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Home My WebLink About2013COHASSET TOWN REPORT 2013 TOWN OF COHASSET ANNUAL REPORT of the BOARD OF SELECTMEN of the FINANCIAL AFFAIRS of the TOWN OF COHASSET Reports of the School Committee and the Reports of Other Town Officers FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 2013 2 TOWN OF COHASSET Incorporated 1770 Population January 2013 ---7,895 President of the United States of America Barack Obama Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth W. Warren John F. Kerry - resigned February 1, 2013 William “Mo” Cowan Interim - appointed February 1, 2013 Edward J. Markey - elected June 25, 2013 Governor Deval L. Patrick Eighth Congressional District Representative Stephen F. Lynch Plymouth and Norfolk Senatorial District Senator Robert L. Hedlund Third Plymouth Representational District Representative Garrett Bradley Annual Town Meeting April 22, 2013 Election of Officers May 11, 2013 3 In Memoriam 2013 Thomas W. Hernan – January 4 Firefighter Jacquelyn R. McGuire – February 1 Asst. Town Clerk Frances Patricia Sargent – February 8 Police Department Matron Kearin A. Dunn – April 18 High School Math Teacher Irene E. Brown – April 23 School Committee Recreation Commission Alton Flynn – June 8 High School Accounting Teacher Stella M. MacDonald – June 14 School Cafeteria Baker Linwood L. Davis – June 26 Firefighter Arne K. Gjesteby – August 31 Advisory Ambulance Study Committee 4 In Memoriam 2013 Continued Paula Logan – September 30 Conservation Commission Council for the Aged Marilyn Morrison – December 20 Cohasset Historical Commission F. Allen Weisenfluh – December 20 Board of Assessors 5 ELECTED OFFICIALS – TOWN OF COHASSET 2013 BOARD OF SELECTMEN – 3 YEAR TERM TERM EXPIRES Diane M. Kennedy 2014 Frederick Koed 2014 Martha K. Gjesteby 2015 Stephen R. Gaumer 2016 Karen M. Quigley 2016 MODERATOR ‐ 3 YEAR TERM Daniel S. Evans 2014 TOWN CLERK – 3 YEAR TERM Carol L. St. Pierre 2014 SCHOOL COMMITTEE – 3 YEAR TERM Paul M. Ognibene 2014 Helene A. Lieb 2015 Paul J. Schubert 2015 Jeanne M. Astino 2016 Mary McGoldrick 2016 TRUSTEES PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY – 3 YEAR TERM Carolyn H. Coffey 2014 Rodney M. Hobson 2014 Marylou Lawrence 2014 Lynne M. DeGiacomo 2015 Agnes McCann 2015 Patience G. Towle 2015 Sarah R. Pease 2016 Teresa A. Polhemus 2016 James M. Sandell 2016 ASSESSOR – 3 YEAR TERM Mary E. Granville 2014 Debra J. Krupczak 2015 Elsa Miller 2016 6 BOARD OF HEALTH – 3 YEAR TERM TERM EXPIRES Robin M. Lawrence 2014 Margaret S. Chapman 2015 Elizabeth Kirkpatrick 2016 COHASSET HOUSING AUTHORITY – 5 YEAR TERM Virginia Laugelli Najmi 2014 Helen C. Nothnagle 2015 Susan L. Sardina 2016 Donna J. McGee ‐ Governor’s appointment 2017 A. Patrick McCarthy 2017 PLANNING BOARD – 5 YEAR TERM Michael Dickey 2014 Appointed 6/18/13 William J. Hannon (to fill unexpired term) 2014 Resigned 5/31/13 Stuart W. Ivimey 2015 Clark H. Brewer 2016 David H. Drinan 2017 Charles A. Samuelson 2018 PLANNING BOARD ASSOCIATE MEMBER – 3 YEAR TERM Michael J. Dickey 2016 Resigned 6/18/13 Brian Frazier 2014 Appointed 6/18/13 RECREATION COMMISSION – 5 YEAR TERM Kathryn C. Lydon 2014 Abigail Alves 2015 Maria C. Osborne 2016 Douglas R. Ellinger 2017 Elizabeth Deveney Frazier 2017 Daniel J. Martin, Sr. 2017 Kimberly Joan Mulcahy 2018 SEWER COMMISSIONERS – 3 YEAR TERM Wayne Sawchuk 2014 Bryan T. Baldwin 2015 William B. McGowan, Jr. 2016 7 WATER COMMISSIONERS – 3 YEAR TERM Peter DeCaprio 2014 Leonora Jenkins 2015 Daniel M. Varney 2016 8 TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN Town Manager/Chief Procurement Officer Michael Milanoski (Acting) 2013 Town Counsel Paul R. DeRensis TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY TOWN MANAGER ADA Coordinator Robert M. Egan 2014 Animal Control Officer Paul Murphy 2014 Assessor/Appraiser Mary E. Quill Building Inspector/Zoning Officer Robert M. Egan 2014 Constable Maria Plante 2015 D.P.W. Superintendent Carl A. Sestito Director of Finance/Town Accountant Mary Gallagher Elder Affairs Director Coral Grande Facilities Manager 2013 Mark H. Kelly Fire Chief Robert D. Silvia Assistant Fire Chief John J. Dockray 9 FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER CIVIL SERVICE Randy Belanger Captain/EMT‐Paramedic Paul T. Bilodeau Captain/EMT‐B Jamie A. Boudreau Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Timothy W. Collins Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Daniel J. Cunningham Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic James F. Curley Acting Lieutenant/Firefighter/EMT‐B Adam F. Dacey Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Kevin D. Donovan Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Kevin J. Durette Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Robert F. Forde Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic John M. Hernan Acting Lieutenant/EMT‐Paramedic Frances X. Mahoney, Jr. Captain/EMT‐B Robert R. Martin II Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic James P. Mellen Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Laura C. Morrison Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Robert A. Nadeau Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Michael J. O’Neill Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Joseph M. Pergola Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Robert F. Protulis Lieutenant/EMT‐B Kevin J. Silva Firefighter/EMT‐Paramedic Mark H. Trask Captain CALL FIREFIGHTERS Kathleen Adams Steven Maynard Thomas McKay Forest Warden Robert D. Silvia Harbormaster Lorren S. Gibbons Health inspector / Agent Felix Zemel Library Director Jacqueline Rafferty 10 PARKING CLERK Jennifer B. Oram Chief of Police William P. Quigley (Acting) Deputy Chief of Police Lieutenants of Police under Civil Service Gregory J. Lennon William P. Quigley (leave of absence while Acting Chief) Sergeants of Police under Civil Service Garrett A. Hunt Jefferey R. Treanor Christy J. Tarantino John St. Ives Patrick Kenney Michael Lopes Patrolmen under Civil Service James P. McLean Paul M. Wilson Patrick Kenney Patrick W. Reardon Daniel Williams John J. St. Ives Michael Lopes Christopher Dias Anthony Truglia Resigned 6/17/13 Gregory Taylor Harrison W. Schmidt Robert Lagimoniere Appointed 8/1/13 PERMANENT INTERMITTENT Brian M. Peebles 11 SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER Michael Bolze Bohdan Bukhenik Dennis Cunniff 9/15/13 Gregory Fall 9/15/13 Andrew Ford 9/15/13 Sasha Geddes James J. Hudson Resigned 12/13/13 Joseph F. Kintigos, Jr. Michael Murphy Gerald Murphy, Jr. Brian Naughton 9/15/13 Kelli McCarthy KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP Police Officer Paul M. Wilson Plumbing and Gas Inspector Recreation Director James E. Carroll, Jr. 2014 Sealer of Weights and Measures Robert M. Egan 2014 Shellfish Deputy Paul L. Pattison (Constable) Town Archivist David H. Wadsworth Resigned 6/30/13 Jackie Dormitzer 2016 Treasurer‐Collector Paula M. Linhares 12 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES and REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED by the BOARD of SELECTMEN Cable Advisory Committee Paul Carlson 2014 Patricia Martin 2014 Richard F. Shiffmann, Jr. 2014 Merle Brown 2016 Call Firefighters Committee Bruce W. Pratt Robert D. Silvia Ian R. Fitzpatrick Richard Bonanno Cohasset Common Historic District Commission 7 members: 4 residents of district 1 Realtor 1 Historical Society 1 Architect 2 Alternate Gordon Stevenson (Resident) 2014 Jacqueline Clark (Resident and Realtor) 2015 John Coffey (Resident) 2015 Annette Sawchuck ( Historical Society Rep) 2015 Yasmin Landry (Resident) 2016 Nicholas Noon (Resident) 2016 Can Tiryaki (Architect) 2016 Peter J. Wood (Alternate) 2015 (1) Vacancy (Alternate) Cohasset Community Television Corporation, Board of Directors Paul Carlson 2014 Patricia Martin 2016 Richard F. Schiffmann, Jr. 2016 13 Cohasset Cultural Council NO MEMBER MAY SERVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE FULL TERMS (PER MGL’S) Douglas Eymer (2nd term) 2014 Susan A. Keene (1st term) 2014 Dolores A. Roy (1st term) 2014 Juliana C. Tiryaki (1st term) 2014 Elizabeth Morse (2nd term) 2015 Mary Kennedy (1st term) 2016 Michael Reilly (1st term) 2016 Community Preservation Committee 9 member board James Bonetti 2014 James E. Carroll, Jr., Open Space Committee 2014 Margaret Charles 2014 Todd M. Goff, Historical Commission Rep 2014 Clark Brewer, Planning Board 2014 Resigned 12/9/13 Susan Hoadley 2014 Diane Kennedy, Selectmen 2014 Alexander Koines, Conservation Commission Rep 2015 Susan Sardina, Housing Authority 2016 Conservation Commission 7 members and 2 associate members James Gilman 2014 Alexander C. Koines 2014 Dr. James Marten 2014 David H. Farrag 2015 Jonathan R. Creighton 2016 Edward S. Graham 2016 Joseph Patrick Kennedy 2016 William B. Henry (Associate) 2014 (1) Vacancy Economic Development Committee Peter L. Brown 2014 Darilynn Evans 2014 Edwin Carr 2015 Mary E. Hynes 2015 14 Elder Affairs, Council On 9 members and 3 non‐voting associate members Elinore Barrett 2014 Tana Carlson 2014 Dolores A. Roy 2014 John W. Campbell 2015 Resigned 2/11/13 Paul Kierce 2016 Christine M. McCarron 2015 Marjorie Murphy 2015 Cindy Swartwood 2015 Kelli Gildea 2016 Edward Mulvey 2016 James Mensching (Associate) 2016 Susan Reagan (Associate) 2016 Harry St. Onge (Associate) 2016 Cohasset Elder Affairs Building Committee Coral Grande Wayne Halverson Diane Kennedy, Selectmen 2014 Alexander Koines, Conservation Commission Rep. 2015 Susan Sardina, Senior Housing 2016 Emergency Management Glenn A. Pratt, Deputy Director Fence Viewers Glenn A. Pratt 2014 Governance Committee Merle Brown 2013 Christine Cunning 2013 David DeGennaro 2013 Ralph Dormitzer 2013 John Keniley 2013 Mary Jo Larson 2013 Kevin McCarthy 2013 George McGoldrick 2013 Resigned 7/22/13 Patricia Morse 2013 15 Governance Committee Continued Lee B. Stone 2013 Samuel Wakeman 2013 Government Island Advisory Committee 7 member board – one of whom shall be the Harbor Master Lorren S. Gibbons – Harbor Master Constance M. Afshar 2014 (5) Vacancies Growth and Development Task Force Clark H. Brewer Richard W. Swanborg, Jr. Michael Westcott Harbor Committee 9 member board: 2 Citizens at large 1 Yacht Club representative 1 Sailing Club representative 2 Commercial Fisherman representatives 1 Independent member 1 Recreation Commission representative Lorren S. Gibbons (ex‐officio) Goerge W. Parks 2013 Peter J. Wood 2013 Grace Evans (Yacht Club Designee) 2014 Francis D. Collins 2015 Adam Donovan (Commercial Fisherman) 2015 Daniel J. Martin (Recreation Designee) 2015 Mark Rattenbury 2015 (2) Vacancies Harbor Health Committee Noel Collins Christopher Evans Paul Figueirdo Paul Pattison Karen Quigley 16 Harbormaster – Assistant Benjamin Curley 2014 David Desmond 2014 William Gray 2014 Robert A. Johnson 2014 Nicholas Johnson 2014 Ryan MacDonald 2014 Historical Commission 7 members Todd Goff 2014 Rebecca Bates‐McArthur 2015 Marilyn M. Morrison 2015 Deceased 12/20/13 David Wadsworth 2016 Peter Wood 2016 (2) Vacancies Cohasset Housing Trust Margaret Charles Clark Brewer Stephen Lucitt Mary E. Grayken Karen Quigley, Selectmen Liaison Keeper of the Lockup Paul Wilson Keeper of the Town Clock (1) Vacancy Metropolitan Area Planning Council Frederick R. Koed 2014 Norfolk County Advisory Board Frederick R. Koed 2013 17 OPEB Committee John Chapman 2014 Tim Davis 2014 Carl W. Forsythe 2014 Open Space Committee James E. Carroll, Jr. 2014 Deborah Shadd 2014 Sandra Durant 2014 Liam O’Connell 2015 Richard Avery 2016 Recycling Committee Sharyn K. Studley Jean White Registrars of Voters Carol L. St. Pierre, Clerk Diane Benson 2014 Margaret R. Charles 2015 Terese D’Urso 2016 Senior Center Planning Committee Joan S. Brown 2015 S. Woodworth Chittick 2015 Diane Karcher 2015 Lynda Mooney 2015 South Shore Recycling Cooperative Committee Merle S. Brown Mary Snow 2014 South Shore Regional School District Representative Kenneth Thayer 2014 18 Stormwater Advisory Committee F. Noel Collins 2014 Francis Collins 2016 James Fitzgerald 2016 Robert Huey 2016 Edward Wadsworth 2016 Town History Committee Margot Cheel 2013 Jacqueline M. Dormitzer 2013 Ann Pompeo 2013 Ernest Grassey 2014 Kimberlee C. Alemian 2015 Nancy Garrison 2015 Julia H. Gleason 2015 James W. Hamilton 2015 Town Hall Study Committee John Dockray 2014 Robert Egan 2014 David Farrag 2014 Todd Goff 2014 Brian Joyce 2014 Jack Keniley 2014 Diane Kennedy 2014 Pat Martin 2014 Maria K. Osborne 2014 Lisa Pratt 2014 Carol St. Pierre 2014 Can Tiryaki 2014 Veteran’s Graves Officer Assistant Veterans Services Officer Vincent M. Fountaine 19 Wastewater Committee John C. Cavanaro Paul Davis James G. Dedes Jeffrey F. Moy Raymond Kasperowicz Vicky C. Neaves Weir River Estuary Park Committee Vincent P. Dunn Richard J. Avery Zoning Board of Appeals 3 members and 3 associate members S. Woodworth Chittick 2014 Peter L. Goedecke 2014 Charles Higginson 2016 Susan Kent (Associate) 2016 Benjamin H. Lacy (Associate) 2014 David McMorris (Associate) 2014 Jennifer Schultz (Associate) 2016 Jennifer Oram , Assistant Clerk 20 APPOINTED BY THE TROIKA Advisory Committee No member may serve more than two consecutive full terms. (9) members George W. Chamillard (1st term) 2014 Lynda Mooney (to fill unexpired term) 2014 Thomas Reardon (2nd full term) 2014 Robert W. Benson (2nd term) 2015 Nancy Adams Roth (1st full term) 2015 Andrew Willard (1st full term) 2015 Resigned 11/18/13 Tanya Bodell (1st term) 2016 Richard Fitzpatrick (1st term) 2016 Peter Pescatore (2nd term) 2016 Alternative Energy Committee (9) members Tanya L. Bodell 2014 Resigned 10/1/13 Marie Caristi‐McDonald 2014 John Herth 2014 Andrew R. Muir 2014 Shaun Selha 2014 Steven Wenner 2014 (4) Vacancies By‐Law Committee 5 members Jacqueline Dormitzer Agnes McCann Carol L. St. Pierre, CLERK (ex‐officio) Paul R. DeRensis, ESQ. – TOWN COUNSEL (ex‐officio) (1) Vacancy 21 APPOINTED BY THE TROIKA ‐ Continued Capital Budget Committee 5 member board and 1 associate member Steve Gaumer 2014 Resigned 5/20/13 Scott Henry 2014 John Keniley, III 2014 Peter DeCaprio 2015 Sam Wakeman 2016 Jeffrey S. Smith 2016 Brian D. Host ( Associate) 2014 Design Review Board 5 members and 2 associate members Robert Egan, Building Inspector, ex‐officio Martin Nee 2014 Robert Skolnick, Jr. 2014 John Cavanaro 2015 James Sandell 2016 Margaret Cotter 2016 Virginia Norman (Associate) 2014 Can Tiryaki (Associate) 2014 22 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGISTRARS The following elections and town meetings were held: Annual Town Meeting, Monday April 22, 2013 Special State Primary, Tuesday April 30, 2013 Annual Town Election, Saturday May 11, 2013 Special State Election, Tuesday June 25, 2013 Special Town Meeting, Saturday November 23, 2013 The Annual Listing of Persons seventeen years of age and older as per General Laws, Chapter 51, Section 4 was conducted by mail during January. Any citizen of the United States who is a Massachusetts resident and who will be 18 years old on or before a town meeting or Election Day may register to vote. There is no waiting period to be eligible to register to vote, if you move, you may register to vote as soon as you move into your new home. Registration is closed for a brief period before town meeting and election to allow election officials time to prepare the voting lists. If you register during a “closed” period, you will be eligible to vote only in later town meeting or elections. You must be registered twenty days before all primaries and elections, and ten days before a special town meeting. Respectfully submitted, Margaret Charles, Chairwoman Carol L. St. Pierre, Clerk Terese D’Urso Diane N. Benson 23 2013 Report of the Board of Selectmen The Town of Cohasset continues to make inroads with the various challenges of the past few years. The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June, 30, 2013 (CAFR) confirms ongoing improvement in our fiscal stability. The Financial Management Policies voted at our Annual Town Meeting are in place and being followed by your town government. In June of 2013, the board of selectmen voted to begin the search for a permanent town manager. On July 10, 2013, the Advisory Committee approved $10,500 in transfers for consultant fees for the town manager search. The board hired the Edward J. Collins Center for Public management, part of the University of Massachusetts Boston, to conduct the search. Part of the scope of the contract was to create a profile of the town of Cohasset, which was used by the Collins Center to recruit for the position. The profile described the challenges for the new town manager in detail. The number one challenge: “Reestablish full confidence in the management of the Town”. The selectmen subsequently voted to have the Collins Center perform the screening of the applications and to present the board with up to five finalists. The board then conducted two public rounds of interviews. The first round interviewed all five finalists live on cable TV. The board then voted to narrow the field to three candidates and conducted a second round of interviews, including meetings with individual department heads, committees, employees and citizens, culminating with a second live interview on cable TV. Christopher Senior, of New York, was offered the position of permanent Town Manager by a unanimous 5‐0 vote of the board of selectmen on December 17, 2013. A subcommittee negotiated his contract and the full board voted to accept the contract. Christopher Senior was appointed to start on January 13, 2014, becoming the 4th permanent town manager since 1997. The hiring of a permanent town manager is expected to further improve our bond rating by having finally fully staffed our financial team with permanent positions. One of the other areas that the town has been focusing on is Human Resources (HR). Before the original town manger act, the town had a Personnel Board that worked on many of our HR issues. The original town manager act (Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1997) abolished the Personnel Board and vested those powers in the town manager. Over the years it has become apparent that these powers and responsibilities need to be delegated to a separate position dedicated to keeping abreast with the ever changing regulatory and legal landscape, while performing the day to day tasks of a HR department. 24 Another area the town has been focusing on is Other Post‐Employment Benefits (OPEB). An OPEB Stabilization fund has been created and is now being funded with annual contributions of $250,000. The OPEB balance as of FY14 is $575,000. The OPEB Committee has made recommendations to the selectmen and the selectmen have endorsed moving forward to resolve our long term OPEB liabilities. The selectmen’s goal is to establish a long term comprehensive town‐wide consensus that balances our tax payer’s fiscal concerns with the realities of the varied interests of our active and retired public employees. Cohasset’s long standing involvement with the state and the Second Amended Judgment will come to a close during 2014. The sewer system expansion to the Little Harbor area and Atlantic Avenue has under five homes remaining to hook up. This successfully concludes more than thirty years of ongoing negotiations and legal compromises with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Cohasset successfully avoided serious penalties and fines by successfully meeting all deadlines in good faith. One of the major policy issues facing Cohasset is where, how and how much Cohasset will be growing over the next 15 to 25 years. New population projections from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) project Cohasset could have the highest percentage population growth on the South Shore by 2030. (Source: Population and Housing Demand Projections for Metro Boston. (MAPC, Jan 2014) A recent Boston Globe story (1/30/14) addressing the MAPC new study said, “Greater Boston could stagnate and become a far less vibrant area over the next few decades, choked by restrictive housing policies that help drive away restless young people and leave behind a rapidly aging population. Or it could boom, driven by a surge of young adults drawn by affordable housing and the appeal of urban areas that offer exciting cultural and entertainment options, top‐notch colleges, and smart transit choices.” As a suburb of Boston, Cohasset depends on the economic vitality of Boston and the metro region. A strong school system, a scenic harbor and a beautiful coastline can be credited for Cohasset being one of the only communities in Massachusetts to not see a decline in property values during the last recession. Status Quo or a Stronger Region? What the future holds for growth in Cohasset and the Metro Boston region is yet to be seen, but Cohasset should be prepared for either scenario. This is a community discussion of our vision of how we choose to contribute to the challenges of the next several decades. Will we remain a community that cherishes economic diversity? Will we be able to reverse the trend of our school teachers, fire, police and town employees, having to live further and further away 25 from Cohasset because of affordability? This is our town, I invite you to become involved in the ongoing discussion of what we want our future to look like. Lastly, we owe all our employees and volunteers who serve on various committees, commissions and boards, a great debt of gratitude for all of their public service contributions. For it is only through their efforts that this town works for all its citizens. Respectfully submitted, Frederick R. Koed Chairman Board of Selectmen 26 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL 2013 This year was a very active and successful year for the Law Department: 1. Advice & Legal Documents. Numerous advisory opinions were rendered throughout the year to various Town officials and Boards relating to a wide variety of issues and subjects. Frequent and ongoing attention was given to reviewing and/or drafting Bylaws, numerous contract documents and agreements, easements, procurement documents, public road documents, Warrants for Town meetings (including a special town meeting and the annual town meeting), compliance with State Ethics Act, Open Meeting Law, numerous public records requests, Town Manager employment issues, various Town rules and regulations, two special acts of the Legislature pertaining to the Town of Cohasset (the Town Manager Act amendments and the Cohasset Sewer Act), Wind Turbine issues, ballot questions, zoning amendments (including medical marijuana dispensing zoning provisions), Town policy statements (such as computer usage policy) and other legal documents. We put on an open meeting law training presentation for town officials during the year. 2. Administrative Agency Proceedings. The Town was involved with a number of state or federal administrative agencies, including issues before Department of Environmental Protection, Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, Attorney General of the Commonwealth, and the Army Corps of Engineers. 3. Projects. We assisted with issues related to Wind Energy; storm water management and flood control issues; the Community Preservation Act; various road issues including renaming public ways; Second Amended Judgment issues involving sewer and environmental protection, including Little Harbor/Atlantic Avenue sewer expansion and Central Cohasset Sewer Treatment Plant Expansion Project issues; development projects such as the Avalon, Village Business, Toll Brothers, James Lane, Highway Car Wash, Stop & Shop, Atlantic Avenue, and the Jerusalem Road single family housing project, the Cook Estate/Abbott issues; licensing issues; the proposed senior center; 40B Comprehensive Permit issues; affordable housing issues; Comcast and Verizon Cable Television licenses; various environmental regulatory issues involving Cat Dam, Treats Pond; enforcement procedures for various town agencies; municipal harbor plan questions; town manager transition issues; triathlon issues; enforcement of entertainment licenses; acquisition of watershed properties to protect the town’s water supply; Town Hall renovations project; and sailing club facility project. 27 4. Labor Issues. We assisted the Town in general employee matters and in connection with employee grievances, labor arbitrations and retirement issues. We also provided advice from time to time during the year regarding the interpretation and application of collective bargaining agreements and the processing of grievances. In addition, several non‐union personnel issues, regarding an Acting Town Manager and a separation agreement with departing Police Chief and the hiring of a new permanent town manager, occurred during this year. 5. Litigation. As of December 31, 2013, the number of claims and lawsuits in which the Town is a party total 25 as follows: 3 Matter involving the Board of Selectmen/Town Manager: Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Town of Cohasset, Suffolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 38652. Brennan v. Cohasset, MCAD Docket No. 12BEM02734, EEOC/HUD No. 16C‐2013‐ 00108. Michael Coughlin v. Peter DeCaprio and the Cohasset Board of Selectmen, Norfolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 2012‐01944. 3 Matters involving the Board of Appeals: Chief Justice Cushing Highway Corporation v. Cohasset Board of Appeals, Mass. Land Court No. 243862. Morrissey v. Cohasset Board of Appeals, Mass. Land Court No. 263788. O’Connell v. Vainisi and Cohasset Board of Appeals, Land Court No. 2013‐MISC‐ 478855. 3 Matters involving the Planning Board: GPH Cohasset, LLC, et al. v. Cohasset Planning Board, Land Court 2011 Misc. 44618‐AHS. Daniel Rivera and Tracy Mullare v. Planning Board and Roger A. Pompeo, Norfolk Superior Court Civil Action No. 2013‐00341. SEIU Local 888 and Town of Cohasset, Transfer of Bargaining Unit Work to Position of Manager, Department of Labor Relations, MUP‐13‐3333. 1 Matter involving the Department of Public Works: Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company a/s/o Scott O’Grady and Laura O’Grady, Norfolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 2013‐00532 3 Matters involving the Sewer Commission: White, et al. v. Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Cohasset. Tyler, et al. v. Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Cohasset. Sturdy v. Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Cohasset. 28 2 Matters involving the Public Schools: Barrow v. Town of Cohasset School Department, Norfolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 11‐ 00321. Peterson v. Town of Cohasset, Norfolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 2013‐01304. 2 Matters involving the Conservation Commission: Quigley, et al. v. Town of Cohasset, Mass DEP Wetlands File No. SE13‐1040 (Cat Dam). Ford, et al. v. Cohasset Conservation Commission, Norfolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 12‐ 01017. 1 Matters involving the Police Department: Cohasset Police Union, NEPBA, Local 66 and Town of Cohasset, AAA No. 11 390 01291 08. 1 Matter involving the Fire Department: Cohasset Permanent Firefighters, IAFF, Local 2804, and Town of Cohasset, Department of Labor Relations, MUP‐12‐1495. 6 Claims pending: Board of Health v. Wilmarc Charles. Graziano v. Cohasset DPW. Mt. Vernon Insurance Company (as subrogee of Timothy Hannan) v. Town of Cohasset and Cohasset Water Department. Elizabeth O’Day v. Town of Cohasset. Scott O’Grady, Laura O’Grady and three children v. Town of Cohasset. Mark DeLuca v. Town of Cohasset (Police). Respectfully submitted, Paul R. DeRensis TOWN COUNSEL 29 Index – Annual Town Meeting April 22, 2013 1. Annual Town Report – Adopted 2. Reports of Committees – Adopted 3. Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal 2013 – Adopted 4. Creation of Stabilization Funds – Adopted 5. Allocation of Funds for one time cost – Adopted 6. Operation Budget for Town, Enterprise, OPEB Trust and Stabilization Funds – Adopted 7. Capital Improvements Budget – Adopted 8. Home Rule Petition to Amend the Town Manager’s Act – Adopted 9. Union Contracts – Adopted 10. Recession of Authorized but Unissued Debt – Adopted 11. Adoption of Local‐Option Meal and Hotel Tax – Defeated 12. Home Rule Petition to Create Sewer Districts – Adopted 13. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 91 Liability – Adopted 14. Additional Real Estate Exemptions – Adopted 15. FY 14 Community Preservation Projects – Adopted 16. Temporary Moratorium, Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers – Adopted 17. Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 2.1 Definitions – Definition of Height – Adopted 18. Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 5.4: Area Regulations: ‐ Adopted 19. Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 2.1 Definitions and 4.2 Table of Use Regulations: ‐ Adopted 30 Annual Town Meeting – April 22, 2013 At the Annual Town Meeting held on Monday April 22, 2013 at the Cohasset High School Sullivan Gymnasium the following articles were contained in the warrant and acted upon as follows. Checkers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Carol L. St. Pierre at 6:00 p.m. were Elizabeth Anderson, Abigail Alves, Jody Doyle, Kelly Grech, Debra Krupczak and Rebekah Mattey. Tellers were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator, Daniel Evans. The Moderator called the meeting to order at 6:48 p.m. and a quorum of 100 was present at that time. The registered voters checked in on the voting list totaled 386. Precinct 1 – 198 voters and precinct 2 – 188. Citizens recited the pledge of allegiance. A moment of silence was observed for citizens listed in the memoriam of the town report and the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Voted unanimously to dispense with the reading of the call of the Meeting and Return of service having been examined by the Moderator and found to be in order. Article: 1 Annual Town Report To act upon the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the Annual Town Report for 2012, or take any other action related thereto. MOVED that the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the Annual Town Report for 2012 be accepted and filed with the permanent records of the Town. Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 2 Reports of Committees To hear the reports of any Committee heretofore chosen and act thereon, or take any other action related thereto. Reports were heard from Peter Pescatore for the Advisory Committee and Tanya Bodell on the Alternative Energy Committee. MOVED to accept the reports as delivered. Motion adopted unanimously. 31 Article: 3 Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal 2013 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute and/or transfer from available funds, and transfer from the Community Preservation Fund, a sum or sums of money, to be expended by the Town Manager, needed by various departmental budgets and appropriations to complete the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 or to decrease or otherwise adjust any budget line item as appropriated by the town at the 2012 annual town meeting held on May 5 and 15 or the December 10, 2012 Special Town Meeting, or fund and other deficits, or to take any other action related thereto. MOVED that six hundred and eleven thousand, four hundred and eighty‐five dollars ($611,485) be hereby appropriated for the items set forth below amending the amounts appropriated by the Town pursuant to the 2012 annual town meeting held on May 12th and 21st or the December 10, 2012 Special Town Meeting, which funds after transfer are to be expended by the Town Manager, to supplement certain departmental budgets and appropriations and to fund other deficits set forth below to complete the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 as follows: FY 2013 Supplemental Appropriations General Fund Additional Appropriations: Account #’s Line Item / Department Amount 145 5200 Treasurer/Collector Expenses 5,750.00 151 5200 Town Counsel 60,000.00 161 5200 Town Clerk 125.00 210 5120 Police Overtime 101,895.00 210 5200 SSREC 38,140.00 220 5120 Fire Overtime 173,000.00 295 5200 Harbormaster Expenses 7,000.00 422 5780 Purchase of Cemetery Lots 8,500.00 422 5250 Gas/Diesel 5,000.00 541 5200 Gas/Diesel 1,200.00 25 175 Planning Board deposits 1,883.00 402,493.00 Funding Sources: Account #’s Line Item / Department Amount 141 5200 Assessors Expenses 5,000.00 210 5100 Police Personnel Services 63,676.00 220 5100 Fire Personnel Services 185,000.00 512 5100 Board of Health Personnel Services 7,970.00 914 5200 Health Insurance 10,500.00 720 5900 Debt Service 101,000.00 21 201 Waterways Improvement Fund 7,000.00 21 122 Insurance Proceeds > $20K 22,347.00 402,493.00 32 Community Preservation Fund as recommended by the CPC Additional Appropriation: Account #’s Line Item / Department Amount 24 5200 Administrative Expenses 7,000.00 Funding Source: CPC Unreserved Fund Balance 7,000.00 Water Enterprise Fund Additional Appropriation: Account #’s Line Item / Department Amount 65 5200 System Maintenance 135,000.00 Funding Source: Water Enterprise Retained Earnings 135,000.00 General Fund Additional Appropriations: Account #’s Line Item / Department Amount 161 5200 Town Clerk 3,875.00 423 5200 Snow & Ice Removal 39,270.00 426 5200 Facilities 23,847.00 66,992.00 Funding Sources: Stabilization Fund 66,992.00 A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 4 Creation of Stabilization Funds To see if the Town will vote to establish the following  Water Capital Stabilization Fund for the Water Enterprise Fund  Water Debt Stabilization Fund for the Water Enterprise Fund  Sewer Capital Stabilization Fund for the Sewer Enterprise Fund  Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund for the Sewer Enterprise Fund  Facilities Stabilization Fund for Town Owned Property per Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 Section 5B, or take any other action related thereto MOVED that per Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 Section 5B the following Stabilization Funds be hereby established:  Water Capital Stabilization Fund, to provide a source of funds for capital projects related to the public water supply in the town,  Water Debt Stabilization Fund to provide a source of funds to pay for debts incurred for improvements to the water system infrastructure for the Water Enterprise Fund, 33  Sewer Capital Stabilization Fund to provide a source of funds for capital projects related to the public sewers in the town,  Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund to provide a source of funds to pay for debts incurred for improvements to the sewer system infrastructure for the Sewer Enterprise Fund,  Facilities Stabilization Fund to be used as a source of funds to repairs and improvements for Town Owned Property. A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 5 Allocation of Funds for one time cost To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow pursuant to any applicable statute a sum of money from free cash in the treasury of the Town for funding the Stabilization Fund, Other Post‐Employment Benefits Trust Fund, Capital Stabilization Fund, Advisory Committee’s Reserve Fund, Human Resource Audit, Policies and Procedures Town‐wide, and connecting the Light Keepers House to Sewer, or take any other action related thereto. MOVED that the following transfers made from Free Cash in the treasury of the town:  Five Hundred Sixty‐Three Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty‐Two Dollars ($563,942) to the Stabilization Fund and;  One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to the Other Post‐Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund and;  One Hundred Sixty‐Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000) to the Capital Stabilization Fund and;  Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) to be expended by the Town Manager for professional services including $25,000 for Human Resource municipal audit and development of personnel policy and other personnel legal requirements, and $15,000 for development of policies and procedures manuals for departments subject to the approval of the BoS and;  Twenty‐five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to be expended by the Town Manager for the costs for professional services and construction of a sewer connecting the Light Keepers House to the town’s sewer. A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. 34 Article: 6 Operating Budget for Town, Enterprise, OPEB Trust, and Stabilization Funds. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate funds to fix salaries and compensation of Elected Officers, and to see what sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds or otherwise, for the payment of Personal Services, Expenses, Capital Outlays, Debt Service, OPEB Trust Fund, Capital Stabilization, Stabilization Fund, and otherwise, of Town Departments, Water and Sewer Enterprise Funds, and to modify the FY14 Salary and Wage Classification Table, and Compensation and Classification Schedule, or to take any other action related thereto. PART A Funded from Town‐Wide General Budget Town General Budget (salaries & expenditures) $10,024,500 School General Budget (salaries & expenditures) $16,237,032 Shared Budget Expenses (CTO, debt, pension, insurance etc.) $9,443,494 Funded from Water Enterprise Budget Water Enterprise Budget (salary, expenses, capital, debt, etc.) $4,586,481 Funded from Sewer Enterprise Budget Sewer Enterprise Budget (salary, expenses, capital, debt, etc.) $2,484,667 PART B (requires 2/3 vote) Funded from Town‐Wide General Budget Transfer to OPEB Trust Fund $50,000 Transfer to the Town Stabilization Fund $250,000 Transfer to the Capital Stabilization Fund $694,782 Funded from Sewer Enterprise Budget Transfer to the Sewer Betterment Stabilization Fund $13,949 Transfer to the Sewer Capital Stabilization Fund $112,888 Transfer to the Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund $104,499 MOVED that Thirty Five Million Seven Hundred Five Thousand and Twenty Six Dollars ($35,705,026) be appropriated for the Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Town Budget to be allotted as follows: $ 82,597 for salaries of elected Town Officials consisting of the Town Clerk $ 72,080 Clerk, Board of Registrars (4) at $329.00; $1,316; Moderator, $1.00; Selectmen, Chairman, $1,500.00; Members (4) at $1,000.00, $4,000.00; Board of Assessors, Chairman, $1,300.00; Members (2); at $1,200.00, $2,400.00; and the remaining $ 35,622,429 for Personal Services, Expenses and Capital Outlays, interest on Maturing Debt and other charges for various departments, and to meet the appropriation, the following transfers are made: and $35,109,830 is raised from taxation and other general revenues of the Town; and further 35 $ 90,852 from Sewer Enterprise Revenue, $ 90,852 from Water Enterprise Revenue, $ 65,338 from School Construction Surplus Fund, $ 33,698 from Reserve for Community Preservation Debt, $ 234,456 from Capital Stabilization Fund, $ 5,000 from Wetlands Fund, $ 75,000 from Title V Betterment Fund, MOVED that Four Million Five Hundred Eighty‐Six Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty‐One Dollars ($4,586,481) be hereby appropriated from the Water Enterprise Fund Revenues for FY14 Water Enterprise Annual Budget for Expenses of Four Million Five Hundred Eighty‐Six Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty‐One Dollars ($4,586,481) to be jointly expended by the Water Commission and Town Manager. MOVED that Two Million one Hundred Seventy‐Four Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty‐Seven Dollars ($2,174,667) be hereby appropriated from the Sewer Enterprise Fund Revenues and Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($310,000) from sewer retained earnings for FY14 Sewer Enterprise Fund Annual Budget for Personal Services in the amount of Forty‐Seven Thousand one Hundred and Seven‐five Dollars ($ 47,175) and Expenses Two Million Four Hundred Thirty‐Seven Thousand and Four Hundred Ninety‐Two Dollars ($ 2,437,492) to be jointly expended by the Sewer Commission and Town Manager. MOVED that the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) be appropriated for deposit into the OPEB Trust Fund; and the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) be appropriated for deposit into the Stabilization Fund; and the sum of Six Hundred Ninety‐Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two Dollars ($694,782) be appropriated for deposit into the Capital Stabilization Fund; and to meet this appropriation, these funds are to be raised and appropriated from taxation and other general revenues of the Town. MOVED that the sum of Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty‐Nine Dollars ($13,949) be appropriated for deposit into the Betterment Stabilization Fund; and the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand and Eight Hundred and Eighty‐Eight Dollars ($112,888) be appropriated for deposit into the Sewer Capital Stabilization Fund; and the sum of One Hundred and Four Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety‐Nine Dollars ($104,499) be appropriated for deposit into the Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund; and to meet this appropriation, these funds be hereby appropriated from the Sewer Enterprise Fund Revenues. A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. 36 Resolution offered by Helen Nothnagle, Chair of the Cohasset Housing Authority, in honor of Ann “Nancy” Barrett. Whereas, Ann “Nancy” Barrett was elected to the Cohasset Housing Authority in 1999 and served with distinction for three 5‐year terms until her death in 2012, and Whereas, Nancy, as a resident of harbor View at 60 Elm Street was always available to be a spokesperson for other residents and to transmit their concerns to the management, and Whereas, during her term of office, the Cohasset Housing Authority brought about a major renovation of the existing 64 units of housing for the elderly and young disabled, and Whereas, Nancy was born in Cohasset Hospital on Ripley road and graduated from Cohasset High School in 1951, she was a true “Townie” who devoted her retirement years to improving the lives of seniors in our community. NOW THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED that the citizens of Cohasset, assembled at the Annual Town Meeting here by acknowledge and affirm their appreciation to the family and friends of Nancy Barrett in memory of her many years of dedicated service to the Town of Cohasset. Given under our hands and the seal of Town of Cohasset on the 22nd Day of April in the year Two Thousand Thirteen. Resolution adopted unanimously. Article: 7 Capital Improvements Budget To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow pursuant to any applicable statute and/or transfer from available funds including Capital Stabilization Fund, a sum of money to fund various capital improvements, capital projects and/or capital equipment for the various departments, boards, commissions and agencies of the town, as listed below, or take any other action related thereto. Funded from Capital Stabilization Fund for FY13 TW IT Technology Upgrades Phase 1b FY13 $70,000 TW IT Continued Building Interconnectivity FY13 $30,000 TW IT Inspections / Permit /Health Tracking Software FY13 $30,000 TW IT GIS implementation Project FY13 $35,000 DPW Radios FY13 $15,000 Facilities Generator Upgrades FY13 $50,000 DPW Street Lights Purchase FY13 $36,500 Police Finger Print Scanner FY13 $15,000 School Bus (FY12 funding) additional funds FY13 $9,000 School HS gym Roof Air Handler repair FY13 $15,000 $305,500 37 Funded from Capital Stabilization Fund for FY14 TW IT Technology Upgrades Phase 1c FY14 $70,000 TW IT Safety and Security Upgrades Phase 2 FY14 $25,000 Fire Heart Monitor / Defibrillator FY14 $35,000 Police Cruiser FY14 $35,000 Engineering Treat’s Pond Flood Relief FY14 $30,000 Finance SoftRight License FY14 $34,606 $229,606 Debt Funded from Capital Stabilization Fund Fire Ambulance FY14 $230,000 DPW One Ton Dump Truck FY14 $75,000 $305,000 MOVED that eight hundred forty thousand and one hundred and six dollars ($840,106) be hereby appropriated to be spent by the Town Manager for the purpose of paying for the following items; Funded from Capital Stabilization Fund for FY13 TW IT Technology Upgrades Phase 1b FY13 $70,000 TW IT Continued Building Interconnectivity FY13 $30,000 TW IT Inspections / Permit /Health Tracking Software FY13 $30,000 TW IT GIS implementation Project FY13 $35,000 DPW Radios FY13 $15,000 Facilities Generator Upgrades FY13 $50,000 DPW Street Lights Purchase FY13 $36,500 Police Finger Print Scanner FY13 $15,000 School Bus (FY12 funding) additional funds FY13 $9,000 School HS gym Roof Air Handler repair FY13 $15,000 $305,500 Funded from Capital Stabilization Fund for FY14 TW IT Technology Upgrades Phase 1c FY14 $70,000 TW IT Safety and Security Upgrades Phase 2 FY14 $25,000 Fire Heart Monitor / Defibrillator FY14 $35,000 Police Cruiser FY14 $35,000 Engineering Treat’s Pond Flood Relief FY14 $30,000 Finance SoftRight License FY14 $34,606 $229,606 38 it being understood that the amount appropriated is one number and not the individual parts, and further that the Town Manager is hereby authorized to distribute such appropriation in such a manner as may be needed to accomplish the above list of items, provided however, that each item contained in the list set forth above is undertaken and that any excess funds are available because one or more of the listed items cost less than was estimated and not because an item intended to be purchased is not so purchased; and to meet this appropriation Five Hundred and Thirty‐Five Thousand One Hundred and Six Dollars ($535,106) be hereby transferred from the Capital Stabilization Fund of the Town; and further MOVED that Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($230,000) be hereby appropriated to be spent by the Town Manager for the purchase of Ambulance for the Cohasset Fire Department: and to meet this appropriation the Treasurer of the Town with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow said $230,000 as general obligations of the town and to issue bonds and notes of the town therefore; and further MOVED that Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) be hereby appropriated to be spent by the Town Manager for replacement of a One Ton Dump Truck for the Department of Public Works, with trade in, sale, or other disposition of the existing truck hereby so authorized, and to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer of the Town with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow said $75,000 as general obligations of the town and to issue bonds and notes of the town therefore. A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 8 Home Rule Petition to Amend the Town Manager’s Act To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to file with the General Court a petition for the enactment of a Home Rule special act to amend the Cohasset Town Manager Act and to request the Town’s representatives to the General Court to introduce a Special Act set forth below; and further to authorize the General Court, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to make constructive changes in language as may be necessary or advisable towards perfecting the intent of this legislation in order to secure passage, or to take any other action related thereto, as follows: 1. AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACT PROVIDING FOR A TOWN MANAGER IN THE TOWN OF COHASSET Section 1. The Cohasset Town Manager Act set forth in Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1997, as amended by Chapter 421 of the Acts of 1998 and Chapter 330 of the Acts of 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the "TM Act") is hereby amended as set forth in this amendment act. Except as hereinafter amended, the TM Act shall continue in full force and effect. 