Annual Report 2010
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Cover photograph of Old Town House in Market Square taken prior to 1906; there is no sign of the Gerry School (built in 1906) on the hill behind the building. From the Edward Snow collection. In this photo there are three doors in the East wall of the ground floor. The nearest door was the entrance to the Police Department and the far door was where the Fire Department kept the Liberty Hose. ANNUAL TOWN REPORT OF THE YEAR 2010 MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 Board of Selectmen 3 Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 6 May 3, 2010 and Annual Town Election May 10, 2010 Results of Annual Town Meeting 20 May 3, 2010 Results of Annual Town Election 59 May 10, 2010 Warrant for Special State Election 64 January 19, 2010 Results of Special State Election 65 January 19, 2010 Warrant for Special Election 66 June 15, 2010 Results for Special Election 71 June 15, 2010 Warrant for State Primary 76 September 14, 2010 Results for State Primary 78 September 14, 2010 Warrant for State Election 84 November 2, 1010 Results for State Election 88 November 2, 2010 Officials Elected 92 Officials Appointed 95 Vital Records of 2009 - # of births, 107 marriages, deaths and causes of death Department Reports: Abbot Public Library 108 Board of Assessors 112 Board of Health 114 Building Commissioner and Inspectional 127 Services Cable TV Oversight Committee 129 Cemetery Department 130 Conservation Commission 132 Council on Aging 134 Department of Public Works 138 1 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 Engineering Department 140 Financial Services 142 Fire Department 145 Fort Sewall Oversight Committee 161 Harbors and Waters 162 Marblehead Cultural Council 164 Marblehead Historical Commission 168 Marblehead Housing Authority 170 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 180 Municipal Light Department 182 Old and Historic Districts Commission 190 Planning Board 192 Police Department 194 Recreation, Parks & Forestry 199 Sealer of Weights & Measures 208 Shellfish Constables 209 Task Force Against Discrimination 210 Tree Warden 212 Veterans’ Agent 213 Water and Sewer Commission 214 Zoning Board of Appeals 223 School Reports Marblehead School Committee members 224 organization and meetings Admission Requirements 224 No School Announcement/School Hours 225 Superintendent of Schools 225 Marblehead School Committee Report 227 Administration, Faculty and Staff 232 2009 MCAS Summary 249 Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores (SAT) 254 5 year history Marblehead High School Class of 2009 255 Enrollment Summaries 259 Town Warrant – Annual Town Meeting 261 May 3, 2010 2 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 BOARD OF SELECTMEN The Board of Selectmen meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room in Abbot Hall. All meetings are open to the public. The Board is composed of five members, each elected annually. Members of the Board of Selectmen are Chairman, James E. Nye, Jackie Belf- Becker, Judith R. Jacobi, and William L.Woodfin II. Harry C. Christensen, Jr. served until his retirement from the Board in May and T. Michael Rockett was elected in May to fill the seat. In 2010 the Selectmen retained a traffic engineering firm to conduct a study along a half-mile segment Pleasant Street between Bessom Street/Village Streets and Baldwin Road/Smith Street. A plan was developed to improve the traffic along the Pleasant Street corridor and Pleasant Vine Village intersection. The plan included the purchase of the old gas station at the corner of Vine and Pleasant Street. The Selectmen sponsored an article on the annual town meeting warrant which passed town meeting but failed to get the necessary votes on a proposition 2 ½ ballot question. With funding from the Historical Commission and the Shattuck Fund the Town was able to continue to undertake significant work in Abbot Hall including the attic window replacement, the interior painting and re plastering of the Selectmen’s meeting room, painting of the basement walls and floors and the restoration of the stained glass and the Crossing of the Grand Bank painting. In May, the Town reactivated their sister city partnership with Grasse, France, hosting a delegation from Grasse including Senator Mayor Jean-Pierre Leleux. Grasse, France is a coastal community located in the southeast of France. The original sister city relationship was established in 1986 and reestablished last year. The Selectmen retained a consultant to conduct an independent assessment of the Police Department and evaluate a recent police investigation. The purpose of the study was to present the town with objective information on the recent investigations and the operations of the Police Department and to make recommendations on how to address any problems and increase public satisfaction. Once completed the Board adopted the plan. In May the Town was informed by the Commonwealth