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2018 Annual Town Report Chatham Annual Report 2018 Table of Contents About the Cover ............................................................................. 11 Energy Committee ......................................................................... 74 Elected/Appointed Offices ............................................................... 2 Finance Committee ........................................................................ 74 Committees/Boards/Commissions.................................................. 4 Fire Rescue Department................................................................ 75 In Memoriam – 2018 ....................................................................... 6 Golf Advisory Committee ............................................................. 76 Board of Selectmen .......................................................................... 7 Herring Warden ............................................................................ 76 Town Manager ................................................................................. 8 Historic Business District Commission ........................................ 77 Annual Financial Reports ............................................................. 12 Historical Commission .................................................................. 77 Annual Wages – Town Employees ................................................ 51 Human Services Committee ......................................................... 77 Affordable Housing Committee ................................................... 59 Independence Day Parade Committee ........................................ 78 Airport Commission ...................................................................... 59 Land Bank Open Space Committee ............................................. 78 Animal Control Officer ................................................................. 59 Monomoy Regional School District ............................................. 78 Aunt Lydia’s Cove Committee ...................................................... 60 Natural Resources Department .................................................... 81 Bikeways Committee ..................................................................... 60 Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust ........................ 92 Board of Assessors ......................................................................... 61 Park & Recreation Commission ................................................... 92 Board of Health .............................................................................. 61 Planning Board .............................................................................. 92 Cable Advisory Committee ........................................................... 61 Pleasant Bay Alliance .................................................................... 93 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District ................... 62 Police Department.......................................................................... 94 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority ......................................... 64 Principal Projects and Operations ............................................... 95 Cape Light Compact ..................................................................... 64 Public Works .................................................................................. 96 Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative .................................... 65 Railroad Museum Group .............................................................. 99 Cemetery Commission .................................................................. 66 Shellfish Advisory Committee ...................................................... 99 Charter Review Committee .......................................................... 66 South Coastal Harbor Plan Committee ..................................... 100 Chatham Housing Authority ........................................................ 67 Summer Residents Advisory Committee ................................... 101 Committee for the Disabled .......................................................... 67 Town Clerk ................................................................................... 104 Community Development Department ........................................ 67 Tree Warden ................................................................................. 105 Community Preservation Committee .......................................... 68 Water & Sewer Advisory Committee ........................................ 105 Conservation Commission ............................................................ 68 Waterways Advisory Committee ................................................ 105 Council on Aging ............................................................................ 