39 Section 2. Section 2 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 2 in its entirety, and the following new Section 2 is hereby substituted: SECTION 2. Designation of Elected Officials (a) Upon the effective date of this act, the registered voters of the town of Cohasset shall, in accordance with any applicable laws, by‐laws, votes of the town, or inter local agreement continue to elect the following: i. selectmen, ii. town moderator, iii. town clerk, iv. school committee members, v. trustees of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, vi. assessors, vii. board of health members, viii. Cohasset Housing Authority members, ix. planning board members, x. recreation commissioners, xi. sewer commissioners, and xii. water commissioners. (b) The powers, duties and responsibilities of elected and appointed officials shall be as now or hereafter provided by applicable provisions of General Laws, special acts, by‐laws and votes of the town, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. (c) Notwithstanding the election by the voters of the town of the officers named in this section, such officers shall be available to the town manager for consultation, conference and discussion on matters relating to their respective offices. The town manager may require all such officials, except the selectmen, to prepare reports for the town manager necessary for the administration of any of his responsibilities. Section 3. Section 3 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section in its entirety, and the following new Section 3 is hereby substituted: SECTION 3 Powers and Duties of the Board of Selectmen (a) The executive powers of the town shall be vested in the board of selectmen, who shall have all the powers given to boards of selectmen by the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (b) The board of selectmen of the town of Cohasset shall consist of five (5) persons elected by the voters of the town. The term of each member of the board of selectmen shall not exceed 40 three (3) years or until a successor takes office. The board of selectmen shall annually elect a chairperson from among its members. (c) The board of selectmen shall serve as the chief goal‐setting and policy‐making body of the town and as such shall not normally administer the day‐to‐day affairs of the town. The board of selectmen shall set guidelines and policy directives which are to be implemented by the town manager and by other officers and employees appointed by or under its authority. The board of selectmen shall have the power to enact rules and regulations to implement policies and to issue interpretations of the rules and regulations. (d) The board of selectmen shall exercise, through the town manager, general supervision over all matters affecting the interests or welfare of the town. (e) The board of selectmen shall appoint the town manager, town counsel, independent auditor and assistant or special counsels and all members of committees, boards, and commissions except those positions that the town bylaws provide are to be appointed by the Troika (as hereinafter defined), that are elected by the voters, or that, unless provided for by this Act, may be otherwise appointed by town by‐law, or the General Laws of the Commonwealth. The Board may make appointments to all positions and committees the Board creates for special or general purposes. For purposes of this act the Troika shall be defined as a group made up of the town moderator, who shall be the chairman of the Troika, chairman of the board of selectmen, and chairman of the advisory committee. (f) The board of selectmen shall have oversight of such boards, committees, positions, or commissions appointed by the board of selectmen. (g) The board of selectmen shall have the responsibility and authority for licenses and other non‐ personnel related functions as provided by the General Laws and the by‐laws of the town of Cohasset. (h) The board of selectmen shall be responsible for and shall approve the form and content of all town meeting warrants before they are submitted to town meeting for deliberation. (i) The board of selectmen shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining a written process for the preparation of the budget. The selectmen shall issue annually one or more written budget messages including fiscal guidelines and the timeline for budget makers at the beginning of each budget cycle or at a time established by the town by‐laws. (j) The board of selectmen shall review the annual proposed budget prepared by the town manager and make changes as the Board deems advisable. The town manager shall present the budget which incorporates the changes of the board of selectmen to the town meeting. Section 4. Section 4 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 4 in its entirety, and the following new Section 4 is hereby substituted: 41 SECTION 4. Appointment of the Town Manager (a) The board of selectmen shall create a search committee to assist in the selection of candidates for the position of town manager. The candidates shall be persons of demonstrated ability with administrative experience in public management or business administration who are qualified by reason of education and experience. The town shall from time to time, by bylaw, establish qualifications for the position of town manager. The board of selectmen, by a majority vote of its full membership, shall appoint a person to perform the duties of town manager. The town manager shall be a citizen of the United States. (b) No selectman or former selectman within fifteen (15) months of holding such office shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of town manager. (c) The board of selectmen may enter into a formal contract with the town manager. They may set contract terms which shall have precedence over any personnel by‐laws. (d) The town manager may be appointed for successive terms of office, no term of which shall be more than three years or until a successor takes office. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall be sworn in the presence of a majority of the members of the board of selectmen, to the faithful and impartial performance thereof by the town clerk or a notary public. (e) The town manager shall execute a bond in favor of the town of Cohasset for the faithful performance of his duties in such sums and with such sureties as may be fixed and approved by the board of selectmen, the cost for which will be borne by the town. (f) The board of selectmen shall set the compensation for the town manager, not to exceed an amount appropriated by the town meeting. Section 5. Section 5 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 5 in its entirety, and the following new Section 5, Section 5A, Section 5B, Section 5C, Section 5D, Section 5E and Section 5F, are hereby substituted: SECTION 5. Removal of Town Manager (a) The board of selectmen, by a majority vote of its full membership, may remove the town manager. At least thirty (30) days before such removal shall be effective, the board of selectmen shall file a preliminary written resolution with the town clerk setting forth reasons, if any, for the proposed removal, a copy of which resolution shall be delivered to the town manager. (b) The town manager may reply in writing to the resolution and may request, in writing, a public hearing. The request for hearing must be received by the town clerk no later than ten (10) days after the town manager’s receipt of the resolution. If the town manager so requests, the board of selectmen shall hold a public hearing not earlier than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after the filing of such request. 42 (c) Following the public hearing or, if none, at the expiration of thirty (30) days following the filing of the preliminary resolution, the board of selectmen may adopt a final resolution of removal. (d) As part of the preliminary resolution, the board of selectmen may suspend the town manager from duty. (e) Nothing contained herein shall limit the authority of the board of selectmen to suspend or remove the town manager as provided by state law. (f) Any suspension may be with or without pay. SECTION 5A. Absence or Vacancy of Town Manager (a) During a temporary absence, not to exceed 30 days, the town manager shall designate by a letter filed with the chair of the board of selectmen, an administrator to perform the duties of the office. Such delegation shall be limited to those matters not allowing of delay during the manager’s absence. (b) If, in the sole opinion of the board of selectmen, the town manager’s designee is unable effectively to perform the duties of the office during the temporary absence of the town manager, the selectmen shall have the absolute right to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office, which duties shall be limited to those matters not allowing of delay during the town manager’s absence. (c) During an absence of the town manager for 30 or more days, due to disability, illness, or other circumstance, the board of selectmen shall appoint an acting town manager for the duration of any extended absence. Such designation will cease upon the return of the town manager. (d) If the individual serving as acting town manager is a town officer or employee, the individual shall return to the position held prior to being appointed as the acting town manager. (e) No member of the board of selectmen shall serve as acting town manager. (f) If the board of selectmen determines, by majority vote of the full membership, that the town manager will be unable to resume the duties of the job for any reasons, including but not limited to resignation, termination or illness, the office of town manager shall be filled as soon as practicable by the board of selectmen who may appoint an acting town manager who may serve until a town manager is appointed. (g) Irrespective of the duration of the absence of the town manager, the board of selectmen shall determine the powers and responsibilities of any acting of temporary town manager. SECTION 5B. Administrative Responsibilities of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the town and shall be responsible to the board of selectmen for the effective management of all town affairs placed in the town manager's charge by this act, by the board of selectmen, by by‐laws, or by vote of 43 town meeting, and for the implementation of town policies placed in the town manager's charge by the board of selectmen. (b) The town manager shall supervise all town departments with the exception of the School District and direct day to day affairs of the town. (c) The town manager shall be responsible for seeing that the budget is administered as adopted by town meeting and in accordance with the General Laws, this act and the town by‐ laws. (d) The town manager shall advise the board of selectmen of all matters requiring action by them or by the town. (e) The town manager shall oversee the town’s personnel system and staff in accordance with the town by‐laws as amended, personnel evaluation policies and practices, enforcement of labor contracts, labor relations, collective bargaining and state and federal equal opportunities law compliance functions of the town. (f) The town manager shall attend all meetings of the board of selectmen, except when excused, having the right to speak but not vote; and attend all annual and special town meetings and shall be permitted to speak when recognized by the moderator. (g) The town manager shall administer, either directly or through a person or persons appointed by him in accordance with this act, all provisions of General Laws and special acts applicable to the town, all town by‐laws, and all regulations established by the board of selectmen. (h) The town manager shall have access to all information necessary for the proper performance of the duties of town manager in accordance with the town bylaws, not including however attorney‐client privileged information which is provided to or by the board of selectmen, unless the board specifically authorizes such access. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the town manager and any person acting under his supervision, direction, or control shall have no authority to access the electronic communications of any town officer or employee, or information maintained in a personal work area or computer of any such officer or employee, unless such access has been approved in advance by the board of selectmen or by a member designated by the board to act on such matters. (i) The town manager may, without notice, cause the affairs of any division or department, except the School District, or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to be examined. (j) The town manager shall keep the board of selectmen fully informed regarding all departmental operations, fiscal affairs, general problems, and administrative actions, and to this end shall submit periodic reports to the board of selectmen. (k) The town manager shall coordinate the activities among boards, commissions, and committees, concerned with long‐range municipal planning, including physical or economic development, and environmental or resource protection of the town. 44 (l) The town manager shall be responsible for the maintenance all town buildings, property and facilities except those under the jurisdiction of the housing authority, sewer commission and water commission unless requested by those agencies. He shall, to these ends, develop, keep and annually update a full and complete inventory of all property of the town, both real and personal. (m) Subject to section 3H of this act, the town manager shall be responsible for the preparation of all town meeting warrants in accordance with the town by‐laws and distribute, or cause to be distributed, copies of town meeting warrants to the residences of all registered voters of the town (n) Upon request and with the approval of the board of selectmen, the town manager shall prosecute, defend, or compromise all litigation to which the town is party. (o) The town manager shall keep full and complete records of his office and annually submit to the board of selectmen, unless requested to do so more frequently, a full written report of the operations of the office. (p) The town manager shall devote his full working time to the duties of the office, and shall not engage in any business activity during his term, except with the written consent of the board of selectmen. SECTION 5C. Financial Responsibilities of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall be the chief financial officer of the town. (b) The town manager shall be responsible for controlling all appropriated budget expenditures, which includes the power to approve or reject all warrants including payroll for the payment of town funds prepared by the town accountant in accordance with the provision of section 56 of chapter 41 of the General Laws. (c) Annually, the town manager shall be responsible for the preparation of the proposed budget to be included in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant. The proposed budget shall be prepared in accordance with the most current budget process by the date set pursuant to Section 3(i) of this act as approved by the board of selectmen. (d) The town manager shall submit to the board of selectmen by the date established pursuant to Section 3(i) of this act a written proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year. i. The proposed budget shall detail all estimated revenue from all sources, and all proposed expenditures, including debt service, for the previous, current, and ensuing five (5 )fiscal years. ii. The proposed budget shall detail all estimated expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal year, detailed by agency, department, committee, purpose, and position. 45 iii. In addition, the town manager shall prepare a written proposed capital improvements budget for the ensuing fiscal year and a five (5) year forecast and include both as part of the proposed annual budget. iv. For the purpose of preparing the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the town manager shall include an estimate of revenues to be collected and free cash available at the close of the current fiscal year, including estimated balances in special accounts. v. The town manager shall report on the estimated funds required to be levied and raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities of the proposed budget together with an estimate of the tax rate necessary to raise such amount and include the information in the proposed budget. vi. The town manager annually shall submit a town departmental and organizational structure. (e) The town manager shall submit a preliminary budget and capital plan to the board of selectmen, the advisory committee and the capital budget committee pursuant to the budget process set forth in Section 3(i) of this Act. The preliminary budget and capital plan must be submitted no later than seventy (70) days prior to the date of the annual town meeting. (f) To assist the town manager in preparing the proposed annual budget of revenue and expenditures, all boards, officers, and committees of the town, including the school committee, shall furnish all relevant information in their possession and submit to the town manager, in writing in such form as the town manager shall establish, a detailed estimate of the appropriations required and available funds. (g) The town manager shall keep the board of selectmen informed regarding the availability of federal and state funds and how such funds might relate to unmet long‐range needs. (h) The town manager shall be responsible for filing all grant applications. (i) After the close of each fiscal year and after the certification of free cash by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, the town manager, as soon as practicable, will cause to have prepared audited financial statements. Upon completion of the audit, the town manager will promptly distribute the statements to the board of selectmen, chairman of the advisory committee and chairman of the capital budget committee. SECTION 5D. Appointment Powers of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall appoint upon merit and fitness alone, and may remove, the police chief, fire chief, director of finance subject to the selectmen’s approval by a majority vote of its full membership whose contracts and any changes thereto must be approved by the board of selectmen. (b) The Board of Selectmen shall appoint members of the conservation commission under chapter 40, section 8C of the General Laws. 46 (c) The town manager shall appoint and may remove all Department Heads not included in Section 5D(a) of this act, as that term may be defined in the town organization chart established from time to time by town meeting of the Town of Cohasset, and all employees under the direct supervision of the town manager. In addition, the town manager shall appoint and may remove all officers, subordinates and employees for whom no other method of selection is provided in this act, except employees of the school department. (d) Appointments made by the town manager in Section 5D(c) of this act shall become effective fifteen (15) days following the date of written notice of the appointment is filed with the board of selectmen unless the board of selectmen shall, within that period, by a majority of its members present and voting, vote to reject the appointment or removal. (e) Within the fifteen (15) day period, the board of selectmen may, by a majority of its members present and voting, vote to waive its power to reject an appointment pursuant to Section 5D(d) of this Act, whereupon the appointment shall become effective immediately. (f) All appointments by the town manager not included in Section 5D(a) or 5D(c) of this Act shall become effective immediately. (g) Any employee not protected by civil service law or union contract shall have the right to appeal the town manager's decision to discharge to the board of selectmen. The appeal shall be initiated by filing a written notice of appeal with the town manager within ten (10) calendar days after receiving a written notice of discharge. The appeal shall be conducted pursuant to processes and procedures as may be established from time to time by the town by‐laws. (h) The town manager, subject to any applicable provisions of the General Laws relating thereto, may assume, temporarily, the duties of any office which the town manager is authorized to fill by appointment, subject to approval by the board of selectmen. (i) The town manager may appoint such ad hoc committees as he deems necessary. SECTION 5E. Collective Bargaining (a) The town manager or a negotiating committee authorized by the board of selectmen shall negotiate collective bargaining contracts on behalf of the board of selectmen, which contracts shall be subject to approval, ratification and execution by the board of selectmen. (b) The board of selectmen may authorize use of additional counsel and/or persons to assist the town manager or negotiating committee in the negotiations at their request. SECTION 5F. Procurement (a) The town manager is the chief procurement officer and shall be responsible for purchasing for all town functions and departments, pursuant to chapter 30B of the General Laws, and all other applicable statutes, procedures, and by‐laws. (b) The town manager may, at the request of the school committee, delegate such duties for school department purchasing 47 SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon passage Or to take any other action related thereto. MOVED that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to file with the General Court the following petition for the enactment of a Home Rule special act to amend the Cohasset Town Manager Act and the Town’s representatives to the General Court is hereby requested to introduce a Special Act set forth below; and further the General Court, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is hereby authorized to make constructive changes in language as may be necessary or advisable towards perfecting the intent of this legislation in order to secure passage, as follows: 1. AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACT PROVIDING FOR A TOWN MANAGER IN THE TOWN OF COHASSET Section 1. The Cohasset Town Manager Act set forth in Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1997, as amended by Chapter 421 of the Acts of 1998 and Chapter 330 of the Acts of 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the "TM Act") is hereby amended as set forth in this amendment act. Except as hereinafter amended, the TM Act shall continue in full force and effect. Section 2. Section 2 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 2 in its entirety, and the following new Section 2 is hereby substituted: SECTION 2. Designation of Elected Officials (a) Upon the effective date of this act, the registered voters of the town of Cohasset shall, in accordance with any applicable laws, by‐laws, votes of the town, or inter local agreement continue to elect the following: i. selectmen, ii. town moderator, iii. town clerk, iv. school committee members, v. trustees of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, vi. assessors, vii. board of health members, viii. Cohasset Housing Authority members, ix. planning board members, x. recreation commissioners, xi. sewer commissioners, and xii. water commissioners. 48 (b) The powers, duties and responsibilities of elected and appointed officials shall be as now or hereafter provided by applicable provisions of General Laws, special acts, by‐laws and votes of the town, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. (c) Notwithstanding the election by the voters of the town of the officers named in this section, such officers shall be available to the town manager for consultation, conference and discussion on matters relating to their respective offices. The town manager may require all such officials, except the selectmen, to prepare reports for the town manager necessary for the administration of any of his responsibilities. Section 3. Section 3 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section in its entirety, and the following new Section 3 is hereby substituted: SECTION 3 Powers and Duties of the Board of Selectmen (a) The executive powers of the town shall be vested in the board of selectmen, who shall have all the powers given to boards of selectmen by the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (b) The board of selectmen of the town of Cohasset shall consist of five (5) persons elected by the voters of the town. The term of each member of the board of selectmen shall not exceed three (3) years or until a successor takes office. The board of selectmen shall annually elect a chairperson from among its members. (c) The board of selectmen shall serve as the chief goal‐setting and policy‐making body of the town and as such shall not normally administer the day‐to‐day affairs of the town. The board of selectmen shall set guidelines and policy directives which are to be implemented by the town manager and by other officers and employees appointed by or under its authority. The board of selectmen shall have the power to enact rules and regulations to implement policies and to issue interpretations of the rules and regulations. (d) The board of selectmen shall exercise, through the town manager, general supervision over all matters affecting the interests or welfare of the town. (e) The board of selectmen shall appoint the town manager, town counsel, independent auditor and assistant or special counsels and all members of committees, boards, and commissions except those positions that the town bylaws provide are to be appointed by the Troika (as hereinafter defined), that are elected by the voters, or that, unless provided for by this Act, may be otherwise appointed by town by‐law, or the General Laws of the Commonwealth. The Board may make appointments to all positions and committees the Board creates for special or general purposes. For purposes of this act the Troika shall be defined as a group made up of the town moderator, who shall be the chairman of the Troika, chairman of the board of selectmen, and chairman of the advisory committee. 49 (f) The board of selectmen shall have oversight of such boards, committees, positions, or commissions appointed by the board of selectmen. (g) The board of selectmen shall have the responsibility and authority for licenses and other non‐ personnel related functions as provided by the General Laws and the by‐laws of the town of Cohasset. (h) The board of selectmen shall be responsible for and shall approve the form and content of all town meeting warrants before they are submitted to town meeting for deliberation. (i) The board of selectmen shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining a written process for the preparation of the budget. The selectmen shall issue annually one or more written budget messages including fiscal guidelines and the timeline for budget makers at the beginning of each budget cycle or at a time established by the town by‐laws. (j) The board of selectmen shall review the annual proposed budget prepared by the town manager and make changes as the Board deems advisable. The town manager shall present the budget which incorporates the changes of the board of selectmen to the town meeting. Section 4. Section 4 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 4 in its entirety, and the following new Section 4 is hereby substituted: SECTION 4. Appointment of the Town Manager (a) The board of selectmen shall create a search committee to assist in the selection of candidates for the position of town manager. The candidates shall be persons of demonstrated ability with administrative experience in public management or business administration who are qualified by reason of education and experience. The town shall from time to time, by bylaw, establish qualifications for the position of town manager. The board of selectmen, by a majority vote of its full membership, shall appoint a person to perform the duties of town manager. The town manager shall be a citizen of the United States. (b) No selectman or former selectman within fifteen (15) months of holding such office shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of town manager. (c) The board of selectmen may enter into a formal contract with the town manager. They may set contract terms which shall have precedence over any personnel by‐laws. (d) The town manager may be appointed for successive terms of office, no term of which shall be more than three years or until a successor takes office. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Town Manager shall be sworn in the presence of a majority of the members of the board of selectmen, to the faithful and impartial performance thereof by the town clerk or a notary public. (e) The town manager shall execute a bond in favor of the town of Cohasset for the faithful performance of his duties in such sums and with such sureties as may be fixed and approved by the board of selectmen, the cost for which will be borne by the town. 50 (f) The board of selectmen shall set the compensation for the town manager, not to exceed an amount appropriated by the town meeting. Section 5. Section 5 of the TM Act is hereby amended by deleting said Section 5 in its entirety, and the following new Section 5, Section 5A, Section 5B, Section 5C, Section 5D, Section 5E and Section 5F, are hereby substituted: SECTION 5. Removal of Town Manager (a) The board of selectmen, by a majority vote of its full membership, may remove the town manager. At least thirty (30) days before such removal shall be effective, the board of selectmen shall file a preliminary written resolution with the town clerk setting forth reasons, if any, for the proposed removal, a copy of which resolution shall be delivered to the town manager. (b) The town manager may reply in writing to the resolution and may request, in writing, a public hearing. The request for hearing must be received by the town clerk no later than ten (10) days after the town manager’s receipt of the resolution. If the town manager so requests, the board of selectmen shall hold a public hearing not earlier than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after the filing of such request. (c) Following the public hearing or, if none, at the expiration of thirty (30) days following the filing of the preliminary resolution, the board of selectmen may adopt a final resolution of removal. (d) As part of the preliminary resolution, the board of selectmen may suspend the town manager from duty. (e) Nothing contained herein shall limit the authority of the board of selectmen to suspend or remove the town manager as provided by state law. (f) Any suspension may be with or without pay. SECTION 5A. Absence or Vacancy of Town Manager (a) During a temporary absence, not to exceed 30 days, the town manager shall designate by a letter filed with the chair of the board of selectmen, an administrator to perform the duties of the office. Such delegation shall be limited to those matters not allowing of delay during the manager’s absence. (b) If, in the sole opinion of the board of selectmen, the town manager’s designee is unable effectively to perform the duties of the office during the temporary absence of the town manager, the selectmen shall have the absolute right to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office, which duties shall be limited to those matters not allowing of delay during the town manager’s absence. 51 (c) During an absence of the town manager for 30 or more days, due to disability, illness, or other circumstance, the board of selectmen shall appoint an acting town manager for the duration of any extended absence. Such designation will cease upon the return of the town manager. (d) If the individual serving as acting town manager is a town officer or employee, the individual shall return to the position held prior to being appointed as the acting town manager. (e) No member of the board of selectmen shall serve as acting town manager. (f) If the board of selectmen determines, by majority vote of the full membership, that the town manager will be unable to resume the duties of the job for any reasons, including but not limited to resignation, termination or illness, the office of town manager shall be filled as soon as practicable by the board of selectmen who may appoint an acting town manager who may serve until a town manager is appointed. (g) Irrespective of the duration of the absence of the town manager, the board of selectmen shall determine the powers and responsibilities of any acting or temporary town manager. SECTION 5B. Administrative Responsibilities of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the town and shall be responsible to the board of selectmen for the effective management of all town affairs placed in the town manager's charge by this act, by the board of selectmen, by by‐laws, or by vote of town meeting, and for the implementation of town policies placed in the town manager's charge by the board of selectmen. (b) The town manager shall supervise all town departments with the exception of the School District and direct day to day affairs of the town. (c) The town manager shall be responsible for seeing that the budget is administered as adopted by town meeting and in accordance with the General Laws, this act and the town by‐ laws. (d) The town manager shall advise the board of selectmen of all matters requiring action by them or by the town. (e) The town manager shall oversee the town’s personnel system and staff in accordance with the town by‐laws as amended, personnel evaluation policies and practices, enforcement of labor contracts, labor relations, collective bargaining and state and federal equal opportunities law compliance functions of the town. (f) The town manager shall attend all meetings of the board of selectmen, except when excused, having the right to speak but not vote; and attend all annual and special town meetings and shall be permitted to speak when recognized by the moderator. (g) The town manager shall administer, either directly or through a person or persons appointed by the town manager in accordance with this act, all provisions of General Laws and 52 special acts applicable to the town, all town by‐laws, and all regulations established by the board of selectmen. (h) The town manager shall have access to all information necessary for the proper performance of the duties of town manager in accordance with the town bylaws, not including however attorney‐client privileged information which is provided to or by the board of selectmen, unless the board specifically authorizes such access. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the town manager and any person acting under the Town Manager’s supervision, direction, or control shall have no authority to access the electronic communications of any town officer or employee, or information maintained in a personal work area or computer of any such officer or employee, unless such access has been approved in advance by the board of selectmen or by a member designated by the board to act on such matters. (i) The town manager may, without notice, cause the affairs of any division or department, except the School District, or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to be examined. (j) The town manager shall keep the board of selectmen fully informed regarding all departmental operations, fiscal affairs, general problems, and administrative actions, and to this end shall submit periodic reports to the board of selectmen. (k) The town manager shall coordinate the activities among boards, commissions, and committees, concerned with long‐range municipal planning, including physical or economic development, and environmental or resource protection of the town. (l) The town manager shall be responsible for the maintenance all town buildings, property and facilities except those under the jurisdiction of the housing authority, sewer commission and water commission unless requested by those agencies. The town manager shall, to these ends, develop, keep and annually update a full and complete inventory of all property of the town, both real and personal. (m) Subject to section 3H of this act, the town manager shall be responsible for the preparation of all town meeting warrants in accordance with the town by‐laws and distribute, or cause to be distributed, copies of town meeting warrants to the residences of all registered voters of the town. (n) Upon request and with the approval of the board of selectmen, the town manager shall prosecute, defend, or compromise all litigation to which the town is party. (o) The town manager shall keep full and complete records of town manager’s office and annually submit to the board of selectmen, unless requested to do so more frequently, a full written report of the operations of the office. (p) The town manager shall devote full working time to the duties of the office, and shall not engage in any business activity during the term of office, except with the written consent of the board of selectmen. 53 SECTION 5C. Financial Responsibilities of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall be the chief financial officer of the town. (b) The town manager shall be responsible for controlling all appropriated budget expenditures, which includes the power to approve or reject all warrants including payroll for the payment of town funds prepared by the town accountant in accordance with the provision of section 56 of chapter 41 of the General Laws. (c) Annually, the town manager shall be responsible for the preparation of the proposed budget to be included in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant. The proposed budget shall be prepared in accordance with the most current budget process by the date set pursuant to Section 3(i) of this act as approved by the board of selectmen. (d) The town manager shall submit to the board of selectmen by the date established pursuant to Section 3(i) of this act a written proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year. i. The proposed budget shall detail all estimated revenue from all sources, and all proposed expenditures, including debt service, for the previous, current, and ensuing five (5 )fiscal years. ii. The proposed budget shall detail all estimated expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal year, detailed by agency, department, committee, purpose, and position. iii. In addition, the town manager shall prepare a written proposed capital improvements budget for the ensuing fiscal year and a five (5) year forecast and include both as part of the proposed annual budget. iv. For the purpose of preparing the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the town manager shall include an estimate of revenues to be collected and free cash available at the close of the current fiscal year, including estimated balances in special accounts. v. The town manager shall report on the estimated funds required to be levied and raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities of the proposed budget together with an estimate of the tax rate necessary to raise such amount and include the information in the proposed budget. vi. The town manager annually shall submit a town departmental and organizational structure. (e) The town manager shall submit a preliminary budget and capital plan to the board of selectmen, the advisory committee and the capital budget committee pursuant to the budget process set forth in Section 3(i) of this Act. The preliminary budget and capital plan must be submitted no later than seventy (70) days prior to the date of the annual town meeting. (f) To assist the town manager in preparing the proposed annual budget of revenue and expenditures, all boards, officers, and committees of the town, including the school committee, shall furnish all relevant information in their possession and submit to the town manager, in 54 writing in such form as the town manager shall establish, a detailed estimate of the appropriations required and available funds. (g) The town manager shall keep the board of selectmen informed regarding the availability of federal and state funds and how such funds might relate to unmet long‐range needs. (h) The town manager shall be responsible for filing all grant applications. (i) After the close of each fiscal year and after the certification of free cash by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, the town manager, as soon as practicable, will cause to have prepared audited financial statements. Upon completion of the audit, the town manager will promptly distribute the statements to the board of selectmen, chairman of the advisory committee and chairman of the capital budget committee. SECTION 5D. Appointment Powers of the Town Manager (a) The town manager shall appoint upon merit and fitness alone, and may remove, the police chief, fire chief, director of finance subject to the selectmen’s approval by a majority vote of its full membership whose contracts and any changes thereto must be approved by the board of selectmen. (b) The Board of Selectmen shall appoint members of the conservation commission under chapter 40, section 8C of the General Laws. (c) The town manager shall appoint and may remove all Department Heads not included in Section 5D(a) of this act, as that term may be defined in the town organization chart established from time to time by town meeting of the Town of Cohasset, and all employees under the direct supervision of the town manager. In addition, the town manager shall appoint and may remove all officers, subordinates and employees for whom no other method of selection is provided in this act, except employees of the school department. (d) Appointments made by the town manager in Section 5D(c) of this act shall become effective fifteen (15) days following the date of written notice of the appointment is filed with the board of selectmen unless the board of selectmen shall, within that period, by a majority of its members present and voting, vote to reject the appointment or removal. (e) Within the fifteen (15) day period, the board of selectmen may, by a majority of its members present and voting, vote to waive its power to reject an appointment pursuant to Section 5D(d) of this Act, whereupon the appointment shall become effective immediately. (f) All appointments by the town manager not included in Section 5D(a) or 5D(c) of this Act shall become effective immediately. (g) Any employee not protected by civil service law or union contract shall have the right to appeal the town manager's decision to discharge to the board of selectmen. The appeal shall be initiated by filing a written notice of appeal with the town manager within ten (10) calendar days after receiving a written notice of discharge. The appeal shall be conducted pursuant to processes and procedures as may be established from time to time by the town by‐laws. 55 (h) The town manager, subject to any applicable provisions of the General Laws relating thereto, may assume, temporarily, the duties of any office which the town manager is authorized to fill by appointment, subject to approval by the board of selectmen. (i) The town manager may appoint such ad hoc committees as he deems necessary. SECTION 5E. Collective Bargaining (a) The town manager or a negotiating committee authorized by the board of selectmen shall negotiate collective bargaining contracts on behalf of the board of selectmen, which contracts shall be subject to approval, ratification and execution by the board of selectmen. (b) The board of selectmen may authorize use of additional counsel and/or persons to assist the town manager or negotiating committee in the negotiations at their request. SECTION 5F. Procurement (a) The town manager is the chief procurement officer and shall be responsible for purchasing for all town functions and departments, pursuant to chapter 30B of the General Laws, and all other applicable statutes, procedures, and by‐laws. (b) The town manager may, at the request of the school committee, delegate such duties for school department purchasing. SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon passage Secret ballot ordered by Moderator. Yes 223 No 141 Motion adopted. Article: 9 Union Contracts To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, pursuant to any applicable statute, to be expended by the Town Manager, to fund the cost items in the collective bargaining agreements, or to take any other action related thereto. MOVED that One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) be raised and appropriated from the FY 14 tax levy and other general revenues of the town and that Sixty‐Four Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty‐Six Dollars ($64,566) be appropriated from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town, to be expended by the Town Manager, to fund the cost items of the following collective bargaining agreements. Police Union FY 2014 $27,500 Police Lieutenants Union FY 2014 $2,400 Fire Union FY 2013 $27,741 Fire Union FY 2014 $53,225 Library Union FY 2013 $6,200 56 Library Union FY 2014 $14,100 Clerical Union FY 2013 $11,600 Clerical Union FY 2014 $21,800 Motion adopted unanimously. PROCLAMATION Whereas, Michael C. Patrolia, or Mickey as he is called, was first elected to the Cohasset Board of Assessors in 1970 and has served forty‐two years as a member of the Cohasset Board of Assessors; and Whereas, as a member of the Cohasset Board of Assessors, Mickey discharged his responsibilities with fairness and impartiality; and Whereas, Mickey applied his knowledge of Massachusetts General Laws governing assessing and his familiarity with the Town of Cohasset to decision making, always in the best interest of the town and the taxpayers of Cohasset; and Whereas, Mickey with his kind and considerate way made him an asset to the Board of Assessors; and Whereas, such dedication and service to the Town cannot come without great sacrifice to personal matters and family life; and Whereas, Mickey has lived and served in the community he loves for forty‐two years; and Whereas, the Board of Selectmen now recommends this Unanimous Motion for Commendation to Michael C. Patrolia. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Citizens of Cohasset, assembled here at Annual Town Meeting hereby acknowledge with sincere appreciation the long and devoted service to the Town of Cohasset and will be ever grateful to Michael C. Patrolia for his commitment and dedication to the Cohasset community. GIVEN under our hands and the seal of the TOWN OF COHASSET on this twenty‐second day of April in the year Two Thousand Thirteen. 57 BOARD OF SELECTMEN ______________________________ Paul Carlson, Chairman ______________________________ Diane Kennedy ______________________________ Frederick Koed ______________________________ Leland H. Jenkins ______________________________ Martha Gjesteby Proclamation adopted unanimously. Article: 10 Recession of Authorized but Unissued Debt To see if the Town will vote to rescind the balance of the loans authorized and un‐issued pursuant to the following Articles and Town Meeting approvals: Purpose: Date Article Authorized/ Unissued Septic Systems 3/29/1999 24 $200,000 MBTA Wetlands James Brook 11/5/2001 19 $1,200,000 MBTA Sohier Street 11/5/2001 5 $250,000 Library 11/5/2001 5 $3,250,000 Water 11/5/01 & 3/30/2002 5 & 13 $23,752 Water 3/30/2002 13 $28,248 Sewer Elm Street 3/30/2002 7 $81,000 Infrastructure & Streetscape 11/18/2002 13 $800,000 Land Acquisition 11/18/2002 6 $750,000 Drainage Jacob’s Meadow 11/18/2002 16 $53,000 Land Acquisition Sohior Street 11/14/2003 4 $4,100,000 Sewer Planning 4/2/2005 11 $40,000 Recreational Facilities 11/13/2006 4.b $150,000 Retaining Wall Improvements 11/17/2008 7 $126,750 Road Improvements 11/17/2008 7 $33,750 Total Authorized and Unissued $11,086,500 For a total of $11,086,500, or take any other action relative thereto. 58 MOVED that the balance Eleven Million, Eighty‐Six Thousand and Five Hundred dollars of the loans authorized and un‐issued listed below be rescinded: Purpose: Date Article Authorized/ Unissued Septic Systems 3/29/1999 24 $200,000 MBTA Wetlands James Brook 11/5/2001 19 $1,200,000 MBTA Sohier Street 11/5/2001 5 $250,000 Library 11/5/2001 5 $3,250,000 Water 11/5/01 & 3/30/2002 5 & 13 $23,752 Water 3/30/2002 13 $28,248 Sewer Elm Street 3/30/2002 7 $81,000 Infrastructure & Streetscape 11/18/2002 13 $800,000 Land Acquisition 11/18/2002 6 $750,000 Drainage Jacob’s Meadow 11/18/2002 16 $53,000 Land Acquisition Sohior Street 11/14/2003 4 $4,100,000 Sewer Planning 4/2/2005 11 $40,000 Recreational Facilities 11/13/2006 4.b $150,000 Retaining Wall Improvements 11/17/2008 7 $126,750 Road Improvements 11/17/2008 7 $33,750 Total Authorized and Unissued $11,086,500 Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 11 Adoption of Local‐Option Meal and Hotel Tax. To see if the town will accept A: Section 2 of Chapter 64 L of the General Laws of the Commonwealth to impose a .75% meals tax to take effect on July 1, 2013 in accordance with section 60 of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2009, and/or B: Accept Sections 51 and 52 of Ch. 27 of the Acts of 2009 amending s. 3A of Ch. 64G of the General Laws of the Commonwealth and further establish for local room occupancy excise under such Ch. 64G, s. 3A, to take effect on July 1, 2013 at six percent (6%), on the rental of rooms in hotels establishments in the town; as provided by such law, or take any other action related thereto. PART A MOVED that G.L. Chapter 64L Section 2 be accepted to impose a 0.75% tax upon restaurant meals within the Town of Cohasset in accordance with section 60 of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2009 to take effect on July 1, 2013. Motion defeated. 59 PART B MOVED that Chapter 27 Sections 51 and 52 of the Acts of 2009 amending G.L. 64G section 3A, be hereby accepted and that a rate of six (6) percent be set for local room occupancy tax, to take effect on July 1, 2013, upon the rental of rooms in hotels in the Town of Cohasset. Motion defeated. Article: 12 Home Rule Petition to Create Sewer Districts To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to file with the General Court a petition for the enactment of a Home Rule special act to amend the Board of Sewer Commissioners’ enabling act to authorize the establishment, codification and operation of sewer districts in the Town of Cohasset and to request the Town’s representatives to the General Court to introduce a Special Act set forth below; and further that the General Court, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Sewer Commissioners, be authorized to make constructive changes in language as may be necessary or advisable towards perfecting the intent of this legislation in order to secure passage, or take any other action related thereto. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENABLING ACT OF THE COHASSET BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS SECTION 1. Chapter 65 of the acts of 1962 entitled “An Act Authorizing the Town of Cohasset to Construct and Operate a System or Systems Of Sewerage and Sewage Disposal,” as amended by chapter 104 of the acts of 1964 and chapter 131 of the acts of 1975, hereinafter collectively referred to as the “act,” is hereby amended as set forth in this chapter. SECTION 2. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 1 of the act with the following. SECTION 1. The town of Cohasset, acting by and through its board of sewer commissioners described in section 3, may lay out, plan, construct, maintain and operate a system or systems of common sewers for parts or the whole of its territory, as may be from time to time defined and established by adoption by town meeting of one or more by‐laws as a designated sewer district under the jurisdiction and control of the board of sewer commissioners, with such capacity limitations, connections, pumping stations, treatment plants and other works, as may be allocated in such by‐ law to such sewer district as required for a system or systems of sewage treatment and disposal, and may construct, maintain and operate such sewers and related works in said sewer districts defined and established by by‐law as may be necessary. No other sewers shall be constructed in any public ways in the town that are not within 60 the limits of such designated sewer districts and which are not under the control of the board of sewer commissioners, and no other sewers that are not within the limits of such designated sewer districts shall become part of or connected to any sewer, sewers, pumping stations or other works within the limits of such designated sewer districts. SECTION 3. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 2 of the act with the following. SECTION 2. Said town, acting by and through its board of sewer commissioners, may make and maintain in any way within sewer districts defined and established as set forth in section 1 where common sewers are laid out or constructed, such connecting sewers within the limits of such way as may be necessary to connect any estate within such district that abuts upon a way within such district. SECTION 4. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 7 of the act with the following. SECTION 7. The financial operations of the sewer system shall be an enterprise fund within the meaning of section 53F½ of chapter 44 of the General Laws, except as modified herein, and any expenditure from such fund shall be made only jointly upon authorization by the board of sewer commissioners and the town of Cohasset Town Manager as defined by Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1997 (as amended by chapter 421 of the Acts of 1998 and chapter 330 of the acts of 2000). The town shall, by vote at town meeting, determine whether it shall pay the whole or a portion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal, and if a portion, what proportion. If the town votes to pay less than the whole cost, in providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems, the town, acting through its board of sewer commissioners, may avail itself of any or all the methods permitted by the General Laws, and the provisions of the General Laws relative to the assessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments or the additional methods set forth in section 17, and as to liens therefor and to interest thereon, shall apply to assessments made pursuant to this act by the board of sewer commissioners, except that interest shall be at the rate as may be established by the board of sewer commissioners from time to time. At the same meeting at which town meeting determines that any portion of the cost is to be borne by the town, such town meeting may by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided for. The collector of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments of any such assessment or apportionments thereof to the board of sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a record thereof. 61 SECTION 5. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 9 as follows. SECTION 9. The revenues received by the fund described in section 7 of this act from sewer assessments, fees, charges, contributions from the town towards the costs of such sewer system as described in section 7, and the like as receipts or revenues, shall be applied to the payment of charges and expenses incident to the planning, permitting, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal or to the extensions thereof, to the payment of principal or interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes, or to the payment or redemption of such bonds or notes. SECTION 6. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 12 of the act with the following. SECTION 12. The board of sewer commissioners may, from time to time, adopt and prescribe rules and regulations for the means of connection of estates and buildings with sewers and for inspection of the materials, the construction, alteration, and use of all connections entering to such sewers, but not including the expansion of districts except as provided in sections 1 and 16, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding $300/day for each violation of any such rule or regulation. Such rules and regulations shall be available for public review at the sewer commission's designated office during regular office hours. Any changes, deletions, additions or revisions to said rules and regulations deemed necessary by the board of sewer commissioners from time to time, shall take full effect after a notice of change has been published at least once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of Cohasset, which notice shall detail where and when such revised rules and regulations may be viewed by the general public. SECTION 7. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 16 as follows. SECTION 16. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, owners of land not within the sewer districts defined and established pursuant to section 1 of this act shall not be permitted to connect to said town's sewer system except as is set forth in this act. The territory covered by said sewer districts may be amended from time to time by the board of sewer commissioners, after a public hearing conducted to consider such amendment, upon approval of the department of environmental protection if otherwise required by law and upon enactment by town meeting of a by‐ law defining or establishing a new or expanded sewer district. In the event that the board of sewer commissioners votes not to amend the territory of any sewer district 62 in accordance with the foregoing sentence, then the amendment may nevertheless be enacted in a form of a by‐law upon a two‐thirds majority vote of town meeting. Any by‐law adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the town of Cohasset by this act may include authorization to the board of sewer commissioners without a town meeting vote to add to the sewer districts created pursuant to this act properties located within sewer needs areas as defined by any Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan as may be approved by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs with such conditions and limitations with respect to such authorization as such by‐law may provide. SECTION 8. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 17 as follows. SECTION 17. The Board of sewer commissioners may, in its discretion, prescribe for the users of said sewer systems and disposal works such annual charges, connection fees, assessments, privilege fees, and the like, based on the benefits derived therefrom as such sewer commission may deem proper, subject however, to such by‐laws as may be adopted by vote of the town, or as may be provided for in the General Laws. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission is authorized to impose and collect such charges, fees, or assessments prior to connection or operation of such system of sewers and disposal works, and may enter into agreements for the payment thereof over such time as the sewer commission shall determine. In fixing the charges to be imposed for said system, the Board of sewer commissioners is authorized to make use of any fee, charge, assessment or betterment provided for by the General Laws and further may take into consideration all costs for ongoing removal of infiltration and inflow of non‐wastewater into the system as part of the normal operating costs of the system; may include, in setting privilege fees, capital costs and interest charges applicable thereto; may impose late fees for unpaid billings; may assess a capacity utilization fee to new estates and properties added to a sewer district authorized by this act from outside a designated needs area in addition to any privilege fee; may charge betterments, special assessments, or any other charge to the estates and properties being served by collection system improvements and extensions and disposal works to pay for all costs for sewer line extensions to serve. SECTION 9. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 18 as follows. SECTION 18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the board of sewer commissioners may at any time permit extensions, new connections or 63 increases in flow to the sewer system, subject to capacity, to serve municipal buildings or public restrooms or other public service uses as defined by the municipality; provided, however, that such uses may include, but shall not be limited to, affordable housing constructed pursuant to chapters 40B and 40R of the General Laws, without thereby creating any entitlement on the part of any person to connect to such sewer system, subject to capacity and in order of application, may permit or if in the public interest, may require, extensions, new connections or new flow to the sewer system within such districts. SECTION 10. The act is hereby amended by inserting in section 11 of the act after the words "signed by the board" the words "with approval by the town manager." SECTION 11. The act is hereby amended by deleting section 14 of the act. SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. MOVED that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to file with the General Court a petition for the enactment of a Home Rule special act to amend the Board of Sewer Commissioners’ enabling act to authorize the establishment, codification and operation of sewer districts in the Town of Cohasset and that the Town’s representatives to the General Court be requested to introduce a Special Act set forth below; and further that the General Court, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Sewer Commissioners, be authorized to make constructive changes in language as may be necessary or advisable towards perfecting the intent of this legislation in order to secure passage as follows: AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENABLING ACT OF THE COHASSET BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS SECTION 1. Chapter 65 of the acts of 1962 entitled “An Act Authorizing the Town of Cohasset to Construct and Operate a System or Systems Of Sewerage and Sewage Disposal,” as amended by chapter 104 of the acts of 1964 and chapter 131 of the acts of 1975, hereinafter collectively referred to as the “act,” is hereby amended as set forth in this chapter. SECTION 2. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 1 of the act with the following. SECTION 1. The town of Cohasset, acting by and through its board of sewer commissioners described in section 3, may lay out, plan, construct, maintain and operate a system or systems of common sewers for parts or the whole of its territory, as may be from time to time defined and established by adoption by town meeting of one or more by‐laws as a designated sewer district under the jurisdiction and control 64 of the board of sewer commissioners, with such capacity limitations, connections, pumping stations, treatment plants and other works, as may be allocated in such by‐ law to such sewer district as required for a system or systems of sewage treatment and disposal, and may construct, maintain and operate such sewers and related works in said sewer districts defined and established by by‐law as may be necessary. No other sewers shall be constructed in any public ways in the town that are not within the limits of such designated sewer districts and which are not under the control of the board of sewer commissioners, and no other sewers that are not within the limits of such designated sewer districts shall become part of or connected to any sewer, sewers, pumping stations or other works within the limits of such designated sewer districts. SECTION 3. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 2 of the act with the following. SECTION 2. Said town, acting by and through its board of sewer commissioners, may make and maintain in any way within sewer districts defined and established as set forth in section 1 where common sewers are laid out or constructed, such connecting sewers within the limits of such way as may be necessary to connect any estate within such district that abuts upon a way within such district. SECTION 4. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 7 of the act with the following. SECTION 7. The financial operations of the sewer system shall be an enterprise fund within the meaning of section 53F½ of chapter 44 of the General Laws, except as modified herein, and any expenditure from such fund shall be made only jointly upon authorization by the board of sewer commissioners and the town of Cohasset Town Manager as defined by Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1997 (as amended by chapter 421 of the Acts of 1998 and chapter 330 of the acts of 2000). The town shall, by vote at town meeting, determine whether it shall pay the whole or a portion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal, and if a portion, what proportion. If the town votes to pay less than the whole cost, in providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems, the town, acting through its board of sewer commissioners, may avail itself of any or all the methods permitted by the General Laws, and the provisions of the General Laws relative to the assessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments or the additional methods set forth in section 17, and as to liens therefor and to interest thereon, shall apply to assessments made pursuant to this act by the board of sewer commissioners, except that interest shall be at the rate as may be established by the board of sewer commissioners from time to time. At 65 the same meeting at which town meeting determines that any portion of the cost is to be borne by the town, such town meeting may by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided for. The collector of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments of any such assessment or apportionments thereof to the board of sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a record thereof. SECTION 5. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 9 as follows. SECTION 9. The revenues received by the fund described in section 7 of this act from sewer assessments, fees, charges, contributions from the town towards the costs of such sewer system as described in section 7, and the like as receipts or revenues, shall be applied to the payment of charges and expenses incident to the planning, permitting, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal or to the extensions thereof, to the payment of principal or interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes, or to the payment or redemption of such bonds or notes. SECTION 6. The act is hereby amended by replacing section 12 of the act with the following. SECTION 12. The board of sewer commissioners may, from time to time, adopt and prescribe rules and regulations for the means of connection of estates and buildings with sewers and for inspection of the materials, the construction, alteration, and use of all connections entering to such sewers, but not including the expansion of districts except as provided in sections 1 and 16, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding $300/day for each violation of any such rule or regulation. Such rules and regulations shall be available for public review at the sewer commission's designated office during regular office hours. Any changes, deletions, additions or revisions to said rules and regulations deemed necessary by the board of sewer commissioners from time to time, shall take full effect after a notice of change has been published at least once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of Cohasset, which notice shall detail where and when such revised rules and regulations may be viewed by the general public. SECTION 7. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 16 as follows. SECTION 16. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, owners of land not within the sewer districts defined and established pursuant to section 1 of this act shall not be permitted to connect to said town's sewer system except as is set forth in 66 this act. The territory covered by said sewer districts may be amended from time to time by the board of sewer commissioners, after a public hearing conducted to consider such amendment, upon approval of the department of environmental protection if otherwise required by law and upon enactment by town meeting of a by‐ law defining or establishing a new or expanded sewer district. In the event that the board of sewer commissioners votes not to amend the territory of any sewer district in accordance with the foregoing sentence, then the amendment may nevertheless be enacted in a form of a by‐law upon a two‐thirds majority vote of town meeting. Any by‐law adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the town of Cohasset by this act may include authorization to the board of sewer commissioners without a town meeting vote to add to the sewer districts created pursuant to this act properties located within sewer needs areas as defined by the any Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan as may be approved by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs with such conditions and limitations with respect to such authorization as such by‐law may provide. SECTION 8. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 17 as follows. SECTION 17. The Board of sewer commissioners may, in its discretion, prescribe for the users of said sewer systems and disposal works such annual charges, connection fees, assessments, privilege fees, and the like, based on the benefits derived therefrom as such sewer commission may deem proper, subject however, to such by‐laws as may be adopted by vote of the town, or as may be provided for in the General Laws. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission is authorized to impose and collect such charges, fees, or assessments prior to connection or operation of such system of sewers and disposal works, and may enter into agreements for the payment thereof over such time as the sewer commission shall determine. In fixing the charges to be imposed for said system, the Board of sewer commissioners is authorized to make use of any fee, charge, assessment or betterment provided for by the General Laws and further may take into consideration all costs for ongoing removal of infiltration and inflow of non‐wastewater into the system as part of the normal operating costs of the system; may include, in setting privilege fees, capital costs and interest charges applicable thereto; may impose late fees for unpaid billings; may assess a capacity utilization fee to new estates and properties added to a sewer district authorized by this act from outside a designated needs area in addition to any privilege fee; may charge betterments, special assessments, or any other charge to the estates and properties being served by 67 collection system improvements and extensions and disposal works to pay for all costs for sewer line extensions to serve. SECTION 9. The act is hereby amended to insert a new section 18 as follows. SECTION 18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the board of sewer commissioners may at any time permit extensions, new connections or increases in flow to the sewer system, subject to capacity, to serve municipal buildings or public restrooms or other public service uses as defined by the municipality; provided, however, that such uses may include, but shall not be limited to, affordable housing constructed pursuant to chapters 40B and 40R of the General Laws, without thereby creating any entitlement on the part of any person to connect to such sewer system, subject to capacity and in order of application, may permit or if in the public interest, may require, extensions, new connections or new flow to the sewer system within such districts. SECTION 10. The act is hereby amended by inserting in section 11 of the act after the words "signed by the board" the words "with approval by the town manager." SECTION 11. The act is hereby amended by deleting section 14 of the act. SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Motion adopted. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Paul Carlson was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 2007 and has served with honor and distinction over the past six years, including two years as Chairman of the Board; and WHEREAS, as a member of the Board of Selectmen, Paul Carlson has brought great wisdom and sensitivity to the many issues that face our community; and WHEREAS, Paul Carlson has also served his community with distinction as a member of the Cable Advisory Committee, Board of Directors of CCTV, Water Planning Group, Budget Planning Group and the Senior Center Planning Group; 68 WHEREAS, as Chairman of the Board of Selectman, Paul Carlson helped the Board discharge its responsibilities in a very effective and efficient manner; and WHEREAS, such dedication and service to the Town cannot come without great sacrifice to personal matters and family life; and WHEREAS, the Board of Selectmen now recommends this Unanimous Motion for Commendation to Paul Carlson. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Citizens of Cohasset, assembled at Annual Town Meeting hereby acknowledge and affirm their appreciation to Selectman Paul Carlson for his many years of dedicated service to the Town of Cohasset. GIVEN under our hands and the seal of the TOWN OF COHASSET on this twenty‐second day of April in the year Two Thousand Thirteen. BOARD OF SELECTMEN ____________________________ Diane Kennedy, Vice‐Chairman ___________________________ Frederick Koed ____________________________ Leland H. Jenkins ____________________________ Martha Gjesteby Proclamation adopted unanimously. Article: 13 Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 91 Liability To see if the Town will vote to assume liability in the manner provided by the MGL Chapter 91, Section 29, as amended, for all damages that may be incurred by the work to be performed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the improvement, development maintenance, and protection of tidal and non‐tidal rivers and streams, great ponds, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores, and shores along a public beach in accordance with Section 11 of said Chapter 91 and to authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver bond on indemnity therefore to the Commonwealth; or take any other action related thereto. 69 MOVED that the liability provided by G.L. Chapter 91, Section 29, as amended, be assumed by the Town of Cohasset for all damages that may be incurred by the work to be performed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the improvement, development maintenance, and protection of tidal and non‐tidal rivers and streams, great ponds, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores, and shores along a public beach in accordance with Section 11 of said Chapter 91 and that the Board of Selectmen be hereby authorized to execute and deliver bond on indemnity therefore to the Commonwealth. Motion adopted unanimously. Article: 14 Additional Real Estate Exemptions To see if the town will vote to accept Section 4 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1986 of the Massachusetts Legislature to grant an additional real estate tax exemption of not more than one hundred percent (100%). Such additional exemption may be granted to persons who qualify for property tax exemptions under clauses 17, 17C ½, 17D, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 37, 37A, 41, 41B, 41C, 42 and 43 of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws and also, to see if the town will vote to accept the amendment of Clause 41C in accordance with Chapter 184, Section 51 of the Acts of 2002, to subsequently grant an additional real estate tax exemption of not more than one hundred percent (100%). Such additional exemption may be granted to persons who qualify for property tax exemption under clause 41C of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws, or take any other action related thereto. MOVED that Section 4 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1986 be accepted to grant an additional real estate tax exemption of not more than one hundred percent (100%); such additional exemption may be granted to persons who qualify for property tax exemptions under clauses 17, 17C ½, 17D, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 37, 37A, 41, 41B, 41C, 42 and 43 of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws and that the amendment of Clause 41C in accordance with Chapter 184, Section 51 of the Acts of 2002 be accepted to subsequently grant an additional real estate tax exemption of not more than one hundred percent (100%); such additional exemption may be granted to persons who qualify for property tax exemption under clause 41C of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws. Motion adopted unanimously. 70 Article: 15 FY 14 Community Preservation Projects To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on recommendations by the Community Preservation Committee for Fiscal Year 2014 pursuant to Chapter 44B of the General Laws, also known as the Community Preservation Act; to implement such recommendations by appropriating and/or reserving a sum or sums of money from the Community Preservation Fund established pursuant to such Act for (i) the administrative expenses and all other necessary and proper expenses of the Community Preservation Committee; (ii) the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; (iii) the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; (iv) the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; (v) the acquisition and preservation of historic resources; (vi) the acquisition, creation, preservation and support of community housing; and (vii) the rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing acquired or created under such Act; to authorize the Board of Selectmen, with the approval of the Community Preservation Committee, to acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain such real property interests in the name of or enforceable by the Town, acting by and through the Board of Selectmen or such other Town board as the Board of Selectmen may designate, including real property interests in the form of permanent affordable housing restrictions, historical preservation restrictions and conservation restrictions that will meet the requirements of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, as may be necessary or proper to carry out the foregoing; or to take any action related thereto. MOVED that the Town hear and act on recommendations by the Community Preservation Committee as follows: Recommendation A. The following amounts be appropriated from the Fiscal Year 2014 Community Preservation Fund estimated revenues to the Community Preservation Fund accounts as follows: 1. Fifty Two Thousand Dollars ($52,000) be appropriated to the Community Housing Reserve Fund and reserved for community housing purposes, 2. Fifty Two Thousand Dollars ($52,000) be appropriated to the Historic Reserve Fund for historic resources; 3. Fifty Two Thousand Dollars ($52,000) be appropriated to the Community Preservation Open Space Reserve Fund for open space, and 4. Three Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Dollars ($364,000) be appropriated to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and 71 Recommendation B. Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of the roof, weather vane and cupola at the Paul Pratt Memorial Library located at 35 Ripley Road, to be expended by the Town Manager, and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such sum shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation C. Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of documents, artifacts, books and collections of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library located at 35 Ripley Road, to be expended by the Town Manager, and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such sum shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation D. Fifteen Thousand Fifty Dollars ($15,050) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of the roof, ceiling and foundation of the Lightkeeper’s shed located at 15 Lighthouse Lane, to be expended by the Town Manager, and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such sum shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation E. Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of documents, artifacts and vital records of the Town Clerk’s office, to be expended by the Town Manager, and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such sum shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation F. Sixty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($60,500) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land, playground area and equipment for the Deer Hill School located at 208 Sohier Street, to be expended by the Town Manager; and further that an additional Fifty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($59,500) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land, playground area and equipment for the Deer Hill School located at 208 Sohier Street, to be expended by the Town Manager, 72 except that the expenditure of any portion of such $59,500 shall be contingent upon receipt by the Town by June 30, 2014 of funds from private sources, grant programs or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts equal to the portion of such $59,500 to be expended for such purposes as a 50‐50% match; and further that the expenditures of such sums further be contingent upon: (i) submission to the Town Manager of invoices for all work related to the foregoing for payment directly to the vendor(s) performing such work, (ii) supervision by the Town Manager and/or the Town Director of Project Management and Planning (“Director”) of all such work, (iii) prior approval by the Director of any work items to be performed and any contracts to be entered into, (iv) work being performed in accordance with all applicable law and regulations, and (v) inspection by the Director of all such work for compliance with the foregoing; and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such $60,500 and $59,500 shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation G. Thirty Three Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars ($33,698) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space located southwesterly off King Street and by Brass Kettle Brook, to be expended by the Town Manager, including payment of debt service with respect to such acquisition, creation, or preservation, and further that after June 30, 2015, any residual unexpended portion of such sum shall not be further expended and shall be restored to the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund; and Recommendation H. Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) be appropriated from the Undesignated Reserve Fund balance in the Community Preservation Fund for administrative and operating expenses of the Community Preservation Committee, including professional services; and Recommendation I. For each of the above recommendations, the Board of Selectmen, or such other Town board as the Board of Selectmen may designate, be authorized to acquire by purchase or gift and hold in the name of or enforceable by the Town, such real property interests and permanent affordable housing restrictions, historical preservation restrictions and conservation restrictions that will meet the requirements of Chapter 184 of the General Laws, as may be necessary or proper to carry out the foregoing. A 2/3’s vote required. Motions adopted unanimously. 73 Article 16: TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw as follows to enact a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana treatment centers by amending Section 2.1, DEFINITIONS, by adding the following definition in alphabetical order: “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center: A not‐for‐profit entity as defined by Massachusetts law only, that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers, which is properly licensed and registered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health pursuant to all applicable state laws and regulations.” And by adding the following new Section 20, Temporary Moratorium‐Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers: “SECTION 20: Temporary Moratorium ‐ Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers 20.1 PURPOSE The purpose of this moratorium is to provide restrictions that will allow the Town of Cohasset (“Town”) adequate time to consider whether to allow facilities associated with the medical use of marijuana (including Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers as defined herein), to the extent that such facilities are permitted under state laws and regulations, and, if so, where and under what conditions. Given that a law permitting the cultivation, distribution, possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was approved by vote at the state election on November 6, 2012 and has become effective on January 1, 2013, and that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has yet to promulgate the regulations by which facilities that produce or dispense medical marijuana shall be registered and administered, a restriction on the establishment of such facilities and other uses related to the regulation of medical marijuana in the Town shall provide the opportunity: to study and consider the potential impacts of such facilities and other related uses on adjacent uses and on general public health, safety and welfare; to study and consider the related novel and complex legal and planning issues; and to develop zoning and other applicable regulations that appropriately address these considerations consistent with statewide regulations and permitting procedures. 20.2 EXCLUSION OF OTHER MARIJUANA USES Any establishment that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, 74 distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers shall not be permitted if such establishment has not been properly registered and licensed in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations, or is not operated as a not‐for‐profit entity, or otherwise fails to meet the definition of a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center. 20.3 EXCLUSION OF ACCESSORY USES In no case shall the acquisition, cultivation, possession, processing, transfer, transportation, sale, distribution, dispensing, or administration of marijuana, products containing or derived from marijuana, or related products be considered accessory to any use. 20.4 TEMPORARY MORATORIUM The use of land and/or structures for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and related uses is prohibited in all zoning districts in the Town so long as this Moratorium is in effect, as set forth in subsection 20.5 below and notwithstanding any provision in this Zoning Bylaw to the contrary. Variances from this Section 20 are strictly prohibited. During this Moratorium, the Town shall undertake a planning process consistent with the purposes set forth herein. 20.5 EXPIRATION This Moratorium shall be effective until June 30, 2014.” Or, to take any other action related thereto. MOVED that the Cohasset Zoning Bylaw be hereby amended as follows to enact a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana treatment centers by amending Section 2.1, DEFINITIONS, by adding the following definition in alphabetical order: “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center: A not‐for‐profit entity as defined by Massachusetts law only, that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers, which is properly licensed and registered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health pursuant to all applicable state laws and regulations.” And by adding the following new Section 20, Temporary Moratorium‐Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers: 75 “SECTION 20: Temporary Moratorium ‐ Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers 20.1 PURPOSE The purpose of this moratorium is to provide restrictions that will allow the Town of Cohasset (“Town”) adequate time to consider whether to allow facilities associated with the medical use of marijuana (including Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers as defined herein), to the extent that such facilities are permitted under state laws and regulations, and, if so, where and under what conditions. Given that a law permitting the cultivation, distribution, possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was approved by vote at the state election on November 6, 2012 and has become effective on January 1, 2013, and that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has yet to promulgate the regulations by which facilities that produce or dispense medical marijuana shall be registered and administered, a restriction on the establishment of such facilities and other uses related to the regulation of medical marijuana in the Town shall provide the opportunity: to study and consider the potential impacts of such facilities and other related uses on adjacent uses and on general public health, safety and welfare; to study and consider the related novel and complex legal and planning issues; and to develop zoning and other applicable regulations that appropriately address these considerations consistent with statewide regulations and permitting procedures. 20.2 EXCLUSION OF OTHER MARIJUANA USES Any establishment that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers shall not be permitted if such establishment has not been properly registered and licensed in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations, or is not operated as a not‐for‐profit entity, or otherwise fails to meet the definition of a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center. 20.3 EXCLUSION OF ACCESSORY USES In no case shall the acquisition, cultivation, possession, processing, transfer, transportation, sale, distribution, dispensing, or administration of marijuana, products containing or derived from marijuana, or related products be considered accessory to any use. 20.4 TEMPORARY MORATORIUM The use of land and/or structures for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and related uses is prohibited in all zoning districts in the Town so long as this Moratorium is in effect, as set forth in subsection 20.5 below and notwithstanding any provision in this Zoning Bylaw to the contrary. 76 Variances from this Section 20 are strictly prohibited. During this Moratorium, the Town shall undertake a planning process consistent with the purposes set forth herein. 20.5 EXPIRATION This Moratorium shall be effective until June 30, 2014.” A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, David Bergers, has been a member of the Capital Budget Committee for fourteen years; and WHEREAS, David has shared his vision, expertise and wisdom with the committee and the Town as a whole; WHEREAS, as a committee member, David has introduced uncommon sense to committee deliberations; WHEREAS, through his dedication to the task he has devoted many hours to our community at the expense family, friends and recreation; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Citizens of the Town of Cohasset, with great pride, recognize David Bergers on the occasion of his departure from the Capital Budget Committee. GIVEN under our hands and the seal of the TOWN OF COHASSET on this twenty‐second day of April in the year Two Thousand and Thirteen. BOARD OF SELECTMEN ______________________ Paul Carlson, Chairman ______________________ Diane Kennedy ______________________ Frederick Koed ______________________ Leland H. Jenkins _____________________ Martha Gjesteby Proclamation adopted unanimously. 77 Article 17: ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT – SECTION 2.1 DEFINITIONS – DEFINITION OF HEIGHT. To see if the Town will vote to AMEND Section 2.1, DEFINITIONS, by striking the existing definition of HEIGHT in its entirety and, replacing the definition of HEIGHT with a new definition so as to read: “ Height: The vertical distance above the mean level of the pre‐ construction ground within ten feet of the outside walls of the structure. On a flat roof, height is measured to the top of the parapet or to the top of the main roof surface, whichever is higher. On a sloped roof: height is measured to the midpoint of the roof surface; the midpoint shall be half the distance from the plate line to the ridge line measured over the outer surface of the roof boarding; and, the ridge line may not be higher than five feet above the maximum allowed height. The limitations of this clause shall not apply to projections not used for human habitation which, in the aggregate, do not exceed five percent of the roof area, including without limitation chimneys, antennas, railings and cupolas.” Or, to take any other action related thereto. MOVED that Section 2.1, DEFINITIONS, of the Cohasset Zoning By‐Laws be hereby amended by striking the existing definition of HEIGHT in its entirety and, replacing the definition of HEIGHT with a new definition to read as follows: Height: The vertical distance above the mean level of the pre‐construction ground within ten feet of the outside walls of the structure. On a flat roof, height is measured to the top of the parapet or to the top of the main roof surface, whichever is higher. On a sloped roof: height is measured to the midpoint of the roof surface; the midpoint shall be half the distance from the plate line to the ridge line measured over the outer surface of the roof boarding; and, the ridge line may not be higher than five feet above the maximum allowed height. The limitations of this clause shall not apply to projections not used for human habitation which, in the aggregate, do not exceed five percent of the roof area, including without limitation chimneys, antennas, railings and cupolas. A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. Article 18: ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT – SECTION 5.4: AREA REGULATIONS: To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5: AREA REGULATIONS of the Zoning Bylaws by adding to Section 5.4 TABLE OF AREA REGULATIONS NOTES a new Section 18 which shall provide as follows: “18. Notwithstanding the height limitations set forth in the Table of Area Regulations, Section 5.3; in the Highway Business District, HB, and Light Industry District, LI, light poles and lighting facilities may be erected to a height of seventy (70) feet by special permit for the sole purpose of illuminating athletic fields for night sporting events.” Or, to take any other action related thereto. 78 MOVED that Section 5: AREA REGULATIONS of the Cohasset Zoning Bylaws be hereby amended by adding to Section 5.4 TABLE OF AREA REGULATIONS NOTES a new Section 18 which shall provide as follows: “18. Notwithstanding the height limitations set forth in the Table of Area Regulations, Section 5.3; in the Highway Business District, HB, and Light Industry District, LI, light poles and lighting facilities may be erected to a height of seventy (70) feet by special permit for the sole purpose of illuminating athletic fields for night sporting events.” A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted. Article 19: ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT – SECTION 2.1 DEFINITIONS AND, 4.2 TABLE OF USE REGULATIONS: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw as follows: by amending Section 2.1 DEFINITIONS, by adding thereto in their appropriate alphabetical location the following definitions: “Veterinarian Hospital: A facility providing veterinary medical services to domestic and household pets, farm animals, and livestock and wild animals on an out‐patient and in‐patient basis, including, without limitation the performing of clinical services, surgical services, research and in‐patient care for such animals.” “Veterinarian Practice: A location where veterinary medical services are provided within a building, for typical and customary household pets on primarily an out‐patient and clinical basis, where the animal is seen, treated and does not remain on the premises for a time greater than that necessary to provide the clinical services; and minor surgical procedures on such pets. Notwithstanding the above, a maximum of three pets who have received clinical services and/or minor surgical procedures may remain overnight except in emergency situations when the overnight number may exceed three pets. Kenneling of pets is not permitted in a veterinary practice. ” And, further: By amending Section 4: USE REGULATIONS by adding to the Table of Use Regulations under Section 4.2 under the heading ‘Retail & Services’ the following: Residential Non‐Residential Official & Open Space District USE R‐A R‐B R‐C DB VB WB HB TB LI OS Retail & Services “Veterinarian Practice (setback must conform to the required setback for new construction in that district.) No No No SP SP No SP SP SP No” Or, to take any other action related thereto. 79 MOVED that the Cohasset Zoning Bylaw be hereby amended as follows: by amending Section 2.1 DEFINITIONS, by adding thereto in their appropriate alphabetical location the following definitions: “Veterinarian Hospital: A facility providing veterinary medical services to domestic and household pets, farm animals, and livestock and wild animals on an out‐patient and in‐patient basis, including, without limitation the performing of clinical services, surgical services, research and in‐patient care for such animals.” “Veterinarian Practice: A location where veterinary medical services are provided within a building, for typical and customary household pets on primarily an out‐patient and clinical basis, where the animal is seen, treated and does not remain on the premises for a time greater than that necessary to provide the clinical services; and minor surgical procedures on such pets. Notwithstanding the above, a maximum of three pets who have received clinical services and/or minor surgical procedures may remain overnight except in emergency situations when the overnight number may exceed three pets. Kenneling of pets is not permitted in a veterinary practice. ” And, further: By amending Section 4: USE REGULATIONS by adding to the Table of Use Regulations under Section 4.2 under the heading ‘Retail & Services’ the following: Residential Non‐Residential Official & Open Space District USE R‐A R‐B R‐C DB VB WB HB TB LI OS Retail & Services “Veterinarian Practice (setback must conform to the required setback for new construction in that district.) No No No SP SP No SP SP SP No” A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. It was moved and seconded that this Annual Town Meeting be dissolved at 10:16 p.m. A True Record, ATTEST: Carol L. St. Pierre Town Clerk 80 Special State Primary April 30, 2013 Town of Cohasset Polls opened at 7 a.m and closed at 8 p.m. Election officers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Carol St. Pierre at 7:45 were as follows Elizabeth Anderson F. Roy Fitzsimmons Rebekah Mattey Abigail Alves Kelly Grech Barbara Murray James Carroll Rita Killion‐Jones Judith Volungis Jody Doyle Debra Krupczak Kenneth Warner Marie Dunkelberger Katherine Lincoln # Eligible Voters 5839 Total Votes Cast 1773 Total Percent Voted 30.4% Absentees Pct. 1 Pct. 2 Total 27 23 50 Democrates Voted 43.6% Republicans Voted 56.4% Pct. 1 Pct. 2 Total Democrat 354 419 773 Republican 561 439 1000 Total Votes Cast 915 858 1773 81 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Senator in Congress Vote for One Pct. 1 Pct. 2 Total Blanks 1 2 3 Stephen F. Lynch 143 182 325 Edward J. Markey 207 233 440 Write‐in 3 2 5 Total 354 419 773 REPUBLICAN PARTY Senator in Congress Vote for One Pct. 1 Pct. 2 Total Blanks 0 0 0 Gabriel E. Gomez 447 356 803 Michael J. Sullivan 92 65 157 Daniel B. Winslow 22 17 39 Write‐in 0 1 1 Total 561 439 1000 Polls closed a 8 p.m. and the results were declared at 8:35 p.m. A True Copy, ATTEST: Carol L. St. Pierre, Town Clerk 82 Annual Town Election May 11, 2013 Polls opened at 8 AM and closed at 6PM Election officers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Carol St. Pierre at 7:45 were as follows: Elizabeth Anderson Rita B. Killion‐Jones James Carroll Debra J. Krupczak Jody Doyle Rebekah S. Mattey F. Roy Fitzsimmons Kathleen E. Rhodes Kelly T. Grech Judith P. Volungis Kenneth R. Warner # Eligible Voters 5814 Total Votes Cast 1740 Total Percent Voted 29.9% Absentees Pct 1 Pct 2 Total 69 86 155 Pct 1 Pct2 Total Selectment ‐ For Three Years Vote for Two Blanks 111 95 206 Leland H. Jenkins 463 287 750 James Russell Bonetti 367 434 801 Stephen R. Gaumer 539 367 906 Karen M. Quigley 364 441 805 Write‐in William Burnett 7 0 7 Write‐in/Scattering 3 2 5 Total 1854 1626 3480 83 School Committee ‐ For Three Years Vote for Two Blanks 588 592 1180 Jeanne M. Astino 573 509 1082 Mary McGoldrick 688 516 1204 Write‐in/Scattering 5 9 14 Total 1854 1626 3480 Trustees Paul Pratt Memorial Library ‐ For Three Years Vote for Three Blanks 882 870 1752 Sarah R. Pease 643 545 1188 Teresa E. Polhimus 593 492 1085 James M. Sandell 662 527 1189 Write‐in/Scattering 1 5 6 Total 2781 2439 5220 Assessor ‐ For Three Years Vote for One Blanks 326 295 621 Elsa J. Miller 598 515 1113 Write‐in/Scattering 3 3 6 Total 927 813 1740 Board of Health ‐ For Three Years Vote for One Blanks 332 291 623 Elizabeth L. Kirkpatrick 595 518 1113 Write‐in/Scattering 0 4 4 Total 927 813 1740 84 Cohasset Housing Authority ‐ For One Year to fill an unexpired term Vote for One Blanks 247 183 430 Virginia Laugelli Najmi 377 385 762 James R. Sheerin 302 243 545 Write‐in/Scattering 1 2 3 Total 927 813 1740 Planning Board ‐ For Five Years Vote for One Blanks 340 322 662 Charles A. Samuelson 583 487 1070 Write‐in/Scattering 4 4 8 Total 927 813 1740 Planning Board Associate Member ‐ For Three Years Vote for One Blanks 322 307 629 Michael J. Dickey 604 505 1109 Write‐in/Scattering 1 1 2 Total 927 813 1740 Recreation Commission ‐ For Five Years Vote for One Blanks 323 275 598 Kimberly Joan Mulcahy 602 536 1138 Write‐in/Scattering 2 2 4 Total 927 813 1740 Sewer Commission ‐ For Three Years Vote for One Blanks 319 328 647 William B. McGowan, Jr. 606 484 1090 Write‐in/Scattering 2 1 3 Total 927 813 1740 85 Water Commission ‐ For Three Years Vote for One Blanks 342 332 674 Daniel M. Varney 585 473 1058 Write‐in/Scattering 0 8 8 Total 927 813 1740 Polls closed at 6 p.m. and the results were declared at 6:45 p.m. A True Record, ATTEST: Carol L. St. Pierre Town Clerk 86 Special Senate Election Tuesday June 25, 2013 Polls opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m. Election officers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Carol St. Pierre at 7:45 were as follows: Elizabeth Anderson Margaret Goodwin Rebekah Mattey Abigail Alves Kelly Grech Barbara Murray Carol Anglin Rita Killion‐Jones Kathleen Rhodes Jody Doyle Debra Krupczak Judith Volungis F. Roy Fitzsimmons Katherine Lincoln Kenneth Warner # Eligible Voters 5872 Total Votes Cast 2822 Total Percent Voted 48% Absentees Pct 1 Pct 2 Total 113 92 205 Pct 1 Pct 2 Total Senator in Congress Blanks 5 1 6 Gabriel E. Gomez 937 843 1780 Edward J. Markey 493 536 1029 Richard A. Heos 3 0 3 Write‐in 3 1 4 Total 1441 1381 2822 Polls closed at 8 p.m. and the results were declared at 8:30 p.m. A True Record, ATTEST: Carol L. St. Pierre Town Clerk 87 Index – Special Town Meeting November 23, 2013 1. Petitioned Article – Adopted 2. Water Commission Retained Earnings Transfer – Adopted 3. Sewer Commission Retained Earnings Transfer – Adopted 4. Acceptance of “M.G.L. c39 Section 23D” – Adopted 5. Adoption of By-Law to implement acceptance of “M.G.L. c40, Section 57 – Adopted 6. Acceptance of “M.G.L. c41, Section 41B” – Adopted 7. Acceptance of “M.G.L. c200A, Section 9A” – Adopted 88 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 23, 2013 At the Special Town Meeting held on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Cohasset High School auditorium the following articles were contained in the warrant and acted upon as follows. Checkers sworn in by the Town Clerk, Carol L. St. Pierre at 8:30 a.m. were Elizabeth Anderson, Margaret Goodwin, Kelly Grech, Rita Killion‐Jones and Debra Krupczak. Tellers Richard Avery, F. Wisner Murray, Barbara Canney and Alison Calahan were appointed and sworn in by the Moderator, Daniel Evans. The Moderator called the meeting to order at 9:17 a.m. and a quorum of 100 was present at that time. The registered voters checked in on the voting list totaled for Precinct 1 – 140 and Precinct 2 – 95 for a grand total of 235. It was voted unanimously to dispense with the reading of the call of the Meeting and Return of Service having been examined by the Moderator and found to be in order. ‐Citizens recited the pledge of allegiance. ‐Congressman Stephen Lynch was recognized at this time. ARTICLE 1: PETITIONED ARTICLE  To see if the Town will vote to raise and transfer for the FY14 budget six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to the Capital Stabilization Fund in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B and;  To see if the Town will vote to transfer five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from free cash in the treasury of the Town for funding the Stabilization Fund in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B and;  To see if the Town will vote to transfer three hundred forty‐seven thousand seven hundred and fifty two dollars ($347,752) from free cash in the treasury of the Town for funding the Capital Stabilization fund in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B and;  To see if the Town will vote to transfer one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from free cash in the treasury of the Town for funding the Facilities Stabilization Fund in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B and;  To see if the Town will vote to transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from free cash in the treasury of the Town for funding the Other Post‐Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 32B, Section 20 and;  To see if the Town will vote to transfer one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from free cash in the treasury of the Town to the DPW Public Roads Repair Expense Account in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, or take any other action related thereto. 