2013 DEDHAM TOWN REPORT WHERE TO CALL: EMERGENCY: POLICE Emergency Calls 911 Other Calls: 751-9300 FIRE Emergency Calls 911 Other Calls: 751-9400 FOR INFORMATION ON: Administration Town Administrator 751-9100 Assessments Assessors 751-9130 Bills & Accounts Finance Department 751-9150 Birth Certificates Town Clerk 751-9200 Building Permits Building Commissioner 751-9180 Cemetery Superintendent of Cemeteries 326-1177 Civil Defense Director 751-9300 Code Enforcement Enforcement/Compliance 751-9186 Counseling, etc. Youth Commission 751-9190 Council on Aging Elder Services 326-1650 Death Certificates Town Clerk 751-9200 Dog Licenses Town Clerk 751-9200 Dogs, Lost, Found, Complaints Canine Controller 751-9106 Elder Services Council on Aging 326-1650 Elections Town Clerk 751-9200 Entertainment Licenses Selectmen 751-9100 Environment Conservation Commission 751-9210 Finance Committee Finance 751-9140 Finance Director Finance 751-9150 Fire Permits Fire Department 751-9400 Fuel Oil Shortage Fire Department 751-9400 Gas Permits Gas Inspector 751-9183 Health Board of Health 751-9220 Housing Inspections Housing Inspector 751-9220 Information Services Technology 751-9145 Library Main Library 751-9280 Endicott Branch 326-5339 Lights (street lights out) Police Department 751-9300 Marriage Licenses Town Clerk 751-9200 Planning Board Planning Director 751-9240 Plumbing Permits Plumbing Inspector 751-9183 Recreation Recreation Department 751-9250 Retirement Retirement Board 326-7693 Schools Superintendent of Schools 310-1000 No School 326-9818 Sewers, Streets & Snow Removal Public Works Department 751-9350 Tax Collections Collector 751-9160 Treasury Town Treasurer 751-9170 Veterans Veterans Services 751-9265 Voting & Registration Town Clerk 751-9200 Water Dedham-Westwood Water 329-7090 Wiring Wire Inspector 751-9184 Zoning Building Commissioner 751-9180 Zoning/Appeals Board of Appeals 751-9240 IN MEMORIAM The Town of Dedham remembers the following town employees, elected and appointed officials and volunteers who passed away during the year 2013: 2013 John Carey – Town Clerk James H. Rumpp, Jr. – Board of Appeals Edward Coffey – School Department Robertha Civitarese – Town Meeting & Endicott Estate Commission Charles McGowan – Board of Selectmen & State Representative Mildred White – Administrative Assistant John Nackley, Jr. – Building, Planning & Construction Committee John F. Wagner – School Department Michael McMillan – Police Department Joseph Putney – Fire Department Maureen D’Amico – School Department 2013 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Board of Selectmen James A. MacDonald 2015 Carmen E. DelloIacono 2013 Michael L. Butler 2013 Sarah MacDonald 2014 Paul Reynolds 2014 Board of Assessors John Healy 2015 John P. Burke 2013 Richard C. Bremer 2014 Town Clerk Paul M. Munchbach 2015 School Committee Jennifer Barsamian 2015 Thomas M. Ryan 2014 Susan Butler Walko 2014 Kevin R. Coughlin 2015 Joe L. Heisler 2015 Mayanne MacDonald Briggs 2013 Dimitria Sullivan 2013 Board of Health Leanne M. Jasset, R.PH 2014 Mary P. Ellard, R.N. 2015 Michael O’Leary, M.D. 2013 Trustees of the Public Library R. H. Forsyth-Tuerck 2014 Joseph A. D’Amico 2013 Tracy Driscoll 2015 Michael Chalifoux 2013 Brad Bauer 2014 Moderator Daniel Driscoll 2014 Planning Board Robert D. Aldous 2015 Ralph I. Steeves 2013 John R. Bethoney 2015 Michael A. Podolski 2014 James E. O’Brien 2016 Commissioners of Trust Funds Michael G.E. Winbourne 2015 Joseph Leonard 2015 Ronald B. Slack 2013 Michael Malamut 2013 John Tuerck 2014 Park & Recreation Commission Daniel Hart, Jr. 2014 James Maher 2014 John Maida 2015 Chuck Dello Iacono 2015 Salvatore P. Ledda 2013 Housing Authority Margaret Matthews (Gov. Appt.) 2017 John G. Wagner 2013 Mary Louise Munchbach 2014 2013 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Irene C. Carey 2015 Catherine Luna 2016 APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Town Administrator William G. Keegan, Jr. Board of Appeals Scott Steeves 2018 J.H. Rumpp (Associate) 2012 Gregory Jacobsen 2016 Jason Mammone 2018 James McGrail 2017 Patrick Maguire 2015 Jessica Porter (Associate) 2012 Commission on Disability Patricia Whitehouse 2015 R. Victoria Berg 2015 Kenneth Cimeno Town Official Diane Daria 2015 Anita Amy Ashdon 2014 Carolann Reaves 2014 Laurie Reisner 2015 Michelle Labadini 2013 Conservation Commission Jonathan J. Briggs 2014 David Gorden 2014 Frederick Civian 2014 Julia Healy 2013 Tory Kempf 2013 Laura Bugay 2015 Brian McGrath 2015 Cultural Council Charles Brunner 2013 Barbara A. Gula 2013 Virginia Brobst 2013 Sylvia Chin-Chaplan 2013 Design Review Advisory Board Mollie Moran 2015 Paul Corey 2015 John Haven 2016 Steven Davey 2014 Bryce Gibson 2015 Historic Districts Commission Margaret F. Cabot 2013 Lynn A. Fairbank 2013 Andrea M. Gilmore 2015 Kevin F. Hampe 2015 Thomas M. Landy 2015 Alexander K. Leith 2013 Stanton A. Lyman 2013 Registrars of Voters Tracey Smart 2015 Robert D. King 2014 2013 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Dennis