SELECTMEN’S 0EPIC1 FAIRHAVEN FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL Annual Reports 1996 Cover Photo Fairhaven High School Photo by: Andrea Davis, Jeffrey Davis SELECTMEN ’ S OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT of The Town Offices of Fairhaven, Massachusetts For The Year 1996 Printed by Athol Press. Inc.. Athol. MA01331 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1996fair TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN FAIRHAVEN LOCUS 041° 38' N. Latitude 070° 54' W. Longitude Elevation 11 ft. M.S.L. at Town Hall Settled 1653 Incorporated 1812 Population 15,753 4th Congressional District First Councillor District Second Bristol Senatorial District Tenth Bristol Representative District Election of Officers First Monday in April IN MEMORIAM Joseph Cataldo, Jr. Board of Selectmen 1986 - 1992 Board of Public Works 1969 - 1986 Long Time Town Meeting Member IN MEMORIAM Alice H. Dorr 9/62 - 12/77 Physical Education Teacher Elementary Schools 4 IN MEMORIAM Pedro Monteiro Police Officer 1952 - 1978 Council on Aging Member 1983 - 1996 Town Meeting Member 1965 - 1996 IN MEMORIAM Cleanthy M. Rogers 9/46 - 6/71 Teacher Tripp School 9/71 - 6/80 Teacher/Asst. Principal, Tripp School 5 6 IN MEMORIAM Pearl E. Wilbor 9/20 - 6/22 Teacher Tripp School 9/23 - 6/24 Principal Tripp School 9/45 - 6/46 Teacher Anthony School 9/46 - 6/48 Teacher Rogers School 9/48 - 6/64 Teacher/Asst. Principal, Rogers School IN MEMORIAM Alice M. York 12/55 - 3/62 Cashier School Lunch Program 4/62 - 3/72 Cashier/Jr. Clerk School Lunch Program 4/72 - 10/76 Jr. Clerk School Lunch Program 7 IN MEMORIAM Mary L. Morris Long Time Town Meeting Member Member of the Tourism Committee IN MEMORIAM Robert Swift Firefighter 1960 - 1974 Long Time Town Meeting Member 8 Fairhaven, Massachusetts General Information About the Town Located On the Shore of Buzzards Bay 56 Miles From Boston — 1 Mile From New Bedford Registered Voters — 7,688 Tax Rate Fiscal Year 1996 Residential $13.28 Commercial $16.01 Area 1A91 Acres Miles of Shore Property — 29.4 Miles of Streets and Roads — Approximately 100 Number of Dwellings in 1996 Residential Dwellings 5,788 Commercial/Industrial 397 Churches — 12 Public Schools — 6 Private Schools — 4 Banks — 6 Principal Industries Ship Building Fishing Industry Fish Freezing Winches and Fishing Machinery Marine Repair & Construction 9 DIRECTORY OF TOWN OFFICERS (Elective Officials Designated by Capital Letters) BOARD OF SELECTMEN JOHN R. RODERIQUES Term Expires 1997 JOHN T. HAALAND Term Expires 1998 ROBERT T. HAMILTON Term Expires 1999 Jeffrey W. Osuch Executive Secretary Jan St. Germain Secretary Bernice Alves Principal Clerk Loreen Pina Senior Clerk TOWN CLERK EILEEN LOWNEY-HUNT Term Expires 1998 Elaine Rocha Assistant Town Clerk Linda Smith Principal Clerk DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE/DIVISION OF TREASURY Andrew J. Martin Director of Finance/Treasurer Joyce Shepard Assistant Treasurer Lisa Rose Payroll Supervisor DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Michael Almada DIVISION OF ACCOUNTING Anne M. Carreiro Town Accountant Deborah Santos Part-time Accounting Clerk DIVISION OF ASSESSING Jeanne Reedy Chief Assessor Delfino Garcia, Part-time Assessor Term Expires 1997 *Paul A. Matheson III, Part-time Assessor