Town of Stow Massachusetts for the year ending December 31, 2016 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS In Memoriam 5 Changes in Fund Equity 84 Trust Fund Financial Report 85 Federal and State Officers 6 Randall Relief and Town Funds 88 Town Officers, Elected 6 Hale High School Trust Fund 89 Town Officers, Appointed 7 Education Administration Nashoba Regional School District 90 Board of Selectmen 13 Nashoba Regional High School 96 Town Administrator 16 Class of 2016 Planning Board 19 Minuteman Regional Vocational 100 Conservation Commission 25 Technical School District Board of Health 29 Minuteman High School 2016 Stow 106 Zoning Board of Appeals 35 Graduates Town Services Public Safety Agricultural Commission 36 Police Department 107 Building Department 37 Police Department Statistics 111 Building Permits Issued 39 Fire / Rescue Department 112 Cable License Advisory Committee 40 Fire / Rescue Department Statistics 116 Cemetery Committee 41 Forest Warden 118 Community Preservation Committee 42 Emergency Planning and 119 Community Preservation Project 43 Management Status Report Community Services Coordinator 45 Special Committees Council on Aging 46 Elementary School Building Comm. 121 Cultural Council 48 Stow Municipal Affordable Housing 122 Economic Development & Industrial 50 Trust Commission Highway Department 51 Our Heritage Housing Authority 52 Ancient Documents Committee 124 Information Technology Dept 52 Historical Commission 124 Lake Boon Commission 54 Open Space Committee 55 Town Clerk 126 Randall Library 56 Randall Library Trust Fund 61 Town Meetings Recreation Commission 62 Special Town Meeting, Feb. 1, 2016 127 SpringFest Organizing Committee 63 Presidential Primary March 1, 2016 137 Stow TV / LACAC 65 Annual Town Meeting, May 2-3, 142 Veterans Graves Committee 67 2016 Veterans Services 69 Annual Town Election, May 10, 2016 170 Special Town Meeting, Aug.8, 2016 172 Financial Reports State Primary Sept. 8, 2016 175 Finance Committee 70 Minuteman District-Wide Election 177 Capital Planning Committee 75 Sept. 20, 2016 Board of Assessors 76 State Election 179 FY 2017 Tax Rate Recapitulation 78 Treasurer’s Report 79 Town of Stow Data 185 Tax Collector’s Report 80 Town Department Telephones 186 Combined Balance Sheet 81 3 4 IN MEMORIAM J. Bruce Ayer 1927 – 2016 Selectman 1965 – 1977 Stow Housing Committee 1979 – 1981 Founding Member of Stow Elderly Housing Corp. (Plantation Apartments) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Barbara P. Sipler 1932 – 2016 Ancient Documents Committee 1985 – 2016 Lower Village Committee 2002 – 2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John D. O'Connell 1933 – 2016 Registrar of Voters 2001 – 2013 Council on Aging Volunteer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Roland A. J. Belanger, Jr. 1944 – 2016 Former Call Firefighter 5 FEDERAL & STATE OFFICIALS United States Senators United States Representative, Elizabeth Warren Fifth District 2400 JFK Federal Building Niki Tsongas 15 New Sudbury Street 11 Kearney Square, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02203 Lowell, MA 01852 (617)-565-3170 Governor of the Commonwealth 317 Hart Senate Office Building Charles D. Baker, Jr. Washington, D.C. 20510 Office of the Governor (202)-224-4543 State House Room 360 Boston, MA 02133 Edward Markey 10 Causeway Street, Suite 559 Senator – Middlesex & Worcester Boston, MA 02222 James Eldridge (617)-565-8519 State House, Room 213A Boston, MA 02133 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative -- Third Middlesex (202)-224-2742 District Kate Hogan State House, Room 166 Boston, MA 02133 ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Listed alphabetically Board of Assessors Nashoba Regional School District Richard Connelly, Sr. (2018) Committee Dominick Pugliese (2019), Chair Lynn Colletti (2019) John E. Smith (2017) Mark Jones (2018) Nicole Odekirk (2017) Field Drivers Selectmen Planning Board Lori Clark (2019), Chair Board of Health Margaret Costello (2020) Merrily Evdokimoff (2017) Ernest E. Dodd (2018) Mary McDowell (2019) Leonard H. Golder (2021) Marcia B. Rising (2018), Chair Stephen C. Quinn (2017) Moderator Randall Library Trustees David Walrath (2019) Maureen Busch (2018) Gary Horowitz, Assistant Moderator Robert Katz (2018) Laura Spear, Deputy Moderator Richard Lent (2019) 6 Kathleen O’Brien (2019) Timothy H. Reed (2017) Stow Housing Authority Marianne Sharin (2019), Chair W. Robert Dilling, Chair Barbara K. Wolfenden (2017) John J. Kendra (2021) Michael Kopczynski (2020) Board of Selectmen Robert W. Larkin (2019) Brian Burke (2017) Cynthia Perkins (2017) Donald P. Hawkes (2018) Ingeborg Hegemann (2019), Clerk Thomas E. Ryan III (2018) James H. Salvie (2019), Chair APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTMEN Assabet River Rail Trail Committee Representative Wire Inspectors Donald B. Rising Robert