89 Name: Address: Name: Address: Nancy Oddleifson 42 River Road Chris Oddleifson 42 River Road Paul J. Schubert 155 Sohier Street Kathleen Norton 736 Jerusalem Road Robert Skolnick 26 Heather Drive Michele Skolnick 26 Heather Drive Chris Lund 193 Fairoaks Lane John Conte 1 Forest Avenue Joan M. Conte 1 Forest Avenue Patricia Gillis 492 Jerusalem Road MOVED that Nine Hundred Forty‐Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two dollars ($947,752) be hereby appropriated to the Town's Capital Stabilization Fund and to meet this appropriation, $347,752 is to be transferred from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town, and $600,000 is to be raised from the FY 14 tax levy and other general revenues of the town; Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($500,000) be hereby appropriated to the Town's Stabilization Fund and to meet this appropriation, $500,000 is to be transferred from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town; One Hundred Thousand dollars ($100,000) be hereby appropriated to the Facilities Stabilization Fund and to meet this appropriation, $100,00 is to be transferred from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town; Two Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars ($250,000) be hereby appropriated for funding the Town's Other Post‐Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund and to meet this appropriation, $250,000 is to be transferred from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town and further the Town Manager is authorized to enter into a Custodian and Investment Agreement with the Massachusetts Health Care Security Trust Board and to execute and deliver such agreement on behalf of the Town; and One Hundred Thousand dollars ($100,000) be hereby appropriated to increase the DPW operating budget as appropriated by the Town pursuant to Article 6 of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting, to be expended by the Town Manager for public road repairs in the Town, and to meet this appropriation, $100,000 be transferred from Free Cash in the treasury of the Town. Motion adopted by the required 2/3’s. ARTICLE 2: Water Commission Retained Earnings Transfer To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Water retained earnings pursuant to any applicable statute the following: (a) A sum to be expended by the Town Manager and Water Commission for the FY14 Operating Budget, (b) The remaining sum of Water retained earnings into the Water Capital Stabilization Fund. or take any other action related thereto. 90 MOVED that Ninety Five Thousand dollars ($95,000) be appropriated for Water Commission FY 14 operating Budget ‐ expenses, to be expended by the Town Manager and Water Commission, and to meet this appropriation $95,000 be transferred from Water Retained Earnings; and Three Hundred Twelve Thousand dollars be appropriated for the Water Capital Stabilization Fund and to meet this appropriation $312,000 be transferred from Water Retained Earnings A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. ARTICLE 3: Sewer Commission Retained Earnings Transfer To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Sewer retained earnings pursuant to any applicable statute the following: (a) A sum to be expended by the Town Manager and Sewer Commission for the FY14 Operating Budget, (b) A portion of the remaining sum of Sewer retained earnings into the Sewer Capital Stabilization Fund. (c) A portion of the remaining sum of Sewer retained earnings into the Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund. or take any other action related thereto. MOVED that Fifty‐One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty‐Two dollars be appropriated for the Sewer Debt Stabilization Fund and to meet this appropriation $51,862 be transferred from Sewer Retained Earnings A 2/3’s vote required. Motion adopted unanimously. ARTICLE 4: Acceptance of “M.G.L. c39, Section 23D” To see if the Town will vote to accept M.G.L. Chapter 39, Section 23D, as set forth below, for all types of adjudicatory hearings by any municipal board, committee or commission, or take any other action related thereto: “(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon municipal acceptance of this section for 1 or more types of adjudicatory hearings, a member of any municipal board, committee or commission when holding an adjudicatory hearing shall not be disqualified from voting in the matter solely due to that member’s absence from no more than a single session of the hearing at which testimony or other evidence is received. Before any such vote, the member shall certify in writing that he has examined all evidence received at the missed session, which evidence shall include an audio or video recording of the missed session or a transcript thereof. The written certification shall be part of the record of the hearing. Nothing in this section shall change, replace, negate or otherwise supersede applicable quorum requirements. 91 (b)By ordinance or by‐law, a city or town may adopt minimum additional requirements for attendance at scheduled board, committee, and commission hearings under this section.” or take any other action related thereto. MOVED, that M.G.L. Chapter 39, Section 23D be accepted for all types of adjudicatory hearings by any municipal board, committee or commission. Motion adopted unanimously. ARTICLE 5: Adoption of By‐Law to implement acceptance of “M.G.L. c40, Section 57” To see if the Town will vote to accept M.G.L. c.40, Section 57, which authorizes enactment of a by‐law allowing denial or revocation of local licenses and permits for failure of the licensee or permittee to pay municipal taxes or charges, and vote to amend the Town’s General Bylaws by adding the following new Article VI, Section 9: Section 9 ‐ Denial, Revocation Or Suspension Of Local Licenses And Permits A. Any Town board, officer or department or other local licensing or permitting authority may deny any application for, or revoke or suspend a building permit, or any local license or permit including renewals and transfers issued by any board, officer, department for any person, corporation or business enterprise, who has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges, including amounts assessed under the provisions of section twenty‐one D or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about real estate whose owner has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges. B. The Tax Collector or other municipal official responsible for records of all municipal taxes, assessments, betterments and other municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as the Tax Collector, shall annually furnish to each department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, that issues licenses or permits including renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation, or business enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the party, that has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges for not less than a twelve month period, and that such party has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the Appellate Tax Board. C. The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers of any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing 92 authority from the Tax Collector or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about real estate owned by any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the Tax Collector; provided, however, that written notice is given to the party and the Tax Collector, as required by applicable provisions of law, and the party is given a hearing, to be held not earlier than fourteen days after said notice. Said list shall be prima facie evidence for denial, revocation or suspension of said license or permit to any party. The Tax Collector shall have the right to intervene in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be relevant to or introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied, suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued or renewed until the license authority receives a certificate issued by the Tax Collector that the party is in good standing with respect to any and all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges, payable to the Town as the date of issuance of said certificate. D. Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter into a payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority to issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license or permit and the validity of said license shall be conditioned upon the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply with said agreement shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of said license or permit; provided, however, that the holder be given notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law. E. The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension or revocation if it finds there is no direct or indirect business interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any, or members of his immediate family, as defined in section one of chapter two hundred and sixty‐eight A in the business or activity conducted in or on said property. F. This Section shall not apply to the following licenses and permits: open burning; section thirteen of chapter forty‐eight; bicycle permits; section eleven A of chapter eighty‐five; sales of articles for charitable purposes, section thirty‐three of chapter one hundred and one; children work permits, section sixty‐nine of chapter one hundred and forty‐nine; clubs, associations dispensing food or beverage licenses, section twenty‐one E of chapter one hundred and forty; dog licenses, section one hundred and thirty‐seven of chapter one hundred and forty; fishing, hunting, trapping license, section twelve of chapter one hundred and thirty‐one; marriage licenses, section twenty‐eight of chapter two hundred and seven and theatrical events, public exhibition permits, section one hundred and eighty‐one of chapter one hundred and forty. Or take any other action related thereto. 93 MOVED, that M.G.L. c.40, Section 57 be accepted and that the Town’s General Bylaws be amended by adding the following new Article VI, Section 9: Section 9 ‐ Denial, Revocation Or Suspension Of Local Licenses And Permits A. Any Town board, officer or department or other local licensing or permitting authority may deny any application for, or revoke or suspend a building permit, or any local license or permit including renewals and transfers issued by any board, officer, department for any person, corporation or business enterprise, who has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges, including amounts assessed under the provisions of section twenty‐one D or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about real estate whose owner has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges. B. The Tax Collector or other municipal official responsible for records of all municipal taxes, assessments, betterments and other municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as the Tax Collector, shall annually furnish to each department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, that issues licenses or permits including renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation, or business enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the party, that has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges for not less than a twelve month period, and that such party has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the Appellate Tax Board. C. The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers of any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the Tax Collector or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about real estate owned by any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the Tax Collector; provided, however, that written notice is given to the party and the Tax Collector, as required by applicable provisions of law, and the party is given a hearing, to be held not earlier than fourteen days after said notice. Said list shall be prima facie evidence for denial, revocation or suspension of said license or permit to any party. The Tax Collector shall have the right to intervene in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be relevant to or introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied, suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued or renewed until the license authority receives a certificate issued by the Tax Collector that the party is in good standing with respect to any and 94 all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges, payable to the Town as the date of issuance of said certificate. D. Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter into a payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority to issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license or permit and the validity of said license shall be conditioned upon the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply with said agreement shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of said license or permit; provided, however, that the holder be given notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law. E. The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension or revocation if it finds there is no direct or indirect business interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any, or members of his immediate family, as defined in section one of chapter two hundred and sixty‐eight A in the business or activity conducted in or on said property. F. This Section shall not apply to the following licenses and permits: open burning; section thirteen of chapter forty‐eight; bicycle permits; section eleven A of chapter eighty‐five; sales of articles for charitable purposes, section thirty‐three of chapter one hundred and one; children work permits, section sixty‐nine of chapter one hundred and forty‐nine; clubs, associations dispensing food or beverage licenses, section twenty‐one E of chapter one hundred and forty; dog licenses, section one hundred and thirty‐seven of chapter one hundred and forty; fishing, hunting, trapping license, section twelve of chapter one hundred and thirty‐one; marriage licenses, section twenty‐eight of chapter two hundred and seven and theatrical events, public exhibition permits, section one hundred and eighty‐one of chapter one hundred and forty. Majority vote required. Motion adopted. Voice vote challenged by more than 7 voters. Hand count taken: Yes 63 No 43 Motion adopted. ARTICLE 6: Acceptance of “M.G.L. c41, Section 41B” To see if the Town will vote to accept M.G.L. c.41, Section 41B, which authorizes the treasurer of any city, town or district which accepts that section to pay salaries, wages, or other compensation to any person in the service of such city, town or district by means of direct bank deposits provided that such person has specifically authorized such deposits; Or take any other action related thereto. MOVED, that M.G.L. c.41, Section 41B be accepted. Motion adopted unanimously. 95 ARTICLE 7: Acceptance of “M.G.L. c200A, Section 9A” To see if the Town will vote to accept M.G.L. c.200A, Section 9A, which provides for disposition of abandoned funds as follows: (a) In any city, town or district that accepts this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4, there shall be an alternative procedure for disposing of abandoned funds held in the custody of the city, town or district as provided in this section. (b) Any funds held in the custody of a city, town or district may be presumed by the city, town or district treasurer to be abandoned unless claimed by the corporation, organization, beneficiary or person entitled thereto within 1 year after the date prescribed for payment or delivery; provided, however, that the last instrument intended as payment shall bear upon its face the statement “void if not cashed within 1 year from date of issue”. After the expiration of 1 year after the date of issue, the treasurer of a city, town or district may cause the financial institution upon which the instrument was drawn to stop payment on the instrument or otherwise cause the financial institution to decline payment on the instrument and any claims made beyond that date shall only be paid by the city, town or district through the issuance of a new instrument. The city, town or district and the financial institution shall not be liable for damages, consequential or otherwise, resulting from a refusal to honor an instrument of a city, town or district submitted for payment more than a year after its issuance. (c) The treasurer of a city, town or district holding funds owed to a corporation, organization, beneficiary or person entitled thereto that are presumed to be abandoned under this section shall post a notice entitled “Notice of names of persons appearing to be owners of funds held by (insert city, town or district name), and deemed abandoned”. The notice shall specify the names of those persons who appear from available information to be entitled to such funds, shall provide a description of the appropriate method for claiming the funds and shall state a deadline for those funds to be claimed; provided, however, that the deadline shall not be less than 60 days after the date the notice was either postmarked or first posted on a website as provided in this section. The treasurer of the city, town or district may post such notice using either of the following methods: (1) by mailing the notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the last known address of the beneficiary or person entitled thereto; or (2) if the city, town or district maintains an official website, by posting the notice conspicuously on the website for not less than 60 days. If the apparent owner fails to respond within 60 days after the mailing or posting of the notice, the treasurer shall cause a notice of the check to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in English, in the county in which the city or town is located. (d) In the event that funds appearing to be owed to a corporation, organization, beneficiary or person is $100 or more and the deadline as provided in the notice has passed and no claim for the funds has been made, the treasurer shall cause an additional notice, in substantially the same form as the aforementioned notice, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation 96 in the county in which the city, town or district is located; provided, however, that the notice shall provide an extended deadline beyond which funds shall not be claimed and such deadline shall be at least 1 year from the date of publication of the notice. (e) Once the final deadline has passed under subsection (d), the funds owed to the corporation, organization, beneficiary or person entitled thereto shall escheat to the city, town or district and the treasurer thereof shall record the funds as revenue in the General Fund of the city, town or district and the city, town or district shall not be liable to the corporation, organization, beneficiary or person for payment of those funds or for the underlying liability for which the funds were originally intended. Upon escheat, the funds shall be available to the city, town or district’s appropriating authority for appropriation for any other public purpose. In addition to the notices required in this section, the treasurer of the city, town or district may initiate any other notices or communications that are directed in good faith toward making final disbursement of the funds to the corporation, organization, beneficiary or person entitled thereto. Prior to escheat of the funds, the treasurer of the city, town or district shall hear all claims on funds that may arise and if it is clear, based on a preponderance of the evidence available to the treasurer at the time the claim is made, that the claimant is entitled to disbursement of the funds, the treasurer shall disburse funds to the claimant upon receipt by the treasurer of a written indemnification agreement from the claimant wherein the claimant agrees to hold the city, town or district and the treasurer of the city, town or district harmless in the event it is later determined that the claimant was not entitled to receipt of the funds. If it is not clear, based on a preponderance of the evidence before the treasurer at the time of the claim that the claimant is entitled to disbursement of the funds, the treasurer shall segregate the funds into a separate, interest‐bearing account and shall notify the claimant of such action within 10 days. A claimant affected by this action may appeal within 20 days after receiving notice thereof to the district, municipal or superior court in the county in which the city, town or district is located. The claimant shall have a trial de novo. A party adversely affected by a decree or order of the district, municipal or superior court may appeal to the appeals court or the supreme judicial court within 20 days from the date of the decree. If the validity of the claim shall be determined in favor of the claimant or another party, the treasurer shall disburse funds in accordance with the order of the court, including interest accrued. If the validity of the claim is determined to be not in favor of the claimant or another party or if the treasurer does not receive notice that an appeal has been filed within 1 year from the date the claimant was notified that funds were being withheld, then the funds, plus accrued interest, shall escheat to the city, town or district in the manner provided in this section. If the claimant is domiciled in another state or country and the city, town or district determines that there is no reasonable assurance that the claimant will actually receive the payment provided for in this section in substantially full value, the superior court, in its discretion or 97 upon a petition by the city, town or district, may order that the city, town or district retain the funds. Or take any other action related thereto. MOVED, that M.G.L. c.200A, Section 9A be accepted. Motion adopted unanimously. It was moved and seconded that this Special Town Meeting be dissolved at 10:46 a.m. A True Record, ATTEST: Carol L. St. Pierre Town Clerk 98 VITAL STATISTICS ‐ 2013 Record of birth, marriage and death records in the Town of Cohasset for 2013 are as follows: BIRTHS The numbers of births recorded were sixty‐three. Thirty‐two were females and thirty‐one were males. MARRIAGES The total of marriages was twenty‐seven. Twenty‐two of those were solemnized in Cohasset during the current year. DEATHS The total number of deaths was seventy‐eight including residents of Cohasset who died elsewhere and non‐residents who died in Cohasset. Forty‐seven were females and thirty‐one were males. 99 PROSPECTIVE JUROR LIST Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 234A, Section 15, the Prospective Juror List is available in the Town Clerk’s office with the names of those residents who may be summoned for juror service. This information is available for public inspection during normal office hours. Respectfully submitted, Carol L. St. Pierre Town Clerk 100 FINANCIAL REPORTS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE/TOWN ACCOUNTANT Submitted herewith is the annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. This report includes the following: GENERAL FUND Summary of Historical Financial Data GF-1 Balance Sheet (Combined) GF-2 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance GF-3 Report of Appropriations and Expenditures GF-4 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance Actual vs. Budget SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS SR-1 Balance Sheet (Combined) SR-2 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS CP-1 Balance Sheet (Combined) CP-2 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance SE-1 Balance Sheet (Combined) SE-2 Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Retained Earnings SE-3 Statement of Cash Flow WE-1 Balance Sheet (Combined) WE-2 Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Retained Earnings WE-3 Statement of Cash Flow TRUST FUNDS Combined Statement of Changes in Fund Balance GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT GROUP OF ACCOUNTS Statement of General Long-Term Debt Debt Authorized and Unissued Respectfully Submitted, Mary J. Gallagher Director of Finance/Town Accountant SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND WATER ENTERPRISE FUND 101 TAX RATE TOWN VALUATION 2010 11.22 2,438,739,752 2011 11.59 2,440,301,624 2012 11.98 2,465,755,221 2013 12.20 2,521,526,250 2014 12.54 2,542,277,461 TAX LEVY TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED 2010 27,362,661 40,559,387 2011 28,283,096 42,988,436 2012 29,539,748 44,363,124 2013 30,762,620 47,914,432 2014 31,880,159 50,731,249 AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY TAX BILL STATE AID (Net of assessments) 2010 9,627 1,214,710 2011 9,898 1,124,073 2012 10,200 1,231,569 2013 10,469 1,305,366 2014 10,787 1,742,641 FREE CASH STABILIZATION FUND 7/1/09 347,086 614,717 7/1/10 166,625 787,444 7/1/11 (82,490) 531,176 7/1/12 958,508 351,875 7/1/13 1,297,752 1,262,821 SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA 102 Schedules GF-1 SR-1 CP-1 GENERAL COMMUNITY SPECIAL CAPITAL ENTERPRISE TRUSTS AND GENERAL GENERAL TOTALS FUND PRESERVATION REVENUE PROJECTS FUNDS AGENCY FIXED ASSETS LONG-TERM DEBT ALL FUNDS ASSETS CASH AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 3,318,615 1,559,166 3,653,130 734,537 2,003,624 6,026,969 17,296,041 PETTY CASH 200 200 DEPARTMENTAL RECEIVABLES(Ambulance)394,198 394,198 DUE FROM COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 46,985 46,985 SURCHARGE RECEIVABLE (633) (633) MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX RECEIVABLE 146,378 146,378 BOAT EXCISE TAX RECEIVABLE 11,418 11,418 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECEIVABLE 19,800 19,800 REAL ESTATE TAX RECEIVABLE 204,488 204,488 ALLOWANCE FOR ABATEMENTS (152,582) (152,582) TAX LIENS 545,994 5,314 476 57,681 609,465 TAX DEFERRALS 544,696 841 2,788 548,325 USER CHARGES RECEIVABLE 421,516 421,516 USER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 625 17,558 18,183 UNAPPORTIONED BETTERMENTS 2,587,558 885,090 10,387,652 13,860,300 APPORTIONED ASSESSMENTS 6,262 706 16,677 23,645 AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR BONDS 27,141,364 27,141,364 AMOUNT PROVIDED AUTHORIZED BONDS 2,428,632 2,428,632 TAX FORECLOSURES 68,583 68,583 FIXED ASSETS NET OF ACCUM DEPRECIATION 68,742,558 66,729,617 135,472,175 TOTAL ASSETS 7,696,233 1,564,688 4,586,387 734,537 81,650,054 6,026,969 66,729,617 29,569,996 198,558,481 LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 1,111,193 35,933 93,288 1,308 481,843 1,723,565 BONDS PAYABLE 46,185,305 27,141,364 73,326,669 NOTES PAYABLE - BONDS AUTHORIZED & UNISSUED 2,428,632 2,428,632 DEFERRED REVENUES 4,423,438 6,197 886,272 10,464,799 15,780,706 OTHER LIABILITIES (13,500) (13,500) WITHHOLDINGS PAYABLE 446,764 446,764 TOTAL LIABILITIES 5,534,631 42,130 979,560 1,308 57,131,947 433,264 - 29,569,996 93,692,836 FUND EQUITY INVESTMENT IN GENERAL FIXED ASSETS 66,729,617 66,729,617 RESERVE FOR ENCUMBRANCES 177,295 11,149 188,444 RESERVE FOR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 481,523 827,605 393,180 1,702,308 RESERVE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS 733,229 733,229 DESIGNATED 19,025 92,112 3,606,827 310,000 5,593,705 9,621,669 UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE-OVERLAY DEFICITS (23,899) (23,899) UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 1,507,658 602,841 23,803,778 25,914,277 TOTAL FUND EQUITY 2,161,602 1,522,558 3,606,827 733,229 24,518,107 5,593,705 66,729,617 - 104,865,645 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 7,696,233 1,564,688 4,586,387 734,537 81,650,054 6,026,969 66,729,617 29,569,996 198,558,481 TOWN OF COHASSET COMBINING BALANCE SHEET ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUPS June 30, 2013 ACCOUNT GROUPS Schedule SE-1 WE-1 SEWER WATER TOTALS ASSETS CASH AND SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 1,130,503 873,121 2,003,624 TAX LIENS 8,689 48,992 57,681 TAX DEFERRALS 2,147 641 2,788 USER CHARGES RECEIVABLE 111,782 309,734 421,516 USER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 5,797 11,761 17,558 BETTERMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 16,677 16,677 BETTERMENTS NOT YET DUE 10,387,652 10,387,652 FIXED ASSETS NET OF ACCUM DEPRECIATION 30,366,865 38,375,693 68,742,558 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 0 TOTAL ASSETS 42,030,112 39,619,942 81,650,054 LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 136,957 344,886 481,843 ACCRUED EXPENSES 0 0 0 INTERFUND PAYABLES 0 0 0 BONDS PAYABLE 13,477,828 32,707,477 46,185,305 DEFERRED REVENUES 10,415,165 49,634 10,464,799 NOTES PAYABLE 0 0 0 TOTAL LIABILITIES 24,029,950 33,101,997 57,131,947 FUND EQUITY RESERVE FOR ENCUMBRANCES 11,149 0 11,149 RESERVE FOR EXPENDITURES 310,000 310,000 RESERVE FOR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 265,137 128,043 393,180 UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE 17,413,876 6,389,902 23,803,778 TOTAL FUND EQUITY 18,000,162 6,517,945 24,518,107 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY 42,030,112 39,619,942 81,650,054 TOWN OF COHASSET COMBINING BALANCE SHEET ENTERPRISE FUNDS June 30, 2013 104 Schedule GF-2 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Property Taxes Real Estate 30,266,413.87 Personal 257,477.96 Tax Liens Redeemed 110,043.81 Tax Deferrals Collected 135,668.27 Rollback Taxes 6,884.23 $30,776,488.14 Motor and Boat Excise Motor Vehicle Excise 1,315,061.35 Boat Excise 8,567.88 1,323,629.23 Penalties and Interest Property Taxes 84,589.76 Motor Vehicle Excise 35,787.61 Tax Liens 109,984.85 Lien Penalty 11,850.00 Other Taxes 161.79 242,374.01 Charges for Services Trash Bag Fees 198,485.00 Recycling Income 13,390.91 Bulky Waste RTF 11,246.00 C&D Disposal 42,068.90 265,190.81 Fees Selectmen: Fees 5,881.73 Assessors 3,032.00 Collector 53,885.27 Collector: Service Lien Fees 13,680.89 Treasurer/Collector: Municipal Lien Certificates 16,529.00 Treasurer/Collector: Returned Check Fees 400.00 Town Clerk 17,858.40 Planning Board 3,200.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 2,805.00 Conservation 8,925.00 Stormwater Filing 11,900.00 Police: Administrative Fees 19,969.32 Other 1,496.00 Fire: Inspections 17,055.00 Administrative Fees 843.60 Other 1,620.00 Ambulance 490,255.91 Building Inspector 477.94 669,815.06 State Revenue Spouses, Elderly 7,028.00 Veterans' Benefits 42,721.00 School Aid Chapter 70 1,720,297.00 Charter School Reimbursement 8,660.00 Unrestricted General Govt Aid 435,162.00 105 Schedule GF-2 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Other: Irene storm 19,272.00 2,233,140.00 Licenses and Permits Selectmen: Alcoholic Beverages 31,279.00 Other 11,696.22 Town Clerk: Facilities 197,493.45 Dog Licenses 7,170.00 Police: Pistol Permits/Other 100.00 Inspections: Gas Permits 15,115.00 Plumbing Permits 20,520.00 Wire Permits 35,470.00 Building Permits 246,252.10 DPW: Facilities 29,537.75 Street Opening Permits 1,814.60 Board of Health: Percolation Tests 4,260.00 Board of Health 29,913.44 Disposal works 2,680.00 Trench permits 2,120.00 635,421.56 Departmental and Other Revenue Special Assessments 434,905.18 Harbor 148,366.00 Payments in Lieu of Taxes 1,273.20 Rentals 2,683.92 Cemetery 15,352.03 Medicare Reimbursements 47,109.76 Library 15,218.77 Prior Year Appropriation Returns 21,551.06 Other Miscellaneous Revenue 11,151.22 697,611.14 Fines and Forfeits Court 300.00 Parking Fines 27,133.05 RMV Fines 9,105.00 Other fines 110.00 36,648.05 Investment Income Earnings on Investments 13,824.03 13,824.03 $36,894,142.03 Expenditures (see schedule GF-3)35,573,142.65 Excess(deficiency) of revenues over expenditures 1,320,999.38 Other Financing Sources(Uses) Transfer from Stabilization Fund 66,992.00 Transfer from Capital Stabilization Fund 368,067.00 Transfer from Enterprise Funds 177,271.00 Transfer from Special Revenue Funds 130,064.30 Premium on Sale of Bonds 6,660.95 106 Schedule GF-2 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Transfer to Special Revenue Fund (1,883.00) Transfer to Capital Project Fund (30,150.00) Transfer to Stabilization Fund (963,942.00) Transfer to Capital Stabilization Fund (659,398.00) Transfer to OPEB Trust Fund (120,000.00)(1,026,317.75) Excess(deficiency) of revenues and other financing sources over expenditures and other financing uses 294,681.63 Fund Balance July 1, 2012 1,866,921.01 Fund Balance June 30, 2013 $2,161,602.64 107 Schedule GF-3 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND REPORT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FISCAL YEAR 2013 Carry Over Transfer Available Transfer Carry Forward Closed to Department FY 12 Appropriation In Funds Out Expended to New Year Revenue TOWN MODERATOR Personal Services $500.00 $500.00 $348.00 $152.00 SELECTMEN Personal Services 41.83 8,100.00 8,141.83 7,975.02 166.81 General Expenses 228,818.00 54,800.00 283,618.00 207,712.98 30,149.47 45,755.55 Alt Energy Comm 11/08 STM 5,388.00 5,388.00 5,388.00 Town Memorials 11/03 STM 1,258.05 1,258.05 1,258.05 HR Manual/Policies 4/13 ATM 40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 6,687.88 236,918.00 94,800.00 338,405.88 221,076.00 71,407.52 45,922.36 TOWN MANAGER Personal Services 336,541.00 3,578.00 340,119.00 337,667.92 1,500.00 951.08 General Expenses 51,300.00 24,580.00 75,880.00 7,156.00 39,604.48 10,036.29 19,083.23 Unpaid Bills Prior Year 2012 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 Treats Pond Flood 5/12 ATM 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 Union Contracts 4/13 ATM 64,566.00 64,566.00 32,227.00 32,339.00 4,000.00 402,841.00 92,724.00 499,565.00 39,383.00 381,272.40 58,875.29 20,034.31 ADVISORY COMMITTEE General Expenses 360.00 360.00 173.00 187.00 RESERVE FUND 100,000.00 50,000.00 150,000.00 121,183.93 28,816.07 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Personal Services 164,460.00 164,460.00 160,939.74 3,520.26 General Expenses 10,051.18 65,597.00 9,673.00 85,321.18 85,320.40 0.78 Unpaid Bills Prior Year 2012 500.00 500.00 500.00 10,051.18 230,057.00 10,173.00 250,281.18 246,760.14 3,521.04 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Personal Services 182,134.00 3,301.00 185,435.00 185,434.07 0.93 General Expenses 15,750.00 15,750.00 5,000.00 5,977.64 106.56 4,665.80 197,884.00 3,301.00 201,185.00 5,000.00 191,411.71 106.56 4,666.73 TREASURER/COLLECTOR Personal Services 195,398.00 4,946.00 200,344.00 200,343.23 0.77 General Expenses 369.00 32,335.00 8,250.00 40,954.00 37,603.44 224.67 3,125.89 369.00 227,733.00 13,196.00 241,298.00 237,946.67 224.67 3,126.66 LEGAL SERVICES 200,000.00 148,535.00 348,535.00 347,031.25 1,500.00 3.75 TOWN CLERK Personal Services 122,513.00 2,250.00 124,763.00 122,490.28 2,272.72 General Expenses 6,500.00 1,750.00 8,250.00 7,396.02 853.98 129,013.00 4,000.00 133,013.00 129,886.30 3,126.70 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Personal Services 45,284.00 1,663.00 46,947.00 46,946.45 0.55 General Expenses 25,750.00 25,750.00 25,449.00 301.00 71,034.00 1,663.00 72,697.00 72,395.45 301.55 PLANNING BOARD Personal Services 56,443.00 1,626.00 58,069.00 58,068.71 0.29 General Expenses 550.00 550.00 475.00 75.00 Land Use Rules 3/09 ATM 1,720.00 1,720.00 1,720.00 1,720.00 56,993.00 1,626.00 60,339.00 58,543.71 1,720.00 75.29 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Personal Services 2,600.00 2,600.00 2,600.00 General Expenses 200.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 2,800.00 2,800.00 2,700.00 100.00 UNCLASSIFIED Hingham Water 17,210.00 17,210.00 16,788.00 422.00 Fire Protection Fee 247,000.00 247,000.00 247,000.00 Water Purchase 43,096.99 41,000.00 84,096.99 57,897.07 26,199.92 Annual Audit 43,000.00 43,000.00 37,505.00 5,495.00 Town Report 12,000.00 12,000.00 10,703.00 1,646.00 (349.00) SS Regional Refuse District 4,500.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 108 Schedule GF-3 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND REPORT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FISCAL YEAR 2013 Carry Over Transfer Available Transfer Carry Forward Closed to Department FY 12 Appropriation In Funds Out Expended to New Year Revenue 43,096.99 364,710.00 407,806.99 10,703.00 365,336.07 31,767.92 TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 65,925.05 2,220,843.00 420,018.00 2,706,786.05 176,269.93 2,254,880.70 133,834.04 141,801.38 POLICE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 1,343,338.00 6,314.00 1,349,652.00 113,676.00 1,235,975.03 0.97 Overtime 265,000.00 223,962.00 488,962.00 488,961.85 0.15 General Expenses 6,200.00 338,825.00 38,140.00 383,165.00 361,564.76 21,600.24 Cell Upgrades 4/11 ATM 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 Frontline Cruiser 5/12 ATM 33,000.00 33,000.00 33,000.00 Frontline Cruiser 5/12 ATM 33,000.00 33,000.00 32,999.95 0.05 Building Repairs 5/12 ATM 80,000.00 80,000.00 52,801.37 27,198.63 Building Security 5/12 ATM 20,000.00 20,000.00 12,994.70 7,005.30 26,200.00 2,113,163.00 268,416.00 2,407,779.00 113,676.00 2,218,297.66 54,203.93 21,601.41 FIRE DEPARTMENT Personal Services 1,645,388.00 17,161.00 1,662,549.00 185,000.00 1,477,548.29 0.71 Overtime 215,000.00 233,000.00 448,000.00 29,703.00 418,296.82 0.18 General Expenses 130.36 196,625.00 9,483.93 206,239.29 203,451.44 2,787.85 Hydraulic Extr Tools 5/12 ATM 25,000.00 25,000.00 922.00 24,078.00 Thermal Image Camera 5/12 ATM 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,879.00 121.00 Unpaid Bills Prior Year 2012 1,964.44 1,964.44 1,964.44 130.36 2,092,013.00 261,609.37 2,353,752.73 214,703.00 2,112,061.99 24,199.00 2,788.74 BUILDING COMMISSIONER Personal Services 85,983.00 85,983.00 85,948.08 34.92 General Expenses 44,132.00 44,132.00 38,967.23 165.00 4,999.77 130,115.00 130,115.00 124,915.31 165.00 5,034.69 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Personal Services 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,400.00 600.00 General Expenses 8,000.00 10,000.00 18,000.00 7,954.93 10,000.00 45.07 Equipment 12/05 2,103.26 2,103.26 2,103.26 2,103.26 11,000.00 10,000.00 23,103.26 12,458.19 10,000.00 645.07 HARBORMASTER Personal Services 72,195.00 336.00 72,531.00 72,530.99 0.01 General Expenses 17,650.00 7,000.00 24,650.00 22,031.15 2,500.00 118.85 Building Repairs STM 11/06 5,445.35 5,445.35 2,500.00 2,945.35 New Docks STM 11/06 5,356.48 5,356.48 5,356.48 10,801.83 7,336.00 107,982.83 97,062.14 10,801.83 118.86 SHELLFISH 475.00 475.00 475.00 TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY 39,235.45 4,436,611.00 547,361.37 5,023,207.82 328,379.00 4,565,270.29 99,369.76 30,188.77 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 33,287.82 15,866,062.00 15,899,349.82 15,779,796.32 119,467.55 85.95 School Floor Repairs 5/12 ATM 458,906.64 458,906.64 157,905.17 301,001.47 492,194.46 15,866,062.00 16,358,256.46 15,937,701.49 420,469.02 85.95 SHORE SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL ASSESSMENT 136,635.00 136,635.00 136,009.00 626.00 TOTAL SCHOOLS 492,194.46 16,002,697.00 16,494,891.46 16,073,710.49 420,469.02 711.95 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Personal Services 853,728.00 853,728.00 818,546.20 35,181.80 General Expenses 4,366.04 206,450.00 210,816.04 185,610.32 393.85 24,811.87 Other Appropriations 2,742.68 279,200.00 5,000.00 286,942.68 278,734.82 114.35 8,093.51 Cemetery Lots Buyback 3/08 ATM 1,500.00 8,500.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 Unpaid Bills Prior Year 2012 2,664.40 2,664.40 2,664.40 8,608.72 1,339,378.00 16,164.40 1,364,151.12 1,295,555.74 508.20 68,087.18 SNOW & ICE 125,000.00 39,270.00 164,270.00 163,753.76 516.24 STREET LIGHTING 75,000.00 1,849.00 76,849.00 76,848.80 0.20 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Personal Services 260,111.00 2,002.00 262,113.00 262,112.44 0.56 General Expenses 350,400.00 46,167.00 396,567.00 359,155.37 37,411.63 610,511.00 48,169.00 658,680.00 621,267.81 37,412.19 TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS/FACILITIES 8,608.72 2,149,889.00 105,452.40 2,263,950.12 2,157,426.11 508.20 106,015.81 109 Schedule GF-3 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND REPORT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FISCAL YEAR 2013 Carry Over Transfer Available Transfer Carry Forward Closed to Department FY 12 Appropriation In Funds Out Expended to New Year Revenue BOARD OF HEALTH Personal Services 139,518.00 139,518.00 7,970.00 127,958.13 3,589.87 General Expenses 19,055.00 19,055.00 15,567.14 1,137.25 2,350.61 158,573.00 158,573.00 7,970.00 143,525.27 1,137.25 5,940.48 ELDER AFFAIRS Personal Services 440.00 199,690.00 200,130.00 194,871.20 5,258.80 General Expenses 38,700.00 1,976.00 40,676.00 40,675.49 0.51 Senior Needs Assessment STM 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,440.00 238,390.00 1,976.00 255,806.00 250,546.69 5,259.31 VETERANS SERVICES Personal Services 10,400.00 10,400.00 6,300.00 4,100.00 General Expenses 83,720.00 83,720.00 74,901.89 8,818.11 94,120.00 94,120.00 81,201.89 12,918.11 TOTAL HUMAN SERVICES 15,440.00 491,083.00 1,976.00 508,499.00 7,970.00 475,273.85 1,137.25 24,117.90 LIBRARY SERVICES Personal Services 417,145.00 2,512.00 419,657.00 419,656.02 0.98 General Expenses 103,012.00 103,012.00 101,494.21 1,517.79 Roof Repairs 11/06 STM 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 520,157.00 2,512.00 526,169.00 521,150.23 3,500.00 1,518.77 RECREATION Personal Services 101,389.00 1,018.00 102,407.00 102,406.32 0.68 Various Repairs 4/11 ATM 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 101,389.00 1,018.00 127,407.00 127,406.32 0.68 COMMON HISTORICAL COMMISSION 50.00 50.00 50.00 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION Personal Services 800.00 800.00 600.00 200.00 General Expenses 800.00 800.00 600.00 200.00 CELEBRATIONS 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 TOTAL CULTURE & RECREATION 28,500.00 624,896.00 3,530.00 656,926.00 651,656.55 3,500.00 1,769.45 DEBT AND INTEREST Non-excluded Principle & Interest 1,026,696.00 1,026,696.00 1,026,500.71 195.29 Excluced Principle & Interest 2,201,184.00 2,201,184.00 101,000.00 2,099,938.13 245.87 Capital Stab. Principle & Interest 167,067.00 167,067.00 167,066.25 0.75 CPC Principle & Interest 34,823.00 34,823.00 34,822.50 0.50 Short-term Interest TOTAL DEBT SERVICE 3,429,770.00 3,429,770.00 101,000.00 3,328,327.59 442.41 NORFOLK COUNTY RETIREMENT 1,388,631.00 1,388,631.00 1,388,631.00 WORKERS COMPENSATION 123,200.00 123,200.00 5,000.00 103,346.00 14,854.00 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 20,000.00 20,000.00 13,213.46 6,786.54 HEALTH INSURANCE 3,155,879.00 3,155,879.00 46,474.00 3,109,404.38 0.62 LIFE INSURANCE 9,000.00 9,000.00 5,152.27 3,847.73 MEDICARE 267,280.00 267,280.00 265,523.99 1,756.01 PROPERTY & LIABILITY INSURANCE 8,881.73 255,765.00 906.00 265,552.73 258,695.97 6,856.76 TOTAL BENEFITS & INSURANCE 8,881.73 5,219,755.00 906.00 5,229,542.73 51,474.00 5,143,967.07 34,101.66 STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS County Tax 113,044.00 113,044.00 113,044.00 Retired Teachers Health Insurance 539,594.00 539,594.00 539,594.00 Charter School 70,280.00 70,280.00 61,386.00 8,894.00 Mosquito Control 38,006.00 38,006.00 38,006.00 Air Pollution Control 3,678.00 3,678.00 3,678.00 Metro Area Planning Council 2,376.00 2,376.00 2,376.00 RMV Non-Renewal Surcharge 5,380.00 5,380.00 5,180.00 200.00 110 Schedule GF-3 TOWN OF COHASSET GENERAL FUND REPORT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FISCAL YEAR 2013 Carry Over Transfer Available Transfer Carry Forward Closed to Department FY 12 Appropriation In Funds Out Expended to New Year Revenue Mass Bay Transit Authority 159,366.00 159,366.00 159,366.00 TOTAL STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS 931,724.00 931,724.00 922,630.00 9,094.00 658,785.41 35,507,268.00 1,079,243.77 37,245,297.18 665,092.93 35,573,142.65 658,818.27 348,243.33 111 TOWN OF COHASSET Schedule GF-4 GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE ACTUAL VS. BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Favorable Budget*Actual (Unfavorable) Revenues Real and personal property taxes 30,537,620.00 $30,776,488.14 238,868.14 Motor & boat excise 1,145,218.00 1,323,629.23 178,411.23 Penalties and interest 205,059.00 242,374.01 37,315.01 Charges for Services 136,467.00 265,190.81 128,723.81 Fees 586,770.00 669,815.06 83,045.06 Intergovernmental 2,237,090.00 2,233,140.00 (3,950.00) Licenses and permits 423,954.00 635,421.56 211,467.56 Departmental and other revenue 678,852.00 697,611.14 18,759.14 Fines and forfeits 26,240.00 36,648.05 10,408.05 Investment income 13,470.00 13,824.03 354.03 Total Revenues 35,990,740.00 36,894,142.03 903,402.03 Expenditures General government 2,396,682.08 2,254,880.70 141,801.38 Public safety 4,595,459.06 4,565,270.29 30,188.77 Education 16,074,422.44 16,073,710.49 711.95 Public works 2,263,441.92 2,157,426.11 106,015.81 Human services 499,391.75 475,273.85 24,117.90 Culture and recreation 653,426.00 651,656.55 1,769.45 Pension and fringe benefits 5,178,069.73 5,143,967.07 34,102.66 State and county assessments 931,724.00 922,630.00 9,094.00 Debt service 3,328,770.00 3,328,327.59 442.41 Total Expenditures 35,921,386.98 35,573,142.65 348,244.33 Excess(deficiency) of revenues over expenditures 69,353.02 1,320,999.38 1,251,646.36 Other Financing Sources (Uses) Premium on sale of notes - 6,660.95 6,660.95 Operating transfers in(out) from other funds (1,032,979.00) (1,032,978.70) 0.30 Total Other Financing Uses (1,032,979.00) (1,026,317.75) 6,661.25 Exess(deficiency) of revenues and other financing sources over expenditures and other financing uses (963,625.98) 294,681.63 1,258,307.61 Budget Balancing Items Free Cash 958,508.00 Carryforwards and encumbrances at Beginning of Year 663,935.41 Carryforwards and encumbrances at End of Year (658,818.27) rounding 0.84 Total Budget Items 963,625.98 Net Budget and Acutal - Fund Balance July 1, 2012 1,866,921.01 Fund Balance June 30, 2013 $2,161,602.64 * Budget includes the current year's budget amounts, adjusted for encumbrances outstanding at the beginning and end of the period. 