Term Expires 1997 Mary Ann Hawk, Assistant Assessor Term Expires 1997 Carol Chase Senior Clerk Kristine Fitzsimmons Senior Clerk Jane Bettencourt Senior Clerk *Patrick Flinn, resigned 11 DIVISION OF COLLECTION Carol Brandolini Town Collector Elizabeth S. Fisk Deputy Collector Claire Medeiros Principal Clerk Barbara Souza Senior Clerk Pamela Bettencourt Senior Clerk Cheryl Forand Part-time Clerk MODERATOR LOUIS F. VAUDRY Term Expires 1 997 BOARD OF HEALTH DR. EDWARD MEE, Chairman Term Expires 1997 RAYMOND RICHARD Term Expires 1998 DAVID SZELIGA Term Expires 1999 Patricia B. Fowle Health Agent M. Teresa Darwin Administrative Assistant Jane R. Stankiewicz Community Nurse Administrator Kristin R. Joseph Animal Inspector Kristin R. Joseph Burial of Animals Alfred Brouillette Assistant Animal Inspector COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS DANIEL MELLO Term Expires 1 997 GEORGE GRAVES Term Expires 1 998 GEORGE BUNNELL Term Expires 1 999 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS RICHARD BRODEUR, Vice Chairman Term Expires 1997 PETER TRAHAN Term Expires 1997 CHRISTOPHER DIAS Term Expires 1998 PAUL E. FRANCIS, Chairman Term Expires 1999 JOHN RODERIQUES, III Term Expires 1999 Alfred Raphael Superintendent of Board of Public Works John B. Harrison Highway Division Superintendent Edward L. Fortin Water Division Superintendent Linda L. Simmons Sewer Division Superintendent George W. Bragga Head Clerk, Secretary Kathy A. Tripp Head Clerk Claire Desrosiers Principal Clerk Kim Souza Principal Clerk Yvette St. Armand Senior Clerk 12 HOUSING AUTHORITY Robert Thayer, State Appointee Term Expires 2000 ROBERTA. NORRIS Term Expires 1997 JOHN KEARY, Chairman Term Expires 1998 ANNE D. SILVEIRA Term Expires 1999 WALTER BOROWICZ Term Expired 2000 Stanley A. Wojcik Executive Director Urania M. Oliveira Assistant Executive Director Laurie A. Powers Principal Clerk PLANNING BOARD SHEILA C. DOLAN Term Expires 1997 CHANNING W. HAYWARD Term Expires 1997 ALBERT BORGES Term Expires 1998 JOHN RODERIQUES, JR. Term Expires 1998 RAYMOND FLEURENT Term Expires 1999 WAYNE HAYWARD Term Expires 1999 MARINUS VANDERPOL, JR. Term Expires 2000 MARK RASMUSSEN Term Expires 2000 Michael Almada Director of Planning Economic Development Jeffrey W. Osuch Planning Board Advisor Wayne Fostin Planning Board Consultant SCHOOL COMMITTEE STEPHEN FURTADO Term Expires 1997 LOUIS KRUGER, Chairman Term Expires 1997 NATALIE S. HEMINGWAY Term Expires 1998 MATTHEW J. RILEY Term Expires 1998 ANN M. PINTO Term Expires 1999 PAULA GARDNER Term Expires 1999 TREE WARDEN ANTONE MEDEIROS, JR. Term Expires 1997 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE Channing Hayward Term Expires 1997 Helen A. Nader Term Expires 1997 Lawrence Robert Term Expires 1997 Stanley Wojcik Term Expires 1997 13 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Kristin R. Joseph Animal Control Officer Alfred Brouillette Assistant Animal Control Officer BOARD OF APPEALS Ann Cochran Term Expires 1997 *Louis Kalife Term Expires 1998 Curtis Lopes Term Expires 1999 Daryl Manchester Term Expires 2000 Donald Levesque Term Expires 2001 Roger Bergeron, Associate Term Expires 1998 Winfred Eckenreiter, Associate Term Expires 1999 Barbara Sawyer, Associate Term Expires 1999 Joseph M. Taylor, Associate Term Expires 1999 Mildred Brennan