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Home My Public Portal About1994 Town Report I I I ANNUAL REPORTS ®oe �PD oga Bull- OF THIS OFFICER TOWN OF THE TOWN OF ORLEANS FOR THE YEAR 1994 INDEX AT BACK OF BOOK THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED to the Memory of Barbara F. llkovich 1922- 1994 ISM PA i �w i This annual report is dedicated to the memory of Barbara F. Ilkovich and her nineteen years of service to the citizens of Orleans. Barbara began her dedicated service to the people of Orleans in 1968 as an Assistant Secretary to the Board of Selectmen. In 1972 she was appointed Town Clerk to fill an unexpired elected term and was then elected by Orleans' citizens for five additional terms of office before her retirement in 1987. Barbara was a member of the Massachusetts Town Clerks Association and the Cape & Island Town Clerks Associa- tion. She also was a dedicated public servant who always had a smile and was ready to fend a helping hand. 2 IN MEMORIAM RONALD M. BUCKINGHAM Board of Assessors 1992-1993 DONALD EORESMAN Tonset Woods housing development approved by the State in 1976 MAURICE "SQUARE" GOULD Park Superintendent 19741976 NORMAN MAC DONALD HOPKINS Veterans' Grave Inspector 1970-1994 MARY ELIZABETH MC CUTCHEN Registrar of Voters 1986-1992 LESLIE H. MORSE, JR. Building Inspector 1972-1988 RAYMOND E. NEWTON Planning Board 1949-1959 Water Commissioner 1962-1982 EDWARD O'BRIEN Snow Library Trustee 1969-1972 HELEN "VIVERETT" ROBINSON Committee on Disability 1992-1994 BARBARA ILKOVICH Assistant Secretary to Board of Selectmen and Assistant Town Clerk 1968-1972 Town Clerk 1972-1987 3 TOWN OF ORLEANS Town Hall, 19 School Road Orleans, MA 02653 CITIZEN INTEREST FORM Todaya Dade Nuns Street Addrom Mailing Addtsea Home Phone BuWnaea Phone Thank you for your interest in serving the Town. Please prioritize your interest in committees on the back of this form (i.e. preference 1, 2, 3, etc.) EXPERIENCE which might be helpful to the Town: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND which might be useful to the Town: Are you available to serve on a Town committee/commission on a year-round basis? ❑ yes ❑ no If no, what is your availability: How did you become interested in serving the Town ❑ newspaper ❑ friend ❑ self interest ❑ The Search Committee suggests that you be aware of the time commitment you will need to make to the Committee/Board of your choice. If you need details on time commitments please contact the Selectmen's office at 240-3700 ext. 415. PLEASE RETURN TO' Boars! of Selectmen Town of Odesns 19 School Road Orleans, MA 02653 TOWN OF ORLEANS COMMITTEES, BOARDS and COUNCILS I would like to serve Orleans and might be interested in the following (please indicate your preference 1, 2, 3, e1c.) ❑ Architectural Review Committee ❑ Shellfish Advisory Committee ❑ Bicentennial Commission ❑ Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee ❑ Bikeway Committee ❑ Traffic Study Committee ❑ Board of Assessors ❑ Water Advisory Board ❑ Building Code Board of Appeals ❑ Water Quality Task Force ❑ Cable TV Advisory Committee ❑ Windmill Overseers ❑ Cape Cod Regional Tech H.S. ❑ Zoning Board of Appeals ❑ Committee on Disability ❑ Other ❑ Conservation Commission ❑ Council on Aging ❑ Cultural Council ❑ Finance Committee ❑ Golf Course Technology Committee ❑ Historic District Study Committee ❑ Housing Task Force ❑ Insurance Advisory Committee ❑ Open Space Committee ❑ Personnel Advisory Board ❑ Planning Board ❑ Recreation Commission ❑ Search Committee 6 TOWN OFFICERS 1994 SPECIAL DISTRICT TERM EXPIRES ELECTION DECEMBER ELECTIVE TERM EXPIRES MAY Old King's Highway Regional Moderator His#oric District Committee (5} William Quinn, Jr. 1998 Duane Landreth 1995 Christopher R. Miner, Chairman 1997 Board of Selectmen (5) Soren Spatczk-Olsen. 1996 Francis E. Suits, Chairman 1997 Rick Banas 1995 Ronald A. Adams 1996 Robert Gibson 1995 Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. 1996 Elizabeth Schuman, Secretary W. Curtis Collyer 1995 Richard W. Philbrick (elected 5194) 1955 APPOINTED BOARDS, COMMISSIONS TERM George R. Christie, Jr. (resigned 4194) 1995 and COMMITTEES EXPIRES JUNE Barnstable Assembly of Delegates Mary C. Smith 1211996 ADA Coordinator for Self Evaluation Board of Health (5) Elizabeth Smith 1995 Gail R. Rainey, Chairman 1997 Architectural Review Committee(5 regular, 2 associate) Charles Groezinger 1997 Alan Conklin 1997 Priscilla O. Hamilton 1996 Richard Morongell, Chairman 1997 Robert J. Wineman 1996 Pia MacKenzie (appointed 10194) 1997 Betty I.M. Cochran 1995 Sheila Hurteau 1996 William Dickson 1994 Kelly Routh 1995 Constables(2) Peter Holley 1994 George W. Cahoon, Jr. 1995 Kelly Lasko, Secretary Robley E. Fulcher, Jr. 1995 Bicentennial Commission (20) Housing Authority(5) Bonnie Snow, Co-Chair 3998 Jacquelin Philbrick (elected 5/94) 1998 Mary Kelsey, Co-Chair (appointed 1194) 1998 William Rangnow, Chairman (State Appointee) 1997 Joan F. Christopher 1998 Robert J. Bartels (Interim Chairman) 1996 Edward A. Finlay 1998 Todd Holland (elected 5194) 1995 Mary Wilcox 1998 Susan Dahn (resigned 12/94) 1999 William Quinn, Sr. 1998 Trustees of Snow Library(7) Marion L. Young 1998 Bobi Eldridge, Chairman (elected 5193) 1997 Russell R. Jalbert 1998 James T. Burgess 1997 Regina Collyer (appointed 3/94) 1998 Nora Hersey (elected 5194) 1997 Judith E. Wallace (appointed 3/94) 1998 Henry F. Scammell 1996 Isabel L. Elmer (appointed 4194) 1998 John Fletcher 1995 Melora North (appointed 4194) 1998 Roderick McColl 1995 Ruth Moore Vaught (appointed 5/94) 1998 Skip Rozin (appointed 11/94) 1995 Virginia B. Clarendon (appointed 7/94) 1998 Elizabeth B. Davis 1994 Joseph P. Carroll (appointed 7/94) 1998 Vincent H. Anderson (resigned 11/94) 1996 Martha W. Corbett (appointed 7/94) 1998 Victoria Fulcher, Student Trustee 1995 Augusta McKusick (appointed 8/94) 1998 5 Beverly Singleton (appointed 8/94) 1998 Orleans School Committee ( ) Gordon H. Clark (appointed 10/94) 1998 Robert Jones (elected 5/94) 1997 Kristin J. Knowles (resigned 1/94) 1998 Charlotte McCully 1996 Bikeway Committee (7) John McCormick 1996 Bernard Spieker, Chairman 1997 Betsy A. Dow, Chairman 1995 Marilyn White[aw 1995 Richard Morongell 1997 Carol J. Taylor 1994 Cassandra Kloumann 1996 Duane Boucher 1996 Regional School Committee(2) Rita Doddridge 1996 William W. Thomas 1996 Jennifer Rioux 1995 Margie Fulcher, Chairman 1995 Robert Korn 1995 7 Board of Assessors (3) Conservation Commission (7 members & 3 assoc.) Barbara Vaughn McCoy 1997 James Snedecor 1997 Vincent Caruso (appointed 3194) 1996 Lawrence Mish 1997 Linda Coneen, Chairman 1995 Willard Stowell 1997 Building Code Board of Appeals (5) Andree Yager 1996 Dorofei Klimshuk (appointed 5194) 1997 Frank H. Hogan 1996 Peter Coneen 1997 Charles H. Groezinger, Chairman 1995 Robert A. Gibson 1995 David Garner 1995 Andrew Miao 1995 George R. Christie,Jr. -Associate (appointed 6194) 1997 Peter Holley 1994 Frederick Little -Associate (appointed 8194) 1997 Walter McPhee (resigned 9194) 1996 Anne Donaldson 1994 Roland Laine 1994 By-Law Revision Committee (5) Nancy A. Hurley, Secretary Mark G. Norgeot, Chairman 1995 John P. McCormick 1995 Council on Aging (7} Fred R. McCormick 1995 Robert Puckett (appointed 7194) 1997 Willard C. Salter (resigned 7194) 1995 Harriet Cole Royal (appointed 5194) 1997 John Kelly 1996 Cable T.V. Advisory Committee (5) Charles Wolff 1996 Roger Strawbridge, Chairman 1995 Robert Troy, Chairman 1995 Robert Ladue 1995 Jacqueline S. Peno 1995 John A. Quincy 1995 Patricia A. Rotman 1995 Robert Melcher 1995 Mary Wilcox 1994 H. Walcott Brown 1995 Martha R. Abissi (resigned 6194) 1996 Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee Elizabeth Smith, Director William Livingston 1995 County Financial Advisory Board Cape Cod Commission Ronald A. Adams 1995 Herbert Olson 4196 Cultural Council (frmly Arts & Humanities Council) Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Judith Wallace (appointed 4194) 411997 Nancymarie Schwinn David Laning (appointed 7194) 711997 Maria S. Husted, Alternate (resigned 10194) Pia MacKenzie (appointed 8194) 811997 Cape Cod Regional Technical High Linda M. Collins 1011997 School District(2 Orleans representatives) Janet H. Sullivan (appointed 10194) 1011997 Roger Rioux 1995 Arthur K. Gardiner 1111997 Stefan Galazzi 1996 Nancy A. Laning 1111997 Renate Wasserman 1111997 Coastal Erosion Advisory Committee (7) Leonard Sparrow 311996 Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., Chairman 1995 Michael Yonce 611996 Anthony R. Bott 1995 Betty Browne, Chairman 611996 Harold L. Brehm 1995 Joanne Barsumian 1011996 John G. Brigham 1995 Louise Schatzle 1011996 Peter D. Hunter 1995 Shirley Aleman-Carson 1111996 Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee Mary M. Springer 1111994 John Rosenquest Lucia-Maria Huntley 311994 Mark Zivan, Alternate Emergency Planning Committee Committee on Disability (7) Robert Canning, Health Agent 1995 Robert Rotti, Chairman 1997 Richard Gould, Highway Manager 1995 William T, Vautrinot (appointed 6194) 1997 Sandra Macfarlane, Conservation Administrator 1995 Elizabeth Smith 1997 Raphael Merrill, Fire Chief 1995 Brooks Thayer (appointed 10194) 1996 Employees' Health Insurance Committee Jeanne Walker (appointed 10194) 1996 Edmund E. Banas Roseanne Ferullo (appointed 10194) 1995 Ernest Butilier Fred Mahlstedt 1995 John DeFoe Viverette Robinson (resigned 6194) 1995 Dorothy Palin Anne Gainey (resigned 8194) 1995 Nancymarie Schwinn Amy Sanders 8 Environmental Research Advisory Committee Philo Wilson (appointed 5194) 1996 (Appointed by Board of Health) Robert Wright 1996 Robert Canning, ex-officio George Walker (appointed 7194) 1996 Sandra Macfarlane Kate Davis, Chair 1996 Douglas C. MacMillan Richard Eble 1995 Walter McPhee David Withrow, Alternate 1995 Finance Committee (9) (Appointed by Moderator) Richard Philbrick 1994 Sherman Reed 1997 Keith Campbell (resigned 2194) 1995 Walter McPhee (appointed 9194) 1997 Robert Rich (appointed 1194; resigned 4194) 1995 Richard Nenneman (appointed 7194) 1997 Maria Husted (resigned 10194) 1995 Page McMahon 1996 Charles Groezinger (resigned 11/94) 1996 Brooks Woods 1996 Open Space Committee (7) James Trainor 1996 Douglas Long, Chairman 1995 Anne Winslow, Chairman 1995 Anne L. Donaldson 1997 Steven Minninger 1995 David Shactman 1997 Arthur D. Hall (resigned 12/94) 1995 Don Krohn 1996 Carl Bergkvist 1994 Michele Belmont (appointed 11194) 1996 Harry Mirick 1994 Mary Jaq Hatch 1995 Jean Bryant, Secretary Larry James (appointed 4/94) 1995 Health Insurance Advisory Committee(Regional) Teresa L. Jordan, Secretary Mary Hyer (retired 6194) Park Commissioners (5) Nancymarie Schwinn Richard W. Philbrick, Chairman (elected 5/94) 1995 Historical Commission (7) Francis E. Suits 1997 William P. Quinn, Sr. 1997 Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. 1996 Harry H. Howard 1997 Ronald A. Adams 1996 Russell Broad 1996 W Curtis Collyer 1995 Elizabeth B. Davis 1996 George W. Christie, Jr. (resigned 4/94) 1995 Bonnie Snow 1995 Personnel Advisory Board (5) Charles Thomsen, Chairman 1995 Anita Rogers 1997 Roderick McColl 1995 Philip Halkenhauser 1996 Housing Task Force (7) Anthony R. Bott 1995 Andrea C. Hibbert 1996 Neal Crampton, Chairman 1995 Winifred Fitzgerald, Chairman 1995 Norman McEnaney (resigned 5/94) 1995 Susan Dahn (resigned 9/94) 1996 Plan Evaluation Board (disbanded by May, 1994 Eleanor Meisinger (resigned 4/94) 1995 Town Meeting) Victoria Goldsmith, ex-officio 1997 Peter J. Coneen (Selectmen appointee) 1994 Insurance Advisory Committee (7) Nathaniel Pulling (Traffic Study appointee) 1994 David L. Marshall, Chairman 1997 Jon Eitelbach, Chairman (appointed 11/93) 1994 Robert Zenke, Co-Chair 1997 Charles S. Hart (Planning Board appointee) 1994 Merwin B. Smith, Secretary 1996 Nick Muto (Planning Board appointee) 1994 Paul H. Gregg 1996 Thomas Yonce (Planning Board alternate) 1994 George Q. Cully, Jr. 1996 Jon Eitelbach, Building Inspector, Chair 1994 A. Scott Montgomery, ex officio 1996 Planning Board (7) Anne Fusco LeMaitre, ex officio Nick Muto 1997 Keeper of the Herring Run William T. Vautrinot (appointed 8/94) 1997 Scott Johnson 1995 Alan H. Conklin, Chairman 1996 Robley Fulcher 1995 George H. Walker (appointed 5/94) 1996 Charles S. Hart 1995 Keeper of the Town Pump Thomas Yonce 1995 Leonard Sparrow 1997 Nathaniel Pulling (appointed 4/94) 1995 Local Comprehensive Planning Committee Richard W. Philbrick, Chairman (resigned 5/94) 1996 James Snedecor (appointed 11194) 1997 Paul Halkiotis, Town Planner 1995 Nick Muto (appointed 7/94) 1997 Janet Albahari, Secretary Priscilla Hamilton 1996 Andrea Hibbert 1996 9 Pleasant Bay ACEC Nominating Committee William 1. Livingston, Chairman 1995 (Member from Orleans) William R. Stone, Police Chief . 1995 Richard Houghton Raphael A. Merrill, Fire Chief 1995 Recreation Commission (5) Richard Gould, Highway Manager 1995 Jennifer Rioux 1997 Veterans' Grave Officer Randi J. Sisson, Chair 1996 Norman Hopkins (resigned 1994) 1995 Nancy Parker Chase, Co-Chair 1996 Dennis North (appointed 1994) 1997 Keith Clark 1995 Water Advisory Board Paul O. Fulcher 1995 Robert Bersin (appointed 7194) 1997 Cynthia Blanchard Dunne, Secretary (resigned) Nancy Ho (Planning Board appointee) 1996 Right To Know Law Marjorie Uhl 1995 Raphael A. Merrill, Municipal Coordinator Robert A. Rich, Chairman 1995 Robert Canning, Acting Municipal Coordinator Betty Cochran (Board of Health appointee) 1995 Sarah Brown Scholarship Committee Waiter McPhee 1994 James Scanlon Philo Wilson (resigned 9194) 1996 Nick Muto Water Commissioners (5) Nancymarie Schwinn Francis E. Suits 1997 Search Committee (7) Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. 1996 Doris Dalrymple, Chair(Town Executive appointee) 1995 Ronald A. Adams 1996 Ernest Rogers (Finance Committee appointee) 1995 W. Curtis Collyer, Chairman 1995 Jane Bartels (Selectmen appointee) 1995 Richard W. Philbrick (elected 5194) 1995 Richard Baker (Moderator appointee) 1995 George R. Christie, Jr. (resigned 4194) 1995 Michael Yonce (Moderator appointee) 1995 Water Quality Task Force (7) Michele Belmont (Selectman appointee) 1995 Beverly Singleton-Zivan (Selectmen appointee) 1997 Harry Carey, (Selectman appointee) 1995 Joseph McCarthy (Selectmen appointee) 1996 Harry L. Pike, Chair (Selectmen appointee) 1994 William H. Deitz (Selectmen appointee) 1995 Shellfish Advisory Committee (7) (formerly Water- Robert Canning, Health Agent 1995 ways Improvement & Shellfish Advisory Committee) Richard Gould, Highway Manager 1995 Sandra Macfarlane, Conservation Administrator 1995 James Harrington Truman Henson, Jr., Harbormaster 1995 Augusta McKusick (appointed 10194) 1996 George Q. Cully, Jr. (appointed 1194) 1986 Marjorie Uhl (Water Advisory appointee)1995 Stephen Smith 1996 Charles S. Hart (Planning Board appointee) 1995 M. E. Jim Gray, Chairman 1995 Water Resources Regional Advisory Council Peter Orcutt 1995 William I. Livingston John Finan (appointed 3194) 1995 Patricia Ballo, Alternate Beverly Singleton-Zivan(resigned 8194) 1996 Windmill Site and Restoration Committee (15) Solid Waste Advisory Committee (7) William P. Quinn, Sr., Chairman 1997 J. Stewart Broatch, Chairman 1997 John Brigham 1997 Ellie Zeeb 1997 Harry Felsenthal 1997 Bernard Spieker 1997 Randolph Kruger 1997 Burton M. Golov 1996 Richard Besciak 1996 Hubbard M. Rattle 1996 Peter Comeau 1996 Jean Gardiner 1995 Richard Kennedy 1996 Mark Vincent 1995 Stanley Snow 1996 Betty I. M. Cochran (Board of Health appointee) 1995 Steven Spaulding 1996 Technical Advisory Committee (Orleans representa- David Clarendon 1995 tives) Tri-Town Septage Facility Harold Martell 1985 Oscar Ridley 1995 Douglas MacMillan John Rosenquest Anthony Gorczyca 1995 Frank Walker Robert Berger Zoning Appeals Board (5 regular, 3 alternate) Traffic Study Committee (7) John J. Ehrmanntraut 1997 Susan B. Christie 1996 Howard A. Ritzman i997 Jahn W. Kelsey 1996 Nathaniel Pulling 1996 Elizabeth L. Henson 1996 10 James E. DeWitt, Chairman 1995 Town Clerk Vincent Anderson 1995 Jean Wilcox, Town Clerk William W. Thomas 1994 Anne Lennon, Assistant Town Clerk Craig Johnson, Alternate (appointed 10194) 1997 Conservation W. Chris Towner, Alternate (resigned 1194) 1995 Sandra Macfarlane, Conservation Administrator/Marine Hunter Craig, Alternate (appt. 4/94; resigned 7/94) 1995 Biologist Sarah Wickwire, Secretary Nancy Hurley, Secretary Zoning By-Laws Task Force (6) Council on Aging Paul Halkiotis,Town Planner,Chairman Pro Tempore 1995 Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director Jon Eitelbach, Building Commissioner 1995 Veronica Shelly, Senior Clerk Charles S. Hart (Planning Board representative) 1995 Judith Bersin, Client Services Provider Alan Conklin (Planning Board representative) 1995 Jean Bryant, Outreach Worker James DeWitt (Appeals Board representative) 1995 Natile Chapin, Sr. Outreach Worker Vincent Anderson (Appeals Board representative)1995 Evelyn Sheffres, Coordinator of Friendly Visitor DEPARTMENT and Program SPECIAL PERSONNEL Custodians Endres Campbell, Council on Aging Accounting Jaynes Stanfield, Snow Library g Robert Leite, Police Station David Withrow, Director of Municipal Finance/ Candee Roberts, Town Hall (pm) Town Accountant Robert Linnell, Town Hall (am) Rechella Butilier, Ass't Town Accountant Disposal Area Mary Sedgwick, Principal Account Clerk Mark Vincent, Disposal Manager Animal Control Officer Richard Bowen, Maintenance Man Animal Rescue League Daniel Brightman, Mechanic Lynda J. Brogden, Manager John Duble, Maintenance Man Animal Inspector John Hurd, Transfer Station Operator Elizabeth P. Nale Cynthia May, Temporary Sr. Clerk Donna Leonard, Assistant Election Workers Assessing Esther Bailby (D) Teller Kenneth Hull, Assessor/Appraiser Francis B. Bonner (D) Teller Dorothy R. Herold, Principal Clerk Marion Campbell (D) Teller (transferred to Assessing 12/94) Gloria Edwards (R) Teller Eleanor Marinaccio, Principal Clerk Paul Edwards (R) Teller Jacqueline Reycroft, Business Manager Doris Eldredge (R) Teller Diane Salomone, Office Manager (resigned 10/94) Rita Gridle (D) Teller Building Jean Herbert (R) Teller Jon Eitelbach, Building Commissioner Jean Kuhn (U) Teller Blanche Landwehr (U} Teller Richard Stevens, Ass't Insp. of Buildings/ Code Winifred Little (e Teller Enforcement Officer (app't 4194) William 1. Livingston {R) Warden Arthur Stewart, On-call Ass't Inspector of Buildings (app t 2194) Dorothy MacKenzie (D) Teller Kelly Lasko, Principal Clerk (app's 1194) Ruth G. Nelson (D) Deputy Warden Marie Oppelaar (D) Teller Grafton H. Meads, Plumbing Inspector and Assistant Betty Anne Passehl el Teller Gas Inspector Robert W. Pearl (R) Teller Vincent VanNorman, Alternate Plumbing&Gas Inspector Joan S. Reed Pearl Teller Dan Jacoby, Alternate Plumbing and Gas Inspector Joan S. Reed ( r, Teller Teller Gordon E. Sylver, Wiring Inspector Rosemary Suits {Rj Teller Roland Bassett, Jr.. Alternate Wiring Inspector Beatrice Viau (D) Deputy Clerk Burial Agents Olive R. Westa (D) Teller Benjamin R. Davis Virgina Wiley (U) Teller Civil Defense Fence Viewer Raphael A. Merrill Dorofei Klimshuk Richard Nickerson 11 Fire Department/Rescue Squad Lois R. Ames, Principal Clerk Permanent Full-Time Firefighters Barbara R. Strawbridge, Clerk/Typist Raphael A. Merrill, Fire Chief Steven P. Edwards, Deputy Chief - EMT Herring Run Clayton B. Reynard, Lieutenant- EMT Robley Fulcher, Jr. Richard J. Harris, Lieutenant - Paramedic Scott Johnson Kenneth N. Mayo, Lieutenant - Paramedic Paul V. Tassi, Lieutenant - EMT Highway Department Craig H. Bodamer, Firefighter- Paramedic Richard Gould, Highway Manager Robert E. Felt, Firefighter- Paramedic Stephen Burgess, Sr. Maintenance Man/Equipment Michael A. Gould, Firefighter - EMT Operator Anthony L. Pike, Firefighter- EMT John DeFoe, Maintenance Man William P. Quinn, Firefighter- EMT James DeWitt, Mechanic William R. Reynolds, Firefighter - EMT Bruce Higgins, Sr. Maintenance Man/Mechanic Ass't Donald W. Taber, Firefighter - Paramedic James Higgins, Foreman Peter A. Vogt, Firefighter - EMT Kevin Mailloux, Maintenance Man Mathew Muir, Maintenance Man Fire Clerk/Dispatcher Jean Morceau, Principal Clerk Susan L. Swanson Call Firefighters information Booth Aides Josephine H. Young Ronald A. Deschamps, Lieutenant- 1 st. Responder Minot S. Reynolds, Lieutenant - 1st. Responder Elinor LaFleur Kenneth C. Freeman, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Betty C.. Felt Helen L. Pettit Pettit Paul Moore, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Thelma I. Turner Allen R. Nickerson, Firefighter- EMT Trainee Jeffrey O'Donnell, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Insect Pest Control James Ostrander, Firefighter- Paramedic Richard Gould, Highway Manager Lowell Outslay, Firefighter - 1st. Responder Keeper of Town Pump Michael Pires, Firefighter - EMT Leonard W. Sparrow Anthony J. Quirk, Firefighter- 1st Responder John Quigley, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Library James M. Reynolds, Firefighter - 1st. Responder Kathleen Bader, Librarian Robert H. Reynolds, Firefighter - 1st. Responder Winifred Schmitt,er, Business Manager Ronnie A. Reynolds, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Barbara Schmitt, Principal Clerk Timothy J. Reynolds, Firefighter - 1st. Responder Barbara Quattrone, Staff Librarian Brooks Thayer, Firefighter - EMT Fred Mahlstedt, Data Processing Assistant Deanna C. Schram, Firefighter - EMT Mary Chrane, Library Assistant (app't 4194) Matt Andre, Firefighter- 1st. Responder Dorothy Clarke, Staff Librarian (app't 5194) Nathaniel Reese, Paramedic Mary Fitzgerald, Library Assistant N i Nat ha Lee, EMT - 1 Linda Gordon, Library Assistant Ellen Hamlin, Library Assistant Harbormaster/Shellfish Dorothy Roper, Library Assistant Truman Henson, Jr., Harbormaster/Shellfish Mae Schellhorn, Data Processing Assistant Constable Mary Jane Deardsley, Staff Librarian Substitute Gardner Jamieson, Ass't Harbormaster/Shellfish (app't 11/94) Constable Cynthia Dunne, Library Assistant Aide (app't 4194) Volunteer Deputy Shellfish Constables Pat Feeney, Library Assistant Aide (app't 11/94) Jim E. Benedetto Judy Wallace, Library Assistant (app't 9194) Robert P. Cronin Shirley Barron, Staff Librarian (resigned 6194) George Q. Cully, Jr. Park Lionel R. Ferris Paul O. Fulcher, Superintendent Al Franz, Jr. Dorothy L. Palin, Assist. to Park Superintendent M. E. Gray Richard W. McKeon, Foreman William Chris Towner Sheila M. Avellar, Maintenance Person Health Department Cheryl Esty, Maintenance Person Robert J. Canning, Health Agent Frank H. Poranski, Maintenance Person Patricia J. Ballo, Assistant Health Agent George W. Cahoon, Jr., Seasonal Laborer 12 Police Town Counsel William R. Stone, Chief of Police Michael D. Ford John C. Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant Town Executive Timm W. Gould, Sergeant Nancymarie Schwinn, Town Executive Kenneth A. Greene, Sergeant Peter K. Keyes, Sergeant Town Planner Richard N. Smith, Jr., Sergeant Paul Halkiotis, Town Planner Richard C. Jones, Sergeant Janet McCarthy, Principal Clerk David R. Hagstrom, Patrolman/Detective Treasurer/Collector Melissa E. Novotny, Patrol Officer Mary Hyer, Treasurer/Collector (retired 6/94) Gerald D. Burge, Patrolman (retired 9194) Judith Jalbert, Ass't Treasurer/Collector Ernest E. Butilier, Patrolman Susan Lennon; Principal Account Clerk James M. Gage, Jr., Patrolman Jo Ellen Pike, Senior Account Clerk & Receptionist Kevin L. Higgins, Patrolman Tree Warden William E. Heyd, Patrolman Shawn Shae, Tree Warden Howard M. Pavlofsky, Patrolman Richard Gould, Highway Manager/Ass't Tree Warden James P. Rosato, Patrolman Matthew P. Watts, Patrolman Water Department Kevin H. Wells, Patrolman Charles Medchill, Water Superintendent Glenn P. Wilcox, Patrolman Susan Neese-Brown, Business Manager Duane C. Boucher, Patrolman Barbara Gardner, Principal Clerk James C. McMakin, Patrolman (app't 1194) Charles Savage, Foreman Kerry A. O'Connell, Patrol Officer (app't 1194) Todd Bunzick, Station Operator Douglas Bohannon, Reserve Officer James Darling, Meter Man/Tester Paul O. Fuicher, Reserve Officer Rodney Fuicher, Station Operator Robley E. Fulcher, Jr., Reserve Officer Richard Knowles, Meter Man/Operator Scott E. Johnson, Reserve Officer Daniel Hayes, Meter Man Raphael A. Merrill, Jr., Reserve Officer James E. Trainor, Reserve Officer Robert E. Livingston, Special Officer Wayne V. Love, Special Officer Nathaniel Pulling, Special Officer CARD OF SELECTMEN Truman Henson, Jr., Special Officer Gardner Jamieson, Special Officer John Dooley, Public Safety Dispatcher To the citizens of Orleans: Joan Henderson, Public Safety Dispatcher/Matron In 1994 the Board's goal for stable taxes during fiscal Deborah Hayes, Public Safety Dispatcher/Matron 1995 was achieved despite upward cost pressures in- Joan E. Chilson, Clerical/Matron cluding State Education Reform. Cost reduction suc- Gloria R. Gilmore, Clerical/Matron cesses could not have been achieved without the efforts Anne M. Reynolds, Clerical/Matron of our town employees and department managers. They Recreation Department have our sincere thanks for a job well done. Brendan Guttman, Director Orleans could not function without the services of the Registrars of Voters many talented citizens who volunteer their services to the Ann E. Fettig, Chairman, Registrar Town. During 1994 the Board made 52 appointments to June Fletcher, Assistant Registrar Town Boards, Commissions and Committees. We are Joy V. Long, Registrar grateful to all those who have served. Jean F. Wilcox, ex-officio During 1994 the Town authorized at special town meet- Martha Stevens, Registrar ings the approval of expenditures for design engineering Sealer of Weights and Measures for major projects involving the Nauset Regional High James R. Ehrhart School and the Tri-Town Septage Facility - both projects SelectmenlTown Executive Staff of major importance to the Town. Maria Husted, Administrative Ass't (resigned 10194) The Meetinghouse Pond remediation project achieved its Anne Fusco LeMaltre, Office Manager ultimate objective with the reopening of shellfish beds in Marilyn D. MacLeod, Town Executive Secretary December. We want to thank everyone who contributed Ronnie Jamieson, Principal Clerk to this spectacular success, especially the Friends. of Meeting House Pond. 13 During 1994 the Board appointed 12 members to the Bi- able to attract an equally talented and committed individ- centennial Commission. They are well underway in plan- ual for Treasurer/Collector Christine Large. Christine was ning for the town's big birthday celebration in 1997. Treasurer/Collector in the Town of Wrentham for 10 In May, Richard Philbrick was elected to our Board to fill years. A search is presently underway to fill the Adminis- the unexpired term of George Christie who served for trative Assistant/Assistant Town Executive's position. The five years as a selectman. Mr. Philbrick's years as a vol- voters at the May 1995 Annual Town meeting will be unteer in government matters including chair of the Plan- asked to change the title to Assistant Town Executive. ning Board have brought valuable experience to the The May 1994 Annual Town meeting approved the fiscal Board. 1995 town and school operating budget of $14,371,991 An ongoing and major goal of the Board is to enhance an increase of .08 percent over fiscal year 1994 with the communications with everyone involved with the Town. Town showing a decrease of 3.72% or $380,898 and the Efforts in 1994 included televised coverage of town meet- schools showing an increase of 10.44/0 or $391,792. ing and the Route 6 hearing, town wide and town hall The voters approved two Proposition 2 1/2 overrides for opinion surveys, and weekly Board of Selectmen meeting the Elementary and Nauset Regional School budgets in agendas in the newspapers. We are always looking for the amounts of $66,973 and $97,041 respectively. The ways that you can make your wishes known and weI- Nauset Regional School budget was later reduced and come your ideas and suggestions. only $74,319 of the override was needed. The town's debt continued to decline and should be down to $1,000,000 by the year 2000 providing there are no sig- Respectfully submitted, nificant capital projects funded to increase the indebted- ness. Francis E. Suits, Chairman Orleans Board of Selectmen The total spending authorized at the 1994 May Annual Town Meeting for fiscal 1995 was $15,655,698. A total tax levy for fiscal 1995 of $11,005,310 represents a .3% increase over the fiscal 1994 tax levy of $10,974,036, and resulted in a seven cent increase in the tax rate. TOWN EXECUTIVE The town continues the work on capping the Town land- fill. Disposal Manager Mark Vincent and volunteer Stew- art Broatch have been working with the Town's consult- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of ing engineers and monitoring wells have been installed Orleans: and the grading is ongoing. A committee was formed to look at future uses for the site when the capping is com- It is with the greatest pleasure that I submit this report for pleted. the Town Executive's Office for calendar year 1994. In May Selectmen Mac Kirkwood replaced me on the The staff of the Town Executive/Board of Selectmen's Board of Managers and l became the alternate member Office is dedicated to implementing the various provis- for the Orleans, Eastham and Brewster Groundwater ions of the home rule charter and being a vital resource protection District. The Town and the District reached a to the citizens, Board of Selectmen and all other depart- settlement on the existing litigation with Bonfatti-White, ments. The department employees place emphasis on the contractor who built the facility. customer service and ethical administration. In an effort to improve communications with town com- We have undertaken a quality improvement program to mittees, a survey was distributed to all volunteers. The meet the needs of our customers. "Quality requires pa- results of the survey were very informative and measures tience and returns pride". To follow through on this ser- have been taken in the areas that needed additional con- vice report cards were made available for you to tell us centration. how we are doing. Citizens are asked to fill out the cards In conclusion, I wish to thank all the employees, depart and offer suggestions on how we can provide better ser- meat managers, committees, commissions, boards and vice. As a result of improved service initiatives land- the Board of Selectmen for their continued support. fill/beach stickers are being issued through the mail, the budget process has been streamlined, and the purchas- ing system has been revamped. Respectfully submitted, Two key department managers left the town's employ. Mary Hyer was hired in 1980 and appointed Trea- Nancymarie Schwinn surer/Collector in 1990, and Administrative Assistant Town Executive Maria Husted who was hired in 1992 left to raise a fam- ily. We will miss the dedication and professional exper- tise of both these individuals. Fortunately, we have been 14 TOWN TREASURER VOTER RIGISTRATION Ester Beilby Regular 107.63 SALARIES Francis Bonner Regular 144.38 Name Description Amount Marion Campbell Regular 26.25 TOWN EXECUTIVE Gloria Edwards Regular 94.51 Nane marie Schwinn Sala ' 64,242.47 Paul Edwards Regular 102.38 Y Doris Eldredge Regular 162.75 Longevity 650.00 Rita Grindle Regular 136.50 Maria S. Husted Salary 32,659.14 Jean Herbert Regular 170.63 Ronnie L. Jamieson Regular 22,682.30 Jean Kuhn Regular 107.63 Anne LeMaitre Regular 31,582.99 Blanche L. Landwehr Regular 99.75 Longevity 650.00 Winifred P. Little Regular 36.75 Marilyn D. MacLeod Regular 291378.90 William 1. Livingston Regular 453.00 Longevity 550.00 Ruth G. Nelson Regular 216.00 FINANCE/TOWN ACCOUNTANT Marie Oppelaar Regular 99.75 Robert Pearl Regular 363.00 David A. Withrow Salary 56,794.05 Joan Spieker Regular 107.63 Longevity 1,200-00 Rosemarie Suits Regular 63.00 Rechella Butilier Salary 33,948.71 Joan Reed Regular 99.75 Longevity 508.00 Beatrice J. Viau Regular 168.00 Mary Murphy-Sedgwick Regular 17741.81 Olive R. Westa Regular 73.50 Longevity 250.00 Virginia Wiley Regular 99.75 ASSESSING DEPARTMENT Kenneth J. Hull Salary 42,547.39 CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Dorothy Herold Salary 1,401.15 Sandra L. MacFarlane Salary 39,689.20 Eleanor J. Marinaccio Regular 10,948.07 Longevity 1,600.00 Jacqueline S. Reycroft Regular 24,400.73 Nancy Ann Hurley Regular 25,714.10 Diane E. Salomone Regular 25,652.28 Longevity 550.00 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Paul Halkiotis Salary 42,547.39 TOWN TREASURERICOLLECTOR DEPARTMENT Janet L. Albahari Regular 22,405.35 Christine H. Lorge Salary 6,010.80 Mary C. Hyer Salary 26,907.45 Longevity 1,050.00 FINANCE COMMITTEE Judith H. Jalbert Salary 33,947.27 Jean Bryant Regular 1,504.39 Dorothy R. Herold Salary 22,405.37 Harry Kammerer Regular 3,105.91 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Cynthia S. May Regular 9,042.29 Sarah W. Wickwire Regular 10,365.36 Jo Ellen Pike Regular 25,204.97 Longevity 500.00 OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE Susan Pires Regular 26,174.09 Teresa L. Jordan Regular 88128 Longevity 500.00 Mary Murphy-Sedgwick Regular 551.46 TOWN OFFICE BUILDING TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE Candee Lin Roberts Regular 16,389.84 Jean F. Wilcox Salary 36,054.28 Richard A. Terry Regular 9,324.43 Longevity 1,950.00 William E. Watts Regular 3,770.04 Anne R. Lennon Salary 25,714.10 Longevity 653.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS William Stone Salary 58,981.45 Ann C. Fettig Regular 6,344.36 Career Incentive 2,300.00 Longevity 550.00 June V. Lon g Regular 5,653 Fletcher Regular 164.16 Douglas B. Bohannon Regular 2,046.00 Martha Long Stevens Regular Joy 41.58 Overtime 2,396.96.13 Duane C. Boucher Regular 33,983.37 Jean F. Wilcox Regular 400.00 Career Incentive 1,500.00 Diane M. Davis Regular 300.30 Shift Differential 1,000.00 15 Special Detail 4,427.24 Special Detail 3,722.24 Longevity 500.00 Longevity 550.00 Gerald D. Burge Regular 27,571.27 Scott Edward Johnson Regular 759.00 Longevity 1,200.00 Richard Jones Regular 39,174.95 Ernest E. Butilier Regular 35,252.04 Overtime 3,988.91 Overtime 3,892.29 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Career Incentive 750.00 Longevity 2,250.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Special Detail 5,708.30 Longevity 825.00 Peter K. Keyes Regular 38,005.59 Special Detail 7,839.04 Longevity 1,200.00 Joan D. Chilson Regular 25,714.10 Raphael A. Merrill, Jr. Regular 1,428.00 Overtime 501.59 Special Detail 600.00 Longevity 550.00 James C. McMakin Regular 26,164.41 Douglas R. Davis Regular 2,926.00 Overtime 1,199.46 Special Detail 100.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 John M. Dooley Regular 25,690.19 Melissa Novotny Regular 34,919.52 Overtime 2,867.52 Overtime 6,363.82 John Fitzpatrick Regular 50,505.91 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Overtime 452.22 Career Incentive 1,500.00 Longevity 3,750.00 Special Detail 3,226.52 Special Detail 2,030.56 Longevity 550.00 Robley Fulcher Jr. Special Detail 525.00 Kerry O'Connell Regular 26,049.07 James M. Gage, Jr. Regular 34,444.47 Overtime 1,687.85 Overtime 2,301.30 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Special Detail 2,912.50 Longevity 825.00 Howard M. Pavlofsky Regular 34,720.00 Special Detail 3,025.60 Overtime 5,249.95 Gloria R. Gilmore Regular 25,714.10 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Longevity 650.00 Longevity 650.00 Overtime 170.84 Special Detail 5,919.86 Timm W. Gould Regular 39,613.46 Lawrence M. Pires Regular 6,131.10 Overtime 4,478.86 Anne M. Reynolds Regular 13,713.42 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Longevity 250.00 Career Incentive 3,250.00 Robert H. Reynolds Regular 22,222.66 Longevity 1,600.00 James P. Rosato Regular 34,720.00 Special Detail 200.00 Overtime 3,573.70 Kenneth A. Greene Regular 39,613.46 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Overtime 4,181.09 Career Incentive 2,300.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Longevity 600.00 Career Incentive 1,500.00 Special Detail 6,606.92 Longevity 2,550.00 Richard N. Smith, Jr. Regular 39,613.46 Special Detail 7,273.87 Overtime 5,023.88 David R. Hagstrom Regular 37,681.58 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Overtime 5,842.53 Longevity 2,550.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Special Detail 8,783.29 Longevity 825.00 James Trainor Regular 756.00 Special Detail 4,441.60 Matthew P. Watts Regular 34,586.99 Debra A. Hayes Regular 22,269.07 Overtime 4,733.29 Overtime 650.16 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Special Detail 47.52 Career Incentive 2,300.00 Joann Henderson Regular 26,092.53 Longevity 650.00 Overtime 901. 44 Special Detail 6,749.30 Longevity 500.00 Kevin H. Wells Regular 36,050.10 William E. Heyd Regular 9,708.00 Overtime 5,562.35 Special Detail 1,100.00 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Kevin L. Higgins Regular 34,853.01 Longevity 1,200.00 Overtime 3,434.19 Special Detail 9,341.30 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Glenn P. Wilcox Regular 35,252.04 16 Overtime 3,796.05 Overtime 14,840.36 Shift Differential 1,000.00 Career Incentive 3,600.00 Longevity 1,200.00 EMT 950.00 Special Detail 6,604.81 Paramedic/Charge 1,000.00 Longevity 1,400.00 POLICEIFIRE BUILDING Anthony J. Quirk Regular 5,031.60 Robert A. Leite Regular 9,339.79 Kevin C. Reese Regular 1,325.00 Clayton B. Reynard Regular 38,533.69 Overtime 6,609.93 FIREIRESCUE DEPARTMENT Career Incentive 5,400.00 Raphael A. Merrill Regular 59,169.45 EMT 950.00 Longevity 2,700.00 Paramedic/Charge 1,000.00 Matthew S. Andre Regular 883.20 Longevity 11950.00 Craig H. Bodamer Regular 36,116.84 James M. Reynolds Regular 244.20 Overtime 14,495.67 Minot S. Reynolds, Jr. Regular 1,313.60 Career Incentive 2,000.00 Robert Reynolds Regular 889.80 Paramedic 3,438.00 Ronnie A. Reynolds Regular 271.50 Longevity 600.00 Timothy J. Reynolds Regular 865.80 Ronald H. Deschamps Regular 216.70 William R. Reynolds Regular 35,232.36 Steven P. Edwards Regular 48,532.51 Overtime 7,272.37 Overtime 1,865.07 EMT 950.00 Career Incentive 2,000.00 Longevity 650.00 EMT 950.00 Deanna C. Schram Regular 887.80 Longevity 1,950.00 Susan L. Swanson Regular 28,059.96 Robert E. Felt Regular 35,034.56 Overtime 1, 631.70 Overtime 10, 664.10 Longevity 1,020.00 Career Incentive 3,600-00 Donald W. Taber Regular 35,307.42 Paramedic 3,438,00 . Overtime 14,730.54 Longevity 500-00 Career Incentive 3,600.00 Kenneth C. Freeman Regular 458.10 Paramedic 3,438.00 Michael A. Gould Regular 35,034.56 Longevity 825.00 Overtime 6,128.87 Paul V. Tassi Regular 38,389.43 EMT 950.00 Overtime 14,916.25 Longevity 600.00 Career Incentive 5,400.00 Richard J. Harris Regular 42,320.02 EMT 950.00 Overtime 6,954.59 Longevity 1,800,00 Career Incentive 3,600.00 Brooks Thayer Regular 3,575.00 Paramedic 3,438.00 Peter A. Vogt Regular 35,034.56 Longevity 1,800.00 Overtime 4,933.68 Rachael Lee Regular 844.60 Career Incentive 3,600.00 Kenneth N. Mayo Regular 39,907.22 EMT 950.00 Overtime 11,344.23 Longevity 750.00 Career Incentive 5,400.00 EMT 950.00 BUILDING DEPARTMENT Longevity 1,300.00 Jon M. Eitelbach Salary 36,170.74 Paul Moore Regular 1,569.60 Kelly Lasko Salary 21,135.90 Allen R. Nickerson Regular 28.80 Arthur Stewart Salary 742.50 Jeffrey R. O'Donnell Regular 207.60 Richard Stevens Salary 7,314.56 James R. Ostrander Regular 2,327.50 Lowell Outslay Regular 660.60 SHELLFISH/HARBORMASTER Anthony L. Pike Regular 35,209.56 Truman Henson, Jr. Salary 43,160.59 Overtime 16,880.37 Longevity 600.00 Career Incentive 2,000.00 Dawson L. Farber IV Regular 6,014.00 EMT 950.00 Longevity 550100 Gardner E. Jamieson Regular 31,582.99 L. Michael Pires Regular 1,247.60 Overtime 1, 284.68 700.00 John Quigley Regular 525.30 Snow & Ice 75538 William P. Quinn, Jr. Regular 36,133.28 17 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Overtime 579.11 Richard N. Gould Salary 45,787.69 Longevity 650.00 Longevity 4,650.00 Rodney E. Fulcher Regular 29,379.33 Stephen J. Burgess Regular 28,928.89 Overtime 3,140.26 Overtime 552.81 Longevity 600.00 Snow & Ice 4,568.05 Snow & Ice 459.40 John C. Defoe Regular 28,497.76 Barbara A. Gardner Regular 25,714.10 Longevity 600.00 Longevity 700.00 Snow & Ice 3,630.39 Daniel S. Hayes Regular 25,958.37 James Dewitt Regular 31,163.65 Overtime 1,071.81 Overtime 1,908.67 Snow & Ice 96.61 Longevity 900.00 Richard W. Knowles Regular 31,146.42 Snow & Ice 4,921.50 Overtime 1,404.37 Bruce R. Higgins Regular 30,244.32 Longevity 1,200.00 Longevity 1,050.00 Susan F. Neese-Brown Regular 25,292.63 Snow & Ice 7$0.42 Charles Savage Regular 34,391.78 James H. Higgins Regular 32,081.88 Overtime 1,416.60 Overtime 203.24 Longevity 2,850.00 Longevity 1,400.00 Snow & Ice 4,457.19 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Kevin A. Mailloux Regular 28,506.98 Robert J. Canning Salary 46,940.59 Overtime 566.28 Longevity 750.00 Longevity 600.00 Patricia J. Ballo Regular 33,543.49 Snow & ice 4,636.57 Longevity 650.00 Jean C. Morceau Regular 25,714.10 Lois Ames Regular 25,714.10 Longevity 702.00 Longevity 700.00 Matthew M. Muir Regular 28,500.19 Barbara R. Strawbridge Regular 9,435.51 Overtime 394.50 Longevity 600.00 Snow & Ice 3,464.48 COUNCIL ON AGING Elizabeth J. Smith Salary 29,589.74 Endres M. Campbell Regular 5,263.03 DISPOSAL DEPARTMENT Natalie J. Chapin Regular 10,768.41 Mark W. Vincent Salary 39,689.20 Veronica Shelley Regular 12,241.36 Longevity 650.00 Longevity 275.00 Glenn Bowen Regular 4,414.08 James Stanfield Regular 380.89 Overtime 300.96 Daniel J. Brightman Regular 31,156.45 SNOW LIBRARY Overtime 1,344.15 Kathleen D. Bader Salary 43,164.69 Longevity 600.00 Longevity 2,550.00 Snow & Ice 2,252.25 Shirley Barron Regular 733.72 John D. Duble Regular 28,504.24 Mary Jane Beardsley Regular 55.30 Overtime 1,746.84 Mary E. Chrane Regular 2,986.56 Longevity 650.00 Dorothy Jean Clarke Regular 6,982.84 John Hurd Regular 13,440.36 Jennifer Beth Donathan Regular 1,762.18 Overtime 149.04 Cynthia B. Dunne Regular 1,098.54 Cynthia S. May Regular 1,241.91 Winifred W. Feightner Salary 26,232.28 Longevity 1,050.00 WATER DEPARTMENT Patricia A. Feeney Regular 64.26 Charles Medchill Salary 51,633.19 Mary L. Fitzgerald Regular 9,186.60 Longevity 55D.00 Cecile W. Gardner Regular 4,308.33 Roger Bollas Regular 3,528.20 Laurie Gengarelly Regular 862.92 Linda W. Gordon Regular 9,274.35 Overtime 108.56 Ellen M. Hamlin Regular 7,$90.11 Todd O. Bunzick Regular 28,940 02 Overtime 2,578,02 Fred Mahlstedt Regular 1,719.31 Barbara W. Quaitrone Regular 11,668.93 Snow & Ice 926.16 Dorothy G. Roper Regular 7,527.46 James A. Darling Regular 30,087.35 Mae I. Schellhorn Regular 11,750.75 18 Borghild M. Schmitt Regular 7,403.64 Kate Beckman Regular 2,024.20 James L. Stanfield Regular 6,403.81 Robert J. Bowes Regular 3,614.40 Judith E. Wallace Regular 988.99 Abram A. Boyle Regular 2,971.98 Trina Lee Brown Regular 4,822.85 George W. Cahoon Jr. Regular 6,647.75 RECREATION Oliver E. Coffin Regular 8,003.15 Brendan Guttmann Regular 29,773.36 David F. Currier Regular 2,360.96 Neal Ahern Regular 347.59 Katherine M. Dennis Regular 5,721.66 Brandon G. Bader Regular 626.63 David C. Donovan Regular 8,387.04 Monica Bailey Regular 297.55 Earl F. Dunham, Jr. Regular 2,264.02 Rebecca L. Banas Regular 820.47 John Ehrmanntraut Regular 2,456.85 Mary Ellen Bower Regular 4,789.80 Anthony S. Fitzgerald Regular 2,739.76 Peter L. Butilier Regular 450.46 Robley Fulcher, Jr. Regular 187.50 Cynthia B. Dunne Regular 197.64 Stephen J. Garrett Regular 5,489.43 Clinton E. Fair Regular 465.26 Mark Genaris Regular 12,977.55 Tina E. Fulcher Regular 611.33 Nancy Giaquinto Regualr 2,605.61 Doreen L. Espeseth Regular 2,342.53 Joshua A. Higgins Regular 5,081.17 Vicki Fulcher Regular 1,311.86 Gregory H. Johnson Regular 6,136.65 Denise M. Gray Regular 3,047.92 Kristine A. Johnson Regular 1,528.62 Jesse D. Jones Regular 1,587.90 Richard J. Johnson Regular 1,664.73 Daniel L. Lemoine Regular 346.24 Elizabeth I. Jones Regular 3,914.57 Shannon Maas Regular 2,092.96 Seth A. Kelly Regular 1,882.86 Elizabeth L. Moran Regular 1,975.20 Kenneth Lach Regular 2,599.76 Gregory Paget Regular 943.32 Michael W. Lach Regular 4,201.45 Susan L. Parry Regular 1,951.30 Peter Marshall Regular 3,728.73 Matthew Perrin Regular 848.26 Rebecca Mayo Regular 3,141.38 Paul S. Reuland Regular 297.86 Kathleen F. McCully Regular 4,539.80 William B. Rushing Regular 774.98 Leo Miller, Jr. Regular 12,668.00 Tahani A. Rivers Regular 403.65 John F. Murphy Regular 3,393.42 Paul M. White III Regular 1,401.08 Heather L. Nyman Regular 3,795.44 Colin R. Williams Regular 1,050.94 Frank R. Pike Regular 2,455.70 James B. Wragg Regular 1,313.33 James S. Rawstron Regular 4,476.80 Stephen F. Zawadzkas Regular 58.50 Joshua G. Rice If Regular 5,414.63 Mary Schwerdt Regular 4,012.80 PARKS AND BEACHES Andala C. Schumacher Regular 5,845.31 Paul O. Fulcher Salary 46,940.59 Jason D. Schumacher Regular 3,347.08 Longevity 1,600.00 Adrianne C. Smith Regular 2,390.30 Snow & Ice 1,608.90 Somer F. Salomon Regular 3,052.45 Sheila A. Greene Salary 28,506.16 Richard A. Terry Regular 6,250.86 Overtime 1,116.68 John Van Cott Regular 5,264.12 Longevity 600.00 Margaret R. Van Cott Regular 5,099.40 Cheryl J. Esty Salary 27,258.07 Bradford Vonthaden Regular 4,716.63 Overtime 2,161.11 Joseph A. Welch Regular 8,972.67 Snow & Ice 1,458.07 Jeremy J. Whitcomb Regular 1,898.71 Richard W. McKean Salary 31,860.68 Paul L. White Regular 2,382.38 Overtime 4,137.06 Kathryn Wilson Regular 1,783.71 Longevity 550.00 Philo C. Wilson Regular 2,128.73 Snow & Ice 1,535.00 Dorothy L. Palin Salary 31,204.99 OLD KING'S HIGHWAY Overtime 23.01 Elizabeth W. Schuman Regular 296.64 Longevity 750.00 Frank Poranski Salary 28,074.63 Overtime 704.89 INFORMATION Longevity 500.00 Edward Bryant Regular 538.56 Snow & Ice 1,234.70 Elinor E. Felt Regular 1,695.52 Christos D. Alexander Regular 3,665.20 Betty C. LaFleur Regular 1,331.10 Heather K. Amaru Regular 2,809.53 Helen L. Pettit Regular 1,626.84 Mary F. Avellar Regular 4,158.40 Thelma Turna Regular 67.32 19 Josephine Young Regular 2,329.03 Judith M. Griffin 24,595.70 Ann R. Harris 765.00 Charles H.Hoilander-Essig 23,490.82 WINDMILL Stacey B. Horton 140.00 John G. Brigham Regular 767.95 Patricia J. Ide 140.00 Carl Johngren Regular 1,239.30 Martha F. Jenkins 30,160.02 Nick F. Muto Regular 1,513.80 Laurel Kauffman 168.00 Kenneth W. Kelly 1,227.52 Mary Sue Keohan 42,249.82 ORLEANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Philip Keohan 44,674.56 Lester P. Albee 58,719.86 Martha Kithcart 12,301.42 Margaret Allard 2,506.78 Cynthia Lach 39,782.96 Susan Alman 38,182.78 Cynthia Landreth 168.00 Kerry Alter 43.00 Carol A. Lindsay 38,791.38 Robert Anderson 56.00 Laurette M. Lupton 112.00 Patricia Ashwell 44,478.56 Beverly A. Maker 16,198.37 Jacqueline P. Battles 112.00 Bette Malatesta 9,678.04 Mary Barnes 56.00 Suzanne P. Martell 224.00 George Beilby 116.68 Mildred V. Mazanec 21,232.38 Leah H. Belliveau 6,435.22 Kathryn M. Meyers 27,073.41 Mary K. Binowski 45,139.47 Deborah C. Mochack 38,182.78 G. Richard Bowen 112.50 Catherine E. Morris 43.00 Allison Brackett 436.00 Wende E. O'Brien 9,713.27 Lincoln A. Brogi 29,497.44 Pamela N. Patrick 12,442.56 Overtime 592.53 Deborah Pavlofsky 12,301.42 Larry Brookhart 700.00 Ann Pike 756.50 Judith Burt 56.00 Jean M. Pombo 43.00 Leslie Burr 32,354,82 Richard N. Porter 46,259.26 Kimberly W. Bruemmer 14,519.55 Debra M. Raymond 28.00 Leah Butkovich 448.00 Karen L. Reichers 76.50 Jennifer M. Broman 224.00 Victoria L. Reis 390.01 Mary Cabral 10,309.52 Amy Sanders 39,221.54 Alexandra Campbell 84.00 Sherule A. Snure 112.00 Diane R. Carlson 42,452.44 Angelo A. Spirito 23,881.02 Beverly Carney 3,520.37 Soni R. Springer 56.00 Wendy Christren 56.00 Peter Stathis 56.00 Robin Carroll 97.50 Lynda A. Stewart 32.25 Brenda M. Conlon 168.00 Mary E. Stickley 8,139.72 William L. Corney 25,347.22 Judith Suchecki 41,864.12 Suzanne E. Daigle 10,686.22 Nancy F. Sveden 2,156.00 Mitzi G. Daley 129.00 Jennifer A. Taylor 2,040.49 Patsy J. Daniels 1,008.00 Patti L. Taylor 60.95 Laurie Davis 641.25 Ann