112 Schedule SR-2 Fund Balance Fund Balance July 1, 2012 Revenues Transfers In Expenditures Transfer Out June 30, 2013 Town Grants Energy Conservation Grant 822.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 822.00$ Extended Polling Hours 666.03 1,269.00 1,935.03 - Community Policing 23.33 23.33 - Police Local Block Grant 35.74 35.74 Police Setb Grant 4,338.20 4,338.20 - Police Vest Grant 702.50 1,517.14 1,497.50 722.14 MEMA Civil Defense Grants - 8,627.11 8,627.11 - Fire Safety Grant 1,318.07 1,318.07 Ambulance Task Force Grant 2,000.00 880.10 1,119.90 Fire Equipment Grant 686.20 686.20 Fire - Safe Grant 13,223.42 673.09 12,550.33 State I & I Grant 2,940.75 2,940.75 Harbor Pumpout Grant 17,759.28 8,345.95 12,928.95 13,176.28 State Stormwater Grant 2,129.62 2,129.62 DPW Recycling Grant 4,447.69 4,447.69 Hlth Emergency Preparedness Grant 1,969.44 5,000.00 5,723.65 1,245.79 Hlth Medicare Reimbursements 3,456.32 3,456.32 319 Grant - 85,813.23 85,813.23 - Elder Triad Program Grant 201.77 201.77 Clean Energy Grant 16,274.94 16,274.94 Hlth - Sun Awareness Day Grant 47.43 47.43 LIB - State Aid Grant 9,014.45 9,127.29 8,512.02 9,629.72 Cultural Council 963.69 3,872.15 3,221.00 1,614.84 GHSB Traffic Grant 448.54 448.54 - Health FDA Program Grant - 685.00 685.00 - Health Tobacco Control Program - 355.00 355.00 Elder Affairs - FY13 Formula Grant - 11,816.00 11,816.00 - 83,469.41$ 136,427.87$ -$ 147,122.75$ -$ 72,774.53$ Town Special Revenue Insurance Recovery < $20,000 850.00$ 13,099.68$ -$ 4,614.36$ -$ 9,335.32$ Law Enforcement Trust 1,278.75 450.00 655.00 1,073.75 Recreation - CH44 53D Revolving 7,151.69 141,032.81 117,576.23 30,608.27 Concom CAF - RDA Fees 875.00 2,775.00 3,000.00 650.00 Concom CAF-NOI Fees 9,736.14 55,500.00 49,043.19 16,192.95 Stormwater Deposits 32,405.00 28,400.00 24,855.00 35,950.00 Planning Board 53G Deposits 60,377.79 62,421.97 1,883.00 76,624.33 48,058.43 Avalon Gift - 514,289.43 73,800.00 440,489.43 Toll Brothers Grant 9,895.89 9,895.89 Lighthouse Keeper Gift 1,247.86 1,247.86 Adopt a Street Gift 358.29 358.29 Beechwood Ballpark Gift 4,526.49 4,526.49 Mary Babaian Gift 4,690.27 4,690.27 Parking Lot Grant 53,088.17 53,088.17 Cable Studio Gift 11,339.12 122,087.29 133,426.41 - Selectmen Gifts 3,346.25 100.00 3,446.25 Police Gifts 443.91 328.06 115.85 Fire Gifts 3,333.74 2,100.00 5,433.74 Harbormaster Gifts 1,750.00 1,250.00 3,000.00 Health Gifts 3,873.05 957.00 4,830.05 Elder Affairs Gifts 29,057.42 8,370.00 1,949.51 35,477.91 Veterans in Need Gift - 225.00 225.00 Drug & Alcohol Comm Gift 934.61 934.61 Linden Drive Gifts 242.00 242.00 Historical Comm 1,808.61 1,808.61 Planning Indian Winds 2,441.25 2,441.25 Eastern Edison 6,540.02 6,540.02 Police - Bicycle Gifts 160.57 160.57 TOWN OF COHASSET SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 2013 113 Schedule SR-2 Fund Balance Fund Balance July 1, 2012 Revenues Transfers In Expenditures Transfer Out June 30, 2013 TOWN OF COHASSET SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 2013 Library-Music Circus Youth Room Gift - 5,000.00 5,000.00 SSL Next Chapter Grant 1,219.05 600.00 619.05 Fire - Defibrillator Gift Fund 11,404.45 11,404.45 CEA - MAP Gifts 66.78 66.78 CEA - Outreach Donations 10,212.68 10,212.68 CEA - SSL New Bldg Gifts 9,510.01 9,510.01 - CEA - SSL Cultural Coordinator 1,087.44 1,087.44 - CEA - Coblenetz Fund 733.74 733.74 CEA - Outreach Program 1,717.77 84.73 1,633.04 Library - Gifts 8,543.95 11,880.00 9,086.52 11,337.43 Library - Trust Income Gifts 18,854.52 48,574.48 33,377.62 34,051.38 Library - Semls Gifts 9,603.45 9,603.45 Library - Music Circus Gifts 5,000.00 5,000.00 Recreation - Gifts 216,340.82 373,879.54 288,038.59 302,181.77 Deer Hill Playground Gift - 270.00 270.00 Hist Pres Captain's Walk 190.00 190.00 Hist Pres - Book 15,913.75 2,871.00 6,249.33 12,535.42 Concomm Performance Bonds 3,000.00 3,000.00 Health Perc Test Deposit 1,450.00 2,080.00 825.00 2,705.00 Septic Loan Program (776,677.56) 1,505,275.00 470,103.54 258,493.90 (219,973.15)$ 2,912,784.09$ 1,883.00$ 1,304,834.87$ -$ 1,389,859.07$ School Lunch 97,195.03$ 322,511.24$ 318,372.33$ 101,333.94$ School Grants Improving Education -$ 17,898.00$ -$ 16,022.40$ -$ 1,875.60$ IDEA 8,435.26 316,398.00 324,658.00 175.26 SPED Early Child - 12,391.00 9,475.00 2,916.00 Title I - 40,259.00 40,259.00 - Special Ed Grant 11,394.00 10,695.26 698.74 Full Day Kindergarten - 48,382.00 47,314.00 1,068.00 Community Service 1,616.00 1,616.00 Circuit Breaker 384,163.94 301,311.00 396,676.11 288,798.83 Academic Services - 3,000.00 3,000.00 - Metco Grant - 257,568.00 257,568.00 - 394,215.20$ 1,008,601.00$ -$ 1,105,667.77$ -$ 297,148.43$ School Revolving Funds Insurance Proceds < $20k 3,599.86$ 3,559.54$ -$ -$ -$ 7,159.40$ Athletic Revolving 35,865.40 219,113.50 216,947.07 38,031.83 Preschool 59,186.78 61,371.52 26,444.73 94,113.57 Kindergarten 295,476.47 301,106.07 203,450.85 393,131.69 Transportation 34,494.74 94,107.00 108,569.50 20,032.24 Use of Facilities 38,383.76 53,299.50 44,002.34 47,680.92 Intramural 474.57 11,605.00 8,087.72 3,991.85 Summer Sports 35,296.64 23,494.99 26,361.87 32,429.76 Lost Book 2,198.10 517.55 2,715.65 Music Revolving 11,479.04 6,075.35 8,006.83 9,547.56 School Committee Gifts 29,383.72 128,515.48 119,695.03 38,204.17 Swim Team Gifts 18,426.66 1,500.00 16,926.66 Athletic Hall of Fame 1,369.97 6,830.00 8,199.97 - Summer Institute 127.40 127.40 Medicaid Reimbursements 32,870.56 10,121.16 22,749.40 Foundation Reserve 15,586.88 14,397.25 1,189.63 614,220.55$ 909,595.50$ -$ 795,784.32$ -$ 728,031.73$ Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Insurance Recovery >$20k -$ 22,347.30$ 22,347.30$ -$ 114 Schedule SR-2 Fund Balance Fund Balance July 1, 2012 Revenues Transfers In Expenditures Transfer Out June 30, 2013 TOWN OF COHASSET SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 2013 Waterways 46,779.30 9,415.47 7,000.00 49,194.77 Sale of Lots 41,350.00 12,050.00 53,400.00 Wetlands Protection (NOI)26,560.40 5,135.00 2,870.00 5,000.00 23,825.40 Disabilities Comm - Parking Fines 5,861.14 5,861.14 Title V Betterments Fund 72,576.92 94,109.85 166,686.77 School Construction Surplus Fund 779,605.45 60,894.00 718,711.45 972,733.21$ 143,057.62$ -$ 2,870.00$ 95,241.30$ 1,017,679.53$ Community Preservation 1,205,505.56$ 513,673.80$ 196,620.94$ 1,522,558.42$ Total Special Revenue Funds 3,147,365.81$ 5,946,651.12$ 1,883.00$ 3,871,272.98$ 95,241.30$ 5,129,385.65$ 115 Schedule CP-2 TOWN OF COHASSET CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Balance Forward Revenues Expenditures Transfer In/(Out)Balance Harbor Seawall 50,638.78 50,638.78 Harbor Dredging 11/95 STM #5 41,968.39 622.44 41,345.95 Jerusalem Rd Wall 11/08 STM #7 (59,488.64) 59,500.00 [1]11.36 Jacob's Meadow Culvert 43,140.05 5,208.40 37,931.65 Bound Brook Culvert #6 0.20 0.20 Bound Brook Beechwood 5/12 STM #7 250,000.00 250,000.00 Drainage 3/07 ATM #26 158,589.82 158,589.82 - Fire Heavy Rescue Tools CIP 2008 4,292.17 4,292.17 Fire Command Vehicle CIP 2009 2,500.04 2,358.30 141.74 School Bus ATM 5/12 ATM #12 90,000.00 [1]96,822.00 9,000.00 2,178.00 DPW-Utility Truck 5/12 ATM #12 66,000.00 [1]66,000.00 - Facilities Water Heater CIP 2010 24,020.00 9,886.00 14,134.00 New Library 5,058.32 5,058.32 New MIS System 4/11 ATM #6 1,865.66 38,171.30 52,000.00 15,694.36 Bound Brook Culvert #6 218.48 218.48 Lightkeepers Sewer Connection 25,000.00 25,000.00 Technology Upgrades 4/13 ATM #7 70,000.00 70,000.00 Building Interconnectivity 4/13 ATM #7 30,000.00 30,000.00 Inspections/Permitting Software 4/13 ATM #7 30,000.00 30,000.00 GIS Implementation 4/13 ATM #7 35,000.00 35,000.00 Police New Cruiser 11/10 STM #4 0.15 0.15 Police Technology 3/09ATM #6 3,041.50 3,041.50 Police Radios 12/12 STM #4 17,990.26 18,000.00 9.74 Police Firearms 12/12 STM #4 9,331.35 16,041.00 6,709.65 Fingerprint Scanner 4/13 ATM #7 15,000.00 15,000.00 - Fire Command Vehicle 12/12 STM #4 35,000.00 35,000.00 - HS Gym Roof Handler Repair 4/13 ATM #7 4,679.75 15,000.00 10,320.25 DPW Radios 4/13 ATM #7 15,000.00 15,000.00 Streetlights Purchase 4/13 ATM #7 36,500.00 36,500.00 Facilities Generator Upgrades 4/13 ATM #7 50,000.00 50,000.00 Library Computer Replacement CIP 2010 3.00 3.00 525,847.92$ 215,500.00$ 459,659.62$ 451,541.00$ 733,229.30$ 116 Schedule SE-2 TOWN OF COHASSET STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS SEWER ENTERPRISE JUNE 30, 2013 Operating revenue: Sewer use charges 1,215,436.36$ Interest/penalties 15,047.62 Sewer liens 100,350.20 Tax liens 9,635.41 Grinder pump maintenance fees 121,144.58 Grinder pump sales 187,544.95 Sewerage permits 57,615.00 Other 603.85 Total operating revenues 1,707,377.97 Operating expenses: Personnel services 51,362.35 Expenses 1,548,493.77 Depreciation expense 762,883.48 Total operating expenses 2,362,739.60 Operating income(loss)(655,361.63) Nonoperating revenues (expenses) Sewer assessments 977,065.96 Interest income 1,215.13 Transfer from water enterprise fund 611,484.44 Premium on sale of bonds 20,743.89 Transfer to sewer betterment stabilization fund (900,000.00) Debt service - interest (309,603.19) Total nonoperating revenues(expenses)400,906.23 Net income (loss)(254,455.40) -Change in reserve for continuing appropriations (57,578.62) -Change in reserve for expenditures (310,000.00) Net change in unreserved retained earnings for year (622,034.02) Retained earnings-unreserved July 1, 2012 18,035,909.99 Retained earnings-unreserved June 30, 2013 17,413,875.97 117 Schedule SE-3 Town of Cohasset Sewer Enterprise Fund Statement of Cash Flow for the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2013 Cash Flow from operating activities: Operating Income(Loss)($655,361.63) Adjustments to reconcile net operating income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 762,883.48 Decrease in warrants payable/encumbrances (455.49) Decrease in accounts receivable 30,107.48 Total adjustments 792,535.47 Net cash provided by operating activities 137,173.84 Cash flows from capital and related financing activities: Sewer assessment revenue 977,065.96 1,215.13 681,960.00 20,743.89 611,484.44 Decrease in notes payable (1,200,000.00) Debt service payments (925,202.81) Transfer to sewer betterment stabilization fund (900,000.00) Net cash used for capital and related financing activities (732,733.39) Net cash decrease for the year (595,559.55) Cash at beginning of year 1,726,062.43 Cash June 30, 2013 $1,130,502.88 Interest income Bond proceeds Premium on sale of bonds Transfer from water enterprise fund 118 Schedule W-2 TOWN OF COHASSET STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS WATER ENTERPRISE JUNE 30, 2013 Operating revenue: Water use charges $4,415,671.39 Interest/penalties 26,083.97 Water liens 192,157.49 Tax liens 16,803.35 Total operating revenues 4,650,716.20 Operating expenses: Operating expenses 1,859,298.39 Depreciation expense 995,836.31 Total operating expenses 2,855,134.70 Operating income(loss)1,795,581.50 Nonoperating revenues (expenses) System development charge 72,740.00 Premium on sale of bonds 62,124.25 Debt service - interest (1,113,878.15) Transfer to sewer enterprise (611,484.44) Payment to escrow agent for advance refunding (123,550.00) Total nonoperating revenues(expenses)(1,714,048.34) Net income (loss)81,533.16 (186,144.31) Net change in unreserved retained earnings for year (104,611.15) Retained earnings-unreserved July 1, 2012 6,494,513.69 Retained earnings-unreserved June 30, 2013 $6,389,902.54 - Change in reserve for continuing appropriations 119 Schedule W-3 Town of Cohasset Water Enterprise Fund Statement of Cash Flow for the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2012 Cash Flow from operating activities: Operating Income(Loss)$1,795,581.50 Adjustments to reconcile net operating income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 995,836.31 Increase in warrants payable/encumbrances 176,573.39 Decrease in Accounts Receivable 130,483.59 Total adjustments 1,302,893.29 Net cash provided by operating activities 3,098,474.79 Cash flows from capital and related financing activities: System development charge 72,740.00 Bond proceeds 2,158,740.00 Premium on sale of bonds 62,124.25 Decrease in notes payable (1,187,150.00) (106,749.00) (123,550.00) (611,484.44) Debt service payments (2,835,257.38) Net cash used for capital and related financing activities (2,570,586.57) Net cash increase for the year 527,888.22 Cash at beginning of year 345,232.82 Cash June 30, 2013 $873,121.04 Capitalized expenditures Payment to escrow agent for advance refunding Transfer to sewer enterprise fund 120 Balance Donations &Investment Withdrawals Fund Balance July 1, 2012 Receipts Income Transfers June 30, 2013 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Billings Park Fund 2,182.50 125.77 2,308.27 Billings Common Fund 1,923.91 110.86 2,034.77 H.W. Wadleigh Park Fund 10,207.52 588.11 10,795.63 Wheelwright Park Fund 17,375.01 1,001.09 18,376.10 Edith M. Bates Fund 12,415.50 715.36 13,130.86 CEMETERIES Perpetual Care-Woodside Cemetery 257,023.49 1,500.00 14,577.88 (1,825.24) 271,276.13 Perpetual Care-Beechwood Cemetery 26,419.19 1,250.00 1,499.36 (345.23) 28,823.32 Beechwood Cemetery Association 4,439.71 255.84 4,695.55 Estate of Harry E. Wilbur (Woodside)12,027.25 692.97 12,720.22 C. L. Bell Memorial Fund (Greengate)53,011.64 3,054.40 56,066.04 Isadora B. Newey Fund 42,550.53 2,451.63 45,002.16 Cedar Street Cemetery 5,574.61 321.15 5,895.76 SCHOOLS Ripley Fund 9,737.82 572.56 (1,000.00) 9,310.38 James W. Nichols Scholarship Fund 3,502.21 201.77 3,703.98 Major William Arthur Scholarship Fund 7,669.79 463.23 (300.00) 7,833.02 Alice and Walter Shuebruk Scholarship Fund 139,004.04 8,084.27 (4,500.00) 142,588.31 William Ripley Jr., Athletic Fund 22,943.18 1,330.48 500.00 24,773.66 John F. Creamer Scholarship Fund 1,758.22 101.32 1,859.54 Margaret M. Hardy Scholarship Fund 260,981.22 15,367.48 (5,000.00) 271,348.70 Helen & Malcolm Stevens Scholarship Fund 213,330.59 12,375.29 (6,500.00) 219,205.88 Noel Ripley Scholarship 68,256.33 3,994.18 (500.00) 71,750.51 Langham Scholarship 12,354.64 767.29 (1,000.00) 12,121.93 Staunton Scholarship 1,740.67 100.31 1,840.98 Gritzan Scholarship 17,216.29 1,716.25 1,055.72 (1,000.00) 18,988.26 VOLUNTARY CHECKOFF FUNDS Scholarship Fund 4,592.03 231.18 4,823.21 Education Fund 7,678.84 412.65 8,091.49 Senior Fund 4,159.01 207.67 4,366.68 OTHER Stabilization Fund 351,874.77 13,995.84 896,950.00 1,262,820.61 Stabilization Fund-OPEB 147,648.96 296.78 120,000.00 267,945.74 Stabilization Fund-Capital 365,990.54 1,319.36 (130,060.00) 237,249.90 Sewer Betterment Stabilization Fund - 18,623.63 900,000.00 918,623.63 Conservation Fund 568.84 11.37 580.21 Beechwood Improvement Association 12,095.26 241.58 12,336.84 Pension Reserve Fund 291,281.85 7,071.55 298,353.40 Town Pump Maintenance 2,632.49 52.57 2,685.06 Reed Corner Trust Fund 183.44 3.66 187.10 Captains' Walk Fund 10,593.02 211.58 10,804.60 Elder Affairs Trust Pilgrim 12,143.80 457.00 77.14 (12,677.94) - Paul Pratt Memorial Library 1,209,631.21 28,960.00 159,191.95 (89,396.48) 1,308,386.68 TRUST FUNDS STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FISCAL YEAR 2013 121 Balance Donations &Investment Withdrawals Fund Balance July 1, 2012 Receipts Income Transfers June 30, 2013 TRUST FUND TOTALS $3,624,719.92 $33,883.25 $271,756.83 ($123,544.89)$1,786,890.00 5,593,705.11 122 Town of Cohasset All Funds Statement of Indebtness June 30 2013 Original FY13 Principal Payments Due:Total Outstanding Issue Date: Purpose: Interest Rate Amount Payment 2014-2033 June 30, 2013 Inside the Debt Limit: June 15 2004 -Central Sewer (I-SS) 4.4%$98,288 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 June 15 2004 -School Planning (IE) 4.3%$156,000 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 June 15 2004 -School Construction (IE) 4.5%$16,720,000 885,000.00 885,000.00 885,000.00 June 15 2004 -Little League Fields (I) 4%$184,600 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 June 15 2004 -Fire Department Equipment 2 (I) 3.6%$600,000 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 August 1 2004 -Library (I) 4%$650,000 40,000.00 80,000.00 80,000.00 August 1 2004 -Police Station (2) (I) 3.2%$90,000 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 August 1 2004 -Police Station (I) 3.6%$800,000 60,000.00 120,000.00 120,000.00 August 1 2004 -Water Planning 1 (I-SS) 4%$81,000 3,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 August 1 2004 -Water Planning 2 (I-SS) 3%$19,000 2,000.00 - - August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33A (I) 5.5%$538,417 32,673.23 300,937.67 300,937.67 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33A (IE) 5.5%$538,417 32,673.23 300,937.67 300,937.67 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-04 (I) 5.3%$25,159 1,541.33 14,008.95 14,008.95 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-04 (IE) 5.3%$25,159 1,541.33 14,008.95 14,008.95 October 1 2004 Adv Ref of Feb 96 & Sept 96 B -Adv Ref of Sept 15 96 Series B Sewer (I) 3.3%$163,409 15,792.83 61,662.54 61,662.54 August 1 2005 -Drainage (I) 4%$96,400 5,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 August 1 2005 -Newtonville Drainage (I) 4%$100,000 5,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 August 1 2005 -Open Space Purchasing (I) 4%$400,000 25,000.00 65,000.00 65,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Planning (I) 4.1%$500,000 10,000.00 105,000.00 105,000.00 December 14 2006 MWPAT CW-04-17 (I) 2%$64,285 2,923.00 47,702.00 47,702.00 April 10 2008 -Current Refunding of 1998 Garage (IE) 3%$115,100 15,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 April 10 2008 -Current Refunding of 1998 School (IE) 3%$2,776,000 264,000.00 1,525,000.00 1,525,000.00 March 15 2009 -Ambulance (I) 2.2%$160,000 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 March 15 2009 -Jacobs Meadow Culvert (I) 3.7%$450,000 15,000.00 380,000.00 380,000.00 March 15 2009 -Sewer I&I (ISS) 4%$350,000 15,000.00 290,000.00 290,000.00 August 1 2009 -Athletic Field (I) 2.9%$500,000 36,000.00 388,000.00 388,000.00 August 1 2009 -Capital Improvements (I) 1.6%$535,000 87,000.00 212,000.00 212,000.00 August 1 2009 -Drainage Improvements (I) 3.3%$91,000 5,000.00 76,000.00 76,000.00 August 1 2009 -Retaining Wall Improvements (I) 2%$50,000 6,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 August 1 2009 -Seawall (I) 1.8%$510,000 75,000.00 285,000.00 285,000.00 August 1 2009 -Sewer (I) 3.4%$828,000 8,000.00 126,000.00 126,000.00 August 1 2009 -Sewer 1 (I) 3.3%$150,000 41,000.00 712,000.00 712,000.00 August 1 2009 -Sewer 2 (I) 3.3%$93,000 6,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 August 1 2009 -Sidewalk (I) 1%$40,000 10,000.00 - - August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 00 - Sewer (I) 2.5%$417,500 45,000.00 327,500.00 327,500.00 August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 00 - Sewer (IE) 2.5%$417,500 45,000.00 327,500.00 327,500.00 August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 99 - Flood Ctrl (I) 1.5%$76,000 15,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 July 8 2010 MWPAT CW-06-31 (I) General $900,000 37,713.38 825,319.61 825,319.61 July 8 2010 MWPAT CW-06-31 (I) Sewer $12,600,000 527,987.62 11,554,480.39 11,554,480.39 March 15 2011 MWPAT CW-04-17-A (I) Revised 2%$307,602 14,629.36 278,633.11 278,633.11 April 24 2012 - Current Refunding of 2002 Sewer (I)$98,800 20,000.00 78,800.00 78,800.00 April 24 2012 - Current Refunding of 2002 Sewer (IE)$96,200 20,000.00 76,200.00 76,200.00 April 24 2012 - Advance Refunding of 2004 Central Sewer (I-SS)$46,000 - 46,000.00 46,000.00 April 24 2012 - Advance Refunding of 2004 School Planning (IE)$55,000 - 55,000.00 55,000.00 April 24 2012 - Advance Refunding of 2004 School Construction (IE)$8,757,600 15,000.00 8,742,600.00 8,742,600.00 April 24 2012 - Advance Refunding of 2004 Little League Fields (I)$31,400 - 31,400.00 31,400.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Library (I)$246,050 - 246,050.00 246,050.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Police Station (I)$199,600 - 199,600.00 199,600.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Water Planning 1 (I)$50,000 - 50,000.00 50,000.00 123 Original FY13 Principal Payments Due:Total Outstanding Issue Date: Purpose: Interest Rate Amount Payment 2014-2033 June 30, 2013 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Drainage (I)$46,400 - 46,400.00 46,400.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Open Space Purchasing (I)$163,400 - 163,400.00 163,400.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Newtonville Drainage (I)$41,000 - 41,000.00 41,000.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Land Planning (I)$337,350 - 337,350.00 337,350.00 June 6 2013 DPW Truck (I)$66,000 - 66,000.00 66,000.00 June 6 2013 Retaining Wall (I)$59,000 - 59,000.00 59,000.00 June 6 2013 School Bus (I)$90,000 - 90,000.00 90,000.00 June 6 2013 Sewer 2 (I)$330,000 - 330,000.00 330,000.00 June 6 2013 Sewer (I)$339,348 - 339,348.00 339,348.00 Total Inside the Debt Limit 30,644,838.89 Outside the Debt Limit: August 1 2004 -Water Maintenance (O-SS) 3%$100,000 10,000.00 - - August 1 2004 -Water Pipe & Wellhead Replacement (O-SS) 4%$460,801 25,000.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 August 1 2004 -Water Pipe Replacement 1 (O-SS) 4%$990,752 55,000.00 110,000.00 110,000.00 August 1 2004 -Water Pipe Replacement 2 (O-SS) 4%$538,200 30,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 August 1 2004 -Treatment Plant Improvements 2 (O-SS) 3%$261,800 30,000.00 - - August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-55 (OE) 5%$97,000 3,750.00 47,650.00 47,650.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-55 (O) 5%$97,000 3,750.00 47,650.00 47,650.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34 (O) 5%$628,450 24,450.00 308,350.00 308,350.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34 (OE) 5%$628,450 24,450.00 308,350.00 308,350.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-45 (OE) 5%$69,450 2,700.00 34,100.00 34,100.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-45 (O) 5%$69,450 2,700.00 34,100.00 34,100.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33 (O) 5%$715,850 27,850.00 351,250.00 351,250.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33 (OE) 5%$715,850 27,850.00 351,250.00 351,250.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-105 (OE) 5.5%$647,560 42,500.00 337,500.00 337,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-105 (O) 5.5%$647,560 42,500.00 337,500.00 337,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-106 (OE) 5.5%$645,061 42,500.00 337,500.00 337,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 98-106 (O) 5.5%$645,061 42,500.00 337,500.00 337,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-37 (O) 5.5%$149,041 10,000.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-03 (O) 5.3%$99,503 5,000.00 57,500.00 57,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-03 (OE) 5.3%$99,503 5,000.00 57,500.00 57,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 99-11 (OE) 5.3%$964,887 57,500.00 537,500.00 537,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 99-11 (O) 5.3%$964,887 57,500.00 537,500.00 537,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 99-10 (OE) 5.3%$960,909 57,500.00 535,000.00 535,000.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 99-10 (O) 5.3%$960,909 57,500.00 535,000.00 535,000.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34A (O) 5.2%$236,107 5,000.00 197,500.00 197,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34A (OE) 5.2%$236,107 5,000.00 197,500.00 197,500.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33A (O) 5.3%$244,328 14,826.77 136,562.35 136,562.35 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-33A (OE) 5.3%$244,328 14,826.77 136,562.35 136,562.35 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-04 (O) 5.3%$1,811,155 110,958.67 1,008,491.07 1,008,491.07 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 00-04 (OE) 5.3%$1,811,155 110,958.67 1,008,491.07 1,008,491.07 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 97-38 (OE) 5%$311,600 12,100.00 152,950.00 152,950.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 97-38 (O) 5%$311,600 12,100.00 152,950.00 152,950.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34B (OE) 5%$833,483 33,200.00 398,050.00 398,050.00 August 25 2004 MWPAT Sewer 96-34B (O) 5%$833,483 33,200.00 398,050.00 398,050.00 October 1 2004 Adv Ref of Feb 96 & Sept 96 B -Adv Ref of Sept 15 96 Series B Landfill 3.3%$700,531 65,283.30 258,232.26 258,232.26 October 1 2004 Adv Ref of Feb 96 & Sept 96 B -Adv Ref of Sept 15 96 Series B Water (0) 3.3%$1,311,060 128,923.87 470,105.20 470,105.20 August 1 2005 -Water Distribution (O) 4%$1,385,000 20,000.00 300,000.00 300,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Equipment (O) 3.5%$100,000 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Land Acquisition (O) 4%$515,000 15,000.00 105,000.00 105,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Land Acquisition 2 (O) 4.1%$800,000 20,000.00 165,000.00 165,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Main (O) 4.1%$1,500,000 30,000.00 305,000.00 305,000.00 August 1 2005 -Water Protection (O) 4%$245,000 5,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 124 Original FY13 Principal Payments Due:Total Outstanding Issue Date: Purpose: Interest Rate Amount Payment 2014-2033 June 30, 2013 August 1 2005 -Water Treatment Plant (O) 3.4%$200,000 35,000.00 - - December 14 2006 MWPAT DW-04-07 (O) 2%$1,371,260 62,353.00 1,017,519.00 1,017,519.00 April 10 2008 -Current Refunding of 1998 Sewer (O) 3%$75,250 7,750.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 April 10 2008 -Current Refunding of 1998 Sewer (OE) 3%$75,250 7,750.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 April 10 2008 -Current Refunding of 1998 Water (O) 3%$474,700 45,500.00 225,000.00 225,000.00 March 15 2009 -Water (OSS) 4%$1,051,000 40,000.00 900,000.00 900,000.00 August 1 2009 -Water 1 (O) 3.5%$3,715,000 111,000.00 3,399,000.00 3,399,000.00 August 1 2009 -Water 2 (O) 3.5%$1,725,000 109,000.00 1,416,000.00 1,416,000.00 August 1 2009 -Water 3 (O) 3.5%$10,939,000 361,000.00 9,906,000.00 9,906,000.00 August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 00 - Water (O) 1.5%$455,500 135,000.00 977,500.00 977,500.00 August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 99 - School (OE) 1.5%$76,000 15,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 August 20 2009 Advance Refundings -Adv Ref of 12 1 99 - Water (O) 2.5%$1,249,500 90,000.00 177,500.00 177,500.00 July 8 2010 MWPAT DW-04-07-A (O) 2%$6,574,884 275,512.00 6,029,316.00 6,029,316.00 April 24 2012 - Current Refunding of 2002 Water Land Acquistion (O)$50,000 10,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 May 22 2013 MWPAT Septic Program 11-0202 $1,500,000 - 1,500,000.00 1,500,000.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Water Pipe & Wellhead (O)$250,000 - 250,000.00 250,000.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Water Pipe Replacement 1 (O)$528,400 - 528,400.00 528,400.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2004 Water Pipe Replacement 2 (O)$290,700 - 290,700.00 290,700.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Distribution (O)$1,001,500 - 1,001,500.00 1,001,500.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Land Acquisition (O)$341,800 - 341,800.00 341,800.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Land Acquisition 2 (O)$539,850 - 539,850.00 539,850.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Main (O)$1,037,950 - 1,037,950.00 1,037,950.00 June 6 2013 Advanced Refunding-August 1, 2005 Water Protection (O)$156,000 - 156,000.00 156,000.00 June 6 2013 Water (O)$817,652 - 817,652.00 817,652.00 June 6 2013 Water Little Harbor (O)$138,000 - 138,000.00 138,000.00 June 6 2013 Water System Improvements (O)$47,000 - 47,000.00 47,000.00 June 6 2013 Water System Improvements 1 (O)$839,000 - 839,000.00 839,000.00 June 6 2013 Water Treatment Plant Repair (O)$13,000 - 13,000.00 13,000.00 June 6 2013 Water Treatment Plant-Phosphate (O)$50,000 - 50,000.00 50,000.00 June 6 2013 Water Treatment Plant-Sludge (O)$100,000 - 100,000.00 100,000.00 Total Outside the Debt Limit 42,681,831.30 Total Long Term Debt 73,326,670.19$ 125 Purpose:Date Article Authorized/Unissued Water System Improvements 3/27/2004 17 53,000 Water System Improvements[1]3/29/2004 18 632 Sewer 4/2/2005 12 120,000 Sewer I&I 11/13/2006 19 450,000 Septic Systems/Sewer Connections 4/30/2011 15 1,500,000 Fire Ambulance 4/22/2013 7 230,000 DPW One ton Dump Truck 4/22/2013 7 75,000 Total Authorized and Unissued 2,428,632 [1] correction to FY12 of $632 Town of Cohasset Statement Of Debt Authorized And Unissued June 30, 2013 126 Town of Cohasset Annual Report Fiscal 2013 Report of the Town Treasurer/Collector The following is the Annual Report for the Office of Treasurer‐Collector as required by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 41 Section 35 containing Official Acts, Cash Receipts, and Disbursements. In addition, a Reconciliation of Town Cash Accounts, Outstanding Receivables and a listing of wages and salaries paid for calendar year 2013 is included for your information. The most notable accomplishment of this year for this office was made under the leadership of Jane Lepardo. Several initiatives were undertaken that, combined with significant efforts of the Finance Team, contributed to improving the Town’s Standard & Poor’s bond rating from AA+ with a negative outlook on April 6, 2012 to AA+ with a stable outlook on May 20, 2013. The combined effort of the whole Finance Team and Town employees successfully removed all existing material weaknesses as was also noted in the Auditor’s Management Letter. Jane also implemented lockbox increasing efficiency and reduced the number of mailings for Real Estate and Personal Property Tax bills reducing costs for the Town. I realize that fewer bills are frustrating for some. As such, we have and will continue to put up reminders around town. I would like to thank Special Town Meeting attendees for accepting several Massachusetts General Laws that were put forward by this department, including allowing this office to leverage licenses, permits, etc. to collect committed charges and to process abandoned checks in the manner most favorable to the Town. This office continues to build on the Policies and Procedures that have already been developed including a Collections Overview which will further solidify consistency in how taxpayers are treated. In Fiscal Year 2013, the Treasurer‐Collector office processed over 34,000 bills representing over 15,000 various accounts. Specifically: TYPE ACCOUNTS BILLS Real Estate Tax 3,000 12,000 Water/Sewer Utility 3,000 12,000 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 8,500 8,500 Personal Property Tax 250 1,000 Boat Excise Tax 400 400 Moorings 200 200 TOTAL 15,350 34,100 The Treasurer‐Collector Office is responsible for disbursing all funds approved by the applicable department, Finance Director and Town Manager. Over 7,000 vendor checks were disbursed during Fiscal 2013. 127 The Treasurer‐Collector Office is responsible for administering benefits and processing payroll and for all Town employees, permanent, part‐time, seasonal, and special. Over 650 W‐2s and 4,000 payroll checks were issued for during Fiscal 2013. I began working for the Town of Cohasset in September and would like to thank the residents of Cohasset for the opportunity to serve the Town. I would like to thank all Town of Cohasset employees especially, Sandra Parnell and Linda Litchfield for their efforts and for making me feel welcome. Additionally, I would like to welcome Karen Crowell as your new Deputy Treasurer/Collector. Respectfully Submitted, Paula M. Linhares Treasurer/Collector CMMT 128 Cash Balance as of July 1, 2012 13,380,720.31$ Receipts 61,957,846.42$ Disbursements (58,042,525.91) Cash Balance as of June 30, 2013 17,296,040.82$ GENERAL FUNDS Cash on Hand 300.00 Century Bank 1,905,483.75 Eastern Bank 58,897.63 Hingham Institute for Savings 706,140.03 MMDT 72,159.50 Pilgrim Bank 957,379.11 Rockland Trust Company 7,491,925.01 UniBank 54,567.85 11,246,852.88$ TRUST FUNDS Hingham Institute for Savings 11,141.08 MMDT 1,187,837.03 Nyes Ledge 165,592.87 Pilgrim Bank 237,249.90 Rockland Trust Company 3,311,437.23 Vanguard 1,135,929.83 6,049,187.94$ TOTAL FUNDS 17,296,040.82$ REPORT OF THE TREASURER/COLLECTOR CASH RECONCILIATION FISCAL YEAR 2013 129 Beginning Balance Ending Balance Real Estate Taxes Levy of 2013 171,416 Levy of 2012 447,605 33,094 Levy of 2011 35,204 (21) Levy of 2010 (1) Prior Years (1) - Total Real Estate Taxes 482,808 204,488 Personal Property Taxes Levy of 2013 3,966 Levy of 2012 3,060 2,421 Levy of 2011 2,059 1,972 Levy of 2010 1,305 1,285 Prior Years 10,196 10,154 Totals Personal Property Taxes 16,620 19,800 Deferred Property Taxes 564,359 548,326 Taxes in Litigation - - Motor Vehicle Excise Levy of 2013 72,769 Levy of 2012 94,141 13,330 Levy of 2011 17,501 7,734 Levy of 2010 9,122 7,362 Prior Years 46,520 45,182 Total Motor Vehicle Excise 167,284 146,378 Tax Liens/Tax Title 391,005 609,466 Tax Foreclosures/Tax Possessions 68,583 68,583 Other Excise Taxes Boat Excise 11,548 11,380 User Charges Receivable Water 408,877 309,734 Sewer 141,632 111,782 Utility Liens Added to Taxes 49,155 18,182 Departmental and Other Receivables Other: 2009 CPA Surcharge 1 1 Other: 2011 CPA Surcharge 504 Other: 2012 CPA Surcharge 5,683 473 Other: 2013 CPA Surcharge (1,104) Special Assessments Receivable Unapportioned assessments 14,064,489 13,860,300 Apportioned assessments added to taxes 16,146 18,233 Committed interest added to taxes 3,220 5,412 Apportioned assessments not yet due Suspended assessments Special assessments tax liens 16,391,914 15,931,434 REPORT OF THE TREASURER/COLLECTOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 OUTSTANDING RECEIVABLES 130 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 AB CDE LastName FirstName PrimaryAccount GrossPay QUILL MARY E Assessor's Office 84132.86 LANE WARREN B Assessor's Office 49600.25 WARNER ELLEN Assessor's Office 41997.08 KRUPCZAK DEBRA J.Assessor's Office 1680 GRANVILLE MARY E.Assessor's Office 1299.96 MILLER ELSA J.Assessor's Office 1200 Department Total 179910.15 ZEMEL FELIX I Board of Health 62429.09 GOODWIN MARY C.Board of Health 52771.68 GODZIK JOSEPH R Board of Health 1390.8 Department Total 116591.57 EGAN ROBERT M.Building Department 81620.99 PILCZAK JOANN Building Department 59323.23 GESO ANGELA M Building Department 14561.25 Department Total 155505.47 NOONAN NANCY ANN Conservation 45076.55 Department Total 45076.55 SESTITO CARL A Dept. of Public Works 81449.3 SESTITO ANTHONY C Dept. of Public Works 80411.95 LIVINGSTON BOYD J Dept. of Public Works 69804.04 SWANSON ANDREW W. Dept. of Public Works 68084.01 GUARENTE CHARLES E.Dept. of Public Works 60234.56 BUTMAN KENNETH BARR Dept. of Public Works 59120.12 PIEPENBRINK ROBERT Dept. of Public Works 54517.26 THAYER JR KENNETH E.Dept. of Public Works 52894.54 MURRAY CHRISTOPHER Dept. of Public Works 50095.58 SULLIVAN DANIEL J Dept. of Public Works 48200.58 CRONIN KEVIN L Dept. of Public Works 48124.3 MARSH HERBERT L Dept. of Public Works 47261.53 SNOW MARY L.Dept. of Public Works 45336.34 MESHEAU JOHN W Dept. of Public Works 40881.96 BROWN HERBERT L Dept. of Public Works 12480.34 LIVINGSTONE MICHAEL C Dept. of Public Works 4514.01 TANGHERLINI NICKOLAS P Dept. of Public Works 4344.87 GOFF ANN MARIE Dept. of Public Works 3474.67 Department Total 831229.96 131 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 AB CDE GRANDE CORAL S Elder Affairs 65900.19 SALERNO ELIZABETH C Elder Affairs 31070.79 BARRETT CAROL A.Elder Affairs 25450.08 CAMPBELL JAMES B Elder Affairs 19958.28 LAFAUCE NANCY M Elder Affairs 15977 CARISTI‐MACDON MARIE F Elder Affairs 13652.04 GIBBONS JR. RICHARD P Elder Affairs 11352.6 HORSEFIELD MARTHA R Elder Affairs 6492.64 MCCARTHY A. PATRICK Elder Affairs 3194.88 SALERNO GERTRUDE Elder Affairs 2615.16 Department Total 195663.66 KELLY MARK H.Facilities 80033.51 LINCOLN DEREK A.Facilities 60231.23 WIGMORE THOMAS W. Facilities 55236.28 LITCHFIELD JOHN P Facilities 52001.31 RATTENBURY HENRY A Facilities 22741.96 KELLY DANIEL A Facilities 9800 Department Total 280044.29 GALLAGHER MARY J Finance 91832.79 HENDERSON JANE E.Finance 51770.57 HICKEY SUSAN B Finance 5172.07 Department Total 148775.43 BILODEAU PAUL T.Fire Department 134502.64 SILVIA ROBERT D.Fire Department 126053.01 TRASK MARK H.Fire Department 113722.14 PROTULIS ROBERT F.Fire Department 104364.38 MAHONEY JR. FRANCIS X.Fire Department 96384.8 DOCKRAY JOHN J.Fire Department 93886.28 HERNAN JOHN M.Fire Department 90179.31 MARTIN ROBERT Fire Department 84427.12 BELANGER RANDY P.Fire Department 82996.17 CURLEY JAMES F.Fire Department 82884.51 FORDE ROBERT Fire Department 82864.94 DURETTE KEVIN J.Fire Department 78714.58 PERGOLA JOSEPH M Fire Department 76269.53 DONOVAN KEVIN D Fire Department 74972.45 COLLINS TIMOTHY W Fire Department 73746.77 BOUDREAU JAMIE A Fire Department 73230.69 132 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 AB CDE DACEY ADAM F Fire Department 72800.09 CUNNINGHAM DANIEL Fire Department 72476.51 SILVA KEVIN J Fire Department 71052.85 MORRISON LAURA CHRIS Fire Department 70366.7 NADEAU ROBERT A Fire Department 66861.53 MELLEN JAMES P Fire Department 26005.15 O'NEILL MICHAEL J Fire Department 24994.32 SAVOIA JOHN J Fire Department 4600 MAYNARD STEVEN L.Fire Department 1400 MCKAY THOMAS Fire Department 1400 NORLIN ERIC M Fire Department 450 MENDES DANIEL I Fire Department 360 AHERN JOHN W Fire Department 180 BUNKER JAMES M Fire Department 180 CHANDLER JEFFREY A Fire Department 180 COSTA DOUGLAS J Fire Department 180 EBERT CHRISTOPHER Fire Department 180 MERRY ALEXANDER S Fire Department 180 O'BRIEN ROBERT J Fire Department 180 Department Total 1883226.47 GIBBONS LORREN S.Harbormaster 55281.56 JOHNSON NICHOLAS C Harbormaster 9079.5 DESMOND DAVID P Harbormaster 4124 GRAY JR WILLIAM H Harbormaster 3479 JOHNSON ROBERT A.Harbormaster 2896.5 CURLEY BENJAMIN P Harbormaster 2794 HYNES MATTHEW J Harbormaster 2788.5 MANGANELLO TIMOTHY J Harbormaster 2332 Department Total 82775.06 RAFFERTY JACQUELINE S Library 73425.21 MOODY SHARON Library 58610.63 WALSH GAYLE Library 48136.69 NORTON KRISTIN Library 44673.51 DWYER JANET Library 37202.6 COUGHLIN MARY E.Library 29304.14 OHRENBERGER MARJORIE Library 26535.42 WALSH LAURIE L.Library 26514.46 DEMERS ALISON E Library 22872.07 NELSON BRONWYN Library 21942.18 LENGYEL BRIGID Library 15042.92 KIMLA LETRA M Library 2552 133 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 AB CDE BRODERICK KATHLEEN H Library 1486 NEAVES CAROLINE C Library 1320 REEL MICHAEL C Library 732 MERK AMANDA S Library 380.83 GRUBER SARAH R Library 360 RYDER CYNTHIA R Library 270.06 Department Total 411360.72 TREANOR JEFFREY Police Department 128968.46 LENNON GREGORY J.Police Department 120673.81 REARDON PATRICK Police Department 120405.06 QUIGLEY WILLIAM P.Police Department 116997.7 MCLEAN JAMES P.Police Department 115116.28 DIAS CHRISTOPHER Police Department 103098.19 ST.IVES JOHN J Police Department 93712.86 WILSON PAUL M.Police Department 93638.41 HUNT GARRET A.Police Department 90478.42 WILLIAMS DANIEL Police Department 84156.21 LOPES MICHAEL Police Department 83210.44 TARANTINO CHRISTY J.Police Department 77745.95 TAYLOR GREGORY W Police Department 74139.84 KENNEY PATRICK Police Department 72121.67 SCHMIDT HARRISON W Police Department 62190.49 LAGIMONIERE ROBERT W Police Department 53400.08 TRUGLIA ANTHONY J Police Department 50387.19 FERRICK JENIFER J.Police Department 38528.1 FORD ANDREW J.Police Department 30175.7 BUKHENIK BOHDAN Police Department 27913.66 HUDSON JAMES J Police Department 26705.44 MURPHY GERALD T Police Department 24450.08 MURPHY PAUL W.Police Department 24376.75 BOLZE MICHAEL R Police Department 24195.63 DELUCA MARK M Police Department 20289.17 MALOUF FREDERICK G Police Department 14490 CUNNIFF DENNIS M Police Department 13228.53 MURPHY MICHAEL T Police Department 13136.42 PEEBLES BRIAN M.Police Department 12858.86 GOYETTE TIMOTHY J Police Department 12316.5 NAUGHTON BRIAN F Police Department 9185.11 KINTIGOS JOSEPH F Police Department 8707.91 CASAGRANDE ROBERT C.Police Department 7072.5 O'HARA MICHAEL Police Department 5428 LOWRANCE RAWSON R.Police Department 5209.5 134 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 AB CDE NORRIS JOHN Police Department 5117.5 ANGELLIS MICHAEL J Police Department 4738 AIGUIER BRIAN E.Police Department 3841 COVENEY BRADFORD L Police Department 3760.5 RAPPOLD ROBERT Police Department 3737.5 SOUTHER CHARLES E Police Department 3668.5 FALL GREGORY Police Department 3647.93 CIULLA JEFFREY J Police Department 3438.5 TROUPE ZACHARY S Police Department 3328.02 GIBBONS EDWARD F Police Department 2944 ACHILLE ROBERT Police Department 2921 ADAMS KATHLEEN M. Police Department 2870.77 POWERS MITCHELL Police Department 2863.5 SMITH JOSEPH P Police Department 2806 COSTA LOUIS C.Police Department 2369 GEDDES SASHA A.Police Department 2242.8 WAY RUSSELL D D Police Department 1874.5 MCCRACKEN JOSEPH H.Police Department 1759.5 MOLLA JR. FRANCIS N Police Department 1656 REILLY ANDREW K Police Department 1598.5 CORLISS THOMAS M Police Department 1426 CUMMINGS DANIEL R Police Department 1357 MCCARTHY KELLI Police Department 1352.39 TAYLOR JR. JAMES F Police Department 1345.5 GILMARTIN JAMES A.Police Department 1138.5 KELLY MICHAEL P Police Department 1104 CAVANAUGH SEAN T.Police Department 1092.5 LUCAS MATTHEW J Police Department 1012 PIEPENBRINK DANIEL T Police Department 967.33 PHILLIPS KRIS Police Department 920 PIERCE CHARLES J Police Department 920 LOWRANCE CHRISTOPHER Police Department 839.5 MCADAMS DARREN Police Department 805 PROUTY MICHAEL J Police Department 770.5 MAYER JOSEPH B.Police Department 713 SULLIVAN JEREMIAH J Police Department 690 JACKSON PAUL D Police Department 644 FARRELL THOMAS Police Department 609.5 LUCCARELLI MATTHEW Police Department 586.5 FAHEY SEAN M Police Department 552 GALVIN MATTHEW E Police Department 552 HARRISON JEFF Police Department 552 KIRKBRIDE OWEN N Police Department 552 MARSH WILLIAM W Police Department 552 MINELLI EDWARD T Police Department 552 MCKENNA MATTHEW Police Department 506 135 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 AB CDE MURPHY DANIEL P Police Department 506 BULGER CHRISTOPHER Police Department 368 FARINA COREY M.Police Department 368 FLAHERTY MICHAEL J Police Department 368 GOLDMAN DWAYNE E Police Department 368 GRAZIOSO JOHN PAUL Police Department 368 MC AULEY CHARLES B Police Department 368 MCLAUGHLIN PETER L Police Department 368 MILLER MATTHEW J Police Department 368 NOGUEIRA FRANK Police Department 368 BATES AARON TM Police Department 248.54 QUEBEC CHRISTIAN H Police Department 190.06 ANASTASIO ERNEST Police Department 184 FORD THOMAS Police Department 184 FORD THOMAS W Police Department 184 HARTNETT IV EDWARD J Police Department 184 LEARY DANIEL S Police Department 184 LEVINE DAVID M.Police Department 184 O'BRIEN MICHAEL J Police Department 184 TRACEY PHILIP E.Police Department 184 WIGMORE DEIRDRE M Police Department 58.48 Department Total 1947790.24 CARROLL JAMES Recreation 67466.71 MCCARTHY JENNIFER L Recreation 33223.65 R.