Secretary * Andrew Tillett, resigned BUILDING DEPARTMENT Wayne Fostin Building Commissioner Frances Robillard Administrative Assistant Joseph Cardoza Gas Inspector & Assoc. Plumbing Inspector William J. Alphonse Plumbing Inspector & Assoc. Gas Inspector Randall C. Durrigan Chief Wire Inspector Joseph L. Charpentier Associate Wire Inspector Eric J. Sylvia Associate Wire Inspector CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Committee disbanded with the signing of the contract with Time Warner - June 1996) Carl Bissonnette Marc Scanlon John D. Moore, Chairman Brent T. Souza Robert Rocha Anthony Vuolo, Jr. John R. Roderiques CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Albert F. Benac Paula Gardner John R. Harris Channing W. Hayward John Moore Robert Rocha Carl F. Vieira 14 CABLE EDUCATION ACCESS COMMITTEE John R. Harris John Rogers Carl F. Vieira COMMUNITY NURSE ASSOCIATION Jane Stankiewicz, R.N., B.S. Administrator Norman Laporte, President Kristina Heaton, First Vice President J. Richard Early, Second Vice President George Bunnell, Treasurer Hugh B. Darden, Jr., Assistant Treasurer Susan Guy, R.N., B.S., Nursing Supervisor Thomas Severance, Fiscal Manager CONSERVATION COMMISSION William Mullin, III Term Expires 1997 Marinus Vanderpol, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1997 Sheila Dolan Term Expires 1998 Antone Lopes Term Expires 1998 William Markey Term Expires 1998 Winfred Eckenreiter Term Expires 1999 *David Ward Term Expires 1999 Wayne Fostin, Conservation Agent Pamela Bettencourt, Secretary *Mariano Moniz, resigned CONSTABLES (TERMS EXPIRE 1997) Steven Borges Robert Jones Lawrence Carroll Robert W. Landry, Sr. Robert Cormier Lawrence Machado Donald Dompierre John Rezendes Doris Guerette Edward J. Riggs Stephen M. Gwozdz Norman Saucier Eileen Lowney-Hunt Joseph Williams COUNCIL ON AGING Doris Blanchard Term Expires 1997 Virginia A. Carey, Chairman Term Expires 1997 15 Joseph Begnoche Term Expires 1 998 John Keary Term Expires 1998 Harry Young, Jr. Term Expires 1998 Joan Benoit Term Expires 1999 Audrey M. Gillum Term Expires 1999 Betty S. Lacerda Director Jeanne Leman Social Day Care Coordinator Dawna Bedford Assistant Social Day Care Coordinator Elaine Medeiros Senior Clerk *Pedro Moneiro, deceased EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Marc Jodoin, Director Term Expires 1997 EMPLOYEE RIGHT TO KNOW CONTACT PERSON Raymond Richard Term Expires 1997 ENFORCEMENT AGENT Janice Young Veronica Reynolds, resigned FAIR HOUSING COMMITTEE Robert T. Hamilton, Fair Housing Coordinator Term Expires 1997 Louis Kalife Term Expires 1997 Helen A. Nader Term Expires 1997 Edward J. Riggs Term Expires 1997 FAIRHAVEN CULTURAL COUNCIL Donald Fredette, Chairman Term Expires 1997 Jean Kellaway Term Expires 1997 Richard Kellaway Term Expires 1997 Betty Lacerda Term Expires 1997 Richard Manning, Jr. Term Expires 1997 Mary Ann Hawk Term Expires 1998 Walter Owen Term Expires 1999 Olinda Owen Term Expires 1999 16 FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Thomas P. Crotty Bernard F. Roderick David Despres John R. Roderiques Paul E. Francis Louis Roderiques Louis H. Kruger Andrew B.Tillett Andrew J. Martin Linda Tunstall John Newbum David Wood FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING SUB COMMITTEE : Jeffrey W. Osuch