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ANNUAL REPORT HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1996 Mendi LeVirte ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF HATFIELD FOR THE YEAR 1996 A photo contest was held for students grade K to 12 to provide photos for this years Annual Town Report titled "Images of Hatfield". This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hatfield Cultural Council, a Local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. FRONTCOVER Katelyn Merz INSIDEFRONTCOVER Mendi LeVitre INSIDE BACK COVER Jesse LeVitre Weappreciatetheeffortthatallparticipantsgavetothiscontest.Wearelookingforwardtodisplayingtheartworkofmanymore students in the yearstocome. TOWN REPORTPREPARATION Teresa Hudock PrintedbyAtholPress,Inc.,Athol,MA.01331 TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS INCORPORATED 1670 AREA ELEVATION POPULATION 9,300 Acres 132 Feet at Main St. 3,390 STATE SENATOR Franklin-Hampshire District Stanley Rosenberg MA State House Room 413, Boston, 02133 (617)722-1532 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT First Hampshire District William P. Nagle, Jr. State House, Room 343 MA Boston, 02133 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS First Congressional District John W. Olver 1323 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Local Office 187 High Street Holyoke Mass. 01040 (413)532-7010 SENATORS IN CONGRESS Edward M. Kennedy SR-113 Russel Senate Office Building DC Washington, 20510 John F. Kerry SR-166 Russel Senate Office Building Washintgton, D.C. 20510 The Athenian Oath We will never bring disgrace to this our town, by any act of dishonesty orcowardice, noreverdesertoursufferingcomrades in the ranks; we willfightforthe ideals andsacredthings ofthe town, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the town's laws anddo ourbestto incite a like respectin those above us who areprone to annul or set them at naught; we will strive unceasinglyto quicken thepublic'ssenseofcivicduty, thus inall these ways we will transmit this town not only less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us. DEDICATION HATFIELD AMBULANCE Hatfield Ambulance service went into operation April 1, garage was constructed to house the larger, modern ambulance 1983. At that time there were seventeen EMTs volunteering to and to provide personnel with a training area. respond to about 100 annual calls. The first ambulance was purchasedthroughafunddrivesponsoredbytheHatfieldLion's Sinceitsbeginningsin 1983,theHatfieldAmbulanceSer- Club. viceand itspersonnel have received numerous awardsandcita- tions from the Office of Emergency Medical Services. These Today there are thirteen Emergency Medical Technicians awards include recognition foroutstanding performance, meri- andfourAdvancedLife Support, Intermediate Level personnel. torious actions, and life saving skills. The service responded to 227 calls inFY96. The town of Hatfield recognizes and applauds the skills InFY96anewambulancewaspurchasedwith fundsfrom and dedication of the men and women of the Hatfield Ambu- continued donations and receipts from ambulance fees. A new lance service. AMBULANCE SERVICE TheTown ofHatfieldAmbulance Service responded to a I would like to welcome anyone that is in the area ofour total of227 calls last year. Again this is another increase over newquartersand would like to lookaroundplease stopby. I am last year. The service has still maintained our Advanced Life at the building in the morning hours and we would like to have Support Intermediate level. The service still has the Critical anyone that is interested to stop. We like nothing more than to Response Intervention Paramedic unit from American Medical show offour new facility. Response NorthamptonDivisionasourbackupand vital linkto cooley Dickinson Hospital. We are always looking for new members for the service. Ifanyone is already an EMT ofwould like to become an EMT Atthistime I would like towelcome aboardourtwonew- pleasecontact me. At thepresenttime weare waitingforaclass est members ofour service. They arc Laurie Banas and Mark tobe putonby HampshireCounty. Thisisacostsavingfactorit Ober. Theyarcwelcomeadditionstothe serviceaswe havelost we can go through this class. two members due to moving away from the area. It is good to see young people getting involved again. We also have 1 stu- Atthistime I wouldliketothankthe membersofthe Board dent completing his class and will be ready for testing in the ofSelectmen forthere support and faith in ourservice. I would nearfuture. like to thank the members ofthe Hatfield Fire Department and the Hatfield Police Department for there support and help on This past year has been an exciting year for this service. many ofthe scenes that they were needed. I would also like to Wehaveseenthecompletionofthe newquarters. Thisbuilding thank the residents of the Town of Hatfield for your support. now houses the new ambulance, has plenty ofarea fortraining, Lastofall thededicated membersofthe ambulance service who has a storage area where all of our supplies can be kept clean with out your dedication there would not be an ambulance ser- and dry. This building also has an office now for the director vice. and all ofthe needed paperworkand recordscan be kept in one placetogether. Thebuilding alsohasashowerdecontamination Theodore Celatka Jr. Manager area, something that was badly needed for the business that we Richard McBroom Asst. Manager are in. We are putting in the final touches with carpet and tile Banas, Laurie flooring. I would like to thank the Board ofSelectmen and the Celatka. Robert AdministrativeAssistanceforthediligence inseeingthisproject Crepeau, James through, itwas well worth thewait. We now haveaplacetocall Gagnon. Gregory ourown and not have to depend on others. Noyes. Worth Ober. Mark Thenewambulancewasplaced inservice. McCoy Miller Pelis. Cessie from Palmer Massachusetts was awarded the bid. The ambu- Pomeroy-Breen, Susan lancehadexceededourexpectationsandhasbeenbusyfromthe Rogaleski. Barrett start. The New ambulance is larger with more area for patient Suriano. Jeffery care and storage ofvital equipment. Weeks. Gregory Williams, