Franklin Regional Council of Governments 2018 - 2019 Service • Advocacy We’d like to Acknowledge... This directory is published with the assistance of many people working in our member communities. We greatly ap- preciate the municipal employees who took time away from their busy schedules to provide us with the contact information listed in this book. Without this collaborative effort, publishing the booklet would not be possible. 2018 - 2019 Municipal Directory Table of Contents Franklin Regional Council of Governments New Salem 40 Council & Committee Membership 1 Northfield 42 Franklin Regional Planning Board (FRPB) 3 Orange 44 FRCOG Core Values 4 Rowe 46 Departments & Staff Directory 5 Shelburne 48 Shutesbury 50 Annual Town Meetings & Elections 7 Sunderland 52 Warwick 54 Municipal Offices and Officials Directory Wendell 56 Whately 58 Ashfield 8 Bernardston 10 Buckland 12 Franklin County Town Facts and Figures Charlemont 14 Population and Voter Census Data 60 Colrain 16 Equalized Valuations and Tax Rates 61 Conway 18 Town Area & Road Mileage 62 Deerfield 20 Erving 22 Regional Services Gill 24 Regional Programs 63 Greenfield 26 Franklin County Public Schools Systems 64 Hawley 28 Senior Centers & Services 65 Heath 30 Leverett 32 Legislative Delegations Leyden 34 State Legislative Delegation 67 Monroe 36 Federal Legislative Delegation 68 Montague 38 Contents FRCOG Council Membership The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is comprised of three bodies: the Council, acting as the representative body; the Executive Committee, acting as the executive body; and the Franklin Regional Planning Board, acting as an advisory body on regional planning issues and policies. The FRCOG Council meets at least quarterly, typically on the third Thursday of the months of July, October, January, and April. FY19 Council members are: Ashfield Erving Monroe Kayce Warren William A. Bembury Alice Houghtaling [email protected] selectmen.william.bembury@erving- [email protected] ma.org Bernardston David Gagne, alternate Stanley Garland Bryan Smith, alternate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Montague Buckland Gill Richard Kuklewicz Zachary Taylor Greg Snedeker [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Steve Ellis, alternate Dena Wilmore, alternate Greenfield [email protected] [email protected] William Martin [email protected] Michael Nelson, 2nd alternate Charlemont Chis Boutwell, 3rd alternate Marguerite Willis Eric Twarog alternate [email protected] [email protected] New Salem Wayne Hachey Colrain Hawley [email protected] Kevin Fox, Council Secretary/Clerk Hussain Hamdan [email protected] [email protected] Northfield Julia Blyth Eileen Sauvageau, alternate Robert Root, alternate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Alexander Meisner, alternate Conway Heath [email protected] John P. O’Rourke, Vice Chair Brian DeVriese [email protected] [email protected] Orange Gabriele Voelker Deerfield Leverett [email protected] Henry “Kip” Komosa Beth Adams [email protected] [email protected] Jane Peirce, alternate [email protected] Wendy Foxmyn, alternate Leyden [email protected] Michele Giarusso, Council Chair Rowe [email protected] Jennifer Morse [email protected] Council 1 Rowe cont’d Sunderland Whately Janice Boudreau, alternate Thomas D. Fydenkevez Lynn Sibley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shelburne David Pierce, alternate Brian Domina, alternate Robert Manners [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Warwick FRPB Appointee Andrew Baker, alternate Lawrence “Doc” Pruyne Jim Basford [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shutesbury Wendell Regionally Elected Members Ellen McKay Michael Idoine Jay DiPucchio [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Elaine Puleo, alternate Daniel Keller, alternate Bill Perlman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Executive Committee Meetings Jim Basford, FRPB Representative The Executive Committee typically meets the second Jay DiPucchio, Regional Representative, Chair Thursday of the month. Please check the frog.org Kevin Fox, Colrain Representative, Clerk/Secretary calendar of events for specific dates and times. William Martin, Greenfield Representative Bill Perlman, Regional Representative, Vice Chair Finance Committee Meetings Jay DiPucchio, Regional Representative The Finance Committee meets as needed throughout Kevin Fox, Colrain Representative much of the year, and frequently when preparing the Michele Giarusso, Leyden Representative FRCOG budget late fall and early winter, at a time and Ellen McKay, Shutesbury Representative place determined by the chair. John