W. Norton Michael A. Norton, Deputy Constables Charles Weeks, Deputy Robert A. Kirchman (2016) VACANCY (2017) Metropolitan Area Planning Council Representative (MAPC) Emergency Management Officer VACANCY (2017) Joseph Landry Minuteman Advisory Group on Forest Warden Interlocal Coordination (MAGIC) Joseph Landry Jesse Steadman (2017) Donald Hawkes, Selectmen (2017) Inspectors Building Inspectors Sealer of Weights & Measures Craig D. Martin, Building Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commissioner Douglas Hyde, Assistant Facilities Selectmen’s and Town Manager Administrator’s Assistant Maureen Trunfio Gas Inspectors Adam Sahlberg Stow Advisory Member of the Robert Smith, Deputy Hudson Light and Power Board Arnold Epstein Plumbing Inspectors Adam Sahlberg Street Numbers Eric S. Sahlberg, Deputy Catherine A. Desmond Robert Smith, Deputy Superintendent of Streets 7 Michael E. Clayton Scott Morse, Assistant Superintendent Town Counsel Jonathan D. Witten & Barbara Huggins Surveyor of Wood & Lumber Huggins & Witten, LLC Commonwealth of Massachusetts Treasurer-Collector Town Accountant Pamela M. Landry (2017) Julie Costello (2019) Tree Warden Town Administrator Bruce E. Fletcher William J. Wrigley Veterans’ Services Officer Town Clerk Joseph Jacobs Linda E. Hathaway (2019) APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTMEN Committees and Departments, Listed Alphabetically Agricultural Commission David Buchholz (2019) Council on Aging Elizabeth C. Painter (2017) Ruth Banfield Dwight P. Sipler (2018) Chair Bill Byron, Chair Katherine C. Steege (2018) Ruth Delmonico VACANCY (2017) Stephen Dungan Susan Matatia Cable License Advisory Committee Susan Pauley Arnold R. Buckman (2019) Newton Wesley, Vice Chair Robert C. Mong (2017) Alyson Toole, Executive Director VACANCY (2018) Sharon Funkhouser, Outreach Coordinator Cemetery Trustees Suzanne Howley, Outreach Worker Kenney Banks (2018) Glenn Hammill (2019) Cultural Council VACANCY (2017) Hector Constantzos (4/2018) Robert Gledhill, Superintendent Jennifer Edgerton (4/2018) Richard Lent (11/2018) Conservation Commission Alex Rosiewicz (7/2019) Cortni Frecha (2017) Angela Santos (10/2017) Serena Furman (2017) Amie Shei (7/2019) Sandra Grund (2019) VACANCY Ingeborg Hegemann-Clark (2019) Douglas Morse (2018) Fence Viewers Jeffry Saunders (2018) Selectmen Andrianne Snow (2019), Chair Fire / Rescue – Full-time Joseph Landry, Chief 8 John Paul Benoit, Captain Vellyn Antonelli (2018) Barry Evers, Lieutenant Rosemary Bawn (2017) Mark W. Guerin, Lieutenant Patrick Hopkins (2017) Gregory A. Vogel Dorothy Spaulding (2019) Judson Swinimer, FF/EMT/ADMN Marilyn Zavorski (2019) Fire / Rescue –On-call Lake Boon Commission Firefighters/EMTs Don Hawkes (2019) Michael Scimeca, Call Lieutenant Theresa O’Riorden (2017) Jeffery Lyons, Call Lieutenant Conray Wharff, Hudson, Chair Erick Benoit Jack Bertonassi Local Access Cable Advisory Andrew Bolton Committee Paul Dudley Brian Burke, Selectmen Kristina Ellis Robert M. Glorioso (2018) Jeremy Fiorvanti Leonard H. Golder (2018) James Fortin Lisa R. Lavina (2018) Jason Galofaro Lee Pappas (2018) Tim Gray Anne VanTine, Coordinator Todd Jakubek James Kelley Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Christopher Lazuka Michael Kopczynski (2017) Chair Jonathan Murphy Constantine Papanastassiou (2017) Matthew Olson Cynthia Perkins (2018) Suzanne Siewierski Laura Spear (2017) Jack Stafford James Salvie, Selectmen Michael Trioli VACANCY (2017) Keith Villa VACANCY (2018) On-call firefighters Open Space Committee Barrett Dilling Vincent J. Antil Scott Dwinells Vellyn Antonelli Larry Stafford Eve K. Donahue Gregg Silverio William H. Maxfield Kevin Benoit Robert T. Wilber George Nunez VACANCY Jeffery Stupak VACANCY Carlos Santiago Camden Herlihy Police Officers –Full-time Nicholas Trioli William L. Bosworth, Chief Ralph Marino, Lieut. Apprentice Firefighters Darren J. Thraen, Sgt. Steve Landry Michael J. Sallese, Det. Sgt. Eddie Warren Gary P. Murphy, Prosecutor Sean M. Collins Historical Commission Luke Dezago 9 Cassandra Ela Christopher Kusz SpringFest Organizing Committee David J. Goguen Samantha Altieri (2017) Robert Nelson Heather Chagnon (2017) Sara Salamone (2018) Police Officers -- Special Maureen Trunfio (2018) Robert E. Blanton VACANCY (2018) Jonathan Butler John Connors Trustees, Hale High School Fund John Fantasia Robert F. Derby James F. Finneran Linda E. Hathaway Christopher Harrington Jeffrey D. Smith Lee Heron Samantha Howard Trustees, Randall Relief Fund Richard Manley Louise E. Peacock, (2018) Michael Smith Jeffrey D. Smith (2017) Steven B. Sturtevant Dorothy G. Sonnichsen (2019) Darlene Trefry Mark Trefry Trustees, Randall Town Fund Louise E. Peacock, (2018) Police Matrons/Prisoner Watch Jeffrey D. Smith (2017) Deborah L. Richardson Dorothy G. Sonnichsen (2019) Phyllis Tower Richard Tower Trustees, Town Farm Fund