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The 2017-2018 Municipal Directory Table of Contents Franklin Regional Council of Governments New Salem 40 Council & Committee Membership 1 Northfield 42 Franklin Regional Planning Board (FRPB) 3 Orange 44 FRCOG Core Values 4 Rowe 46 Departments & Staff Directory 5 Shelburne 48 Shutesbury 50 Annual Town Meetings & Elections 7 Sunderland 52 Warwick 54 Wendell 56 Town Municipal Offices and Officials Whately 58 Ashfield 8 Bernardston 10 Franklin County Town Facts and Figures Buckland 12 Town Population & Registered Voter Totals 60 Charlemont 14 Equalized Valuations and Tax Rates 61 Colrain 16 Town Area & Road Mileage 62 Conway 18 Deerfield 20 Erving 22 Regional Services Gill 24 Regional Programs 63 Greenfield 26 Franklin County Public Schools Systems 64 Hawley 28 Senior Centers & Services 65 Heath 30 Leverett 32 Legislative Delegations Leyden 34 State Legislative Delegation 67 Monroe 36 Federal Legislative Delegation 68 Montague 38 Contents FY17 FRCOG Council Membership The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is comprised of three bodies: the Council, acting as the representative body; the Executive Committee, acting as the executive body; and the Franklin Regional Planning Board, acting as an advisory body on regional planning issues and policies. The FRCOG Council meets at least quarterly, typically on the third Thursday of the months of July, October, January, and April. FY17 Council members are: Ashfield Erving Monroe Kayce Warren William A. Bembury David Nash [email protected] selectmen.william.bembury@erving- [email protected] ma.org Bernardston Carla Davis, alternate Stanley Garland Bryan Smith, alternate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Montague Buckland Gill Richard Kuklewicz Zachary Taylor Greg Snedeker [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Steve Ellis, alternate Dena Wilmore, alternate Greenfield [email protected] [email protected] William Martin [email protected] New Salem Charlemont Wayne Hachey Beth Bandy Mark Smith, alternate [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Northfield Colrain Hawley Julia Blyth Kevin Fox Hussain Hamdan [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Orange Eileen Sauvageau, alternate Robert Root, alternate Ryan Mailloux [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Conway Heath Rowe John P. O’Rourke, Council Chair Brian DeVriese Jennifer Morse [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Deerfield Leverett Janice Boudreau, alternate Carolyn Shores Ness Beth Adams [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shelburne Wendy Foxmyn, alternate Leyden Robert Manners [email protected] Michele Giarusso [email protected] [email protected] Council 1 Shelburne cont’d Warwick Brian Domina, alternate John Payne, alternate Dawn Magi, Council Vice Chair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] FRPB Appointee Shutesbury Lawrence Pruyne, alternate Jim Basford Ellen McKay [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Wendell Regionally Elected Members Michael DeChiara, alternate Daniel Keller Bill Perlman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sunderland Michael Idoine, alternate Jay DiPucchio Thomas D. Fydenkevez [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Whately David Pierce, alternate Lynn Sibley [email protected] [email protected] Executive Committee Meetings Jim Basford, FRPB Representative, Vice Chair The Executive Committee typically meets the second Jay DiPucchio, Regionally Elected Representative Thursday of the month. Please check frog.org for Kevin Fox, Colrain Representative, Clerk/Secretary specific dates and times. Bill Martin, Greenfield Representative Bill Perlman, Regionally Elected Representative, Chair Finance Committee Meetings Jay DiPucchio, Regionally Elected Representative The Finance Committee meets as needed throughout Kevin Fox, Colrain Representative much of the year, and frequently when preparing the Michele Giarusso, Leyden Representative FRCOG budget late fall and early winter, at a time and Ellen McKay, Shutesbury Representative place determined by the chair. John P. O’Rourke, Conway Representative John Payne, Shelburne Representative Lynn Sibley, Whately Representative, Chair Personnel Committee Meetings Wendy Foxmyn, Deerfield Representative The Personnel Committee meets as needed to draft Dawn Magi, Warwick Representative personnel and supervisory policies and documents Bill