‐GRIFFITHS GRACE M.Recreation 25755 LAWLESS NICHOLAS J Recreation 17693.26 COGGINS SARAH E Recreation 10135 GRANDE EMELYN W Recreation 7166.94 DALEY KATHLEEN A. Recreation 6400 TURPEL PAMELA A Recreation 5809.5 DUNKELBERGER MARIE L Recreation 5295 ZAPPOLO CARLEY E Recreation 4420.52 BARRA MICHAEL J Recreation 3600 KANE KEITH A Recreation 3375 ROBBINS EMILY J Recreation 3207 THOMPSON AMANDA Recreation 3034.3 GOETZ ANDERS B Recreation 2982.01 KELLY MAGGIE T Recreation 2945.79 O'DEA MICHAEL F Recreation 2666.26 GOODWIN MARGARET Recreation 2589.33 CROUGH SAMANTHA L Recreation 2527.9 FROIO MATTHEW V Recreation 2521.5 THOMPSON JULIA M Recreation 2465.14 136 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 AB CDE WHITNEY ANDREW J Recreation 2462.56 HERTH JULIAN T Recreation 2455 MCQUADE SCARLETT E Recreation 2436.95 HERNON COLEMAN D Recreation 2435 MAHER JOHN R Recreation 2410 WEINSTEIN ERIC B Recreation 2400 FEHR CAITLIN S Recreation 2372.5 WASEL ERIC L Recreation 2367.5 GOETZ CONNOR A Recreation 2321.63 GRUBER ANYA E Recreation 2307.5 TIMOTHY JAMES P Recreation 2260 TULIO CAITLIN S Recreation 2252.5 NEAVES CHARLES L Recreation 2215 COGGINS ZACHARY J Recreation 2183.14 KELLY MEREDITH T Recreation 1984.51 BRASH CHRISTOPHER Recreation 1893.69 COHEN CHRISTOPHER Recreation 1532.44 GOODWIN TARA M Recreation 1402.5 GREGORY MATTHEW R Recreation 1396.5 SKOLNICK CHANDLER R Recreation 1360 BARRY MICHAEL P Recreation 1347.5 MCKEON RYAN J Recreation 1158 COFFMAN KYLIE A Recreation 1135 LEMOINE GABRIELLE A Recreation 1068 HILL ROBERT E Recreation 1066 CORRY SARA E Recreation 1065 DEYESO JOSEPH M Recreation 1028 GEYER JULIEN D Recreation 1020 CONNELLY ROBERT M Recreation 836 DOMINGUEZ WYATT C Recreation 708 TOOMEY DANIEL H Recreation 602 GRECH KELLY T Recreation 546 LAUGELLE ROCCO A Recreation 426 EYMER FOSTER D Recreation 170 COLLINS PAIGE L Recreation 34.13 Department Total 269938.36 CATALDO BARBARA J School Department 152000.05 DEGENNARO DAVID School Department 116659.54 DEMAS LOUISE L School Department 116659.54 CIMENO LORI V School Department 114967.06 CONNOLLY CAROLYN M School Department 113743.06 DECHIARA JENNIFER School Department 102273.29 DUFFY MAUREEN M School Department 101991.19 THOMAE ANN M.School Department 100825.15 137 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 AB CDE GORDON CYNTHIA B.School Department 98927.28 KENNY LYNNE School Department 98497.05 HORIGAN SUSAN M.School Department 97464.45 SWEENEY TORIN School Department 97317.95 BEAL DEBORAH G. School Department 96647.62 AFANASIW PETER School Department 95137.68 JORDAN MARGARET School Department 94763.21 DYKAS KEVIN P.School Department 93688.2 THOMPSON PATRICIA School Department 93594.76 FORD RONALD J.School Department 93460.9 WELCH MICHAEL R.School Department 92737.91 HENRY DEBORAH A. School Department 92547.76 GIBSON COLLEEN E.School Department 92325.92 CRIMMINS CAROLYN L.School Department 92223.26 KURKER KIM M School Department 91679.26 BROOKS KATHRYN A School Department 91637.26 CONROY THERESA School Department 91518.26 GIBSON BARBARA A School Department 91108.22 LECOUNT JR. ROBERT A.School Department 90759.99 JORDAN KATHLEEN A. School Department 90493.26 SULLIVAN VICTORIA School Department 90271.4 GALLOTTA ALAN R.School Department 90230.22 SCOTT BRIAN T School Department 90158.97 BERRY MAUREEN M. School Department 89983.72 LAFOUNTAIN ALLEN W.School Department 89504.91 CORKHUM SUZI Y.School Department 89317.36 KEATING LAURA R.School Department 88931.9 MORIARTY STEPHANIE C. School Department 88776.22 RITTS JUDITH A School Department 87813.9 JONES DANIEL C.School Department 87756.55 BARBIERI DIANE M School Department 87228.12 HANSON JEANNE B.School Department 87225.4 WILLIS JAMES School Department 87011.49 SULLIVAN ALLISON B.School Department 86558.28 SANDLER KERRI L School Department 86261.27 KNIGHT JEFFREY E School Department 86016.89 BUCKLEY JR JOHN C School Department 85569.83 GIULIANO LAURA School Department 85537.56 NELLIGAN CATHERINE School Department 84562.63 MCTIGUE JOAN School Department 84058.56 MORRISSEY PATRICIA A School Department 83921.78 JOYCE MICHELLE School Department 83887.78 DELEO STEPHANIE T. School Department 83751.78 BERKOWITZ NINA B.School Department 83291.16 BIAGINI STEVEN School Department 81943.7 WINTER LAUREN M School Department 80538.19 138 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 AB CDE OWENS‐RIGBY ELIZABETH R School Department 79972.77 DIMINNIE LESLIE School Department 79334.27 JOHNSTON KARIN School Department 79011.27 O'BRIEN CASSANDRA G. School Department 79011.27 PALMIERI VINCENT School Department 79011.27 FOLEY KERRI ANN School Department 78554.88 MARAT MARY School Department 78378.14 DEWAAL JULIA P.School Department 77681.44 CLARK JENNIFER A.School Department 77359.2 SWARTZ LAURA C.School Department 77029.2 SMITH HEATHER D School Department 75558.39 FISH WILLIAM School Department 74896.17 MCPHILLIPS JENNIFER A School Department 74699.48 MACDONALD SARAH M School Department 74699.48 FORTIN JONATHAN T. School Department 74677.42 WEYDT MICHAEL School Department 73720.2 ROHRER EILEEN School Department 73329.7 WHALEN MEREDITH School Department 73181.06 KELLEY JILL L School Department 73098.15 ERLANDSEN ROBERT J.School Department 72838.55 DUGAN MARY P.School Department 72574.85 MCCABE JASON D School Department 72419.19 WELCH SUSAN N School Department 72216.81 HOGAN MICHAEL School Department 71496.8 O'HARA MEGHAN School Department 71417.52 HUMPHREY LAURA L School Department 70614.71 BERMAN ANN School Department 70247.01 PESCATORE JANE School Department 69263.02 GALLAGHER AMY E School Department 69003.61 HATHAWAY DEBORAH M School Department 68733.2 MCINNIS KAREN E School Department 68711.9 VINTON DAVID S School Department 67837.44 SUGRUE LISA V School Department 67424.44 MCALARNEY KATE School Department 66225.98 DOBLE CHRISTINA A School Department 64550.21 CARMODY ANN‐MARIE A School Department 64071.49 SULLIVAN‐SANGE KATHLEEN School Department 63793 GITTENS‐CARLE ALEISA M.School Department 63696.99 NOBLE STEPHANIE School Department 62596.25 TUSCHER ROBERT School Department 62474.05 QUEENAN CAROLYN E.School Department 62152.81 SMITH MARGARET L. School Department 61063.33 MOSHER MICHELE S School Department 61063.33 KELLIHER JACQUELYN L School Department 61063.33 MACKEY JENNIFER E School Department 59320.05 LUVISI CHRISTOPHER School Department 59305.24 139 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 AB CDE MCDAVITT KAREN E School Department 59161.81 HOLLAND MARGARET School Department 58764.54 KOTTER JEFFREY School Department 57666.22 LOTSPEICH‐COST ROBYN L School Department 57139.3 CORRY MEGHAN M School Department 56301.67 MCGOWAN KEVIN T School Department 55526.51 COLLINS JUDITH School Department 53671.75 CONETTA MOLLY E School Department 53212.98 MOSER KARA M School Department 53212.98 AMSTER ADAM H School Department 52252.1 KENT DANIELLE P School Department 51516.44 MELIA DONNA M School Department 51445.26 UHLAR LAURA A School Department 51413.49 MASSARI AMALIA M School Department 51413.49 HOLLAND THEODORE L. School Department 51204.82 JENKINS KEVIN R School Department 51160.97 MEADE JONI School Department 50525.76 UNANGST KELLY R School Department 49675.05 MASTROMARINO MARY E.School Department 49634.75 HERB BEVERLY E School Department 49616.04 FLAHERTY STEPHEN M School Department 49418.06 DEWAAL JOHN School Department 49393.49 CUCINATTO SARAH C School Department 49092.12 NORTON EILEEN M School Department 48968.43 LEWIS KRISTEN J School Department 48850.7 GREGORY JANE E.School Department 48277.56 CHAPMAN CHERYL A School Department 47994.83 DICKSON KELLY B.School Department 47882.48 HARADEN MARILYN M. School Department 47746.84 DANIELSON JOHN School Department 46997.97 SOURETIS JENNIFER E School Department 46479.6 HATHON ROSE M School Department 46025.46 FIGUIEREDO JOHN School Department 45534.55 MAHONEY DANIEL J School Department 45483.82 FIGUEIREDO JUDITH A School Department 45234.1 WAXMAN ROBERT H School Department 44426.13 CROWLEY JEROME F School Department 44192.48 FUCCI‐FRANKS SHARON School Department 44062.77 SULLIVAN HOLLY G School Department 44048.44 LEWIS ARNA School Department 43934.72 STILLMAN MARGARET M School Department 42770.13 CREIGHTON NANCY F.School Department 41629.32 DONOGHUE DONNA M School Department 40993.52 KING JR JOSEPH W School Department 38750.96 MANEWAL EMILY V School Department 38320.4 WALTERS REBECCA L School Department 38232.77 140 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 AB CDE CURTIN MICHELE L School Department 37962.12 OGDEN ELIZABETH A. School Department 37378.4 WEISSLINGER EILEEN M School Department 36327.86 LEWIS MICHAEL A School Department 35047.44 FLINT MARK D School Department 35003.45 WAHLE BETH K School Department 34625.16 HEBERT CHRISTINE M School Department 34532.16 DOW DAMA E.School Department 34179.93 FOREST CATHY A School Department 33778.25 BARRY LAUREN A.School Department 33760.2 JEWELL PAULA R School Department 33392.34 SIMMONS LISA School Department 33170.52 ZAPPOLO SANDRA L.School Department 33052.79 PAPI SARAH S School Department 31952.4 GALLAGHER JENNIFER B School Department 31950.72 SIMON MICHELLE R School Department 31679.78 CALDWELL EMILY C School Department 31446.92 DUNPHY CATHERINE F School Department 30619.64 MARTIN‐RING APRIL A.School Department 30543.35 HUNT MARY ELLEN School Department 30194.65 GIBBS KAREN School Department 30046.2 DRISCOLL MARY J School Department 30008 GERRISH SHANNON L School Department 29046.38 CAPOBIANCO KRISTIE E School Department 28859.73 EMOND DENISE M.School Department 28075.67 WILLIAMSON EMILY K School Department 27692.28 BORKOWSKI TAMMILYN School Department 27692.28 SALERNO HEIDI C.School Department 26337.05 MALONE EMILY School Department 25610.58 REARDON MARYBETH C School Department 25131.42 SEARS RUSSELL B School Department 24799 SADLER SUSAN M.School Department 24712.09 DRINKWATER JENNIFER L School Department 24509.35 REDMAN JANE E.School Department 23876.86 CROUGH SANDRA School Department 23575.55 ANDERSEN MARGARET C School Department 23327.21 PESTONE NICK T School Department 23251.28 STRUZZIERY LAURA A School Department 23192.81 BARRY MELISSA J School Department 22666.86 LEHR JOANNE School Department 22349.08 PECCI MARY‐ELLEN School Department 22247.05 SCHMITT JUDITH School Department 21786.01 MIRARCHI KATHLEEN School Department 21597.33 SASSO ADAM D School Department 21512.86 FABIAN KATHERINE School Department 21367.26 QUINLAN‐MARCEL ERIN J School Department 21329.58 141 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 AB CDE BAUM ROBERT W.School Department 21314.58 REGAN BRENDA W.School Department 21308.33 SEPPALA LIANE L.School Department 21267.08 SMITH PEARL F School Department 21267.08 MCELHINNEY COLLETTE School Department 21164.58 ANDRUS JOAN B.School Department 21132.08 DAVIS AMY School Department 21124.58 SHANNON DEBORAH M. School Department 21112.08 TOPPA LAURIE A.School Department 21076.46 MONACO LYNN B.School Department 20734.58 FARRELL CAROLYN School Department 20649.25 DAVENPORT SALLY B School Department 20417.02 MILLER LILIANE School Department 20354.51 KOENECKE LEAH B School Department 19849.14 CUCINATTO JR. JON A School Department 19685.04 HANNON PETER H School Department 19439.05 MAHONEY PHILIP School Department 18916.97 BARBUTO SUSAN R School Department 18872.59 SARVIS ABIGAIL E School Department 18587.84 WASSERSTEIN TARA School Department 18529.29 CLAY VIRGINIA E.School Department 17944.44 HALE MARTIN A School Department 17890 LEONE DENISE N School Department 17512.16 CERRI BARBARA A School Department 17489.6 PEREZ‐BOTTS DENISE P School Department 17354.76 MCMAHON EMILY M.School Department 16712.28 MCCARTHY LEANNE S School Department 16712.28 ALMEIDA OLIVIA J School Department 16476.29 PORRO COSMO School Department 16319.54 SNOW DOROTHY B. School Department 16023.21 SAVAGE IV EDWARD F School Department 15796.29 LEMANSKI ALLISON M School Department 15729.47 CARLO‐EYMER SELENE School Department 15589.32 WILSON MICHELLE A School Department 14734.76 KEARLEY ANNE B School Department 14124.26 STEELE GINA M School Department 13709.8 MERRILL DONNA M School Department 13376 FOLEY JOSEPH School Department 12997.55 RHODES KATHLEEN E. School Department 12885.63 RYAN SUSAN M.School Department 12206 D'ELIA JOANNE School Department 12156.89 KIVI KARA A School Department 12057.32 DONATO MARIA I.School Department 11994.47 LEARY EDWARD J.School Department 11960 GRANDE LUCIA G.School Department 11956.42 MURPHY JENNIFER F School Department 11866.42 142 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 AB CDE CALABRIA MARIA School Department 11740.08 MARASCIO JOSEPHINE School Department 11428.13 SHERIDAN M. ELIZABETH School Department 11240 WESTCOTT LISA A School Department 10850.53 TRUGLIA SILVANA School Department 10829.9 SPADEA MARIA School Department 10800.89 GILDEA KELLI A School Department 10105.72 HOBSON DEIRDRE M School Department 8725.24 AHERN SUSAN M School Department 8334.48 SHEA STEPHEN P School Department 7840 MARTINI KRISTINE G School Department 7788.22 DWYER MALORIE J School Department 7678.08 MACCARTHY ERIC R School Department 7570 GRUDINSKAS ANNA C School Department 7320 MARTIN CHRISTOPHER School Department 7183.26 BARRETT MELISSA M School Department 6812.5 O'CONNELL BERNADETTE School Department 6767.06 LEVANGIE JOHN A.School Department 6738.67 RUGGIERO GEORGE H School Department 6738.67 MINICH CATHERINE A School Department 6423.58 WALSH ROBERT School Department 5897.34 DONOHUE SUSAN M School Department 5635 BEAUDOIN JAMES W School Department 5286.99 PATTISON BRIAN J.School Department 5142.99 JONES THOMAS W. School Department 4650.61 SMITH CATHERINE A School Department 4435.31 NEDROW RUTH School Department 4120 BONK MARILYN R School Department 4108.39 MORGAN DONNA School Department 3840 WOOD JO‐ELLEN S School Department 3702.83 JOHNSON CHRISTOPHER School Department 3648.34 MEEHAN SARA G.School Department 3617.01 DUGGAN JOHN F School Department 3570.99 HAWES HEATHER S School Department 3570.99 SEEM SUSANNA M School Department 3570.99 REARDON KULIN H School Department 3547.5 FITZGERALD JOSEPH E School Department 3478.98 PALMER JENNIFER School Department 3478.98 MILLERD MICHELLE A School Department 3340.66 GARLAND IAN B School Department 3340 AFANASIW NICOLE S School Department 3046 SEARS STEPHANIE C School Department 3045 WEGGEMAN SANDRA M School Department 3040 MCLAUGHLIN ROBERT J School Department 2920 LEVANGIE MARY H School Department 2800 LEVANGIE III JOHN A School Department 2782.66 143 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 AB CDE O'BRIEN JILL Z School Department 2760 KLUZA KAROLINA K School Department 2710.11 BOWEN BRENDA L School Department 2700 ARDIZZONI RUTHANN School Department 2527.51 DURKIN NANCY E School Department 2527.51 O'BRIEN LINDA L School Department 2510 COOPER LISA A School Department 2270 CURRY LYSA M School Department 2195.2 HOFFMAN DANIELLE L.School Department 2142 BENSON DEREK A School Department 2120 LAWLESS RICHARD F School Department 2105.34 SNOONIAN ELIZABETH C School Department 1887.5 CURATOLA JULIE S School Department 1880 MAZAR WENDY School Department 1879.2 UNGVARSKY AARON J School Department 1856.01 TOWER STEVEN J School Department 1835 HART TOREY O School Department 1714.33 MALONEY JUNE A School Department 1520 LEHR REBECCA M School Department 1462.5 HARRIS JENNIFER K School Department 1428 CAMPBELL JOSEPH J School Department 1400.49 SACCHITELLA MICHAEL J School Department 1400.49 TROJNOR‐BARRON JAMES M.School Department 1380 COYLE ALFRED School Department 1356.75 MADDEN‐WANTA HOLLY M School Department 1356.75 WEINTRAUB JANE B School Department 1240 SULLIVAN JOSEPH J School Department 1159.33 ELY FLORENCE School Department 1080 FLYNN LISA School Department 1040 CABOZZI GEORGE L School Department 1000 KONEGE OMPHILE F School Department 1000 JOHNSON KEVIN F School Department 960 HOLLAND TONI L School Department 937.5 WILLIAMS BENJAMIN T School Department 855 DONOVAN MEGHAN School Department 750 PIEPENBRINK CODY M School Department 730 THOMS NORMAN School Department 669.76 BUCKLEY CHARLOTTE E School Department 644 CICIOTTE CAROL School Department 640 QUEENAN BRENDAN P School Department 630 CRUMLEY MARY E School Department 625 KLOCK SANDRA S School Department 600 CATALDO JAMES M School Department 545 RYAN IV THOMAS F School Department 450 POWERS III CHARLES G School Department 400 BENSON DIANE N School Department 329 144 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 AB CDE BROOKE WILLIAM A.School Department 280.42 BAUMGARTEN BARBARA J School Department 250 BROOKINS BARBARA M School Department 240 LENAHAN SAMANTHA M School Department 225 LITTAUER JONATHAN F School Department 225 STEPHENS JACQUELINE J School Department 225 CORCORAN ASHLEY R School Department 150 HICKEY LAUREL P.School Department 150 MARKS BRYAN E School Department 80 MORAN DOUGLAS C School Department 80 WILFAND WENDY School Department 80 DOHERTY MARGO E School Department 75 MULLEN DOROTHY School Department 75 RACCUIA KAREN A School Department 75 RICHARDSON JANET Y School Department 75 Department Totals 12979997.51 MILANOSKI MICHAEL R Selectmen's Office 144596.52 BONNELL ROBERT L Selectmen's Office 114521.33 JOYCE BRIAN P Selectmen's Office 84077.4 ORAM JENNIFER B Selectmen's Office 71818.2 CONNORS TRACEY M Selectmen's Office 50440.35 FOUNTAINE VINCENT M Selectmen's Office 10215 LYSTER IAN M Selectmen's Office 5016 KOED FRED Selectmen's Office 1333.32 GJESTEBY MARTHA K Selectmen's Office 999.96 KENNEDY DIANE M Selectmen's Office 999.96 QUIGLEY KAREN M Selectmen's Office 666.64 GAUMER STEPHEN R Selectmen's Office 583.31 CARLSON PAUL Selectmen's Office 500 JENKINS LELAND H Selectmen's Office 333.32 AVERY RICHARD J Selectmen's Office 87 CALLAHAN ALISON E Selectmen's Office 87 MURRAY IV FRANCIS W Selectmen's Office 84 Department Total 486359.31 HINDLEY DIANE M.SEWER 55360.44 HINDLEY MADISON M SEWER 612 Department Total 55972.44 ST.PIERRE CAROL L.Town Clerk 67529.35 ANDERSON ELIZABETH H Town Clerk 41100.81 KILLION‐JONES RITA B Town Clerk 2751.6 145 WAGES SALARIES PAID CALENDAR YEAR 2013 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 AB CDE DOYLE JODY A Town Clerk 516 MATTEY REBEKAH S Town Clerk 504 FITZSIMMONS F. ROY Town Clerk 426 WARNER KENNETH R Town Clerk 402 CHARLES MARGARET R. Town Clerk 329 D'URSO TERESE P Town Clerk 329 LINCOLN KATHERINE M Town Clerk 273 MURRAY BARBARA B Town Clerk 264 ALVES ABIGAIL H Town Clerk 192 ANGLIN CAROL F Town Clerk 168 VOLUNGIS JUDITH P.Town Clerk 132 WHITLEY ROGER S Town Clerk 99 Department Total 115015.76 LEPARDO JANE T Treasurer/Collector 56090.28 PARNELL SANDRA E Treasurer/Collector 55056.48 LITCHFIELD LINDA M.Treasurer/Collector 46807.49 LINHARES PAULA M Treasurer/Collector 22425.87 Department Total 180380.12 146 BOARD OF ASSESSORS The property tax levy is the revenue a community can raise through real and personal property taxes and is the largest source of revenue for the Town of Cohasset. The property tax levy for Fiscal Year 2013 was $30,762,620.25 representing 64% of the $47,914,431.82 budget. The residential share of the levy is 93%, while commercial, industrial, and personal property account for only 7% of the levy. It is the responsibility of the Assessors’ Office to establish fair market value for all properties in the Town of Cohasset. During Fiscal Year 2013, the Assessors’ Office staff conducted an analysis of all arms‐length sales that occurred in the town during calendar year 2011 and reported sales trends in the real estate market. The Department of Revenue certified the total valuation of Cohasset for Fiscal Year 2013 at $2,521,526,250. The growth was certified and added $740,249 to the tax base. The Assessors’ Office is responsible for the assessment and commitment of personal property, motor vehicle and boat excise, betterment assessments, and the collection of new growth based on building construction. The staff conducted field inspections or review of all building permits in the Town of Cohasset. The current Board consists of two full‐time municipal Assessors and a Commercial Real Estate Appraiser. The Board would also like to acknowledge Director of Assessing, Mary Quill, Assistant Assessor, Bruce Lane and Administrative Assistant, Ellen Warner for their professionalism and hard work throughout the year. Respectfully submitted, Mary E. Granville, Chairperson Elsa J. Miller, Clerk Debra J. Krupczak, Member 147 2013 Annual Report of the Board of Health The mission of the Cohasset Board of Health is to provide the residents of the Town of Cohasset with comprehensive, high quality Public Health services through evaluating current [and developing new] local policies, procedures, regulations, statements, and programs in the areas of Public Health Nursing, Environmental Health and other Public Health disciplines in pursuit of its vision of A Healthy Cohasset. 2013 was a busy year for the Board of Health. Following Joseph R. Godzik’s departure in February, Felix I. Zemel became the full‐time Health Agent / Administrator. In addition, the Board welcomed Angela Geso as the Permits / Inspections Clerk, serving the Board of Health, Building, Planning, and Conservation boards / departments. The Board of Health reorganized, with Margaret S. Chapman, APRN‐BC returning as Chairperson. Elizabeth L. Kirkpatrick, REM was elected as Clerk, and Robin M. Lawrence, DDS, MPH served as a Member. Mary Goodwin, RN continued as the Public Health Nurse—with Mary Whitley serving as the Per‐Diem Public Health Nurse. The Board of Health also retained the services of Philip Spath and Clinton Watson as Board of Health Witnesses, for the purposes of Title 5 Soil Evaluations. The Board of Health was very active throughout 2013. In October, the Board of Health completely revised its Private Well Regulations. The new regulations included siting, permitting and testing requirements for private wells. In addition, it included well construction and decommissioning guidelines and specifications, as well as providing enforcement authority to the Board of Health. The Board of Health continued to work with other town departments in pursuit of closing out the Second Amended Final Judgment. The Board of Health issued a total of 232 permits in the year 2013. The breakdown of the permits were as follows: SEPTIC‐RELATED: 2012 2013 Disposal System Construction Permits 21 30 Disposal System Installers 8 17 Septage Haulers 12 16 Title 5 Inspectors (new registration) 1 6 FOOD‐RELATED: Food Service & Retail Food Permits 59 65 Residential Kitchens 3 1 Mobile Food Permits 6 6 Temporary Food Permits 7 3 Farmers’ Market Vendor Permits 1 6 In‐Town Caterer Permits 1 3 Out‐of‐Town Caterer Registration 1 1 Frozen Dessert & Ice Cream Permits 6 5 148 ANIMAL PERMITS: 1 0 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL‐RELATED: Dumpster Permits 36 42 Bathing Beaches 3 3 Recreational Camps for Children (private) 4 5 Suntanning Establishments 1 1 Swimming Pools 4 4 Tobacco Sales Permits 8 12 Waste Haulers 5 6 The Board of Health was very active in town‐wide emergency preparedness, including the Local Emergency Preparedness Committee (LEPC). With the help of a Emergency Preparedness intern from the Regional Public Health Emergency Preparedness Region (4B) and members of the Cohasset Emergency Management & Public Safety staff, the Board of Health staff continued updating its Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) plan, in order to become more integrated with the Town of Cohasset’s Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) Plan. Board of Health members and staff of the Board of Health actively participated in managing and operating the Warming Center at the Deer Hill School during the February winter storm that resulted in a loss of power throughout the town for up to three (3) days. Board of Health members and staff worked with staff from other departments and many volunteers (both local and regional) to provide a safe environment where residents could come to warm up, obtain nursing services, charge their electronics, and receive food (much of which was provided by local businesses and community partners). The Board of Health received a $5,000 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, which was administered through the MA Department of Public Health and the Regional Public Health Emergency Preparedness Region. This money was used to purchase many needed items to help the department in its emergency preparedness activities. Such items included: a rechargeable flashlight; office supplies; nursing supplies (i.e., a pulse oximeter and first aid supplies); professional organization memberships; and wifi access for the Health Agent / Administrator and the Public Health nurse. The Board of Health was unable to perform compliance checks in order to enforce the Youth Access provisions of its Tobacco Control Program. The Board hopes to apply for grant funding, if it is available, from the state in order to provide this vital enforcement service, which helps the Board determine which establishments sell tobacco products to minors and pursue proper enforcement actions following sales. The Board of Health thanks all who donated their time, talent and treasure to protect and promote the high quality of Public Health services for the residents of the Town of Cohasset. The Board of Health would like to recognize the achievements of its Public Health Nurse, Mary Goodwin, who continued her active participation in the MA Association of Public Health Nurses and was awarded the Public Health Nurse’s Award by the MA Health Officers’ Association in October. 149 Finally, the Board of Health would like to recognize the achievements of its Health Administrator / Inspector who continued to be an At‐Large member of the Executive Committee of the MA Health Officers’ Association. He also continued to as a peer reviewer for the national, peer‐reviewed Journal of Environmental Health, and served as the Technical Advisor to the National Environmental Health Association for its Land Use Planning & Design track. He was awarded a President’s Citation at the National Environmental Health Association’s Annual Educational Conference in July, and was elected as a Fellow of Local Public Health by the Local Public Health Institute of Massachusetts. Felix also began studying toward a Doctorate in Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine in August. He plans to complete his studies by the summer of 2017. The Board of Health is grateful to all who assisted with programs and clinics through volunteer efforts and monetary donations throughout the year. Respectfully submitted: Margaret S. Chapman, APRN‐BC, Chairwoman Elizabeth L. Kirkpatrick, REM, Clerk Robin M. Lawrence, DDS, MPH, Member 150 Annual Nursing Report 2013 The Cohasset Board of Health purchased 700 doses of influenza vaccine and received 70 doses of influenza vaccine from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Flu clinics were held at various locations in town including Cohasset Elder Affairs, Harborview Housing, Cohasset town hall auditorium, Paul Pratt Library and Sunrise Assisted Living Center as well as home visits to any homebound Cohasset resident. All clerical staff as well as Registered Nurses working at the clinics are volunteers and truly appreciated! The Town of Cohasset contracts with the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Health Care Financing to collect reimbursement provided by commercial insurances as well as Medicare. Reimbursement for 2013 was approximately $9000. Massachusetts Department of Public Health requires all recreational camps to be inspected, and licensed to insure minimum housing, health, safety and sanitary protection for children in the care of the camp. This year 5 camps were permitted by the Cohasset Public Health Nurse for the Cohasset Board of Health. The Cohasset Health and Recreation fair was held on March with a record number of attendees reaching over 400 residents. A variety of health screenings including, glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, vision, hearing and skin analysis were offered. The Cohasset Public Health Nurse continues to be a member of the Emergency Management Team working together with other town officials as needed to prepare for local disasters. Nursing Services Provided: Monthly Keep Well Clinics: Cohasset Elder Affairs – 85 Harbor View Housing ‐ 93 Communicable Disease Reports – 10 Office Visits – 842 Home Visits – 176 Total Nursing Visits – 1018 Vaccinations Given – 750 Respectfully submitted Mary Goodwin RN 151 2013 REPORT OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT The Commissioners of the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project are pleased to submit the following report of our activities during 2013. The Project is a special district created by the State Legislature in 1957, and is now composed of all Plymouth County towns, the City of Brockton, and the Town of Cohasset in Norfolk County. The Project is a regional response to a regional problem, and provides a way of organizing specialized equipment, specially trained employees, and mosquito control professionals into a single agency with a broad geographical area of responsibility. As a result of a winter with average snow cover, the 2013 season began with dry conditions and below average number of spring mosquitoes. Detection and treating larval mosquitoes was limited with the spring brood, because of the low water table, lack of larvae. Over 10,000 acres were aerial lavicided using the Project plane and ground larviciding using B.t.i., an environmentally selective bacterial agent. Upon emergence of the spring brood of mosquitoes, ultra‐low volume adulticiding began on May 31, 2013 and ended on September 20, 2013. The Project responded to 13,692 spray requests for service from residents. As part of our West Nile Virus control strategy a total of 69,712 catch basins were treated with larvicide in all of our towns to prevent West Nile Virus (WNV). In response to the continued threat of mosquito borne diseases in the district, we increased our surveillance trapping and ground larviciding, and adult spraying in areas of concern to protect public health. The first virus isolations identified, in Plymouth County was on June 25, 2013, by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health State Lab, a Culex pipiens/restuans complex, a bird biting species was found to have West Nile Virus (WNV) in the town of Whitman. The first isolate of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) from a Culex pipiens/restuans complex, in the town of Hanover on July 29, 2013. The 2013 season had a total of 20 EEE positive pool (50 or less mosquitoes) isolates, and 48 WNV positive pools trapped in Plymouth County as follows: WNV 48 positive pools WNv_city/towns_2013 CITY_TOWN WNv_pos_pools MOSQUITO DISTRICT ABINGTON 2 Plymouth BRIDGEWATER 11 Plymouth BROCKTON 1 Plymouth 152 WNv_city/towns_2013 CITY_TOWN WNv_pos_pools MOSQUITO DISTRICT CARVER 1 Plymouth HALIFAX 5 Plymouth HANOVER 1 Plymouth HANSON 1 Plymouth HINGHAM 1 Plymouth LAKEVILLE 4 Plymouth MARION 2 Plymouth MIDDLEBORO 3 Plymouth PEMBROKE 1 Plymouth PLYMOUTH 1 Plymouth ROCHESTER 2 Plymouth ROCKLAND 2 Plymouth WAREHAM 1 Plymouth WEST BRIDGEWATER 3 Plymouth WHITMAN 3 Plymouth 2013 PCMCP TOTAL 18 CITIES/TOWNS 48 CONFIRMED POSITIVE POOLS 153 EEE 20 positive pools EEE_city/towns_2013 CITY_TOWN EEE_pos_pools MOSQUITO DISTRICT CARVER 1 Plymouth KINGSTON 1 Plymouth HALIFAX 2 Plymouth HANOVER 3 Plymouth HANSON 2 Plymouth HINGHAM 2 Plymouth PLYMPTON 1 Plymouth ROCKLAND 2 Plymouth MATTAPOISETT 1 Plymouth WEST BRIDGEWATER 3 Plymouth WHITMAN 2 Plymouth 2013 PCMCP TOTAL 11 CITIES/TOWNS 20 CONFIRMED POSITIVE POOLS Based on guidelines defined by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s “Vector Control Plan to Prevent WNV and EEE in Massachusetts”, the season began with all 28 Plymouth County Mosquito Control towns at “Low Risk Level ” for WNV. The season ended with eleven Plymouth County towns, Abington, Brockton, Rockland, Whitman, Hingham, West Bridgewater, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Plympton, Kingston, and Halifax. Marshfield and Carver at the “Moderate Level” for WNV. The season began with eleven towns at the “Moderate Risk Level” for EEE virus, West Bridgewater , Bridgewater, Middleboro, Lakeville, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Plympton, Kingston, Halifax, Marshfield and Carver . The season ended with one town, Middleboro at “Critical Risk” level and eight towns at “High Risk” level, Hanover, Rockland, Whitman, Hanson, Plympton, Halifax, and West Bridgewater. The towns of Norwell, Pembroke, East Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Kingston, Carver, Lakeville, Brockton, Abington, Hingham, and Mattapoisett end the season at “Moderate Risk” level for EEE virus. 154 There was no aerial intervention to reduce human biting bridge vector mosquitoes and enzootic transmission of EEE in the state this year. There were two confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Plymouth County. There was a fatal EEE human case in Norfolk County that had a travel history in Plymouth County, in the town of Whitman. One fatal EEE horse case was reported in Middleboro with an onset date of 18 September 2013. PCMCP ended its trapping program on 16 September and DPH finished trapping on 9 October. The Project conducted a joint research project with Bristol County Mosquito Control Project. The goal of this project was to study ways to improve the effectiveness of spring larvicide applications through the use of some new techniques that have been recently developed. The research involved using a combination of the insecticides B.t.i. and B.s., both chemicals environmentally selective bacterial agent. The research was very successful and we were able to demonstrate improved efficacy. The public health problem of EEE and WNV continues to ensure cooperation between the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project, local Boards of Health, Massachusetts State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. In an effort to keep the public informed, EEE and WNV activity updates are regularly posted on The Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project website www.plymouthmosquito.org and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health website at www.state.ma.us/dph/wnv/wnv1.htm. The figures specific to the Town of Cohasset are given below. While mosquitoes do not respect town lines the information given below does provide a tally of the activities which have had the greatest impact on the health and comfort of Cohasset residents. Insecticide Application. 565 acres were treated using truck mounted sprayers for control of adult mosquitoes. More than one application was made to the same site if mosquitoes reinvaded the area. The first treatments were made in June and the last in September. During the summer 1,436 catch basins were treated to prevent the emergence of Culex pipiens, a known mosquito vector in West Nile Virus transmission. Water Management. During 2013 crews removed blockages, brush and other obstructions from 670 linear feet of ditches and streams to prevent overflows or stagnation that can result in mosquito breeding. This work, together with machine reclamation, is most often carried out in the fall and winter. Machine Reclamation. 300 linear feet of upland ditch was reconstructed in Cohasset using the Project’s track driven excavator. Our greatest effort has been targeted at mosquitoes in the larval stage, which can be found in woodland pools, swamps, marshes and other standing water areas. Inspectors continually gather data on these sites and treat with highly specific larvicides when immature mosquitoes are present. Finally, we have been tracking response time, which is the time between notice of a mosquito problem and response by one of our inspectors. The complaint response time in the Town of Cohasset was less than three days with more than 115 complaints answered. 155 Mosquito Survey. Our surveillance showed that the dominant mosquitoes throughout the district were generally Culiseta melanura and Coquillettidia perturbans. In the Town of Cohasset the three most common mosquitoes were Cq. perturbans, Ae. vexans and Cs. melanura. We encourage citizens or municipal officials to visit our website at www.plymouthmosquito.org or call our office for information about mosquitoes, mosquito‐borne diseases, control practices, or any other matters of concern. Anthony Texeira Superintendent Commissioners: John Kenney, Chairman Michael F. Valenti, Vice‐Chairman/Secretary Kimberly King Cathleen Drinan 156 COHASSET ELDER AFFAIRS 2013 Annual Town Report The mission of Cohasset Elder Affairs is to link people with resources. We provide services, programs and activities to all spectrums of the senior population regardless of: income, socioeconomic background, ability to pay, and abilities or disabilities, with the goal being to help older adults remain active, connected to, and involved in the Cohasset community. With so many non‐profit agencies and organizations suffering budget reductions in recent years, the demands on, and requests for assistance from Cohasset Elder Affairs have dramatically increased. Since 2000, the number of seniors residing in Cohasset has increased by 19.6% according to the Federal census. This is a staggering figure considering that seniors now constitute 25% of Cohasset’s entire population, and we are well on track to meet or exceed projections of seniors comprising at least one third of the overall population within 5 short years. In 2013, Elder Affairs: A. Served 1,221 seniors with one or more programs during the year B. The number of senior participants increased by 9% since 2012. C. Information and referral calls increased from 8,789 – 13,686 in FY13 (64% increase – due in part to the expansion of our outreach component) D. Provided 1,068 medical rides for seniors on an ongoing basis E. Provided 2,997 rides for seniors for food shopping, escort shopping, and ancillary services (44% increase) F. Provided rides for seniors to attend congregate meals 2,380 times G. Delivered 3,630 meals (average of 20 people, 5‐7 days per week) (50 different people over the year) to homebound elders Every area of services, programming, and activities, without exception, has increased tremendously in the past three years, AND we are just beginning to feel the burgeoning effects of this generational trend. As we maintain our attention on enhancing existing programs and services, we concurrently focus time, effort, and energy on developing and administering new programs, as well. Plans continue to move the new senior center construction project forward. A state of the art space dedicated to the specific needs of seniors will allow Elder Affairs to respond more comprehensively as well as continue to develop creative cultural and popular programs to increase participation at the center. During 2013, more than 4,000 volunteer hours alone were dedicated to bringing this project forward. 157 Elder Affairs relies heavily on the leadership provided by our Board of Directors. Through their dedication of time and energy to senior issues, they have helped expand programming, assisted with budget preparation, and provided ongoing support for the Elder Affairs Director and staff in each of our endeavors. Also important are the Friends of Cohasset Elder Affairs, the non‐profit fundraising arm of our organization, and their creative efforts to augment the services provided at our center. In 2013, an increasing number of seniors participated in the Cohasset Café – an outreach strategy to broaden our base of participants, held weekly during the spring and fall seasons, at the Lightkeepers. The Friends also orchestrated the ever‐popular Cohasset Cabaret, assembling performing talent from multiple communities, with the proceeds supporting our continued outreach effort to Cohasset seniors. Throughout 2013 and beyond, Cohasset Elder Affairs remains committed to providing quality and trusted services to seniors in our community. We continually encourage input, suggestions for improvement, and town‐wide participation in our journey to fulfill our responsibility to our seniors and their families. Respectfully submitted, Coral S. Grande Director, Elder Affairs 158 2013 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COHASSET HOUSING AUTHORITY The Cohasset Housing Authority is a State‐aided Public Housing Agency with a five member Board of Commissioners, four of whom stand for town election and the fifth is appointed by the Governor. Commissioner Term Expires Helen C. Nothnagle 2015 Susan Sardina 2016 Patrick McCarthy 2017 Virginia Najmi 2014 Donna McGee, Governor’s Appointee 2017 The Cohasset Housing Authority has a staff of two: Catherine M. Luna, Execu‐Tech Consultant Jill Rosano, Maintenance Supervisor According to their bylaws, the Board of Commissioners meets once a month and holds its annual meeting in June. All meetings are Posted Public Meetings. Cohasset’s subsidized housing inventory includes 64 state units of Chapter 667 Elderly/Disabled housing located at Harborview, 60 Elm Street, and 12 units of Chapter 689 Special Needs housing located at 72, 74 and 76 Elm Street. The Department of Housing and Community Development subsidizes these 76 state units. Our annual subsidies are granted upon successful annual, semi‐annual, and quarterly reviews of management and regulatory compliance including an Audit by the State Auditor’s office. The State Auditor’s Office last review showed the Agency to be in compliance for all aspects of our programs. Eligibility standards for Harborview include a maximum allowable income of $46,300 for one person and $52,950 for two person households, the age for admission is 60. During the past year there have been nine apartment turnovers. At the present time there is a waiting list however, there are very few Local Residents over the age of 60 on the list. Local residents under state law have a preference on our Wait List. “Local Preference” as defined by state law is “any applicant living and/or working in the Town”. The Board of Commissioners recommends that application for subsidized housing at Harborview be made before the need becomes critical. The State’s budget this year allowed a 9% increase, however our utility and other expenses have increased beyond the 9%, therefore we continue to request emergency funding for our complex, as weather and time take their toll. Modernization grants for capital improvements are awarded by our funding source, the Department of Housing & Community Development. This past year the Department of Housing & Community Development started a new program, Formula Funding. Under this program the Cohasset Housing Authority has received funding for new outside lighting, repairs of several cat walks, and power jet cleaning of the original draining systems of all buildings (to be completed in 2014). 159 In past years, the Cohasset Community Preservation Committee has given unprecedented consideration to the capital improvement needs of the Cohasset Housing Authority. Over $525,000 of Community Preservation Act funds have been expended at 60 Elm St. since 2003 to upgrade apartments for safety and energy efficiency. Our deepest gratitude goes to the CPC for their thoughtful and generous consideration of our needs; to the Selectmen and the Advisory Committee for their encouraging support in placing this issue on the Town Meeting warrant; and to the citizens attending Town Meeting. Their support in approving the requests honors our senior citizens and enhances their quality of life here at Harborview. The Cohasset Housing Authority Board implemented a complex wide Smoke Free Policy as of July 1, 2012, as recommended by the Board of Health, and in line with other Housing Authorities statewide. A special “Thank You” goes to the many town residents and businesses for their assistance during Blizzard Nemo in February. We don’t know what we would have done without you! Following that storm, we drafted a new emergency plan, and worked with the Cohasset Emergency Management Team to create a more secure arrangement for our residents in the event of another big storm. Working with the Town, we have arranged for emergency generator coverage for the Community Building at 60 Elm, and for the 74 and 76 Elm St. residences. We also thank the Social Service League of Cohasset, who provided funds for cots and adaptable furniture for our warming center. We are also extremely grateful to: the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department for assistance in building maintenance when requested; the Cohasset Public Works, Police and Fire Departments for their continued vigilance and generosity, insuring the safety of our residents; the students from Notre Dame Academy, and the Girl Scout Troup 4870 for always remembering us; and Joe and Lily Sestito, and Frank Williams for their generous contributions. We also appreciate the Cohasset School Department, specifically John Buckley, for including Cohasset Housing in the “Service in the Community Program”. We thank you all very much. The Board of Commissioners continues to pursue its mandate of providing affordable, safe, and secure housing, and of reviewing and updating regulatory policies/procedures. The Staff and Board developed a Strategic Plan for the next two years. The focus of the Plan is building stronger connections to other Town Boards, especially as related to the elderly and to housing, making all town residents more aware of what the Housing Authority has to offer, and researching new opportunities to create affordable housing for those with the greatest need. Respectfully submitted, Helen Nothnagle, Chairman Susan Sardina, Vice‐Chairman Patrick McCarthy, Treasurer Virginia Najmi, Member Donna McGee, Governor’s appointee 160 BUILDING DEPARTMENT 2013 ANNUAL REPORT In 2013, the Building Department issued 409 building permits for $20,725,751 worth of construction value. Eighteen (18) building permits were issued for new single family residential structures on previously undeveloped land for a total construction value of $6,264,490. In addition: 2 building permits were issued for the demolition and reconstruction of existing homes for a total construction value of $805,000; 2 building permits were issued for a new commercial structure for a construction value of $587,136; 44 building permits were issued for commercial repairs and renovations for a total construction value of $1,226,028. Hundreds more were issued for residential repairs, additions and renovations for a total construction value of $12,064,209. In addition to permitting, inspections and zoning enforcement, the Building Commissioner inspects and certifies the safety of all public buildings and places of assembly and seals all measuring devices as the Sealer of Weights and Measures. Building Department Issuances & Activity for 2013 Issuances/Activity Number Fees Collected Total Construction Value Building Permits 409 $ 208,429 $ 20,725,751 Certificates of Inspection 49 $ 1,515 Certificates of Occupancy 29 $ 1,450 Plumbing Permits 243 $ 20,693 Gas Permits 313 $ 17,123 Trench Permits 18 $ 450 Weights & Measures Sealing 25 $ 3,300 Totals 1,086 $ 252,960 $ 20,725,751 161 As always, I would like to thank all departments, boards and commissions for their continued assistance, cooperation and support. Respectfully submitted, Robert M. Egan Building Commissioner Zoning Enforcement Officer Sealer of Weights and Measures 0 10 20 30 40 50 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberTOTAL2012, 2013 Building Permits Issued Monthly 2012 2013 162 Planning Board 2013 Annual Report The Cohasset Planning Board, under the authority granted by Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 41, Section 81A‐GG (Planning and Subdivision Control Law), and Chapter 40A (the Zoning Act) is charged with the review of large homes, subdivisions and site plan review of various development projects. In addition to these duties the Board completed a number of additional planning tasks in 2013. The Planning Board conducted public hearings on four zoning bylaw amendment articles on the April 22, 2013 Annual Town Meeting warrant. All were adopted:  Article 16: Temporary Moratorium, Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers  Article 17: Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 2.1 Definitions – Definition Of Height  Article 18: Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 5.4: Area Regulations  Article 19: Zoning Bylaw Amendment – Section 2.1 Definitions And, 4.2 Table Of Use Regulations Three (3) Large Home Review applications were reviewed via the public hearing process:  37 Beach St: Expansion of the existing single family residence from approx. 3,122 sq.ft. (residential gross floor area) to approx. 4,920 sq. ft. (residential gross floor area). After thorough review, the Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend issuance of a building permit subject to conditions.  25 Fernway: Expansion of the existing home from 2,650 SF to 4,668 SF as well as construction of a 114 SF garage storage addition, a 168 SF front porch and 555 SF deck. The Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend issuance of a building permit subject to conditions.  465 Jerusalem Rd: Construction of a covered patio with deck above and a two and one half car garage with a game room above between the existing 7,938 sq.ft. house and existing guest house for a total of an 826 sq.ft. of additional living space. The Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend issuance of a building permit subject to conditions. Considerable attention was focused throughout the year on continued review of the inspections, status of conditions and progress of previously approved projects including:  South Shore Autowash, 828 CJC Hwy. Site Plan Review: Construction of a fully automated autowash on the lot north of and abutting Aubuchon Hardware was approved with conditions in May, 2012. After unanticipated delay, the Applicant’s team worked during 2013 in conjunction with the Planning Board consulting engineer on conditions of approval that are required to be completed prior to the issuance of a building permit. A building permit has been issued for this project.  117 Beechwood Street “Estates at Cohasset” – Definitive Subdivision Approval and Residential Cluster Development Special Permit Application: The Residential Cluster Development Special Permit and Definitive Subdivision applications for the construction of 41 single family homes in a residential cluster development on the site of the former “Cedarmere” property were approved with conditions in May, 2012. A significant amount of attention and review was focused on this project since site work began in March, 2013. By the end of 2013, the waste treatment plant was under construction; the model home and sales office were completed; an Open House was held; several homes were purchased; and, the first building permit for construction of a home was issued. 163  Heritage Lane: The Planning Board continues to monitor the progress of this subdivision and conditions of approval. However, little progress in completing conditions of approval has occurred in the past two years and the conditions of approval are behind schedule of the mandated completion dates. Disagreement exists between the Board and the developer as to the status of completion.  Scituate Hill Commercial Subdivision: The Planning Board continues to monitor this commercial subdivision which was approved in April, 2006. In 2013, the Planning Board consulting engineer determined a bond estimate for completion of the roadway. However, there has not been any further progress on this project. Despite the lack of progress, under the Massachusetts Permit Extension Act of 2012, the shelf life of this approval has been automatically extended.  Cook Estate: The Board continued to monitor the progress of this 27 home residential cluster development. Construction activity picked up in 2012 and continued into 2013. In 2013, 4 new building permits and 4 new certificates of occupancy were issued by the Building Department and 5 lots were released by the Planning Board bringing the overall total to 19 building permits, 10 certificates of occupancy and 11 lot releases issued for this project by the end of 2013.  Stop & Shop Gas Facility – 391 CJC Hwy.: Approved with conditions in December, 2011, the applicant actively pursued and received all other required permits from other agencies. The Stop & Shop received a building permit from the Building Department in the Fall of 2012. Construction began in the early months of 2013 and was completed in June of 2013. The gas facility is now open and fully operational. Many informal discussions were held at Planning Board Meetings including:  AEC Solar Array Projects and RFP  Senior Center Update  Village Business District – potential rezoning of area to the West of the MBTA track Other projects and topics discussed on an ongoing basis included:  12 month Planning Board goals, objectives and interests  Update of the Medical Marijuana Zoning bylaw (new Section 20) in preparation for the June 30, 2014 expiration of the moratorium on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Cohasset which was implemented in April, 2013.  The formation of a “Permitting & Inspections” Office which would house Building, Planning, Conservation and Board of Health. The Acting Town Manager initiated this approach to promote easier, consolidated review of applications. The future goal includes implementing electronic permitting and review.  A major accomplishment in 2013 was the grant received from the Massachusetts Planning Organization Unified Planning Work Program. Spearheaded by Planning Board Vice Chair Clark Brewer, this grant was in the form of technical assistance from the Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) to conduct a corridor study of Rt. 3A in Cohasset. Upon completion of their study, the CTPS staff produced a summary of findings and proposed improvements which addressed safety, mobility and access on Rt. 3A. This comprehensive report was presented to the Town and addressed issues/concerns, short‐, medium‐ and long‐term improvement strategies for improvements along this corridor and now provides the Town with specific data with which to approach the State for assistance in improving the corridor. 164 Continuing Administrative projects included:  Completion of a second draft of updated Rules & Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land  Update of the 2008 Cohasset Zoning Bylaws bringing them current through the April 22, 2013 Annual Town Meeting. It is anticipated that the updated version will be printed and available by the end of January, 2014.  Implementation of a Statement of Litigation Policy to be included in all application packets.  Reduction of Planning Board files following the Massachusetts Records Retention and Disposal Guidelines and obtaining State permission for disposal of documents. The Planning Board also interacted with other Committees, Boards and Departments on issues of mutual interest, review and/or concern including the: Board of Selectmen, Design Review Board, Community Preservation Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, Zoning Advisory Committee, Stormwater Committee, Fire Department, Police Department and Alternative Energy Committee. In this very busy year, the Board also conducted the following regular business:  Held 27 meetings  Reviewed 11 “Subdivision Approval Not Required” (ANR) applications. After thorough review, all 11 were endorsed.  