AnnuaC Report 2012 MENDON MASSACHUSETTS Index Accountant 91 Agricultural Commission 63 Board of Assessors 64 Board of Health 65 Board of Selectmen 3 Building Commissioners 67 Community Preservation Committee 69 Conservation Commission 70 Council on Aging 71 Cultural Council 75 Gas Inspector 68 Highway Surveyor 76 Historical Commission 81 Land Use Committee 82 Library 83 Moderator 62 Park & Recreation Department 86 Planning Board 88 Plumbing Inspector 68 Public Safety 89 Salaries & Wages of Town Employees 99 Schools Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District 117 Blackstone Valley District Salaries 129 Mendon-Upton Regional School District 135 Mendon-Upton District Salaries 165 Tax Collector 105 Town Clerk 10 Town Meetings & Elections 13 Town Officers 4 Treasurer 106 Tree Warden 110 Trust Funds 107 Veterans Director 111 Water Commissioners 112 Wiring Inspector 68 Zoning Board of Appeals 114 ZoningBy-laws Review Committee 115 DEDICATION This year the Board of Selectmen would like to dedicate the Town Report to: Charles H. Wood who served the Town of Mendon as Assessor from 1959 until 1995 AND Arthur Holmes who served as Selectman from 1993 to 1996. Art also served for many years on the Finance Committee between 1993 and 2009 and was Chairman of that Committee for six years. Art was also elected as the Town's Moderator in May of 2005 through 2007. i Senior Citizen of the Year Proclamation Awarded to Sharon Cutler Whereas Sharon, a long-time resident of Mendon, is a member of the Mendon Master Plan Committee and member-at-large of the Mendon Land Use Committee. Whereas Sharon is the current Treasurer of the Friends of the Mendon Police Station and member of the Tri-Town School Feasibility Study Committee. Whereas Sharon was a member of the Fire Department and Police Department Study Committee & former Co-Chair of the Towns of Mendon and Millville Joint Dispatching Feasibility Study Committee. Whereas Sharon was a member of the Mendon Long Range Financial Planning Committee | Whereas Sharon was a member of the Mendon Finance Committee from 1981 through 1988. NOW THEREFORE WE, THE BOARD OF SELEC TMEN DO HEREB Y PROCLAIM Sharon Cutler AS SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR GIVEN THIS TENTH OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE AT, MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN 2 Town Of Mendon BOARD OF SELECTMEN Mike Ammendolia, Chair Mendon Town Hall Lawney Tinio 20 Main Street Mike Goddard Mendon, Massachusetts 01756 Telephone: (508) 473-2312 Fax: (508) 478-8241 To the Citizens of Mendon: The Board would like to thank all of the town employees who have taken on additional work over the last couple of years. As we move in to the coming fiscal budget, we are hopeful that better days are ahead. Mendon continues to grow and much work has been done to increase our commercial base over the last several years. This hard work to develop the town's commercial base will help lessen the tax burden upon all of us, particularly our elderly. We appreciate the hard work of all of our departments, committees, and boards that work every day to make Mendon a better community. We encourage everyone to participate in town affairs, and to stay active in our community Over the last year, we have stabilized the town's finances and restored vital services to the community. While there are still challenges ahead, we are confident that the community will pull together and help to provide opportunities for transformation and controlled growth, while also respecting the long history of Mendon. Respectfully Submitted, Mike Ammendolia, Chairman Lawney Tinio Michael Goddard 3 TOWN OF MENDON Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667 Population 6142-2012 Census Registered Voters - 4265 Annual Meeting First Friday in May Annual Election Tuesday occurring eleven days after the first Friday Second Congressional District: James McGovern Worcester Worcester & Norfolk Senatorial District: Richard T. Moore Uxbridge Tenth Worcester Representative District: Representative in General Court John V. Fernandes Milford Sheriff of Worcester County: Lewis Evangelidis Holden CURRENT ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR Jay R. Byer Term expires 2013 SELECTMEN Michael Ammendolia Chairman Term expires 2013 Lawney Tinio Term expires 2014 Michael Goddard Term expires 2015 TOWN CLERK Margaret R. Bonderenko Term expires 2015 ASSESSORS Bruce Tycks, Chairman Term expires 2014 Thomas D. Hackenson Term expires 2015 Kenneth M. O’Brien Term expires 2013 Jean Berthold, Principal Assessor BOARD OF HEALTH Andrew J. Fiske, Chairman Term expires 2013 John Grenga Term expires 2014 Thomas Fichtner Term expires 2015 MENDON - UPTON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE Kathleen Drennan Term expires 2013 Liana Moore Term expires 2014 Leigh Martin Term expires 2015 4 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TECHNICAL SCHOOL MENDON MEMBER Michael Peterson Term expires 2014 TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY Carolyn Peterson Term expires 