that the Old Town House no longer complies with the Voters Rights Act with respect to accessibility. The 3 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 Selectmen voted to seek a waiver of these requirements and to pursue measures to make the building universally accessible including reviving the plan to make the building universally accessible that was proposed in 2000. The Board of Selectmen entered into an agreement with National Lead for the long term maintenance of the bike bath and embankment at the Lead Mills site. National Lead is the responsible party undertaking the remediation of the Lead Mills site including a portion that is owned by the town. The agreement includes funding for the long-term maintenance of the areas owned by the town. As the local licensing authority, the Selectmen renewed and/or issued the following licenses concerning its licensed serving establishments: Annual All Alcoholic Restaurant (15) Annual All Alcoholic – Package Store (5) Annual All Alcoholic Fraternal Club (3) Annual All Alcoholic Club (3) Season All Alcoholic Club (3) Annual Wine & Malt – Package (1) Annual Wine & Malt Restaurant (7 Day) (4) Annual Common Victualler (40) Annual Entertainment (16) Sunday Entertainment (13) Second Hand Dealers (15) Automatic Amusement Device (15) Annual Auto Class II (1) Annual Lodging (3) In March the Town received a “Transparency Award” at the State House from Common Cause, an organization that recognizes municipalities for their transparency. Municipalities receive this e-government award based on their posting of government bodies agenda’s, minutes, budgets and bylaws. Marblehead received the award with “distinction” for the information we post on our town website, www.marblehead.org. In 2010 the Board of Selectmen mourned the passing of several town volunteers and employees; Emerson Brown, Charles Grader, Elizabeth Jacobsen and the former police Chief John R. Russell and Chief George Girard. 4 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 In 2010 long-term employee Dana Snow retired after many years of service to the town. David Donahue was promoted to DPW Director in April 2010. The Board values the significant amounts of time volunteers throughout the Town government and local philanthropic organizations devote working for the benefit of Marblehead. In addition to thanking the volunteers the board also thanks all of those who contributed financially to the various funds established for the benefit of the Town. Also the Board recognizes the efforts and dedication of our town employees who work extraordinarly well together and truly make the town a special place. The Board also thanks Anthony M. Sasso, Town Administrator; Rebecca Curran, Town Planner; and the office staff Deborah Fadden, Kyle Wiley and Jane Tricomi, for all their assistance this past year and extend our best wishes and thanks to the all of the citizens of the Town of Marblehead whom we faithfully and conscientiously strive to represent. Marblehead Forever! Faithfully yours, James E. Nye, Chairman Jackie Belf-Becker Judith R. Jacobi T. Michael Rockett William L. Woodfin, II 5 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Essex, ss to Any Constable in the Town of Marblehead Greeting: You are hereby required and directed in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to warn and give notice to the inhabitants of Marblehead, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Marblehead Veterans Middle School Auditorium, Duncan Sleigh Square, 217 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, on Monday, the third day of May next A. D. 2010 (it being the first Monday in May) at 7:45 o’clock in the afternoon to act on the following articles in the Warrant for said meeting as follows: Article 1 Articles in Numerical Order To see if the Town will vote to adopt an order requiring articles in the Warrant to be taken up in their numerical order, as requested by the Board of Selectmen. Article 2 Reports of Town Officers and Committees To receive the report of the Town Accountant, the reports of the Town Officers, and special Committees and act thereon. Article 3 Assume Liability To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Massachusetts Highway Department for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefore to the Commonwealth, or take any other action relative thereto, as sponsored by the Board of Selectmen. Article 4 Accept Trust Property To see if the Town will vote to accept certain trust property, gifts or grants to be administered by the Town or modify the terms thereof, or take any other action relative thereto, as sponsored by Town Counsel. Article 5 Lease Town Property To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appropriate Town Officers to let or lease such land, buildings or structures owned by the Town on such terms as they 6 MARBLEHEAD TOWN REPORT 2010 may determine, or take any other action relative thereto, as sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.