Guilfoyle 2013 Paul M. Munchbach Town Clerk Scholarship Committee Barbara Gula 2015 David Roberts 2015 Virginia Brobst 2013 Marie d’Eon 2013 Mary Faherty 2013 Town Counsel Kopelman & Paige, P.C. Annually Water Commissioners Robert Blume 2013 Kenneth Bragg 2014 Steve Mammone 2015 APPOINTED BY MODERATOR Capital Expenditures Committee Kenneth Bragg 2010 Paul G. Joyce 2011 Dimitria Sullivan 2012 Laura Timmins Finance Committee Michael Podolski Planning Board Finance Committee William A. Podolski 2013 John Heffernan 2014 Laura Timmins 2014 David Martin 2015 Maureen Hanlon 2013 Russell Stamm 2013 Eric Chambers 2015 Derek Moulton 2014 Stephen Bilafer 2015 ByLaw Review Committee Margot Pyle Cecilia Emery-Butler Brian Keaney Julia Healy Michael Humphrey APPOINTED BY TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Building Commissioner Kenneth Cimeno Canine Controller Elizabeth A. Taylor Annually Civic Pride Committee Martha Podolski Barbara Carney Margot Pyle Jean Schoener Marianne Quinn Marie-Louise Kehoe Anthony Freitas Kristen Sheehan Mark Driscoll William Call 2013 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Susan Hicks Paul O’Connor Anne Marie Sheehan Mabel Herweg Louie Giunta Amy Black Sunshine Millea Sheila Shaw Robert Mendes Jill DiVirgilio Teresa Buonanduci Matthew S. Donovan Joseph G. Hughes Marcia Damon Donald Seager Mickey Lessard Elaine Brancato Tess Raymond Civil Defense Director Anthony F. Zollo, Jr. Annually Director of Public Works Joseph Flanagan Director of Finance Mariellen Murphy 2014 Acting Fire Chief William Spillane Police Chief Michael d’Entremont Sealer of Weights & Measures Richard Orphen (Commonwealth of Mass) Veterans Agent & Procurement Officer William Aitken Wire Inspector Paul M. Riordan Building, Planning & Construction Committee James O’Brien 2013 John Donovan 2014 James Sullivan 2014 Stephen P. Rahavy 2013 Robert Naser 2013 Carmen E. DelloIacono 2013 John Nackley, Jr. 2015 Council on Aging Maureen Teti 2013 Sherri Spahn 2013 Margot Pyle 2013 Russell Poole 2013 Marie-Louise Kehoe 2013 Sandra Tocman 2013 Amanda Perry 2013 Jennifer Polito 2013 Leanne Jasset (Board of Health Representative) 2013 TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED BY VOTERS TERM EXPIRES Anthony Mucciaccio (Parks Department Representative) Endicott Estate Commission Barbara Gula 2013 Marie-Louise Kehoe 2013 Joan Grant-Mann 2013 Henri Gough 2014 Marie-Louise Kehoe 2013 Youth Commission Maryann Cronin 2015 Timothy Brandon 2014 Leslie Sattler 2013 Adrienne Albani 2013 Linda Hurley 2013 APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Director of Assessing John Duffy APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Interim Town Treasurer Donna Bowse Interim Town Collector William Ralph APPOINTED BY BUILDING COMMISSIONER Assistant Building Commissioner Frederick Johnson Assistant Building Commissioner James Sullivan Plumbing & Gas Inspector Michael Provost APPOINTED BY BOARD OF HEALTH Public Health Nurse Mary Laroche Animal Inspector John F. D’Esopo, D.V.M. Health Director - Sanitarian Catherine Cardinale Assistant Health Director Leontia Flanagan APPOINTED BY RECREATION COMMISSION Director of Recreation Robert Stanley APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE Superintendent of Schools June M. Doe Assistant Superintendent of Business Affairs Michael LaFrancesca Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Assessment and Professional Development Cynthia Kelly TOWN OF DEDHAM BUSINESS CONDUCTED DURING 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER I - ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS ............................................................... 1 STATE PRIMARY 9/6/2012 ...................................................................................................... 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 11/6/2012................................................................................... 4 STATE PRIMARY 4/30/2013 .................................................................................................... 6 TOWN ELECTION 4/13/2013 ................................................................................................... 7 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 11/19/2012 ............................................................................... 12 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 5/20/2013 ................................................................................ 17 TOWN MEETING ATTENDANCE ........................................................................................ 47 DEDHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS .............................................................................................. 55 DEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-2013 .................................................................. 71 BLUE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT .................................................................