Pursuant to Sections 12.4.2 and 12.5.3, the Planning Board regularly reviews applications filed with the Zoning Board of Appeals and offers a recommendation to the ZBA to either approve or deny an application as well as the reason(s) for the recommendation. In 2013, the Planning Board reviewed and offered recommendations 12 ZBA applications. Member William Hannon retired in the Spring of 2013. Associate Member Michael Dickey was jointly appointed with the Board of Selectmen as a full Board member to serve the duration of Hannon’s term which expires in 2014. Dickey was also appointed as Planning Board representative to the Community Preservation Committee. The Board welcomed Brian Frazier who was jointly appointed with the Board of Selectmen as Associate Member until the 2014 elections. The Board reorganized in July of 2013. Respectfully prepared and submitted by Jo‐Ann M. Pilczak, Planning Board Administrator on behalf of the Planning Board: Stuart W. Ivimey, Chairperson Clark H. Brewer, Vice Chairperson Charles A. Samuelson, Clerk Michael Dickey David Drinan Brian Frazier, Associate Member 165 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 2013 Annual Report to the Town of Cohasset William P. O’Donnell, Register 649 High St., Dedham, MA 02026 The Registry of Deeds is the principle office for real property records in Norfolk County. The Registry receives and records hundreds of thousands of documents each year, and is a basic resource for title examiners, mortgage lenders, municipalities, homeowners, and others with a need for land record information. The Registry operates under the supervision of the elected Register, William P. O’Donnell. In over two hundred years of continuous operation, the Registry’s objectives have remained the same; accuracy, reliability and accessibility for the residents, businesses and communities of Norfolk County. In over two hundred years of continuous operation, the Registry’s objectives have remained the same; to maintain the accuracy, reliability and accessibility of our communities land records for the residents and businesses of Norfolk County. 2013 Registry Achievements  Register William P. O’Donnell and his staff continue to visit town halls, senior centers and civic groups across Norfolk County. Register O’Donnell visited Cohasset Town Hall on June 27th and the Council on Aging on December 12th.  The Registry of Deeds full service telephone and walk‐in Customer Service and Copy Center continues to provide the residents and businesses of Norfolk County with quality real time customer assistance in all area of Registry operations.  Electronic recording continues to expand with 31,639 documents recorded electronically and 7.26million in recording fees collected in 2013.  The internet library of images accessible to the public through the Registry of Deeds online research system at www.norfolkdeeds.org continues to expand as all documents back to the first documents recorded in Norfolk County in 1793 are available for viewing.  Multiple technological improvements were implemented in FY13 including ongoing upgrades to the registry server and the introduction of an improved Registry of Deed’s website. The Registry’s website www.norfolkdeeds.org is regularly updated and enhanced to include recent news, resources for homeowners, real estate statistics, media information and answers to frequently asked questions.  Improvements to the physical and structural appearance of the historic Registry Building continued with the installation of new central air conditioning throughout the facility and additional shelving units which will serve to meet the demands of future record book storage.  Register O’Donnell hosted several free computer seminars at the Registry to provide hands on training to members of the public and trade groups on land record research using the Registry’s new website technology. 166 Real estate activity in Cohasset, MA during 2013 saw increases in total volume and average sales price along with reductions in foreclosure activity. There was a 15% decrease in documents recorded at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds for Cohasset during 2013 at 2,786 which was 511 fewer documents than the 2012 total of 3,297. The total volume of real estate sales in the Town of Cohasset during 2013 was $163,244,136.00 which showed a 21% increase from 2012. The average sale price of deeds over $1,000 (both residential and commercial properties) was up in Cohasset by 10% in 2013 at $932,823.63 which showed an $87,614.02 increase over 2012. The number of mortgages recorded on Cohasset properties in 2013 was down by 21% from 2012 at 617 with total mortgage indebtedness decreased by nearly 55% to $306,690,907.00 during 2013. There were 4 foreclosure deeds filed in Cohasset during 2013 which showed a 20% reduction in filings, while the number of notice to foreclose mortgage filings decreased to 6 notices in 2013 compared to 15 in 2012 which was 60% fewer notices. Finally, homestead activity decreased slightly in Cohasset during 2013 with 193 homesteads filed representing a 16% decrease from the 2012 total of 230. The modernization and business improvements that have enhanced our ability to provide first rate customer service to residents and businesses of Norfolk County will continue. I have been and always will be committed to an efficient customer service oriented operation here at the Registry. It is a privilege to serve as your Register of Deeds. Respectfully submitted by, William P. O’Donnell Norfolk County Register of Deeds 167 2013 ANNUAL REPORT 1/20/2014 The South Shore Recycling Cooperative (SSRC) is a voluntary association of fourteen South Shore towns. It was established by Intermunicipal Agreement and Special Legislation in 1998 to help member towns improve their recycling programs, and reduce the amount, toxicity and cost of disposal. Members of the SSRC are: Abington, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Kingston, Middleborough, Norwell, Plymouth, Rockland, Scituate, Weymouth, and Whitman. Representatives from each member town are appointed by Chief Elected Official(s) (list attached). In 2013, the SSRC raised $73.702.57: $63,000 from municipal member dues, $5440 in sponsorships, $5,215 in grant funding and a $47.35 donation. Those funds pay for the services of the Executive Director and for waste reduction and recycling activities that benefit our member towns. In addition to technical assistance, these activities saved /earned Member Towns $159,000. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT Regional Disposal contract – The SSRC combined the purchasing power of its member towns with that of thirteen towns on Cape Cod. In 2009, the SSRC was invited to join a regional long term disposal contract negotiation, facilitated and funded by the Cape Cod Commission. The CCC retained the services of John Giorgio, Esq., of Kopelman and Paige to assist. Several disposal companies were considered to service a ten year contract, to begin in January 2015. Tip fees being offered to individual towns during the process were about $72/ton. The process enabled our towns to identify competitors that vied for the over 100,000 tons/year of aggregated municipal solid waste. It resulted in proposals starting at $55/ton, with the elimination of the Annual Minimum Tonnage, that can save our towns at least ten million dollars over the durations of the contracts. It also facilitated the establishment of advanced waste technology in the region. Household Hazardous Waste Collections ‐ The SSRC bids a contract on behalf of its member Towns for Household Hazardous waste Collections. The current contract was awarded to PSC Environmental. Member Towns avoided a setup fee and paid significantly less than State Contract rates using both contracts, saving our towns $16,900. They also saved staff time to bid, schedule and publicize collections. The Executive Director assists at most events, and administers the billing. SOUTH SHORE RECYCLING COOPERATIVE ssrcoop.info 320 Dover Rd. Westwood, MA 02090 781.329.8318 ssrecyclingcoop@ verizon.net 168 1,794 residents attended ten collections held in 2013. The contract also enabled 104 residents and businesses to attend other Member Towns’ collections using the reciprocal arrangement. Textiles ‐ The SSRC had introduced Bay State Textiles to the managers, and negotiated a doubling of the rebate to $100/ton for used clothing and textiles. BST worked with SSRC to establish several School Box Programs in 2013. The twelve SSRC towns and school systems hosting this program diverted 474 tons of material in 2013 and earned rebates and incentives of over $50,000. In addition, the diversion of this material from disposal saved another $28,000. Electronic Waste ‐ the SSRC did a request for Quotes for E‐Waste, and received five quotes. The RFQ confirmed that the qualified vendor most of our towns were using offered the best rates. Mercury ‐ Covanta SEMASS extends free mercury recycling benefits to all SSRC members, even those that don’t send their MSW to SEMASS. SEMASS directly pays for mercury bearing waste delivered to Complete Recycling Solutions in Fall River. The SSRC helped to get the direct pay accounts set up, and assists Member Towns in directing their material to avoid cost to the towns. CRS direct billed SEMASS for over $9,000 worth of mercury bearing waste recycling in 2013 for SSRC Member Towns. Compost and Brush ‐ The SSRC extended the contracts for compost screening and brush grinding with Daniels Recycling, Letourneau Wood Products, Inc., and New England Recycling, Inc. A few towns used these contracts in 2013. Grant assistance: The SSRC assisted five of our towns in receiving $108,494 in Sustainable Material Recovery grant for 2013 through MassDEP. PUBLIC OUTREACH: “Refrigerator door prizes” ‐ The SSRC produced 24,000 card stock 5”x8” handouts, thanks to grants from MassDEP and Covanta SEMASS, and the donated design work of David White Storyboards. The graphics depict items that are “too good” and “too bad for the trash”, directing the reader to the SSRC website and phone for more information. They are being distributed at municipal facilities, hazardous waste and other events, and through local realtors. Website traffic jumped 58% over 2012, and phone inquiries doubled. http://ssrcoop.info/images/keep_us_out_of_the_trash_handout_front_comp.jpg http://ssrcoop.info/images/keep_us_out_of_the_trash_handout_back_comp.jpg Website ‐ ssrcoop.info provides town‐specific recycling information, household hazardous product collection information, SSRC meeting minutes and annual reports, press releases, a monthly newsletter, and links to other sites. It logged 4139 visits in 2013, 3154 which were first time visitors. Press Contacts ‐ The SSRC is a resource to the local press on waste reduction, recycling, and the proper disposal of hazardous waste, and is a presence in print, radio and cable media. 11/19/2013 South Shore Recycling Cooperative lauds Merle Brown for fifteen years of service 11/6/2013 South Shore Recycling Cooperative, Member Towns awarded $475K DEP Grants 11/1/2013 Scituate students experience the power of hands‐on learning Patriot Ledger, 7/11/2013 Senator Pacheco, Rep. Lewis, & Claire Galkowski of Westwood featured at Legislative Forum on Waste Reduction 2/21/2013 Turn your rags into riches for Middleboro; Turn castoffs to cash for Plymouth Schools 169 Resident Contacts ‐ Member municipalities referred at least 130 residents’ and municipal departments’ questions to the executive Director in 2013 via phone and email to answer questions, about everything from asbestos and iodine handling to concrete disposal. Public and Professional Presentations ‐ The Executive Director spoke at five professional conferences about SSRC activities: o MassRecycle’s R3 conference, Universal Recycling Bill o Northeast Resource Recovery Association conference, Universal Recycling Bill o MassRecycle Legislative Forum panelist, Universal Recycling Bill o Boston Area Sustainability Group, textile recycling o Solid Waste Association of North America Southern NE Chapter conference, Universal Recycling Bill Tours ‐ In 2013, the SSRC hosted a tour for our solid waste managers and residents at Ras Tech in Brentwood, NH, which processes and remanufactures asphalt roofing shingles. Kingston Transfer Station Grand Reopening – the director spoke at this October celebration Marshfield Fair Recycling ‐ the SSRC supported recycling at the Marshfield Fair for the tenth consecutive year. While public education is the priority, six tons of material was also recycled and composted. Since inception, 56 tons of Fair waste has been diverted to higher use. Middleboro Krazy Days – The SSRC exhibited and mingled with residents at this 2 day event Scituate 7th Grade Field Trip presentation‐ the director staffed the recycling station during this October school outing, and taught the students why recycling is important Scituate Municipal Department waste audit, recycling training‐ the director evaluated municipal building waste management, and gave department heads a class in why and how to reduce their waste Leading the Sustainable Wey‐ the SSRC exhibited at this Weymouth school and community event ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND NETWORKING. The Executive Director’s help is frequently sought by the solid waste managers. She maintains regular contact with them, updates them on current trends, and advises on specific needs each town has. A sample of the assistance she provided and problems she helped solve in 2013 included: o Attended committee/board meetings in Abington, Duxbury, Hanson (3), Kingston, Norwell and Weymouth. o Convened meetings with disposal service providers to discuss proposals o Collected, evaluated and shared recycling and disposal cost, tonnage and fee data o Assisted Scituate in obtaining proposals for recycling services at the Marina o Provided advice and help with a wide range of issues including curbside collection rate structure, Christmas tree recycling, propane tanks, textiles, a mercury spill, fluorescent tubes, school milk cartons and food waste management. o Provide current index and regional commodity pricing for materials of interest to our managers. Newsletter ‐ The SSRC publishes monthly Updates filled with information of immediate interest to the South Shore solid waste community. The Updates are sent via email, and are posted online at ssrcoop.info/index.php/news‐a‐media/news‐media‐newsletters 170 Monthly Meetings ‐ The SSRC provides networking opportunities and information sharing at our well‐ attended monthly meetings. Each meeting features a guest speaker. Solid waste collection, disposal, recycling service, outreach, pricing and proposed laws and regulations are discussed. January ‐ Harvest Power February ‐ PSC Environmental March ‐ Bay State Textile; Positive Effects, LLC April ‐ Troupe Waste Services May ‐ Secure‐A‐Lot; CRTRecycling June ‐ New Bedford Waste Services August ‐ Waste Zero (no quorum) September ‐ Ras‐Tech October ‐ Covanta SEMASS November ‐ Positive Effects, LLC; 15th anniversary December ‐ Zero Waste Solutions ADVOCACY o The Executive Director attends policy meetings and conferences hosted by MassDEP, Solid Waste Association of North America, Council of SEMASS Communities, MassRecycle, and the Northeast Resource Recovery Association. She acts as a liaison between the Board and the State organizations and reports relevant information back to the Board. o In 2013, the SSRC Executive Director met with several legislators to discuss pending legislation, and testified at two Committee hearings at the State House. The SSRC has been a strong and consistent voice with a growing coalition of organizations to move these cost saving measures forward both at the State House and in the recycling community. The SSRC exists to assist its member towns in improving their solid waste disposal and recycling functions. It always welcomes suggestions on how it can better serve its Members. Respectfully submitted, Claire Sullivan Galkowski, Executive Director, South Shore Recycling Cooperative 171 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT I hereby submit the Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 2013. The Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Department responded to 2,452 calls for service this year. The Department responded to 1,418 fire related calls: Fire Related Calls 59 Hazardous Conditions – No Fire 241 Service Calls / Inspections 703 Good Intent Calls 120 False Alarm / False Calls 246 Special Incidents / Other 49 The Department responded to 1034 Emergency Medical related calls: EMS / Rescue related Calls 938 Motor Vehicle Crash ‐ with injuries 28 Motor Vehicle / Pedestrian 1 Motor Vehicle Crash – no injuries 67 The Department ambulance made 796 transports to hospitals. Basic Life Support (BLS) Transports 361 Advanced Life Support (ALS) Transports 435 The following fees were returned to the General Fund: Ambulance Transport Fees $487,591.40 10A Permit Fees $19,225.00 Burning Permit Fees $1,620.00 Detail ‐ Administrative Fees $1599.35 TOTAL $510,035.75 172 APPARATUS The Fire Department is currently operating with the following apparatus: Engine 1 ‐ 1994 Pierce ‐ 1,750 Gallons per Minute (G.P.M.) Pumping Engine Engine 2 ‐ 2010 Pierce ‐ 1,500 G.P.M. Pumping Engine Engine 3 ‐ 2001 HME/Central States ‐ 1,250 G.P.M. Pumping Engine Ladder 1 ‐ 2004 Pierce ‐ 105 Foot Aerial Ladder Truck Squad 1 ‐ 2000 Ford ‐ 4 wheel drive ‐ 500 G.P.M. pump Ambulance 1 ‐ 2008 Ford ‐ E‐450 ‐ Ambulance Ambulance 2 ‐ 2001 Ford ‐ E‐450 ‐ Ambulance Car 1 ‐ 2012 Chevrolet ‐ 4 wheel drive ‐ Incident Command Vehicle Car 2 – 2009 Ford ‐ 4 wheel drive ‐ Incident Command Vehicle Rescue Craft ‐ 1993 Avon ‐ 14ft, Inflatable Boat with Trailer In conclusion, I would like to extend to my gratitude and a note of appreciation to the Citizens of Cohasset, Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, Department Heads, Members of Town Departments, and all Town Committees for their continuing support and assistance. To the Officers and Firefighters of the Cohasset Fire Department my sincere thanks for your dedication and consummate professionalism while serving the Town of Cohasset. Respectfully Submitted, Robert D. Silvia Chief of Department 173 In accordance with the provisions of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph D of the By‐laws of the Town of Cohasset, I hereby submit the Annual Report for the Cohasset Police Department. This report includes crime/arrest statistical data and fees returned to the general fund from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Respectfully submitted, William P. Quigley, Acting Chief of Police COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I am proud of the dedicated woman and men of the Police Department and their demonstrated hard work and commitment to the safety of our town. We are stretching our resources as efficiently as possible to ensure that Cohasset continues to be a safe and beautiful town to live in and enjoy. I also want to thank the many town Boards and Committees that assisted our department throughout 2013, and recognize that our success is a product of their support and hard work. With that, it is my pleasure to present the Cohasset Police Department’s Annual Report for 2013. This report provides comprehensive information about the department and types of calls that we have responded to, along with important statistical information and an overview of our accomplishments in community oriented policing. If I had to describe our year with just four keywords, they would be: Partnership, Innovation, Planning, and Determination. The community‐based focus of the Cohasset Police Department has never been more evident than this year. This report is filled with community activities that our officers get involved with and contains brief descriptions of the types of programs that help the department build closer ties to the community. It is those ties that create a stronger working relationship between the police department and the citizens of Cohasset, and it is the foundation of community policing. PERSONNEL CHANGES Officer Robert Lagimoniere was hired as a lateral transfer in August, 2013 from the Ware, Massachusetts Police Department where he had served for 12 years. Officer Lagimoniere was a much needed addition to our Patrol Division and because of his academy training and experience, he was able to assume a position on the midnight shift after a short field training period. Officer Gregory Taylor graduated from the MBTA Police Academy midway through the year. He completed a 26 week academy and then successfully completed a field training program and is presently assigned to the evening shift. 174 Officer Harrison Schmidt graduated from the Plymouth Regional Police Academy in August after 26 weeks of training. The Plymouth Academy named Officer Schmidt as their Top Gun, meaning that Officer Schmidt shot/scored better than any other recruit, in the over 25 year history of the academy! GRANT PROGRAMS Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) Through a homeland security grant from SRPEDD and the Southeast Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council (SRAC), the Cohasset Police Department received a grant to purchase a message board December 2013. The message board will be utilized for traffic control and for the dissemination of important information. Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office provided a grant for a free, comprehensive safety assessment for one school building to be prepared by the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, or MetroLEC. A team of MetroLEC officers who developed an “Incident Management Protocols and Critical Tasks” or IMPACT program, walked the Cohasset Middle/High School building and conducted a physical assessment, then provide a package of options to school administrators and police, including virtual imagery of the space and floor plans, as well as recommended locations to gather in an emergency. 175 Although the plan is quite detailed, we cannot offer specifics of the plan in this report because of the sensitive nature of school safety. Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey also paid to send members of the Cohasset Police command staff, along with school administrators to a two‐day training session in Canton, MA. to receive advanced training in alternatives to the traditional “school lock down”. PATROL DIVISION The Patrol Division is not only the backbone of the department but it is the largest and most visible division of the Cohasset Police Department. The Patrol Division operates (24) hours a day, (7) days a week, (365) days per year. Officers utilize marked police cars, motorcycles, mountain bikes, and foot patrols, in the performance of their duties. Cohasset Police Motorcycle Officer Patrick Kenney at the Cohasset Triathlon Police Officer Daniel Williams on Bicycle Patrol in Cohasset Village 176 One of the primary responsibilities of the Patrol Division is conducting high‐visibility patrol, serving as a deterrent to criminal activity and remaining accessible to members of the community. In 2013 the patrol division answered over 8300 calls for service, including domestic disturbances, motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, narcotics violations, child abuse, sexual assaults, B&E’s, larcenies, and myriad other calls. K9 Unit Officer Patrick Reardon successfully completed a 12 week K‐9 narcotics detection certification course with K‐9 Erik. This course certified K‐9 handler Reardon to be able to utilize K‐9 Erik in the detection of illegal narcotics including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy, PCP, and crack. K‐9 Erik can also detect prescription medication that is commonly used and sold illegally including Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Suboxone. This training will enable the K‐9 team to search for and locate illegal narcotics in buildings, outside areas and motor vehicles. Officer Patrick Reardon and his K9 partner Erik training with police intern Aaron Bates at the Deer Hill School in August. Officer Reardon and Erik inside their cruiser 177 Officer Reardon and his K9 partner Erik enjoyed a year that was busy but rewarding. The duo helped to locate a lost autistic man, a missing child, and an emotional disturbed person who fled from a home. They also provided security for Vice President Joseph Biden’s visit to Boston shortly after the murder of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier in April 2013, and assisted the Boston Police Department and MetroLEC with crowd control at Fenway Park during game 7 of the World Series. Medical Officer (AED, Oxygen, and First Responder Program) The Medical Officer is the administrator for the AEDs, or Automatic External Defibrillators and the emergency oxygen. AEDs are portable electronic devices used during cardiac emergencies, and the Cohasset Police Department has an AED and emergency oxygen inside every marked car in the fleet. The Medical Officer is responsible for monitoring the condition of this equipment. The Medical Officer is also responsible for managing the first aid kits stored in each police cruiser. Officer Paul Wilson continued his excellent work in this position. Officer Wilson obtained Combat Tourniquets for every first aid kit and trained the entire department on these life‐saving devices that are used to stop massive blood loss during traumatic events. Officer Wilson also recently acquired and trained the entire department in the proper use of emergency oxygen during medical aid calls. In June 2013, Two (2) Cohasset Police Officers were honored at the Massachusetts Police Training Committee awards ceremony for their life‐saving actions in the field. Officer Paul Wilson and Officer Patrick Kenney were each honored for their actions during incidents in Cohasset, where their quick response saved a life. Website and Social Media The Cohasset Police Department website (www.cohassetpolice.com) is maintained in‐house by the Cohasset Police Department. The website has a number of uses including disseminating information on department initiatives and trends. In addition, the website is a great way to bring the police department into the 21st century, and has links to digital copies of a variety of forms needed by the public, such as accident forms. However, sometimes it can be difficult to find time to maintain the website. We do not have a dedicated “Information Officer” that could generate website content on a daily basis, which can be a full‐time job, and there are not many officers here that are familiar with website development. However, we still wanted to be able to get critical information out to the public, and wanted to find a quick and efficient way to do it. As a result, the department created its very first social media page on Facebook in 2011. Acting Chief William Quigley works to keep the page updated, and put critical information such as scam alerts and 178 road closures on the page. The site has done very well with over 1990 “Likes” since its inception. The photo section is one of the most popular aspects of the site where citizens can view photographs of their police officers in action. The department has also stated a Twitter Feed (@cohassetpolice). We have over 1100 followers since May 2013 and plan on continuing to push information out to the public. Police Fleet Detective James McLean continued to maintain the Cohasset Police Department fleet of vehicles. For many years, police departments have tried to use SUVs but it has never worked well. SUVs were too slow, had poor handling, were bad on gas, and just did not make a viable police car. In 2012, two (2) things happened to change our patrol fleet. First, it snowed a lot, leaving our Crown Victorias spinning their tires in the parking lot. Second, Chevrolet released a new type of police rated Tahoe SUV that was fast, low, maneuverable, roomy and had the same gas mileage as the discontinued Crown Victorias. As a result, and with the support of the Capital Budget Committee, the department purchased Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs and they have been well received by the public and the officers. This brought the total number of Tahoe’s to (3) in 2013. (4) Unmarked vehicles (4) Frontline marked vehicles (3 are Tahoe SUV’s and 1 is a legacy Crown Vic) (1) Marked K9 vehicle (Crown Vic) (2) Spare marked vehicles (1) 4x4 SUV (1) Animal Control Vehicle (sedan) (1) HD Motorcycle (5) Bicycles (1) Radar trailer A new Cohasset Police Tahoe with a MetroLEC Armored vehicle during a training exercise on Parker Avenue 179 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION The Criminal Investigation Division, commonly known as CID, provides 24 x 7 professional investigative services to the Town of Cohasset. CID is responsible for the supervision and conduct of all Cohasset Police investigations of serious crimes, less serious crimes upon request or as needed and the conduct of sensitive or special interest investigations as directed by the Chief of Police. CID detectives primarily investigate felony‐level crime and provide criminal investigative support to the Patrol Division. CID conducts a broad spectrum of criminal investigations to include deaths, sexual assault, robbery, burglaries, fraud, computer crimes and counter‐drug operations. CID searches out the full facts of a situation, organizes the facts into a logical summary of investigative data, and presents this data to the District Attorney’s Office. CID also provides criminal intelligence and forensic investigative support for the Patrol Division. Specific functions include:  Investigate serious crime ‐ and less serious crimes upon request or as needed  Perform drug suppression operations  Collect, analyze and disseminate criminal intelligence  Liaison with other local, state and Federal investigative agencies/units  Liaison with District Attorney, Attorney General, and the United States Attorney's Offices  Conduct pre‐employment background investigations  Conduct liquor license applicant background investigations  Conduct internal affairs investigations  Collect and examine evidence at crime scenes  Maintaining custody of physical and drug evidence Detective Lieutenant Greg Lennon takes photos at a serious crash on Rte. 3A 180 TRAINING UNIT Sergeant Garrett Hunt leads the department training section. Sergeant Hunt ensures that all sworn personnel meet state requirements, which include forty hours of annual in‐service training and twenty‐ four hours of firearms/use of force training Sergeant Hunt schedules all training and works closely with the regional police academies. Additionally, Sergeant Hunt coordinates our recently revamped firearms training program in conjunction with our department armorers Sergeant Christy Tarantino, Police Officer Harrison Schmidt, and Police Officer Brian Peebles. In 2013 the department transitioned from .40 caliber Sig Sauer handguns to .45 caliber Sig Sauer handguns. The .40 caliber weapons were retired after over 12‐years of service. Officer’s were recertified at the Boston Police Firing Range. Senior Firearms Sergeant Christy Tarantino monitors the firing line at the Boston Police Range on Moon Island. Sergeant Jeffrey Treanor with Police Officer Harrison Schmidt conducting computer training in the booking room at HQ. 181 SPECIAL SERVICES The department continues to look for ways to provide even better service to the public. To that end, in 2013, the police department has partnered various departments, organizations and businesses including:  Cohasset Elder Affairs  DEA prescription drug take back program  Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti’s inmate work program  Cohasset Triathlon  USMC Toys for Tots program  Cohasset Working Dog Foundation  Cohasset Emergency Management  Cohasset Police Community Liaison Board (PCLB)  Cohasset Boy Scouts  Cohasset PSO read‐a‐thon fundraiser  Cohasset “Street Law” classes in conjunction with CMHS Teacher John Buckley  Cohasset Recreation Department  Cohasset Harbormaster  Cohasset Board of Health  Cohasset Fire Department  Pilgrim Bank  Cohasset Art Center  Cohasset Community Center  Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission  Cohasset Little League Karen Dwyer-White, Assistant Vice Pres., Pilgrim Bank; Cohasset Acting Police Chief William Quigley; Cohasset Police Sgt. Jeffrey Treanor and Frank Campbell, Pres. and CEO, Pilgrim Bank with the EZ ID system, which was donated by Pilgrim Bank. The system was used at various events in 2013 as part of Operation Identification. Using this system, officers can fingerprint and photo children and then provice the child’s parents with a DVD containing the child’s fingerprints, photo, and vital information. 182 STATION REPAIRS/SECURITY UPGRADES As a result of burst water pipes at police headquarters in February 2013, the station floors had to be replaced. An insurance claim was initiated and as a result we were able to replace worn carpeting with new tile floors. As a result of a partnership with the Norfolk County Sheriff Mike Bellotti, we were able to have low‐risk prisoners paint the inside of the police station. With support from the Capital Budget Committee, and funding from the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center (SSRECC) we made several security upgrades to the police station, including:  New steel entry doors / Keyless Entry / Alarm System  Video surveillance system including cell cameras and audio monitoring  New Evidence room by converting garage bay 3  Repurposed a large room and made office space for four shift sergeants  Facilities department plugged a significant water flow problem in basement BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING MetroLEC Chief’s and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis commended Cohasset Lieutenant Detective Gregory Lennon and others for their response to the Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15, 2013. As the commander of the MetroLEC Investigative Services Unit, DLT Lennon was one of many investigators called to Boston minutes after the bombing and worked tirelessly with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, to support the investigation and help run down leads as to the identity of the suspects. The FBI released pictures of the bombing suspects to media outlets on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Shortly thereafter the bombing suspects allegedly murdered MIT Police Officer Sean Collier in Cambridge. After Officer Collier was murdered, the suspects carjacked an SUV which triggered wild police chase into Watertown that culminated with gun battle where MBTA Transit Police Officer Dic Donahue was shot and critically wounded. One suspect was killed in the exchange of gunfire and the other fled into a Watertown neighborhood. With one very dangerous suspect still at large, Governor Patrick issued a shelter in place order for the entire Metro Boston area – essentially shutting down everything in the Boston area. DLT Lennon, as well as Acting Chief Quigley, responded to Watertown as part of the MetroLEC callout. Four Cohasset Officers, including Sergeant Michael Lopes, PO John StIves, PO Patrick Kenney, and PO Patrick Reardon volunteered to respond to Watertown to assist with the search. Just prior to their deployment, the suspect was captured. Needless to say, the entire department was very proud to assist our neighbors when they were in need. 183 STATISTICS Offenses reported to the Cohasset Police Department in 2013 A&B 11 A&B (DOMESTIC) 14 A&B ON +60/DISABLED WITH INJURY 4 A&B ON CHILD WITH INJURY 1 A&B ON ELDER (60+ YOA) 2 A&B ON POLICE OFFICER 1 A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON 1 A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON +60 2 ABUSE PREVENTION ORDER, VIOLATE 2 ALL OTHER LARCENY 1 ASSAULT (DOMESTIC) 3 ASSAULT TO INTIMIDATE 2 ASSAULT W/DANGEROUS WEAPON 2 ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME 6 B&E BUILDING DAYTIME FOR FELONY 7 B&E BUILDING NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY 4 B&E MOTOR VEHICLE 10 BUILDING, VANDALIZE 1 BURGLARIOUS INSTRUMENT, POSSES 1 BURGLARY / BREAKING AND ENTERING 1 BURGLARY, ARMED & ASSAULT 2 BURGLARY, UNARMED 5 BY LAW VIOLATION 1 CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION 2 COMPUTER SYSTEM, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS 4 CREDIT CARD FRAUD OVER $250 2 CREDIT CARD FRAUD UNDER $250 1 CREDIT CARD, IMPROPER USE 2 CREDIT CARD, RECEIVE STOLEN 1 DESTRUCTION / DAMAGE / VANDALISM 2 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY ‐$250, 2 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$250, 2 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 1 DISORDERLY HOUSE 1 DRUG, POSSESS CLASS D 3 184 DRUG, POSSESS CLASS E 1 DUMPSTER, USE OF ANOTHER'S 2 FALSE NAME/SSN, ARRESTEE FURNISH 1 FIREARM, STORE IMPROPERLY 2 FORGERY OF CHECK 5 HARASSMENT, CRIMINAL 4 IDENTITY FRAUD 9 ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION 1 INDECENT A&B ON PERSON 14 OR OLDER 2 LARCENY FROM BUILDING 11 LARCENY FROM PERSON 1 LARCENY FROM PERSON +65 1 LARCENY OVER $250 38 LARCENY UNDER $250 19 LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE 21 LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR OUI, OP MV WITH 2 LICENSE SUSPENDED, OP MV WITH 14 LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED, OP 1 LIQUOR, PERSON UNDER 21 POSSESS 2 LIQUOR, PERSON UNDER 21 PROCURE 1 MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF 2 MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO 2 MUNICIPAL BY‐LAW OR ORDINANCE 1 NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEH 13 NUMBER PLATE VIOLATION TO CONCEAL ID 4 NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEH 2 OUI LIQUOR 11 OUI LIQUOR, 2ND OFFENSE 2 OUI LIQUOR, 3RD OFFENSE 1 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, VANDALIZE 1 PROPERTY DAMAGE TO INTIMIDATE 2 PROTECTIVE CUSTODY 18 RAPE 1 RECEIVE STOLEN PROPERTY ‐$250 1 RECEIVE STOLEN PROPERTY +$250 2 RESIST ARREST 1 SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO REGISTER 1 SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION 4 STOP FOR POLICE, FAIL 1 TELEPHONE CALLS ANNOYING 2 185 TELEPHONE SERVICE BY FRAUD ‐$5 1 THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME 7 TOOLS, LARCENY OF CONSTRUCTION 1 TRESPASS 2 TRESPASSING ON RAIL ROAD RIGHT 1 TRUCK, B&E FOR FELONY 1 TRUCK, LARCENY FROM 1 UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE 10 UNLAWFUL POSS. OF A LARGE CAPACITY WEAPON 1 UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV 22 USE MV WITHOUT AUTHORITY 1 UTTER COUNTERFEIT NOTE 1 UTTER FALSE CHECK 5 UTTER FALSE DOCUMENT 1 VANDALIZE PROPERTY 17 WANTON AND RECKLESS ENDANG. OF A CHILD 2 WITNESS, INTIMIDATE 7 WMS WARRANT 4 TOTALS 475 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES Arrests 64 Criminal Complaints Filed 85 Protective Custody 17 Motor Vehicle Accidents Investigated 122 No Crime Incidents Investigated 220 Motor Vehicle Citations Issued 1,358 Parking Tickets Issued 1,146 Stolen Motor Vehicles Recovered 2 Emergency and other calls for service 8363 Domestic Violence Cases Investigated 17 FID Cards Issued 14 LTC Issued/Renewed 98 Parking Fines Issued $38,300.00 186 CERTAIN FEES/CASH TURNED OVER TO TREASURER COLLECTOR Police Details $390044.23 Paid Detail Surcharge $31,073.64 Police Cruiser Fee $450.00 Gun License Fees $9025.00 Hackney Licenses $45.00 Soliciting License Fees $300.00 Police Report Fees $834.00 DEPARTMENT STRENGTH 1 Acting Chief of Police 0 Deputy Chief of Police 1 Police Lieutenants 4 Police Sergeants 10 Patrol Officers 1 Permanent Intermittent Officers 34 Total Employees 12 Special Officers (per diem) 1 Animal Control Officer 2 PT Administrative Assistants 2 PT Crossing Guard 187 2013 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 2013 was a busy year for Cohasset Emergency Management. The year began with the 2013 Winter Storm, our response to the Storm exposed a number of deficiencies with our capabilities.  The extended power outages caused us to open a warming center at Deer Hill School, where we subsequently discovered we did not in fact have heat in the large spaces we were using for the housing, feeding, and recharging center. We also found that the school generator was already at maximum capacity and did not power any cooking equipment. Additionally, we discovered that when the generator is running, it uses the entire gas supply and leaves no gas fuel capacity for cooking.  The storm reinforced our knowledge that we had no way to shelter the residents at the 60 Elm Street housing complex. The Council on Elder Affairs, who attempts to assure the wellbeing of 93 elderly and shut in residents, was faced with a difficult, inexact and time consuming challenge assuring the wellbeing of these residents.  There was no plan or feasible option to prevent freezing and bursting pipes at the Osgood School, Pratt Library and Town Hall.  Communications between departments other than Police, Fire and DPW was nonexistent. We saw how difficult it was to manage a large event with no central location for Emergency Command & Control operations.  We lacked volunteers and trained staff. Here are some of the major improvements we have made, during the year.  CERT team members, Mary and Rich Hynes, were certified as CERT Trainers and have trained a new group of CERT volunteers. Our team now consists of 30 trained and certified CERT members. The Selectmen have designated the CERT team as special municipal employees for everyone’s protection.  We have invested nearly $100,000 in a municipal radio system which includes a new antenna a top the Bear Hill Water Tank. All operating departments, including the school busses, Elder Affairs and Recreation Department.  “Storm Switches” have been installed to allow for a quick connect of generators at Deer Hill School, Osgood School, 60 Elm Street Housing, the Library and Town Hall. 188  We have signed a standby agreement with AD HOC Energy to provide us five generators to be connected to the new storm switches, when needed for an emergency.  The Senior Center staff has conducted home visits and gathered important contact information on over 100 elderly and at risk residents, assuring we can better help them.  We completed our build out of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the Deer Hill School. Cohasset is now equipped with a state of the art facility, ready for use as an Emergency Operations Command Center, complete with cable broadcast capacities, communications equipment and a fiber optic connection to the Public Safety Building.  The Deer Hill School was certified by the Red Cross as shelter, if it needed in the future.  Our mass notification system, CODE RED, database was upgraded and over 500 Cohasset residents have registered their mobile numbers in the system.  We established Emergency Management Facebook and Twitter accounts.  We were successful in obtaining a FEMA reimbursement of $57,000 to offset snow removal expense during the Winter Storm 2013.  We have additional FEMA reimbursement applications in the works for additional storm damage reimbursements. Thanks to all Town Departments for being part of our overall preparedness. Glenn Pratt Director of Emergency Management 189 2013 ANNUAL REPORT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL: The Department of Public Works is a town service organization responsible for providing essential services for the citizens of Cohasset. Services provided by this department include construction, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks and storm drainage systems; maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment; maintenance of parks, cemeteries, athletic fields and off‐street parking facilities; the transfer of public refuse and recyclables; snow removal and ice control; maintenance and/or removal of town owned trees; filling and maintenance of the fuel tanks. In addition to providing routine maintenance throughout the year, the following projects were completed by or under the direction of the DPW during the last year: Rebuilt or repaired 10 catch basins. Cleaned 520 catch basins with the truck basin cleaner and 70 by hand. Dug out the flapper on Atlantic Avenue 27 times to alleviate flooding. Rebuilt or replaced 110’ of fences. Repaired or replaced berms, aprons and sidewalks at various locations. Replaced or repaired 103 traffic and street signs and devices. In an effort to control algae in Little Harbor, we opened and closed the cat dam gates each month from April to December. Marked out and issued 80 Street Opening Permits. Marked out and issued 3 Catch Basin Easements. Transferred 1,627 tons of solid waste and 370 tons of C&D. Recycled 617 tons of mixed paper products, 96 tons of scrap metals and cans, 75 tons of plastics, 136 tons of glass and 725 gallons of waste oil. Over 300 ton of leaves and brush were processed which produced 200 ton of compost material that was free to residents. Most recyclable totals increased with the exception of and metal products. 190 Overall the town’s recycling rate is among the highest in the state. This is something all residents can be proud of due to their recycling habits. Plowed and/or sanded 25 times. Assisted in the construction of the Deer Hill School Playground. Assisted in the removal of the town docks in Cohasset Harbor for the winter months. Prepared multiple annual DEP Reports. Removed various dead or diseased trees and planted new trees and shrubs throughout the town. Trimmed trees throughout the town where possible. Conducted and recorded 29 internments at the various town owned cemeteries. Held 6 paint collection days and 6 brush days for residential brush chipping. Prepared $1.576 million Annual Operating Budget and $100,000.00 Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2014. The Department of Public Works would like to extend our appreciation to all town employees, boards and committees for their continued assistance and support during the past year. Respectfully submitted, Carl A. Sestito D.P.W. Superintendent 191 2013 FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT The Town of Cohasset Facilities Department is a Town Services Department. The Department’s Mission is to ensure all Town Buildings are maintained to the highest standard possible. The Department’s Office is located at Cohasset Middle High School. The Department is staffed by a manager, three full time and one part time employee. The Departments responsibilities include: Cohasset Middle High School, Deer Hill Elementary School, Osgood Elementary School, Public Safety Building, Paul Pratt Library, DPW Garage, Town Hall Building and Cohasset Teen Center. The Department also does work at the Cohasset Elder Affairs Offices located in the Cohasset Community Center, in addition to working at the Children’s Museum at the Paul Pratt Library. GENERAL DUTIES o Set ups of Town Meetings, all Board and Committee Meetings at Town Hall and all State and Town Elections o Custodial duties and trash pickup at Town Buildings o Completing tasks on Work Orders generated by Facilities Manager o Responding to Town Employees requests other than just Work orders. o Meeting with vendors, contractors, service technicians, and inspectors as required o Monitor and ensure that all facility related equipment and structural inspections are completed and in compliance with all state and federal safety codes for all Town buildings o Daily monitoring of all BAC Building Control Systems o Managing all duties and functions of the Facilities Department: communication with public and staff, budget management, payroll, attendance, files, manage stock and supplies, coordinating with vendors and contractors to set up projects, paying invoices. Fielding requests from Town Manager the Superintendent of Schools, Town Department Heads for projects. o Perform Maintenance of Electrical, HVAC, Heating, Lighting, Plumbing, Security and Fire Alarm Systems in all Town Buildings. MAJOR PROJECTS 2013 o Completed work with Town Manager, Police Chief, Fire Chief and I. T. Manager on Public Safety Building Project. [Creating Safe Room and related Safety Requirements]. o Worked on long time chronic leaks on High School Gym roof. Have them under control. Ongoing. o Replaced two classroom air conditioning units at Osgood. o Replaced an electric motor on High School Gym roof again. Covered under warranty. o Replaced Fire pump, Fire Pump Motor and Jockey pump to Fire Pump at Osgood School. o Started working with Town Officials and Department Heads on enhancement of schools security systems and planning. o Worked Town Engineer, Play Ground Committee and DPW replacing Play Ground at Deer Hill School. 