M. Tefft 5,218.85 Manuel R. Davis 1,561.88 Laurie E. Thomas 343.25 Gail D. Decker 25,749.25 Nancy J. Waldron 17,904.36 Tracey B. Deegan 392.00 Kimberly A. Walwer 364.00 Marilyn B. Deruyter 10,780.78 Rebecca Walters 1,330.00 Linda L. Doane 39,372.08 Margaret M. West 56.00 Joanne M. Dobson 45,078.56 Nancy E. Williams 40,151.42 Tammy Dubois 32,172.64 Michelle Worthington 7,915.72 Michele Eldridge 31,498.44 Sandra B. Wright 11,625.28 Sara L. Faline 2,157.80 Mary Zantow 56.00 Janet M. Ferro 43.00 Byron R. Fulcher 13,739.68 Submitted by: Karen L. Flyer 60.00 Mary A. Fyler 9,370.38 Christine H. Lorge, Treasurer Amy E. Galligan 3,924.61 Judith H. Jalbert, Asst. Treasurer Melanie S. Gallagher 38,880.82 Diane B. Glaser-Gilrein 3,548.46 20 COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1990 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Outstanding June 30, 1993 10,792.36 1985 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Collections for FY 1994 1,818.97 Outstanding June 30, 1993 84.39 Abatements for FY 1994 1,192.86 Refund for FY 1994 14.80 Outstanding June 30, 1994 7,780.53 Outstanding June 30, 1994 99.19 1990 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise 1986 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1994 3,556.25 Outstanding June 30, 1994 10403 1991 Motor Vehicle Trailer and Excise 1986 Motor Vehicle and Trailer )excise Outstanding June 30, 1993 14,070.17 Outstanding June 30, 1993 2,346.82 Refunds for FY 1994 392.55 Collections for FY 1994 12.52 Collections for FY 1994 2,838.92 Outstanding June 30, 1994 2,334.30 Outstanding June 30, 1994 11,623.80 1987 Fiscal Personal Property 1991 Fiscal Boat, Ship, and Vessel Excise Outstanding June 30, 1994 551.77 Outstanding June 30, 1994 2,936.00 1987 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1991 Fiscal Real Estate Outstanding June 30, 1993 4,532.47 Outstanding June 30, 1993 81,907.29 Collections for FY 1994 175.63 Refunds for FY 1994 95.83 Refunds for FY 1994 231.75 Collections for FY 1994 16,905.15 Outstanding June 30, 1994 4,588.59 Tax Litigation 7,036.89 Tax Title 57,339.83 1987 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise Outstanding June 30, 1994 721.25 Outstanding June 30, 1994 752.00 1991 Fiscal Personal Property 1988 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1993 11,587.47 Outstanding June 30, 1994 2,688.81 Collections for FY 1994 480.19 Abatements for FY 1994 129.54 1988 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Outstanding June 30, 1994 10,977.74 Outstanding June 30, 1993 12,153.78 Collections for FY 1994 1,414.89 1992 Fiscal Motor Vehicle Trailer and Excise Outstanding June 30, 1994 10,738.89 Outstanding June 30, 1993 18,496.78 Commitment 2,320.64 1988 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise Refunds for FY 1994 4,258.10 Outstanding June 30, 1994 2,895.00 Collections for FY 1994 10,920.02 Abatements for FY 1994 835.75 1989 Fiscal Real Estate Outstanding June 30, 1994 13,319.75 Outstanding June 30, 1994 3,070.79 1992 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise 1989 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1993 3,781.51 Outstanding June 30, 1994 3,325.09 Refunds for FY 1994 16.00 Collections for FY 1994 2,409.00 1989 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Outstanding June 30, 1994 1,388.51 Outstanding June 30, 1993 12,297.33 Refunds for FY 1994 594.91 1992 Fiscal Real Estate Collections for FY 1994 922.03 Outstanding June 30, 1993 141,170.87 Outstanding June 30, 1994 11,970.21 Refunds for FY 1994 9,976.94 Collections for FY 1994 45,135.29 1989 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise Abatements for FY 1994 10,616.59 Outstanding June 30, 1994 5,040.00 Tax Litigation 7,999.08 Tax Title 86,386.22 1990 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1994 _ 1,010.63 Outstanding June 30, 1993 14,156.54 Collections for FY 1994 2,174.99 1992 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1994 11,961,55 Outstanding June 30, 1993 7,022.60 21 Refunds for FY 1994 462.66 Collections for FY 1994 4,580.76 Collections for FY 1994 511.90 Outstanding June 30, 1994 0100 Outstanding June 30, 1994 6,973.36 1994 Fiscal Personal Property 1993 Fiscal Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitment 199,220.03 Outstanding June 30, 1993 89,034.40 Refunds for FY 1994 1,214.89 Commitment 76,034.90 Collections for FY 1994 181,639.68 Refunds for FY 1994 5,286.34 Abatements for FY 1994 4,218.94 Collections for FY 1994 142,392.64 Outstanding June 30, 1994 14,576.30 Abatements for FY 1994 14,276.81 Outstanding June 30, 1994 13,686.19 Submitted by, 1993 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise Christine H. Large, Collector Commitment 24,509.00 Judith H. Jalbert, Asst. Collector Collections for FY 1994 16,073.24 Susan A. Pires, Principal Clerk Abatements for FY 1994 6,104.26 Jo-Ellen A. Pike, Senior Clerk Refunds for FY 1994 1,693.50 Outstanding June 30, 1994 4,025.00 1993 Fiscal Real Estate Outstanding June 30, 1993 521,552.02 Refunds for FY 1994 21,272.60 Collections for FY 1994 445,062.60 Abatements for FY 1994 20,097.25 Outstanding June 30, 1994 77,664.77 1993 Fiscal Betterments Outstanding June 30, 1994 750.52 1993 Fiscal Personal Property Outstanding June 30, 1993 17,431.53 Collections for FY 1994 8,617.52 Abatements for FY 1994 54.15 Outstanding June 30, 1994 8,759.86 1994 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitment 367,870.87 Refunds for FY 1994 1,264.87 Collections for FY 1994 264,951.61 Abatements for FY 1994 9,535.75 Outstanding June 30, 1994 94,648.38 1994 Boat, Ship and Vessel Excise Commitment 18,259.00 Refunds for FY 1994 45.40 Collections for FY 1994 11,430.29 Abatements for FY 1994 1,921.11 Outstanding June 30, 1994 4,953.00 1994 Fiscal Real Estate Commitment 10,786,256.66 Refunds for FY 1994 21,333.96 Collections for FY 1994 10,226,890.22 Abatements for FY 1994 150,758,41 Outstanding June 30, 1994 429,941.99 1994 Fiscal Betterments Commitment 4,580.76 22 ORLEANS TRUST & INVESTMENT ACCOUNT Activity: July 1, 1993 thru June 30, 1994 Balance Total With- Total Unexpendable Expendable Name Funds Deposit drawals Interest Balance Amount Amount LIBRARY FUNDS Snow Library Trust $15,909.60 $ $ 1,288.22 $ 412.04 $ 15,033.42 $ 9,200,00 $5,833.42 Richard S. Philbrick 11,657.82 314.05 11,971.87 6,100.00 5,871.87 Ada G. Meehan Trust 5,693.05 144.55 5,837.60 5,000.00 837.60 Elizabeth Twiss Blake 6,968.28 59.40 180.47 7,089.35 5,000.00 2,089.35 Nancy Whitbread Fund 5,936.81 157.37 6,094.18 3,700.00 2,394.18 C. Francis Ronne Trust 22,623.52 52.50 637.93 23,208.95 5,000.00 18,208.95 Florence H. Smith Trust 31,932.65 4,950.40 952.95 37,836.00 0.00 37,836.00 H.B. & D.N. Seikel Trust 45,483.28 1,505.88 46,989.16 25,000.00 21,989.16 Margaret Jane Pershing 734.50 19.27 753.77 500.00 253.77 Alice B. Rollins Memorial 5,230.26 152.81 5,383.07 0.00 5,383.07 TOTAL LIBRARY 152,169.77 4,950.40 1,400.12 4,477.32 160,197.37 59,500.00 100,697.37 ANSLOW TRUST Council on Aging $7,116.25 7,162.50 113.54 67.29 0.00 67.29 Snow Library 908.22 896.03 17.61 29.80 0.00 29.80 Rescue Fund 3,336.73 1,960.25 72.93 1,449.41 0.00 1,449.41 TOTAL ANSLOW $11,361.20 10,018.78 204.08 1,546.50 $0.00 9,546.50 CEMETERY FUNDS Cemetery Perpetual Care $ 3,712.03 103.42 90.24 3,698.85 3,600.00 98.85 Albert P.Smith Fund 8,334.84 234.82 8,569.66 2,000.00 6,569.66 TOTAL CEMETERY 12,046.87 103.42 3255.06 12,268.51 5,600.00 6,668.51 MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS Clement Gould&Wife 15,369.72 668.00 1,468.00 418.04 14,987.76 5,000.00 9,987.76 May Celia Crosby Fund 23,662.72 669.57 24,332.29 5,000.00 19,332.29 StrEet Light Fund 9,184.86 257.40 9,442.26 2,517.61 6,924.65 Conservation Fund 40,909.77 700.00 1,193.61 41,403.38 0.00 41,403.38 Sarah Brown Scholarship 111,364.91 3,600.00 2,888.05 110,652.96 103,000.00 7,652.96 Clayton Mayo Trust 74,720.63 2,132.72 76,853.35 25,800.00 51,053.35 Municipal Insurance 360,340.69 17,971.37 10,777.24 353,146.56 0.00 353,146.56 Stabilization Fund 315,411.64 142,000.00 11,700.57 469,112.21 0.00 469,112.21 Pension Liability Fund 69,940.51 2,098.32 72,038.83 0.00 72,038.83 Seike[Scholarship Fund 271,870.40 21,950.00 6,958.72 256,879.12 175,640.34 81,238.78 Anslow Trust Interest 47,013.07 1,430.87 48,44194 0.00 48,443.94 Grace Anslow Trust 30,357.59 792.00 31,149.59 30,308.00 841.59 Margaret Fernald Dole 17,065.41 3,566.91 442.40 13,940.90 13,600.00 340.90 Linnell L. Studley Fund 11,507.32 313.95 11,821.27 7,100.00 4,721.27 Virginia McGrath 7,648.88 190.84 7,839.72 7,500.00 339.72 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS 1,4 ,368.12 -A.4 2.Q68.00 49.256.28 42,264.30 1,542,,,044.14 375.465 95 1,166578 19 TOTAL_FUNDS $1,581,245.26_ $147.618.40 $60.778.60 J47,2ZO,76 $1,716,056.52 $440,565.9§ ,$1,27§,490.57 23 DIRECTOR OF TOWN OF ORLEANS MUNICIPAL FINANCE SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTSIEXPENDITURES JULY 1,1993 TO JUNE 30, 1994 As reported on Schedule A, I hereby submit my annual report for the fiscal year for the Fiscal Year ended June 3 0,1994 ended June 30, 1994 in compliance with Chapter 41, Section 61 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of GENERAL FUND Massachusetts. Revenue and Other Financial Sources Included in this report are the following: Tax Collections 4110 Personal Property Taxes 190,016.00 1) Schedule of Receipts/Expenditures (Cash Basis- 4120 Real Estate Taxes 10,517,737.00 Schedule A) 4142 Tax Liens (Titles) .Redeemed 173,411.00 4143 Litigated Taxes Collected 12,189.00 2) Town Meeting Appropriation Activity Report (Cash 4150 Motor Vehicle Excise 423,822.00 Basis) 4161 Vessel(Boat) Excise 11,889.00 3) Selected General Purpose Financial Statements 4171 Penalties & Interest Property Tax 70,582.00 I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation 4172 Penalties & Interest to all for the help and cooperation received during the Excise 20,013.00 past year. Special thanks to Rechella Butilier and Mary 4173 Penalties & Interest Sedgwick, Finance Department personnel, the personnel Tax Lien Redemption 12,081.00 of the Collector/Treasurer's Office and the personnel of 4174 Penalties & Interest the Assessor's Office without whose help and persever- Other Taxes 2,809.00 ance the past year's accomplishments would never have 4180 In Lieu of Taxes 5,115.00 4191 Other Taxes-Hotel/Motel 129.524.00 been possible. Total Taxes 11,569,188.00 INDEPENDENT AUDIT Charges For Services In accordance with the provisions of section 8-8 of the 4244 Parks & Recreation Charges 441,052.00 Orleans Charter, the Board of Selectmen retained the 4247 Garbage/Trash Charges 333,241.00 firm of Robert Ercolini & Company to perform an inde- 4270 Other Charges for Services 50,009.00 pendent audit of the financial activity of the Town for Fis- 4320 Fees 14,571.00 cal Year 1994. 4360 Rentals 52,718.00 4370 Other Departmental Revenue 30,732.00 The audit was conducted in accordance with generally Hearings, Liens Repts,Wgts/Measure accepted auditing standards. Total Charges For Service 922,323.00 As is the practice with most communities in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, the Town has not main- Licenses Beverages Licenses 42,500:00 tained historical cost records of its fixed assets. 4450 Other Licenses & Permits 13,543.00 In their opinion, except for the effects on the general pur- Total License & Permits 236,043.00 pose financial statements of the matter described above, Revenues From State-Cherry Sheet the statements present fairly, in all material respects, the 4613 Abatements to Veterans 2,190.00 financial position of the Town of Orleans as of June 30, 4615 Abatements to the Blind 1,138.00 1994• 4616 Abatements to the Elderly 7,424.00 Selected financial statements follow in this report. A com- 4667 Veterans Benefits 1,846.00 plete copy of the General Purpose Financial Statements 4668 Highway reconstruct & maint 13,985.00 including all notes and additional information is available 4671 tottery 74 084.00 for review at the Town Clerk's Office at the Orleans Total State Revenue-Cheery Sheet 100,667.00 Town Hall. Revenue From State-Other 4699 Other Revenue from State 315, 93.00 Respectfully submitted, Total State Revenue-Other 315,393.00 David A. Withrow 4695 Court Fines/Settlements (,832.00 Director of Municipal Finance Total Revenues from Other Gov'ts. 6,832.00 Fines and Forfeitures 4770 Fines & Forfeitures 7.557.00 Total Fines & Forfeitures 7,557.00 24 Miscellaneous Revenue 912 Workers' Comp. 83,222.00 4810 Sale of Inventory 3,901.00 913 Unemployment 16,703.00 4820 Earnings on Investments 97,717.00 914 Health Insurance 720,517.00 4840 Other Misc. Revenues 57.673.00 916 Medicare 43,594.00 Total Miscellaneous Revenues 159,291.00 945 Liability Insurance 87,883.00 Total Non-School Other Financing Sources General Fund Expenditures 10,534,112.00 4990 Bond Proceeds 206,000.00 Total Other Financing Sources 206,000.00 Other Financing Uses 996 Transfers to Trust 28.047.00 Total General Fund Revenues Total Other Financing Uses 28,047,00 Interfund Operating Transfers 4972 Transfers from Special Total Non-School General Fund Expenditures Revenue Funds 1,031,496.00 and Other Financing Uses 1 Q.562.159.OQ 4973 Transfers from Capital Projects Funds Total Interfund Operating Transfers 1,031,496.00 SCHOOL SYSTEMS Total Non School General Fund Revenues Revenues and Other Financing Sources Other Financing Sources and Interfund School Lunch Fund 35,267.00 Operating Transfers 14,5K790.00 Special Revenue Fund 3,690.00 Total Revenues and Expenditures and other Financing Uses Other Financing Sources 38,957.00 Expenditures 122 Selectmen 514,610.00 Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 131 Finance Committee 1,790.00 General Fund 3,548,204.00 135 Accountant/Auditor 111,172.00 School Lunch Fund 35,715.00 141 Assessors 181,164.00 Special Revenue Funds 3,596.00 145 Treasurer 100,530.00 Total Expenditures and 146 Collector 100,531.00 Other Financing Uses 3,587,515.00 152 Personnel Board 25.00 155 Data Processing 68,558.00 State and County Assessments 161 Town Clerk 69,507.00 5621 County Tax 109,445.00 162 Elections 1,683.00 5634 Motor Veh. Excise Tax Bills 4,065.00 163 Registration 13,640.00 5639 Mosquito Control Projects 44,302.00 171 Conservation Commission 69,946.00 5640 Air Pollution Control Dist. 2,777.00 175 Planning Board 66,699.00 5699 Other Intergovermental 110.735.00 176 Appeals Board 11,594.00 Total State and County Assessment 271,324.00 179 Other Land Use 1,807.00 189 Other Development 11.00 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 192 Public Bldg/Properties 147,842.00 195 Town Reports 5,152.00 Revenue and Other Financing Sources 199 Other General Gov't 3,447.00 State Grants 210 Police 1,309,075.00 4600 State Revenue 253,114.00 220 Fire 1,038,953.00 4820 Int. on Investment 314.00 241 Building Inspector 90,824.00 244 Weights/Measures 6,368.00 Receipts Reserved For Appropriation 291 Civil Defense 188.00 4300 Other Charges 133,889.00 294 Forestry 13,016.00 4800 Misc. Revenue 2,233.00 295 Harbormaster 134,743.00 4970 Transfer from Other Funds 5,944.00 421 Highway Admin. 768,233.00 423 Snow/Ice Control 137,295.00 Revolving Funds 424 Street Lighting 30,517.00 4170 Penalties and Interest 3,156.00 431 Waste Collection/Disposal Admin. 701,397.00 4200 Charges for Services 770.00 510 Health Inspec. Services 132,974.00 4800 Misc. Revenue 1,166.00 541 Council on Aging 69,176.00 543 Veterans' Services 13,479.00 Other Special Revenue 610 Library 239,291.00 4170 Penalties and Interest 1,084.00 630 Recreation 84,369.00 4200 Charges for Services 1,296,834.00 650 Parks 560,592.00 4500 Federal Revenue 2,461.00 691 Historical Commission 560.00 4800 Misc. Revenue 40,569.00 699 Other Recreation 14,765.00 4820 Earnings on Investments 5,673.00 710 Retirement of Debt Principal 1,640,000.00 4990 Other Financing Sources 379.00 751 Int. on Long Term Debt 650,753.00 Total Revenue and 911 Retirement Contribution 475,917.00 Other Financing Sources 1,747,586.00 25 Expenditures and Other Financing Uses Total Revenue and State Grants Other Financing Uses 155,756.00 5100 Personal Services 8,482.00 5200 Purchase of Services 8,192.00 Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 5990 Other Financing Uses 240,297.00 Expendable Trusts 5200 Purchase of Services 6,363.00 Receipts Reserved for Appropriation 5400 Supplies 1,358.00 5990 Other Financing Uses 253,719.00 5700 Other Chgs & Exps 19,925.00 5800 Other Capital Outlay 11960.00 Revolving Funds 5990 Other Financing Uses 20,000.00 5200 Purchase of Service 265.00 5400 Supplies 4,305.00 Non-Expendable Trusts 5700 Other Expenditures 5,000.00 5200 Purchase of Services 700.00 5990 Other Financing Uses 3,138.00 5400 Supplies M5�9.no Total Expenditures and Other Special Revenue Other Financing Uses 79,855.00 5100 Personal Services 311,197.00 5200 Purchase of Services 98,099.00 5400 Supplies 66,235.00 5700 Other Charges and Expenditures 931.00 5720 Out of State Travel 191.00 5800 Other Capital Outlay 86,630.00 5990 Other Financing Uses 540.286.00 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 1,626,967.00 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND Revenue and Other Financing Sources Waste Water Treatment Facility 4910 Bond Proceeds 35,000.00 Water 4970 Transfer from Other Funds 550,000.00 4990 Other Financing Sources 20,000.00 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources 605,000.00 Expenditures and Other Financing Uses Water 5800 Construction 507,911.00 5990 Other Financing Uses 379.00 Transfer Station 5700 Other Charges and Expenditures 26,686.00 Fire/Police Building 5800 Construction 6,180.00 5960 Transfers to Other Funds 3,491.00_ Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 544,647.00 TRUST FUNDS Revenue and Other Financing Sources Expendable Trusts 4620 Earnings on Investments 26,450.00 4970 Transfers from Other Funds 75,371.00 4970 Other Financing Sources 31,538.00 Non-Expendable Trusts 4820 Earnings on Investments 22.397.0Q 26 APPROPRIATION ACTIVITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1994 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 30,1994 Carried Fwd GENERAL GOVT. Select/Town Executive Salaries 189,334.00 189,259.48 74.52 Expenses 47,605.00 44,892.63 2,712.37 900.00 Encumbrance 16,891.00 15,690.95 1,200.05 Equipment 300.00 300.00 0.00 Engineering 35,500.00 14,964.88 20,535.12 20,535.12 Legal '59,000.00 58,921.82 78.18 Audit Services 16,000.00 15,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 Other Prof & Tech 5,000.00 5,000.00 0.00 Out of State Travei 1,000.00 636.52 363.48 Hazardous Waste 15,000.00 1,060.95 13,939.05 Free Bed 11000,00 1,000.00 CIP Conservation 4003 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 CIP Survey Tn Land 4014 10,000.00 5,301.47 4,698.53 4,698.53 CIP Open Sp Mgt 4015 10,000.00 1,985.00 8,015.00 8,015.00 Human Services 4030 40,036.00 38,536.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Consumer Asst 4031 1,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 C&I Self Rel 4032 1,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 Amer Dis Act 4034 25,000.00 15,169.49 9,830.51 9,830.51 Unpaid Bills 4101 293.40 293.40 0.00 Unpaid Bills 4201 33.50 33.50 0.00 Unpaid Bills 4301 698.42 698.42 0.00 Bicent Comm 4302 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 Unpaid Bills 4401 86.82 .86.82 0.00 CIP Sur Tn Land 3028 6,918.53 4,638.53 2,280.00 2,280.00 CIP Open Space 3029 10,000.00 4,824.60 5,175.40 5,175.40 Human Sery Agenc 3042 600.00 475.00 125.00 Artistheater 3043 375.00 0.00 375.00 Defense MWRA 3103 5,000.00 0.00 5,000.00 CIP Land Impr Proj 2009 421.41 379.00 42.41 CIP Computer Sys 2014 7,240.50 1,289.98 5,950.52 CIP Old Col. Sidewks 2205 1,451.14 0.00 1,451.14 CIP Plan 1004 14,002.39 0.00 14,002.39 Department Totals 527.787.11 0.00 421.438.44 106,348.67 60,934.56 Tel/Comm System Expenses 24,742.00 21,171.90 3,570,10 Department Totals 0.00 24.742.00 21.171.90 3.570.,1,0 0.00 Finance Committee Salaries 2,108.00 1,526.56 581.44 Expenses 475.00 262.66 212.34 Reserve Fund 90,000.00 -90,000.00 0.00 0.00 Department Totals 92 583.00 -90,000.00 1,789.22 793.78 0.00 27 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 301994 Qarne Fwd Finance/'Town Accountant Salaries 108,247.00 469.80 108,713.06 3.74 Expenses 3,348.00 2,459.00 889.00 Equipment 0.00 0.00 0.00 Department Totals 111,595 00 469.80 111,172.06 892.74 0.00 Assessing Department Salaries 103,459.00 1,540.00 104,059.16 939.84 Expenses 18,508.00 -345.00 13,292.22 4,870.78 CIP Tri Recert 4002 36,100.00 8,625.00 27,475.00 27,475.00 CIP Tri Recert 3001 13,334.00 5,016.94 8,317.06 8,317.06 CIP Ana/Appra 3002 9,000.00 1,920.00 7,080.00 7,080.00 CIP Consultants 3003 6,000.00 0.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 CIP Hardware/Soft 3004 2,711.00 0.00 2,711.00 CIP Mapping 3005 178,845.98 48,250.00 130,595.98 130,595.98 Department Totals 367.957 98 1.1 95.M 181,163 32 187 989.66 179,468.04 Treasurer/Collector Salaries 158,017.00 2,177.00 160,016.04 177.96 Expenses 30,806.00 26,186.94 4,619.06 400.00 Encumbrance 9,205.00 8,850.00 355.00 Equipment 1,000.00 799.45 200.55 Tax Takings 10,000.00 5,205.35 4,794.65 De artment Totals 209 028.00 2.177.00 201 057.78 1 Q 147.22 4 Personnel Advisory Board Salaries 1,647.00 24.71 1,622.29 Expenses 714.00 0.00 714.00 Department Totals 2,361-00 0.00 24.71 2,336.29 0.00 Computer Department Expenses 73,396.00 68,558.43 4,837.57 De artment Totals 73 396.00 0.00 68 558.43 4.837.57 0.00 Town Clerk Salaries 63,653.00 753.00 64,406.00 0.00 Expenses 6,350.00 5,101.46 1,248.54 Department Totals 70,003.00 753-00 69 507.46 1 248. 4 Elections Salaries 4,352.00 1,460.24 2,891.76 Expenses 504.00 222.59 281.41 a tMent Totals 4 1,682.83 173.17 Voter Registration Salaries 22,885.00 13,208.98 9,676.02 Expenses 475.00 431.34 43.66 Equipment 100.00 0.00 100.00 DemlMent-Totals 23,460.00 0,00 - 13,64132 9-819.6!5 n nn 28 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 30,1994 Carried Fwd Conservation Salaries 66,678.00 66,678.00 0.00 Expenses 3,875.00 2,810.13 1,064.87 500.00 Equipment 273.00 258.00 15.00 Out of State Travel 200.00 200.00 0.00 Encumbrance 500.00 0.00 500.00 Department Totals 71 526.00 0.00 69 946.13 1,579.87 500.00 Planning Salaries 62,815.00 643.00 63,452.00 6.00 Expenses 5,087.00 3,247.47 1,839.53 Department Totals 67,902.00 643.00 66,699.47 1,845.53 0.00 Zoning Board of Appeals Salaries 9,308.00 9,307.08 0.92 Expenses 2,005.00 700.00 2,287.16 417.84 Department Totals 11,313.00 700.00 11,594.24 418.76 0.00 Open Space Salaries 1,113.00 1,100.04 12.96 Expenses 1,000.00 707.72 292.28 Department Totals 2,113.00 0.00 1,807.76 305.24 0.00 Housing Task Force Expenses 300.00 11.54 288.46 Department Totals 300.00 0.00 11.54 288.46 0.00 Town Office Building Salaries 21,394.00 642.00 18,373.67 3,662.33 Expenses 42,448.00 -5,000.00 34,443.60 3,004.40 3,000.00 Equipment 1,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 CIP Rep TOB 4018 18,000.00 8,165.30 9,834.70 9,834.70 Tob Bud Trans 4205 5,000.00 -5,000.00 0.00 0.00 CIP Rep TOB 3032 9,098.89 9,098.89 0.00 CIP Tele Replace 3033 3,793.00. 3,157.50 635.50 CIP Generator 3034 25,000.00 0.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 Town Hall Heat Sys 1014 4,000.00 0.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 Department Totals 129.733.89 -9,358.00 74,238.96 46,136.93 41,834.70 Town Reports/Town Meeting Expenses 6,900.00 5,151.70 1,748.30 Department Totals, 6,900.00 0100 5,151.70 1,748.30 0.00 Town Hall Annex Salaries 7,534.00 5,646.02 1,887.98 29 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance De pa Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds Jane 30 1994 Carried Fwd Expenses 6,067.00 -630.00 5,436.41 0.59 Equipment 399.00 359.94 39.06 CIP Repair Annex 4017 10,000.00 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 CIP Repair Annex 3031 3,334.00 1,999.30 1,334.70 Department Totals 27 334.00 -630,00 13 441.67 13 262.33 _ 10,000.00 Windmill Windmill Salary 4033 3,500.00 2,856.08 643.92 Windmill Salary 3045 590.92 590.92 0.00 De artment Totals 4,090.92 0.00 3 447.00 643.92 0.00 PROTECT PERS & PROP Police/Communications Salaries 1,091,537,00 17,026.84 1,108,320.34 243.50 Expenses 84,244.00 -5,750.00 65,116.13 13,377.87 Equipment 2,600.00 585.00 2,340.00 845.00 Out of State Travel 2,000.00 1,431.88 568.12 CIP Police Cruiser 4013 32,087.00 32,004.00 83.00 CIP Rep Gas Tank 3027 50,000.00 1,879.00 51,879.00 0.00 De artment Totals 1,262,468.00 13 740.84 ..1.261.091.35 15 117.49 QO Police Building Salaries 9,970.00 856.00 9,415.45 1,410.55 Expenses 27,209.00 26,967.06 241.94 Equipment 200.00 196.91 3.09 Department Totals 37 379.00 856.00 36 579.42 1,655.58 0.00 Gasoline Expenses 64,851.00 -11,000.00 47,981.35 5,869.65 Department Totals 64 851.00 -11,000-00 47 981.35 5,869.65 0.00 Fire/Rescue Salaries 757,515.00 24,800.00 776,577.37 5,737.63 Expenses 37,489.00 32,592.43 4,896.57 Equipment 5,100.00 4,611.76 488.24 Out of State Travel 1,100.00 0.00 1,100.00 CIP New Eng & Equip 4005 225,000.00 223,291.26 1,708.74 1,708.74 Fire Salary 4026 19,000.00 -19,000.00 0.00 0.00 Fire Transfer 4403 5,000.00 -5,000.00 0.00 0.00 CIP Replace Life Pak 3010 2,004.25 1,880.99 123.26 De artment Totals 1 052 208.25 800-00 1 038 953.81 14,054A 1,708.74 Fire Building Expenses 27,717.00 -27250.00 22,775.83 2,691.17 750.00 Equipment 1,009.00 805.52 203.48 Department Totals 28,726.00 -2,250-00 23 581.35 2,894.65 750.00 30 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 30 1994 Carried Fwd Building Salaries 96,486.00 -6,157.00 62,085.53 28,243.47 Expenses 29,388.00 28,617.98 770.02 Equipment 121.00 121.00 0.00 Department Totals 125,995.00 -6.157.00 90,824.51 29,013.49 Sealer Weights & Measures Expenses 6,500.00 6,368.12 131.88 De artment Totals 6,500.00 0.00 6,368.12 131.88 0.00 Civil Defense Salaries 188.00 188.00 0.00 Department_Totals _ 188.00 0.00 188.00 0.00 0.00 Tree/Dutch Elmfins Salaries 5,500.00 60.00 3,276.54 2,283.46 Expenses 13,500.00 9,739.74 3,760.26 Department Totals 19,000.00 60.00 _ _ 13,016.28 6,043.72 0.00 Shell/Harbormaster Salaries 83,940.00 83,907.75 32.25 Expenses 18,145.00 5,020.00 23,141.53 23.47 Shellfish Project 7,000.00 6,972.98 27.02 State Shellfish Proj 693.69 693.69 0.00 CIP Replace Truck 4006 9,000.00 8,051.10 948.90 CIP Launch Ramp 4008 5,000.00 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Shell Bud Trans 4206 5,800.00 -5,800.00 0.00 0.00 CIP Rep Comm Dock 3013 6,000.00 5,975.72 24.28 CIP Rk Hbr Wire 3014 6,000.00 61000.00 0.00 Department Totals 141 578.69 -780.00 134 742.77 6,055.92 5,000.00 EDUCATION Orleans Elem School Expenses 1,570,263.00 28,919,00 1,566,217.05 32,964.95 28,788.17 Encumbrance 14,943.79 12,491.54 2,452.25 Out of State Travel 111.00 0.00 111.00 CIP Paint Ext 4004 16,528.00 16,446.35 81.65 After School Act 4029 1,500.00 1,500.00 0.00 OES Bud Trans 4029 28,919.00 -28,919.00 0.00 0.00 Generator 2212 3,604.57 732.08 2,872.49 2,872.49 Department Totals 1,635,869-36 0.00 1,597,387.02 38 482.34 31,660-66 Nauset Reg Assess Expenses 1,835,225.00 1,835,224.17 0.83 Department Totals 1,835,225.00 0.00 1,835,224.17 0.83 0.00 31 a. Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisi¢ns Net of Refunds June 30.1994 Carried Fwd C. C. Tech Assess Expenses 115,593.00 115,593.00 0.00 Department Totals 115,593.00 0.00 115,593.00 . _0.00 0.00 PUBLIC WORKS Highway Salaries 291,299.00 9,639.00 300,669.28 268.72 Expenses 63,013.00 15,960.96 78,791.49 182.47 Equipment 14,210.00 12,641.01 1,568.99 Road Repair 44,221.00 34,542.52 9,678.48 3,521.75 CIP Road Resurf 4009 150,551.00 93,910.55 56,640.45 56,640.45 CIP Drain Rep & Imp 4010 20,000.00 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 CIP Drain Rem 4025 30,000.00 0.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 CIP Road Resurf 3015 150,550.00 150,550.00 0.00 CIP Drain Rep & Imp 3017 15,000.00 0.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 CIP Drain Remed 3040 29,615.95 1,865.45 27,750.50 27,750.50 CIP Road Resurf 2006 69,000.28 69,000.28 0.00 CIP Drain Replace 2008 17,267.20 2,592.10 14,675.10 CIP Drainage Remed 2022 26,954.90 15,254.27 11,700.63 11,700.63 Rayber Road Taking 2028 163.00 163.00 163.00 Skymeadow Dr Take 2210 52.00 52.00 52.00 CIP Drain Replace 0005 2,235.30 2,235.30 0.00 CIP Road Resurface 1007 4,851.47 4,851.37 0.10 CIP Drainage 1008 24,656.74 1,328.89 23,327.85 River Rd Layout 1036 84.00 84.00 John Kendrick Rd 1051 26.00 26.00 Prides Path 1052 28.00 28.00 Department Totals 953,778-84 25 599.96 768 232.51 211 146.29 164 828.33 ,now Removal Salaries 16,700-00 20,302.81 37,002.81 0.00 Expenses 45,125.00 49,657.23 100,293.18 -5,510.95 Equipment 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00 Department Totals 63 825.00 69 960.04 137 295.99 -3,510.95 0.00 Street Lights Expenses 32,212.00 30,517.48 1,694.52 Department Totals 32 212.00 0.00 30 517.48 1,694.52 0.00 Disposal Area Salaries 100,840.00 7,852.00 103,318.26 5,373.74 Expenses 540,510.00 -215,314.00 304,305.68 20,890.32 Encumbrance 74,000.00 72,530.51 1,469.49 Equipment 2,700.00 2,568.08 131.92 Engineering 4,800.00 1,500.00 3,300.00 Term Trans Stat Cont 4102 150,750.00 150,750.00 0.00 Disp Equip Purc 4103 58,314.00 57,814.30 499.70 Haz Waste Coll 2211 3,123.64 0.00 3,123.64 CIP Plan 9081 30 747.50 8,611.00 22 136.50 22 136.50 Department Totals 756,721 J 4 1,6 701,39z.aa. 56,925,31- 22,136.5 32 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 301994 Carried Fwd HUMAN SERVICES Health Salaries 115,948.00 1,732.00 117,586.08 93.92 Expenses 18,401.00 15,158.96 3,242.04 Equipment 229.00 229.00 0.00 Septic Betterment 4027 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 Department Totals 159 578.00 1,732.00 13Z974.04 28 335.96 25 000.00 Council On Aging Salaries 57,640.00 57,131.72 508.28 Expenses 12,740.00 -695.00 12,045.00. 0.00 Encumbrance 1,155.00 -1,155.00 Department Totals 71,535.00 -1,850.00 69,176.72 508.28 0.00 i Veterans Benefits Vets Assessment 9,067.00 100.75 9,167.31 0.44 Encumbrance 4,000.00 619.84 3,380.16 Vets Benefits 9,432.00 3,691.66 5,740.34 11000.00 Vet Sery Exempt 4028 100.75 -100.75 0.00 0.00 Department Totals 22,599.75 0.00 13.478.81 9,120.94 1,000.00 CULTUREIRECREATION Snow Library Salaries 171,386.00 -4,150.00 166,843.65 392.35 Expenses 59,566.00 4,128.00 63,467.74 226.26 St. Library Recpts. 8,085.45 8,085.45 0.00 Out of State Travel 300.00 226.23 73.77 Dog Tax To Libr 4035 2,721.75 0.00 2,721.75 2,721.75 CIP Shelves 1009 674.56 668.50 6.06 Department Totals 242,733.76 -22.00 239,291.57 3,420.19 2,721.75 Recreation Salaries 68,531.00 65,340.74 3,190.26 Expenses 16,167.00 16,054.03 112.97 Equipment 3,215.00 2,973.97 241.03 Department Totals 87 913.00 0.00 84 368.74 3,544.26 0.00 Parks & Beaches Salaries 463,928.00 5,445.00 419,815.88 49,557.12 Expenses 86,454.00 -800.00 85,133.47 520.53 Equipment 12,741.00 12,660.77 80.23 CIP Replace Truck 4011 19,500.00 19,500.00 0.00 CIP Replace Truck 4012 12,500.00 12,500.00 0.00 CIP Redesign Skaket 3019 1,400.00 0.00 1,400.00 CIP Sand Rep Skaket 3020 4,319.56 4,114.32 205.24 CIP Rep Skaket Pk Lt 3021 2,100.00 0.00 2,1 00.00 CIP Rep Eldredge 3023 10,000.00 6,868.00 3,132.00 3,132.00 CIP Erosion Skaket 0003 12,000.00 0.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 33 Transfers/ Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 30, 1994 Carried Fwd Department Totals 624,942.56 4,645.00 560,592.44 68,995.12 15,132.00 Herring Brook Salaries 375.00 375.00 0.00 Expenses 100.00 0.00 100.00 Department Totals 475.00 0.00 375.00 100.00 _ __ 0.00 O. K. H. Reg. Dist. Salaries 458.00 296.64 161.36 Expenses 375.00 263.75 111.25 Department Totals 833.00 0.00 560.39 2.72.61 0.00 Mem & Vets Day Expenses 1,851.00 1,743.41 107.59 Department Totals 1,851 00 0.00 1,743.41 107.59 0.00 Arts & Humanities Expenses 100.00 92.43 7.57 Department Totals 100.00 0.00 92.43 7.57 0.00 Spec Events & Info Salaries 7,728.00 7,425.38 302.62 Expenses 6,350-00 5,129.14 1,220.86 Department Totals 14 078.00 0.00 12 554.52 1,523.48 0.00 DEBT SERVICE Mat. Notes & Bonds Expenses 1,697,400.00 1,640,000.00 57,400.00 Department Totals 1,697,400.00 0.00 1,640,000.00 57 400.00 0.00 Interest Notes & Bonds Expenses 753,632.00 632,110.31 121,521.69 Department Totals 753,632.00 0.00 632,110.31 121,521.69 0.00 Insurance & Bonds Expenses 278,979.00 171,104.75 107,874.25 Department Totals 278,979-00 0.00 171 104.75 107 874.25 0.00 /hemp Compensation Expenses 11,000.00 6,000.00 16,702.91 297.09 Department Totals 11 000.00 6,000.00 16 702.91 297.09 0.00 Emp Health/Medicare Expenses 769,500.00 764,110.91 5,389.09 Department Totals 769 500.00 0.00 764 110.91 5389-09 0.00 34 Transfers) Expenditures Balance as of Balance Department Appropriation Revisions Net of Refunds June 30,1994 Carried Fwd Sub Total Dept Bdgts 14,673,508.25 33,628.64 13,51,5,756.85 1,191,380.04 563,075 28 Current Articles Misc. Steelworkers Pay 4202 19,755.00 -17,129.00 0.00 2,626.00 CIP Stabilization 4016 72,000.00 0.00 72,000.00 0.00 Clerical Stlwkrs 4203 16,500.00 -16,499.64 0.00 0.36 Current Art. Total 108 255.00 -33,628.64 72 000.00 2 626.36 0.00 General Fund Total 14 781 763.25 0.00 13 587 756.85 1,194,006,40 563 075.28 CAPITAL PROJECTS Past Articles Fire/Pol Const 7010 22,810.00 6,180.00 16,630.00 13,138.61 Past Article Totals 22 810.00 0.00 6,180.00 16 630 00 13 138.61 CIP Capping Landfill 3007 1,125,000.00 0.00 1,125,000.00 1,125,000.00 Past Article Totals 1,125 000,00 0.00 0.00 1 125 000 00 1,125,000.00 Transfer Station 0021 26,685.69 26,685.69 0.00 Past Article Totals 26 685.69 0.00 26 685.69 0.00 CIP Water Main Imp 4024 83,985.23 83,606,06 379.17 CIP Pump House 3035 503,196.23 424,304.95 78,891.28 78,891.28 Past Article Totals 587181.46 0.00 507 911.01 79 270.45 78,891.28 Grand Total Cat Pro' 1,761,677.15 0.00 540 776.70 1,220,900.45 1 217 029.89 WATER Water Department Salaries 320,255.00 311,197.30 9,057.70 Expenses 177,803.00 140,322.55 37,480.45 Water Sery Conn 14,900.75 35,000.00 17,690.48 32,210.27 32,210.27 Engineering 5,000.00 1,777.98 3,222.02 795.78 Out of State Travel 1,000.00 190.61 809.39 CIP Leak Detection 4019 12,000.00 12,000.00 0.00 CIP Replace Truck 4020 9,000.00 9,000.00 0,00 CIP Repair Pump Sta 4021 40,000.00 25,096.61 14,903.39 14,903.39 CIP Meter Replace 4022 20,000.00 17,250.00 2,750.00 CIP Hydrant Repair 4023 8,000.00 6,191.07 1,808.93 Water Sery Conn 4025 35,000.00 -35,000.00 0.00 0.00 CIP Alarm Sys 2017 12,000.00 0.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 Department Totals 654 958.75 0.00 540 716.60 114 242.15 59 909.44 Water Grand Total 654,g58.75 0.00 540 716.60 114 242.15 59 909.44 GRANU IQTAL ALL FUNDS 17.198.399.15 0.00 14,669,250.15 2,529,149.0-0--- _. 1,840,014.61 35 t COMBINED BALANCE SHEET - ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP JUNE 30, 1994 FIDUCIARY FUND ACCOUNT GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES_ TYPES GROUP General Combined Special Capital Trust Long-term Totals Revenue projects &Agency Obligations (Memoran- General Fund Funds Funds Funds _Group duet Only) ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $3,174,482 $854,597 $294,200 $1,734,968 $ $6,055,247 Receivables: Property Taxes 572,348 572,348 Motor vehicle and other excise taxes 196,326 196,326 Tax Liens 370,543 370,543 Departmental and other 6,637 6,637 Water- User charges and unbilled services 729,427 729,427 Taxes in litigation 11,852 11,852 Deferred property taxes 95,444 95,444 Less: Provision for abatements&exemptions (282,685) (282,685) Due from other funds 202,563 202,563 Due from other governments 1,248 210,375 1,137,000 1,348,623 Restricted asset, deferred compensation benefits 683,356 683,356 Amount to be provided for payment of long-term obligations 11,170,694 11,170,694 TOTAL ASSETS 4 7 4 1 S11.170&94 S21,162am LIABILITIES: Deposits held in custody $ $ $ $ 4,877 $ $ 4,877 Accounts payable 354,640 24,134 11,409 390,183 Other liabilities 82,730 82,730 Due to other funds 202,563 202,563 Deferred revenue 715,047 737,239 1,137,000 2,589,286 Deferred compensation due employees 683,356 683,356 Grant anticipation notes payable 1,100,000 1,100,000 General obligation bands payable 8,811,000 8,811,000 Capital lease obligations 23,863 23,863 Accrued compensated absences 345,831 345,831 Landfill closure obligations 1-990.Qo 1,990,000 TOTAL LIABILITIES $JIJZO.§24 $16.Z23.689 Fund equity(deficiency): Fund balances: Reserved for encumbrances and continuing appropriations $ 665,888 $ 59,909 $ 725,797 Reserved for endowments 490,540 490,540 Reserved for expenditures 443,319 35,000 478,318 Reserved for specific purposes 17,937 37,098 55,035 Unreserved: Designated (11,704) (817,209) 738,900 (90,013) Undesignated 2,077,901 69d 456 500-651 1277.008 Total fund equity(deficiency) $3,193,341 830,463 f 7 2 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY $ 4 4 S1,4 al 2 36 TOWN OF ORLEANS SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1994 Amount Fiscal Original Outstanding Date of Year of Principal Interest at June 30, Issue Maturity Amount Rate General debt (inside debt limit): Land acquisition 02/01/87 1997 $1,660,000 4.70- 4.90% $495,000 Fire Debt/Town wharf 12/15/86 1997 1,265,000 5.00% 375,000 Land Acquisition 11/01/87 1998 1,520,000 7.00- 7.75% 600,000 Land Acquisition 12/15/89 2000 2,600,500 6.85- 6.90% 1,180,000 Land Acquisition 06/15/89 2009 680,000 6.60- 6.70% 505,000 Septage Treatment f=acility 06/15/90 1999 500,000 6.25% 275,000 Solid Water Transfer 06/15/90 2000 830,000 6.25% 490,000 General Debt (Outside debt limit): School Expansions 06/15/89 2009 3,000,000 6.60- 6.70% 2,225,000 Orleans Elementary 06/15/90 2009 1,370,000 6.25% 1,070,000 Land Acquisition 04/15/93 2003 310,000 5.00% 275,000 Drainage 04/15/93 2003 370,000 5.00% 330,000 Water Debt (outside debt limit): Water Improvements 1985 1995 1,027,500 7.40% 100,000 Murray Land 12/15/89 2000 200,000 6.25% 100,000 Water Well 1995 Septage 2/15/94 2004 586,000 4.495% 586,000 (Inside dent limit): Water Mapping 2/15/94 2004 205,000 4.495% 205,000 11 Debt service to maturity consists of the following: Principal Interest Total For the year ending June 30, 1995 $1,406,000 $549,182 $1,955,182 1996 1,300,000 461,982 1,761,982 1997 1,295,000 381,185 1,676,185 1998 990,000 303,317 1,293,317 1999 635,000 243,407 878,407 Thereafter 3.185,DOD 990.844 4,175,844 $8,811,000 $2,929,917 $11,740,917 37 TOWN CLERK Whereas: A trained and knowledgeable citizenry can provide personal and family survival mea- sures prior to government assistance: I hereby submit my annual Report for the year 1994: In- NOW THEREFORE, cluded in this report are the following: We, the Orleans Board of Selectmen, do 1. Town Meetings and the Doings thereon hereby proclaim May 8th, 1994 as May 9, 1994 Annual ORLEANS EMERGENCY May 9, 1994 Special RESPONDERS MEMORIAL DAY June 22, 1994 Special Nov. 14, 1994 Special and the Week of May 8— 14, 1994 as 2. Elections: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEEK May 17, 1994 Annual and congratulate the Orleans Fire/Rescue June 28, 1994 Special Department on their continuing fine service Sept. 20, 1994 State Primary to the Town. Nov. 8, 1994 State Election Nov. 15, 1994 Special Nov. 22, 1994 Old King's Highway Historic Francis E. Suits, Chairman District Election Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. George R. Christie, Jr. 3. Fish & Game Licenses Ronald A. Adams Dog Licenses Issued in 1994 W. Curtis Collyer Birth, Marriages & Death Statistics ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN 4. Proclamations Citations PROCLAMATION I would like to take this opportunity to express my appre- Whereas, professional insurance women make a signif- ciation to the Town Executive, Board of Selectmen, all icant contribution to the risk and insurance Committee Members, Dept. Managers, Town employees industry, and and a special thanks to my Assistant Anne Lennon for all their cooperation and support. Whereas, they are increasingly effective locally and statewide in promoting public awareness of Res ectfull submitted, such important issues as tort reform, auto- Respectfully mobile safety and the problem of drinking Jean F. Wilcox and driving, and Town Clerk Whereas, they endeavor to reaffirm to the industry as a whole the highest professional standards, PROCLAMATION and Whereas: Certain emergency responders such as para- Whereas, they are working effectively on a national medics, emergency medical and public level as the National Association of Insur- safety personnel, national guard personnel ance Women (International), which has on State active duty, disaster assistance vol- reached a membership of 21,000, and unteers, and emergency management per- Whereas, professional insurance women have earned sonnel have given their lives in the line of recognition for their outstanding accomplish- duty while responding to the needs of Mas- ments in the economically vital insurance in- sachusetts residents in time of emergency; dustry; and NOW THEREFORE, Whereas: Emergency Management personnel, be they We, the Orleans Board of Selectmen do pro- private, local, State or Federal, plan through claim May 15th through May 21st as the process of mitigation, preparedness, re- sponse and recovery from,both natural and technological hazards;and NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Whereas: The general public needs this information to INSURANCE WOMEN WEEK protect the lives and welfare of individuals and urge our citizens to do honor to the women who are and families in the event of emergencies in performing such important and diverse roles throughout the home, workplace, neighborhood, commu- the risk and insurance industry,• nity or region; and 38 IN WITNESS THEREOF, CITATION We have hereunto set our hands and caused THIS CITATION CERTIFIES THAT the Official Seal of the Town of Orleans to be On the occasion of the affixed, this Fourth day of May, 1994. 1994 Annual Town Meeting of ORLEANS, MASSACHUSETTS Francis E. Suits, Chairman WILLIAM 1. LIVINGSTON George R. Christie, Jr. Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. is the recipient of the Selectmen's "Good Citizenship Ronald A. Adams Award" and that this award is made in recognition of W. Curtis Collyer noteworthy services of good citizenship rendered this ORLEANS BOARD of SELECTMEN community which stand as an example that others may follow to the common benefit of all. PROCLAMATION Francis E. Suits, Chairman Whereas, for over 30 years, NORMAN M. HOPKINS Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. (known to his friends as Donny or Hoppy) George R. Christie, Jr. has cared for the graves of the Town's veter- Ronald A. Adams ans and has been unofficially and officially W. Curtis Collyer designated as the town's "Veterans' Grave ORLEANS BOARD OI=SELECTMEN Officer`, and May 9, 1994 Whereas, he "inherited"this job from his father and his grandfather before him, and performed these PROCLAMATION services for the town without compensation or special recognition, and Whereas, GEORGE R. CHRISTIE, JR. served the Whereas, Donny has faithfully decorated the graves of Town of Orleans as a member of the Board the town's veterans and enhanced the of Selectmen since May, 1989 and as its public's awareness of their heroism through Chairman from May, 1992 to December, his efforts, especially on Memorial Day and 1993;and Veteran's Day every year as long as anyone Whereas, As a member of the Board of Selectmen, can remember, and George represented the Town in the follow- Whereas, the Town and its citizens have benefitted ing capacities: from Donny's patriotism and public spirit, Representative, Route 6A Corridor Manage- NOW THEREFORE, ment Study We, the Orleans Board of Selectmen, wish to Chairman, Park Commissioners extend a big 'THANK YOU" to Donny Hop- Orleans Representative, Cape Cod Planning kins. On behalf of all the citizens of the town, and Economic Development Commission we offer our sincere appreciation for the ded- Orleans' first representative to the Cape Cod ication he has shown to the town and the Commission memory of our veterans. In recognition of his efforts, we hereby proclaim JULY 1, 1994 as Whereas, Prior to his service on the Board of Select- men, GEORGE R. CHRISTE, JR. served as DONNYHOPKINS DAY an appointed member of volunteer town committees, including: Zoning Board of Appeals, Alternate, 1979 - and call upon the citizens of the Town to congratulate 1984 Donny and thank him for a job well done. Finance Committee, 1984 - 1987 Francis E. Suits, Chairman (Vice Chairman 1984, Chairman 1985 - Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. 