Perlman, Regionally Elected Representative, Chair and to review reclassification requests at a time and Kaycee Warren, Ashfield place determined by the chair. One vacancy Committees 2 ganization Franklin Regional Planning Board The Franklin Regional Planning Board (FRPB) is the advisory board for regional planning issues. Its primary role is to promote sustainable economic development; to protect public health, safety and welfare; and to conserve the natural and cultural resources in Franklin County. The FRPB membership consists of the chair or designee of the select board of each town in the Franklin Regional Planning District, a member of the planning board in each town, and up to 18 “Members at Large.” Members of the Board’s Executive Committee are annually elected from among the FRPB con- stituency. Regional Planning Board Regional Planning Board Meetings: Executive Committee January — 3rd or 4th Thursday February— no regular meeting, possible snow date Gisela Walker, Charlemont March — 4th Thursday Joan Rockwell, First Vice-Chair, Colrain April — no regular meeting, possible snow date Tom Hutcheson, Conway May — 4th Thursday Charles Olchowski, Greenfield Jerry Lund, Chair, Leyden June — 4th Thursday Sam Lovejoy, Clerk; Montague July — no meeting James Basford, Orange August — no meeting Tom Miner, Second Vice-Chair, Shelburne September — 4th Thursday Ted Cady, Warwick October — no meeting November — 1rst Thursday December — no regular meeting, possible snow date Regional Planning Board Members At Large Town Select Board and Town Planning Board representatives can be found within the individual towns they represent. At large representatives are: Joan Rockwell, Colrain Patricia Perry, Greenfield Nathan L’Etoile, Northfield Thomas Hutcheson, Conway Jan Carr, Heath Jim Basford, Orange Jeanie Schermesser, Erving Jerry Lund, Leyden Tom Miner, Shelburne Falls Bill Morris, Erving Sam Lovejoy, Montague Micki Paddock, Shutesbury Charles Olchowski, Greenfield John Ryan, New Salem Nan Riebschlaeger, Wendell Planning Board ??? 8 3 Franklin Regional Council of Governments e, the people of Franklin County, in order to serve the interests of the citizens of our region, do hereby affirm “W that the 26 towns in Franklin County have vital common concerns that transcend our individual borders and that the ability of our towns to address important public issues often depends on our local governments acting together. We therefore establish for ourselves and for our communities the means to effectively serve our towns and to deal with issues which transcend the existing boundaries of our town governments, and do hereby adopt this home rule Charter for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments… — Preamble of ”the Franklin Regional Council of Governments Charter, adopted July 1, 1997. Service The FRCOG serves the communities of Community Franklin County individually and collectively. We believe leadership in education, collabo- We are committed to serving town govern- ration and capacity building to be important ments, municipal boards and committees, businesses, and our citizens. We work col- parts of strengthening the individual, the laboratively with other regions and other community, and the region and take care to organizations. Our goal is to improve the inspire community involvement and democ- efficiency and cost effectiveness of munici- racy. We recognize that a healthy communi- pal governmental functions and improve ty requires balancing diverse needs such as quality of life in our region. those of economic development and natural resources protection, or the needs of one community with the needs of the region. The FRCOG serves the communities Advocacy We advocate on behalf of our communi- Quality and Professionalism ties and the county at the federal, state Service and regional levels. We work together to We provide high quality services through advocate for legislative action, social poli- well-trained, technically proficient staff; to cy, and governmental programming that offer informed and professional technical recognizes the unique character and con- assistance; and to be accountable to towns, ditions of our rural area. the public, and granting authorities. FRCOG Core Values 4 FRCOG Staff Directory Administration & Finance Lisa White, Regional Public Health Nurse 413-665-1400 x11 [email protected] Patricia Auchard, Director of Finance x111 [email protected] Rebekah Boyd, Administrative Services Coordinator x100 Emergency