TOWN OF BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS 308th Annual Report of the Town Officers of Brookline for the year ending December 31, 2013 www.brooklinema.gov www.brooklinema.gov Table of Contents Town Officers………………………………………………………...……………… 3 Board of Selectmen………………….…………………………………………….. 10 Town Administrator………………………………………………………………… 17 Town Moderator..…………………………………………………………………… 24 Advisory Committee……………………………………………..…………………. 24 Town Meeting………………………………………..………...……………………. 27 General Government Town Clerk…………………………………………………………………... 42 Registrars of Voters………………………………………………………… 45 Town Counsel……………………………………………………………….. 46 Human Resources…………………………………………..……………… 47 Public Safety Police Department………………………………………………….………. 50 Fire Department…………………………………………………………….. 59 Building Department………………………………………………………... 64 Building Commission……………………………………………………….. 66 Board of Examiners………………………………………………………… 67 Public Works Administration.……….……………………………………………………... 68 Highway and Sanitation Division………………………………………….. 71 Water and Sewer Division…………………………………………………. 75 Parks and Open Space Division…………………………………………... 77 Engineering and Transportation Division………………………………… 87 Recreation Department………………………………………...………………….. 94 Public Schools………………………………………..………...…………………… 97 Library………………………………………..………...………………………….…. 106 Planning and Community Development………………………………………... 110 Planning Division……………………………………………………………. 111 Preservation Division ……………….……………..………………………. 113 Community Development Block Grant & HOME Programs……………. 114 Housing Division 115 Economic Development ………………………………………………….... 117 Zoning Board of Appeals …………………..……………………………… 119 Housing Authority…………………………………………………………… 120 Human Services Health Department…………………………………………………..……… 123 Council on Aging……………………………………………………………. 130 Veterans’ Services……………………..………………….……………..… 133 Commission for the Disabled ……………………………………………... 135 Human Relations – Youth Resources …………………………………… 136 Commission for the Arts…………………….……………………………... 138 Commission for Women………………………………………………….... 140 Information Technology Department……………………………………………. 142 Finance……………………………………......………………………………………… 146 Treasury Division……………..…………………………………………….. 146 Comptroller’s Division. …………………………………………..………… 148 Assessors Division………………………………………………………….. 149 Purchasing Division……………………………………….………………... 150 Retirement ……..………………………………..……………………..…… 153 Telephone Directory……………………..…………………………………………. 154 Town Fact Sheet…………………………………………………………………….. 155 2 2013 Annual Report TOWN OFFICERS For the Municipal Year 2013 ___________________________ ELECTED TOWN OFFICES MODERATOR Thomas John Vitolo (2016) Edward (Sandy) Gadsby (2015) _______________________________________ APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR TOWN CLERK ADVISORY COMMITTEE Patrick J. Ward (2015) Harry Bohrs, Chair (2016) Carla Wyman Benka (2016) BOARD OF SELECTMEN Clifford M. Brown (2016) Betsy DeWitt, Chair (2015) Sumner J. Chertok (2014) Nancy A. Daly (2014) Lea Cohen (2015) Richard W. Benka (2014) John Doggett (2014) Kenneth M. Goldstein (2015) Benjamin J. Franco (2016) Neil Wishinsky (2016) Bernard W. Greene (2014) Kelly A. Hardebeck (2014) TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Nancy Heller (2014) Karen Livingston, Chair (2014) Amy F. Hummel (2015) Carol Axelrod (2015) Sytske V. Humphrey (2014) Michael Burstein (2016) Angela Hyatt (2015) Vivien E. Goldman (2015) Alisa G. Jonas (2016) Regina Healy (2015) Janice S. Kahn (2014) Gary Jones (2014) Bobbie M. Knable (2015) Carol Troyen Lohe (2015) Fred Levitan (2015) Jonathan Margolis (2014) Pamela Lodish (2014) Puja P. Mehta (2016) Sean M. Lynn-Jones (2016) Jennifer Rees (2016) Sharri Mittel (2015) Kristen April Uekermann (2014) Michael Sandman (2016) Judith Vanderkay (2016) Lee Selwyn (2014) Stanley Spiegel (2016) SCHOOL COMMITTEE Charles Swartz (2014) Alan Morse, Chair (2014) Leonard Weiss (2014) Pen-Hau Ben Chang (2015) Karen Wenc (2015) Helen Charlupski (2016) Christine M. Westphal (2015) Amy A. Kershaw (2014) Susan Wolf Ditkoff (2016) COMMITTEE ON TOWN ORGANIZATION AND David Pollack (2016) STRUCTURE Abigail Schoenbaum Cox (2015) Jean D. Berg, Chair (2014) Barbara C. Scotto (2015) Donna Kalikow (2014) Rebecca Stone, (2014) Richard T. Leary (2016) Michael Robbins (2016) BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY Martin R. Rosenthal (2015) David Trietsch, Chair (2018) Robert I. Sperber (2015) Michael Jacobs, Vice Chair (2016) Robert M. Stein (2016) Barbara B. Dugan (2015) Joanne M. Sullivan (2014) COMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGNS Judith A. Katz (State Appt) (2016) James Fleming, Chair (2016) Frank Farlow (2015) CONSTABLES Gary Jones (2014) Joseph G Figler (2016) Barbara Pasten (2012) Neil R. Gordon (2016) Joel Shoner (2014) Stanley N. Rabinovitz (2016) Sloan Sable (Selectmen’s Rep.) Cheryl Ann Snyder (2016) Linda Golburgh (Town Clerk Rep.) 3 www.brooklinema.gov _________________________________________ SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S OFFICE PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Melvin A. Kleckner, Town Administrator Alison Steinfeld, Director Sean Cronin, Deputy Town Administrator Joseph Viola, Assistant Director Melissa Goff, Asst Town Administrator Polly Selkoe, Chief Planner Kara Brewton, Economic Development BUILDING DEPARTMENT Officer Daniel Bennett, Commissioner Charles Simmons, Public Buildings POLICE DEPARTMENT Director Chief Daniel C. O’Leary Tony Guigli, Building Project Superintendent Mark Morgan Administrator PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COUNCIL ON AGING Andrew Pappastergion, Commissioner Ruthann Dobek, Director Fredrick Russell, Water and Sewer Director Peter Ditto, Engineering/Transportation FINANCE DEPARTMENT Director Stephen E. Cirillo, Director of Finance/ Erin Chute Gallentine, Parks & Open Space Treasurer/Collector Director David Geanakakis, Chief Procurement Kevin Johnson, Highway Director Officer Michael DiPietro, Comptroller RECREATION DEPARTMENT Gary McCabe, Chief Assessor Lisa Paradis, Director Melissa Battite, Assistant Director FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Paul D. Ford SCHOOLS Chief of Operations Robert Ward Superintendent William H. Lupini Deputy Superintendent Peter Rowe HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Dr. Alan Balsam, Director TOWN COUNSEL’S OFFICE Patrick Maloney, Assistant Director Joslin Ham Murphy, Acting Town Counsel Lloyd Gellineau, Human Relations/ John Buchheit, Assoc. Town Counsel Services Administrator Patricia Correa, Assoc. Town Counsel HUMAN RESOURCES TOWN LIBRARIAN Sandra DeBow, Director James C. Flaherty Leslea Noble, Assistant Director VETERANS SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY William McGroarty, Director Kevin Stokes, Chief Information Officer Feng Yang, Director of IT Applications 4 2013 Annual Report ______________________________________________ Boards and Commissions Appointed by the Selectmen ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Dr. Bruce Cohen, Chair (2016) Chris Chanyasulkit, Co-Chair (2015) Roberta Gianfortoni (2015) Sandra Lundy, Co-Chair (2014) Milly Krakow (2015) Elizabeth Blanchard (2015) Cheryl Lefman (2016) Beth Fagan (2014) Patricia Maher (2014) Casey Hatchett (2016) Anthony Schlaff (2014) Beth Jones (2016) Alberta Grossman Lipson (2015) BOARD OF ASSESSORS Dr. Gloria Rudisch (2016) Gary McCabe, Chair (2016) Cheryl Ann Snyder (2015) Mark J. Mazur (2015) Aiomee Tallarico (2014) Harold Petersen (2014) Jamie Tober (2014) Kristen Uekermann (2014) BOARD OF EXAMINERS Barnett Berliner (2014) BUILDING COMMISSION Fred Lebow (2012) Janet Fierman, Chair (2015) VACANCY (2016) Karen Breslawski (2014) George Cha (2015) BROOKLINE INTERACTIVE GROUP George Cole (2016) Anne C. Shreffler, President (2014) Kenneth Kaplan (2016) Karen Katz, Vice President (2015) Albert Davis (2014) COMMISSION FOR THE DISABLED Leslie Forde (2016) Eileen Connell Berger, Chair (2015) Sharon Hogan (2015) Sally Lynn Allaire (2016) Raymond Latif (2016) Richard W. Benka (Selectman) (2014) Peter Miller (2014) O. Sophia Johansson (2015) Laura Nooney (2014) James Miczek (2014) Noah Xu (2015) Sarah Whitman (2015) (1) Vacancy (2014) COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS (1) Vacancy (2015) Joseph McGonegal, Co-Chair (2015) (1) Vacancy (2016) Evelyn Cohen (2014) Jack Curtis (2015) CONSERVATION COMMISSION Erik Hansen (2015) Kate Bowditch, Chair (2015) Mori Insinger (2016) Gail McClelland Fenton (2016) Anita Jamieson (2015) Matthew Garvey (2014) Jonathan Lewis (2016) Werner Lohe (2014) Sarah Catherine Morris (2015) Deborah Myers Michener (2016) Susan Mulski (2014) Marcus Quigley (2015) Giti Saeidian (2016) Roberta Schnoor (2015) Chris Santos (2016) Stuart Steck (2014) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Marian Lazar (2014) Pamela Harvey (2016) 5 www.brooklinema.gov COUNCIL ON AGING HOUSING ADVISORY BOARD Agnes Rogers, Chair (2015) Roger Blood, Chair (2015) Peter Ames (2014) Rufus Phyllis (2014) Doris Toby Axelrod (2014) Karen Kepler (2014) Deborah Brass (2016) Kathy Spiegleman (2016) Judith Chasin (2015) Rita McNally (Tenant Rep.) (2014) Irvin Finn (2016) Steven Heiken (Planning Board Rep.) Philip Fullerton (2015) Michael Jacobs (Housing Authority Rep.) Jean Kramer (2015) Helen Lew (2014) HUMAN RELATIONS/YOUTH RESOURCES Claire Lurie (2014) COMMISSION John Mulhane (2016) Enid Shapiro, Interim Chair (2015) Marion Sargon (2015) Brooks Ames (2014) Muriel Stark (2015) Mariela Ames Indefinite William Wong (2014) Alex Coleman Indefinite Ernest Frey Indefinite ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Brian Hochleutner (2015) Phyllis Baum (2014) Brian Myles Indefinite Judith Chernoff (2014) Anthony Naro Indefinite Rita d’Entremont (2016) Larry Onie (2014) Marjorie Diana Harvey (2015) Kelly Race Indefinite Harry Johnson (2014) Agnes Rogers (2014) Jean Kramer (2014) Georgi Vogel Rosen (2014) Celia