T O W N O F W E S T P O R T A N N U A L R E P O R T S 2013 BOARD OF SELECTMEN & OTHER BOARDS OF OFFICERS Including a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013 1 INDEX Section I - General Government About Westport ................................................................................………..….. 9 Board of Appeals .......................................................................…...…...…...... 77 Board of Assessors ..........................................................................……......... 78 Board of Health ................................................................................……......... 80 Board of Selectmen ..............................................................................…….... 16 Bristol County Mosquito Control ..........................................................….…..... 84 Building Departments (Building, Gas, Plumbing & Wire) ......................……..... 85 Cemetery Department .........……………………………........................……....... 89 Commission on Disability ……………………………………………….……......… 89 Community Preservation Committee ………………………………….……......… 92 Conservation Commission/Soil Board ................................................…...….... 94 Council on Aging ..................................................................................…....…. 95 Ronald Desrosiers Memorial Fund .......................................................…........ 99 Elections, Town Meetings & Primaries ..................................….......………..... 30 Energy Committee …....................................................................................... 99 Finance Committee ……………………………………………………………...... 100 Fire Department ...................................................................................…...… 101 Fish Commissioners …………………………………………………...……......... 108 Greater Fall River Vocational School District (Diman) ........................…......... 109 Harbormaster .......................................................................................….….. 123 Highway Department …………………………………………………………...…. 124 Historical Commission .……………………………………………………….….... 126 Housing Authority ...............................................................................…….… 127 Landing Commission .............................................................................…..... 128 Moderator Report .....................................................................................….. 131 Planning Board ....................................................................................…....... 132 Police Department ..............................................................................…….... 137 Recreation Commission …………………………………………………….....…. 148 Sealer of Weights and Measures .........................................................…...… 149 Shellfish Department ............................................................................…...... 150 SRPEDD …….......................................................................................……... 153 Tax Collector …………………………………………………………………......… 155 The People Who Represent You ……………………………………….…........… 11 Town Accountant ………........................................................................…..…160 Town Clerk ……….................................................................................…..….. 14 Town Farm …………………………………………………………………….....… 178 Town Officers ……………………………………………………………………..…. 12 Town Treasurer …………...................................................................……..... 179 Trustees of the Westport Free Public Library ........................................…..... 129 Veterans' Services ...............……....................................................……….... 182 Westport Affordable Housing Trust …............................................................ 189 2 Westport Cultural Council ……………………………………………………....… 191 Westport Public Access Television ………………………………………….…... 192 Westport Water Resources Management Committee …................................ 194 Wharfinger .....................................................................................….....….... 195 Section II - School Report Alice A. Macomber School …………………………………………………....….. 203 Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Professional Development .…….….... 218 Enrollment ..................................................................................................… 199 Federal & State Revenues ………………………………………………………... 202 Fiscal 2012 Actual Expenditures & School Committee Spending .…….…...... 200 Food Services …………………………………………………………………….... 226 Graduation Exercises/ Academic & Community Awards & Scholarships .…... 