2013* Robert Carlson Term expires 2015 Katherine Carlson Term expires 2013 Susan Darnell Term expires 2014 William McHenry Term expires 2014* Amy Fahey Term expires 2013*** Daniel Gilmore Term expires 2013*** Superintendent of Schools Board of Selectmen Chairman WATER COMMISSIONERS Dwight Watson, Chairman Term expires 2013 Vincent Cataldo Term expires 2014 Dean D’alessandro Term expires 2015 PARK COMMISSIONERS Joseph Flaherty, Chairman Term expires 2015 Susan Barnett Term expires 2013 Mark Reil Term expires 2014 TREE WARDEN Howard F. Phipps Term expires 2013 HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Alan D. Tetreault Term expires 2014 PLANNING BOARD William Ambrosino, Chairman Term expires 2016 James Quirk Term expires 2013 John Vandersluis Term expires 2014 Damon Tinio Term expires 2017 Barn,' Iadarola Term expires 2015 HOUSING AUTHORITY Diane Stevens Term expires 2014 Peter I. Denton Term expires 2017 Mary Garagliano Term expires 2013 B. John Palumbo Term expires 2015 5 CURRENT APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION Peter Hawkes Term expires 2013 Jane Belleville Term expires 2013 Maximilian Carbone Term expires 2013 William McHenry Term expires 2014' Ellen Gould Term expires 2014 CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE Wayne Wagner Term expires 2015 Deborah Lane Term expires 2013 Richard Lareau Term expires 2014 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Michael Goddard Term expires 2015 Susan Barnett Term expires 2015 Anne Mazar Term expires 2015 Peter Denton Term expires 2015 William Aten Term expires 2015 Barry Iadarola Term expires 2015 Wayne Wagner Term expires 2015 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Damon Tinio, Chairman Term expires 2014 Peter Coffin Term expires 2013 Michael Ammendolia Term expires 2015 William Aten Term expires 2015 Timothy Aicardi Term expires 2013 CONSTABLE Kenneth O’Brien Term expires 2015 Peter Powers Term expires 2015 COUNCIL ON AGING Robert Carlson. Chairman Term expires 2015 Ruth O’Grady Term expires 2015* James Negri Term expires 2013 Earl Pearlman Term expires 2014 Carol Kotros Term expires 2014 Anne Vandersluis Term expires 2015 Kenenth M. O’Brien Term expires 2013* Kevin Rudden Term expires 2013 CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL Margaret Chianese Term expires 2014 Kirsten Raymond Term expires 2014 Martha Grady Term expires 2014 Gloria Profetto Term expires 2014 Pamela Arons Term expires 2014* Marcy Singer Term expires 2014 6 FENCE VIEWERS Michael Ammendolia Lawney Tinio Michael Goddard FINANCE COMMITTEE Richard Schofield, Chairman Term expires 2014 Eric Peterson Term expires 2013 Christopher Burke Term expires 2013 Richard Lareau Term expires 2013* Michael Merolli Term expires 2015 Pater Salenius Term expires 2015 Kenneth Polay Term expires 2014* Willem Angenent Term expires 2013 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Hellen Wagner Term expires 2013 Wayne Wagner Term expires 2015 Jane Lowell Term expires 2013 Anthony Willoughby Term expires 2014 Amy DeWitt Term expires 2014* Kathy Schofield Term expires 2014 INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Alan Tetreault Term expires 2014 Claudia Cataldo Term expires 2014 Robin Remillard Term expires 2014 LAND USE COMMITTEE Anne Mazar, Chairman Term expires 2013 Peter Coffin Term expires 2013 Barry ladarola Term expires 2013 Lawney Tinio Term expires 2015 Sharon Cutler, at Large member Term expires 2015 MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE Peter Coffin Term expires 2013 Mark Mortimer Term expires 2013 William Ambrosino Term expires 2013 Shirley Smith Term expires 2013 Brian Massey Term expires 2013 Steven Parent Term expires 2013 Sharon Cutler Term expires 2013 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Margaret Tetreault Term expires 2013 Robert Crotty Term expires 2014 Shirley Spindel Term expires 2015 Margaret Bonderenko 7 TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE Sharon Cutler Term expires 2013 Paul Doucette Term expires 2014 Peter Brewer Term expires 2015 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS James Carty, Chairman Term expires 2013 Patrick Guertin Term expires 2014 John Vandersluis Term expires 2015 Shirley Grant, Alternate Term expires 2013 ZONING BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE Shirley Smith Term expires 2013 Robert Sweet Term expires 2013 Patrick Doherty Term expires 2013 OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN Ernest Horn Interim Town Coordinator Ernest Horn Chief of Police Ernest Horn Fire Chief and Forest Warden Robert Mangiaratti Town Counsel Claudia Cataldo Town Accountant Thomas Hackenson Building Commissioner Timothy Aicardi Building Commissioner John Erickson Asst. Building Commissioner Jack Grenga Wiring Inspector Albert Jones Assistant Wiring inspector Douglas Taylor Custodian Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Graves Robin Fletcher Veteran’s Agent Robin Fletcher Veteran's Burial Agent Mark Bucchino Emergency Management Director Carol Cook Election Warden Kathryn Rich Deputy