STOCKBRIDGE ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS INCORPORATED 1739 FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 2020 Contents Information and Officials General Information of Town of Stockbridge 1 Business Hours of Town Officials 2 Telephone Directory of Town Services 3 Town Officials of Stockbridge 4 Appointees and Committees 5 Town Clerk’s Report Statistics 8 General Services Selectmen 10 Police Department 14 Fire Department 17 Highway Department 19 Cemetery Commission 20 Sewer and Water Department 21 Parks and Recreation 22 Emergency Management 23 Health and Social Services Board of Health 25 Tri-Town Health 26 Stockbridge Library Association 28 Stockbridge Council on Aging 30 Stockbridge Housing Authority 31 Elderly & Disabled Tax Aid Committee 33 Southern Berkshire District – Department of Veteran’s Service 34 Planning and Aesthetics Planning Board 35 Zoning Board of Appeals 36 Building Inspector 37 Conservation Commission 38 Stockbridge Historical Commission 39 Historic Preservation Commission 40 Community Preservation Committee 41 Stockbridge Cultural Council 42 Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Committee 43 Stockbridge Fountain Committee 45 Memorial Day Committee 46 Stockbridge Green Committee 47 Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce 48 Finances Accountant 50 Balance Sheet 51 Board of Assessors 74 Town Treasurer/Collector 75 Finance Committee 82 2020 Annual Town Meeting Warrant 83 INFORMATION AND OFFICIALS 2020 General Information of Town of Stockbridge Chartered 1737 Incorporated 1739 Population 1849 Registered Voters 1618 Form of Government Open Town Meeting Tax Rate $9.87 Annual Town Meeting Third Monday in May UNITED STATES SENATORS Elizabeth Warren, Boston Edward Markey, Boston CONGRESSMAN Richard E. Neal STATE SENATOR Adam Hinds REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT William Smitty Pignatelli 1 BUSINESS HOURS OF TOWN OFFICES Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. COUNCIL ON AGING Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. BUILDING INSPECTOR Mondays 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. & Thursdays 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. BOARD MEETINGS OF TOWN OFFICIALS BOARD OF SELECTMEN Second & Fourth Thursday @6:30 p.m. & Third Thursday at 8:00 a.m. BOARD OF ASSESSORS First and Third Monday @ 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF HEALTH As Necessary CONSERVATION COMMISSION Second & Fourth Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m. PLANNING BOARD First & Third Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m. SEWER & WATER COMMISSION First Tuesday @ 4:30 p.m. PARKS AND RECREATION As Necessary FINANCE COMMITTEE As Necessary HISTORICAL COMMISSION As Necessary ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS As Necessary HOUSING AUTHORITY First Tuesday @ 8:30 a.m. at Heaton Court BERKSHIRE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE Thursdays: see www.bhrsd.org for schedule VETERANS’ AGENT See www.townofgb.org for hours 2 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY OF TOWN SERVICES Police Department 298-4179 Fire Department 298-4866 Burning Permits www.bcburnpermits.com or 298-5562 Highway Department 298-5506 Sewer and Water Department 298-4067 Tri-Town Health Department 243-5540 Town Offices 298-4170 Accountant ext. 255 Assessors ext. 254 Building Inspector ext. 257 Conservation Commission ext. 259 Council on Aging ext. 263 Facilities Manager ext. 260 Planning Board ext. 261 Selectmen & Town Administrator ext. 250 Town Clerk ext. 251 Treasurer/Collector ext. 253 Berkshire Hills Regional School District 298-4017 Monument Mountain 528-3346 W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School 644-2300 Muddy Brook Regional Elementary 644-2350 3 TOWN OFFICIALS ELECTED (TERM EXPIRES) (TERM EXPIRES) MODERATOR TOWN CLERK Gary D. Johnston 2021 Teresa Iemolini 2022 SELECT BOARD SEWER AND WATER Ernest Cardillo 2021 COMMISSIONERS 2021 Roxanne McCaffrey 2022 Donald C. Schneyer 2022 Patrick White 2023 Peter J. Socha John Loiodice 2023 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Gary M. Pitney 2021 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Douglas Goudey 2022 Steven Knopf 2023 Thomas Stokes 2023 Nick Fredsall 2022 BOARD OF HEALTH Nicole Fariaux 2023 Charles Kenny 2021 TREE WARDEN Henry Schwerner 2023 Peter Curtin 2021 Rae Williams 2022 REGIONAL SCHOOL HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMITTEE James Welch 2021 Sean Stephen 2022 Bernard Edmonds 2023 Corey Sprague 2024 Dawn Anne Rabinowitz 2024 Jason St. Peter 2022 Charles Gillett, State Appointee Andrea Lindsay, Exec. Director PLANNING BOARD William Voght 2022 Gary M. Pitney 2021 Marie Raftery 2024 Wayne Slosek 2023 Kate Fletcher 2022 Nancy Sosha 2025 Christine Rasmussen 2021 4 APPOINTED OFFICIALS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES (TERM EXPIRES) TOWN ADMINISTRATOR VETERANS’ AGENT Michael Canales Laurie Hils ACCOUNTANT BOARD OF REGISTRARS Raymond Ellsworth Teresa Iemolini Nancy Clark 2021 BUILDING INSPECTOR Jennifer Carmichael 2022 Ned Baldwin Nancy Ann Wilcox 2023 PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Michael Blay Thomas Schuler 2022 TOWN COUNSEL James Murray 2025 J. Ray Miyares Starbuck Smith 2021 John Hyson 2024 TOWN TREASURER/ COLLECTOR Miles Moffatt 2023 Eric Plakun, Alternate Karen Williams Patricia Andrew, Alternate FIRE CHIEF FINANCE COMMITTEE Vincent Garofoli, Chief Jay Bikofsky 2021 Neil Haywood, Deputy William Voght 2022 POLICE CHIEF Steve Shatz 2023 Darrell Fennelly, Chief Jim Balfanz 2022 Kirk Nichols, Sergeant Diane Heady-Ruess 2022 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER Pamela Boudreau 2023 AND ANIMAL INSPECTOR Neil Holden 2023 John Drake CONSERVATION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION Chris Marsden, Director Ronald Brouker 2021 Scott Muir, Deputy Director Jamie Minacci 2023 Jay Rhind 2023 GAS INSPECTOR AND Joseph DeGiorgis 2022 PLUMBING INSPECTOR John Hart 2023 Gregory Pilling Patrick White, Alternate WIRE INSPECTOR Sally Underwood-Miller, Nick Fredsall Alternate, Secretary 5 (TERM EXPIRES) HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMITTEE Linda Jackson Carl Sprague, Chairman 2022 Maria Carr Gary Johnston 2023 Peter Williams Jay Rhind 2021 Jorja Marsden 2023 CULTURAL COUNCIL Pam Sandler 2021 Karen Marshall Lisa Sauer 2021 Andrea Sholler Peter Williams, Secretary 2022 Mary Flournoy Rebecca Weinman COUNCIL ON AGING Janet Egelhofer Elizabeth DiGrigoli, Director Lynn Edelstein Diane Sheridan 2021 Ed Lane Ronald Muir 2022 Rena Zurofsky Nancy O’Brien 2021 Lionel Delevingne Susan Rogers 2023 STOCKBRIDGE GREEN BERKSHIRE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE TRANSIT AUTHORITY Laura Dubester, Chair REPRESENTATIVE Mike Buffoni Jaimee Minacci 2021 Michael Canales BERKSHIRE REGIONAL Darrell Fennelly PLANNING DELEGATE Pat Flinn Nancy Socha 2021 Chris Marsden Planning Board Delegate Miles Moffatt Nina Ryan 2021 Pam Sandler Alternate, Selectmen appointed Starbuck Smith CABLE ADVISORY Tom Stokes COMMITTEE CEMETERY COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE Joe Gardino, Cemetery Consultant Ron Brouker 2021 Karen Marshall, Chair Ernest J. Cardillo, Roxanne McCaffrey and Patrick White: Board of Selectmen Teresa Iemolini, Town Clerk Hugh Page, Highway 6 (TERM EXPIRES) COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ELDERLY AND DISABLED COMMITTEE TAX AIDE COMMITTEE Steve Knopf 2021 Tammy Touponce Parks and Recreation Elizabeth McCormack Gary Pitney, Planning Board 2021 Helen McCormick Linda Jackson 2021 Gary Pitney Historical Commission Karen Williams Thomas Stokes, Assessors 2021 Maria Carr Jay Bikofsky 2021 MEMORIAL DAY Finance Committee COMMITTEE Chuck Gillett 2021 Harold French Housing Authority Skip Whalen Carol Owens, Selectmen 2021 Ron Muir Patrick White, Selectmen 2021 Fred Coleman Sally Underwood-Miller Debra Coleman Chairman, Conservation Commission Lisa Thorne Tim Minkler STOCKBRIDGE BOWL STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE Keith Raftery Don Coleman Charles Kenny, Board of Health Merrill Sanderson Roxanne McCaffrey, Select Board Tom Schuler, Sewer & Water Commission Mike Buffoni, Water and Sewer Department Jaime Minacci, Conservation Commission Gary Johnston, Stockbridge Sportsmen’s Club Michael Nathan, Stockbridge Bowl Association Gary Kleinerman, Stockbridge Harbormaster Jim Wilusz, Tri-Town Health Department 7 TOWN CLERK’S REPORT FOR 2020 The Town Clerk’s office is the official record keeper for the Town of Stockbridge. Services of this department include maintenance of vital records, births, marriages, deaths, burial permits, cemetery questions, the posting of meeting notices for all municipal boards, committees and commissions, maintenance of the Attorney General guided on-line training program, issuance of required materials and record keeping pertaining to the Open Meeting Law and Summary of the Conflict of Interest, and public records access officer. Additionally, this department is responsible for maintaining the election calendar, elections, voter’s registration, residency certifications, the Annual Street List (Census), Federal Census, Town Meeting and Election minutes, doing business as certificates (d.b.a.), storage tank renewals, notarization of documents, issuance of dog licenses, raffle permits and submitting both general and zoning by-law changes to the Attorney General. Vital Statistics Population 1849 Registered Voters 1618 Number of Births 9 Number of Marriages 6 Number of Deaths 14 At the recommendation of the Registry of Vital Records and the United States Department of State, we no longer print the individual names from vital records in the town report. This will help to protect the privacy of individuals as well as help to curb identity theft. Raffle Permits Issued 0 Dog Licenses Issued 255 In 2020 there were 4 Elections and 1 Annual Town Meeting. They are as follows: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 the Presidential Primary: There were a total of 755 votes cast out of 1659 registered voters, 691 Democrat, 60 Republican, 3 Green Rainbow and 1 vote for Libertarian. Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Annual Town Election, moved from its original date