192 o Facilities Department worked with Norfolk County Prisoners and Contractors at the Public Safety Building doing extensive work painting the entire building inside. We also did lots of light carpentry work and did replacement of many doors and windows. o The Facilities Department had roof top pm inspections and leak repairs done at the Paul Pratt Library, Public Safety Building, Middle High School, Deer Hill, and Osgood Schools. o Installed one new air conditioning unit and one new air conditioning / heat unit at the Public Safety Building, (Police Station) o Replaced carpeting in two offices at Police Station. o Replaced many blown lamps and ballasts all buildings as needed. o Worked with Emergency Management expanding and updating Control Center. o Responded to some three hundred work orders generated by all Departments and the School Department. o Worked with an Electrical Contractor and replaced blown lamps at the Middle High School, Outdoor building lights, parking lot lights and drive way lights. o Worked with Electrical Contractor, had inspections and evaluations done on all electrical service panels at the Middle High School, Deer Hill and Osgood schools. o Replaced hot water tank at Osgood School. o The Town Manager requested that we start a more uniform Town Wide Generator Program. It involved sending out specs of our generator inventory and what we were looking for as far as service goes. We now have one vendor to service all of our generators. o Serviced all classroom, hallway and office heat units all Schools and Town Buildings. Serviced all roof top HVAC units all Schools and Town Buildings. Serviced all roof top exhaust fans all Schools and Town Buildings. Service includes belts, filters, grease fittings and lube. Services work is bi‐ annual. o Had Boilers all Town Buildings serviced and inspected by Contractor, Insurance Co. and State. o Had all required inspections completed: Fire Alarm Systems, Fire Pump Osgood School, Fire Extinguishers all Buildings, Elevators at High School, Osgood School, and Town Hall, Playground Inspections and bi‐ annual inspections kitchen exhaust hood fans. (Schools}. o Exhaust Fan Systems used to run vehicles inside buildings at Fire Station and DPW Garage. Bi annual Inspections and Maintenance Work. Respectfully submitted, Mark H. Kelly / Facilities Manager 193 Sewer Commission 2013 Annual Report Sewer Service Accounts: Three Hundred Six (306) in the North Cohasset District and One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Two (1,252) in the Central District. Waste Water Treatment Facility: United Water completed its third year as the contract operator of the plant. The CSC remains pleased with the maintenance of the plant and the entire distribution system. This year structural repairs were made to the building housing the plant to repair damage caused by the high humidity present. In the first year of a five (5) year capital improvements plan, a significant number of repairs and replacement of major equipment were made including several pumps and other plant components reaching the end of their useful life. Capital improvements for FY14 have been budgeted at $287,000, and $112,888 is budgeted for transfer to the Capital Improvements Stabilization Fund to smooth future expenditures. The Cohasset Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) continues to produce a very high quality effluent utilizing its innovative membrane technology. The Department of Environmental Protection recognized the Town of Cohasset as the recipient of the 2013 Award of Excellence for Plant Performance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The CSC is very proud of this award and would like to recognize United Water our contract operator and Coughlin Environmental Services our Consulting Engineer, for continuing to adhere to the high standards we expect from our partners in operations. Capital Project – Little Harbor/Atlantic Avenue and Deep Run/Rust Way Sewer Expansion: The remaining balance of the $15,200,000 borrowing capacity previously approved by Town Meeting is $46,754. The Town Manager commissioned an independent firm to complete a full audit of the appropriation. A report dated 10/22/12 confirms all expenditures for the Little Harbor Water/Sewer project, and final close‐out of construction contracts is in progress. The Second Amended Final Judgment (SAFJ): Since 1979, the town has been subject to a court ordered injunction on behalf of the Commonwealth to address specific wastewater disposal obligations. Three hundred sixty‐one (361) homes were stipulated to be connected to the sewer system no later than June 30, 2012. The town has been granted several extensions to this deadline, but at this time 96% of the homes have been connected. The remaining homes are either under contract to be connected, have recently resolved private easement issues, have been assessed punitive fines, or have been granted conditional waivers by the Board of Health. The collaborative efforts of the Town Manager’s office, the Board of Health, and the CSC have been instrumental to the success to date in nearly satisfying the conditions of the Judgment. It is anticipated the SAFJ will be lifted spring 2014. 194 Town Owned Grinder Pumps Program: The CSC initiated a program to transfer the grinder pumps installed by the Town in the late 1990’s to the individual property owners. A ten (10) year parts and labor warranty was maintained by the Town with Interon, the grinder pump manufacturer, to ensure product performance during that previous period. The warranty expired in 2010 and since the new sewer projects did not include grinder pumps, the CSC plans to put all owners on the same basis. To facilitate this transition of ownership, the CSC began a retrofit process that includes replacing old Interon pumps with new E‐One pumps with a new five (5) year warranty similar to the new Little Harbor units. This transition is included as part of the Town Owned Grinder Pump Program with the intent to upgrade the remaining two hundred forty (258) remaining Interon pumps prior to transfer of ownership to all homeowners in 2020. Capital Project – Infiltration and Inflow Remediation: Older sewer mains are subject to groundwater entering through broken pipe or joints as evidenced by substantially increased flow volumes metered at the plant following rain events. I&I flow increases operation cost of the plant, so the cost of remediation is a worthwhile investment. Town Meeting previously approved expenditure not to exceed $1,000,000 to inspect and repair sewer mains, of which $451,915 remains available. Inspection of 22,000 linear feet of a total 35,000 linear feet of sewer mains has been completed. As a result of the inspections the CSC advertised the Jacobs Meadow Sewer Service Replacement contract in which thirteen (13) sewer service lines were replaced resulting in a 30,000 gallon per day reduction in inflow to the plant. Additional system repairs are anticipated for spring and summer 2014 to avoid wet weather and groundwater influences. Financial Status: The Department of Revenue certified FY13 Sewer Enterprise Fund “free cash” at $407,261 of which $186,123 represents an operating surplus on an approved budget of $2,723,247 and $221,138 represents retained earnings. Bryan Baldwin, Chairman Wayne Sawchuk, Vice Chairman William McGowan, Clerk 195 FY2013 Annual Report The library staff was delighted to serve the many people of all ages who visited us this year in order to browse for books, use technology and attend some very popular programs. Our Sunday Authortalks series continues to attract huge crowds of readers interested in listening to some of the Commonwealth’s best authors talk about their books. Once again, we celebrated reading with a community read featuring author Dennis Lehane’s book, “The Given Day”. Following his talk, Mr. Lehane graciously signed books at a reception held at the Historical Society. Other notable author events included Boston Globe reporter and author Kevin Cullen who spoke about his book, “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice”, and author Richard A. Johnson speaking about his book, “Field of Our Fathers: An Illustrated History of Fenway Park 1912‐2012.” We are very grateful to our generous sponsors, Dean & Hamilton Realtors, The Cook Estate, and A Taste for Wine & Spirits. In addition, we greatly value our collaboration with Buttonwood Books & Toys which makes it possible for program attendees to purchase featured books at the wine & cheese receptions following events. This year, we prepared for the launch of Digital Cohasset, our initiative to digitize information materials unique and important to the Cohasset community. Grants from the Community Preservation Committee and from the South Shore Music Circus funded the digitization of our Cohasset Mariner microfilm collection, print collections of the Cohasset Town Reports and Cohasset High School Yearbooks. Following digitization, these three collections will be fully searchable on the Internet Archive and can be accessed at http://www.cohassetlibrary.org/digital‐cohasset.html. In the future, more historical materials will be added to Digital Cohasset. Literary and information resources for youth are a top priority, and our ongoing collaboration with the Cohasset Public Schools’ librarians assures that we continue to provide the research and literacy resources to position our students for success. This collaboration also results in the selection of new titles in fiction and nonfiction and the provision of databases that complement the Common Core State Standards Initiative. All students are encouraged to attend the library’s Homework Center where students can study together and also receive free tutoring from members of the Cohasset High School Honor Society. 196 This year, the Children’s Room held 197 programs for children with 7,711 participants participating in events that promoted literacy, learning and fun. More than 200 students participated in the statewide summer reading program, Dream Big Read!, sponsored by The Friends of the Cohasset Library, The Massachusetts Library System (MLS), the Boston Bruins, and the MA Board of Library Commissioners. Our summer reading programs featured magicians, musical comedy, balloon artists, storytellers, puppet theatre and more. All year long, toddlers and children enjoyed story hours and craft sessions, music by Mama Steph, and our very popular LEGO club, which is not only fun and creative, but also supports science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Circulation of library materials reached a record high this year with 157,437 items circulated. Collection development focused on refreshing the non‐fiction collection with newer titles, adding titles to the popular book group kits, purchasing e‐books, and providing multiple copies of popular titles in a variety of formats. State‐wide database subscriptions continue to expand upon our print material in the reference collection and are accessible from a variety of portable devices. In addition to Overdrive, our ebook collection, we now offer e‐magazines through Zinio. The reference staff provided workshops and one‐on‐one guidance for novice Zinio users. Reference Librarians were busy answering 3,400 research questions, presenting hands‐on computer & technology workshops, facilitating employment workshops, assisting patrons with technology applications, leading the Great Decisions foreign policy analysis & discussion program, facilitating the library’s book discussion program, and managing outreach services to the homebound. Our library services greatly benefit from the generous support of The Friends of the Cohasset Library, whose advocacy and fundraising make possible outstanding programs including; Homework Center (free tutoring provided by Cohasset High School honor society students), Homebound Outreach Services, Great Decisions study materials, museum pass program, program refreshments and coffee service, movie licensing for group viewings, Mama Steph music program, and the vast majority of library programming for people of all ages. Friends of the Cohasset Library Board: Gail Flynn, President & Recording Secretary; Linda Fechter, Vice‐President & Program Committee Liaison; Barbara Wrenn, Treasurer; Deb Avila, Volunteer Coordinator; Barbara Canney, Volunteer; Lanier Grassie, Outreach Coordinator; Annjean Moody, Volunteer; Jessica Patterson, Homework Center Liaison; Maurajane Rogers, Corresponding Secretary & Outreach Assistant. The library also relies on the financial support of the Cohasset Library Trust, Inc. (CLT). CLT was established in 2006 to increase the library’s endowment and prudently manage its investments. The Trust has a Board of Directors appointed by the elected library trustees and their names are listed below. They have considerable experience in other Cohasset organizations and among them have substantial marketing, fund‐raising and investment management skills. This year, the endowment provided $48,574.84 to the library to supplement its book purchasing budget. In addition, the Endowment benefited from generous gifts totaling $28,660. Of this amount, $23,440 was given to the endowment in memory of Sheila Evans. On June 30, 2013, the balance of the Cohasset Library Trust Endowment was $1,312,663.78. 197 The officers and directors of the Cohasset Library Trust, Inc. (elected on May 8, 2012): Officers: John J. Flanagan, Jr., president; Jane Cunniff Lepardo, treasurer; Mary J. Whitley, clerk. Directors: Stephen F Brown, Susan W. Davis, Douglas D. Eymer, Bernadette Faulkner, Marylou Lawrence, Sarah Pease, Michael T. Putziger, Robert E. Riley, Mary J. Whitley. Respectfully submitted, Members, Board of Trustees Jacqueline Rafferty, Library Director Teresa Polhemus, Chair Carolyn Coffey Lynne Degiacomo Rod Hobson Marylou Lawrence Agnes McCann Sarah R. Pease James Sandell Patience G. Towle 198 2013 Report of the Recreation Commission It is with distinct pleasure that we report the 2013 activities of the Recreation Commission to residents. We offer a fully functional website, (www.cohassetrec.com) that allows on‐line registrations which are of benefit to all participants who may register or need to find information on all of our programs from home, anytime day or night. We conducted our fifth annual Health and Recreation Fair on Sunday, March 24, 2013. The Fair brings together under one roof, a variety of public and private recreational opportunities and services that are available to Cohasset residents and allows residents to speak directly to the providers of those services. The 2013 Fair was the third run in conjunction with the Health Department. This added feature allowed residents a large array of health screenings. Further, residents are able to register that day for summer recreation programs that the department will offer. The Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association have honored the Cohasset Recreation Department with a Community Outreach Award for a “program over and above regular programming that demonstrates a benefit to the community”. The 6th Annual Health and Recreation Fair will be held on Sunday, March 30th, 2014 at the Deer Hill School. Recreation is a very dynamic discipline and meeting the ever changing needs of residents of all ages, a challenge. To this end, we offered a number of new services this year including chess, wrestling, Town Meeting child care, first aid, lego, soccer clinics, and zumba to go along with our popular Summer Xtreme and Playground program, numerous summer camps and clinics, trips to Red Sox games, Running Club and Strong Kids, dance classes, yoga, tai chi, SAT instruction, CPR classes, surf lessons, babysitting training and Coast Guard Boating Safety programs. The Recreation Department employs close to sixty including fifty fine young women and men during the summer and another sixty private contractors throughout the year. The Recreation Center is currently being used over 40 hours each week with a multitude of Recreation Department programs which are conducted on a year round basis. Private parties continue to be held at the Center and rental of the facility remains available. Our summer concerts on the Town Common series continued this summer and via the continuing generosity of the South Shore Playhouse Associates and in part from the Cohasset Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, we were able to offer six concerts during the summer of 2013. Concerts performed by a variety of bands are on Thursday nights after the Farmer’s Market. On July 25th in memory of long time Recreation Director Jack Worley, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9146 sponsored our Veterans Memorial Concert performed by Dan Clark, the Singing State Trooper. The Department’s before and after school program, R.I.S.E. (recreation, imagination, socialization and education) program finished its second year well beyond our expectations with 101 kids taking part. The before school program operates from 7 am to 9 am at the Osgood School and from 3 pm to 6 pm at the Deer Hill School. We appreciate the cooperation and assistance from the School Department. 199 In conjunction with the Clark Chatterton Memorial Fund Committee the Department organized the Thanksgiving Morning “Thanks‐for‐Giving” 5 k Road Race for the fourth year. 657 runners registered for the race and it was a highly successful run with another increase of runners from 2012. Special thanks go out to our sponsors and volunteers. During Fiscal Year 2013, starting July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 the Recreation Commission transacted over $445,000.00 via Revolving Account Funds for 100% Self‐Supporting programs via fees charged to 3,332 participants for a variety of services with over 175 programs of which $357,000.00 was transacted via ‘credit card’ registrations. $11,700.00 was produced for use by the Commission via grants and donations. Approximately another $35,000.00 was transacted via other and direct self‐ supporting financial systems during F.Y. 2013, manifesting $500,000.00 of recreational services to residents. These figures do not include the thousands of man‐hours that are annually donated by hundreds of residents, in support of a variety of program operations. Municipal recreation is for the benefit of all residents and we continue to direct our efforts towards assurance of equal access and opportunity to the entire Community. To this end, a specific and calculated portion of revenue was not collected this year from residents who were temporarily unable to pay full fee charges for services. We are indebted to the Cohasset Social Service League for their generous donation and underwriting the fees for those less fortunate. Programming represents only one aspect of the responsibilities, duties, and functions as prescribed and conferred upon the Recreation Commission by both Massachusetts General Laws and By‐Laws of the Town. Continuing efforts are focused upon field permitting, scheduling, upgrading and renovating existing outdoor recreational facilities under jurisdiction of the Commission. Often times these undertakings are coordinated via a lending of both public and privately solicited resources and efforts, easing taxpayers’ burden. In 2013 the Department assisted with and helped fundraise for the new playground at the Deer Hill School which benefits greatly our summer program and after school program. The seven member, elected board of the Recreation Commissioner’s, volunteer their services to the Town and Department meeting regularly in order to discuss a wide‐spectrum of topics relative to the leisure needs and pursuits of all residents. Also, the Commissioner’s establish policy, and provide departmental direction, support, and assistance. Each meeting is publicly posted and residents are cordially invited to attend and participate in any meeting. Essential to our proper function, and absolutely vital towards success, is the ability to remain responsive to the dynamic community needs. We consider your input and feedback our most important source of guidance. We note the sad loss of the town’s first Summer Xtreme Director, Mike Curtin who passed away in April at a young age. Mike was a heralded teacher and recreation employee in Quincy who guided our Middle School program. We were lucky to have the ‘gentle giant’ and his loss touched our staff, parents and hundreds of Cohasset students who had attended the program over the years. 200 The Recreation Commission wishes to thank the many individuals, civic and business organizations, school and sport’s groups, town boards, committees and departments who have lent their support and assistance in our efforts to best serve the recreational and leisure needs of residents of all ages. While too numerous to mention each by name, none are forgotten and all are sincerely appreciated and thanked. Respectfully yours, Maria K. Osborne, Chairperson Elizabeth Deveney Frazier, Vice Chair Abigail H. Alves, Secretary Douglas R. Ellinger Kathryn C. Lydon Daniel J. Martin Kimberly Mulcahy James E. Carroll, Jr., Director 201 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COHASSET HISTORICAL COMMISSION ‐ 2013 The Cohasset Historical Commission submits the annual report of work during 2013 for the Town of Cohasset. “Local Historical Commissions are an important part of municipal government in Massachusetts. We are responsible for community‐wide historic preservation planning. Historical Commissions advise elected officials and other boards on historic preservation issues, including zoning changes, the re‐use of municipally owned historic buildings, and master planning or preservations of historic landscapes.” (from Massachusetts Historical Commission by‐laws summary sheet). National Register of Historic Places ‐ The following properties and districts in Cohasset are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Caleb Lothrop House, Summer Street (1976) Government Island Historic District, Lighthouse Lane (1994) Cohasset Common Historic District (1978, 1996) Josephine M. Hagerty House, Atlantic Avenue (1997) Central Cemetery, Joy Place (2003) Bates Ship Chandlery/Maritime Museum, Elm Street (2003) Captain John Wilson House, Elm Street (2003) Pratt Building, South Main Street (2006) Many other properties in town are eligible to be listed on the National Register, either individually or as part of a Historic District. Inventory Forms‐ Over 2100 historical properties in Cohasset have been inventoried and forms placed on file with the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Properties from the late 1600s through the mid 1900s are listed. This year, Cohasset’s inventory was put online by the State and we worked on sending in updated or missing information. It can be accessed through the Massachusetts Historical Commission website by going to “Search the MACRIS Database.” Information online includes the age, type of architecture and historical information on the property. Copies of the inventory forms are also available at the Paul Pratt Library and at the Historical Society’s Pratt Building. We give special thanks to David Wadsworth for the time and effort he has put in to keep these forms up to date. Local Involvement – 1. Community Preservation Committee ‐ A portion of CPA funds is allocated for historic preservation, and a member of our commission sits on the Community Preservation Committee. Although it is not mandated that the Historical Commission review proposals before they go to the CPC, by having a representative we are encouraged to be more involved with the historical projects presented to CPC. This past year we provided information on the historical values of the First Parish Meeting House, the 1903 Pratt Building, the Engineer’s Building and Oil House at Government Island. 202 2. Government Island National Register Site ‐ The Cohasset Historical Commission has an interest in keep this property historically correct. Thanks to the DPW, the area is cleared of weeds and mowed. During the year, Boy Scout John O’Brian, for his Eagle project, cleared a path up to Beacon Rock and more people in town can visit the spot used for communication between land and Minot’s Ledge when the lighthouse was built. 3. Financial Support ‐ We sell “1‐4‐3” Minot Light T‐shirts, sweatshirts and license plates. We have inventory in both youth and adult sizes. The money raised from this project is used towards work on Historical Commission projects. 4. We have started working on the 400th Celebration of the discovery of Cohasset by Capt. John Smith in 1614. A sub‐committee is being formed to work on this project. The celebration is being planned for September, 2014. 5. Membership ‐ This year we welcomed Peter Wood to the commission. In December, we lost Marilyn Morrison, who had been a member since 2003. We have 2 open seats on the Commission. Anyone interested in becoming involved with the historic preservation of the town is encouraged to contact the Board of Selectmen or the Commission for more information. As the town goes forward, Cohasset Historical Commission feels strongly that we need to be involved with the long‐range planning of our very historic and picturesque town. In order to look and plan for the future it is necessary to review the past. We thank the various town departments and committees that have helped and supported our goals. The commission meets each month except during July and August. Meeting schedules are posted at Town Clerk’s office at Town Hall. Respectfully Submitted, Rebecca Bates‐McArthur, Chairman David Wadsworth, Secretary Marilyn Morrison Todd Goff Peter Wood 203 SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 2013 COHASSET TOWN REPORT The South Shore School District is represented by eight appointed School Committee members from each town. Adele Leonard – Abington Robert Molla – Norwell Kenneth Thayer, Vice Chairman – Cohasset Gerald Blake – Rockland Robert Heywood – Hanover John Manning, Chairman – Scituate Christopher Amico – Hanson Daniel Salvucci – Whitman During the 2013 year, the students of South Shore Vocational Technical High School continue to prosper as productive citizens in their community upon graduation. As changing economic demands continue to be placed before our students, it is the duty of South Shore to provide the best possible vocational education. We continue to appreciate the support of Cohasset and our member communities. On June 6, 2013, two graduates from Cohasset received diplomas and vocational certificates at graduation ceremonies held at the South Shore Music Circus. The following students graduated: Matthew Harte and Alexander Nakashima In 2013 we saw the retirements of our Director of Guidance, Pamela Titus (after 30 years), as well as Special Education teacher Jeanne Bumpus and Cosmetology instructor Claire Milligan. We have added a new Director of Guidance and Admissions position filled by Michael Janicki to replace the Director of Guidance position. SSVT remains committed to careful planning, coupled with a bold vision to provide the local and regional economy with students who are excited about learning, committed to hard work, and ready to become responsible citizens. I look forward to continued efforts on the part of the school district to promote the value of vocational technical education to Cohasset youth because it is a viable pathway to college and career success. Respectfully submitted, Kenneth E. Thayer, Vice Chairman Town Representative South Shore Regional School District Committee 204 VÉ{tááxà câuÄ|v fv{ÉÉÄá DGF cÉÇw fàÜxxà VÉ{tááxà? `T CECEH From the Cohasset Public Schools…… The Cohasset Public Schools continues its tradition of educating our students in preparation for the global society they will live and work in after graduation. It is our expectation that we provide a rigorous and varied program by presenting our students with challenging curriculum, competitive athletics, and social engagement to help them grow emotionally and socially. Our District Administration and school principals have ensured we offer students the highest caliber education and continue to find new and creative ways to enhance their learning. In the past year the schools participated several mandatory reviews. The first of these was the secondary school review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). After a year long self‐study last year and a spring, 2013 visit, in December we received the report which praises many of the educational opportunities available to our students. Teacher and student work were recognized for their rigor and complexity. This accounts for why we continually score so well on the state‐mandated tests. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education visited the district for the purpose of reviewing our Special Education programs as part of the Coordinated Program Review. This intensive and detailed review of our programs occurs once every six years. DESE visited us during the spring last year and delivered the report to us late fall. There were several findings in the report but one item highlighted was the need to establish the role of Team Chairs in order to be in compliance with the department. This was completed as required and has helped the department to function more effectively. Parents have responded positively to the arrangement. Both of these reviews provide opportunities for the district to reflect on our design and delivery of services. It is essential that we remain in compliance as many of the outcomes are connected to our federal and state grants. Further, partaking in these reviews permits the faculty to increase the integrity of the curriculum and enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. This year the district has embraced the use of evidence based formative assessment for the purpose of providing information for teachers to assist with individualized teaching and learning, to support parents with understanding the growth and development of their children, and to aid with professional and curriculum development that improves student outcomes. 205 The Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment (MKEA) system is now utilized to assist the district with our youngest students’ growth and learning across all developmental domains during their kindergarten year. The tool is currently being piloted in the district under the auspices of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The technology‐based tool is evidenced based and aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. The Kindergarten teachers are using the Teaching Strategies‐Gold System. Teaching Strategies GOLD addresses the following Developmental Domains: (1) Social‐Emotional, (2) Physical, (3) Language, (4) Cognition, (5) Literacy, (6) Mathematics, (7) Science and Technology, (8) Social Studies, (9) The Arts, and (10) English Language Acquisition. While the tool is in the pilot phase for DESE, it is expected to be mandatory for all Kindergarten classrooms state‐wide within two years. Because the district has had the opportunity to pilot the tool, we will be well positioned for the future. Part of incorporating the MKEA into the curriculum has required the district to supply all kindergarten teachers with an iPad for use of data collection. Teachers record their data into the app on their iPad and organize the information for studying student progress. The iPads were provided to the teachers through a grant extended to the district by DESE. The Kindergarten faculty already recognizes the value of the tool and look forward to using it in future years. We continue to advance our technology and meet the demands of the students. Next fall we anticipate the initiation of the 1:1 iPad for grades seven and eight. In the fall of 2015 we plan to extend the initiative to grades nine through twelve. In preparation for this initiative we have equipped our teachers with laptops and professional development. Teachers have embraced the technology and integrated its use into the classroom. Additionally, classrooms are being wired for twenty‐first century learning activities. Thus far, the elementary classrooms are already using the technology making for more powerful lessons and expansive learning. The students who participate in our schools today have grown up with the technology as part of their lives. This is important as we retune our curriculum to meet those needs. In doing so, the Cohasset Public Schools have nineteen teachers enrolled in the Technology Leadership Program through Bridgewater State University. This certificate program will equip the teachers to assist as trainers within the district by using the “Train the Trainers” model. They will serve as an integral part of the technology infusion working with all the teachers. The Deer Hill School and the Cohasset Middle High School have embarked on revising and documenting curriculum using the Rubicon Atlas software whereby curriculum units are entered to the online documentation. Atlas will allow staff to view curriculum from other grades, other subject areas, and one another’s schools. The transparency of the district curriculum will help in the collaborative efforts to strongly align our teaching and learning and strengthen the continuity of learning and skill mastery for all our students. The teachers in both schools have been working diligently during the professional development days to enter the curriculum in all subject areas. It is planned to have the 206 Joseph Osgood School also work within Atlas once the various new initiatives are completely implemented at the PK‐2 level. The new, state mandated Educator Evaluation System is one that requires a large amount of documentation both on the part of educators and evaluators. To help with that, the Cohasset District has contracted with Longleaf Baseline Edge, a software program. With the help of this technology, staff can enter professional goals, document their professional accomplishments and share instruction and learning with their evaluators. Staff have been trained in the use of the program and together with administrators have used the unique program to better master the new state requirements for all support staff, educators, and administrators or our district. Cohasset Public Schools continues to be indebted to the PSO and the CEF for their unwavering efforts to bring extraordinary learning opportunities to the students. Without their incredible generosity, the students would miss the many rich occasions to participate in events not otherwise available to them. From the author series to the greenhouses, we have been graced through their kindness. Our students are rewarded through the various activities that challenge their thinking and help them to grow individually and collectively. We also want to recognize the Cohasset SEPAC for the many volunteer hours they dedicate offering assistance to grow special education opportunities from classroom learning to college searching. This organization carries on many parent opportunities in the area of Special Education. Every year they schedule a full slate of meetings encompassing a variety of subjects that inform our parents on highly topical subjects that pertain to learning. Lastly, we need to thank the Boosters for their generous gifts to the various athletic groups. Whether it be a football helmet or a specialized wrestling light, the school is indebted for their service and their gifts. From The Joseph Osgood School… The 2013/2014 school year took shape to be another excellent year for the Osgood School Community. The faculty has incorporated a new math program, Envision Math, into the curriculum. Children are learning math using the frameworks from the Common Core. Professional development has emphasized early reading skills, handwriting without tears, and empowering writers as part of the literacy block the writing process, and is a continuation of initiatives begun last year. This school year we have also focused on school safety by evaluating the ALICE program (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate). This is a shift in the safety protocol from simply locking down. ALICE encourages other options along with lockdown. The addition of a sixth full day kindergarten teacher kept kindergarten classroom sizes to nineteen students. The half‐day class in kindergarten has seventeen students. The addition of a sixth grade one teacher has kept grade one class sizes to twenty/twenty‐one. There are six second grade teachers with class sizes held at twenty/twenty one students. We feel these numbers have allowed our teachers to maximize their teaching by addressing individual student needs. 207 The Osgood School PSO has provided enrichment activities that included a fall walk on the nature trail with a member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Cohasset Fire Department teaching kindergarten students about fire safety, the annual grade two field trip to Holly Hill Farm, Mr. Joe Joyce teaching first grade students about weather and representatives from the South Shore Natural Science Center talking to the second graders about life in the Arctic. The CEF and Osgood PSO have generously sponsored a three‐season greenhouse, which will build the gardening program. Thus far, the students have built four raised vegetable garden beds and will add two more in the spring. Lastly, the butterfly garden has been expanded with the assistance of the Cohasset Garden Club. This year’s Read‐A Thon had an Olympic theme. The PSO fundraiser encourages students to read or be read to; reinforces the ongoing Osgood message, “I Read” and recognizes the importance of reading when the entire Osgood Community participates in reading. Guest readers from the community visited the Osgood School to read to students as well as a published author met with each grade to speak about their journey becoming an author. Finally, the year was completed with the traditional Math and Science night in March and May Arts night is held in May. The Twenty‐First Century technology initiative is progressing with the installation of overhead projectors in each classroom accompanied by the teachers receiving a laptop. Continuous professional development has allowed the teachers to capitalize on their instructional techniques by incorporating the technology into their curriculum. The faculty continues to forge new pathways for the students to expand their breadth of knowledge by utilizing iPads. The students have demonstrated thus far that technology is another language for them. Our new Art teacher, Emily McNeil, presented an innovative reporting method for student progress by sending student portfolios home to families detailing the work the children are accomplishing in Art classes. It is hoped this well‐received reporting becomes a tradition at the school. Lastly, the Chess Club was initiated this winter. The school was fortunate enough to be given significant coverage in the Cohasset Mariner. All students were invited to participate in program, regardless of skill level. The excitement generated by this indicates that it will be offered again. The student population continues to grow at the Osgood School. According to the October 1st attendance, the school had enrolled 408 students Pre‐K to Grade Two. That is an increase of thirteen students over last year. We are in a period of growth and will continue the population year month. From Deer Hill School… September 3rd marked the opening of this school year, following days of teacher professional development, planning, and excited preparation. The enrollment, as of October 1, 2013, was 444 students, an increase of 15 students over the last October enrollment figure. As of January 2014, class sizes range from 22 students at third grade to 26 in 5th grade classes. The 2013‐2014 school year marks the first year that all school districts in Massachusetts and other states must implement the Core Curriculum Standards and Indicators in their entirety. In order to meet the challenges of the current federal “Race to the Top,” educational initiative, and to actively promote 208 our students’ readiness for college and career, several new curricular programs have been implemented and continue to develop capacity in implementing existing programs. Most notably, this year began with full implementation of the EnVision Math program. Last year, two classes at each grade level piloted the program. This pilot program demonstrated the advantages of the program were significant enough to commit to full school implementation for this year. Teachers have received ongoing training in the use of this program and benefit from the experience of their peers. The teachers continue in their training for the Empowering Writers program, an approach that has provided support and specific strategies to develop students’ writing skills in narrative, expository, and persuasive writing at each grade level. This year the school began the implementation of the Handwriting Without Tears program of systematic handwriting instruction. An additional 10 minutes per day was added to the ELA program and the work of the Joseph Osgood School continues in this important area. Teacher training in these areas, along with strengthened capacity in the existing programs of Reading Street and Words Their Way, positions the students for a successful transition to the PARCC assessments, due to replace the statewide MCAS assessments in the 2014‐2015 school year. Classrooms have been outfitted this year with the technology necessary to support learning in the 21st century, including interactive white boards, LCD projectors and speaker systems, and digital presenters for every general education classroom. Each classroom teacher was provided with a new laptop computer designed to coordinate the use of classroom technology as well as meet a variety of professional instructional needs. This has been the vision for Deer Hill, and we are grateful to the Cohasset Educational Foundation (CEF) and the Parent Student Organization (PSO) for combining resources to make to initiate the vision. Through support from the school committee, funding has allowed the Deer Hill to complete its technology mission of providing the needed resources. The Deer Hill School has been the lucky recipients of some special efforts and events. Due to widespread parent and community support and labors, they were able to unveil a new playground, complete with updated landscaping, outdoor furniture, a beautiful brick patio, and lots of new, attractive, safe and fun equipment. In October, the PSO sponsored a day with “Techsploration” which began with a school wide assembly demonstrating the properties of energy, and culminated in each 5th grade classroom participating in a workshop wherein students built and raced the fastest cars using newly learned principles of velocity. In November, the Circus in Residence program returned bigger than ever, with three professional trainers and a brand new trapeze act! Once again, the CEF and the PSO, along with the South Shore Playhouse Association, combined resources to bring this exciting week‐ long event, culminating in an authentic circus performance by all 154 fifth grade students. The popular and talented children’s author, Jack Gantos, spent the entire day at Deer Hill inspiring students at each grade level to think of themselves as writers and create their own stories. On Veteran’s Day, Deer Hill continued its annual tradition of honoring our local veterans with a ceremony and reception. Students read original essays and played patriotic music for the guests of honor, whose numbers continue to increase every year. 209 The school wide Enrichment program, EMC, is sustained and recreated every year, and reflects the interests and passions of the faculty. New this year, were the classes “We Are Deer Hill!” (a vehicle for promoting school spirit), “Engineering with Legos” and the Deer Hill School Newsletter. The Character Education program this year has focused on Empathy, Cooperation, and Courage, three character traits that were celebrated in the school’s annual School Spirit Assembly in January, with a special tribute to Nelson Mandela. Participation in the statewide MCAS program (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Program) provides the administration and faculty with information regarding how well the students are meeting the rigorous curriculum standards. In grade three, 2013 scores reported 78% proficient or higher in Reading and 88% Proficient or Higher in Mathematics. In grade four ELA, 78% of the students scored in the Advanced or Proficient range and in Mathematics that number was 78%. In grade five, 85% of the students scored in the Advanced or Proficient category in ELA, 81% in Mathematics, and 66% in Science/Technology. Massachusetts DESE has been keeping track of the school’s progress toward narrowing proficiency gaps among subgroups since 2011. For Deer Hill School this year, the aggregate population earned a Cumulative Progress and Performance Index at the 88th percentile, a score which is rated in the “highest performing” range. From CMHS… Cohasset Middle‐High School has had a busy and productive year. The scholastic achievement of the students continues to place Cohasset Middle‐High School in the top rankings of public schools, as evidenced by our tied placement for #1 in the Commonwealth in ELA MCAS for tenth graders. In April, Cohasset Middle‐High School hosted the NEASC (New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges) visiting accreditation team and was informed in late December that the school accreditation has been continued. In addition to that work, curriculum development has been the primary focus of professional development, as the curricula is vertically aligned using the Atlas Rubicon mapping software. This work aligns with both the District goal and the CMHS School Improvement Plan. The Class of 2013 graduated 86 students who earned the Cohasset diploma through completion of the graduation requirements and in accordance with Massachusetts state standards. Among those students were 42 members of the National Honor Society, 63 who were eligible for the Stanly Koplik Certificate, and 29 were recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. Of those class members who chose to share their plans, 78 students intended to continue their studies at a four‐year college, three at a two‐year college, and one reported commitment to the United States Navy. In August, two new orientation events were introduced for the incoming sixth and ninth graders. The sixth grade event was planned and led by 6th grade teachers and the Middle School Assistant Principal, and engaged the students in team‐building activities as well as providing opportunity to explore the building. Students and families reported it was a very positive introduction to the Middle School. The 210 ninth grade event was led by students at the high school, and after an introduction from the High School Assistant Principal, a Q&A forum took place that allowed students and parents to ask questions and mingle with some of the high school student leadership. It too, was well received. It is hoped that both programs will continue to grow in the years ahead so that students new to the school begin each year with comfort and confidence. Skipper spirit continues to grow and is evident at every social and athletic event hosted. In September, students and faculty enthusiastically participated in spirit week and a homecoming pep rally that allowed them to demonstrate leadership and school pride. Student Council has undertaken fundraising campaigns to support the local food pantry as well as victims of the typhoon disaster. A student recognition assembly in November included a gathering of fall athletes, Student Council leaders, and members of the fall drama production, “LOL.” The school administration has tried to increase student awareness of co‐curricular offerings by creating a co‐curricular handbook that was distributed to parents and students at orientation and has been made available online. Cohasset students’ consistently challenge themselves with rigorous coursework; current total enrollment in Advanced Placement courses is 212. Through independent study and global exploration, students have been encouraged to seek out learning opportunities that are real and meaningful. Students in the past year have completed rigorous courses of Independent Study that have included Advanced Placement courses through VHS, publishing a book on organic gardening, and undertaking the study of Arabic. Cohasset athletes continue to win accolades and impress us with their sportsmanship. In winter 2013, boy’s basketball, boy’s ice hockey and wrestling all qualified for the state tournament. Boy’s basketball was Division 4 South Sectional Finalists. Shane Haggerty joined the CHS Basketball 1000 point club and was honored at a home game. Swimmers, wrestlers and alpine skiers qualified for individual states. Last spring, baseball, boy’s lacrosse, girls lacrosse, boys tennis, and girls tennis qualified for state tournament play. Boy’s lacrosse were Division 3 State Finalists. The girl’s tennis team won their second consecutive MIAA Division 3 South Sectional Title. This fall, the golf team won its fifth consecutive South Shore League Title, and advanced to the state championship, a Cohasset first. Boy’s and girl’s soccer went far into tournament play, with the boys competing in the State Championship. Field hockey also qualified for state tournament play. The football team competed in the first ever State Championship for their league, and the community came out in force to support them at Gillette Stadium. Senior Micky Barry was named Boston Glove Division 6 Player of the Year. In 2013, Cohasset had 65 South Shore League All‐Stars, 19 Patriot Ledger all‐scholastics, and two Boston Herald all‐scholastics as well as two Boston Globe Coaches. The athletic program continues to thrive and grow under the direction of Ron Ford and with the commitment of our student athletes and dedicated coaching staff. 211 In closing…. We hope you have enjoyed reading about the many wonderful educational activities and events that have taken place in the past year. We feel strongly that all students in the Cohasset Public Schools be offered the most rigorous and challenging education experience in order to prepare them for the global society they will participate in. We are confident that we continue to hone our curriculum, create new learning opportunities and increase our capacity that the students will be the beneficiaries of these labors. We continue to be grateful to the school committee for their guidance and support as well as the town for their participation and suggestions as we work together to make the Cohasset Public Schools the very best learning environment for our students. Thank you. Respectfully submitted, Barbara J. Cataldo Superintendent of Schools 212 INDEX Page In Memoriam 4‐5 Elected Officials 6‐8 Town Officers Appointed By Selectmen 9 Town Officers Appointed by Town Manager 9‐12 Boards, Commissions, Committees and Representatives Appointed by Selectmen 13‐20 Appointed by TROIKA 21‐22 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Board of Registrars 23 Board of Selectmen 24‐26 Town Counsel 27‐29 Index, Annual Town Meeting, April 22, 2013 30 Annual Town Meeting, April 22, 2013 31‐80 Special State Primary, April 30, 2013 81‐82 Annual Town Election, May 11, 2013 83‐86 Special Senate Election, June 25, 2013 87 Index, Special Town Meeting, November 23, 2013 88 Special Town Meeting, November 23, 2013 89‐98 Vital Statistics 99 Prospective Juror List 100 FINANCIAL REPORTS Director of Finance/Town Accountant 101‐126 Treasurer/Collector 127‐146 Board of Assessors 147 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Board of Health 148‐150 Annual Nursing Report 151 Plymouth County Mosquito 152‐156 Cohasset Elder Affairs 157‐158 Cohasset Housing Authority 159‐160 213 LAND USE CONTROL Page Building Department 161‐162 Planning Board 163‐165 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 166‐167 South Shore Recycling Cooperative 168‐171 PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department 172‐173 Police Department 174‐187 Emergency Management 188‐189 PUBLIC WORKS Department of Public Works 190‐191 Facilities Department 192‐193 Sewer Commission 194‐195 GENERAL SERVICES Paul Pratt Memorial Library 196‐198 Recreation Commission 199‐201 Historical Commission 202‐203 EDUCATION South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School District 204 Cohasset Public Schools 205‐212 INDEX 213‐214 214