1987) Ronald A. Adams Whereas, George won the respect of town employees W. Curtis Collyer and department managers by his demon- Richard W. Philbrick strated appreciation of their efforts, and ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN 39 Whereas, George will always be known as the cham- Signed this Third day of May at the Town of Orleans, pion of the "underdog", for his love and con- Massachusetts, in witness thereof the seal and officials cern for animals, of the Town are hereby affixed. NOW THEREFORE, Francis E. Suits, Chairman On behalf of the citizens and employees of George R. Christie, Jr. the Town of Orleans we wish to extend our Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. sincere thanks and appreciation to GEORGE Ronald A. Adams R. CHRISTiE, JR. upon his retirement as a W. Curtis Collyer member of the Board of Selectmen. His keen ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN mind, dry wit and insightful comments will be missed. PROCLAMATION Francis E. Suits, Chairman Whereas The United States Marine Corps has faith- MacLean Kirkwood, Jr. fully served this country in peace and in war, Ronald A. Adams and W. Curtis Collyer Whereas The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Richard W. Philbrick Corps and Silent Drill Team and Color Guard ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN will visit Orleans on Wednesday, June 29, 1994 and perform the Battle Color Ceremony PROCLAMATION at Eldredge Park Field;and Whereas, The Congress of the United States of Amer- Whereas This will be their tenth visit and performance ica has designated the week of May 15th to in Orleans and this occasion has become a be dedicated as "National Police Week" and popular local tradition;and May 15 of each year to be `Peace Officer's Whereas Residents and visitors of all ages look for- Memorial Day'; and ward to this event and the pride in our coun- Whereas, the law enforcement officers are our guard- try it inspires, and ians of life and property, defenders of the in- Whereas We wish to honor the U.S. Marine Drum and dividual right to be free men, warriors in the Bugle Corps and express our gratitude for war against crime and dedicated to the pres- their continued interest in Orleans; ervation of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- NOW THEREFORE, piness, and be it resolved that June 23, 1394 will be ob- Whereas, it is known that every fifty seven hours an American police officer will be killed in the served by the citizens of Orleans as line of duty somewhere in the United States UNITED STATES and 136 officers will be seriously assaulted in the performance of their duties, our commu- nity joins with other cities and towns to honor and we call upon the people of the town to recognize all police officers everywhere and and participate in this special observance. WE THEREFORE PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF Francis E. Suits, Chairman MAY 15 TO MAY 21, 1994 to be Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. POLICE WEEK Ronald A. Adams and call upon all the citizens of the Town of Orleans to W Curtis Collyer especially honor and show our sincere appreciation for Richard W. Philbrick the police officers of this town by deed remark and atti- ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN tude. We call upon all of our citizens to make every effort to express their thanks to the men and women who PROCLAMATION make it possible for us to leave our homes and family in Whereas Home health services are provided to infants, safety each day and to return to our homes knowing we children, new mothers, expectant mothers, are protected by men and women willing to sacrifice their older persons, and others in need of health lives, if necessary, to guard our loved ones, property and care, all for less cost than institutional care; government against all who would violate the law. and 40 Whereas Home health agencies and home care corpo- was called to order by Moderator Duane P. Landreth rations collaborate to provide a full range of when a quorum of 216 was declared present by the health care and social services, including Town Clerk Jean F. Wilcox. nursing, physical, occupational and speech Tellers were: Gail R. Rainey, James Y. Snedecar, Paul J. therapies, home health aide services, Name- Marinaccio and Kenneth D. Alman. All the tellers were maker or home support, and a variety of spe- cialized and high tech services;and sworn in by the Town Clerk Jean F. Wilcox. Whereas Home care agencies provide services includ- Selectman Francis E. Suits moved that all Town Officials ing information and referral, protective ser- or department managers or their duly designated repre- vices, social day care, home delivered sentatives, required to attend Town Meeting pursuant to meals, transportation, and other essential Section 2-7-3 of the Charter, who are not residents of the services for elders in their communities, and Town of Orleans, be permitted to address the Town Meeting on matters affecting their office or department. Whereas In Orleans, the Chatham-Orleans Visiting Selectman Francis E. Suits moved to vote to dispense Nurse Association, Inc. provides quality p health services to many residents of the with the reading of the Warrant except the Preamble, Town;and Conclusion and Attestation thereof. Whereas The Chatham-Orleans VNA is continuing this The Good Citizens award was given to William 1. Living- tradition during the celebration of its 75th ston. year of service to the Lower Cape;and Whereas In recognition of the 75th Anniversary of the WATER DEPARTMENT AWARDS Chatham-Orleans Visiting Nurse Association Selectman W. Curt Collier announced the following peo- and the important contribution made to the ple who won 10,000 gals. of water from the Water Dept. quality of life for Cape Cod residents by contest. many home health care agencies and provid- Question #1: How may gallons of water were pumped in ers, the Town of Orleans during the peak month of August NOW THEREFORE, 1993? We, the Orleans Board of Selectmen, do Answer: 55,261,400 gallons hereby proclaim November 27th .fo Decem- ber 3rd, 1994 as WINNER - CYNTHIA MAY HOME CARE WEEK Question #2: If every household in America had a faucet 1N ORLEANS that dripped once each second, how many gallons of water a day would be wasted? and urge the citizens to take cognizance of this event Answer: 928 million gallons of water a day and participate in its observance. Francis E. Suits, Chairman WINNER - MAUREEN KAMMERER Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. Question #3: How many miles of water mains are in the Ronald A. Adams Town of Orleans? W. Curtis Collyer Answer: 101.54 miles Richard W. Philbrick ORLEANS BOARD OF SELECTMEN WINNER - ALAN CONKLIN Question #4: How many glasses of Orleans water could you buy for the price of a six pack of soda? Answer: 7,353 glasses ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WINNER - VIRGINIA COOK MONDAY, MAY 9, 1994 Question #5: How many gallons of water does it take to process 1 barrel of beer? Answer: 1,500 gallons The Annual Town Meeting was held on Monday May 9th, 1994 at the Nauset Regional Middle School. The meeting WINNER - BURTON GOLOV 41 Question #6: How many gallons of water does it take to public facilities/services, such as police, fire and fill all of the water mains in Orleans? town buildings Answer: 1,506,886 gallons Utilizing these projections, we will plan for our town's fu- ture needs. WINNER - JOHN QUINCY What will Orleans be like in the year 2020? • Will there be traffic jams every weekend in the summer? ARTICLE 1. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN, TOWN • Will our drinking water still be naturally pure, or OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES will we need treatment? • Will we be able to spend an afternoon digging To act upon the Annual Report of the Board of Select- quahogs or striped bass fishing, or will they be men, Town Officers and other Special Committees. too scarce? Kate Davis, Chairman of the Comprehensive Planning • Will taxes have to be suddenly dramatically in- Committee gave the following report: creased to pay for a new Police Station, Town Comprehensive Planning Committee Hall or School? The Orleans comprehensive planning Committee was All of these concerns have a common theme: They can adopted by the Board of Selectmen in the spring of 1993. all be avoided by PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE NOW. The Committee is made up of representatives of other Most people move to Orleans, visit and stay in town be- groups in town, such as the Chamber of Commerce, cause of its overwhelming natural resources. Orleans is Board of Health, Conservation Commission and Planning also considered to be the commercial of the Lower Cape. Board. The Committee is charged with writing a compre- Our environment and our economy are therefore linked hensive plan for the future of our town. or dependant on one another. Goal Our goal is to develop a plan that will protect and pre- The 3 major goals of the Plan are: serve our environment which will, in turn, promote long- term economic vitality. 1. Protecting the environment Action To Date 2. Promoting economic development Our efforts to date have been to seek public input on 3. Providing a high level of public services to what residents' concerns are for the future of the town. residents when the town has reached its So far we have: maximum population and development po- • met with 20 local organizations (church groups, tential. Rotary) Plan Contents • prepared a Public Opinion Survey that will be The Plan will have 8 chapters: distributed at the end of May • We will be holding workshops on various sec- 1. Natural Resources tions of the plan. The first one will be on June 2. Economic Development 22nd. We urge you to attend for citizen input is essential. 3. Affordable Housing Our committee needs your input, thoughts and concerns 4. Historical Preservation in helping us develop the Comprehensive Plan for the 5. Health and Human Services future of our town. Please join us by getting involved at 6. Land Use/Growth Management our bi-monthly meetings, workshops and responding to our public opinion survey. Times and places of meetings 7. Open Space and Recreation will be announced. We feel strongly that the Comprehen- 8. Community Facilities &Transportation sive Plan for the Town of Orleans must come from the people of Orleans for the people of Orleans. Together we Our Approach can chart the course of our future. We will be conducting a Build-out Study that will project the number of houses and people the town could have if BY-LAW REVISION all the land that could be developed was built upon, WILLARD SALTER based on current zoning regulations. I don't know why I was chosen to give you this prelimi- Then we will use those figures to project impacts on: nary report but I was, so here goes. • ground water This copy of the Orleans Code contains all our By-Laws. • coastal waters Our job was to revise it and present it to Town Meeting. • public water supply We had 14 months to do it in. • traffic 42 Make no mistake about it. By-Laws are tough to deal Last June it was suggested an informal series of meet- with, as evidenced by the Planning Board's five-year ings would be more effective than a By-Law. We had our struggle with a new sign code. That is just one By-Law. doubts, but why not give that approach one more try. We had the whole megillah! We were starting from The Town Planner was put in charge. Although some scratch. We don't even know the technical definition of a meetings have taken place, history repeated itself. By-Law. Town Counsel told us: Nine months later, there is not a piece of paper to evi- A By-Law is an action passed at Town Meeting dence any activity of who was there, what was discussed which requires the Attorney General's approval, and what was concluded. There were no reports back to although not all actions fitting this definition are the various groups. There is nothing to provide under- By-Laws. standing for incoming members of the future unless they Not much to go on. Still, while we were not sure of what wish to listen to 15 hours of non sequitur tape record- we were, we quickly decided what we were not. We were ings. not proof readers since that should have been done be- This is not acceptable. That's why this is a preliminary fore the By-Laws were put in place. report. We'll be back with a proper article at the first legal We were not a superseding agency whose function was opportunity. It should have been done 20 years ago. It to usurp the job which was properly that of others. Nor will be done soon, and follow the guide lines of the Off i- were we a cleanup crew to undertake that which others cial Town Plan. We promise the article will be clear, Ji- had not done. Instead we took the practical approach. "If rect, enforceable and short. it ain't broke don't fix it." Is it broke? We hope you approve. Thank You. It would not be our judgment that counted; it would be yours. What do the various segments that make up the Search Committee warp and woof of Orleans think of our By-Laws? We ag- Lynn Pike spoke as Chairman of The Search Committee gressively asked you. This included all officials, depart- stating that they have many volunteers, but unfortunately ment heads and committee chairmen, and lots of other they are about 50 short and would appreciate any inter- employees and committee members too. We asked the ested persons to contact him or anyone on the commit- business community, service organizations, churches, tee. and lots of citizens too. Can you guess what you say? There is not a lot wrong with the specific By-Laws. It is the By-Law process which ARTICLE 2. TOWN/SCHOOL BUDGET is flawed. You were critical about the way By-Laws were To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate conceived, presented, amended and enforced or not en- and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to forced. y fund and pay departmental expenses for the fiscal year And your comments always pointed to one underlying commencing July 1, 1994 and ending June 30, 1995, or reason. The Planning board, the Building Inspector and to take any other action relative thereto. his agents, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Town MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the Town Meet- Executive and Selectmen simply do not regularly coordi- ing adopt the Selectmen's requested FY95 budget as nate their activities or communicate with each other. printed in the warrant and that the sum of $14,328,291 Put bluntly, we don't have good management of the By- be raised and appropriated for this purpose, and that the Law process. And that is too bad for the By-Laws create sum of $20,000.00 be transferred from the Pension Re- the structure within which our community works, without serve Trust Fund, and the sum of $8,700.00 be trans- which there would be chaos. ferred from the Waterways Improvement Fund, and the We need a new committee and we need it soon. It might sum of $15,000.00 be transferred from the Wetland Pro- be called the By-Law Interface Committee. tection Fund for a total appropriation of $14,371,991.00 It will be made up of one representative from each of the for this purpose; provided however that the sum of five groups just mentioned, as well as others who may $66,963.00 of the total appropriation under the Orleans be included from time to time depending upon the topic Elementary School and the sum of $97,041.00 of the under discussion. Nauset Regional School Assessment both be considered It will meet monthly with a planned agenda. Written min- "Contingent Appropriations" and are hereby appropriated utes with summaries of actions or conclusions reached contingent upon the passage of Proposition 2 1/2 levy and why, will be sent to each participant to discuss with limit override question under General Laws Chapter 59 other members of the group he or she represented. Section 21 C. These will provide interfunctional coordination as well as AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION: a meaningful paper trail to help those who follow in these The Finance Committee made the following motion: I civically responsible positions to understand the whys move that the main motion be amended to provide for and wherefore of some of the actions. the following in the budget as printed: 43 Under Selectmen Budget 1994-1995 Windmill Line 113 Personnel Advisory Board Sala b deleting the figure Three Thousand Five Hun- 25. Salary 1,647 0 0 Salary, Y g g 26. Expense 714 0 0 dred and 001100 ($3,500.00) Dollars and inserting in Total 2,361 0 0 place thereof $0. Computer Department And that the total budget figure to be raised and appro- 27, Expense 73.396 95,719 95,719 priated and the total budget sum be reduced by Three Total 73,396 95,719 95,719 Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($3,500) Dollars ac- cordingly . Town Cleric ACTION: On the Finance Committee Motion, Voice vote, 28. Salary 64,406 64,613 64,613 majority fails to amend. 29• Expense 6,350 7,631 7,631 f tY 30. Equipment 0 0 0 ACTION: On the Main Motion, Standing Vote For 416, Total 70,756 72,244 72,244 passes by a majority. Elections BOARD OF SELECTMEN BUDGET 31. Salary 4,352 2,334 2,334 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 32. Expense 504 468 468 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR Total 4,856 2,802 2,802 JULY 1, 1994 - JUNE 30, 1995 SELECTMEN FIN COMM Voter Registration APPROPRIATED BUDGET RECOMMENDED 33. Salary 22,885 16,000 16,000 1993-1994 1994-1995 1994-1995 34. Expense 475 925 925 GENERAL_GOVERNMENT 35. Equipment 100 800 800 Selectmenlrown Executive Total 23,460 17,725 17,725 1. Salary 189,334 194,572 194,572 2. Expense 47,605 50,255 50,255 Conservation Department 3. Equipment 300 1,850 1,850 36. Salary 66,678 66,778 66,778 4. Eng./Consultants 35,500 35,000 35,000 37. Expense 3,875 4,860 4,860 5. regal 59,000 59,000 59,000 38. Equipment 273 0 0 6. Audit Services 16,000 16,000 16,000 39. Out of State Travel 200 0 0 7. Other Prof.&Tech. Serv. 5,000 5,000 5,000 Total 71,026 71,638 71,638 8. Out of State Travel 1,000 0 0 9. Hazardous Waste 15,000 15,000 15,000 Water Quality 10. Free Bed 1,000 1.000 1.000 40. Expenses 0 940 940 Total 369,739 377,677 377,677 Total 0 940 940 Tel/Comm System Planning Department 11. Expense 24,742 24.742 24,742 41. Salary 63,458 65,991 65,991 Total 24,742 24,742 24,742 42. Expense 5,087 13,600 13,600 43, Equipment 0 500 500 Finance Committee Total 68,545 80,091 80,091 12. Salary 2,108 2,112 2,112 13. Expense 475 400 400 Appeals Board 14. Reserve Fund 90,000 90,000 90,00 44. Salary 9,308 9,308 9,308 Total 92,583 92,512 92,512 45. Expense 2,005 2,005 2.00 Total 11,313 11,313 11,313 Financefrown Accountant Dept. 15. Salary 108,717 109,884 109,884 Open Space Committee 16. Expense 3,348 3,648 3,648 46, Salary 1,113 1,113 1,113 17. Equipment 0 0 0 47. Expense 1,000 1,000 1,000 Total 112,065 113,532 113,532 Total 2,113 2,113 2,113 Assessing Department Housing Task Force 18. Salary 104,999 110,103 110,103 48. Expense 300 336 336 19. Expense 18,163 51,609 51,609 Total 300 336 336 20. Equipment 0 0 0 Town Office Building Total 123,162 161,712 ``(1) 161,712 49. Salary 22,036 21,070 21,070 50. Expense 37,448 35,793 35,793 Treasurer/Collector 160,194 167,911 167,911 51. Equipment 1 000 420 424 21. Salary Total 60,484 57,283 57,283 22. Expense 30,806 31,133 31,133 23. Equipment 1,000 0 0 Town ReportsfTown Meeting 24. Other Services 10,000 10,000 10,000 52. Expense 6,900 11,900 11 900 Total 202,000 209,044 209,044 Total 6,900 11,900 11,900 44 Town Hall Annex PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES 53. Salary 7,534 7,352 7,352 Highway Department 54. Expense 5,437 5,414 5,414 82. Salary 300,938 289,947 289,947 55. Equipment 399 0 0 83. Expense 61,513 61,505 61,505 Total 13,370 12,766 12,766 84. Equipment 14,210 16,590 16,590 Total General 85. Road Maint./Drainage. 44,221 49,838 49.838 Government 1, 333,171 1,416,089 1,416,089 Total 420,882 417,880 417,880 PUBLIC SAFETY Snow Removal Police Dept./Communications 86. Salary 16,700 16,700 16,700 56. Salary 1,097,564 1,086,485 1,086,485 87. Expense 45,125 45,125 45,125 57. Expense 79,079 82,554 82,554 86. Equipment 2.000 2.000 2.000 58, Equipment 2,600 4,600 4,600 Total 63,825 63,825 63,825 59. Out of State Travel _ 2,000 0 0 Total 1,181,243 1,173,639 1,173,639 Street Lights Police Building 89. Expense 32.212 33,823 33.823 60. Salary 10,826 10,472 10,472 Total 32,212 33,823 33,823 61. Expense 27,209 23,949 23,949 Disposa{Area 62. Equipment 200 200 200 90. Salary 108,692 123,610 123,610 Total 38,235 34,621 34,621 91. Expense 539,960 346,763 346,763 Gasoline 92. Equipment 2,700 2,580 2,580 63. Expense 64,851 3 140 53,140 93. Eng./Consultants 4.800 28,000 28.000 Total 64,851 53,140 53,140 Total 656,152 500,953 *(2) 500,953 Fire Department Water Departnent 64. Salary 777,315 783,370 783,370 94. Salary 320,255 298,171 298,171 65. Expense 37,489 36,774 36,774 95• Expense 177,813 222,920 222,920 96. Other Assessments 0 2,594 2,594 66. Equipment 5,100 4,800 4,800 97. Equipment 0 42,000 42,000 67. Out of State Travel 1,100 0 0 Total 821,104 824,944 824,944 98. Engineering/Consultants5,000 5,000 5,000 99. Out Of State Travel _ 1,000 0 0 Total 504,058 570,685 "(1) 570,685 Fire Building *(6) 68. Expense 25,467 25,926 25,926 Total Public Works 69. Equipment 1.009 5.980 5.980 &Facilities 1,677,129 1,587,166 1,587,166 Total 26,476 31,906 31,906 Building Department HUMAN SERVICES Health Department 70. Salary 96,486 75,607 75,607 100. Salary 117,410 118,214 118,214 71. Expense 29,388 30,553 30,553 101. Expense 18,401 21,297 21,297 72. Equipment 121 278 278 102. Equipment 229 388 388 Total 125,995 106,438 106,438 Total 136,040 139,899 139,899 Sealer Weights & Measures Council On Aging 73. Expense 6,500 6,500 6,500 103. Salary 57,640 58,377 58,377 Total 6,500 6,500 6,500 104. Expense 10.890 11,890 11,890 Civil Defense Total 68,530 70,267 70,267 74. Salary 188 300 300 Human Services 75. Expense 0 0 0 105. Health Related Services 0 43.038 43,038 Total 188 300 300 Total 0 43,038 43,038 Tree Warden/Dutch Elmllnsect Veterans Benefits 76. Salary 5,560 5,500 5,500 106. Expense 18,600 21.766 21,766 77. Expense 13,500 13,500 13.500 Total 18,600 21,766 21,766 Total 19,060 19,000 19,000 Shellfish/Harbormaster Total Human Services 223,170 274,970 274,970 78. Salary 82,690 83,165 83,165 79. Expense 22,415 16,139 16,139 CULTURE AND RECREATION 80, Equipment 0 17,900 17,900 Snow Library 81. Shellfish Project 7,000 7,000 7,000 107. Salary 172,236 172,719 172,719 Total 112,105 124,204 �(1) 124,204 108. Expense 58,994 63,285 63,285 109. Equipment 0 0 0 Total Public Safety 2,395,657 2,374,692 2,374,692 Total 231,230 236,004 236,004 45 Recreation Department Employee Health/Medicare 110. Salary 68,531 68,219 68,219 132. Salary 606,366 701.348 701,348 111. Expense 16,167 14,792 14,792 Total 606,366 701,348 701,346 112, Equipment 3,215 0 0 Total 87,913 83,011 83,011 Total Miscellaneous 894,345 968,843 968,843 Windmill OTHER 113. Salary 0 3,500 0 133. State&County 114. Expenses 0 840 840 County Charges 729.027 _730,935 730.935 Total 0 4,340 840 Total 729,027 730,935 730,935 Parks and Beaches Total Non-Education 115. Salary 469,373 447,301 447,301 Appropriation 10,607,779 10,226,881 10,223,381 116. Expense 85,654 88,375 88,375 117. Equipment 12,741 15.371 15,371 EDUCATION Total 567,768 551,047 551,047 Orleans Elementary School 134. Expense 1,599,182 1,713,294 1,713,294 Herring Brook 135. Out of State Travel 111 0 0 118. Salary 375 375 375 136. Unemployment Comp. 2,000 2,000 2,000 119. Expense 100 100 100 137. Employee Health/ Total 475 475 475 Medicare 163,134 195,132 195,132 138. Barnstable Cty. Old King's Highway R.H.D.C. Retirement 38.073 40,288 40,288 120. Salary 458 467 467 Total 1,802,500 1,950,714 '(3) 1,950,714 121. Expense 375 375 375 Total 833 842 842 Nauset Regional Assessment 139. Expense 1 835,225 2,105,591 2 105 591 Memorial And Veterans Day Total 1,835,225 2,105,591 '(4) 2,105,591 122. Expense 1,851 1,851 1 851 Total 1,851 1,851 1,851 Cape Cod Tech Assessment 140. Expense 115,593 88,805 813,805 Arts and Humanities Total 115,593 138,805 88,805 123. Expense 100 100 100 Total 100 100 100 Total Education Appropriation 3,753,318 4,145,110 '(5) 4,145,110 Special Events &Information 124. Salary 7,728 7,756 7,756 GRAND TOTAL 14,351,Q27 JAJ71,991 14,3Q8,491 125. Expense 6,350 6,000 . 6,000 Total 14,078 13,756 13,756 *(1} = Includes items previously requested in the Capital Total Culture Improvement Plan. & Recreation 904,248 891,426 887,926 *(2) = Adjustment for Steelworkers Labor Contract. DEBT SERVICE *(3) = Selectmen and Finance Committee recommended Maturing Notes and Bonds $66,963 be placed before the voters on a Proposition 2 126. Expense 1,697,400 1 413 482 1,413,482 f/2 override question on the May 18th Annual Town Elec- 127. Total 1,697,400 1,413,482 1,41 3,482 tion Ballot. Interest on Notes and Bonds *(4) = Selectmen and Finance recommend $97,041 be 128. Expense 753.632 569,278 569 278 placed before the voters on a Proposition 2 1/2 override Total 753,632 569,278 569,278 question on the May 18th Annual Town Election Ballot. *(5) = Selectmen reserve right to comment on proposed Total Debt Service 2,451,032 1,982,760 1,982,760 increases at Town Meeting. MISCELLANEOUS *(6) = Appropriations for employee benefits and debt pay- Insurance and Bonds ments associated with the Water Department operations 129. Expense 27fl-979 258,495 are included in the operating budget under employee Total 278,979 258,495 258,495 health/medicare and debt service totals. A portion o Water Department revenues will be used to offset these Unemployment Compensation costs. 130. Salary 8,000 8,000 8,000 131. Expense 1,000 1,000 1.000 Total 9,000 9,000 9,000 46 ARTICLE 3. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 4. POLICE DEPARTMENT To see if the Town will vote pursuant to CHAPTER 8 Under Police Cruisers (2) by striking the fig- FINANCIAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES, Section ure Thirty Three Thousand One Hundred and 7, Action of Town Meeting, Sub-section 8-7-1 of the Or- Q01100 ($33,100.00) Dollars and inserting in leans Home Rule Charter, to act on the Capital Improve- place thereof Thirty-Four Thousand and ment Plan as published in the Warrant, by adopting said Eight Hundred Fourteen and 00/100 plan with or without amendment thereto which amend- ($34,814.00) Dollars: ments may include an increase or decrease in the amount of money allocated to any particular line item 5. WATER DEPARTMENT contained therein, the addition of new line items or the Under Replace 1983 Ford pick-up truck by deletion of line items contained therein, or to take any striking the figure Thirteen ,Thousand and other action relative thereto. 00/100 ($13,000.00) Dollars and inserting in MOTION: To accept and adopt and that pursuant to place thereof the figure Eleven Thousand Six Chapter 8, Financial Provisions and Procedures, Section Hundred Forty and 00/100 ($11,640.00) Dol- 7, Action of Town Meeting, Sub-section 8-7-1 of the Or- lars: leans Home Rule Charter, The Town Meeting accept the Under Replace 1988 Ford pick-up truck by Capital Improvement Plan as printed in the warrant with striking the figure Eighteen Thousand and the following changes: in the FY95 column: 00/100 ($18,000.00) Dollars and inserting in 1. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL place thereof the figure Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 00/100 Under paint/repair original wing of Building ($15,755.00) Dollars: by striking the figure Thirty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Five and 00/100 and by adjusting the "Total" under 1=Y95 by ($38,825.00) Dollars and inserting in place striking the figure Nine Hundred and Four thereof the figure Twenty-Eight Thousand Thousand Two Hundred Three and 00/100 Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine and 00/100 ($904,203.00) Dollars and inserting in place ($28,999.00) Dollars: thereof the figure Eight Hundred Eighty- 2. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Seven thousand Seven Hundred Ninety- Seven and 00/100 ($887,797.00) Dollars. Under Replace 1988 GMC 3/4 TON 4x4 AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION pick-up truck by striking the figure Eighteen Thousand and 00/100 ($18,000.00) Dollars The Finance Committee made a motion to amend the and inserting in place thereof the figure main motion to provide for the following additional Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Forty and change in the Capital Improvement Plan as printed: 00/100 ($20,240.00) Dollars: Under Open Space, Land Acquisition by deleting the fig- ure of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Under Replace 1985 GMC 1 TON 4x4 pump ($450,000.00) Dollars from the FY95 column be adjusted Truck by striking the figure Twenty-Three T by Four Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Thousand and 00/100 ($23,000.00) Dollars and inserting in place thereof the figure Eigh- teen Thousand Seven Hundred Seven and ACTION: On the Finance Committee Motion, Standing 00/100 ($18,707.00 Dollars: Vote, For 139 motion fails to amend. 3. PARKS & BEACHES ACTION: On the Main Motion, voice vote carries by a Under Replace 1990 112 Ton 4x4 pickup majority. truck by striking the figure Ten Thousand and 00/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars and insert- ing in place thereof the figure Seven Thou- sand Nine Hundred Forty-Eight and 001100 ($7,948.00) Dollars: Under Replace 1987 3/4 Ton 44 truck by striking the figure Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and 00/100 ($16,250.00) Dol- lars and inserting in place thereof the figure Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six and 001100 ($15,666.00) Dollars: 47 TOWN OF ORLEANS FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FISCAL YEARS 1995 - 1999 DEPARTMENT FYQS FY96 FY97 __ FY98 FY99 BUILDING DEPARTMENT Replace 1988 GMC 4X4 Pick-up 21,000 SUB-TOTAL 0 0 21,000 0 0 CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Replace 1988 Ford Ranger Truck 15 000 SUB-TOTAL 0 0 15,000 0 0 COUNCIL ON AGING Senior Center Addition 125,000 SUB-TOTAL 0 125,000 0 0 0 DISPOSAL Landfill Monitoring 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 Replace Front End Loader 37,000 37,000 37,000 Replace Compactors 60,000 60,000 New Tub Grinder 60,000 Replace Compactor Trailers 114,000 SUB-TOTAL 0 50,000 207,000 261,000 87,000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Paint/Repair Original Wing of Building 38,825 SUBTOTAL 38,825 0 0 0 0 FIRE DEPARTMENT Replace Lifepak 11,000 Cascade Air Pack 15,000 Replace 1988 GMC 4X4 24,000 Replace 1989 Ambulance 115,000 Replace 1991 Ford Explorer 4X4 26,000 Replace Large Diameter Hose 12,000 Replace Scott Air Paks 10,000 Refurbish 1974 Ladder Truck 14,000 1 Replace Protective Clothing 14 000 SUB-TOTAL 0 50,000 141,000 22,000 134,000 HARBORMASTER DEPARTMENT Replace Commercial Bulkhead 250,000 Replace 1994 Ford Pick-up 18 000 SUB-TOTAL 0 250,000 0 0 18,000 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Replace 1991 GMC Sonoma 10,000 SUB-TOTAL 0 0 10,000 0 0 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Road Resurfacing 171,828 189,200 160,230 212,327 121,247 Replace 1988 GMC 314 Ton 4X4 Pick-up Truck 18,000 Replace 1985 GMC 1 Ton 4X4 Dump Track 23,000 Highway Dept. Building Roof Repairs 10,000 Replace 1988 Chevy 314 Ton Pick-up Truck 18,000 48 Replace 1974 John Deer 2 YD Front End Loader 80,000 Replace 1988 GMC 1 Ton 04 Dump Truck 23,000 Replace 1987 Street Sweeper 90,000 Replace 1986 Ford 2 112 Ton Dump Truck 60,000 Replace Back Hoe 85.000 SUB-TOTAL 212,828 217,200 263,230 362,327 206,247 OPEN SPACE • Land Acquisitionu_ 450.000 SUB-TOTAL 450,000 0 0 0 0 • included in plan - not funded at this time. PARK & BEACHES Replace 1990 112 Ton 4X4 Pick-up Truck 10,000 Replace 1987 314 Ton 4X4 Truck 16,250 Repairs to Music Shell 17,200 Replace 1989 1 Ton 4X4 Dump Truck 26,000 Repave Skaket Beach Parking Lot 40,000 Construction New Handball Court 20,000 Tractor & Attachments 15,000 Slide in Trash Compactor 10,000 Replace Septic System Nauset Beach 40,000 Replace 1992 112 Ton 4X4 Pick-up Truck 15,000 Repairs to Basketball &Tennis Courts 14,000 Repairs to Beach Buildings 15,000 Replace Riding Mower 10,000 Replace 1994 1/2 Ton 4X4 Pick-up Truck 18,000 Replace 1993 1 Ton Dump Truck 26,000 SUB-TOTAL 43,450 151,000 54,000 18,000 26,000 POLICE DEPARTMENT Replace Cruisers (2) 33,100 35,000 36,000 37,000 38,000 Replace 1992 GMC 4X4 Vehicle 22,000 SUB-TOTAL 33,100 35,000 36,000 59,000 38,000 RECREATION DEPARTMENT Pre-School Playground 12.394 SUB-TOTAL 0 12,394 0 0 0 SELECTMEN Surveying of Town Landings 10,000 10,000 SUB-TOTAL 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 SEPTAGE TREATMENT PLANT Tertia Treatment 85,000 SUB-TOTAL 0 85,000 0 0 0 STABILIZATION FUND 20,000 General Use SUB-TOTAL 20,000 0 0 0 0 49 TOWN OFFICE BUILDINGS Engineer/Architect Plans New Heating/ Air System 10,000 Heating/Cooling Heating/Cooling Building Renovation 150,000 SUB-TOTAL 10,000 150,000 0 0 0 WATER DEPARTMENT Replace 1983 Ford Pick-up Truck 13,000 Replace 1988 Ford Pick-up Truck 18,000 Test Wells 15,000 15,000 Standby Power Station #6 50,000 Leak Detection 12,000 12,000 Paint Tower#1 150,000 Replace 1988 GMC Pick-up Truck 16,000 Pumping Test #8 100,000 Re lace 1990 Ford Pick-u Truck 16 000 SUB-TOTAL 46,000 243,000 100,000 28,000 0 WATER QUALITY TASK FORCE Groundwater Mapping 40,000 Drainage Remediation 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 SUB-TOTAL 40,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 TOTAL 904,203 1,408,594 877,230 780,327 539,247 DATE SUBMITTED: 10 December 1993 INITIAL APPROVAL: 10 January 1994 FINAL APPROVAL: 30 March 1994 TOWN MEETING APPROVAL: 50 ARTICLE 4. FUNDING FY95 CAPITAL EXPENDI- 001100 ($33,100.00) Dollars and inserting in TURES BUDGET place thereof Thirty-Four Thousand Eight To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, Hundred Fourteen and 001100 ($34,814.00) borrow, and/or transfer from available funds a sum of Dollars: money for the purpose of funding certain capital expendi- 5. WATER DEPARTMENT tures to be undertaken during fiscal year 1995 all in ac- Under replace 1983 Ford pick-up truck by cordance with the schedule of Capital Expenditure Bud- striking the figure Thirteen Thousand and get dated March 30, 1994 and to authorize the Board of 00/100 Selectmen to sell, trade, lease or exchange or otherwise place t ereof 00.00) dollars and inserting in dispose of old equipment or vehicles deemed advisable place thereof the figure Eleven Thousand Six and in the best interest of the Town. The proceeds from Hundred Forty and 001100 ($11,640.00) Dol- any such disposition to be applied toward the cost of ac- quiring said equipment or service as the case may be, or Under replace 1988 Ford pick-up truck by to take any other action relative thereto. striking the figure Eighteen Thousand and MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the Town Meet- 001100 ($18,000.00) Dollars and inserting in ing adopt the Capital Expenditure Budget as printed in place thereof the figure Fifteen Thousand the warrant with the following changes: Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 00/100 ($15,755.00) Dollars; 1. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and all Capital items proposed shall be Under paint/repair original wing of Building funded as follows; by raising and appropriat- by striking the figure Thirty-Eight Thousand ing the sum of Three Hundred Forty Thou- Eight Hundred Twenty-Five and 00/100 sand Eight Hundred Ninety-Seven 00/100 ($38,825.00) Dollars and inserting in place ($340,897.00) Dollars and by transferring the thereof the figure Twenty-Eight thousand sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine and 00/100 and 00/100 ($96,900.00) Dollars from Chap- ($28,999.00) Dollars: ter 90 funds for a total appropriation of Four 2. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Seven.Hun- dred Ninety-Seven and 001100 ($437,797.00) Under replace 1988 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 pick- Dollars for this purpose. up truck by striking the figure Eighteen Thou- sand and 00/100 ($18,000.00) Dollars and ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously. inserting in place thereof the figure Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Forty and 001100 ($20,240.00) Dollars: Under replace 1985 GMC 1 TON 4X4 dump truck by striking the figure Twenty-Three Thousand and 00/100 ($23,000.00) dollars and inserting in place thereof the figure Eigh- teen Thousand Seven Hundred Seven and 00/100 ($18,707.00) Dollars: 3. PARKS & BEACHES Under replace 1990 112 TON 04 truck pick- up by striking the figure Ten Thousand and 00/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars and inserting in place thereof the figure Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-might and 00/100 ($7,948.00) Dollars: Under replace 1987 3/4 TON 4X4 truck by striking the figure Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and 00/100 ($16,250.00) Dol- lars and inserting in place thereof the figure Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six and 00/100 ($15,666.00) Dollars: 4. POLICE DEPARTMENT Under Police Cruisers (2) by striking the fig- ure Thirty-Three Thousand One Hundred and 51 TOWN OF ORLEANS FUNDING FY95 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BUDGET RAISE AND STABILIZATION CHAPTER DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATE BOND RESERVES FUND_ __ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Paint/Repair Original Wing of Bldg. 38,825 SUB-TOTAL 38,825 0 0 0 0 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Road Resurfacing 74,928 96,900 Replace 1988 GMC 314 Ton 4X4 Pick-Up Truck 18,000 Replace 1985 GMC 1 Ton 4X4 Dump 23,000 SUB-TOTAL 115,928 0 0 0 96,900 PARK & BEACHES Replace 1990 112 Ton 4X4 Pick-up 10,000 Replace 1987 314 Ton 4X4 Truck 16,250 Repairs to Music Shell 17,200 SUB-TOTAL 43,450 0 0 0 0 POLICE DEPARTMENT Replace Cruisers 2 33,100 SUB-TOTAL 33,100 0 0 0 0 SELECTMEN Surveying of Town Landings 10,000 SUB-TOTAL 10,000 0 0 0 0 STABILIZATION FUND General Use 20,000 SUB-TOTAL 20,000 0 0 0 0 TOWN OFFICE BUILDINGS Engineer/Architect Plans New Heating/Air System 10,000 SUB-TOTAL 10,000 0 0 0 0 WATER DEPARTMENT Replace 1983 Ford Pick-up Truck 13,000 Replace 1988 Ford Pick-up Truck 16,000 Test Wells 15,000 SUB-TOTAL 46,000 0 0 0 0 WATER QUALITY TASK FORCE Groundwater Mapping 40,000 SUB-TOTAL 40,000 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 357,303 0 0 0 96,900 DATE SUBMITTED: 10 December 1993 INITIAL APPROVAL: 10 January 1994 FINAL APPROVAL: 30 March 1994 TOWN MEETING APPROVAL: 52 ARTICLES. NON—UNION PERSONNEL tions, training records, and other records pertinent to the COMPENSATION PLAN employee's service. To see if the Town will vote to approve an increase for 25-3. Retention of Records. Such records shall be Personnel By-Law employees covered under the Com- maintained on a current basis for each employee. Rec- pensation Plan of this By-Law, for the period July 1, 1994 ords of former employees shall be maintained for at least to June 30, 1995, and to raise and appropriate and/or 3 years following separation from the service. Records of transfer from available funds the sum of Thirty-Six Thou- disciplinary actions shall become a part of the employees sand and 001100 ($36,000.00) Dollars to fund said in- records. crease, or to take any other action relative thereto. Changes to the Town's Personnel By-Law normally re- 25-4. Employee's Right to See Records. Any em- quire a Town Executive recommendation. The Town Ex- ployee may arrange to see his/her personnel and finan- ecutive makes no recommendation on this article in that cial records upon written request to the Town Executive the Town Executive's contract provides that her compen- and at reasonable intervals. sation in part is related to the cost of living adjustment for and inserting in place thereof the following new sections non-union personnel proposed by this article. 25-1, 25---2, 25-3 and 25-4. MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- rant. CHAPTER 25 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously PERSONNEL RECORDS 25--1. The Town Executive shall be responsible for the ARTICLE 6. AMEND PERSONNEL BY-LAW ---- BUILD- maintenance of personnel records. A personnel record ING INSPECTOR &ASSISTANT'S TITLE for an employee shall include the following: the name, To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel By- address, date of birth, job title and description; rate of Law Classification and Compensation Plan "A" by delet- pay and any other compensation paid to the employee; ing under A-11 the title of "Building Inspector' and insert- starting date of employment, the job application of the ing in place thereof the title "Building Commissioner" and employee; resumes or other forms of employment inquiry by deleting under A-7 the title of "Assistant Building In- submitted to the employer; all employee performance spector/Code Enforcement Officer" and inserting in place evaluations; written warnings of substandard perfor- thereof the title "Local Inspector/Assistant Building". mance; lists of probationary periods; waivers signed by the employee; copies of dated termination notices and MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- any other documents relating to disciplinary action re- rant. garding the employee. ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously 25-2. The town shall retain the complete personnel rec- ord of an employee, without deletion or expungement un- ARTICLE 7. AMEND PERSONNEL BY-LAW — less agreed to by the employee, from the date employ- CHAPTER 25— RECORDS ment begins until three (3) years after the date the em- To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel By- ployee terminates his/her employment with the Town. If Law Chapter 25 Records by deleting the following: an employee brings a cause of action against the Town CHAPTER 25 in any administrative or judicial proceeding the Town RECORDS shall retain any personnel record required to be kept under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 149, Section 25-1. Compensation Records. The Director of Munick 52C until final disposition of such claim. pal Finance/Town Accountant shall maintain adequate fi- nancial records for each employee. This record shall in- 25-3. If there is a disagreement with any information clude: position classification, annual salary, date of last contained in a personnel record, removal or correction of increment, salary deductions, Workers' Compensation or such information may be mutually agreed upon by the injury claims or payments, including accumulated sick Town Executive and the employee. If an agreement is leave, vacation and other leave and any other financial not reached, the employee may submit a written state- records that may be necessary. Said records to be kept ment explaining the employee's position which shall be- in the department's custody but are to be available to the come a part of the employee's personnel file. This state- Town Executive and the Board upon request. ment shall be included when said information is transmit- ted to a third party as long as the original information is 25---2. Personnel Records. The Town Executive shall retained as part of the file. be responsible for the maintenance of personnel records, including the original application for employment, the re- 25-4. Any employee may request to review and/or copy sults of all tests and examinations taken to demonstrate his/her personnel record. The request shall be in writing qualifications, the employment history, current employ- to the Town Executive and the review shall take place ment status, commendations, record of disciplinary ac- during normal business hours. 53 MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant to settle all existing litigation with the Contractor for the ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Tri-Town Septage Treatment Facility, provided however that any such funds shall be reimbursed to the Town by ARTICLE 8. FUND ORLEANS PERMANENT FIRE- the Orleans, Eastham, Brewster Groundwater Protection FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 2675 District as funds become available to it for this purpose I.A.F.F. CONTRACTS or to take any other action relative thereto. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Forty and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six and 671100 be added to the Salaries Account in the Orleans ($41,666.67) Dollars be raised and appropriated to fund Fire/Rescue Department, or to take any other action rela- the Towns share of the costs to settle all existing litiga- tive thereto. tion with the Contractor for the Tri-Town Septage Treat- ment Facility, provided however that any such funds shall MOTION. To accept and adopt and the sum of Eight be reimbursed to the Town by the Orleans, Eastham, Thousand and 00/100 ($8,000.00) Dollars be raised and Brewster Groundwater Protection District as funds be- appropriated for this purpose. come available to it for this purpose. ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ARTICLE 9. FUND UNITED STEELWORKERS ARTICLE 13. AMEND ORLEANS, BREWSTER, LOCAL 15307 CONTRACTS EASTHAM WATER PROTECTION DIS- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate TRICT INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of be added to the disposal, highway, park and water Selectmen to enter into an amended intermunicipal department's Salaries Account, or to take any other ac- agreement governing the operation of the Orleans, Brew- tion relative thereto. ster and Eastham Septage Treatment Facility as follows: MOTION: To indefinitely postpone INTERMUNICIPAL.AGREEMENT ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously AMONG THE TOWNS OF ORLEANS, BREWSTER AND EASTHAM FOR THE MANAGEMENT ARTICLE 10. FUND ORLEANS POLICE OFFICERS AND OPERATION OF A GROUNDWATER FEDERATION CONTRACTS PROTECTION DISTRICT AND A SEPTAGE To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate TREATMENT FACILITY and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to This agreement having been originally executed the 30th be added to the Salaries Account in the Police Depart- day of May 1985, and having been amended from time ment budget, or to take any other action relative thereto. to time thereafter, is hereby amended this 9th day of MOTION: To indefinitely postpone May, 1994, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Chapter 40, Sections 4 and 4A, c. 327 of the Acts of 1988 and every other power which they may have, by ARTICLE 11. FUND UNITED STEELWORKERS and among the Town of Orleans, the Town of Brewster, CLERICAL & TECHNICAL WORKERS and the Town of Eastham, all being municipal corpora- tions in Barnstable County, each acting by its Board of CONTRACTS Selectmen. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate RECITALS and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to WHEREAS the parties have determined that they need be added to the FY95 Salaries Accounts in the account- facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewage and ing, assessing, building, conservation, disposal, fire, offal, including septic tank pumpings, the last of which is health, highway, library, park, planning, police, town hereinafter called "septage"; and clerk, treasurer/collector and water departments, or to WHEREAS this Agreement has been duly authorized by take any other action relative thereto. votes of Town Meetings in Orleans, Brewster and MOTION: To indefinitely postpone Eastham, respectively, copies of which, designated Ex- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously hibits A, B, and C, respectively, are annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and, ARTICLE 12. BONFATTI®WHITE SETTLEMENT WHEREAS Phases I, 11 and III of the project, which are To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the feasibility study, design of the Facility, and the origi- and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Forty- nal construction of same, have been completed; and One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Seven and 67/100 WHEREAS the Towns of Orleans, Brewster and ($41,667.67) Dollars to pay the Town's share of the costs Eastham have adopted, acting by and through their re- 54 spective Boards of Health, and agreed to continue to en- Section V Duties and Responsibilities of the Board of force, approved Inspection and Maintenance Programs; Directors NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing A. The Directors shall operate, maintain, repair, and of the mutual promises and agreements contained and manage the Facility in a safe and effi herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: cient manner and shall provide for the care, Section I The District custody, management and control thereof, and of the land more fully described above. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 327 of the Acts of In the event that an expansion is necessary 1988 there has been established the Orleans, Brewster or is required, the Directors, subject to the and Eastham Groundwater Protection District which is a provisions contained herein, shall have the body politic and corporate subject to the limitations con- authority to expand the Facility. Directors tained in said Special Act. Any reference to the District shall design, prepare and maintain detailed contained in this Agreement shall be construed as refer- engineering and equipment specifications for ring to the District so created by said Special Act as the the Facility and any reconstruction or expan- same may be amended from time to time. sion thereof. Section 11 The Facility B. No substantial changes may be made in the Orleans, Brewster and Eastham have jointly financed, location, design, layout, engineering, or constructed and equipped, and shall operate, maintain, equipment of the Facility, either before, dur- and repair for the benefit of the citizens of said towns, a ing, or after its construction, without the ap- Facility for the treatment and disposal of septage of said proval of the Directors. towns, more fully described as Town of Orleans, Massa- C. The Directors shall review annually the oper- chusetts Septage Treatment Facilities, EPA Project Num- ation of the Facility, and of each Town's In- ber 0250524-03 WPC-MASS - 524-03 LEA, Linenthal, spection and Maintenance Program and the Eisenberg, Anderson, Inc., Engineers / Architects 1 Plan- recommendation to the Towns regarding ners, Boston, Massachusetts, a copy of which is attached such Inspection and Maintenance Program. hereto as Exhibit D and incorporated herein by reference, D. The Directors approval is required before any (hereinafter the "Facility"). rule or regulation governing public use of the Section III The Site Facility may take effect. ORLEANS, BREWSTER, and EASTHAM shall have the E. The Directors shall invite proposals, con- right and easement to use that portion of the area struct, equip and furnish the Facility in con- bounded as shown on the said plan attached hereto as formance with the plans and specifications Exhibit D situated in the TOWN OF ORLEANS for the required for any reconstruction or expansion construction and operation of said Facility in accord with thereof. the terms of this Agreement. Each of the three towns F. The Directors shall ensure that complete and shall be considered for all purposes under this Agree- accurate books and records pertaining to the ment as "Capital Member Town", operation of said Facility are maintained. Section IV Board of Directors G. The Directors shall prepare or cause to be A. There is hereby established a three member Board of prepared an annual report of the manage- Directors, with alternates, who shall be appointed by ment and operation of the Facility and shall Boards of Selectmen from each Capital Member Town as make available such a report in each Town follows: Hall when published. 