ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE TOWN OF BERKLEY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1997 Fiscal Reports for Fiscal Year 1997 July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997 TOWN OF BERKLEY BRISTOLCOUNTY- MASSACHUSETTS Constituted a town April 18, 1735. Area 16.4 sq. miles Population, Federal Census April 1, 1991 -4,200 SENATORS U.S. Edward M. Kennedy Barnstable John F Kerry - Boston REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS- FOURTH DISTRICT Barney Frank- Newton GOVERNOR’S COUNCILLOR- FIRST DISTRICT David F. Constantine New Bedford SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT- BRISTOL and PLYMOUTH Marc R Pacheco -Taunton REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT- NINTH BRISTOL DISTRICT John F Quinn - Dartmouth DISTRICTATTORNEY- BRISTOLCOUNTY Paul F. Walsh, Jr. - New Bedford COUNTY REGISTRAR OF PROBRATE AND INSOLVENCY Robert E Peck - Dartmouth COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Maria F. Lopes- Taunton Arthur R. Machado - Fall River Christopher Saunders - New Bedford SUPERIORCOURTCLERK/MAGISTRATE Marc J Santos-Taunton COUNTY SHERIFF Thomas Hodgson - New Bedford (ACTING) COUNTY TREASURER Patrick Harrington - Taunton REGISTRAR OF DEEDS- BRISTOLCOUNTY NORTHERN DISTRICT Joseph L. Amaral - Taunton ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE TOWN OF BERKLEY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1997 FISCAL REPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997 SWATCHES FROM OLD TOWN RECORDS EXCERPTS FROM LEGALLTOWNMEETTING MAY &JUNE 1747 At a legall townmeettingheld Inberkleymaythe22 day 1747 To ChuseaRepresentitiveand thevotewascalled and itpastgnthenegetive atthesamemeettingtherewas an articleInthewarrantto Seewhetherthetown would voteto havethecoarts moved from tauntonto Dighton andGerchom Craneoneof the Seletmencalled avoteto SewherthetowndwouldDismisthearticleofmovingthe coarts as above Sd and thetown Dismist itandwould actnothingon It. At aLegall townmeettingheldInBerkleyJuneye EleventhdDay 1747 Cap Nataniel Gillburt modaraterofSd mettingandthen thetownCameIntothe following votes. Voted at Sd meettingthethecountycoartsbeStillcontinued intauntonandnot moved to thetownofDighton Voted to Chuseanagentto Gotobostonand Carrygnour townsReasonsagainsthaingDightonthe SheartowngntheCountyofbristoll and also to Draw Reasons gnthetownsbehalfas Sd agent Shall thinkproperandtoprosecutethe sameatthegeneral1 Coart. Voted andchosenagen as above Sdto Go tobostonto Representthetownof berkley atthenext SitingoftheGeneralicourt andto make answerto apetitionprefered byEseckbraonandotherswho appeard gnbehalfofSeverallofthetownsgnourofSd countybristollwhichpetitionwas tohavetheCoartsmoved fromtaunton andDighton madethe SheartownofSd countywhichpersonchosen is abel burtwho isto usehis utmos Endeaverthattheprayeroftheabove SdpetitionmightnotbeGranted voted Ebenezerwinslow and thomosGillburtto assist Sdabel burtgndrawingReasonsto carry gntotheGenerali Court Memortam In ELECTIONWORKER 1978-1983 BRENDAABARBOZA COUNCIL ON AGING 1979-1997 ISABELLROGERS PUBLIC SAFETYDISPATCHER 1988-1997 DIANE SANSON ' TABLE OF CONTENTS Swatches from Old TownRecords 2 In Memoriam 3 Town Officers 7 Annual Town Meeting - June 3, 1997 14 Special Town Meeting - December 11, 1997 21 Annual Town Election - May 10, 1997 23 Marriages and Births 24 Deaths 25 Board ofSelectmen 26 Building Commissioner 27 & Fire Rescue Department 29 Electrical Inspector 32 SoutheasternRegional Planning & Economic DevelopmentDistrict 33 Conservation Commission 35 Communication Center 36 Highway Department 37 Council on Aging 38 Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School District 39 Board ofHealth 40 Veteran's Services 42 Strategic Planning Committee 43 Berkley Public Library, Trustees 44 Treasurer's Report 47 Independent Auditor's Report 49 Balance Sheets 50 Notes to the General Purpose Financial Statements 55 School Committee 65 School Department Staff 66 General Information 73 Superintendent ofSchools 75 Berkley Community School Principal 78 Financial Statement 81 School Calendar 82 Enrollment 83 Printedby Irving Graphics & Publishing Company BookBinding&Restoration MA Walpole, 02032 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2016 in https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1997berk TOWN OFFICERS - 1997 Elective TermExpires MODERATOR- yearterm 1 Kevin P Partridge 1998 SELECTMEN-3 yearterm GeorgeMoitoza 1998 CarolMills 1999 ElizabethA. Lanord 2000 TOWNCLERK-3 yearterm Carolyn Await 1999 TREASURER-3yearterm Carolyn Await 2000 COLLECTOROFTAXES-3yearterm Nancy L. Townley 2001 BOARDOFASSESSORS-3 yearterm GeraldineA. Leahy 1998 MargeryA Marshall 1999 MarkN. Pettey,Jr 2000 PLANNINGBOARD- 5 yearterm JohnR Uronis 1998 EdwardF Devine,Jr 1999 StevenJ Leary 2000 DonnaLeary 2001 Paul L Boucher 2002 HIGHWAYSURVEYOR/TREEWARDEN- year 1 Raymond D Rose 1998 BOARDOFHEALTH-3 yearterm StevenC Rapoza 1998 ScottFournier 1999 JamesE Romano 2000 SCHOOLCOMMITTEE-3yearterm MaryannSmith 1998 JohnGallagher, Jr 1999 WilliamPerkins 1999 Daniel T. Ludwig 2000 Robert K Lyman 2000 LIBRARYTRUSTEE-3 yearterm CarlaLyman 1998 HeatherHolmes 1999 JuneMoSkal 2000 CEMETERYCOMMISIONER -3yearterm EricJ. Oliviera 1998 JA Charles wait 1999 RonaldE. Adams 2000 7 December 16, 1997 APPOINTMENTS-JUNE 1997TOJUNE 1998 TERMOF SWORN REMARKS OFFICE DATE ACCOUNTANT-ATM6/4/84, Art20-MGLC42; S55 LisaHiggins, 15 PlainSt. East to6/00 10/21/97 AGING,COUNCILON-7- 11 -STM 3/12/73, Art23,MGLC40, S8B MaryAndrews, 540BerkleySt. to6/00 07/14/97 JesseCosta, 10PineSt to6/00 08/28/97 JoanHalloran, 596BerkleySt. to6/00 07/14/97 JaquelineRaymond, 14GreenSt. to6/00 09/04/97 CharlesMcCarthy, 11 Stanley Ave. to6/99 07/17/96 ClotildeCosta, 10PineSt to6/99 08/27/96 IreneKanabay-Cabana, 753 Berkley St. to6/98 06/27/95 G. EstelleMcCarthy, 11 StanleyAve to6/98 07/17/97 AnneVicturine, 119JeromeSt. to6/00 09/18/97 AMERICANSWITH DISABILITIESCOORDINATOR Vacant APPEALS, BOARDOF-5-TownZoningBy-lawArt21 CarleenFarrington, 750BerkleySt. to6/00 07/18/97 FredMenard,9LewisDr to6/00 07/08/97 DebraFernandes,29SouthMainSt to6/98 08/06/97 RobertAvilla,20LocustSt to6/98 11/14/97 Alternate PaulFlint, 56BayviewAve to6/98 11/19/97 Alternate ARTS,COUNCILON-Atleast 5nomorethan22-Acts 1980CIO;S35 Acts 1970C790,S 5 Nowcango23-yearterms JeanneRusso, 53BayviewAve to6/99 07/02/97 LeslieHill,9HowlandRd to6/99 09/18/97 StephanieSnyder,9HowlandRd. to6/99 09/24/97 DawnMorhy, 7HowlandRd to6/98 09/10/96 Secy JaniceRose, 38PorterSt. to6/98 11/03/95Chair DaraRusso, 53BayviewAve. to6/98 09/10/96 MicheleAmrock,4StanleyAve to6/98 08/30/96Co-Treas ArleneMedeiros, 73 PointSt to6/98 08/29/96Co-Treas BRIDGETENDER WilliamFerry, 78Johnson, St.,Taunton to6/98 10/02/97 BUILDINGCOMMISSIONER IrvingF Wallace,Jr, 38ElmSt. to6/98 07/22/97 8