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 2012 BOARD OF SELECTMEN & OTHER BOARDS OF OFFICERS Including a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012 1 INDEX Section I - General Government About Westport ....................................................................................………..….. 9 Animal Control Officer …………………………………………………………….... 108 Board of Appeals ..........................................................................…...…...….... 109 Board of Assessors .............................................................................……....... 110 Board of Health ....................................................................................……....... 112 Board of Selectmen ..................................................................................…….... 16 Bristol County Mosquito Control .............................................................….…... 115 Building Departments (Building, Gas, Plumbing & Wire) ........................……... 117 Cemetery Department .........……………………………..........................……..... 120 Commission on Disability ………………………………………………….…….… 121 Community Preservation Committee …………………………………….……..… 124 Conservation Commission/Soil Board ...................................................…...….. 127 Council on Aging .....................................................................................…..…. 128 Ronald Desrosiers Memorial Fund ..........................................................…...... 131 Elections, Town Meetings & Primaries ..................................……….......………. 30 Finance Committee ……………………………………………………………….... 132 Fire Department .......................................................................................…...… 133 Fish Commissioners ………………………………………………………...…….... 141 Greater Fall River Vocational School District (Diman) ..........................…......... 142 Harbormaster ...........................................................................................….….. 155 Highway Department …………………………………………………………….…. 157 Historical Commission .………………………………………………………….….. 159 Housing Authority ...................................................................................…….… 160 Landing Commission .................................................................................…..... 161 Moderator Report ....................................................................................…...…. 163 Personnel Board ………………………………………………………………….…. 164 Planning Board ........................................................................................…....... 166 Police Department ..................................................................................…….... 171 Recreation Commission ……………………………………………………………. 179 Sealer of Weights and Measures ............................................................…...… 180 Shellfish Department ................................................................................…...... 181 SRPEDD ……...........................................................................................……... 184 Tax Collector ………………………………………………………………………… 186 The People Who Represent You …………………………………………….…..… 11 Town Accountant ………...........................................................................…..… 191 Town Clerk ……….....................................................................................…..….. 14 Town Farm ………………………………………………………………………...… 209 Town Officers ……………………………………………………………….……..…. 12 Town Treasurer ………….......................................................................……..... 210 Trustees of the Westport Free Public Library ...........................................…..... 161 Veterans' Services ...............……....................................................………….... 213 2 Westport Affordable Housing Trust Fund & Housing Partnership Committee .. 218 Westport Cultural Council ………………………………………………………..… 219 Westport Public Access Television …………………………………………….…. 220 Wharfinger .........................................................................................….....….... 222 Section II - School Report Alice A. Macomber School ……………………………………………………..….. 231 Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Professional Development .……..….... 245 Enrollment ................................................................................................…...… 227 Federal & State Revenues ………………………………………………………… 230 Fiscal 2012 Actual Expenditures & School Committee Spending .…….…….... 228 Food Services ……………………………………………………………………….. 253 Graduation Exercises/ Academic & Community Awards & Scholarships .….... 242 Information Services ………………………………………………………….…….. 250 Revolving Account Balances ………………………………………………………. 231 School Committee ……………………………………………………………….….. 224 School District Personnel ……………………………………………………….….. 255 Special Education …………………………….………………………………….…. 248 Student Transportation Services ………………………………………………….. 252 Superintendent’s Report ………………………………………………………..….. 225 Town Expenses in Support of Schools …………………………………………… 229 Westport Elementary School ………………………………………………………. 234 Westport High School ………………………………………………………………. 239 Westport Middle School ……………………………………………………………. 236 Municipal Directory …………………………………………………………………. 261 3 IN MEMORIAM THIS TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO SERVED THE TOWN OF WESTPORT AND PASSED AWAY DURING THE YEAR 2012 David W. Allen, Jr. Visual & Performing Arts Teacher School Department Nancy Coursen Carleton Ann E. Chandanais Personnel Board Board of Selectmen Personnel Board John P. Coury Joseph J. Duhon Personnel Board Reserve Police Officer Paul F. Farias Charles Keith, Jr. Temporary Custodian Town Hall Annex Deputy Fire Chief Raymond T. Ready Elaine C. Rioux Physical Education Teacher School Department Dog Officer George A. Simmons Barry E. Taber Superintendent of Maintenance School Department Highway Department Harold F. Tripp, Sr. Randall P. Wood Harbormaster Board of Health Wharfinger Call Firefighter 4 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT Jean-Louis Clapin Board of Registrars 4/1/93 – 6/5/12 John Montano Planning Board 6/4/91 – 9/25/12 Randall J. Rapoza Highway Department 9/14/98 – 5/14/12 5 SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Scott Atkinson Science Teacher 8/30/00 – 8/24/11 Jane Dufault Primary School Arts Teacher 12/5/77 – 7/3/12 Kathleen Duffy Speech Language Therapist 11/20/84 – 5/31/12 Frances Gilchrist 6th Grade Teacher 8/3/187 – 6/30/12 Gail Menard Food Service Manager 3/24/97 – 12/30/11 Mark Robichaud Middle School Physical Education Teacher 8/30/00 – 7/5/12 Cheryl Rose 7th & 8th Grade Teacher 8/31/98 – 6/30/12 Mary Trepanier Middle School Clerk 7/6/76 – 6/30/12 Joan Wood Teacher’s Assistant 10/12/93 – 6/30/12 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF WESTPORT John G. Faria Central Village Public Improvements Committee 7/1/06 – 6/5/12 Elaine Ostroff Central Village Public Improvements Committee 9/26/05 – 6/5/12 Faye M. Philla Council on Aging 2/26/07 – 6/13/12 Ann Squire Central Village Public Improvements Committee 9/26/05 – 6/5/12 David Wallace Central Village Public Improvements Committee 9/26/05 – 6/5/12 7 A TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE DEDICATED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE WESTPORT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Annie Ellis School Nurse 9/7/05 – 1/25/12 Robin Kestenbaum Grade 1 School Teacher 8/27/03 – 11/18/11 Andrea Teixeira School Teacher 9/1/05 – 8/15/11 8 ABOUT WESTPORT SETTLED: 1670 - Incorporated July 2, 1787 225 years old in 2012 COUNTY: Bristol POPULATION: 1950 - 4,987 1960 - 7,185 1970 - 9,313 1980 - 13,604 1990 - 13,241 2000 - 14,206 2010 - 15,516 2012 - 15,355 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 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 Fiscal Year 2002 $ 10.20 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 & St. Anne's in Fall River St. Luke's in New Bedford HUMAN SERVICES: Council on Aging Veterans Services 9 HEALTH: Part-Time Community Nurse PUBLIC SAFETY: Full-Time Fire Department with two fire stations Trained Paramedics & EMT's provide emergency & ambulance service Full-Time Police Department UTILITIES: Electrical service provided by National Grid & NStar Electric Company Natural gas service provided by New England Gas Company Land line telephone service provided by Verizon SCHOOLS: Public: Elementary - Alice A. Macomber & Westport Elementary School Westport Middle School Westport High School Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Bristol County Agricultural High School Private: Several private schools, nursery schools & day care centers CHURCHES: Three Catholic; two Congregational; one Methodist; one Quaker, Calvary Bible; one Chapel (seasonal) RECREATION: State Reservation - Horseneck Beach; thirty-five miles of shoreline and ponds provide for boating; sailing; fishing and other water related sports; hunting;