1. A representative for a three (3) year term H. The Directors shall ensure that long range who shall report to their respective Board of planning is developed and implemented and Selectmen. Staggered terms among the Di- that a contingency plan exists for the treat- rectors shall be maintained on the alphabeti- ment and disposal of septage and sludge. cal order of the member towns. I. The Directors shall adopt regulations and 2, One alternate to act and vote in the absence standards for the type of septage that will be of their town's representative. accepted at the Facility. 3. Such representative and alternate shall serve J. The Directors shall be authorized to offer at the pleasure of his or her respective Board non-member towns septage disposal con- of Selectmen and may be removed at any tracts for up to a five year period with no re- time during his or her term by a majority vote newal guarantee. of the Board of Selectmen. K. The Directors shall appoint a District Man- ager who shall act by and for the Directors in 55 any and all matters which they assign to him B. Budgets, Short-Term Borrowing. The Direc- or her relating to the administration of the af- tors may incur debt in any fiscal year for fairs of the District under their supervision temporary loans in anticipation of revenue of and control. the fiscal year, or the first six months of the L. The Directors shall appoint a District Trea- succeeding fiscal year, in which the debt is surer who shall be delegated or deputized to incurred and may issue notes of the District perform financial duties. therefor up to a maximum of $100,000.00. t By-Laws for the Said note(s) shall be payable, and shall be M. The Directors shall ado P Y paid, not later than one year from their date regulation of District affairs and the conduct and said one-year term may occur within the of its business, consistent with this Agree- same fiscal year or within the span of two ment. reported fiscal years. Such note(s) shall not N. The Directors are authorized to take any and be renewed or paid by the issuance of new all actions necessary to carry out the finan- notes beyond the one year period. Note(s) cial procedures of the District as outlined in so authorized by the Directors may be issued Section Vlll herein. by the District Treasurer. Said note(s) shall Section VI District Technical Advisory Committee constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the Capital Member Towns, but A. There is hereby established a Technical Ad- shall be paid from the income and revenues visory Committee, who shall advise the Di- received by the District. In the event of a de- rectors relative to plant operations, including fault by the District on any such notes each monitoring and evaluating the performance of Capital Member Town shall be obligated by the Operating Contractor. This committee, the aforesaid pledge to an equal share of the appointed by the Directors, shall consist of unpaid indebtedness, but in no event more no fewer than four persons, and additional than $33,333.33 per Town. persons may he recommended by Commit- C. Capital Expenditures. A capital expenditure is tee members for appointment. The term of defined as one which is intended to correct appointment shall be three years, so ar- an identified deficiency in the functioning of ranged as to maintain staggered terms. the Facility or to increase its capacity. The Members of the Technical Advisory Commit- Directors are hereby authorized to apply for, tee currently in place shall continue to serve accept and use any federal or state grants or until such time as their current terms have loans in order to finance a capital expendi- expired at which time they may be reap- ture up to a maximum amount of pointed or replaced pursuant to the provis- $250,000.00. Further, the Directors may ions of this Section. apply for, accept and use any federal or Section VII district Finance Committee; Capital Mem- state grants or loans for capital expenditures ber Towns in excess of $250,000.00 but only after a A District Finance Committee shall be established con- vote, authorizing same, of the Town Meeting sisting of one member from each of the Capital Member in each of the Capital Member Towns. In the Town appointed by its respective Finance Committee. case of any such authorized loans, the Direc- Brewster, Eastham and Orleans shall each be a Capital tors and the District Treasurer shall be au- Member Town. The duties of the District Finance Com- thorized to take all actions necessary to ef- mittee shall be advisory, to review annual draft budgets fectuate same including without limitation the prepared by the District Manager, and to make recom- execution of any and all instruments of any mendations to the Directors for adoption; to annually call indebtedness. for and review an audit; and to perform such other duties In addition, the Directors are hereby author- as prescribed by the Directors. The term of appointment ized to incur debt of the District in an amount shall be three (3) years, so arranged as to maintain stag- not to exceed $2,500,000.00 for capital ex- gered terms. penditures, for not more than twenty (20) S years provided that said borrowing is ap- ection VIII District Finance Procedures proved by a 2/3rd vote of the Town Meeting A. User Charges and Fees. User charges shall of each of the Capital Member Towns, which be uniformly applied for the Capital Member vote may provide that such borrowing shall Towns. Non-uniform charges, quotas and constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and penalties may be charged users in areas out- credit of the Capital Member Towns. side capital members' territories. All costs to Capital expenditures, of any amount, requir- operate the plant shah be paid for from Dis- ing a contribution by the Capital Member trict revenues and income. 56 Towns shall require the vote of approval of ated for the Capital Member Towns, each the Town Meeting of each Capital Member Capital Member Town shall be entitled to de- Town which vote shall include an authoriza- liver its pro rata share of such volume based tion for an appropriation by said Towns, on the proportionate deliveries in the fiscal whether such appropriation shall be raised year immediately prior to the year in which by taxation, transfer from available funds, the maximum volume is reached. borrowing or otherwise. Thereafter, if ap- D. Disposition of Sludge/Monitoring of Effluent. proved, each Town shall timely pay the Dis- The Board of Directors are authorized to trict Treasurer the amount necessary to meet contract for sludge and effluent disposal as the payment schedule of each and every payment that must be paid on each contract necessary. The Board of Directors shall con- entered into for any such capital expenditure time to monitor effluent discharge. project. Capital expenditures requiring Capi- Section X Protection Against Liability tal Member Town contributions shall be ap- A. For the duration of this Agreement, the Di- portioned so that each such Town is respon- rectors shall purchase and maintain policies sible for an equal share of the costs so re- or riders on existing policies of insurance quired, providing for: D. Financial Responsibility. Except as otherwise 1. Property provided herein, Capital Member Towns shall not be subject to any responsibility and/or lia- 2. Boiler& Machinery billty for Facility operations and/or District in- 3. Inland Marine debtedness. E. Operating Costs. Operating costs shall mean 4. Worker's Compensation & Empl. Liability all costs other than capital costs including 5. Automobile any costs incurred for maintenance, repairs 6. Broad Form Comp. General Liability or reserves for depreciation. F. Budget. An annual budget for the operation 7. Pollution Liability (If Available) and management of the Facility shall be pre- 8. Public Officials Liability pared by the District Manager, and reviewed g, Umbrella Liability by the District Finance Committee and sub- miffed to the Directors by May 1st each year 10. Fidelity & Surety for the next fiscal year. The Directors shall with liability insurance to be no less than those currently adopt the annual budget, with such changes carried by any one Member Town. as they deem appropriate and necessary, All insurance costs shall be included in the operating and file a copy of said budget with the Town budget each year. Clerk of each town. It is further agreed that the Directors shall at all times G. Fees. The District Treasurer shall be respon- require adequate and appropriate insurance from all gen- sible for the billing and collecting of fees for eral contractors, and sub-contractors as evidenced by use of the Facility, as established by the Di- certificates of insurance to be furnished to the Directors. rectors. Any fees collected for septage out- B. Liability for Uninsured Casualty Loss. In the side the three towns shall be applied to the event of casual loss for which the Directors overall budget for the operation and mainte- have not secured insurance, all damages, Hance of the Facility. g costs, charges, judgments, expenses of in- Section IX Use of Facility vestigating and defending claims against the A. Except as may otherwise be provided herein, District, including attorney's fees and ex- the Facility shall be operated and maintained penses, which may be incurred by reason of for the benefit of the citizens of Orleans, any alleged act, neglect, omission, or default Eastham and Brewster. on its part or that of its employees or agents in any way arising out of construction or B. Septage may be accepted at the Facility for plant operations at or relating to the Facility an appropriate fee from persons who do not shall be shared equally by the Capital Mem- reside in Orleans, Eastham, or Brewster, to ber Towns, to the extent that such loss shall the extent permitted by the Board of Direc- not be covered by insurance and is not oth- tors. erwise able to be satisfied by the assets of C. Ih the event that demand shall exceed the the District. maximum volume permitted at the Facility during the periods that the Facility is oper- 57 Section XI Taxation 2. Otherwise the said Facility shall be disposed All property used in connection with the operation of the of with the approval of the DIRECTORS, as aforesaid Facility shall be exempt from taxation by any follows: Town, to the extent that it is within the power of a mem- a. If the Facility shall have a market value, ber Town to so provide. the assets (excluding the land) shall be sold Section XIi Fiscal Year by the DIRECTORS and the net proceeds The fiscal year for the operation of said Facility shall shall be divided equally between the Capital commence on July 1 st. of each year. Member Towns. Section XIII Effective Date b. If the Facility shall be deemed to have no market value, or if the DIRECTORS shall de- This Agreement shall become effective upon the execu- termine that it constitutes a nuisance or liabil- tion of this instrument as duly authorized by each party ity, the DIRECTORS may demolish the hereto in accord with the provisions of G.L. Chapter 40, same, and the cost of such demolition, after Section 4A. any credit for salvage value, shall be borne Section XIV Term equally among the Capital Member Towns. This Agreement shall expire on March 19, 2010 and may c. In any other manner, including a lease be extended or renewed by mutual agreement of all thereof, which may he authorized by vote of member Towns. the Town Meeting of the three Capital Mem- Section XV Termination ber Towns. Upon expiration of this Agreement. Section XVI Amendment Upon termination of this Agreement, the Directors shall This Agreement may be amended by written amendment obtain an appraisal of the Facility, excluding the land but from time to time provided that no such amendment shall including all structures, equipment, supplies, and materi- become effective until approved by a Town meeting in all als associated therewith to determine the Facility's mar- three member Towns. ket value, if any, and such Facility shall thereupon be Section XVII Filing disposed of as follows: A copy of this Agreement and all amendments thereto 1. a. In the event that ORLEANS shall vote to shall be filed with the Town Clerk of each member Town continue to operate said Facility and neither as a public document. Brewster nor Eastham has voted to continue Section XVIII Notice operation, Orleans shall be permitted to do so upon payment to EASTHAM and BREW- Any notice, demand, or request required to be given STER one-third each of said market value, if hereunder shall be deemed sufficiently given or served any on any of the parties hereto if mailed, postage prepaid, to their respective Town Halls, or to such other address as b. In the event that Orleans and either Brew- shall be designated by the parties in writing for that pur- ster or Eastham (but not both) vote to con- pose. tinue to operate said Facility, said Towns IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereto set shall pay to the Town not voting to continue their hands and seals, each by its Selectmen, all there- operation, one-third of said market value, if unto duly authorized, who, however, incur no personal any' liability by reason of the execution hereof or anything c. In the event that any Capital Member herein contained, in duplicate the date and year first Town disputes the determination of market above written. value set by the DIRECTORS said Town(s) shall have a right to appoint an appraiser. MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant Said appraiser, together with the appraiser with the following change: Under Section V Duties and designated by the DIRECTORS, shall Responsibilities of the Board of Directors by striking the choose a third appraiser. The decision s the entire paragraph which reads "C". "The Director shall re- majority of said three appraisers as to the view annually the operation of the Facility, and of each determination of market value shall be final Town's Inspection and Maintenance Program and the and binding on all three Capital Member recommendation to the Towns regarding such Inspection Towns with respect to any disposition of the and Maintenance Program," and inserting in place Facility under this paragraph. (1a and 1b. of thereof a new °C" to read as follows: 'The Directors shall Section XIV) review annually the operation of the Facility, and of each Town's Inspection and Maintenance Program and make recommendations to the Towns regarding such Inspec- tion and Maintenance Program," and that the Board of 58 Selectmen be authorized to petition the Great and Gen- Moorings and Docking by adding the following wording to eral Court for Special Legislation amending Chapter 327 the end of the first sentence under"M": of the Acts of 1988 to implement the provisions of this "except with the express permission of the Harbormaster agreement provided however that any such special legis- or an assistant." lation shall not be considered an amendment to the pro- so that the entire sentence as amended will read "Tying visions of the Orleans Home Rule Charter. Y g at any town pier, bulkhead or float for a period in excess ACTION: Standing vote, YES 110, NO 275, motion fails. of one-half (112) hour is prohibited except with the ex- The Annual Town Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 and pressed permission of the Harbormaster or an assistant the Special Town Meeting within the Annual was con- to allow for emergency boat repairs or other emergency vened at 9:05 pm and adjourned at 9:15 pm. situations.", or to take any other action relative thereto. The Annual Town Meeting was reconvened at 9:15 pm.. MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By- Laws of the Town of Orleans be so amended. ARTICLE 14. AME=ND USER FEE BY-LAW— ACTION Voted, voice vote carries unanimously REMOVE NON–RESIDENT BEACH PARKING FEES & NON-RESIDENT ORV ARTICLE 18. HOLDING STATE HARMLESS FOR BEACH PERMIT FEES WORK To see if the town will vote to amend the General By- Law of the Town Article VII Local User Fees, License To see if the Town will vote to assume liability in the Fees and Permit Fees, Section 94-8 Restrictions on Cer- manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the tain Fees Set by Board of Selectmen by relettering para- graph "C" to become paragraph "D" and inserting a new of the Acts of 1955, for all damages that may be incurred paragraph "C" as follows: by work to be performed by the Massachusetts Depart- ment of Public Works for the improvement, development, C) Non-resident beach parking fees and nonres- maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers ident ORV beach permit fees shall not be and streams, harbors, tide-waters, foreshores and shores subject to provisions of this By-Law (Article along a public beach, in accordance with Section 11 of VII). Chapter 91 of the General Laws and authorize the Se- MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By- lectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity Laws of the Town of Orleans be so amended. therefor to the Commonwealth, or to take any other ac- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously #ion relative thereto. MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- ARTICLE 15. INCREASE DAILY NON—RESIDENT rant- BEACH FEES ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously To see if the Town will vote to allow the non-resident daily parking rate at Skaket Beach to be increased to ARTICLE 19. SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE $8.00 per day, or to take any other action relative AUTHORIZATION thereto. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Exec- MOTION: To indefinitely postpone utive to dispose of surplus office supplies and equipment and other various surplus equipment under such terms ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously and conditions as she deems advisable provided all pro- ceeds from any disposition are returned to the general fund, or to take any other action relative thereto. LEASE AUTHORIZATION To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Park Corn- MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant missioners to lease on such terms as they deem appro- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously priate the Skaket Beach Concession stand, or to take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 20. ACCEPT TRANSPORTATION BOND MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- BELL FUNDS rant. To see if the Town will vote to accept a sum of money ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously pursuant to Chapter 15, Acts of 1988, as amended by Chapter 33 of the Acts of 1991, as provided under the Chapter 90 local road and highway money from the ARTICLE 17. AMEND GENERAL BY-LAW CHAPTER 1994-1995 Transportation Bond Bill. Said funds and their 159-10 M — MOORING AND DOCKING earned interest shall be expended to repair and resurface To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By- certain Town roads under the direction of the Board of Law of the Town Chapter 159 Waterways Section 10 Selectmen, or to take any other action relative thereto. 59 MOTION: To accept and adopt and that said funds and 85-2 Selectmen's Authority their earned interest shall be expended to repair and re- The Board of Selectmen shall be authorized to adopt surface certain Town roads under the direction of the reasonable regulations including, without limitation, the Board of Selectmen. setting of fees for licenses and fines for violations of this ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously By-Law, Mass. General Laws Chapter(s) 140, 272, and 129 to the extent applicable. Said regulation(s) shall be ARTICLE 21. FUND SEPTIC BETTERMENT ACCOUNT adopted only after the Board has held a public hearing To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate regarding same, with seven (7) days notice by publica- and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty- tion and posting. Five Thousand and 001100 ($25,000.00) Dollars to be Such rules, regulations, fees and fines shall be published spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to by the Selectmen as soon as practicable following the be used to fund septic system betterments in accordance hearing and take effect seven (7) days following publica- with Chapter 5 of the General By-Laws of the Town of tion. The setting of any fees by the Board of Selectmen, Orleans, or to take any other action relative thereto. as aforesaid, shall not be subject to the provisions of Ar- ticle VII, Section 94.8 of the Code of the Town of Orleans MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant General By-Laws which imposes certain restrictions on and the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand and 001100 increases in fees by the Board of Selectmen. ($25,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated to fund 85-3 Enforcement and Penalties septic system betterments in accordance with Chapter 5 of the General By-Laws of the Town of Orleans. The Animal Control Officer, Police Officer, or any individ- ual duly designated by the Board of Selectmen for this ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously purpose shall have jurisdiction to enforce the Animal Control By-Law and its rules and regulations under the ARTICLE 22. AMEND GENERAL CODE — TOWN authority of the Board of Selectmen. MEETING BY-LAW— BY PETITION Violations of this By-Law, including any Rules and Regu- To see if the Town will vote to amend the Orleans Town lations promulgated under Section 85-2, may result in is- Meeting By-Laws, Orleans Town Code, Chapter 194, suance of a non-criminal citation in accordance with Section 15, which reads "Move the Question. Required a Chapter 40, Section 21 D of Mass. General Laws. second. Not debatable. Majority vote. Terminates de- Failure to contest and/or pay any citation in a timely bate." by striking the words, "Majority Vote" and substitut- manner may result in criminal prosecution with conse- ing therefore the following words: Two-thirds vote so as quent penalties. amended Chapter 194, Section 15 will read as follows: "Move the Question. Requires a second. Not debatable. 85-4 Cruelty & Negligence Two-thirds vote. Terminates debate.", or to take any It shall be unlawful to abuse any animal; deprive it of other action relative thereto. food, drink, shelter, a sanitary environment, or protection MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By- from the weather; or otherwise inflict cruelty as set forth Laws of the Town of Orleans be so amended and that in Chapter 272, Section 77 of Mass. General Laws. the Town Meeting motion chart which is part of said Gen- 85-5 Animal Health and Welfare eral By-Laws be amended accordingly. It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or person re- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously sponsible for any animal to fail to observe Mass. General Laws, Dept. of Public Health Regulations, or local Board ARTICLE 23. AMEND GENERAL BY-LAW-- of Health and Zoning Regulations pertaining to the health ADOPT ANIMAL CONTROL BY-LAW and welfare of said animals and the community. 85-6 Restraint of Dogs To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By- It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper, or person re- laws of the Town, Chapter 85 of the Orleans Code, by sponsible for any dog to permit it to be at large upon deleting Chapter 85, Articles 1 and 11, Sections 85-I premises other than those where it is lawfully kept,through 85-5 inclusive, and by inserting in place thereof a ex- cept with the permission of the landowner. The presence new Chapter 85 as follows: of a dog at large upon premises other than those of its Chapter 85, Animal Control By-Law owner or keeper shall be prima facie evidence that the 85---1 Purpose required permission was not obtained. The purpose of animal control is to encourage the safe 85-7 Rabies and Inoculation of Dogs and Cats and humane treatment of animals and the maintenance It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or of a safe environment for human beings. Ultimately, it is cat more than four (4) months old to fail to inoculate it the individual's responsibility to care properly for his/her against rabies. Dogs and cats must also he revaccinated animal(s) and to respect the rights of others. periodically in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health. 60 85-5 Licensing of Dogs and Cats for the cost of all rescue response, emergency care, It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or treatment, or disposal of said animal. cat more than four (4) months old to fail to obtain a dog 85-16 Severability or cat license and keep it securely affixed to the dog or. If any section or provision of this By-Law shall be cat with a collar, harness or other suitable device at all deemed invalid, the validity or enforcement of any other times• section or provision of this By-Law shall not be affected. It shall be unlawful to own or keep more than three (3) 85-17 Enactment dogs on a single premises unless all permits necessary This By-Law is adopted under the provisions of Section 6 to operate a kennel have been obtained. of Article 89 of the Amendments of the Constitution of 85-9 Howling/Barking Nuisance the Commonwealth and Section 147 A of Chapter 140 of It shall he unlawful for the owner, keeper or person re- the General Laws and shall become effective upon ap- sponsible for a dog to permit such dog to disrupt another proval of the Attorney General and after the Selectmen person's right to peace or privacy by making a loud have promulgated rates, regulations, fees and fines. The and/or continuous noise which is plainly audible off the Board of Selectmen shall adopt such initial rates, regula- owner's or keeper's premises. The provisions of Mass. tions, fees and fines within 45 days of approval of this General Laws, Chapter 140, Section 157, shall be appli- By-Law by the Attorney general. cable to dogs exhibiting such behavior, as if said section MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By-Law was fully set forth herein. of the Town of Orleans be so amended. 85-10 Viclous/Threatening Dogs MOTION TO AMEND #1 It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper, or person re- Amendment to Article 23. Amend General By-Law sponsible for a dog exhibiting vicious, dangerous or po- Adopt Animal Control By-Law. Section 85-5 Licensing of tentially dangerous behavior, to fail to safeguard human Dogs & Cats. beings or other animals from this dog. The provisions of Mass. General Laws, Chapter 140, Section 157, shall be It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or applicable to dogs exhibiting such behavior, as if said cat more than (4) months old to fall to obtain a dog or cat section was fully set forth herein. license. The dog license must be affixed to the collar, harness or other suitable devise at all times. The cat li- 85-11 Animal Bites cense need not be worn by the cat, but must be avail- All animal bites, regardless of severity, shall be reported able for inspection if so requested, to the duly designated Animal Inspector within 24 hours ACTION FOR MOTION TO AMEND #1 of the incident by any medical attendant, the victim, Standing Vote; motion passes to amend Aye 251 and/or the owner, keeper or person responsible for the MOTION TO AMEND #2 animal. 85---12 Quarantine of Animals Motion to Amend Article 23 Chapter 85 Section 9 Line three — Remove the word /or It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper, or person re- ACTION FOR MOTION TO AMEND #2 sponsible for an animal which has bitten or scratched Voice vote, motion carries by majority and broken the skin of a person to fail to comply with a MOTION TO AMEND #3 quarantine order issued by the Town of Orleans Animal Inspector. I move to reconsider the prior amendment to Article 423 85-13 Retrieval and Impoundment ACTION FOR MOTION TO AMEND #3 The owner, keeper, or person responsible for any animal Standing YES -- 242, NO - 43 — 2/3rd motion passes retrieved and impounded by the Animal Rescue League to reconsider shall be responsible for all costs and fees associated MOTION TO AMEND #4 therewith. 85-14 Property Reimbursement Motion to amend on reconsideration. The owner of livestock or fowl which has been injured or ACTION ON MOTION TO AMEND #4 killed by unknown dog(s) may be eligible for reimburse- Standing Vote AYE - 139, NAY - 169, motion fails to ment of the loss provided specific requirements have amend been met. ACTION ON MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED 85-15 Owner Responsibility for Rescues Standing Vote AYE - 144, NAY - 156 Motion fails. The owner, keeper, or person responsible for any animal injured or killed by a motor vehicle shall be responsible 61 ARTICLE 24. FUNDING FOR GENERAL BY-LAW Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the Department of CHAPTER 85 ANIMAL CONTROL Public Works dated 29 January 1957 and recorded in the To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Book 966 Page and/or transfer from available fund the sum of Four 393. Thousand One Hundred and 00/100 ($4,100.00) Dollars Being Parcel 4 in a deed from Rachia F. Heyelman to to purchase software and other necessary supplies for the Trustees of the Orleans Conservation Trust and re- implementation of the newly adopted General By-Law corded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Chapter 85 Animal Control, or to take any other action Book 8611 Page 6. relative thereto. Said gift is made contingent upon said being owned by MOTION: To indefinitely postpone the Inhabitants of the Town of Orleans, acting by and through its Conservation Commission, for open space, ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously conservation and passive recreational purposes, pursu- ant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section ARTICLE 25. AMEND GENERAL BY-LAW 8C, or to take any other action relative thereto. CHAPTER 85 — DOGS ARTICLE I RESTRAINTS, SECTION 85—2 MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By-Law VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES of the Town of Orleans be so amended. To see if the town will vote to amend the General By- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Law of the Town Chapter 85 Dogs Article T Restraints, Section 85-2 Violations and penalties by deleting the ARTICLE 27. TRANSFER FUNDS— paragraph in its entirety which reads "For the first of- WATER SERVICES CONNECTION fense, the fine shall be ten dollars ($10); for the second To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Thirty- offense the fine shall be fifteen dollars ($15); for the third Five Thousand and 00/100 ($35,000.00) Dollars from the offense, the fine shall be twenty-five dollars ($25), as Water Service Connection Funds Reserved for Appropri- provided in Massachusetts General taws Chapter 140, ation Account to the Water Service Connection Account, Section 17.3A, as amended by Chapter 627 of the Acts or to take any other action relative thereto. of 1973." and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph "The fine for each offense shall be twenty-five MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Thirty- dollars ($25) as provided in Massachusetts General Law Five Thousand and 00/100 ($35,000.00) Dollars be trans- Chapter 140 Section 17.3A, as amended by Chapter 627 ferred from the Water Service Connection Reserve for of the Acts of 1973", or to take any other action relative Appropriation Account to the Water Service Connection thereto. Account. MOTION: To accept and adopt and the General By- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Laws of the Town of Orleans be so amended. ARTICLE 28. ACCEPT SECTION 83 OF CHAPTER 71 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ACTS of 1993 TEACHER'S EARLY RE- TIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM ARTICLE 26. ACCEPT GIFT FROM ORLEANS CON- To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of SERVATION TRUST Section 83 of Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1993, as To see if the Town will accept as a gift, in determinable amended, known as the "Education Reform Act of 1993", fee, to be held by the Town of Orleans, acting by and to provide for an Early Retirement Incentive Program for through its Conservation Commission, for open space, the members of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement conservation and passive recreational purposes, pursu- System employed by the Orleans Public Schools, with ant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section said program to include a five-year additional credit for 8C, the vacant land, located at 251 Rock Harbor Road, age, service or a combination thereof and with a limit of Orleans, Barnstable County, Commonwealth of Massa- one (1) eligible teacher, or to take any other action rela- chusetts, bounded and described as follows: tive thereto. A parcel of vacant land bounded on the NORTH, EAST MOTION: To accept and adopt this article as printed in and SOUTH by land now or formerly of Barbara Nicker- the warrant. son; on the SOUTH by land now or formerly of Frank H. Snow; and on the WEST by the location of Old Colony ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Railroad; having an area of 1.67 acres, more or less. There is excluded therefrom so much of that portion of ARTICLE 29. FUND COMPLIANCE WITH DISABILI- the premises comprising Parcels 62, 54 & 32-T, as more TIES ACT particularly shown on Plan Book-133 Page 79 (Sheet 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate of 8 sheets), and Plan Book-133 Page 79 (Sheet 8 of 8 and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty- sheets) as was taken by an instrument of taking from the Five Thousand and 00/100 ($25,000.00) Dollars to be 62 spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for ARTICLE 32. AMEND ZONING BY-LAW BY ADDING improvements to town owned properties to bring said SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE properties into compliance with the Americans with Dis- To see if the Town will vote to amend the Orleans Zon- abilities Act of 1990, or to take any other action relative ing By-Law section 164-33. Site Development, by delet- thereto. ing the entire section and inserting a new section, 164- MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Twenty- 33. Site Plan Review, as follows: Five Thousand and 00/100 ($25,000.00) Dollars be 164-33 SITE PLAN REVIEW raised and appropriated to be spent under the direction I. PURPOSE of the Board of Selectmen for improvements to town owned properties to bring said properties into compliance The Site Plan Review Committee is hereby estab- with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. lished to assist applicants with the By-Laws, rules, ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously regulations and guidelines governing development within the Town. The committee functions under two ARTICLE 30. TRANSFER FUNDS — AMBULANCE separate and distinct processes. RECEIPTS FOR APPROPRIATION AC- The first is an Informal Review, which is an advisory COUNT service that outlines to the applicant the specific sec- To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Ambu- tions of state laws, local By-Laws, rules and regula- lance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the tions and specifies what the applicant(s) must do to sum of Thirty-Three Thousand and 001100 ($33,000.00) further their project. It is intended to save the appli- Dollars to be added to the Fire/Rescue Overtime account cant time and money by providing information in one #5131 and the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty and 00/100 location pertaining to the local permitting process. ($750.00) Dollars to be added to the Fire Building Office The second is a Formal Review, which acts on re- Machines account #5852 for a total transfer of Thirty- quests for site plan approval. In a formal review the Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and 00/100 committee acts in an advisory capacity to the Build- ($33,750.00) Dollars, or to take any other action relative ing Inspector who, in turn, determines if a site plan thereto. complies with this By-Law. MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Thirty- II. APPLICABILITY Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and 001100 Construction of single or two family residential dwell- ($33,750.00) Dollars be transferred from the Ambulance ings and accessory structures, or any alteration, ex- Receipts Reserved for Appropriations Account as follows; tension, change, or reconstruction of same, and sub- Seven Hundred Fifty and 00/100 ($750.00) dollars to be divisions or divisions of land are specifically exempt added to the Fire Building Office Machines Account from the requirements of the Site Plan Review Com- #5852 and Thirty-Three Thousand and 00/100 mittee. ($33,000.00) Dollars to be added to the Fire/Rescue Overtime Account#5131. Applicants proposing any of the following types of ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously projects, uses, change of uses, or development activ- ities are required to obtain approval of the Site Plan ARTICLE 31. ADOPT M.G.L. CHAPTER 59 SECTION 5 Review Committee. ---VETERANS EXEMPTION A. All projects that require a special permit or modi- To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of fications thereto. Chapter 110 Section 10 of the Acts of 1993 reducing B. All new construction, and all additions or alter- from five to one the number of years a person must have ations to existing structures that expand the been a Massachusetts resident to quality for a veterans gross floor area 600 square feet or more. exemption under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 59, Section 5, clauses 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D and 22 E, C. Any activity that will alter parking, if there is a or to take any other action relative thereto. total of ten (10) or more existing or proposed MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant spaces or alters egress therefrom. Also any ac- with the following change; by striking the word "quality" tivity that would affect drainage, utilities, lighting and inserting in place thereof the word "qualify" so that it or sewage disposal system requirements. reads"...person must have been a Massachusetts resi- D. Any change of use of an existing structure or dent to qualify for a veterans exemption..." land, except for a change of use of a structure to ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously a single or two-family dwelling, or any use acces- sory thereto. 63 III. PROCEDURES B. Formal Review Applications for meeting with the Site Plan Review Unless a waiver is granted under Section III, Committee are available at the Planning and Building paragraphs A. Informal Review, the Committee Departments. Appointments with the Site Plan Re- shall require an applicant to proceed with the for- view Committee can be scheduled at the Planning mal review for projects meeting the thresholds Department. set forth in Section ll, paragraph A, B, C and D. All submission requirements outlined in section 1V, C. Action on a Site flan below, shall be submitted at least 10 days prior to 1. The Inspector of Buildings shall either ap- the meeting in order to allow a careful and thorough prove, approve subject to revision or disap- review of the project. Information submitted after the prove the site plan only after each Commit- 10-day submission deadline may not be considered tee member has reviewed and commented at the meeting. on the Plan. Said decision shall be made The Site Plan Review Committee may, following a within 45 days of receipt of the completed properly advertised public hearing, adopt and from application for the formal review unless the time to time amend regulations for the administration applicant requests, and is granted, an exten- of this section, including the establishment of a sion. schedule of fees sufficient to defray the costs of tech- 2. Neither the Inspector of Buildings nor the nical services and other expenses of the Committee. Special Permit Granting Authority shall ap- Copies of the Committee's policies and procedures prove a development proposal subject to will be available at the Town Clerk's Office . these requirements, unless Site Plan Review The Committee will meet with applicants for two sep- approval has been granted with or without arate types of reviews: informal and formal . conditions, or the deadline for action has ex- A. Informal Review pired. Any person may request an Informal Review with 3. Approval of a Site Plan shall expire one (1) the consent of the Inspector of Buildings. The year after the date of approval unless, in the submission requirements for the informal review case of construction, a Special Permit or are outlined below. building permit has been applied for within said 1 year period and ultimately issued; or, The purpose of the informal review is to provide in case of change of use, unless said new the applicant with information early in the project use has commenced within the year or, if re- planning process as to whether the proposed ac- quired, a special permit has been applied for tivity or use is allowed under current regulations. within the year and is ultimately issued. It will outline, in a general way, the various ap- 4. Plans shall be approved, provided that the provals that will likely be required from local proposal complies with the Zoning By-Law, boards/committees/commissions/departments including, with or without limitation, the de- and/or the State. sign requirements of Section V contained The informal review is intended to help appli- below. Any decision on a site plan under this cants understand the legal requirements, proper section may be appealed to the Zoning sequence of approvals and the information Board of Appeals by any party having stand- needed on the site plan. It will provide expected ing, including town officers and boards, as time frames for receiving actions at the local provided in MGL C. 40A, Section 8. level, prior to incurring expenses, to determine a IV SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS project's feasibility . The following information is required to be submitted The Inspector of Buildings, after review and com- at least 10 days prior to meeting with the Site Plan ment from each committee member, may waive formal review if he/she finds that the project's im- Review Committee. pacts do not require formal review. A. Informal Review - Submission Requirements After all other applicable boards/committees/com- 1. completed application form missions/departments, except the Zoning Board 2. plot plan (a copy of Assessor's Map is ac- of Appeals and the Conservation Commission, ceptable) approve and or place conditions on the project, then the applicant may apply for a formal review. 3. sketch of proposed construction, improve- ments, parking, if applicable. 64 B. Formal Review the area of wetland vegetation displaced, the 1. completed application form stormwater flow or the threat of air and water pollution. 2. site plan drawn to scale showing the follow- B. Improve pedestrian or vehicular safety and con- ing information: venience within the site and egress. a. boundaries of lat b. adjacent streets c. existing and proposed structures, fences C. Reduce intrusion into or blockage of water views and walls as seen from public ways or adjacent developed d. existing and proposed topography at 2' properties. contour intervals D. Improve visual impacts by reducing the visibility e. walkways, driveways, parking areas, of parking, storage or other outdoor service loading and service areas, parking space areas viewed from public ways and reducing dimensions, screening glare from headlights or outdoor area lighting. f. proposed landscaping showing the size, VI. SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE COMPOSITION type and location of plantings The Site Plan Review Committee is hereby created g. onsite wells and water lines consisting of the following officials, or their desig- h. sewage disposal systems nees: L dumpster A. Inspector of Buildings j. existing and proposed storm water drain- B. Town Planner age system C. Health Agent k. wetlands/resource areas as defined by D. Conservation Administrator local conservation commission regula- E Highway Manager tions 1. architectural plans with elevations of F. Water Department Superintendent buildings G. Fire Chief m. proposed erosion control measures Or act on anything relative thereto. n. drawings of proposed signs MOTION: To accept and adopt and the Orleans Zoning o. location and type of proposed outdoor By-Law be amended as printed in the warrant. lighting. MOTION TO AMEND: I move to amend Article 32, Sec- tion 164-33 Site Plan Review, Sub-section III procedures, Where applicable, plans shall be prepared by a regis- 2nd paragraph, last sentence, by striking the word "not" tered professional engineer, surveyor, or architect. and adding at the end "at the option of the committee," More than one sheet of plans may be necessary to so that the last sentence of paragraph 2 of sub-section III clearly show all information. procedures reads: "Information submitted after the 10- The Committee may waive certain site plan require- day submission deadline may be considered at the meet- ments if the applicant presents sufficient evidence ing at the option of the committee." that the requirements are not applicable or necessary ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously for their application. V. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS MOTION: To accept and adopt and the Orleans Zoning Site development shall provide for access to each By-Law be amended as printed in the warrant, structure for fire and service equipment and shall with the amendment to Section 164-33 as provide for stormwater drainage on site without ero- printed above. sion or ponding. In addition, building forms, building ACTION: Voted, Standing Aye 281, Nay 0, motion location, egress points, grading and other elements passes unanimously of the development shall be such that, given the lo- cation, type and extent of land use, no reasonable ARTICLE 33. AMEND NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL alternative design would: DISTRICT AGREEMENT A. Improve environmental consequences by reduc- To see if the Town will vote to approve an amendment to ing the volume of cut and fill, the number of trees the Nauset Regional School District Agreement Under removed of six-inch trunk diameter and larger, Section I "Membership of the Regional District School 65 Committee" by relettering paragraph "E" as paragraph MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the Nauset Re- "D" and by striking out the existing paragraphs "A", "B", gional School District Agreement be so amended "C" and "D" and inserting new paragraphs "A", "B" and ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously "C" as follows: A. Number of Members. The Regional District School ARTICLE 34. FUND ARCHITECT'S FEES NAUSET Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, HIGH SCHOOL shall consist of eleven members, four from the Town To see if the Town will approve the Eight Hundred Thou- of Brewster, three from the Town of Orleans, and two sand and 001100 ($800,000.00) Dollars indebtedness to each from the towns of Eastham and Wellfleet. All be authorized by the School Committee of the Nauset eleven members shall be elected from each of the Regional School District for the purpose of preparing ar- three electoral districts comprising the regional chitectural and engineering plans for remodeling, recon- school district, as defined in Section 1 (C) below. structing and making extraordinary repairs to the High B. Election of Members. The Nauset Regional School School and for construction, originally equipping and fur- District shall consist of three electoral districts: Brew- nishing an addition thereto, and to the extent of any re- ster, Orleans, and Eastham-Wellfleet. The represen- maining balance for such addition and construction,and tatives of each town in the district specified in Sec- that this appropriation be met by the issue of bonds on tion 1 (A), above, shall be elected as provided notes under Section 16 (d) of Chapter 71 of the General herein; provided, however, that any member elected Laws; provided, however, that such vote shall not take prior to 1995 shall serve for a term of three years to effect until the Town votes to exempt from the limitation commence on the day following election and to con- of total taxes imposed by Massachusetts General Law tinue for the terms for which elected and thereafter Chapter 59, Section 21C (Proposition 2 112) amounts re- until successor is elected and qualified. quired to pay the principal and interest on its share of the At the annual town election in 1995 or the special borrowing approved by such vote, or to take any other election called for that purpose the Eastham- action relative thereto. Wellfleet district shall elect two members to serve for MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant. a term of three years with a requirement that one ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously member be a resident of Eastham and the other a resident of Wellfleet, and the Brewster district shall ARTICLE 35. FUND INTEREST ON BORROWED elect two members to serve for a term of three years FUNDS and one member to serve for a term of two years, To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and the Orleans district shall elect one member to and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Five serve for a term of three years and one member to Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Three and 00/100 serve for a term of two years; at the annual town election in 1996, the Brewster district shall elect one ($5,933.00) Dollars representing Orleans' apportioned member for a term of three years and the Orleans share of the interest on the amount of money borrowed district shall elect one member for a term of three by the Nauset Regional School District to be used for years. The terms of all such elected members shall architectural fees, or to take any other action relative commence on the day following their election and thereto. continue for the terms for which they are elected and MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the sum of Five thereafter until their successors are elected and qual- Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Three and 00/100 ified. Thereafter, at every succeeding annual and ($5,933.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated to fund special town election when a member district is re- Orleans' apportioned share of the interest on the amount quired to elect a member each such district shall of money borrowed by the Nauset Regional School Dis- elect such member to serve on the committee for a trict to be used for architectural fees. term of three years commencing on the day following ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously such election. C. Holding Office/Vacancies. Each member shall hold ARTICLE 36. FUND INTERFAITH COUNCIL FOR THE office during his term and thereafter until the appoint- HOMELESS OF LOWER CAPE COD — ment, or election and qualifications of his successor. BY PETITION If a vacancy exists, the Selectmen of the member To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the town or towns of the district involved shall appoint a sum of Five Hundred and 00/100 ($500.00) Dollars to member to serve until the next annual or special help defray the costs of housing Orleans' homeless peo- eiection and at such election, a successor to serve ple in an Orleans motel. Said housing to be directed by for the unexpired term, if any, shall be elected. the Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Lower Cape Or to take any other action relative thereto. Cod, a four year old organization with offices in Orleans, or to take any other action relative thereto. 66 MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Five ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Hundred and 00/100 ($500.00) Dollars be raised and ap- propriated to help defray the cost of housing Orleans' ARTICLE 40. CLOSING ARTICLE homeless people in an Orleans motel- Said housing to be And to act on any other business that may legally come directed by the Interfaith Council for the Homeless of before the meeting. Lower Cape Cod and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. MOTION: To adjourn the meeting ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ACTION: Meeting adjourned at 10:30 pm ARTICLE 37. FUND ORLEANS AFTER SCHOOL AC- TIVITIES PROGRAM INSURANCE — BY PETITION To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WITHIN and/or transfer from available funds the sum of One THE ANNUAL Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($1,500.00) Dollars to help defray insurance expenses of the Orleans' After School Activities Program, or to take any other action rel- STARTED AT 9:05 PM ative thereto. MAY 9, 1994 MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of One ARTICLE 1 PAY BILLS OF PRIOR YEAR Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($1,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated to help defray insurance ex- To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available penses of the Orleans After School Program. funds a sum of money to pay bills of prior years under the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, as ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously amended, or to take any other action relative thereto. DICK LARAJA WAS THE MODERATOR FOR THIS AR- MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Six Hun- TICLE dred Ninety-Eight and 42/100 ($698.42) Dollars be trans- ferred from available funds to pay the following unpaid ARTICLE 38. FUND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — BY bills: PETITION Sir Speedy $578.42 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Linda Coneen $120.00 and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Thirteen TOTAL $698.42 Thousand and 00/100 ($13,000.00) Dollars to be spent ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously. under the direction of the Orleans Chamber of Com- merce, Inc. and the Board of Selectmen for the purpose ARTICLE 2. TRANSFER ARTICLE of promoting tourism, including, but not limited to, making improvements to the Information Booth located on To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available Eldredge Parkway, or to take any other action relative funds and/or authorize the transfer from various line thereto. items within current appropriations, such sums of money MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Thirteen necessary to supplement the operating budgets of the Thousand and 00/100 ($13,000.00) Dollars be raised and various Town departments for the fiscal years 1994- appropriated to be spent under the direction of the Or- 1995. leans Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Select- The following Operating Budget transfers of monies for men for the purpose of promoting tourism, including, but the fiscal years 1994-95. not limited to, making improvements to the Information 1) transfer the sum of Two Thousand and 00/100 Booth located on Eldredge Parkway. ($2,000.00) Dollars from the Waterways Improvement ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Fund (Vessel Excise Tax) Account #24-3304-5961 as follows: to the Harbormaster/Shellfish Salaries Others ARTICLE 39. FREE CASH TO REDUCE TAXES Account #1-295-5114 the sum of One Thousand Two To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash in Hundred Fifty and 00/100 ($1,250.00) Dollars and to the Town's Treasury a sum of money to be used for the the Harbormaster/Shellfish Short Life Equipment Ac- reduction of taxes, or to take any other action relative count #1-295-5462 the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty thereto and 00/100 ($750.00) Dollars to be spent in Fiscal Year 1994 MOTION: To accept and adopt and transfer from Free 2) transfer the sum of Thirty-Two Thousand and 00/100 Cash (available funds) in the Town's Treasury the sum of ($32,000.00) Dollars from the Ambulance Receipts $438,000.00 Dollars to be used for the reduction of Reserved for Appropriation Account to the Fire/Res- taxes. 67 cue Overtime Account #1-220-5131 to be spent in area, as inserted by Section 12 of Chapter 188 of the fiscal year 1995 or to take any other action relative Acts of 1985, or to take any other action relative thereto. thereto. MOTION: To indefinitely postpone. MOTION: To accept and adopt and the following trans- ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously fers be made from available funds for the purpose set forth in the article: 1) Two thousand and 001100 ($2,000.00) Dollars from ARTICLE 6. RESCIND UNBORROWED FUNDS the Waterways Improvement Fund Account #24- CORRIGAN PROPERTY 3304-5961 as follows: One Thousand Two Hundred To see if the Town will vote to rescind the authorization Fifty and 001100 ($1 ,250.00) Dollars to the to borrow the sum of Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Harbormaster/Shellfish Salaries Other Account #1- Sixty-Five and 001100 ($16,165.00) Dollars which is left 295-5114 and the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty and unborrowed from monies appropriated for the acquisition 001100 ($750.00) Dollars to the Harbormas- of land known as the Corrigan properties, so-called, as ter/Shellfish Short Life Equipment Account # 1- directed in Article 73 of the Warrant for the May 9, 1988 295-5462 to be spent in fiscal year 1994. Annual Town Meeting and Article 4 of the Warrant for the 2) Thirty-Two Thousand and 001100 ($32,000.00) Dal- August 4, 1992 Special Town Meeting, or to take any lars from the Ambulance Receipt Reserved for Ap- other action relative thereto. propriations Account to the Fire/Rescue Overtime Ac- MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant count to be spent in fiscal Year 1995. A ACTION. Voted, voice vote carries unanimously. ACTION. Voted, voice vote carries unanimously. ARTICLE 3. ADOPT CHAPTER 44, SECTION 53E 112 ARTICLE 7. FUND BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION (REVOLVING ACCOUNT FOR TRANS- To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available FER STATION) funds the sum of Two Thousand and 001100 ($2,000.00) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the establish- Dollars to fund the operating expenses of the Bicenten- ment of a Revolving Account, in accordance with Massa- nial Commission. Said fund to be spent under the direc- chusetts General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E 112, in tion of the Board of Selectmen, or to take any other ac- the name of the Home Composting Bin Account, said ac- tion relative thereto. count not to exceed Ten Thousand and 001100 MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Two ($10,000.00) Dollars. The account will be used to pur- Thousand and 001100 ($2,000.00) Dollars be transferred chase additional composting bins, said funds to be spent from available funds for this purpose. under the direction of the Disposal Manager and the ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Town Executive, or to take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE S. CLOSING ARTICLE MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- And to act on any other business that may legally came rant. before the meeting. ACTION. Voted, voice vote carries unanimously MOTION: To close the Special Town Meeting ARTICLE 4. ACCEPT GRANT FOR RECYCLE BINS ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously To see if the Town will vote to accept 175 recycling bins The Special Town Meeting was adjourned and the An- from the Department of Environmental Protection, Munici- nual Town Meeting resumed at 9:15 pm on Monday May pal Solid Waste Grant Program under the provisions of 9th, 1994. Section 5 of Chapter 70A of the General Laws, as in- serted by Section 12 of Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, or to take any other action relative thereto. MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the war- rant. ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1994 ARTICLE 5. ACCEPT GREENWAYS GRANT OF The Annual Town Election was held at the American Le- $3,000 gion Hall. The polls were declared open by Town Clerk To see if the Town will vote to accept a Three Thousand ,lean F. Wilcox at 7:00 am and were closed at 8:00 pm. and 001100 ($3,000.00) Dollars Greenways Grant to fund A total of 1395 votes were cast. a management plan for the Baker's Pond conservation 68 Election Warden for the day was William Livingston; write-In Nine 9 Asst. Wardens were Beatrice Viau and Ruth Nelson; Blanks Eighty 80 workers for the day were: Robert Pearl, Joan Reed, Jean Herbert, Olive Westa, Winifred Little, Doris Eldredge, QUESTION NO.3 Blanche Landwehr, Fran Bonner, Rita Grindle, Esther YES Six Hundred Ninety-Two 692 Beilby and Joan Spieker. NO Five Hundred Ninety-Seven 597 Write-In Nine 9 MODERATOR FOR ONE YEAR Blanks Ninety-Seven 97 Duane P. Landreth One Thousand One Hundred Fbdy-One 1141 Write-In Ten 10 Blanks Two Hundred Forty-Four 244 A true copy attest SELECTMEN FOR THREE YEARS Jean F. Wilcox Francis E. Suits Nine Hundred Twenty-Seven 927 Town Clerk Write-In Eight 8 Blanks Four Hundred Sixty 460 SELECTMEN FOR ONE YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM Richard W. Philbrick Nine Hundred Thirty-Four 934 Write-In Two 2 Blanks Four Hundred Fifty-Nine 459 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEAR TERM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994 Gail R. Rainey One Thousand and Ninety-Five 1095 The Special Town Meeting was held at the Nauset Re- Write-in Twelve 12 gional Middle School Auditorium. The meeting was called C.H.Groezinger Eight Hundred Nine 809 to order at 7:15 m b Moderator Duane Landreth after Write Six 6 the Town Clerk, JJean F. Wilcox declared that a Blanks s quorum Eight Hundred Sixty-Eight 888 of 220 were present. TRUSTEE SNOW LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS James Snedecor, Richard Laraja and Andrew Maio were James T. Burgess Nine Hundred Sixty-Two 9fi2 sworn in as counters. Barbara A. Eldridge Nine Hundred Eighty-Four 984 Nora K. Hersey Nine Hundred Seventy 970 Francis Suits, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Write-In Twenty-Five 25 moved the Town vote to dispense with the reading of the Blanks One ThmeandTwoHux1redForty-Four 1244 Warrant except the Preamble, Conclusion and Attestation thereof. ORLEANS SCHOOL COMMITTEE Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Robert Jones One Thousand and Thirty-Seven 1037 Write-In Eleven 11 Francis Suits, moved that all Town Officials or depart- Blanks Three Hundred Forty-Seven 347 ment managers, or their duly designated representatives, required to attend Town Meeting pursuant to Section 2-7- ORLEANS HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THREE YEAR 3 of the Charter, who are not residents of the Town of UNEXPIRED TERM Orleans, be permitted to address the Town Meeting on Susan Dahn One Thousand and Seven 1007 matters affecting their office or department. Write-In Seven 7 Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Blanks Three Hundred Eighty-One 381 ORLEANS HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR ONE YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM ARTICLE 1. PAY BILLS OF PRIOR YEAR W. Todd Holland Nine Hundred Eighty-Nine 989 To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available Write-In Eight 8 funds a sum of money to pay bills of prior years under Blanks Three Hundred Ninety-Eight 398 the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, as QUESTION NO. 1 amended, or to take any other action relative thereto. YES Seven Hundred and Nine 709 MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Eighty- NO Five Hundred Ninety-Five 595 Six dollars and Eighty-Two cents ($86.82) Dollars be Write-In Nine 9 transferred from available funds to pay the following un- Blanks Eighty-Two 82 paid bills: QUESTION NO. 2 Gates McDonald $86.82 YES Seven Hundred Forty-Four 744 TOTAL $86.82 NO Five Hundred Sixty-Two 562 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously 69 ARTICLE 2. TRANSFER ARTICLE 4. Five Thousand and 001100 ($5,000.00) Dollars To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available from the Snow Library Salary Account to the funds and/or authorize the transfer from various line Snow Library Expense Account to be spent in items within current appropriations, such sums of money Fiscal Year 1994 necessary to supplement the operating budgets of the 5. One Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Five and various Town departments for the fiscal years 1994- 001100 ($1,155.00) from available funds to the 1995. Council on Aging Expense Account to he spent The following Operating Budget transfers of monies for in Fiscal Year 1994 the fiscal years 1994: 6. Five Thousand and 001100 ($5,000.00) Dollars 1) transfer the sure of Eleven Thousand and 001100 from available funds to the Fire/Rescue Depart- ($11,000A0) Dollars from the Gasoline Operating ment Salary Account to be spent in Fiscal year Budget to the Police Department Salary Account to 1994 be spent in fiscal year 1994. 7. Five Thousand Five Hundred and 001100 2) transfer the sum of Five Hundred Eighty-Five and ($5,500.00) Dollars from the Tree Warden Salary 001100 ($585.00) Dollars from the Police Department Account to the Tree Warden Expenses Account Expense Account to the Police Department Equip- to be spent in Fiscal Year 1995 ment Account to be spent in fiscal year 1994. ACTION: Voted, voice vote carried unanimously 3) transfer the sum of Six Thousand and 001100 ($6,000.00) Dollars from the Building Department Salary Account to the Unemployment Compensation ARTICLE 3. REGIONALIZATION OF THE ELEMEN- Account to be spent in Fiscal Year 1994 TARY SCHOOL 4) transfer the sum of Five Thousand and 001100 To see if the Town will vote to accept the proposal, ($5,000.00) Dollars from the Snow Library Salary Ac- which is on file with the Town Clerk, of the Nauset Re- count to the Snow Library Expense Account to be gional District Committee passed on May 18, 1994, to spent in Fiscal Year 1994 amend the agreement establishing the Nauset Regional 5) transfer the sum of One Thousand One Hundred School District; Fifty-Five and 001100 ($1,155.00) from available a) by providing that as of July 1, 1995, the Committee funds to the Council on Aging Expense Account to shall consist of eighteen elected members: five from be spent in Fiscal.Year 1994 Orleans, seven from Brewster, three from Eastham 6) transfer the sum of Five Thousand and 001100 and three from Wellfleet; ($5,000.00) Dollars from available funds to the b) by providing that the district will assume jurisdiction Fire/Rescue Department Salary Account to be spent over all grades from kindergarten to grade twelve as in Fiscal Year 1994 of July 1, 1994, and that all existing elementary schools within the district will be leased to the district 7) transfer the sum of Five Thousand Five Hundred and for nominal consideration by the member towns to 001100 ($5,500.00) Dollars from the Tree Warden become district elementary schools; Salary Account to the Tree Warden Expense Ac- count to be spent in Fiscal Year 1995 c} by providing that capital and operating costs for each elementary school shall be paid by the town in which MOTION: To accept and adopt and the following trans- it is located; fers be made from available funds for the purpose set forth in the article: d) by providing that capital costs and operating costs for schools other than elementary schools shall be ap- 1. Eleven Thousand and 001100 ($11,000.00) Dol- portioned on the basis of total enrollments in such lars from the Gasoline Operating Budget to the other schools: Police Department Salary Account to be spent in fiscal year 1994 e) by making technical changes incidental to the forgo- ing amendments. 2. Five Hundred Eighty-Five and 001100 ($585.00) Dollars from the Police Department Expense Ac- MOTION: I move that the Article be accepted and count to the Police Department Equipment Ac- adopted and that the proposed Nauset Regional School count to be spent in Fiscal Year 1994 District Agreement be approved, provided however, that if the Board of Selectmen has been unable to execute a 3. Six Thousand and 001100 ($6,000.00) Dollars lease with the Regional School District Committee of tha from the Building Department Salary Account to Orleans Elementary School premises on such terms and the Unemployment Compensation Account to be conditions as they deem appropriate on or before June spent in Fiscal Year 1994 30, 1994, then the said Agreement shall be deemed to be disapproved. 70 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries by majority ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm ARTICLE 4. FUND NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH A true co attest SCHOOL ARCHITECT/ENGINEERING copy FEES Jean F. Wilcox To see if the Town of Orleans will vote to approve the Town Clerk indebtedness to be authorized by the School Committee of the Nauset Regional School District prior to the Spe- cial Town Meeting on June 22, 1994, in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty and 00/100 ($582,750.00) Dollars, for the purpose of preparing architectural and engineering plans for re- SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION modeling, reconstruction and making extraordinary re- pairs to the High School and for construction, originally TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1994 equipping and furnishing an addition thereto. The Special Town Election was held at the American Le- MOTION: To accept and adopt to approve the indebted- gion Hall on Tuesday June 28th, 1994. The hours were ness authorized by the School Committee of the Nauset 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Regional School District on May 18th, 1994, in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven The polls were declared open by Town Clerk Jean F. Hundred Fifty and 001100 ($582,750.00) Dollars, for the Wilcox at 10:00 am and closed at 7:00 pm, a total of 183 purposes of preparing architectural and engineering votes were cast. plans for remodeling, reconstruction and making extraor- The poll workers were: William I. Livingston, Warden; Be- dinary repairs to the High School and for construction, atrice Viau and Ruth Nelson were Asst. Wardens; clerks originally equipping and furnishing an addition thereto, were Robert Pearl, Doris Eldredge, Blanche Landwehr, and that this appropriation be met by the issue of bonds Jean Herbert, Joan Reed, Frances Bonner, Jean Kuhn. on notes under Section 16 (d) of Chapter 71 of the Gen- Marion Campbell and Rita Grindle. eral Laws; provided, however, that such vote shall not QUESTION NO. 1 take effect until the Town votes to exempt from the limi- tation of total taxes imposed by Massachusetts General "Shall the town of Orleans he allowed to exempt from the Law Chapter 59, Section 21C (Proposition 2 1/2) provisions of Proposition two and one-half, so called, its amounts required to pay the principal and interest orb. its apportioned share of the amounts required to pay for the share of the borrowing approved by such vote. bond issued by the Nauset Regional School District for ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously the purpose of preparing architectural and engineering plans for remodeling, reconstruction and making extraor- ARTICLE 5. FUND NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH dinary repairs to the High School and for construction, SCHOOL INTEREST ON BORROWED originally equipping and furnishing an addition thereto, as FUNDS authorized under Article 4 of the June 22, 1994 Special To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Town Meeting"? and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen and 00/100 YES Ninety-Six 96 ($5,319.00) Dollars representing Orleans' apportioned NO Eighty-Six 86 share of the interest on the amount of money borrowed BLANKS One 1 by the Nauset Regional School District to be used for architectural fees, or to take any other action relative A true copy attest thereto. Jean F. Wilcox MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the sum of Five Town Clerk Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen and 00/100 ($5,319.00) Dollars be transferred from available funds to pay Orleans' apportioned share of the interest on the amount of money borrowed by the Nauset Regional School District to be used for architectural fees. STATE PRIMARY ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994 ARTICLE 6. CLOSING ARTICLE All registered Voters vote in one Precinct, the American Le- MOTION: To adjourn the meeting gion Hall. The Town Clerk, Jean F. Wilcox, declared the polls open at 7:00 a.m. and closed the polls at 8:00 p.m. 71 The following people worked at the polls: William 1. Liv- SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT ingston (R), Robert W. Pearl (R), Ruth G. Nelson (D), Etta Goodstein Doris T. Eldredge (R), Joan S. Reed (R), Virginia L. Write-1n Twelve 12 Wiley (U), Marie T. Oppelaar (D), Paul B. Edwards (R), REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Gloria S. Edwards (R), Beatrice J. Viau (D), Rosemarie Jerry Houk Two Hundred One 201 Suits (R), Jean Herbert (R) , Frances B. Bonner (D), Rita Gail Meyers Sharman G. Grindle (D), Blanche L. Landwehr (U) and Jean M. Write-In One Hundred Seventy-One 171 Kuhn (U). Blanks One Hundred Fourteen 114 A total of 1281 registered voters voted: 795 Republicans 486 and 486 Democrats. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Robert C. Lawless Four Hundred and Four 404 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Blanks Eighty-Two 82 486 SENATOR IN CONGRESS CLERK OF COURTS Edward M.Kennedy Three Hundred Ninety-One 391 Phyllis A. Day Three Hundred And Fifty-Six 356 Blanks Ninety-Five 95 Blanks One Hundred And Thirty 130 486 486 GOVERNOR REGISTER OF DEEDS George A. Bachrach One Hundred Twenty-Four 124 Richard C. Driscoll Jr. Three Hundred Forty-Eight 348 Michael J. Barrett Seventy-Nine 79 Blanks One Hundred Thirty-Eight 138 Mark Roosevelt Two Hundred Sixteen 216 486 Blanks Sixty-Seven 67 486 COUNTY COMMISSIONER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Robert A. O'Leary Three Hundred Sixty-Six 366 Marc D. Draisen One Hundred Sixty-Six 166 Blanks One Hundred and Twenty 120 Robert K. Massie One Hundred Sixty-Nine 169 486 Blanks One Hundred Fifty-One 151 486 REPUBLICAN PARTY ATTORNEY GENERAL L.Scott Harshbarger Three Hundred Ninety-Nine 399 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Blanks Eighty-Seven 87 John R. Lakian One Hundred Thirty-Two 132 486 W. Mitt Romney Six Hundred Thirty-One 631 Blanks Thirty-Two 32 SECRETARY OF STATE 795 William Francis Galvin Two Hundred Seventeen 217 Augusto F. Grace One Hundred Forty 140 GOVERNOR Blanks One Hundred Twenty-Nine 129 William F.Weld Seven Hundred and One 70i 486 Blanks Ninety-Four 94 795 TREASURER Shannon P. O'Brien Three Hundred Thirty-Nine 339 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Blanks One Hundred Forty-Seven 486 Argeo Paul Cellucci Six Hundred Eighty-Nine 689 Blanks One Hundred and Six 106 795 AUDITOR A. Joseph Denucci Three Hundred Thirty-Nine 339 ATTORNEY GENERAL Blanks One Hundred Forty-Seven 147 Janis M. Berry Five Hundred Thirty 530 486 Guy A. Carbone One Hundred Forty-One 141 Blanks One Hundred Twenty-Four 124 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 795 Gerry E. Studds Four Hundred Twenty-One 421 SECRETARY OF STATE Roger P. Ham Forty-Eight 48 Blanks Seventeen 17 Arthur E. Chase Two Hundred Ninety Three 293 486 Peter V. Furman Three Hundred Sixty-Eight 368 Blanks One Hundred Thirty-Four 134 795 COUNCILLOR TREASURER David F.Constantine Two Hundred Seven 207 Joseph Daniel Malone Six Hundred Fifty-Five 655 David Lima One Hundred Eight 108 Blanks One Hundred Forty 140 Blanks One Hundred Seventy-One 171 795 486 72 AUDITOR at 8:00 pm. A total of 3540 registered voters, voted at the Forrester A. Election. "Tim" Clark, Jr. Four Hundred Seventy-Three 473 Earle B. Stroll One Hundred Forty-Six 146 The election workers for the day were: William I. Living- Blanks One Hundred Seventy-Six 176 ston (R) Warden, Robert Pearl (R) Deputy Warden, Ruth 795 G. Nelson (D), Olive R. Westa (U), Winifred Little (U), Marie T. Oppelaar (D), Doris T. Eldredge (R), Virginia L. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Wiley (U), Paul B. Edwards (R), Beatrice J. Viau (D), Keith Jason Hemeon Five Hundred Ninety-Four 594 Jean M. Kuhn (D), Joan W. Spieker, (U), Frances B. Blanks Two Hundred and One .201 Bonner (D), Jean Herbert (R), Gloria S. Edwards (R) and 795 Esther S. Beilby (D). COUNCILLOR No candidate UNITED STATES SENATOR Edward M. Kennedy One Thousand Five Hundred Thirty- SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT Three 1533 Henri Rauschenbach Five Hundred and Eighteen 518 W. Mitt Romney One Thousand Eight Hundred SixtySix 1866 Ricardo M. Barros Two Hundred Forty-Nine 249 Lauraleigh Dozier Eighteen 18 Blanks Twenty-Eight 28 William A. Ferguson Five 5 795 Blanks One Hundred Eighteen 118 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT GOVERNOR/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Jeffrey R. Fryar Two Hundred Forty-Seven 247 Weld and Cellucci Two Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine 2659 Shirley Gomes Four Hundred Eighty-Seven 487 Roosevelt& Massie Seven Hundred Fifty 750 Blanks Sixty-One 61 Cook&Crawford Thirteen 13 795 Rebello &Giske None 0 Blanks One Hundred Eighteen 118 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Philip A. Rollins Six Hundred and Forty-Six 646 ATTORNEY GENERAL Blanks One Hundred Forty-Nine 149 L. Scott Harshbarger Two Thousand Seventy 2070 795 Janis M. Berry One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Seven 1287 Blanks One Hundred Eighty-Three 183 CLERK OF COURTS Candace W. Flaherty Five Hundred and Ninety 590 SECRETARY OF STATE Blanks Two Hundred And Five 205 Arthur E. Chase One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Four 1954 795 William F. Galvin One Thaisand Two Hundred Seventeen 1217 Peter C. Everett One Hundred Six 106 REGISTER OF DEEDS Blanks Two Hundred Sixty-Three 263 John F. Meade Six Hundred Thirty-One 631 Blanks One Hundred Sixty-Four 164 TREASURER 795 Joseph D. Malone Two Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Nine 2449 Shannon P. O'Brien Eight Hundred 800 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Susan B. Poulin Fifty 50 Jerome J. Sullivan Six Hundred 600 Thomas P. Tierney Fifty Six 56 Blanks One Hundred Ninety-Five 195 Blanks One Hundred Eighty-Five 185 795 AUDITOR A true copy attest A. Joseph DeNucci One Thoiisax3 Six Hundred Ninety-Eight 1698 Forrester A. Clark One ThmwrdFcurHundedFalfThree 1443 Jean F. Wilcox Geoff M. Well Ninety 90 Town Clerk Blanks Three hundred and Nine 309 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Gerry E. Studds Two Thousand and Seventy-Eight 2078 Keith J. Hemeon One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Fight 1268 STATE ELECTION Blanks One Hundred Ninety Four 194 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994 COUNCILLOR David F. Constantine Two Thousand Three HuxledTwenly-Six2326 The State Election was held on November 8th, 1994, at Blanks One Thousand Two Hundred Fourteen 1214 the American Legion Hall, the polls were opened at 7:00 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT am by the Town Clerk Jean F. Wilcox; they were closed Henri Rauschenbach Two ThoLwid Seven Hundred Nineteen 2719 Blanks Eight Hundred Twenty-One 821 73 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT QUESTION #7 Shirley Gomes Two Thousand Five Hundred and One 2501 Yes One Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Fight 1138 Jerry Houk Six Hundred and One 601 No Twol7�usandOneFi�r�tedSeueriy William P. Burt Two Hundred and Fifty-Six 256 Dine 2179 Blanks One Hundred and Eighty-Two 182 Blanks Two Hundred Twenty-Three 223 DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUESTION#8 Philip A. Rollins OneTi�amndSmenl kndred Witt Four 1784 Yes Two Thousand Five Hundred Fifty- Robert C. Lawless One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four 1654 Four 2554 Blank One Hundred and Two 102 No Seven Hundred Fifty 750 Blanks Two Hundred Thirty-Six 236 CLERK OF COURTS Phyllis A. Day One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine 1659 QUESTION#9 Candace W. Flaherty OneThousand Fie Hundred Su4*Eight 1578 Yes One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety- Blanks Three Hundred and Three 303 One 1691 No One Thousand Five Hundred Forty- REGISTER OF DEEDS Seven 1547 John F. Meade TwoThous"TwoHurxtedNinetyThree 2293 Blanks Three Hundred Two 302 Richard C. Driscoll Eight Hundred Sixty-Three 863 Blanks Three Hundred Eighty-Four 384 COUNTY COMMISSIONER A true copy attest Robert A. O'Leary One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six 1556 Jerome J. Sullivan One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty 1650 Jean F. Wilcox Blanks Three Hundred Thirty-Four 334 Town Clerk BARNSTABLE ASSEMBLY DELEGATE Mary C. Smith T%oTha5andEightHundedTwenlyTh% 2823 Blanks Seven Hundred Seventeen 717 QUESTION#1 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Yes One MmusandThee HundredTWThree 1333 No One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Nine 1959 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1994 Blanks Two Hundred Forty-Eight 248 QUESTION#2 The Moderator Duane P. Landreth declared the Town Yes Two Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen 2319 Meeting open at 7:05 pm when the Town Clerk, Jean F. No One Thousand and Thirty-Eight , 1038 Wilcox declared that a quorum of 228 were present. Blanks One Hundred Eighty-Three 183 Counters were William L. Udall, Katherine H. Udall, Gail QUESTION#3 R. Rainey and James Y. Snedecor. Yes one Thousand Fight Hundred Thirty-Three 1833 No one ThasandTheeHurykedSe One 1371 Francis Suits, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Blanks Three Hundred Thirty-Six 336 moved that the Town vote to dispense with the reading of the Warrant except the Preamble, Conclusion and At- QUESTION #4 testation thereof. Yes OneThousand Eight Hundred Thirty- Nine 1839 No One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty- Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Tfuee 1423 Francis Suits, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Blanks Two Hundred Seventy-Eight 278 moved that all Town Officials or Department Managers or QUESTION #5 their duly designated representatives, required to attend Yes One Thousand Six Hundred and Five 1605 Town Meeting pursuant to Section 2-7-3 of the Charter, No One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty- Mr. Wayne MacDonald, the District Administrator of the Five 1755 Tri-Town Septage Treatment Facility and Mr. Jay Bur- Blanks One Hundred Eighty 180 gess, the Chief Operator of the Tri-Town Septage Treat- ment Facility, all of whom are not residents of the Town QUESTION #6 of Orleans, be permitted to address the Town Meeting on Yes One Thousand One Hundred Seventy- matters affecting their office or department. Eight 1178 No Two Thousand One Hundred Fifty- Three 2153 Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Blanks Two Hundred Nine 209 74 ARTICLE 1. PAY BILLS OF PRIOR FISCAL YEAR 5) transfer the sum of Five Thousand Nine Hundred and 00/100 ($5,900.00) Dollars from the Ambulance Re- ceipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to the To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available Fire/Rescue Budget Expense section to fund training funds a sum of money to pay bills of prior years under for a paramedic. the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, as amended, or to take any other action relative thereto. 6) transfer the sum of Nine Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($9,500.00) Dollars from the Ambulance Re- ceipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to the MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of One Fire/Rescue Budget Expense section for radio re- Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-One and 16/100 pairs. ($1,331.16) Dollars be transferred from available funds to MOTION. accept and adopt and the following trans- pay the following unpaid bills: fers be made from available funds for the purpose set forth in the article: Cape Tire Service 279.00 1. Three Thousand Fifty and 00/100 ($3,050.00) dollars Regency Police Supply 87.90 from the Waterways Improvement Fund Account to Orleans Camera & Video 365.07 the Harbormaster/Shellfish Salaries Account. Wendy's 4.17 2. Nine Thousand Twelve and 08/100 ($9,012.08) Dol- Aratex Inc. 42.76 lars from available funds as follows: Three Hundred MPG Newspaper 61.65 Thirty and 00/100 ($330.00) Dollars to the Cultural ICMA 25.45 Council Expense Account, One Thousand One Hun- Xerox 465.16 dred Twenty-Two and 081100 ($1,122.08) Dollars to TOTAL 1,331.16 the Building Department Expense section and Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty and 00/100 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ($7,560.00) Dollars to the Police Department Ex- pense section provided that any state reimbursement received for the purchase of body armor be depos- ARTICLE 2. TRANSFER ARTICLE ited in the General Fund. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available 3. Fifteen-Thousand Four Hundred and 001100 funds and/or authorize the transfer from various line ($15,400.00) Dollars from Ambulance Receipts Re- items within current appropriations, such sums of money served to the Fire/Rescue Budget Expense section. necessary to supplement the operating budgets of the ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously various Town departments for the fiscal year 1995. The following Operating Budget transfers of monies for ARTICLE 3. FUND DESIGN PLAN TRI-TOWN the fiscal year 1995: SEPTAGE TREATMENT PLANT 1) transfer the sum of Three Thousand Fifty and 00/100 PRELIMINARY MOTION WAIVER ($3,050.00) Dollars from the Waterways Improvement I move pursuant to Section 8-7-2 of the Orleans Home Fund (boat excise tax revenue) Account to the Rule Charter that the Town Meeting waive the provisions Harbormaster/Shellfish Department Budget Salaries of Section 8-7-1 and 8-5-1 of the Orleans Home Rule Account for the purpose of providing additional week- Charter in order to present action to be taken on the cap- end shellfish and boating enforcement coverage ital improvement proposed in Article 3 of the May 1994 2) transfer the sum of Three Hundred Thirty and 00/100 Annual Town Meeting. ($330.00) Dollars from available funds to the Cultural ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously Council Expense Account for operating expenses 3) transfer the sum of One Thousand One Hundred MAIN ARTICLE Twenty-Two and 08/100 ($1,122.08) Dollars from To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available available funds to the Building Department Expense funds the sum of One Hundred Thousand and 001100 section for the purpose of funding the Electrical ($100,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of design engineer- Inspector's contract ing for plans and specifications for improvements re- 4) transfer the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred quired at the Tri-Town Septage Treatment Facility, or to Sixty and 00/100 ($7,560.00) Dollars from available take any other action relative thereto. funds to the police Department Expense section to MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the sum of One fund the purchase of body armor. Reimbursement re- Hundred Thousand and 00/100 ($100,000.00) Dollars be ceived from the State for these items will be depos- transferred from available funds for this purpose. ited in the General Fund. 75 ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously ARTICLE 4. FUND UNITED STEELWORKERS CLERI- ARTICLE 8. SUPPORT FOR TREE MAINTENANCE CAL & TECHNICAL WORKERS CON- The Board of Selectmen is forming an ad hoc committee TRACT to develop a philosophy on roadside pruning for brush To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available and trees and other tree related issues to include an in- funds a sum of money to be added to the FY95 Salaries ventory and new plantings for a complete tree manage- Accounts in the accounting, assessing, building, conser- ment program. The committee will consist of seven mem- vation, disposal, fire, health, highway, library, park, plan- bers, including the tree warden, the highway manager, a ning, police, town clerk, treasurer/collector and water de- representative of the traffic study committee, a represen- partments, or to take any other action relative thereto. tative from the planning board or planning department MOTION: To indefinitely postpone and three volunteer members at large. The committee will be charged with development of a pruning philosophy ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously including setting priorities and guidelines for pruning and selective removal of trees when necessary, as well as a ARTICLE5. FUND UNITED STEELWORKERS comprehensive tree program. The committee will make LABOR GROUP LOCAL 15307 CON- their recommendations to the Board of Selectmen on a TRACTS tree program to be implemented over 3-5 years and a To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available continuing maintenance program thereafter, and report funds a sum of money to be added to the disposal, high- on the estimated costs associated with these programs. way, park and water department's Salaries Account, or to take any other action relative thereto. The Board would like to take this opportunity to ask for MOTION: To accept and adopt and that the sum of volunteers to fill the three at-large positions on the com- Fourteen Thousand and 001100 ($ 14,000.00) Dollars be mittee. Residents interested in helping the town on this transferred from available funds for this purpose. committee should complete a Citizens' Interest form ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously available from any member of the Search Committee or at the Town Hall. ARTICLE 6. FUND ORLEANS POLICE OFFICERS MAIN ARTICLE FEDERATION CONTRACT To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available To see if the Town will vote to support a tree mainte- funds a sum- of money to be added to the Salaries Ac- nance program in the FY96 budget, or to take any other count in the Police Department budget, or to take any action relative thereto. other action relative thereto. MOTION: To indefinitely postpone. MOTION: To indefinitely postpone. ACTION: Voted, Voice vote carries unanimously ACTION: Required a standing vote. AGAINST 127, Motion ARTICLE 9. FUND WATER SYSTEM STUDY Standing FOR 135, To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money passes to indefinitely postpone from available funds to conduct a study of the Orleans drinking water system. This study is to include water quality, a sanitary survey and treatment study, or to take ARTICLE 7. FUND NAUSET REGIONAL HIGH any other action relative thereto. SCHOOL ARCHITECT/ENGINEERING MOTION: To accept and adopt and the sum of Fifty FEES Thousand and 00/100 ($50,000.00) Dollars be transferred To see if the Town of Orleans will vote to approve the from the Water Surplus Account to fund a comprehensive indebtedness authorized by the School Committee of the independent review of the Orleans Drinking Water Sys- Nauset Regional School District on September 21, 1994 tem. in the amount of Five Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and 00/100 ($554,250.00) Dollars, for the ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries by majority purpose of preparing architectural and engineering plans for remodeling, reconstruction and making extraordinary ARTICLE 10. OMEN SPACE PURCHASE repairs to the High School and for construction, originally To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of equipping and furnishing an addition thereto, or to take Selectmen to acquire by gift, by purchase, by eminent any other action relative thereto. domain or otherwise, for open space, conservation MOTION: To accept and adopt as printed in the warrant and/or recreational purposes all or a portion of the land situated at 51 and 53 Willie Atwood Road in the Town of 76 Orleans described as follows; Parcels 2564 and 2465 as A total of 419 people cast ballots for the following question. shown on Town of Orleans Assessors Map 18 consisting QUESTION NO 1 of approximately .82 and 4 ± acres respectively, being the land shown on Land Court plan 31767-A which plan "Shall the Town of Orleans be allowed to exempt from is recorded in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in the provisions of Proposition Two and One-Half, so- Land Registration Book 311 Page 82, and the land called, its apportioned share of the amounts required to shown as Lot D on Land Court Plan 15539-D which plan pay for the bond issued by the Nauset Regional School is recorded in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in District in order to prepare architectural and engineering Land Registration Book 27 Page 52 which land is de- plans for remodeling, reconstructing and making extraor- scribed in Certificate of Title No. 99808 and Certificate of dinary repairs to the Nauset Regional High School and Title No 99809 respectively and to appropriate a sum of for constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an money for such acquisition, including expenses incidental addition thereto, as authorized under Article 7 of the Nov. and related thereto, and to decide whether such appro- 14, 1994 Special Town Meeting?" priation shall be raised by taxation, transfer from avail- able funds, borrowing or otherwise; provided however YES Three Hundred Twenty-Two 322 that no funds shall be borrowed, or expended hereunder No Ninety-Four 94 unless the Town shall have voted at an election to ex- Blanks Three 3 empt the amounts required to pay for the bond from the limitations of Proposition 2 112 so-called; and to the ex- A true copy attest tent any Federal, State or other funds are or become Jean F. Wilcox available for the purposes outlined in this Article, to au- Town Clerk thorize the Board of Selectmen or other applicable Boards or Commissions to apply for and accept such funds, or to take any other action relative thereto. OLD KING'S HIGHWAY REGIONAL MOTION: To indefinitely postpone HISTORIC DISTRICT ELECTION ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1994 ARTICLE 11. The Old King's Highway District Committee held its An- nual Election on November 22, 1994 at the Orleans CLOSING ARTICLE Town Office Building, Town Clerks Office. Chairman of And to act on any other business that may legally come the Board of Selectmen Francis E.. Suits opened the before the meeting. meeting at 7:30 p.m. MOTION: To adjourn Present were Francis E. Suits, Anne R. Lennon, Asst. Town Clerk, Christopher R. Miner, William P. Quinn, Jr. ACTION: Voted, voice vote carries unanimously and Richard E. Banas. Christopher R. Miner nominated William P. Quinn, Jr. and it was seconded by Richard E. Banas. William P. Quinn was elected to a Four year term A true copy attest on the Old King's Highway Historic District Committee. Jean F. Wilcox Town Clerk A true copy attest Anne R. Lennon TOWN ELECTION Asst. Town Clerk TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1994 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. AMERICAN LEGION HALL The polls were declared open at 10:00 a.m. by Town BIRTHS — 1994 Clerk, Jean F. Wilcox. Pole workers for the day were: William I. Livingston (R) Warden, Robert W. Pearl (R) Deputy Warden, Ruth Nelson (D) Deputy Warden, Doris There were a total of 39 Births, 19 Males and 20 Fe- T. Eldredge (R), Rosemary Suits (R), Marie T. Oppelaar males recorded in this office in 1994. (D), Paul B. Edwards (R), Esther S. Beilby (D), Joan W. Spieker (U), Gloria S. Edwards (R), Jean Herbert (R) and Under Chapter 438 children can no longer be published Virginia L. Wiley (U). The polls were closed at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Report. by Jean F. Wilcox, Town Clerk. 