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 2015 BOARD OF SELECTMEN & OTHER BOARDS OF OFFICERS Including a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015 1 INDEX Section I - General Government About Westport ................................................................................………..….. 9 Beach Committee ……………………………………………....…………………… 67 Board of Appeals .......................................................................…...…...…...... 68 Board of Assessors ..........................................................................……......... 69 Board of Health ................................................................................……......... 71 Board of Selectmen ..............................................................................…….... 16 Bristol County Mosquito Control ..........................................................….…..... 75 Building Departments (Building, Gas, Plumbing & Wire) ......................……..... 76 Cemetery Department .........……………………………........................……....... 79 Commission on Disability ……………………………………………….……......… 80 Community Preservation Committee ………………………………….……......… 82 Conservation Commission/Soil Board ................................................…...….... 84 Council on Aging ..................................................................................….….... 85 Ronald Desrosiers Memorial Fund ..................................................…….......... 89 Elected Officials …………………………………………………………………...… 12 Elections, Town Meetings & Primaries ..................................….......………..…. 31 Energy Committee ….............................................................................…....... 90 Finance Committee ………………………………………………………………..... 90 Fire Department ...................................................................................…….… 91 Fish Commissioners …………………………………………………...…….….….. 98 Greater Fall River Vocational School District (Diman) ........................…...….... 99 Harbormaster .......................................................................................….….. 117 Highway Department …………………………………………………………...…. 118 Historical Commission .……………………………………………………….….... 120 In Memoriam …………………………………………………………………………... 4 Landing Commission .............................................................................…..... 122 Moderator Report .....................................................................................….. 125 Planning Board ....................................................................................…....... 125 Police Department ..............................................................................…….... 131 Sealer of Weights and Measures .........................................................…...… 143 Shellfish Department ............................................................................…...... 144 SRPEDD …….......................................................................................……... 147 Tax Collector …………………………………………………………………......… 149 The People Who Represent You …………………………………….….....……… 11 Town Accountant ………........................................................................…..… 154 Town Clerk ………...................................................................................…….. 14 Town Farm …………………………………………………………………….....… 173 Town Treasurer …………...................................................................……..... 173 Trustees of the Westport Free Public Library ........................................…..... 122 Veterans' Services ...............……....................................................……….... 176 Westport Affordable Housing Trust …............................................................ 180 2 Westport Community Television ……….…………………………………….…... 182 Westport Cultural Council ……………………………………………………....… 184 Wharfinger .....................................................................................….....….... 186 Section II - School Report Alice A. Macomber School …………………………………………………....….. 195 Enrollment ..................................................................................................… 191 Extended Day Program ………………………………………………………….… 211 Federal & State Revenues …………………………………………………...…… 194 Fiscal 2015 Actual Expenditures & School Committee Spending .…….……... 192 Food Services ……………………………………………………………………… 216 Graduation Exercises/ Academic & Community Awards & Scholarships .…... 209 Profile Westport High School …………………………………………………….. 206 Revolving Account Balances …………………………………………………..…. 195 School Committee ……………………………………………………………...….. 188 School District Personnel ………………………………………………….…...…. 218 Special Education …………………………….………………………………...…. 212 Student Transportation Services ……………………………………………..….. 215 Superintendent’s Report ……………………………………………………....….. 189 Technology Department ……………………………………………...…………… 214 Town Expenses in Support of Schools ………………………………………..… 193 Westport Elementary School …………………………………………………..…. 198 Westport High School …………………………………………………………..…. 203 Westport Middle School …………………………………………………………... 200 Municipal Directory ………………………………………………………...………. 225 3 IN MEMORIAM THIS TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO SERVED THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND PASSED AWAY DURING THE YEAR 2015 Christopher “Chip” Gillespie Eva M. Field Landing Commission Clerk - Treasurer’s Office Historical Commission Marjorie A. Holden Antonio B. Gracia, Jr. Board of Selectmen Board of Selectmen Housing Authority Housing Authority Finance Committee Planning Board Board of Health Nursing Department Regional School Committee Precinct Worker Norma K. Judson Dr. J.K. Stewart Kirkaldy Historical Commission Board of Selectmen Landing Commission Community Preservation Committee Wayne A. Parisee Board of Health Transfer Station Sophie K. Manchester Municipal Animal Inspector Clerk - Highway Department Isabelle MacDonald Scott MacDonald Board of Assessors Library/Media Specialist - School Department Board of Health Ralph R. Martori Marlene Pelletier Police Department Personnel Board Precinct Worker Lydia J. Santos Secretary - School Department Harold “Jack” Sisson Highway Surveyor Robert L. Smith Landing Commission Town Moderator Board of Health Transfer Station School Committee James C. Thibault Christine Vezetinski Fire Department Historical Commission Jean E. Walters School Department Teacher 4 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT Richard B. Earle Harbormaster 7/3/87 – 8/30/15 Sean Leach Board of Health 3/9/98 – 10/20/15 Warren M. Messier Finance Committee 7/1/99 – 6/30/15 Community Preservation Committee 7/1/02 – 6/30/15 John E. Miller Finance Committee 7/1/04 – 6/30/15 Westell G. Norman Foreman - Cemetery Department Custodian - Town Hall 2/3/75 – 2/6/15 Janina Oliver Aide - Westport Free Public Library 9/6/00 – 8/6/15 James Robeson Harbor Advisory Committee 7/1/98 – 6/30/15 Gary Sherman Shellfish Constable/Wharfinger 5/8/89 – 11/6/15 5 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Martha Delpape Math Teacher - Westport Middle School 9/2/97 – 8/1/15 Judith Gilbert Special Education Teacher – Westport Middle School 2/27/01 – 6/30/15 Heidi Pierce Food Service Staff – Alice A. Macomber School 8/6/05 – 3/19/15 Christine Staskiewicz Principal – Westport Elementary School 7/21/86 – 6/30/15 Kristy Tripp-Silva Health Wellness Teacher – Westport High School 9/1/05 – 6/30/15 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT Kimberly Bouley Transportation Clerk - Council on Aging 5/7/07 – 9/27/15 Robert Braga Van Driver - Council on Aging 5/19/08 – 1/29/15 Brian Corey, Jr. Housing Partnership Committee 7/1/07 – 6/30/15 Westport Affordable Housing Trust 7/1/10 – 6/30/15 Darlene Marsland Senior Clerk, Building Department Public Access Equipment Operator, Cable 11/17/08 – 7/2/15 Elaine Ostroff Commission on Disability 7/1/09 – 8/23/15 Westport Affordable Housing Trust 7/1/10 – 6/30/15 Loretta Price Substitute - Westport Free Public Library 1/22/07 – 2/12/15 Phyllis Sandman Outreach Worker, Council on Aging 4/23/07 – 10/5/15 Suzanne Thomlinson Westport Cultural Council 7/1/09 – 6/30/15 7 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Karen Antonelli Assistant Principal – Westport High School 8/20/07 – 6/30/15 Kelly Chouinard Assistant Principal – Westport Middle School 9/19/07 – 6/30/15 8 ABOUT WESTPORT SETTLED: 1670 - Incorporated July 2, 1787 228 years old in 2015 COUNTY: Bristol POPULATION: 1950 - 4,987 1960 - 7,185 1970 - 9,313 1980 - 13,604 1990 - 13,241 2000 - 14,206 2010 - 15,516 2015 - 14,623 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 2015 $ 7.93 Fiscal Year 2014 $ 7.70 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 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