215 Information Services …………………………………………………………...….. 222 Revolving Account Balances …………………………………………………..…. 203 School Committee ……………………………………………………………...….. 197 School District Personnel …………………………………………………….….... 227 Special Education …………………………….………………………………...…. 221 Student Transportation Services ……………………………………………..….. 224 Superintendent’s Report ……………………………………………………....….. 198 Town Expenses in Support of Schools ………………………………………..… 201 Westport Elementary School …………………………………………………..…. 206 Westport High School …………………………………………………………..…. 211 Westport Middle School …………………………………………………………... 208 Municipal Directory …………………………………………………………………. 233 3 IN MEMORIAM THIS TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO SERVED THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND PASSED AWAY DURING THE YEAR 2013 Viola Cabral School Department Cafeteria Worker Clarence Cole Charles A. Costa Assistant Building Inspector Board of Selectmen Board of Health Volunteer Firefighter John G. Faria A. Eugene Feio Central Village Public Improvements Committee Reserve Police Officer Eric Larrivee George Lewis School Committee Highway Department Jean Lozinski Hilda Martel Council on Aging Director Board of Selectmen Secretary James S. “Crab” Manchester, Jr. Edmund Medeiros Landing Commission Planning Board Fish Commissioners Assistant Shellfish Constable Leo J.St. Onge Octave D. Pelletier Constable Library Trustee Town Building Committee Conservation Commission Agnes Potter Normand H. Sasseville Poll Worker Conservation Commission Alexander R. “Bud” Smith, Jr. Francis P. Silvia Shellfish Advisory Committee Fire Department Lieutenant Volunteer Firefighter Dale S. Thomas Richard M. Trecida Stormwater Management Commission Assistant Building Inspector Pollution Control Advisory Committee 4 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT J. Duncan Albert Kathleen Cummings Westport Housing Authority Energy Committee 2003 – 2013 2003 - 2013 Paige Gibbs Beatrice Harrison Fence Viewer Poll Worker 1983 – 2013 Over 20 Years Norma Judson Donna Lambert Historical Commission Board of Health 2000 – 2013 2001 - 2013 Alberta Lavoie John Montano Poll Worker Planning Board Over 20 Years 1991 - 2013 Francois Napert III Normand Ouellette Fence Viewer Poll Worker 1992 – 2013 Over 20 Years Kenneth Samson Daniel Sullivan Highway Department Constable 1998 – 2013 1993 - 2013 Scott Urban Viola Webb Highway Department Poll Worker 1997 – 2013 Over 20 Years 5 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Paul Amaral Guidance Counselor – Westport High School 2003 - 2013 Karen Ferreira Food Service – Westport High School 2001 - 2012 Renee Jones Occupational Therapist – Westport Elementary School 1993 - 2013 Linda Maiocco Executive Secretary – Westport Elementary School 1995 - 2013 Mark Robichaud Health/Physical Education Teacher – Westport Middle School 2000 - 2012 Christopher Warren Special Needs – Westport High School 2002 - 2012 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT Beverley Baughan Council on Aging 2008 - 2013 Robert Carroll Beach Committee 2004 - 2013 David J. S. Emilita Planning Board 2008 - 2013 Mary Ellen Gomes Council on Aging Director 2008 - 2013 Heather Heath Reed Council on Aging 2006 - 2013 Mary Rodrigues Police Department E-911 Dispatcher 2008 - 2013 Marjorie T. Sandborg Library Trustee 2004 - 2013 7 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Gabriel DeOliveira SPED Teacher Assistant – Westport Middle School 2008 - 2013 Teresa Soares Food Service – Westport Middle School 2004 - 2012 Suzanne Welch Paraprofessional – Alice A. Macomber School 2005 - 2012 8 ABOUT WESTPORT SETTLED: 1670 - Incorporated July 2, 1787 225 years old in 2012 COUNTY: Bristol POPULATION: 1950 - 4,987 1960 - 7,185 1970 - 9,313 1980 - 13,604 1990 - 13,241 2000 - 14,206 2010 - 15,516 2013 - 15,047 AREA: 61 Square Miles - 33,900 acres (Road Mileage - approximately 140 miles of accepted street, not including Routes 6, 88 & 177) HIGHEST ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 240 Feet TAX RATE: Fiscal Year 2013 $ 7.39 Fiscal Year 2012 $ 7.05 Fiscal Year 2011 $ 6.71 Fiscal Year 2010 $ 6.27 Fiscal Year 2009 $ 5.54 Fiscal Year 2008 $ 5.56 Fiscal Year 2007 $ 5.25 Fiscal Year 2006 $ 5.33 Fiscal Year 2005 $ 6.14 Fiscal Year 2004 $ 8.07 Fiscal Year 2003 $ 8.25 Fiscal Year 2002 $ 10.20 FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Open Town Meeting - Annual Meeting 1st Tuesday in May Board Of Selectmen/Town Administrator ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION: 2nd Tuesday in April HOSPITALS NEARBY: Charlton Memorial & St. Anne's in Fall River St. Luke's in New Bedford HUMAN SERVICES: Council on Aging Veterans Services 9 HEALTH: Part-Time Community