P. O’Rourke, Conway Representative Lynn Sibley, Whately Representative, Chair Kayce Warren, Ashfield Representative Personnel Committee Meetings Wendy Foxmyn, Deerfield Representative The Personnel Committee meets as needed to draft Bill Perlman, Regionally Elected Representative, Chair personnel and supervisory policies and documents Kaycee Warren, Ashfield and to review reclassification requests at a time and Two vacancies place determined by the chair. Committees 2 ganization Franklin Regional Planning Board The Franklin Regional Planning Board (FRPB) is the advisory board for regional planning issues. Its primary role is to promote sustainable economic development; to protect public health, safety and welfare; and to conserve the natural and cultural resources in Franklin County. The FRPB membership consists of the chair or designee of the select board of each town in the Franklin Regional Planning District, a member of the planning board in each town, and up to 18 “Members at Large.” Members of the Board’s Executive Committee are annually elected from among the FRPB con- stituency. Regional Planning Board Regional Planning Board Meetings: Executive Committee January — 3rd or 4th Thursday February— no regular meeting, possible snow date March — 4th Thursday Gisela Walker, Clerk, Charlemont April — no regular meeting, possible snow date Joan Rockwell, First Vice-Chair, Colrain Tom Hutcheson, Conway May — 4th Thursday Charles Olchowski, Greenfield June — 4th Thursday Jerry Lund, Chair, Leyden July — no meeting Sam Lovejoy, Montague August — no meeting Julia Blyth, Northfield James Basford, Orange September — 4th Thursday Tom Miner, Second Vice-Chair, Shelburne October — no meeting Ted Cady, Warwick November — 1st Thursday December — no regular meeting, possible snow date Regional Planning Board Members At Large Town Select Board and Town Planning Board representatives can be found within the individual towns they represent. At large representatives are: Joan Rockwell, Colrain Patricia Perry, Greenfield Nathan L’Etoile, Northfield Thomas Hutcheson, Conway Jan Carr, Heath Jim Basford, Orange Jeanie Schermesser, Erving Jerry Lund, Leyden Tom Miner, Shelburne Falls Bill Morris, Erving Sam Lovejoy, Montague Micki Paddock, Shutesbury Charles Olchowski, Greenfield John Ryan, New Salem Nan Riebschlaeger, Wendell Planning Board??? 8 3 Franklin Regional Council of Governments e, the people of Franklin County, in order to serve the interests of the citizens of our region, do here- “W by affirm that the 26 towns in Franklin County have vital common concerns that transcend our indi- vidual borders and that the ability of our towns to address important public issues often depends on our local governments acting together. We therefore establish for ourselves and for our communities the means to ef- fectively serve our towns and to deal with issues which transcend the existing boundaries of our town govern- ments, and do hereby adopt this home rule Charter for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments… — Preamble of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments Charter, adopted July 1,” 1997 . Service Community The FRCOG serves the communities of Franklin County individually and collectively. We believe leadership in education, collabo- We are committed to serving town govern- ration and capacity building to be important ments, municipal boards and committees, businesses, and our citizens. We work col- parts of strengthening the individual, the laboratively with other regions and other community, and the region and take care to organizations. Our goal is to improve the inspire community involvement and democ- efficiency and cost effectiveness of munici- racy. We recognize that a healthy communi- pal governmental functions and improve ty requires balancing diverse needs such as quality of life in our region. those of economic development and natural resources protection, or the needs of one community with the needs of the region. The FRCOG serves the communities Advocacy We advocate on behalf of our communi- Quality and Professionalism ties and the county at the federal, state Service and regional levels. We work together to We provide high quality services through advocate for legislative action, social poli- well-trained, technically proficient staff; to cy, and governmental programming that offer informed and professional technical recognizes the unique character and con- assistance; and to be accountable to towns, ditions of our rural area. the public, and granting authorities. FRCOG Core Values 4 FRCOG Staff Directory Administration & Finance Lisa White, Regional Public Health Nurse 413-665-1400