69 Zoning Board of Appeals............................................................. 106 Cultural Council ............................................................................ 71 Monday, May 14, 2018 – Annual Town Meeting ...................... 108 Economic Development Committee ............................................. 72 Thursday, May 17, 2017 – Annual Town Election .................... 128 Eldredge Public Library ............................................................... 72 Tuesday, September 4, 2018 – State Primary Election .......... 128 Emergency Management .............................................................. 73 Tuesday, November 6, 2018 – State Election ............................. 130 1 Elected Offices MODERATOR (3 year term) MONOMOY REGIONAL SCHOOL BARNSTABLE COUNTY ASSEMBLY William G. Litchfield Term Expires 2021 DISTRICT COMMITTEE (3 year term) OF DELEGATES (2 year term) Donna Richardson, Chairman Randi Potash Term Expires 2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN (3 year term) Term Expires 2019 Dean P. Nicastro, Joseph Auciello Term Expires 2019 CHATHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY Chairman Term Expires 2021 Jacquelyn Long Term Expires 2020 (5 year term) Cory J. Metters, Vice Chairman Terry Russell Term Expires 2021 Kathleen Bailey, State Appointment Term Expires 2021 Jo-anne Sheehan Term Expires 2021 Term Expires 2019 Peter Cocolis, Clerk Term Expires 2019 Nancy L. Scott Term Expires 2020 Priscilla “Pat” Ford Term Expires 2023 Shareen Davis Term Expires 2020 Sharon Stout Term Expires 2020 Alan Mowry Term Expires 2019 Jeffrey S. Dykens Term Expires 2019 Janice O’Connell Term Expires 2020 Shirley L. Smith Term Expires 2021 Appointed Offices TOWN MANAGER ELECTION PERSONNEL/INSPECTORS COUNCIL ON AGING Jill R. Goldsmith Town Manager Evelyn Ambriscoe Nancy Michniewicz Receptionist Shanna Nealy Executive Assistant Joan Bagnell Deborah Mayhew Secretary Carol Barry Maura Hall Program Coordinator FINANCE Danyel Bianchi-Matteson Stephen Heffron Driver Alexandra Heilala Beverly Brown Richard Hosmer Driver Director of Finance/Town Accountant Judith Buchanan Roger Kallstrom Driver Cheryl Serijan Assistant Town Accountant/ Cherrill Corby Lewis Paul Robinson Driver Assistant Finance Director Jacquelline Crimins Ralph Spaduzzi Driver Jacqueline Hodgdon Accounting Clerk/Staff Scott Daniels Assistant Mary Dempsey VETERANS’ SERVICES DIRECTOR Janet Edson Edward F. Merigan TREASURER/COLLECTOR Ann Eldredge Sharon Drown Treasurer/Tax Collector Mary Griffin NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Marie Chmura Assistant Treasurer/ Genie Griffin-Hatch Dr. Robert A. Duncanson Director Tax Collector Bette Hahner Judith H. Giorgio Health Agent Marissa Roberts Collections Assistant Martha Harrison Stephen Ward Health Inspector/Part-time Elizabeth Hines Sarah Griscom Environmental Technician ASSESSING Sandra Koski Dianne E. Langlois Secretary Ardelle Kelley Assessing Director Mary Langille Candace Cook Assessor Mary McDermott COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION Melanie Taylor Assessing Clerk/Field Lillian McNulty Theodore L. Keon Director Technician Pepe Miller Renee Gagne Shellfish Constable Alexandra (Sandi) Porter Rachel Hutchinson Assistant Shellfish HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN SERVICES David Porter Constable/Propagation Specialist Jillian Douglass Human Resources Director Louise Redfield Annette Preston Benefits Administrator Jennifer Smith DEPUTY SHELLFISH CONSTABLES Christine Storey Hart Shannon Doane Term Expires 2019 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND Helga Sullivan Mark Dobbins Term Expires 2019 CHANNEL 18 Carol Tautkus Allyson Felix Term Expires 2019 Craig Rowe IT Director Margaret Walker Jeffrey Hahner Term Expires 2019 James A. Cuddy IT Manager Andrea Higgins Term Expires 2019 Ryan Darmon Media Coordinator CONSTABLES Peter Hogan Term Expires 2019 Mark Van Bork Assistant Media Coordinator Benjamin J. Nickerson Term Expires 2020 Janine Hojinski Term Expires 2019 Thomas R. Pennypacker, II Term Expired Peter Kolb Term Expires 2019 TOWN CLERK 2018 Dennis McGee Term Expires 2019 Julie S. Smith Town Clerk John Proudfoot Term Expires 2019 Susan Machie Term Expires 2019 Paula A. Tobin Assistant Town Clerk Patrick Otton Term Expires 2019 TOWN COUNSEL Robert Ryder Term Expires 2019 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Louison, Costello, Condon, and Pfaff, LLP Lawrence Sampson Term Expires 2019 Joseph P. Caputo Patricia Sandri Term Expires 2019 Virginia E. Laporte COUNCIL ON AGING Ethel A. Shafter Amanda Speakman Director SHOREBIRD MONITORS Eva Marie Orman Outreach Coordinator Suzanne Phillips Term Expires 2018 Stephanie Shea Outreach Worker Thomas Olson Term Expires 2018 2 Appointed Offices TOWN LANDING OFFICERS SURVEYOR OF WOOD, BARK AND FIRE David Likos Term Expires 2018 LUMBER Gerard Smith Lieutenant
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