77 MARRIAGES - 1994 June 4th Thomas Alexander Currie, Jr., Harwich, Ma. to Kathy Lynne Hadfield, Harwich, Ma. January 8th Louis T. Enos, Rye.Beach, NH to 11th Paul William Burton, Orleans, Ma. to Susan E. McMahon, South Salem, NY Jennifer Douglass Doyle, Orleans, Ma. 9th Leslie M. Chapin, Jr., Orleans, Ma. to 18th Mark Steven Kitchen, Las Vegas, NV to Louise 1. Nelson, Orleans, Ma. Melissa Ann Schumann, Las Vegas, NV 22nd David Harris Jalbert, S Orleans, Ma. to 18th David James Craig, Denver, Co. to Lucy Ellen Gammons, S Orleans, Ma. Priscilla Dawn Jacobsen, Denver, Co. February 18th Paul Thompson, Orleans, Ma. to 5th David E. Pike, Jr., Brewster, Ma. to Susan Ellen Hodgkins, Orleans, Ma. Jennifer Susan Gill, Brewster, Ma. 18th Gregory Wayne McDonald, Placida, Fl. to March NO MARRIAGES Bethany Louise Rich, Placida, Fl. 20th Walter Happer Farrell, Jr. Orleans, Ma. to April Ann Margaret Van Gurp, Orleans, Ma. 2nd Matthew Roeser Schardt, Bolton, Ct. to Sharon D. Stiehler, Bolton, Ct. 25th John Peter Wagner, Washington, D.C. to ' Bethany Ann Nickerson, Washington, D.C. 8th Steven T. Sobsryl, Glen Head, NY to Nancy B. Goddard, Glen Head , NY 25th Joseph Anthony McOsker, Orleans, Ma. to Sarah N. Wilson, Orleans, Ma. 30th Roy A. Dath, Wellfleet, Ma. to Gwendolyn Guerin, Port Oford, Or. 25th Robert Allen Schmidt, Providence, RI to Anne Hall Funnell, Orleans, Ma. May 1 st Edward Thomas Cullinan, Jr., Orleans, Ma. to 25th John Patrick Foreman, Honolulu, Hi. to Jane Ann Newcomb, Orleans, Ma. Anne Hathaway, Sparkman, Honolulu, Hi. 7th Eric William Francke, Eastham, Ma. to 25th Joshua Van Kirk McKain, Wilmington, De. to Leslie Joan Hitchock, Orleans, Ma. Amy Elizabeth Westerman, Wilmington, De. 21st Kevin Linnell Higgins, Orleans, Ma. to Beth Ellen Coleman, Orleans. Ma. July 1st Al Oxlade, Newmarket-Ontario, Canada to Sandra Mary Wilson, Newmarket-Ontario, Canada 21st Brian Jonathan Woodwill, Harwichport, Ma. to Rhonda Marie Isham, Harwichport, Ma. 6th Jon Garth Miller, St. Petersburg, Fl. to Kathy Lee Scott, St. Petersburg, Fl. 28th James William Stratton, Eastham, Ma. to Erin Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Eastham, Ma. 9th William H. Schultz, Watchung, NJ to Joy W. Hubbard, Watchung, NJ 28th Robert P. Pandorf, New York, NY to Mary Blair Mueller, New York, NY 9th John Delay Gearon, Washington, D.C. to Elizabeth Jane Sargent, Washington, D.C. 78 9th Anthony S. Melchior, New York, NY to 6th William Paul North, Orleans, Ma. to Irene Marie Joyce, Brooklyn, NY Carrie Jane Ott, Orleans, Ma. 14th Peter Sebastian Conserva, W. Suffield, Ct. to 6th Joseph W. Francis, Jr.,Weflfleet, Ma. to Darlene Ann Cassella, W. Suffield, Ct. Elizabeth A. Cornelia, Wellfleet, Ma. 10th Michael James O'Brien, Los Alamitos, Ca. to 16th Peter Andrew Genet, Woodbury, Ct. to Katherine Aubrey Smith, Redondo Beach, Ca. Nancy Armstrong Brown, Woodbury, Ct. 10th Alan E. Champney, Dennis, Ma. to 16th Donald G. Chicoine, Orleans, Ma. to Gretchen Alice Hoeltzel, Dennis, Ma. Diana Lynn Kelly, Orleans, Ma. 10th James Leonard Olson, Orleans, Ma. to 16th Troy Kenneth Pike, Eastham, Ma. to Jennifer Caroline Woodland, Orleans, Ma. Lisa Marie Tancrati, Eastham, Ma. 10th Paul Gerald DeGregorio, Tampa, FI. to 25th Steven Anthony Melton, Teaneck, NJ to Heideh Katrina Ahari, Tampa, Fl. Candace H. Bardfield, Teaneck, NJ 10th Pieter Bickford, Frederick, Md. to Stephanie Christine Davidson, Frederick, Md. 27th Herman Ronald Bollenbach, Hackettstown, NJ to Ruth Diana Starkins, Hackettstown, NJ 17th Scott P. Tessier, Orleans, Ma. to Anne R. Rioux, Orleans, Ma. August 17th Peter B. Flynn, Orleans, Ma. to 8th Alan C. Walter, Dowington, Pa. to Susan Lee Reilly, Orleans, Ma. Joan Elizabeth Bevans, Dowington, Pa. 18th John Christopher Ruge, Orleans, Ma. to 19th Nicholas Leonard LeRoy, Eastham, Ma. to Ann Elizabeth Bosley, Orleans, Ma. Diane Lorraine LePage, Fairhaven, Ma. 23rd Lance Forrest Quinn, Orleans, Ma. to 20th Terence O'Neil Burke, Pelham, NY to Delia Ayleshire Quinn, Orleans, Ma. Michele Andrea Fjelde, Brighton, Ma. 24th Steven Wayne Kendall, Newtown, Ct. to 20th David Dow Hall, Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Patricia M. Bresse, Newtown, Ct. Kimberly Jo Faline, Orleans, Ma. 24th Timothy Aires Minahan, Gaithersburg, Md. to 27th Sean Michael Fleming, Eastham, Ma. to Renee Rabeni, Gaithersburg, Md. Jennifer Ann Close, Eastham. Ma. 24th Samuel L. Montejo, Eastham, Ma. to 27th Kevin Patrick Lennon, Yarmouthport, Ma. to Amy J. Shaw, Eastham, Ma. Sondra Amanda Wiksten, Yarmouthport, Ma. 24th Giancarlo Francesconi, Orleans, Ma. to 27th Daniel Bailey Ford, ill, Orleans, Ma. to Carol Beth Kamerschen, Orleans, Ma. Amy Elizabeth Steinbach, Orleans, Ma. 24th Troy T. Ledwick, Sarasota, Fl. to 28th Maclean Kirkwood, Jr., Orleans, Ma. to Kathleen Lynn Wideberg, Sarasota, Fl. - Justine Sanford Henson, Orleans, Ma. October 1st Douglas Warner Colville, Littleton, Co. to September 2nd Steven Anthony Gill, Truro, Ma. to Kim Marie Gallo, Littleton, Co. Jeanne Nicole Tudor, Truro, Ma, 1 st Domenic Angelo Efter, Centerville, Va. to 4th Mark Alan Zefinski, Orleans, Ma. to Aryln Elissa Whitelaw, Orleans, Ma. Daphne Jean Jennings, Harwich, Ma. 79 1st Scott Edward Hull, Ossining, NY to 7 Raymond Ernest Newton 92 Laura Marie Maher, New York, NY 8 Carolyn Stubbs 90 11 Timothy Kenneth Sherlock 50 8th Mark Kalani Merchant, Orleans, Ma. to 12 Robert Charles McNamara Jr 86 Julia Jeanne St. Georqe, Orleans, Ma. 14 Edith Bingham (Whitemore) Whitman 84 14 Jeffrey Albert James 32 8th Peter Ian Foresman, Wareham, Ma. to 15 Katharine Frances (Charles) Suzanne Patricia Surette, Wareham, Ma. Oberteuffer 97 23 Wellington Wesley Kuntz, Jr. 87 25 Edward Francis O'Brien 69 8th Richard Antonius Haarman, Orleans, Ma. to Nanette Marie Martelli, Orleans, Ma. February 2 Lily Greenlief (Mayo) Nickerson 78 9th John Leslie Sevinsky, Plano, Tx. to 13 Frances Margaret Tully 83 Andrea Denise Pallotta, Piano, Tx, 18 John Aloysius McCarthy 80 9th Jeffrey Thomas LaVoie, Orleans, Ma. to March Amy Catherine Browning, Orleans, Ma. 1 Katharine Adaline (Bryan) Milligan 95 2 Luella (Yaker) Girgan 90 9th Paul Joseph Cormier, Worcester, Ma. to 5 Lavonia Marion (Thompson) Linnell 82 Jessica Ann Pulaski, Worcester, Ma. 11 Edith (Hodgdon) White 90 15 Malcolm Reeves Hobbs 77 15th Christopher J. Fraleigh, Greenwich, Ct. to 19 Ronald Matthew Buckingham 58 Priscilla.lane Castle, Greenwich, Ct. 23 Katherine (Eldredge) Wildt 74 23 Stella Victoria (Rusiecki) Miller 85 15th Raymond Martin Bilosz, Terryville, Ct. to 23 John Webber Agnew 89 Ann L. Boyko, Sunny Hills, Fl. April 22nd Peter Jay Niering, Cresco, Pa. to 5 Deborah Ann (Lucente) Franz 38 Lorrie June Difilippantonio, Cresco, Pa. 16 Elizabeth Walker (Hall) Woodward 91 29 Russell Wolcott Taylor 87 27th Sebastien G. Loubert, Wellfleet, Ma. to May Byrdine J. Melton, Wellfleet, Ma. 10 Emily Garretson Houghton 80 18 George Alexander Lewis, Jr. 79 29th Michael John Melchiono, Orleans, Ma. to 19 Roger Thomson Kelleher 67 Frances Elizabeth Taber, Orleans, Ma. 22 Hermine (Gliessmann) Lehmann 97 31 Dorothy Irene (Ryan) Macaluso 75 November 5th Joseph Adelard, Belmore, Orleans, Ma. to June Joanne Mae Roderick, Orleans, Ma. 15 Jane Marilyn (Vreeland) Vreeland 68 16 George Francis Cowen 74 13th Claus C. Becker, Bad berleburg, Germany to 29 Mildred Crane 93 Jill Giles Christopher, Orleans, Ma. July December 7 Henry Leonard Poole 70 24th William H. Bell, Harwich, Ma. to 8 Michael Lee Cornette 42 Anet R. Skillin, Harwich, Ma. 14 John Bartholomew Brennan 75 15 Norman MacDonald Hopkins 78 15 Robert Blackburn Wardrop, Sr. 71 17 John Hall 83 19 Kenneth Anthony Cavanaugh 78 DEATHS — 1994 19 Mary Louise (Conforti) Schwinn 84 26 Douglas MacArthur 63 January 1 Edith Josephine (Smith) Ellis 95 August 2 Elizabeth (Pearce) McCutchen 67 5 Steven Bradley Freeman 47 5 Ethel Gilbert (Mayo) Johnson 93 10 Albert Edward Ormiston 79 80 10 Marga (Seidler) Jacob 82 December 13 Aldona (Petrus) Russell 68 6 James Edward Beyer 81 23 Rita Mary (Crolly) Quirk 80 8 Robert Smith Jordan 80 26 Dorothea (Badger) Hart 72 10 Carl Herbert Larsen 76 27 James Alrich Smith 85 10 Lorraine C. (Glennon) Lusardi 75 29 William Myles Prendergast 79 11 Alice M. (Morgan) Favry 82 14 Howard Fenelon Walker 88 September 17 Ella Allen (Bassett) Smith 95 9 Lois Marjorie (Steele) Peterson 64 26 Barbara Frances (Nash) llkovich 71 17 Francis Parkhurst Benson 75 19 Walter Clifford Gustafson 79 25 Philip Montrose Allen 90 28 Ruth Aldine (Stickney) Quinn 87 29 Audrey (Watson) Southworth 86 October DOG LICENSES - 1994 4 Marjorie (Pickering) Dickson 84 10 David Raglan Bennison 78 282 Males @3.00 $ 846.00 15 Fred Lehman Wasserman 94 297 Spayed Females @3.00 891.00 24 Lillian (Ellerich) Tunney 63 25 Femles @6.00 150.00 November 2 Kennels @50.00 100.00 1 Donald Blair Foresman 95 4 Kennels @ 10.00 40.00 2 Penelope (Newhall) McCreery 66 2,027.00 3 John Allen Reed 73 29 Clare Louise (Roche) Nelson 74 Submitted by: Jean F. Wilcox Town Clerk REPORT OF FISH & GAMES LICENSES ISSUED IN 1994 Gross Fish & No. Class/ Type of License Value Value Fee Game 70 F1 Resident/Citizen Fishing $12.50 $875.00 $350.00 $525.00 1 F2 Resident/Minor Fishing 6.50 6.50 .50 6.00 9 F3 Resident/Citizen Fishing 65-69 6.25 56.25 4.50 51.75 34 F4 Resident/Citizen Over 70 FREE 14 F6 Non-Resident Citizen/Alien Fishing 17.50 245.00 7.00 238.00 27 F7 Non-Resident Citizen/Alien 7-Day 11.50 310.50 13.50 297.00 2 DF Duplicate Fishing 2.00 4.00 4.00 29 H1 Resident/Citizen Hunting 12.50 362.50 14.50 348.00 2 H2 Resident/Citizen Hunting 65-69 6.25 12.50 1.00 11.50 3 H6 Non-Resident Citizen/Allen Small Game 23.50 70.50 1.50 69.00 17 S1 Resident/Citizen Sporting 19.50 331.50 8.50 323.00 4 S2 Resident/Citizen Sporting 65-69 9.75 39.00 2.00 37.00 20 S3 Resident/Citizen Over 70 FREE 1 DS Duplicate Sporting 2.00 2.00 2.00 19 M1 Archery/Primitive Firearm Stamp 5.10 96.90 1.90 95.00 26 M2 Mass. Waterfowl Stamps 5.00 130.00 6.50 123.50 131 W1 Wildiands Conservation Resident Stamp 5.00 655.00 655.00 45 W2 Wildlands Conservation Non-Resident Stamp 5.00 225.00 225.00 3,422.15 411.40 3,010.75 Submitted by: Jean F. Wilcox Town Clerk 81 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ARCHITECTURAL ACT COORDINATOR REVIEW COMMITTEE The State sponsored Americans with Disabilities meeting, Strategies and Solutions for Cities and Towns, was held There were 12 meetings held in 1994. Twenty-nine appli- June 9, 1994, in Westborough. Instructions and exam- cations were received, all were approved or approved pies of how to complete a transition plan outlining neces- with modifications. Three Hundred and Forty-five dollars sary changes to make town owned buildings and proper- ($345) were collected in fees. ties accessible were presented. With the cooperation of Paul Fulcher, Park Superinten- Respectfully submitted, dent, Paul Halkiotis, Town Planner, and Committee on Disability members, Fred Mahistedt and Robert Rotti, the Richard Morongell, transition plan for beaches, parks and recreation areas Chairman was completed in December. My sincere thanks to them for their time and thoughtful suggestions. Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF ASSESSORS Elizabeth J. Smith, ADA Coordinator , The Board and staff were saddened by the sudden death of past board member Ron Buckingham. Ron, who served on the Board in 1992-1993, was knowledgeable, ANIMAL INSPECTOR hard working and fair. He will be missed. In June, 1994, the Board welcomed Vincent Caruso as the newest appointed member. He joins Linda Coneen and Barbara McCoy. in December staff member Jackie The annual inspection and census of livestock was con- ducted the last week in December. Each premise was Reycroft was promoted to Business Manager and Doro- inspected as to the general cleanliness, light, ventilation, thy Herold was transferred from the Treasurer/Collectors water, food supply, and waste disposal. The physical office to the Assessing office as Principal Clerk. condition of the livestock was checked for obvious dis- Fewer than 100 abatement applications were filed for FY eases. The final tabulation was sent to Boston and is an 1995. The major on-going project for the year was the important basis upon which all disease-control measures "remapping" project, which entails updating all of the are predicated including State appropriations. Results are assessor's maps. This project is slated to be complete by as follows: horses 12, ponies 1, goats 9, sheep 12 and 9 the end of 1995. poultry flocks of which two premises had 25 chickens or more. Respectfully submitted, Twenty-nine reported cases of injury by the biting or scratching of dogs, cats and other animals were investi- Linda Coneen, gated. Twenty-one quarantines were ordered and most Chairman animals were released after a ten day period. (If any ani- mal did not have an up-to-date rabies vaccination, quar- antines were imposed for 45 days to 280 days.) Rabies cases are on the rise in Massachusetts but as yet Cape Cod remains positively isolated from the rabies virus. BARNSTABLE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth P. Nale, The last half of the third session of the Barnstable Animal Inspector County Assembly of Delegates opened January 5, 1994 and concluded Wednesday, December 21, 1994. The fourth session will open with a Special Meeting, Tuesday, January 3, 1995, at which time swearing-in ceremonies, scheduled for 5 p.m., will be held in the First District Courtroom, Barnstable. 82 The November 1994 elections resulted in the election of BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION four new members and eleven incumbents, who will rep- resent each of the fifteen Barnstable County towns for the coming two years. The Commission members have established priorities No changes were made in 1994 as to the Standing Com- pertaining to the activities, events, and projects which will mittees on Finance, Health and Human Services, Re- educate and entertain the townspeople in the bicenten- gional Services, Natural Resources, Economic Affairs nial year of 1997. and Regional Policy Plan. Ad Hoc Committees estab- The Commission will plan and coordinate all town spon- lished by Resolution, include one on Energy and another sored events. In 1995 local civic organizations as well as to address issues of the Barnstable County Public Safety commercial, educational and religious institutions of the Department. Both expire as of December 31, 1994. They town will be contacted for their individual plans and com- may or may not be reapproved. mitments for an event. During the Fiscal '95 Budget process, the Assembly be- Beginning in the autumn of 1995 and continuing through came aware of lack of any funding for Project Coach, the 1997, fund raising projects will be held. Commission Alternative Sentencing program, which has proven suc- members have been assigned specific project responsi- cessful over the past 10 years. The Assembly amended bilities. However, town and grant funding in combination the budget request to provide $5,000 of County funds to with contributions and or sponsorship by local busi- Project Coach. Successful efforts were then made by the nesses, civic organizations and corporate communities County's Legislative Delegation to secure additional fund- will also be essential. ing through the State's Public Safety Department. Recently we were encouraged by several citizens who A total of fourteen ordinances were approved by the As- have volunteered their expertise for key projects. To sembly in 1994, including the County's and Cape Cod make the 1997 a truly unique celebration, the diversified Commission's operating and capital budgets. The general expertise and creative ideas of all volunteers will be County budget totals $15,910,500 from the General Fund warmly received. and for the Cape Cod Commission, $2,743,421 from the Environmental Protection Fund. The assessments for Or- leans, reflected in the FY '95 tax rate are $112,259. for Respectfully submitted, general County funding and $ 93,958. for the Environ- mental Protection Fund. Mary Kelsey and Bonnie Snow, The Assembly was deeply involved in the controversy in Co-chairpersons regard to the Cape Cod Commission and is presently working with the appointed Cape Cod Commissioners and staff to implement the recommendations of the Cape Cod Commission Regulatory Review Task Force. At its ORLEANS BIKEWAY COMMITTEE final meeting of the third session, Delegates approved amendments to modify review criteria of proposed devel- opments of regional impact by removing single family Progress is still slow on the Orleans Rail Trail Project. homes from such review and to allow for the limited ap- The project is listed in the TIP (Transportation Improve- plication of minimum performance standards in certain in- ment Project) for FY 1995. With the recent re-opening of stances. the RT6 4 lane project, it is possible that nothing will be The Assembly continued its activity and involvement with done until a decision on the configuration of the Orleans the Massachusetts Military Reservation cleanup, encour- part of the road is decided so that a matching bridge will agement of the County Commissioners' plans for a Cape fit the new roadway. Cod Pathways project, as well as tracking the progress A plan for improvement of the entire Rail Trail from Brew- of a County Dredge. The latter has been approved and ster to Eastham has been given to the Town Planner. funding is being put together. The plan proposes repaving to the standard 10 foot wide path and side paths along West Road. Respectfully submitted, The Committee has placed small information signs along Mary C. Smith, the major route to beaches and town center. Delegate from Orleans Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates Respectfully submitted, Bernard Spieker, Chairman 83 BUILDING DEPARTMENT Certificates of Occupancy 127 2,650 Yardsales 151 755 Building permits were issued for the following types of NO. FEES INSPECTIONS construction in the calendar year 1994: Plumbing 184 10,150 270 CLASSIFICATION NO VALUE FEE Gas 91 5,385 182 RESIDENTIAL Wire 380 15,500 599 New-single family 51 6,793,990 36,940 Total Revenue 104,411 Additions 51 3,138,720 11,386 Alterations 56 870,939 4,694 1 wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Town Execu- COMMERCIAL tive and all other Town departments, committees and the citizens of Orleans for their cooperation. New 1 35,000 432 New-multi family (8 units) 800,000 3,718 Respectfully submitted, Additions 7 160,500 1,181 Jon Eitelbach, Alterations 16 140,800 1,886 Building Commissioner OTHER PERMITS ISSUES Chimney 3 35,000 75 Pools 7 292,745 895 BY-LAW REVISION COMMITTEE Foundations 7 103,000 295 Demolition 8 38,800 200 The Orleans By-Law Revision Committee (BRC) was es- tablished by the Charter for the expressed purpose of Decks 35 124,465 1,514 "revising..." the By-Laws of the Town, every five years. Garage 14 239,309 1,222 Being the first assembled By-Law Revision Committee, Sheds 37 63,733 1,249 we considered an important part of our responsibilities to be the interpretation of the intentions of the Charter Com- Docks 2 5,800 144 mittee. What truly was intended of the BRC? After much Teats 5 N/A 150 deliberation, it is our opinion that a review of the By-Law revision process would best fulfill the original intent of the Retaining Walls 1 20,000 25 Charter. A future By-Law Revision Committee may wish Awnings 4 3,039 100 to amend the Charter to remove any ambiguities in the role of this Committee. Our accomplishments have been Ramps 3 1,500 70 to rather information and to examine some of the well Stairs 2 3,900 60 known problems inherent in the By-Law process, i.e. their creation, interpretation and amendment. These are many Woodstoves 4 NIA 140 and varied. Re-Roof 66 NIA 840 Initially, the BRC "suggested" the formation of a subcom- Total Building Permits 318 mittee, to be comprised of representatives of those com- mittees and parties whose regular workings are inter- Permitted items 381 twined with The Zoning By-Law (ZBL). At a minimum, Fees 67,216 said committee should be represented by members of the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Building Department. The purpose of the subcommittee OTHER PERMITS/CERTIFICATES would be to review and recommend additions and alter- ations to the ZBL and in advance of formalizing changes, NO. FEES come to an agreement of the meaning of both the intent Signs 37 925 and the interpretation of the By-Laws as they would be Certificates of Inspection 24 960 amended. Such a subcomnmittee would improve commu- nications among the various parties and thereby improve Reinspections 26 870 the information gathering, analysis and ZBL amendment process. 84 Inter-board relations will lead to a more thoughtfully con- and that process was completed by August, 1994. Every ceived By-Law for the voters consideration. Credibility in home in Orleans is now served from the newly con- the various boards, as well as the By-Law process itself, structed cable system. The new system featuring custo- wili be given a much needed boost and less time will be mer friendly "interdiction" technology has brought four- spent on the Town Meeting floor, niggling over issues teen (14) new satellite services to subscribers as well as that should have been resolved in committee. new services such as pay-per-view. The formation of such a committee, known as the Zoning As of the end of 1994, the Massachusetts State Cable By-Law Task Force (ZBLTF), was begun in September Commission has not yet held hearings on rates which 1993. The Task Force is made up of representative were set in September of 1993. In Orleans, Continental members such as suggested by the BRC. The work done Cablevision has chosen the cost-of-service option of reg- by the Task Force thus far seems to be what we had ulation. Cost of service is a complex rate setting proce- hoped for. dure and although Continental Cablevision responded to The ZBLTF has undertaken the review process on an all Commission requests regarding how the rates were ongoing basis. An effective Zoning By-Law must be con- set, the Massachusetts Cable Commission has not yet tinually fine tuned. An active ZBLTF will be critical to the ruled on the rates. Continental Cablevision expects hear- task at hand, but it is the ultimate responsibility of the ings on rates to be held in February, 1995. Previous Planning Board to effect changes in the Zoning By-Law. scheduled rate hearings were canceled twice in 1994. if hearings take place in February, Continental Cablevision As for the By-Law Revision Committee: the Charter re- expects a ruling on rates by April, 1995. quires the formation of such a committee every five The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has re- years. We found the work of the BRC with respect to cently released some further information on the so-called By-Laws other than the Zoning and Personnel By-Laws going forward rules. Under these rules the FCC Pre- to be unnecessary. These miscellaneous By-Laws are scribes how a cable operator can add new services and few in number and the Town Executive is in the best how they can charge for them. Continental Cablevision position to manage these. Both the Zoning and Person- expects to have clarifications and plans in place some- nel By-Laws have standing committees responsible for time in 1995. their respective By-Laws. Although the BRC is required by the Charter, the scope of its work is redundant. As a result of increased government costs to regulate In lieu of amending the Charter to eliminate future By- cable, there have been some changes to customers bills Law Revision Committees, we suggest that the BRC of effective January 1, 1995. The FCC has imposed a fee 1998 verify the vitality of the ZBLTF and confirm the on all cable TV operators to cover FCC regulatory costs. Planning Boards commitment to constant review. It may In January, February and March, customers will be billed then choose to be largely inactive or take the role of $0.03 per month and $0.04 per month beginning in April. overseeing the progress of those Boards. Nationally these fees will generate nearly $22 million dol- lars for the FCC. Additionally, effective on January 1, 1995 the Franchise Fee line item on the bill increases Respectfully submitted, from $0.12 to $0.16 per month. This change will cover additional expenses incurred by the Massachusetts State Marc G. Norgeot, Cable Commission in their cable regulatory duties. Of the Chairman annualized $1.92 per subscriber generated fee, $0.05 per subscriber is paid directly to the Town of Orleans and the remaining $1.42 per subscriber goes to the State of Mas- sachusetts. CABLE TV ADVISORY COMMITTEE The community access facility, Channel 8, at Continental Cablevision in Orleans had a very busy year. The studio is now open 52 hours a week with editing and studio production times averaging 90-100 hours per week with The operation of the Continental Cablevision system in two editing rooms. With the installation of an automated 1994, the Town of Orleans continues to be very satisfac- tape system, programming has increased to an average tory. of 32 hours per week on Channel 8. One of the three 1994 saw the completion of the Orleans system rebuild. two-way interconnects between the Nauset Regional Mid- Over 84 miles of cable plant was rebuilt or upgraded and dle School and Continental's office on Locust Road gave 17.5 miles of fiber optics was introduced. There are cur- Channel 8 the capability to go live from the auditorium to rently 70.5 miles of aerial cable and 13.6 miles of under- broadcast the Orleans Town Meetings. ground cable serving the residents of Orleans. Channel 8 celebrated its 10th anniversary in October with The first half of 1994 was spent switching cable a well-attended gathering of community producers, town customers from the old system to the new rebuilt one officials and Channel 8 staff. The highlight of the evening 85 was a live production with former and current program sembly of Delegates in July 1991, the Commission re- directors hosted by talk show host, Dick Cooke and fea- viewed a variety of proposed projects qualifying as "De- turing video clips from 10 years of programming. Twenty- velopments of Regional Impact"; however, none were six area residents took advantage of the introductory proposed during the year for the Town of Orleans. video workshop offered by Channel 8 with two classes in With respect to planning fuctions and activities, the Com- computers and a director's workshop also offered to mission awarded a grant in March of $43,607 to the round out the training of interested volunteers. Channel 8 Town to begin preparation of a "Local Comprehensive and Continental Cablevision sponsored an essay contest plan" consistent with the Regional Policy Plan. Technical for 4th and 5th graders at the six Middle Schools in the assistance, support and guidance was and will continue Continental Cablevision service area. The contest was to be provided to the town in development of the plan, held in conjunction with Continental Cablevision's 7th An- which is anticipated to take about two years. nual Fall Food drive for The Lower Cape Outreach Coun- cil and students were asked to write about "The Season In addition to the planning grant, the Commission ap- of Giving". Over 190 essays were submitted and 12 final- proved a grant of $20,000 to Orleans and Eastham jointly ists were invited into the studio to read their essays live. for a flushing study of Town Cove as part of the The winner was Hannah Conway from Orleans who Commission's Coastal Embayment Initiative for Cape wrote about holding an art auction at the Middle School Cod. The Commission also committed $4,000 in Fiscal to help raise funds for the Lower Cape Outreach Council. Years 95 & 96 (subject to funding in 1996) for a study of wastewater nitrogen impacts on the Namskaket Marsh Finally, 1994 saw the first competitive services to cable ecosystem. come to the market. There are now two different DBS (Direct Broadcast satellite) services available to Orleans The professional staff of the Commission provided tech- residents which provide access to many services pre- nical assistance to the Town in various areas including viously only available through cable. Although DBS ser- the town's municipal water supply system, water supply vices do not carry any local broadcast channels, they do and resources mapping, hazardous waste disposal, af- provide a variety of satellite services and premium chan- fordable housing, setting up the town's GIS System, pro- nels. "DSS", a service marketed by RCA and "Primestar" gramming and funding of transportation improvements, are both available in our Orleans market. Primestar is a including the Capewide Bicycle Trail, and various plan- service which is owned by a group of cable companies ning matters and initiatives. including Continental. However, the fulfillment and servic- At the request of the Commission and in response to oar- ing of Primestar is handled on Cape Cod by TCI cable ious issues and concerns raised with regard to the and not Continental Cablevision. These services are the Commission's regulatory functions, policies and proce- first wave of competition for the cable industry as it is dures, the County Commissioners appointed a Task fully expected that the local and national phone compa- Force in late May to review and recommend changes to nies, such as NYNEX and ATT, will soon be in the video or improvements in the Commission's operations. The re- entertainment business. sulting report submitted to the County Commissioners in Our Cable TV Advisory Committee is keeping the Board early September contained twenty recommendations of Selectmen apprised of the on-going and complex which are currently being implemented by the Commis- Cable Television rulings and again are pleased with the sion, the Cape's towns and Assembly of Delegates, as overall performance and cooperation by Continental appropriate. Cablevision for the Town of Orleans. The town's economy also benefited from the Commission's coordination and support of Cape Maritime Respectfully submitted, Week in May and Heritage Week in June 1994. Roger H. Strawbridge, Respectfully submitted, Chairman Herbert Olsen, Orleans Member CAPE COD COMMISSION During 1994, the Cape Cod Commission, created in March 1990, continued effective implementation of its legislated responsibilities as Barnstable County's regional land use planning and regulatory agency. In accordance with the Regional Policy Plan adopted by the County As- 86 CAPE C®® JOINT lar interest to Cape Cod and other coastal schools as it TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE will monitor the activity of whales and other marine life as observed by students on whale watching trips. Mr. Berrick envisions Cape students communicating with stu- dents in other parts of the country and even the world, meeting as well as several special meetings and public thus opening up a vast world of research to students who hearings. At these meetings I conveyed the viewpoints will be able to tap into educational institutions worldwide. and position of the Town of Orleans as enumerated by Community Education and Training Programs developed the Board of Selectmen and the Town Executive. Like- and managed more than $669,000 derived from Grants, wise, I kept the Town informed of the action and the rea- Tuitions, and Fees, which was expended in services, soning of the CCJTC. I also kept Mr. Herbert Olsen, our equipment, and resources for the students of Cape Cod representative to the Cape Cod Commission, appraised Tech and the youth and adult members of our sending of the discussions and recommendation of the Commit- towns, including summer programs. Cape Cod Tech con- tee, since the Commission will vote on its recommenda- tinues to remain open on a year-round basis to serve the #ions. The CCJTC votes on priorities and scheduling of community. This past summer, more than 300 children transportation construction and improvements involving and adults from the District towns attended programs in- federal and state funds and makes its recommendations cluding Summer Youth Employment Training, Exploratory to the Cape Cod Commission. Program for 6th - 8th graders, County Life Skills, Adult The Town was successful in having a couple of major Education, and Pregnant and Parenting Teens. construction and improvement projects included in the Twenty seven (27) Cape Cod Tech students were hon- scheduie which will allow the cost to be shared with the ored for their academic achievements by the National State. Vocational-Technical Honor Society. Twenty four (24) 1 thank the citizens of Orleans and its governmental staff, Students received "on-the-job" training through Cape Cod especially Town Executive Nancymarie Schwinn and the Tech's Cooperative Education Program which is spon- Board of Selectmen for their helpfulness, faith in me and sored jointly between Cape Cod Tech and employers support in my endeavors. Capewide. Twenty five (25) adults completed their edu- cation in our day school during the 1993-94 school year. A Cape Cod Community College/Cape Cod Tech Pro- Respectfully submitted, gram was instituted relative to our Horticulture Program. William 1. Livingston Two courses were offered this past year as part of a 28 credit program. Cape Cod Tech continues to be commit- ted to the Tech Prep Program with Cape Cod Community College. Cape Cod Tech student, Paul Riker, was awarded the CAPE COD REGIONAL TECHNICAL Gold Medal in the 1994 United States Skill Olympics in HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Marine Mechanics. This was the first gold medal in Ma- rine Mechanics ever won by a student of a Massachu- setts vocational-technical school. Several students cap- tured gold, silver and bronze medals in State and Na- September 1993 marked the beginning of our nineteenth tional competitions sponsored by both VILA {Vocational Na- school year of vocational-technical education. Cape Cod Industrial Schools of America), and DECA (Distributive Tech continues to research and offer outstanding educa- Education Clubs of America). tional programs to the school population. The year began with faculty and students returning to the newly reno- We thank you for your continued support of vocational- vated academic area, providing a better equipped, more technical education. comfortable, quieter area, thus promoting greater learn- ing. Respectfully submitted, Science Instructor, Stephan Berrick, had the unique dis- tinction of being the only teacher from Cape Cod se- Stefan Galazzi lected to be connected with an exciting and innovative Roger W. Pioux science program for his classroom using telecommunica- tions, aided by grants from the National Science Founda- tion and the Cape Cod Educational Foundation. Students will participate in environmental monitoring including acid rain, lichens as indicators of air pollution, road kills and ozone levels. This new project, which has the support of both public and commercial institutions, will be of particu- 87 CHARTER VI COMMITTEE S L RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF THE CAPE COD COMMISSION In August 1994, the Board of Selectmen appointed a seven member Charter Review Committee for a two year The CRC has representatives from each of the Barnsta- term expiring on June 30, 1996. The Committee is spe- ble County towns, plus others from the County and the cifically charged with reviewing the Orleans Home Rule Commission. It meets six times a year in Barnstable Charter and making recommendations to the Board of County Court offices. The Coastal Zone Management Selectmen regarding interpretation of existing Charter (CRC) has been merged with the CRC together with Ma- provisions for the express purpose of improving its func- rine Water Quality, Fishermen's and Water Quality Com- tioning, including clarifying language; defining areas of mittees. The CRC is an advisory committee for Barnsta- responsibility; improving time lines, etc. Recommenda- ble County, the Cape Cod Commission, the CZM, and tions for amendments to the Charter will be made by the the Massachusetts Bays Program. Committee at future Town Meetings. Mark Zivan, Alternate for Orleans, has served as CRC The Committee has been meeting monthly since Sep- Chairman for the past year. Concerns reviewed by the tember 1994 and will report on its recommendations to committee include: marine water quality, coastal habitat the Board of Selectmen and subsequently at Town Meet- protection, harbor management, land use management, ings in 1995 and 1996. Title V regulations, Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary, non-point source pollution, storm run-off, marine pump outs, and Respectfully submitted, out fall pipes, National Flood Insurance, and the Alterna- George R. Christie, Jr. tive Septic Tank Initiative. Chairman Respectfully submitted, CIVIL DEFENSE John B. Rosenquest, Jr. Orleans Representative, CRC The year 1994 was a very quiet year for my department. We only had to attend to general business, and the nec- essary paper work that had to be filed with the State. Again, I express my appreciation for the fine cooperation COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING and help from all the other departments in Town, and COMMITTEE also from the Citizens of the Town of Orleans. Respectfully submitted, The Committee continues its commitment to engage the public in the planning process. Fifteen outreach meetings Raphael A. Merrill have been held with various public and private organiza- tions. A public opinion survey, sent to 5,600 people, re- ceived a 40% response which is considered excellent. COASTAL EROSION The survey results have been circulated to Town depart- ADVISORY COMMITTEE meets. Workshop I on "Open Space and Recreation" at- tracted about 80 townspeople. A draft of this section of the plan has been completed. The Coastal Erosion Advisory Committee continued to We are pleased that the Groundwater Mapping Study is map and classify the rest of the Orleans coastline which underway. The Town Cove Flushing Study is still under had not been completed in 1993. Credit goes to Harold discussion with county and federal agencies. These stud- Brehm and John Brigham for their efforts in this matter. ies will provide needed information for use in planning for The committee met with the selectmen in the spring of the protection of both groundwater and coastal waters. 1994 and discussed the fulfillment of its charge. It was Develop- decided that the committee should finish up the mapping In preparation for Workshop II on Economic Develop- and stay in tack in an advisory role. ment", Paul Halkiotis, Town Planner, and Committee members are conducting a land inventory of the Busi- ness/Commercial zones. This information, never before Respectfully submitted, available in Orleans, will be useful and interesting to the Town and to the business community. Stephen H. Tyng, Chairman 88 The Committee has been challenged by the loss of four mission a call and we will try our best to help you with members during the year. We have welcomed three new your project. and able members, and have made good progress on a The Commission instituted an Administrative Review complex and difficult task. We look forward to the chal- pro- cedure for minor projects that are greater than 50 feet lenges ahead. from the edge of the wetland. In 1994, the Commission ratified 88 Administrative Reviews. The process is rela- Respectfully submitted, tively easy, does not require a hearing before the Com- mission, and generally results in project approval without Kate Davis, any further filing. It gives the Commission flexibility to re- Chairman quire further review if they deem it appropriate or allow the project to proceed without a hearing. It allows the Conservation Administrator to make decisions in the field that are then ratified by the Commission. However, the Administrative Review does not take the place of the CONSERVATION COMMISSION hearing process for complex projects. In 1994, the Com- mission held hearings for 79 Notices of Intent and 32 Requests for Determination of Applicability. Protection of the environment in Orleans, is dependent The Commission is in the process of enacting regulations on a number of departments, boards, committees and to provide guidelines and procedures for administering volunteers including the Conservation Commission and the local wetlands By-Law. This process has been ongo- the Conservation Department. Because of the geology ing for several years but the complexity of the project and geography of the town, much of the real property along with the work load of the Commission and staff for within Orleans is adjacent to or near the tremendous va- the past few years delayed the project. The Commission, riety of wetland resources, both coastal and freshwater. while not finished at this writing, looks forward to having Coves, bays, rivers, ponds, marshes and coastal banks a standard guideline that will be more germaine to comprise the salt water wetlands while ponds, bogs, wet Orleans' particular problems. The Commission is particu- meadows, swamp, streams, creeks and areas subject to larly indebted to former Commissioner, Anne Donaldson flooding are the freshwater wetlands. Each type of re- for her tireless efforts with this project. source represents a set of particular environmental cir- cumstances and alterations to the resource itself or to The Commission often works with other entities in their the "buffer zone" around the resources, (100 feet from efforts to protect the environment and is kept informed of the edge of the resource) can have both short term and these efforts through the involvement of the Conservation long term effects on the function of that particular wet- Administrator. The Conservation, Recreation and Open land resource. It is these resources and the protection of Space Plan (CROS), which must be revised every five them that falls under the jurisdiction of the Conservation Years, was completed and approved by the State paving Commission. the way for potential grant funding for open space land purchases. The CROS is a valuable reference source but One of the problems we face is that alterations generally is also a blueprint for actions either in progress to be occur at the individual property level with a "minor" proj- undertaken by various groups within the town involved ect — cutting trees, removing brush, creating a lawn, with some facet of environmental issues. The plan will building an addition to an existing dwelling, accessing the also be used in formulating the Local Comprehensive water by creating steps or paths, view enhancement etc. Plan currently in progress, which, as a resource-based activities that generally occur in the buffer zone. As indi- plan will present the joining together of seemingly dissim- vidual projects; they do not appear to cause a problem ilar concepts of controlled growth and environmental pro- but in the aggregate, the cumulative effects of these ac- tection. A marine resource management plan for our es- tions can mark a turning point for the function of the wet- tuaries is also in progress from which a portion will be land. culled to add to the We need to stress that any work done in or within 100 Comprehensive Plan. All of these projects, being worked feet of any resource area must have the prior permission on simultaneously, will eventually lead to tools and mea- of the Conservation Commission. Permission may be sures that, when implemented, will hopefully ensure that granted through the hearing process for complex projects the Orleans we all came here to enjoy will be the Or- such as house construction or major renovations or leans we will enjoy in the future. through an Administrative Review which is less cumber- some for minor projects. Work that is done without the The Commission has continued in its efforts to provide prior permission of the Commission is subject to legal management plans for town-awned lands within its juris- action including fines which the Commission tries to diction. We hope to have more areas open to the public avoid whenever possible. When in doubt, give the Com- with interpretive trails in 1995. 89 The Commission has had some personnel changes in for the plan and grant funding will be sought for this proj- 1994. Long term Commissioners Anne Donaldson and ect in 1995. Roland Laine had their terms expire and were replaced The Friendly Visitor Program continues to provide an op- by Willard Stowell and Lawrence Mish. The Commission portunity for volunteers to make a difference in has added Frederick Little and George Christie as Asso- someone's life. A mini-grant provided by the State Exec- ciate members. Andree Yager stepped down as Chair- utive Office of Education will expand the existing program man and Charles Groezinger was elected Chairman. We to include a pilot program where sixth grade students will thank the former members for their dedication and wish visit several senior housing complexes for interaction and them well in their endeavors and welcome our new mem- relationships with seniors. bers. The Commission still has one vacancy as Associ- ate member. The FRIENDS of the Council on Aging continue to be the significant volunteer corps at the Senior Center. Over The Commission thanks the staff, Administrator Sandra 130 volunteers contributed 17,212 hours for an estimated MacFarlane and Secretary Nancy Hurley and the assis- value of $145,026.00. tance of town departments and boards and committees Ex- for their continued help and support. (All statistics based on Fiscal '94 report to the State Ex- ecutive Office of Elder Affairs). Volunteer activities in- clude: Meals on Wheels drivers, Congregate Meal assis- Respectfully submitted, tants, income tax advisors, Friendly Visitors, Health In- Charles Groezinger, Chairman surance Counselors, receptionists, transportation ser- Sandra Macfarlane, Conservation Administrator vices as well as specific group coordination. Your participation is encouraged! Join us for any activity or volunteer opportunity that interests you. All Seniors, age 59 and over, have automatic membership to the Council on Aging. The FRIENDS encourage you to join COUNCIL ON AGING their roster so you receive the monthly newsletter, TI- DINGS, which provides information on programs and ac- tivities at the Senior Center. The demographics of the Town of Orleans explain the increased demand for services experienced at the Coun- Respectfully submitted, cil on Aging (COA). Currently, 2,372 seniors, age 60 years and over, account for 39% of the Town's total pop- Elizabeth J. Smith, ulation of 6,072. Of that senior population, 40% are age Executive Director 75 years and over. Since 1990, this latter group has in- creased by 18% while the Town's total population has increased by less than .01%. (Data based on Orleans 1994 Town Census and Cape Trends, 1992, published by Cape Cod Commission of Barnstable County.) FRIENDS OF THE COUNCIL ON The Outreach Department has provided assistance to AGING over 300 seniors at least once and assessed the needs of 92 "new" seniors. Services for those needing assis- tance to continue living at home independently are avail- The Council On Aging exists by the Town of Orleans able via a grant from Elder Services of Cape Cod and Charter for the social, physical, business, etc. purposes the Islands. This Title IIIB two year grant, available under of all Seniors in the Town of Orleans. A Person attaining the Older Americans Act, is for $4,000.00 per year. Judy the age of 59 years Becomes a member of the Council, Bersin was hired in October for this 10 hour per week and is entitled to all programs of every kind offered. part time position. The Friends of the Council is a group of volunteers num- Another grant awarded to the C.O.A. from the State Ex- bering some 1500 people of various ages that supports ecutive Office of Elder Affairs for $2,500.00 will purchase the council in all its endeavors. Membership is open to all a computer. Upgrading of the record keeping system will seniors and others, payment of $5.00 dues certifies their be accomplished with the increased computer capacity. membership and entitles them to a monthly newsletter Expansion of the Senior Center located at 150 Rock Har- via the postal service and this letter is entitled "The Ti- bor Road is still in the planning stage. The Building dings". Committee's diligent work resulted in an architect's Mas- We are indebted to the following for their service, ideas, ter Plan which will meet the projected growth needs for contributions of great variety and all around personal in- the next fifteen years. The FRIENDS of the C.O.A. paid terest, having completed their service to the Board of Di- rectors go on to other volunteer services. 90 1. Martha Abissi COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY 2. Mary Wilcox 3. Art McCormick I hereby submit a report on the activities on the Orleans 4. Jim Hammond Committee on Disability for the 1994 year. The various programs continue and we strive to add oth- The committee's objectives are: ers as required by the members. 1. To monitor and assist in compliance of commercial The Council is fortunate to have as director, Betty Smith and public properties with the provisions of the ADA. a consummate professional providing excellent direction 2. To help, seek and suggest solutions for handicapped during these frugal financial times. access. 3. To make ourselves available as a committee or indi- vidually to address the needs of any disabled person. Robert J. Troy, 4. To provide information and education for the public or Chairman interested parties on the'special needs and requirements of people who are disabled. 5. To help raise awareness and sensitivity to the needs of people who are disabled. CULTURAL COUNCIL Efforts to Support these objectives include: 1. Two members of the committee attended the State's two day seminar on the rules and regulations of the The cultural activities of the community continue to be American Disability Act (ADA) and the Architectural Ac- recognized through the support and encouragement of cess Board (AAB). These people are now certified to in- the Orleans Cultural Council. Working within the guide- form and educate establishments, people, business and lines established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, towns on how their buildings conform to the regulations. the Orleans Council received requests for grants totalling This is strictly educational and therefore is in no way an $9142.00. After careful review, the Council distributed enforcement activity. We have done three businesses $3000.00 allocated by the state, awarding the grants and all town buildings. based on celebrating cultural diversity and providing in- 2. We assisted the town planning department on an in- novative and educational activities. ventory of all town parks, open space and beaches. A list During 1994, seven thematic open art shows were exhib- was made of what is needed to make these areas acces- ited in the Town Hall Gallery. A reception, open to the sible to the handicapped. This list will be used when we public, was held at the Gallery on the first Sunday of are looking for grant money. each new show. Beginning in June and ending in Sep- 3. During the year we revised the brochure by the com- tember, the Gallery was rented to artists or groups of mittee to assist residents and visitors in seeking assis- artists who contracted for the use of the gallery for a total tance. of 16 weeks. The highlight of the year was the Margaret Fernald Dole 4. We assisted the police department in setting up a Memorial Festival of theArts Weekend, April 29 — May parking patrol to monitor the handicapped parking. The 1. A juried art show displayed a wide variety of work Orleans Committee On Disability urges all residents and ranging from amateur to professional. Performing artists visitors to respect the rights of the disabled for accessibil- entertained throughout the weekend. Local merchants ity to the handicapped parking areas in the town's busi- donated food and beverages for the opening reception ness areas. on April 29th. A mini Dole show is being considered for The committee accepted with great regret the resignation Fall, 1995. of Anne Gainey who has served the committee so long and with great dedication as secretary. We also regret Respectfully submitted, the death of John McCarthy. The committee looks forward to the new members: Rose- Betty Browne, Chairman anne Ferullo, William Vautrinot, Brooks Thayer and Jean Walker. Respectfully submitted, Fred Mahlstedt, Chairman 91 DISPOSAL AREA sented the highest single-year growth in recent years. As a result of this increase, upward pressure on the fiscal year '95 budget necessarily required an override vote 1994 has been a busy and productive year at the Dis- which was passed in June. posal Area. 5,900 tons of refuse were delivered to the Local history teaches that enrollment patterns tend to be SEMASS incinerator in Rochester, MA from the Town of functions of the economy. That is, in times of a weak Orleans. This amount reflects a busier than average year economy our student population decreases; the pattern and what seems to be an increase in summer visitors. reverses itself in better economic times. Therefore, long- Recycling continued to increase and include more materi- range population projections have proven to be highly als, such as #1 PETE, plastic containers and three differ- speculative endeavors. ent types of cardboard. Altogether, approximately 770 The Education Reform Act of 1993 proposes sweeping tons of newspaper, cardboard, plastic, glass, batteries, changes in public education in the Commonwealth. The tires, tin cans and metal were recycled. Composting of local impact of the legislation will be most apparent in leaves, grass and pine needles has been successful. It three areas, first, the law requires a minimum level of produces a usable end product which is picked up by funding ("Foundation budgets") and distributes state aid residents and used in garden and lawn areas. Out of 180 on a needbased formula. The net effect has been to re- tons of material composted, approximately 70 tons were duce reimbursements to towns which have provided distributed to residents. strong support for schools and to increase aid in the Sales of the Earth Machine composting bins, that the lower-spending communities. In short, the reimbursement Town acquired through a state grant, has reached 300. formulas make it more difficult for towns like Orleans to Hopefully, there will be even more bins available in the maintaining adequate funding of schools without override votes. The second chance is that of requiring that each spring through the 1995 state grant to help us meet the needs of the Orleans residents. school have a School Council, a legal entity of staff and citizens which is designed to advise and assist the Efforts toward the landfill closure and capping have con- School Committee and administration on school-related tinued with the installation of more monitoring wells, the matters. The Orleans School Council has been operative relocation of drainage and the preparation of areas to re- for a year and one half preparing a plan to develop more locate metal, demolition, and compost drop-off sites. enrichment programs for the children. The third impact I would like to thank Steve Edwards for his efforts in put- area will be in curriculum and assessment. The Massa- ting together the annual household hazardous waste col- chusetts Board of Education is deveioping curriculum lection. The collection, held in September instead of May, frameworks which will be the basis for student assess- was very productive with 2,645 gallons of hazardous ment in grades four, eight, and eleven in 1996. Whether household waste collected as compared to 1,359 gallons the mandates of Education Reform will raise achieve- in 1993. ment levels is very much an open question, given the mixed results of previous reform efforts. Employees of the Transfer Station, including Dan Bright- Whatever the challenges posed by reform efforts and en- man, John Dubie, John Hurd, Richard Bowen, Cynthia May and Mark Vincent would be glad to answer any roilment trends, our commitment to a high quality educa- questions you have pertaining to recycling and the Trans- tion for Orleans' children will remain. The community's fer Station. strong support of our school evidenced by the citizenry in general and by our town officials in particular is the basis for making this commitment possible. For this support all Respectfully submitted, of us at Orleans Elementary School express our gratitude and pledge our best efforts. Mark Vincent, Disposal Manager Respectfully submitted, Lester P. Albee, Principal ORLEANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL w The extent of the enrollment increase at Orleans Eiemen- tary School was a surprising development in 1994. The 1993-94 school year ended in June with a student popu- iation of 278. The new school year began in September with 318 in attendance. The 40 pupil increase repre- 92 ORLEANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Town Meeting was easily persuaded by advocates COMMITTEE of "nice" items in the annual budget to support such re- quests. The Finance Committee urged against these rel- atively small expenditures because they become locked 1994 was once again a busy but successful year for Or- into the budget, often contrary to existing policy, and may leans Elementary. The committee continues to meet become a burden to a department already stretched to the limit. We continued to urge voters to study the long every third Monday of the month at 4:00 p.m. We still term effect of their spending. meet with other school committees throughout the year in the district. Our meetings are posted. We welcome your attendance The growing population in our town has once again put and opinions. our school at full capacity. The opening of the school year has put our enrollment over 300 students. We're Respectfully submitted, once again faced with space crowding. Anne Winslow, The committee continues to support budgets and provide Chairman programs which will enrich our students. We once again, thank the taxpayers for their support. The May election brought a new member Bob Jones. We thank Carol Tailor for her time and dedication. In closing, I would like to thank Les Albee, the staff, and FIRE/RESCUE DEPARTMENT all the committee members who devoted many hours to Orleans Elementary School. The following is a summary of the activity of the Orleans Fire/Rescue Emergency Services. Respectfully submitted, MEDICAL Betsy A Dow, Heart Attacks 234 Chairperson Strokes 106 Auto Accidents 136 Assists 430 Mutual Aid Given 64 Mutual Aid Received 49 FINANCE COMMITTEE Medical Problems 541 Walk-In B/P Checks 601 Bike Accidents 27 The Finance Committee met 19 times between July 1, Transported to the Cape Cod Hospital 585 1993 and June 30, 1994 to prepare for two Special and TOTAL MEDICAL CALLS 2188 the Annual Town Meetings. Appointed by the Town Mod- erator, the Finance Committee sees its role as advisory FIRE CALLS to the Town Meetings on matters affecting the expendi- Automatic Fire Alarms 139 ture of public monies. Building Fires 39 The tax rate in Orleans has remained stable for the last Brush Fires 31 few years through the diligence of department managers Chimney Fires 17 to increase efficiency and out costs under the direction of Haz-Mat Calls 80 the Town Executive, but most particularly because debt Investigations 328 service costs less each year as we pay off bonded long Mutual-Aid Given 14 term expenditures. Approval of the Regional High School Mutual-Aid Received 0 renovation and expansion costs are expected to reverse Vehicle Fires 30 this trend in FY '96. Electrical Fires 62 TOTAL FIRE CALLS 740 in spite of increased aid under the Education Reform Act of 1993, the school budget exceeded the Proposition 2- 1/2 limit again. As enrollment increases from the Elemen- INJURIES ON THE FIREGROUND tary School through the Middle and High School and with Fire Department Personnel 0 Charter School approval, funding problems increase. Civilians 0 There seems to be little chance that the school budgets TOTAL INJURED 0 will not continue to require overrides. 93 PERMITS ISSUED Rescue calls make up 75 % of our calls, and 25 % are to Oil Burner 217 handle fire calls. Fire Alarms New 108 Ten (10) years ago, the Orleans Fire/Rescue service re- Fire Alarms Resale 166 sponded to 1,732 incidents. Here we are today, 10 years Removal of Underground Tanks 57 later, and responding to 2,928 incidents. This an increase Storage of Explosives 4 of 69 % in calls in a 10 year period. Copies of Fire/Rescue Reports 101 Open Air Burning Permits: Jan. 15 - May 1, 1994 715 One of the areas we need to improve on, is the Fire Tank Truck Inspections g Prevention Program for the department, and the Town. TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED 1374 Due to the large increase of calls, and the transports to the Hospital, and the increased load on inspections that INSPECTIONS PERFORMED are needed, we find ourselves failing behind on the in- Oil Burner 98 spection program. Fire Alarms New 62 PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF GENERAL BUILDING IN- Fire Alarms Resale 155 SPECTIONS: Removal of Underground Tanks 57 Storage of Explosives 4 To learn about the occupancy. Tank Truck Inspections 6 • To compare what is learned with applicable Fire Alarm Reinspections 10 • codes and standards. Places of Assembly 2 • To record the findings, corrections needed, ac- Auto Service Centers 0 tions taken. Innkeepers 0 • To insure that minimum fire safety practices are Motels 0 put into effect. Business/Commercial 13 To see that the proper Life Safety standards are Inspections after Fire Loss 20 met. Courtesy Inspections 2 To use the inspection process as a tool for public Restaurants 22 education. Fire Prevention Presentations 12 Sprinkler System Reports 30 I would like to thank the Permanent members and the Commercial Fire Alarms 4 Call members of the department for an outstanding year TOTAL INSPECTIONS 497 of dedicated service to the department, and also to the Citizens of the Town of Orleans. A job well done by all. 1994 TOTAL FIRE AND RESCUE CALLS Respectfully submitted, PER TIME PERIOD Type 0:00 - 8;00 08:00 - 18:00 18:00 - 24:00 Raphael A. Merrill, Fire Chief Rescue 394 1378 416 Fire 140 430 170 TOTAL 534 1808 586 HARBORMASTER/SHELLFISH The year 1994 has proven to be another busy year for DEPARTMENT the Orleans Fire/Rescue Department. We responded to 2,928 incidents. In 1993, we responded to 2,755 incid- ents. The year 1994 showed an increase of 6.28 % over The need for increased attention to shellfish related is- 1993. sues dominated 1994. With the much publicized decline At present the Orleans Fire/Rescue services has a Full- of the offshore fisheries, we saw a tremendous increase time Chief, Deputy Chief, Four (4) Lieutenants, Eight (8) in the amount of inshore shellfishing activity. In response Firefighters, One (1) Dispatcher/Clerk, and Eighteen (18) to this increase we added a part-time deputy shellfish Call Firefighters. constable, and we grew 300,000 Quahogs in nursery boxes and planted them throughout the town. Addition- At Present, we have flour (4) Full-time Paramedic's, and ally, we planted 400 bushels of Quahog "spawning stock" Two (2) Call Paramedic's on the department. in Big Pleasant Bay and planted 30,000 Scallops in Little This year, we have sent two (2) Full-time Firefighters to Pleasant Bay. school to become Paramedic's Full-time for the depart- Thankfully, we also saw very significant sets of soft-shell ment. This will give us six (6) Full-time Paramedics and clams in both Pleasant Bay and the Nauset estuary as two Call Paramedic's. well as signs of a large set of Quahogs in Pleasant Bay. 94 We were afraid that Mussels would not fare too well this ANNUAL RECREATIONAL CATCH IN NUMBER OF year with large numbers sanded over in Nauset Inlet. BUSHELS However, there was evidence of a set of seed Mussels Est. later in the year. Scallops were also a disappointment Specie Tong Rake Dredge Other Total $Value again this year with only a small number being harvested (Specify) compared to some other years. Quahog Mixed 300 300 $18,000 Also of great interest this year, probably partially due to Littleneck the offshore fishery decline, was aquaculture, with about Cherrystone fifteen new applications received. This activity has re- suited in a tremendous administrative work load for the Chowder(Large) department as well as a high level of controversy over Soft Shell Clam 100 100 8,000 how our waters should be used. These issues will be Oyster among those to be addressed during this coming year. We suffered the worst ice conditions in years causing the Bay Scallop 25 25 1,400 loss and subsequent replacement of 44 out of 45 pilings Ocean Quahog at Rock Harbor. Surf Clam Also as a result of the severe icing, Orleans ended up Mussel 25 25 450 being the final resting ground for a forty-five foot Fin Conch Whale, the skeleton of which was removed by Northeast- Razor Clam ern University for future study. However, with those notable exceptions, the Eel (Ibs) Harbormaster's side of the department had a much less Other: eventful year. We were able to redeck the older floats and complete the wiring upgrade at Rock Harbor. We are ANNUAL COMMERCIAL CATCH IN NUMBER OF also pleased that we had very few emergency calls and BUSHELS amazingly, no serious incidents in Nauset Inlet which Est. continues to be very treacherous. Specie Tong Rake Dredge Other Total $Value I wish to again thank my assistants Gardy Jamieson and (specify) George Cully, as well as all of the town personnel and Quahog Mixed 903 2103 3006 180,360 citizens who assisted this department throughout the Littleneck year. I am looking forward to doing my park towards con- tinuing Cherrystone this cooperation to meet the challenges and op- ry portunities in the year ahead. Chowder(Large) Soft Shell Clam 1187 1187 94,960 Respectfully submitted, Oyster Truman Henson, Jr. Bay Scallop 355 355 19,880 Harbormaster/Shellfish Constable Ocean Quahog Surf Clam 1993 SHELLFISH OFFICER CATCH REPORT Mussel 2866 2866 51,588 Shellfish Officer: Truman Henson, Jr. Conch Date Completed: 5/12/94 Razor Clam Number of Resident Family Permits Issued: 537 Eel (lbs) (Pots) 3390 Number of Persons Fishing: 200 Number Non-Resident Family Permits: 423 Number of Persons Fishing: 200 Total Commercial Permits Issued: 220 Number of Persons Fishing: 50 Senior Citizen Permits Issued: 350 BOARD OF HEALTH Number of Persons Fishing: 150 In 1994 the Board of Health was comprised of Betty I.M. Cochran, William A. Dickson, Priscilla O. Hamilton, Gail R. Rainey and Robert J. Wineman. In May, Charles W. 95 Groezinger was elected to a three year term replacing ity of the town's drinking water supply. Although the pres- William A. Dickson who chose not to serve another term. ence of bacteria in the municipal water supply this past The board would like to thank Dr. Dickson for his valu- year was disturbing, the board feels confident with the able input and services rendered. manner in which the Water Department handled the situ- The Health Department staff consists of Robert J. Can- ation and at no time did the board consider the water to ning, Health Agent, Patricia J. Ballo, Assistant Health be unsafe for consumption. It is anticipated that studies Agent, Lois R. Ames, Principal Clerk, and Barbara R. which will be conducted over the next year will recom- Strawbridge, Clerk Typist. mend measures to successfully eliminate future occur- rences of the bacteria. The board continues to serve on the Barnstable County The Board of Health, in addition to the Tobacco Control Tobacco Control Council which was established in 1993. Council, is also represented on the Local Comprehensive The council has developed comprehensive tobacco con- planning Committee, Water Advisory Board, Water Qual- trol regulations ranging from reducing access to tobacco ity Task Force, Cape Cod Rabies Task Force, Nauset products by minors and regulating the use of vending Regional Board of Health AIDS Task Force, Site Plan machines to reducing the exposure to secondhand Review Committee, Human Services Committee and the smoke in public places. The board will be holding public Solid Waste Advisory Committee. The board continues to hearings in 1995 to discuss proposed local tobacco con- attend the meetings of the Groundwater Protection trol regulations. District's Board of Managers to remain current on the 1994 marked the beginning of the second phase of the performance of the septage treatment plant. The Board town's septic system Inspection and Maintenance pro- also administers the contract with the Chatham Orleans gram. This phase of the program gives the property Visiting Nurse Association which provides nursing/health owner the option of either having their septic system services for the Town. pumped or inspected. In 1994 a total of 1,405 systems In 1994 the Board of Health continued to follow the prog- were scheduled for inspection. Of these 359 opted for ress of the proposed Title 5 revisions. In September the pumping, 862 were found to be in compliance, 4 failed, revised regulations were promulgated and will be sub- 11 required pumping, 27 required modifications and 152 stantially in effect by March 31, 1995, were not made accessible for an inspection. In June of 1994 the board approved the design and loco- The Board of Health also spent considerable time study- In of a 21,000 gallon per day wastewater treatment fa- ing the perchloroethylene {PCE} plume in the center of town. This contamination has been determined to be a cility proposed to serve the Community of Jesus, Inc, This approval was granted after the board contracted for nonpriority site by the Department of Environmental Pro- an independent review of the proposed treatment facility tection and it does not pose an immediate public health by Wright Pierce Engineers and held several meetings threat to the population. Representatives of the Board of Health are continuing to meet with the DEP in an e with the proponents to discuss the design. This proposal effort to understand the details of the contamination and we are is designed to meet the highest efficiency standards typi- committed to work with all parties involved to help in the cally required by the Department of Environmental Pro- coordination of the cleanup efforts. tection. Considerable time was devoted to the raccoon rabies Other projects on which the board focused much of its epizootic which has spread to all regions of the state with attention included: the approval of the first Orleans the exception of Cape Cad and the islands. In 1994 the Farmers' Market, revision of the Massage Therapy Regu- board was requested to respond to citizens' concerns re- lotions and setting guidelines for temporary food events. garding domestic animal bites and suspicious behavior of Responsibilities of the Health Department staff include: wildlife. The board's actions have ranged from having do- inspection and regulation of all permits issued by the mestic animals quarantined and observed by the Inspec- Board of Health, administration of the town's Inspection for of Animals to having the suspected animals eu- and Maintenance Program, answering and investigating thanized and submitted to the state laboratory for rabies all complaints pertinent to public health, conducting hous- testing. Although Orleans has been fortunate in not hav- ing inspections, operating a vaccine depot, administration ing any confirmed rabies positive animals, we must take of underground storage tank regulations, investigating appropriate action on all rabies related concerns by as- and reporting communicable disease reports, sampling suming that rabies may be present in the community. recreational waters, attending Board of Health meetings State law requires all dogs and cats to be vaccinated and other meetings pertaining to public health. against rabies. In addition to this requirement, the Board The following licenses/permits were issued in the calen- of Health encourages all pet owners to identify their dogs dar year of 1994: and cats by tag or collar. Bed and Breakfast Limited 3 The Board of Health, in conjunction with the Water De- Burial 34 partment, maintains an active role in monitoring the qual- Caterer 5 96 Continental Breakfast 8 1 would like to thank all the citizens of Orleans for their Disposal Works Construction -Title 5 188 continued support and Town department managers and Disposal Works Installer 42 their personnel for the help they have given me through- Food Service and Retail Food 120 out the year. A special thanks to the employees of the Funeral Director 3 Highway Department. Manufacturing of Frozen Desserts 9 Massage Business 3 Respectfully submitted, Massage Therapy 9 Mobile Food 4 Richard N. Gould, Motels 10 Highway Manager Refuse Collection and Transportation 4 Septage Collection and Transportation 18 Septage Transportation Only 5 Swimming Pools 10 Temporary Food Permits 36 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Tanning Salons 3 The Board of Health wishes to express its appreciation to The Selectmen are in the process of appointing a His- the Barnstable County Department of Health and the En- toric District Study Committee as recommended in the vironment for their technical and laboratory assistance, 1993 Annual Report. This Committee will explore the cre- the Cape Cod Commission and to Dr. Karen Bohon, ation of a Historic District along Main Street from Route DVM, of the Animal Hospital of Orleans, who adminis- 28 to the Barley Neck Inn. On October 6, 1994, the Selectmens` Office sent out 206 questionnaires to all tared the rabies vaccine at the Board of Health's annual property owners in the proposed district. This question- naire was based on several furnished by the Massachu- setts Historical Commission and patterned closely after Respectfully submitted, one used in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. Gail R. Rainey, There were 60 responses, 30% of those surveyed. Of Chairman those responding, 65% supported the concept, 25% op- posed, and 10% were undecided. Many of the respondents, including those who generally support the concept, voiced concerns about potential ex- pense to property owners, additional red tape and diffi- HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT culty obtaining permits, and a desire to avoid burden- some regulation. Part of the function of the Historic District Study Commit- The winter of 1994 was a busy one for the Department tee will be to develop a structure that will minimize these and its staff with 49 times being called out for snow and burdens. ice removal. The winter also produced a heavy frost (3.2 The Historical Commission completed 95 Historical Prop- inches deep) which caused delays in the drainage project erty Surveys in Fast and South Orleans in 1994 and sub- which had been scheduled for 1994, will hopefully be mitted them to the Massachusetts Historical Commission. completed in 1995. Once again, the Town contracted to 119 Surveys remain to be done, many of them partially clean all catch basins during the year. complete. Plans are underway for some major improvements for Owners of a house built prior to 1900, may contact me the coming year. One is the improvement to Main St. and regarding information on their properties. Tonset Rd with new traffic lights, widening the turning radius, resurfacing of all areas and a sidewalk on Tonset Extension to Route 28. The proposed work will be funded Respectfully submitted, by a State Grant. The five year is on schedule with im- Charles Thomsen, Paving Program y g g Chairman provements of intersections and sidewalks beings com- pleted and planned. This year saw the resurfacing and widening of Beach Road and the redesign of the Barley Neck and Beach Road intersection. Both projects were designed with safety in mind which resulted in an enthu- siastic response from the public. 97 HOUSING AUTHORITY 1994 marked the 25th anniversary of the Housing Authority. The Housing Authority has two principle areas of respon- Respectfully submitted, sibility, the first, managing its rental properties, and the second, the development of new resources to satisfy the Robert J. Bartels, unmet housing needs of the community's lower income Chairman population. 1994 saw good progress and success with our ongoing management program and disappointment in the area of new development. MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT: By the efforts of our own staff, with significant assistance by the Barnsta- ble County Sheriff's Department work crews, an extraor- dinary amount of preventive maintenance was accom- plished this year and we were able to improve the routine The Insurance Advisory Committee purpose is to provide upkeep of our buildings. Long needed sheds for resident advice, counsel and current information on insurance storage were constructed for us by the carpentry stu- matters and expenses (except Life Insurance) to the Or- dents at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. We leans Board of Selectmen and Town Executive. This in- began some modest improvements to the appearance of cludes: evaluating possible loss expenses; recommend- the buildings and grounds of our family housing at John ing methods of transferring risk, available sound insur- Avellar Circle (with some assistance from the Tech's hor- ance markets, purchase of adequate protection at rea- ticultural students), with more work slated for 1995. By sonable premiums; responding to insurance questions the end of the year planning was progressing to convert raised by the Selectmen and Town Executive. Tonset Woods (100 apartments for elderly or disabled persons) from all electric utilities to gas heat and hot Respectfully submitted, water. DEVELOPMENT: The lack of resources to assist families David Marshall and Robert Zenke, in need of housing continues to be an increasing concern Co-Chairman of the Housing Authority. Due to a continuing withdrawal of government commitment to housing, our efforts to ex- pand our resources did not meet with success this year; indeed, resources declined. Our state assisted rental assistance program (now called I1Ip►USET REGIONAL SCHOOL "MRVP") had dwindled to 16 households by the end of ®IVIMIITTEE the year from 40 households (families and disabled sin- gles) in late 1989 when the Commonwealth instituted forced attrition of this program. The actual need for per- We are fortunate with the appointment of Thomas Con- manent affordable rental housing for families continues to rad as principal of Nauset Regional High School. He was far exceed available resources, and statistics from local principal for four years at Marshwood High School in homeless workers show an increase in the number of Eliot, Maine and came to us with impeccable recommen- households in housing related crises. During 1994 Inter- dations. He is highly motivated with a strong work ethic faith Council for the Homeless reported assisting 44 Or- and a strong commitment to students, staff and educa- leans families and 7 singles, all either homeless or at risk tion. He, his wife, and two children reside in Orleans. of homelessness. Their daughter Ashley is a student at O.E.S. We look forward to the continuity and stabilizing effect he will We applied unsuccessfully this year for two federal hour- have for our students at Nauset High. ing grants : "Section 8" rental assistance, and a "rental rehabilitation grant" that would financed repairs to an old The administration and staff at the High School have boarding house to be used as a "Sober House"for recov- begun their self-study of the school for an important ering substance abusers returning to the community. phase of the decennial accreditation by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges Inc. The We await a decision on a grant application to the Cape Commission's evaluation program provides a unique op- Cod Commission for some consultant assistance to help portunity for members of the school community to dis- us find the means to develop more affordable rental cuss every aspect of the school to improve its offerings housing in Orleans far families, and to develop a "self for our students. sufficiency program for the families already on our hous- ing programs. In the Fall of 1994, the four Nauset towns voted in the affirmative for design fees for an expansion and renova- 98 tion of our High School. The School Building and Reno- There were no applications disapproved. vation Committee has been working arduously to bring forward its recommendations for the project in the Spring Respectfully submitted, of 1995 so the region can be eligible for the going rate of 62 percent state reimbursement. Christopher Miner, The positive effect of the Massachusetts Education Re- Chairman form Act of 1993 is that we have been actively involved in discussing curriculum issues that will conform to the State's Curriculum Framework and Common Core of Learning. We are also looking at our scheduling at the Middle School and High School so as to assess the im- OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE pact of the State Board of Education requirement that school's increase the amount of instructional time stu- dents have to spend on core subjects. The highlight of 1994 for this committee was the award The negative aspect of Education Reform is the mandate of a $286,000 Self-Help grant from the Massachusetts of Charter Schools without the accompanying funds. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to assist the There is also no accountability to the citizens, as the tax- Town in the purchase of a key Namskaket Beach prop- payers are not included in the decision on how their pub- ertY• lic funds are to be spent - the trustees are not elected by The award was presented by State Secretary of Environ- the local citizenry, they are answerable only to the Secre- mental Affairs Trudy Coxe to Selectman Ron Adams who tary of Education. The cost per pupil attending the Char- accepted for the Town. Important in the State contingent ter School is $6,670.00 plus transportation costs. In addi- was Joel Lerner, Director of Conservation Services, the tion, the quest to provide equitable funding of education driving force behind the selection of the Orleans applica- throughout the commonwealth is flawed as it does not tion as one of the few award winners. take into account fluctuations in enrollment for one exam- ple. We are working with the Massachusetts Association Thanks go out to Dick Houghton, the Orleans Conserva- of School Committees to bring this to the attention of our tion Commission, the Board of Selectmen, Nancy elected state officials to correct the inequities in the fund- Schwinn, Town Executive, the Orleans Conservation ing formula so as to bring forward a fair and equitable Trust, Paul Halkiotis, Town Planner, Mark Robinson, Di- system of school finance. rector of the Cape Cod Compact, John Post of the Dept. of Fisheries, etc, Peg Brady, Director of the Massachu- In closing, I would like to thank our dedicated administra- setts Coastal Zone Management Office and, of course, tors, teachers, and staff for the hard work they have put the entire Open Space Committee. Negotiations for the forth on behalf of our students that many times goes un- purchase are ongoing. noticed or unappreciated. We are extremely grateful for the generous and continued support of the taxpayers. As Special thanks also to the May Town Meeting which the adage goes: "it takes an entire village to raise a voted to keep an unfunded $450,000 in the Capital Plan; child."THANK YOU! that was a critical asset of the application. Support by the Town Executive, Selectmen and advice by Town Counsel was crucial. Respectfully submitted, Major OSC communications efforts are underway to in- Margie Fulcher, form all about the properties the Town has purchased: Chairman one, a brochure with maps and descriptive commentary and, two, educational pieces. Supporters of Open Space are assisting. We are delighted to welcome our new committee mem- ber, Michele Belmont, recent resident of Orleans and an OLD KING'S HIGHWAY REGIONAL attorney with the local law firm of Yonce & Yonce. HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMITTEE Respectfully submitted, Applications approved during the year 1994: Doug Long, 23 Certificate of Appropriateness Chairman 4 Certificate of Exemption 3 Approval of amended plans 99 OVERSEERS OF THE JONATHAN PARKS AND BEACHES DEPARTMENT YOUNG WINDMILL Removal of a tremendous amount of snow and ice from The Jonathan Young Windmill continues to be an ex- roads and sidewalks is how the first three months of tremely popular tourist attraction. Many visitors are fasci- 1994 started for the Parks & Beaches Department. Hope- nated by the mill and all of the legends associated with it. fully last winter will not repeat itself for another 20 years. Of particular interest is the story of the dedicated mem- When we weren't doing snow and ice removal, we were bers of the Orleans Historical Society and the countless trying to accomplish our winter maintenance to vehicles, hours (and years) of effort to bring the mill from Hyannis power equipment, picnic tables, benches, barrels, bike back to Orleans. Many volunteers continue to maintain racks, lifeguard stands and floats. Other projects we the treasure. worked on during the winter months included renovations to the Town Executive's Staff offices, Selectmen's Meet- In addition to the historical significance of the mill, the ing Room and Town Accountant's Office. Handicap ac- Town Cove park has proven to be a picturesque place to cessibility to our Town buildings was a priority in 1994, stop and enjoy the sights on the water. Photographers and will continue to be in 1995. The restrooms and en- and artists are counted daily. Families picnic near the trances to the restrooms were made handicapped acces- water's edge as well as local people sitting on the sible at Nauset, Skaket, and Pilgrim Beaches. Other benches during their lunch break. Several weddings have buildings to be completed prior to May 15, 1995, include taken place at the site. the restrooms at the Music Shell, Information Booth and The mill was opened on a daily basis beginning Memorial Town Office Building. Day weekend until Labor Day. Throughout September Additions to Park areas included a new rock wall at the and early October, it was open on weekends until Colum- Park area on Main Street by Academy Place, new stairs bus day weekend. More than three thousand visitors and bench at Tonset Landing, addition to the Rhododen- toured the mill. In August alone, 1,200 visitors listened to dron Garden at the Village Green, new trees at the Po- the description of and many tales associated with the lice Station, West Road, Sea Mist Drive and Main Street, windmill. along with plantings at the new island at Main Street and Last year, people visited from all but Nevada of the fifty Barley Neck Road. states as well as from countries around the world. For Use of parks, playgrounds, and playing fields continues our non-English speaking friends, a self guided tour has to increase. With this increase comes the need to build been translated into French, Russian and Italian. Hope- an additional multipurpose field within the next few years fully, translations into other languages will be made avail- or the decline in the condition of our existing fields will able in years to come. Visitors from Australia, Austria, continue. Canada, Columbia, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Po- n of the events at our Parks and Beaches in 1994 land, Portugal, Scotland and Spain' were treated to a included Pops in the Park, Octoberfest, the Police and glimpse of early American history. Fire Association MidSummer Festival, art shows at De- All of the visitors were thrilled with the mill, the site and port Square and Parish Park, Cape Cod Lifesaving the nostalgic reminder of our heritage. The main area of Championship, the summer baseball, softball and soccer concern expressed by most visitors was the fact that the leagues along with a concert series at the Nauset Beach site is not visible coming from the west. Hopefully, the Gazebo. We will continue with these events and try to park will be improved to make it even more prominent in expand in the coming year. the future. Orleans residents should visit and bring their The number of daily tickets sold at Nauset and Skaket guests, families and out of town friends to visit the Jona- Beach decreased (partially due to inclement weather) but than Young Windmill. It was a good year. the number of weekly and seasonal sticker sales in- creased. We established a $5.00 coupon for entrance to Respectfully submitted, Nauset and Skaket Beaches during the weekdays for motel and bed and breakfast customers but sold only Nick Muto, 430 coupons during the whole season. Miller, Jonathan Young Windmill We had an increase in the number of off road vehicle registrations. The limit on the number of vehicles allowed on the beach at one time continued as has been the case in previous years. Portions of the beach were closed at certain times of the year to ORV traffic for the protection of shorebird and erosion control problems. 100 Monitoring and continued protection of endangered and PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD threaten shorebirds continued in 1994 on Plover Island, Nauset Spit and on South Beach in both Orleans and Chatham. A total of 6.3 miles of symbolic fencing along During the year, the board devoted a great deal of time with 172 signs and 57 exclosures were installed for their and effort to organization and performance measure- protection. The following are the numbers for shorebirds ments. We reviewed and made recommendations regard- we protected. ing the report of the reorganization of the Snow Library #of # Fledged as well as reassessing some of the specific job classifi- Shorebirds Pairs Nests* Eggs Matched Chicks cations. Initial discussions were held regarding a reorga- nization within the Highway, Park, Water and Disposal Piping Plovers 44 57 207 80 50 departments to see if efficiencies could be achieved and Least Terns 997 reducing the number of managers reporting directly to the Town Executive. Common Terns 912 A review of "merit pay" was conducted, and it was rec- ommended that the final decision be delayed until the Roseate Terns 3 town has experience with the new performance review Black Skimmer 5 format developed by the committee for use by the select- Laughing Gulls 832 men and the town executive. *Including renests Members of the committee have been directly involved in labor negotiations this year. Utilizing some of their past Listed below are the FY 95 projected beach revenue esti- experience, Board members have contributed directly to mates along with our budget for FY 95: the management groups involved as part of the negotiat- Nauset Parking 242,500 ing teams with the four town unions. It is anticipated that 5kaket Parking 42,000 this participation will be ongoing. ORV Registrations 135,000 Respectfully submitted, Concessions 42,000 Neal Crampton, Total 461,500 Chairman FY 95 Budget 371,296 If anyone living or staying in Orleans has an idea, they would like to share for improvements to our parks and beaches or events they would like to see, we would sure PLANNING BOARD like to hear from you so please drop us a line with your suggestions. In closing, I would like to thank the many volunteers, with The Planning Board welcomed three new members this special thanks to Connie LeClair, Philo Wilson, Joy past year; Nathaniel Pulling, George Walker and William Fopiano, George Webber, the Orleans Improvement As- (Tad) Vautrinot. This follows several months of operating sociation, Chamber of Commerce, Police and Fire Asso- short-handed. We also regret to report the resignation of ciations for their continued help and financial assistance our Chairman Richard Philbrick and Vice Chairman Nick to make this a great Town to live in. Muto. Mr. Philbrick served on the Planning Board for 8 To all Town departments and especially the Highway, years and as Chairman for 5 years. During his tenure on Police and Fire Departments, thanks for all your help and the Board he volunteered over 800 hours of service to cooperation during 1994. Last but certainly not least, the Town. His dedication, sincere concern for the envi- thanks to the great year round staff of Dorothy, Rick, ronment and appearance of our community will be Sheila, Frank, Cheryl, Candee and Lee for their hard missed by the Planning Board and the Town. work and dedication during this past year. Development activity has continued to be slow. As the table below indicates, the majority of the subdivisions ap- Respectfully submitted, proved in 1994 were small, 1 or 2 lot developments. Paul O. Fulcher, Superintendent 101 TYPE OF PLAN # OF PLANS # OF NEW LOTS Conservation, Recreation and Open Space Plan SUBMITTED CREATED (CROS) Preliminary Subdivision 2 Not Applicable Worked with a number of boards/committees and Depart- Definitive Subdivision 5 2 ment Heads to complete the 5 year update of the GROS Approval Not Required 19 9 Plan. (ANR) Zoning By-Law Task Force TOTAL 4f OF NEW 11 Worked with the new Zoning By-law Task Force to iden- LOTS CREATED tify areas of the zoning By-law that need changing or im- In accordance with the State Scenic Roads Act, the provement. One zoning amendment was brought to Board has had 7 public hearings to authorize trimming Town Meeting and received unanimous approval. Five or removing trees on the Town's scenic roadways. new amendments are being proposed for the 1995 An- Members of the Board serve as representatives to the nual Town Meeting. Comprehensive Planning Committee, Zoning By-law Site Plan Review Committee Task Force, and the Water Quality Task Force. The Planner served as Chairman of the new Site Plan Three subdivisions were resubdivisions that merged two Review Committee, and was involved with drafting new or three small pre-existing/non-conforming lots, and cre- procedures and regulations, as well as reviewing various ated 40,000 sq. ft. conforming lots. development applications. Mass Releaf Grant Respectfully submitted, Worked with the Orleans Improvement Association in ap- Alan Conklin, Chairman plying for and receiving a $1,848 grant from the State to Paul Nalkiotis, Town Planner plant 13 shade trees in Town. Ad Hoc Business Group Near the year's end we began working with a group of local business people to examine economic development issues. PLANNING DEPARTMENT planning Board Support Provided technical, professional and administrative sup- The Planning Department had a busy and rewarding year port to the Planning Board on all subdivisions. in which we were involved in a variety of activities: Comprehensive Plan Respectfully submitted, Working with the Comprehensive Planning Committee on Paul Halkiotis, development of the Town's Comprehensive Plan, we Town Planner have accomplished the following in 1994: • Contracted to have a groundwater table map of the Town created; • Received a $20,000 grant from the Cape Cod Commission to do a nitrogen loading study of POLICE DEPARTMENT Town Cove; • Completed a Public Opinion Survey of every resi- dent/taxpayer; achieved a 40% response rate. The survey results were presented at the "Who Nineteen ninety-four was a year of change for the Or- Knows The Town?" game show. leans Police Department as we began the implementa- • Held a workshop on the Conservation + Recre- tion of some "community policing" initiatives. The mem- ation chapter of tile Plan. bers of this department feel that these programs are vital to our involvement with the citizens in order to identify Town Wide Mapping problem areas before they can become serious public Working with the Town Assessor, we managed a safety issues. $200,000 contract to create new Assessor's/Parcel maps A "park and walk" program has been established to put and a set of new Town base maps that contain very de- patrol officers in touch with the business community. Offi- tailed information. These maps will be the basis for the cers are required to park their vehicles periodically during new Geographic Information System (GIS) of computer- their tour of duty and stop in at a few places of business based maps. to get an idea of what the business people are seeing as 102 i developing areas of concern. These issues are then fed and the solution of the first bank robbery in anyone's back through the command structure and attempts are memory. made to clear up problems. I wish to thank the members of the police department, Our DARE program has been expanded into the Middle town employees, elected officials and the residents of Or- School and has met with great success. The premise of leans for their continued support. DARE {Drug Abuse Resistance Education} is that chil- dren need positive role models teaching the dangers of Motor vehicle citations 745 drug abuse. The police officer/instructor teaches not only Motor vehicle accidents 416 specifics about drugs but does a program of building self- Sudden deaths investigated 4 esteem among the children. This makes saying "no" to Taxi cab licenses issued 1 negative peer pressure much easier. The police depart- Taxi driver licenses issued 3 ment was able to secure a grant from the Common- wealth of Massachusetts in the amount of $16,887 to Firearms ID cards issued 52 help fund overtime costs for the DARE program and to Arrests made 140 purchase certain supplies and equipment Protective custodies made 73 During 1994 the police department ran two sessions of a Total calls for service handled 10,400 Citizens Police Academy. This is an eight week serious Total miles driven 173,600 of classes meeting one night per week for two hours. Each week two of Orleans police officers presents a pro- gram based on his/her area of expertise. We are hoping SPECIFIC INCIDENTS INVESTIGATED to better inform the citizens of Orleans in the powers, Alarms responded to 820 duties, and authority of the police department. All too Assaults 14 often the public only sees a police officer under adversar- Breaking and entering (burglary) 35 ial conditions. The Citizens Police Academy is designed Disturbances 95 to allow the citizens and officers to form a relationship so Domestic abuse situations 87 that citizens can appreciate what an officers job entails. Drug related incidents 11 We are looking forward to offering this program at least Missing persons 16 twice during 1995 as well. Traffic stops 1493 Plans are currently under way to present this program to OUI alcohol or drugs 17 middle school age children during after school hours. It Harassing/obscene phone calls 35 would be geared toward that particular age level. The Well being checks 317 purpose is to form bonds with some of the young people Hazardous material incidents 1 we don't ordinarily see in the course of our regular busi- Canine utilizations 5 ness. Larcenies 169 We have applied for and been awarded a grant in the Liquor law violations 3 amount of $5,776 to implement a community policing Rapes 3 Stolen cars 1 program dealing with our aging population. This is basi- Trespassing 15 cally a silent segment of our community who have signifi- Trespassing 123 cant fears and concerns. Our program will set up a coun- cil of citizens including representatives of the police de- partment which will meet regularly and report back to Respectfully submitted, smaller groups of seniors. The idea is to open up com- munications and deal with the concerns of our aging pop- William R. Stone, ulation before they become serious public safety con- Chief of Police cerns. As you can seen in the chart below this has been a busy year for our patrols as well as our community policing programs. Officers made 1493 traffic stops and issued REC��- �®N C®��S��®� 745 citations. They made 140 arrests for an assortment of crimes and took 73 intoxicated people into protective custody. In total 10,410 calls for service were processed by the department. This year the Orleans Recreation Commission has con- tinued to promote its philosophy, which is to provide a In court we saw the conviction of a man who embezzled variety of recreation programs to all residents of the more than 1 million dollars from local residents, the in- Town of Orleans. Integral to the Commission's philoso- dictments of two people for shooting a motorist on.Route 6 phy is to provide instructional level programs, especially 103 for the younger residents through grade six, without the RECREATION DEPARTMENT competitive edge. We believe this fosters more self indi- vidual worth and self-esteem in our youths. The Recreation Commission meets monthly as sched- The Orleans Recreation Department provides year-round uled, with the Recreation Director, Brendan Guttman. activities for the youth and adult populations. Programs This allows us to keep abreast of the recreation pro- are offered on a seasonal basis. grams in session, as well as review the previous ses- Winter programs offered were instructional basketball for sions programs and prepare for the next. A newly revised grades 2-3, preschool movement and ball skills, primary list of Recreation Department programs, listed according grade movement and ball skills, recreational basketball to the seasons which they are offered, along with the grades 4-12, youth center activities, adult circuit weight number of recent participants, is available from Brendan training, adult fitness class, and adult basketball. Free Guttman. The Commission is proud to support Brendan, public skating was available for local families at the and his efforts to expand the Recreation Department pro- Charles Moore Skating Center. The local Amateur Bas- grams with minimal requirement of user fees. ketball entry in the Cape Cod Amateur Basketball The Orleans CommunityNouth Center is in its medial League once again received sponsorship. stage of development. The Commission continues to Spring programs consisted of continued adult fitness seek ideas and volunteers for expanding the hours and classes, adult tennis clinics, Senior tennis, instructional uses of the Center. We encourage people with skills, softball and baseball, recreational baseball and softball, crafts or other talents, willing to share some time, to be Junior and Senior Babe Ruth baseball. Sponsorship was in touch with us. We are interested in helping our youths given to the Oceana Soccer Club, the Nauset High La- realize their individual potentials by exposure to positive crosse Team, Old Timers Softball, and the Orleans role models in a community setting. We look forward to Storm entry in the Cape Cod Amateur Soccer League. expanding the hours for use at the Center by all resi- Youth Center activities continued. dents when the building functions solely as a Commu- During the summer, we conducted seven week programs nity/Youth Center, and as staffing needs are met. in the following areas: playground activities, tennis les- Presently, the Commission is fine tuning a description of sons (youth and adult), swimming lessons. Sponsorship Orleans Recreation Type Programs, along with an appli- was given to the Orleans Cardinal's baseball clinics and cation form. This will be available to formal or informal the Lower Cape Open Tennis Tournament. Adult fitness organizations which seek to function with support from and youth center activities continued. the Orleans Recreation Department. Fall activities included instructional soccer and field Pilgrim Lake and Meeting House Pond, the two areas hockey, recreational soccer, adult tennis, adult fitness used by the summer swimming programs are of concern, classes, primary grade soccer, and youth center activity. as they are both heavily utilized areas. We continue to We continue #o focus on providing quality, !ow cost pro- consider other locations in town which may provide relief grams for all portions of the community, utilizing the fine Pro- and or rotation from these present sites. parks, beaches and schools in Orleans. Thanks to a ded- A new preschool playground remains one of our primary icated staff and responsible high school and adult volun- fiscal goals. teer coaches we continue with a wide range of activities. Our final note here is to thank the Planning Board, the Comprehensive Planning Committee, and the Open Respectfully submitted, Space Committee, for encouraging our input and partici- pation in their plans when recreational activities would be Brendan J. Guttmann, effected. Recreation Director Respectfully submitted, Nancy Parker Chase, Vice-Chairman BOARD OF REGISTRARS The Board of Registrars certified voters at the annual town meeting held on May 9, 1994. There was a special town meeting held within the annual. In addition there were two special town meetings held on June 2, and No- vember 14. The annual town meeting was held on May 17. 104 The state primary was held on September 20; and the SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE state election was held on November 8. We are pleased to report a seventy-eight percent voter turnout for the November 8, 1994 state election. The May 1994 Annual Town Meeting unanimously voted We held a total of nine registration sessions for new vot- to create the Site Plan Review Committee. The Commit- ers as well as holding special registration sessions at the tee is comprised of representatives from 7 Town depart- local library and the nursing home. ments, including the: Building Commissioner; Conserva- tion Administrator; Town Planner; Deputy Fire Chief; In January the board conducted the annual town census Health Agent; Water Superintendent; and Highway Man- which includes the school census and the listing of dogs. ager. The Committee meets informally with people who The total population of residents in December 1994 were are starting new businesses or changing the use of a 6247 which is an increase of 285 residents. property, to advise them of state and local regulations The number of registered voters as of December 1994 is involved with their proposed business. If the size or 4599. There are 1357 republicans, 745 democrats, and scope of a project is significant the applicant moves their 2496 unenrolled. project forward to a Formal Site-Plan-Review. The Com- mittee then reviews projects for compliance with zoning Our board consists of three registrars. Ann Fettig, Chair- and advises applicants of other regulatory requirements. man, Joy Long, and Martha Stevens; we have two assis- Since the Committee's creation in May, we have tant registrars: June Fletcher and Diane Davis. a Y' developed rules and regulations and established proce- dures for administering applications. Respectfully submitted, From May to December, 1994, the Committee met with Ann Fettig, 14 people informally and had 3 Formal reviews. Chairman Our Committee will continue to apply the Town's land use regulations consistently and fairly in an effort to make all new commercial development safe, convenient and environmentally compatible. SEARCH COMMITTEE Respectfully submitted, Paul Halkiotis, The Town of Orleans currently has 57 Committees, Town Planner Boards, and Councils comprising of 282 volunteer posi- Chairman, Site Plan Review Committee tions. The Search Committee has the continuing role of fostering interest among Orleans residents in serving our Town. In addition, we advise the Board of Selectmen and the Moderator on the names and qualifications of resi- dents available to serve on the committees, boards, and SNOW LIBRARY councils. This year the Committee's goal has been to en- E®��® ®� TRUSTEES courage continued representation from the citizen's while making ourselves available to answer questions pertain- Snow Library provides educational, recreational, refer- ing to current vacancies. Citizen's Interest Forms are ence, children's and young adults' services for an edu- available at Town Hall for those interested in serving. We cated, active public. There were 5207 registered borrow- are honored to be of service to our Town. ers at year end, of whom 1765 are new; over 350 juve- niles and 100 young adults have CLAMS network cards. Respectfully submitted, Circulation was 89,215 items borrowed: 66,020 adult vol- umes, 16,158 juvenile, 1604 audio cassettes, 4444 video Doris S. Dalrymple, cassettes, 254 other non-print items, 628 network trans- Chairman fers and 107 interlibrary loans. There were 4500 refer- ence transactions. Attendance was estimated conserva- tively at 60,000. The per capita numbers of items loaned and the percent- age of library users in the population are among the highest in the state, and the Trustees' top goal is still a full time professional librarian consistent with that usage and the demands of a recently expanded physical re- source. 105 Assisted by Maria Husted, Administrative Assistant to the Jim Burgess, the delegates from Friends were Bob Chr- Town Administrator, the program continued for acclima- ane and Elizabeth Cullen, and the fifth member was Rus- tizing the staff to their responsibilities, working conditions sell Ford. and the new facilities; for surveying of all staff assign- A symposium was held in early calendar 1994 for all ments and the resources for fulfilling them; and for updat- Lower Cape Trustees and directors to begin development ing of personnel policies. of a current profile of each member library's collections As always, the principal initiative, staffing and backing for and the sharing of information on programs, hours, out- the Library's many successful volunteer programs came of-state borrower policies, and other issues of common from The Friends of Snow Library, the second largest interest or representing opportunities for the sharing of such group in the Commonwealth with 703 memberships resources. A short video was begun, funded by a grant and 1039 members; some 100 Friends volunteers con- from Friends, to expand the public understanding of the tributed over 7000 hours of service in 1994. Friends-sup- Library by its users. ported Library activities included: book binding, laminat- The Trustees again invited the Nauset School System to ing and mending; typing, cataloging and general clerical name an Orleans resident as honorary Student Trustee support; shelving and shelf reading; expansion and con- to serve for a term of two years. Senior Vicki Fulcher, tinuous upgrading of the collections; book security; im- who started in October 1993 and is now completing her provement of staff and public-access computer re- second year, inaugurated this position as liaison between sources; desk coverage; late-book phoning; magazine teachers and the Library, coordinating assigned reading maintenance; mail; and newspaper pickup; maintenance needs, promoting reading, and facilitating more creative of the newspaper clipping file; minor building upkeep; curriculum development based on the community library grounds watering and weeding; exhibit displays; repair of resource. The elected Trustees formally commended Ms. toys and equipment; the Sunday afternoon lecture series; Fulcher for her outstanding performance in pioneering Lifetime Learning Courses; children's programs; book this important new position. discussion group; book deliveries to nursing homes and senior housing; and infant welcoming kits. Over $17,500 was raised through book sales in FY 1994, Respectfully submitted, based on the efforts of 10 year-round volunteers and Henry Scammell, over 100 volunteers working through the sale days in Secretary, Snow Library Trustees July. Approximately 2500 hours were devoted to this ac- tivity, and 28,000 books were taken in. Fourteen guest speakers appeared in the Sunday Lecture Series, and five guest speakers appeared in the Summer Series on the theme of Cape Cod and the Ocean Around Us. Total SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING adult program attendance in FY 1994 was 2697. Lifetime Learning held 25 continuing education courses for 56o ADVISORY COMMITTEE attendees. Brown Bag Book Talks are on third Thurs- days. The Transfer Station experienced a significant increase Children's activities included a Wednesday morning story in traffic in 1994 resulting in 100 more vehicles per day hour, seasonal craft workshops for ages 5-12, a summer using the station during the summer months. This in- program on Thursdays with audiences generally over crease in activity could be attributed to the reduction of 100, a baby-sitter training and certification program, a the sticker fee from $75 to $35 and the general upbeat summer reading program (which ended with an ice economic conditions. 4729 stickers were sold in 1994 cream parry), a Summer Sleepytime Story Hour, and a compared to 3610 in 1993. "Read for Life" baby book program. Attendance at the 65 children's programs was over 2000. Recycling tonnage continues to increase from 677 tons in 1991 to 946 tons in 1994. Compacting equipment has The Friends contributed $16,648 to the library for books been installed to handle the recycling of plastic and card- and periodicals, trust/memorial books, and audio/visuals. board without the need to increase labor. The net result There are now 31,010 volumes in the Library's adult col- of the recycling of a!1 materials is an average expense lection, and 8553 juvenile. Passes to the Boston Museum per ton slightly less than that for garbage. The direct av- of Fine Arts were used 196 times. Friends continued to erage expense of recyclables is $31.07 per ton com- provide Copy Services for the Library and its patrons. pared to $34.76 per ton for garbage. The Snow Library Endowment Fund, created with During the year 300 compost bins have been sold at an $200,000 surplus contributions from the Building Cam- attractive price to residents and another distribution will paign, has a five-member board of directors comprised of be made in 1995. two Friends, two Trustees and a jointly named fifth mem- ber. The charter Trustee members were Kate Davis and 106 The expense of disposing of household hazardous waste Funding is the other side of Reform's academic initia- has been a concern. The cost of disposing of 1359 gal- tives, and the report to date is mixed. The new funding Ions in 1993 was $11,500. A letter was sent to the Gov- formula tends to drive local spending to the minimum, ernor by the Selectmen expressing our concern regard- whether from above or below. In districts such as ours, ing the high costs and as a result, action taken by the used to high achievement, and with a history of good Cape Cod Commission reduced the expense in 1994 to financial support, our challenge is to improve our perfor- $6738 for the disposal of 2645 gallons. mance while making the case for reasonable budgets. The Gift Shop at the,Transfer Station continues to draw Nauset High School's upcoming expansion and renova- crowds of bargain hunters. We are indebted to a team of tion is our most compelling issue locally. We have em- over 25 volunteers for the operation of this popular ser- ployed the noted design consultants Todd Lee, Clark, vice. Bargains range from egg cups to dot matrix print- and Rozas to turn our ideas into specific, affordable ers. plans. We hope to be prepared to request construction Compost material, suitable for gardens, has been pro- funding at the Spring 1995 Town Meeting, to accommo- date from leaves, grass clippings and small twigs, and enrollment projected to reach 1000 by 1997, and is available, free of charge, to residents. peak at 1130 in 2003. The committee wishes to thank all Transfer Station per- As we implement Education Reform, and continue to sonnel for their helpful cooperation during the past year. seek improvements in our services and achievements,we remain grateful for the townspeople's consideration and support. Public education is a challenging venture, Respectfully submitted, and we very much appreciate your assistance in meeting J. Stewart Broatch, that challenge. Chairman Respectfully submitted, Michael B. Gradone, Superintendent of Schools SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Massachusetts' Education Reform continued to remake TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMITTEE the landscape of public schooling in 1994. As this report is written, the process continues, but the early assess- ment is favorable and exciting. The Committee held their regular meeting, the last Tues- The most obvious reform is in Time and Learning, which day of each month, with additional special meetings and will cause a substantial increase in our secondary field visits. Our meetings included discussions with offi- students' academic schedules over the next three years. cials of Massachusetts Highway Department, McD- It remains to be seen how local districts will accomplish onough & Sculley, Inc., an engineering firm, Bikeways this extended day, but there is little doubt that it will im- Committee, Conservation Committee, Department Heads, prove our students' achievement. Increased time will be Selectmen, Administrative Assistant and Town Executive. necessary to accomplish all of the goals set in the state's We reviewed traffic complaints, plans for new develop- Curriculum Frameworks, which outline common aca- ments, new business locations, revamped business loca- demic objectives for students from Kindergarten through tions, requests for street lights, speed control signs, stop high school. We will convene study groups this spring to signs, parking and no parking signs to name a few. review recommendations in Math, English and Language Arts, Science and Technology, World Languages, Social The Committee recommended several safety improve- Studies, the Arts, and Health. ments to the Board of Selectmen, some short term and The final piece of the instructional puzzle is a compre- others that will take longer to be implemented. hensive assessment program at grades 4, 5, and 10. Not We continue to work on the long range planning with im- only will this testing sequence provide a report card on provements towards better traffic flow and safety. The re- the achievement of individual students, schools, and dis- alignment of the intersection of Main Street, Beach Road tricts, it will be a mandatory yardstick for graduation. No and Barley Neck Road was completed. Others are being student may receive a diploma who has not passed this developed. More sidewalks are under consideration for test before graduation. greater safety. One impediment we face, is several major roads in town have never been property engineered and the legal process completed. This creates problems in 107 several ways for drainage, laying water mains, widening, 1 would like to thank the citizens of Orleans for their sup- building sidewalks and improvements. We strongly rec- port and urge you to support the recommendations of the ommend and annual amount of money be appropriated Tree Committee on their findings. each year for a fixed number of years until this is com- pleted. A growing problem is bicycle and pedestrian Respectfully submitted, safety. Bicyclists must yield to pedestrians and riding bi- cycles on sidewalks in commercial areas is prohibited by Richard N. Gould, state law. An education program for young people and Assistant Tree Warden adults must be done in the schools, through the media, and in the homes to advise people of safe methods and the laws. Many pedestrians are observed walking along the road side with their backs to traffic. For their own safety and TRI-TOWN SEPTAGE TREATMENT health they should walk facing the traffic. FACILITY Speeding complaints to the Committee is increasing and 1994 was a year of significant progress for the Tri-Town we have recommended to the Board of Selectmen to un- Treatment Facility. The district completed inspection of all dertake an engineering study necessary before the Mas- the septic systems in the three towns. sachusetts Highway Department will approve the place- ment of speed limit signs. Some areas presently qualify The Brewster Conservation Commission withdrew its en- for such signs under very limited guidelines. Also more vironmental suit against the plant without prejudice, due enforcement is encouraged, to no evidence of environmental harm. We appreciate the help and assistance given to our com- mittee by the citizens, departments, other committees, veering studies and tests to determine corrective im- Town Executive Nancymarie Schwinn and the Board of provements required. The following paragraphs put this Selectmen. in perspective. The Tri-Town Septage Treatment Facility began opera- Respectfully submitted, tion in March, 1990. It has a history of non-compliance with its groundwater discharge permit. William 1. Livingston, The Department of Environmental Protection issued a Chairman notice of non-compliance in July, 1991 for discharge per- mit violations. In response, the Board of Managers hired an engineering firm to prepare a corrective action report on design limita- TREE DEPARTMENT #ions and deficiencies throughout the facility. The report was submitted to DEP in January, 1992. After intensive and time-consuming review by DEP, pilot studies were This y ear there were no hearings held with the Planning developed by the plant's technical advisory committee and the contract operator. The pilot studies were re- Board for the cutting of trees on scenic roads. The Assis- viewed by DEP, amended a few times, and finally ap- tan# Tree Warden did approve the cutting of five trees on proved. non-scenic roads for the installation of driveways on new house lots. After a year of in-house pilot studies using full scale equipment, a report was submitted to DEP with recom- kn 1994 the Town hired Shawn Shea as part-time Tree i mendations for five improvements. These recommenda- Warden. Shawn is a Registered Arborist and will serve in tions are tested and proven. They will permit the plant to a consultant capacity on scenic roads and will complete dramatically improve the quality of the effluent, overall ef- a survey of all ornamental trees in Town. The Town has ficiency, and reduce costs. created a Committee to look into whether the Town should hire a full-time or part-time Tree Warden. That re- The techniica advisory committee, engineering firms, port should be available by the end of March. plant ag e ne is A skyworker was hired this year to trim broken branches are required. created by the harsh winter. Roadside trimming of trees The estimated cost of the 5 improvements is $3,000,000. was completed on many road by hand and using the To be eligible for 90% grant funding from federal and tractor mower. state grants, it was essential that the three towns ap- prove the expenditure of $100,000 each for design engi- neering and specifications. This was done in Town Meet- 108 ings in October and November. We have a very tight In addition to the funding sources such as Medicare, schedule to finish design engineering, obtain construction Medicaid, private insurance or town appropriation, the bids, and forward a complete grant application to DEP Association actively seeks funds through grants, a mem- prior to funding cut-off of July 1, 1995. As the funds will bership drive directed to Orleans residents, and fund be available on a first-come, first served basis, we want raising events. These funds are needed to broaden the to apply as early as possible. scope of community services offered, and to help to sup- DEP has told us that these improvements must be made port home health services for those Orleans residents and that delays may subject the towns to fines. The cost whose health insurance coverage is inadequate or non- of failure to act would be high. existent. This article has the unanimous approval of the Board of The Chatham-Orleans VNA is committed to a high quality Selectmen, Finance Committee, the Plant Technical Ad- of community and home health care, and prides itself for visory Committee, and the Plant Board of Managers. its responsiveness to the community. We welcome all questions and comments from town residents, directed The Board of Managers, Design Engineering firm Wright- either to our offices at 945-2869, or to the Orleans resi- Pierce, STP Technical Advisory Committee, and the state dents who serve on the Association's Volunteer Board of Department of Environmental Protection are working Directors. closely to meet our objective dates. Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted, Djordje J. Soc, Maclean Kirkwood, Jr. Executive Director CHATHAM-ORLEANS VISITING WATER ADVISORY BOARD NURSE ASSOCIATION, INC. The Water Advisory Board, formed in 1989, is charged The Chatham-Orleans Visiting Nurse Association contin- by the Board of Selectmen to provide support to it and to ues with pleasure, to provide both the town sponsored the Town Executive regarding matters of groundwater public health programs, and the third parry reimbursable protection and municipal water supply. The first task of home health services for Orleans' townspeople. Such the Water Advisory Board was to develop a Groundwater home health care services include nursing, therapies Protection By-law for Orleans. This By-law was passed (speech, occupational, physical and medical social work) by Town Meeting in 1991. In 1992-93 Board members and home health aide services. Through its program took an active role in supporting the Cape Cod called Home Care Connections, the Association also pro- Commission's six-town Monomoy Lens Project. During vides Homemaker/Companions and personal care 1994 the Board continued to monitor and support Water attendants' services from one (1) hour to twentyfour (24) Department water quality and supply activities under the hours, based on the needs of its clients. Additionally, the direction of the Water Commissioners. association offers testing, counselling and education re- Specific 1994 accomplishments include: lated to AIDS and hosts WIC program which is aimed at women with infants and children. • May: Helped plan and carry out Orleans first ob- The town appropriation enables the Chatham-Orleans servance of National Drinking Water Week. VNA to provide free nursing/patient assessment visits. 0 August: Obtained installation at new Well #7 of Town employee immunization (13), adult immunization an instrument to monitor continuously the con- for flu and pneumonia (1006 contacts in 1994), infant and centration of dissolved solids in the water; this children's immunization (184), blood pressure screening provides an early warning of possible salt water at various sites (647), cholesterol (27), colorectal cancer intrusion. (32), and skin cancer (25). Plans for the coming year in- • On-going since August: Supported Town efforts clude new initiatives aimed at health enhancement and to determine the cause of recent occurrences of wellness of Orleans residents. Such initiatives are coliform bacteria in the public water supply sys- planned in concert with the Town Health Department. tem. Limited numbers of home visits to new mothers and chil- • Ongoing since October: Began preparation of the dren, for communicable disease follow-up, community Town's Request for Proposals for an Indepen- health assessment, etc. are also included in the appropri- dent Review of the Orleans Water Supply Sys- ation. 109 tem; this Review was approved by the November We would like to take this opportunity to express our ap- Special Town Meeting. preciation to the Water Department personnel, the other Town Departments and the residents of the Town of Or- leans for their assistance and cooperation during the past Respectfully submitted, year. PUMPING STATISTICS Robert A. Rich, Chairman 1993 1994 Pumping 333,037,700 337,085,400 Largest Day 2,411,800 2,626,600 WATER DEPARTMENT Largest week 13,948,100 14,755,300 Services 4,484 4,547 1994 proved to be another successful year in meeting Respectfully submitted, our goals for improvements and maintenance of our dis- tribution system. We were able to inspect and repair 382 Curtis Coll er, Chairman r the Board of Water hydrants, replace 228 water meters and continue the Commissioners semi-annual flushing of the distribution system. As part of the water main project to improve fire protec- tion in the Rock Harbor area, we installed 1000' of 12" water main and completed the crossing of Route 6. We hope to finish this project in the spring of 1995. WATER QUALITY TASK FORCE In May, the Water Department celebrated its first Na- tional Drinking Water Week with tours being given at our new pumping station during the week and ended with an In 1994, the Water Quality Task Force was comprised of open house at our maintenance garage on Saturday. Robert Canning, Health Agent; William Deitz, Richard Demonstrations were given on the installation of a water Gould, Highway Manager; Truman Henson, Jr. Shellfish service and the testing of water meters. The Board of Constable/Harbormaster; Stan Hart, Planning Board; Water Commissioners were present to answer questions, Sandra Macfarlane, Conservation Administrator, ,Joseph with the assistance of the Water Department staff regard- McCarthy, Bev Singleton, Shellfish & Waterways lm- ing the various operations required to operate a water provement; and Marjorie Uhl, Water Advisory Board; system. We hope to continue this presentation in the years to come and wish to invite everyone to participate. The Water Quality Task Force (WQTF) focused its atten- tion on three primary areas: groundwater mapping, future For the third year in a row we experienced a violation of stormwater remediation projects and surface water bacte- the Total Coliform rule during our routine bacteriological riological monitoring. testing. A broken mechanical well seal at one of our pumping stations was determined to be the cause of this The town voted at the annual Town Meeting to support violation. However, we felt that there must be another an article funding a groundwater mapping study. Upon underlying reason for these bacteria outbreaks. Chlorina- approval of the funding, a comprehensive scope of work tion of the system at 1 part per million was started in was developed and the project was awarded to the Cape August to address the initial coliform problem. This dos- Cod Commission. The Commission began the project in age was continued through the flushing of the distribution November, 1994 and it is anticipated that we will have a system after which it was reduced to 1/2 part per million. complete groundwater contour map by the early spring. During this flushing process, samples of the sediment The benefits of such a map are tremendous. One of the were collected and analyzed. These samples showed most important aspects is that the map will show direc- high counts of Iron Bacteria which initiated an in depth tion of flow of groundwater. We need this information to analysis of our sources. Funding for an independent re- plan for any future land uses or correct any problems view of the Orleans water system was approved at the that may arise. Fail Special Town Meeting. It is our hope that this study The Task Force continues to monitor the surface water will identify these underlying problems so that they may bodies of the town in an effort to identify trends, locate be addressed. "hot spots" and document the success of the stormwater For the fifth year in a row our joint education program remediation projects. In 1994, we sampled numerous with the Elementary School was continued with tours of sites at various weather conditions. the watershed and our pumping facilities for the fifth Some samples were analyzed at the Barnstable County grade class. Health and Environment Lab, and many were sampled at 110 the Orleans/Eastham Water Quality Lab. None of this WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT AND would have been possible without the help of our volun- teers, Bob and Peg Wineman, Paul Marinaccio, Nancy Ho, Hy Goldman, Truman Henson Sr., Joe McCarthy, Edith and Herbert Mielke, the Friends of Meetinghouse Pond and others who have supported these efforts. Our The Waterways Improvement and Shellfish Advisory heartfelt thanks go to all of you. Committee had a rather difficult year in 1994. The much publicized debate about the appropriateness and proper The Task Force also continued its efforts toward distribution of private shellfish growing areas (shellfish remediating stormwater drainage systems which ad- grants) became the issue that consumed virtually all of versely affect wetland resources. We are proud to take the committee's time. this opportunity to inform you that the Task Force in con- junction with the Cape Cod Conservation District was With several members of the committee holding these successful in obtaining a grant from the Environmental special licenses, there were questions about possible Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Pro- conflicts of interest, as well as difficulty reaching a quo- tection Nonpoint Source Pollution Program in the amount rum during the winter months. The issue became so of $89,000 to treat an additional five stormdrains. Al- hotly contested that the committee all but dissolved for though the contract has not been signed as of this writ- several months during the summer and fall. ing, we have been assured that its delivery is imminent In November, the Board of Selectmen rewrote the and that the work will take place during 1995. Charge to the committee in an effort to redirect the group We are also extremely pleased to report that, after twelve and also assigned the specific task of addressing the years, shellfish is being harvested from Meetinghouse question of availble space in Pleasant Bay for private Pond which has finally been reopened to the taking of aquaculture. The committee again met, for the first time shellfish. In 1981, $100,000 worth of steamer clams were in several months, in December to begin with the as- harvested from the pond. The very next year, about one signed work, and as of this writing that effort continues. third of the pond was closed to harvesting shellfish be- cause of bacterial contamination. The closing of the pond Respectfully submitted, was the first indication that stormwater drainage posed a threat to water quality. In this case, the effluent from two True Henson, Jr., separate storm drains emptied into the pond one at the Harbormaster/Shellfish Constable Nauset Marine East Boatyard and the other at Barley Neck Road landing. Tests over the years at these two sites consistently revealed much higher than acceptable levels of fecal coliform bacteria. Meetinghouse Pond was a high priority site for the drainage remediation projects WEIGHTS & MEASURES which were installed in 1992 and 1993 for pipes draining into Meetinghouse Pond and Town Cove. We thank the Friends of Meetinghouse Pond for their financial and The sealer of weights and measures inspects, tests, moral support. In December, 1994, the Division of Marine seals or condemns all commercial weighing devises. This Fisheries reclassified Meetinghouse Pond to an approved includes scales, dry and linear measures, apothecary status for shellfishing. measures, gasoline dispensers and oil delivery trucks. In While we are delighted at the success at Meetinghouse addition, the sealer checks packaged commodities for Pond, we should not lose sight of the continuing potential proper weight, enforces unit pricing regulations, investi- for water quality degradation from the uses of the land gates various complaints and possible violations. The and the uses of the water. Keeping good water quality is breakdown of activities is as follows: up to all of us; let us hope we are up to the task. Scales Certified 144 Scales Not Seated 7 Respectfully submitted, Scales Condemned 1 Apothecary Weights 4 Sandra L. Macfarlane, Gasoline pumps 66 Chairman Oil trucks 18 Unit-pricing inspections 436 Complaints investigated 27 Respectfully submitted, James R. Ehrhart, Sealer 11i ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 1995 Annual Town Meeting for consideration by the vot- ers. The Task Force will continue to review the Zoning By-law The purpose of the Board is to hear and decide applica- in an effort to make improvements. tions or petitions for Special Permits or Variances as em- powered under the Zoning By-laws of the Town and the Respectfully submitted, Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, and to hear and decide appeals from decisions of the Zoning Admin- Paul Halklotis, istrator and the Architectural Review Committee. A total Town Planner of 48 cases were heard, 2 more than last year. One of these was postponed to 1995. Of the 36 Special Permits, 27 (one part of a case) were granted, 1 was denied and 8 were withdrawn. There was 1 modification granted to an existing Special Permit. Of the 8 Variances, 6 were granted, I (part of a case) was denied and 1 (part of a case) granted an extension of an existing Variance. Of the 3 Appeals of decisions of administrative officials, 2 (one part of a case) upheld the decisions and i over- turned the decision. There was one satisfactory review of a previous case. There were 21 meetings in 1994, 17 regular hearings and 4 working meetings. Respectfully submitted, James E. DeWitt, Chairman ZONING BY-LAW TASK FORCE The Zoning By-Law Task Force is comprised of 2 mem- bers of the Zoning Board of Appeals, 2 Planning Board members, the Building Commissioner and the Town Planner. This group was formed to review the Orleans Zoning By-Law on an on-going basis by: a. identifying areas for improvement; b. resolving discrepancies; c. improving sections that are unclear, confus- ing, contradictory or ambiguous; d. drafting new sections that will address prob- lems or concerns that may arise periodically; and e. expand and clarify definitions. The Task Force submits proposed zoning amendments to the Planning Board for their consideration to present at the Annual Town Meetings. The Committee meets twice a month. The Task Force submitted 1 article to the Planning Board that was approved at the 1994 Annual Town Meeting. Five proposed zoning changes are being brought to the 112 INDEX Accounting - Director of Municipal Finance . . . . . .24 Planning Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Schedule of Receipts/Expenditures Schedule A .24 Planning Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Town Meeting Appropriation Activity Report . . .27 Police Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Combined Balance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Recreation Commission . . . . . . . . . . 103 Schedule of Bonded Indebtedness . . . . . . . .37 Recreation Department . . . . . . . . . 104 American with Disabilities Act Coordinator . . . . . . .82 Registrar, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Animal Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Search Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Site Plan Review Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Architectural Review Committee . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Selectmen, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Assessors, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Snow Library Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates . . . . . .82 Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee 106 Bicentennial Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Superintendent of Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Bikeways Committee . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .83 Tax Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Building Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover By-Law Revision Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Town Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 14 Cable TV Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Town Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cape Cod Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Town Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee . . . . . .87 Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District . .87 Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Charter Review Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Division of Fisheries and Game . . . . . . . . . . .81 Citizens Interest Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Dog Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Civil Defense Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coastal Erosion Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . .88 Annual Town - May 17, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . .68 Coastal Resource Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Special - June 28, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Comprehensive Planning Committee . . . . . . . . .88 State Primary - September 20, 1994 . . . . . . .71 Conservation Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 State Election - November 8, 1994 . . . . . . . .73 Counci! on Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Town Election - November 15, 1994 . . . . . . .77 Council on Aging, Friends of the . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Old King's Highway Hist.Dist. - November 22, 1994 77 Cultural Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Marriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Proclamations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Department and Special Personnel . . . . . . . . .11 Town Meetings Disability, Committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Annual - May 9, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Disposal Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Special - May 9, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Elementary School Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Special - June 22, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Elementary School Principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Special - November 14, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . .74 Finance Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Traffic and Parking Study Committee . . . . . . . . 107 Fire/Rescue Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Harbormaster/Shellfish Department . . . . . . . . . .94 Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Health, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Trust and Investment Account . . . . . . . . . .23 Highway Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Tree Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Historical Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Tri-Town Septage Treatment Facility . . . . 108 Housing Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Visiting Nurse Association, Chatham/Orleans 109 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Water Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Insurance Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Water Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Jonathan Young MITI, Overseers of . . . . . . . . , 100 Water Quality Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Nauset Regional School Committee . . . . . . .98 Waterways Improvement and Old Kings Highway Regional Historic District . . . . .99 Shellfish Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . 111 Open Space Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Weights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Parks and Beaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Zoning Board of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Personnel Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Zoning By-Law Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 113 Typesetting and Printing by Graphic illusions Dennisport, MA 02639