2016 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 2016: 2016 TBA TOWN OFFICERS TBA TOWN OF DEDHAM BUSINESS CONDUCTED DURING 2016 Table of Contents CHAPTER I - ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS ............................................................ 1 FALL TOWN MEETING (11/16/2015) .................................................................................. 1 TOWN MEETING ATTENDANCE (11/16/2015) .................................................................. 20 TOWN ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (3/1/2016) ...................................... 27 TOWN MEETING (5/16/2016) ................................................................................................ 31 TOWN MEETING ATTENDANCE (5/16/2016) .................................................................... 60 CHAPTER II - EDUCATION ..................................................................................................... 67 DEDHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS ............................................................................................. 67 2016 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES .................................................................................. 73 BLUE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ................................................................ 75 CHAPTER III - FINANCE .......................................................................................................... 78 REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS ........................................................................... 78 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS ........................................... 79 REPORT OF THE CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM .................................... 81 REPORT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ................................................................... 83 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ...................................................................... 88 CHAPTER IV – GENERAL GOVERNMENT ......................................................................... 89 REPORT OF THE BY-LAW REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................ 89 CIVIC PRIDE COMMITTEE ................................................................................................. 89 COMMISSION ON DISABILITY........................................................................................... 90 REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION ...................................................... 91 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING .......................................................................... 93 REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT .................................................. 95 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES ................................................... 99 REPORT OF OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE ................................ 100 REPORT OF PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION ................................................... 101 REPORT OF THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS ............................................................. 103 REPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE ......................................................... 103 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND TOWN MANAGER .......................................... 103 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK .................................................................................... 105 REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL ....................................................................................... 106 REPORT OF THE VETERAN’S AGENT .......................................................................... 108 REPORT OF THE DEDHAM-WESTWOOD WATER DISTRICT ................................. 108 REPORT OF THE DEDHAM YOUTH COMMISSION ................................................... 110 CHAPTER V – HOUSING, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................... 114 REPORT OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ...................................................... 114 REPORT OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ............................................................... 115 REPORT OF BUILDING, PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE ................ 115 REPORT OF THE DEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY .................................................. 116 REPORT OF THE DESIGN REVIEW ADVISORY BOARD .......................................... 118 REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ............................. 119 REPORT OF THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ..................... 121 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD ........................................................................... 121 CHAPTER VI – PUBLIC SAFETY ......................................................................................... 123 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ............................................. 123 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING .......... 125 REPORT OF THE DEDHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT ....................................................... 135 REPORT OF THE DEDHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT ................................................. 138 CHAPTER VII – SALARIES ................................................................................................... 139 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS............................................................................... 139 POLICE DEPARTMENT ..................................................................................................... 140 FIRE DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................... 141 ALL OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS .............................................................................. 142 ALL SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS ........................................................................................ 145 CHAPTER I - ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS FALL TOWN MEETING (11/16/2015) ARTICLE ONE: By the Finance Committee: To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds to meet additional expenses of the current fiscal year not adequately funded under Article Three of the 2015 Spring Town Meeting (FY'16) or any other article thereof; or to take any other action relative thereto. VOTED that the following sums of money, totaling $1,993,441 be transferred from the current appropriations as scheduled on the following chart to meet additional expenses for the current fiscal year. BY MAJORITY VOTE ARTICLE TWO: By the Board of Selectmen: To see if the Town will vote to adopt changes in Schedule A (Classification Schedule), or Schedule B (Compensation Schedule), or Schedule C (Fringe Benefits) of the Personnel Wage and Salary Administration Plan; to act upon the recommendations of the Town Administrator as to actions he deems advisable and necessary in order to maintain a fair and equitable pay level and compensation policy; to implement collective bargaining agreements for the following: 1. Dedham Police Patrolmen’s Association, Massachusetts Coalition of Police, Local #448, AFL-CIO and, in connection therewith, to transfer from available funds, including the collective bargaining reserve appropriated at the May 18, 2015 Annual Town Meeting to fund the cost items of the first fiscal year of such agreement, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED that the Town approve the agreement for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 with the Dedham Police Patrolman’s Association, and that $51,097 necessary to fund such agreement for Fiscal 1 Year 2016 be transferred from the Bargaining Reserve account appropriated at the May 18, 2015 Annual Town Meeting, and that the Director of Finance be authorized to apportion the same among