Year 2019 ________________________________ CONSTABLES ELECTED TOWN OFFICES Joseph G Figler (2022) MODERATOR Neil Gordon (2022) Edward (Sandy) Gadsby (2021) Stanley N. Rabinovitz (2022) Regina M. Frawley (2022) TOWN CLERK Kristine L. Knauf (2022) Patrick J. Ward (2021) _______________________________________ APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR SELECT BOARD Bernard Greene, Chair (2021) ADVISORY COMMITTEE Benjamin J. Franco (2020) Sean Lynn-Jones (2019) Nancy S. Heller (2021) Carla Wyman Benka, Vice Chair (2019) Raul Fernandez (2022) Benjamin Birnbaum (2021) Heather Hamilton (2020) Clifford M. Brown (2019) Carol B. Caro (2019) TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY John Doggett (2020) Regina Healy, Chair (2021) Dennis L. Doughty (2020) Carol Axelrod (2021) Harry Friedman (2019) Michael Burstein (2019) Janet Gelbart (2020) Chris Chanyasulkit (2020) David-Marc Goldstein (2019) Koinonia Givens (2019) Neil R. Gordon (2019) Vivien Goldman (2021) Susan Granoff (2019) Gary Jones (2020) Kelly A. Hardebeck (2020) Karen Livingston (2020) Amy Hummel (2021) Carol Troyen Lohe (2021) Alisa G. Jonas (2019) Jonathan Margolis (2020) Janice S. Kahn (2020) Puja Mehta (2019) Steven R. Kanes (2021) Judith Vanderkay (2019) Bobbie M. Knable (2021) David C. Lescohier (2020) SCHOOL COMMITTEE Carol S. Levin (2019) David Pollark, Chair (2019) Pamela C. Lodish (2021) Helen Charlupski (2019) Mariah C. Nobrega (2019) Susan Wolf Ditkoff (2019) Michael Sandman (2019) Suzanne Federspiel (2020) Lee L. Selwyn (2020) Michael Glover (2020) Kim Smith (2021) Jennifer L. Monopoli (2021) Stanley L. Spiegel (2020) Julie Schreiner-Oldham (2020) Claire B. Stampfer (2019) David Arenas Pearlman (2021) Charles Swartz (2020) Barbara C. Scotto (2021) John R. VanScoyoc (2021) Christine Westphal (2021) BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY Michael Jacobs, Chair (2021) COMMITTEE ON TOWN ORGANIZATION AND Joanne M. Sullivan, Vice Chair(2020) STRUCTURE Sue Cohen (2023) Jean D. Berg, Chair (2020) Barbara B. Dugan (2020) Dick Benka (2021) Judith Katz (State Appt) (2021) Harry Bohrs (2019) Betsy DeWitt (2020) Michael Robbins (2021) Martin R. Rosenthal (2021) Robert M. Stein (2019) __________________________________________ 3 www.brooklinema.gov SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SELECT BOARD'S OFFICE Kevin Stokes, Chief Information Officer Melvin A. Kleckner, Town Administrator Melissa Goff, Deputy Town Administrator PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Justin Casanova-Davis, Asst. Town Alison Steinfeld, Director Administrator Joseph Viola, Assistant Director Polly Selkoe, Chief Planner BUILDING DEPARTMENT Kara Brewton, Economic Development Officer Daniel Bennett, Commissioner Charles Simmons, Public Buildings POLICE CHIEF Director Andrew Lipson Tony Guigli, Building Project Administrator PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COUNCIL ON AGING Andrew Pappastergion, Commissioner Ruthann Dobek, Director Frederick Russell, Water and Sewer Director Peter Ditto, Engineering/Transportation Director DIVERSITY INCLUSION/COMMUNITY Erin Chute Gallentine, Parks & Open Space RELATIONS Director Lloyd Gellineau, Director Kevin Johnson, Highway Director FINANCE DEPARTMENT RECREATION Jeana Franconi, Director of Finance/ Leigh Jackson, Director Treasurer/Collector David Geanakakis, Chief Procurement SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Officer Ben Lummis Michael DiPietro, Comptroller Gary McCabe, Chief Assessor TOWN COUNSEL'S OFFICE Joslin Ham Murphy, Town Counsel FIRE CHIEF John Buchheit, Assoc. Town Counsel John F. Sullivan Patricia Correa, First Asst. Town Counsel Jonathan Simpson Assoc. Town Counsel HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Dr. Swannie Jett, Director TOWN LIBRARIAN Sara Slymon, Director HUMAN RESOURCES Ann Hess Braga, Director VETERANS SERVICES William McGroarty, Director 4 2019 Annual Report ________________________________________________ Boards and Commissions Appointed by the Select Board ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Dr. Anthony Schlaff, Chair (2020) Rebecca Stone, Acting Chair (2021) Patricia Maher (2020) Jennifer Goldsmith (2020) Dr. Peter Moyer (2018) Nicole McClelland (2020) Dr. Nalina Narain (2019) Dr. Gloria Rudisch (2021) Gretchen Soddard (2018) Felina Robinson (2022) Elizabeth Stillman (2022) AUDIT COMMITTEE Meenakshi Garodia (2022) Bernard Greene, Chair Susan Wolf Ditkoff BUILDING COMMISSION Peter Finnerty Janet Fierman, Chair (2018) Gregory Grobstein Karen Bresawski (2020) James Littleton George Cole (2019) Lee Selwyn Kenneth Kaplan (2019) Nathan Peck (2018) BOARD OF ASSESSORS Gary McCabe, Chair (2019) COMMISSION ON DISABILITY Mark J. Mazur (2021) Saralynn Allaire, Chair (2019) Harold Petersen (2020) James Miczek, Deputy Chair (2019) Myra Berloff, Treasurer (2018) BOARD OF EXAMINERS Select Board Member Ben Franco Barnett Berliner (2017) Robert Heist (2018) Fred Lebow (2018) Ann Kamensky (2018) Vacancy (2016) Joan Mahon (2017) Elaine Ober (2017) BROOKLINE INTERACTIVE GROUP Henry Winkelman (2019) Amy Emmert Leslie Forde CONSERVATION COMMISSION Lori Landay Marcus Quigle, Chair (2021) Karim Martin Roberta Schnoor, Vice Chair (2021) Laura Nooney Pamela Harvey (2019) Noah Xu Werner Lohe (2020) Pallavi Kalia Mande (2021) COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS Benjamin Wish (2021) Lea Cohen (2019) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Ohad Cohen (2020) Marian Lazar (2017) Amy Emmert (2019) Sara Erkal (2021) COUNCIL ON AGING Betsy Frauenthal (2019) Yolanda Rodriguez, Chair (2020) Kebbie Ghaderi (2021) Peter Ames (2020) Daniel Gostin (2018) Doris Toby Axelrod (2020) Donna Hollengerg (2018) Judith Chasin, Vice Chair (2021) Ilana Hirsch Lescohier (2018) Rita d’Entremont (2020) Courtney McGlynn (2018) Jean Doherty (2020) Syndey Nolan (2020) Philip Fullerton (2021) Peg O’Connell (2021) Barbara Kean (2020) Chris Santos (2019) Helen Lew (2020) Austin Seeley (2021) Alberta Lipson (2021) John Mulhane (2019) Muriel Stark (2021) Roberta Winitzer (2019) William Wong (2020) Jackie Wright (2020) 5 www.brooklinema.gov ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Pat Ahlin (2021) HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD Clara Chin (2021) Edward DeAngelo, Chair (2019) Paula Friedman (2020) Lori G. Cawthorne (2018) Joanne Katz (2021) Gerald Raphel (2019) Sherri Lee (2019) Dana M. Teague (2020) Mimi O’Connor (2021) Beth Venti (2018) Fran Perler (2020) Martha Schieve (2021) MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMITTEE Antoinnette (Toni) Schroder (2020) Select Board Member Bernard Greene, Chair Vera Sharma (2021) Jack Curtis Marian Weissman (2020) Robert Daves Amy Kamensky HONORARY MEMBERS Bobbie Knable Celia Lascarides Bill Mitchell Agnes Rogers Evelyn Roll NAMING COMMITTEE Fred Lebow, Chair (2017) COMMISSION FOR DIVERSITY, John Bain (2018) INCLUSION & COMMUNITY RELATIONS Carla Benka (2017) Joan Lancourt, Chair (2021) Helen Charlupski (2018) Sandy Batchelder, Jr. (2020) Wendy Ecker (2018) John Malcolm Cawthorne (2019) Harry Friedman (Alternate) (2017) Jessica Chico (2022) Eloise Lawrence (2021) NEIGHBORHOOD
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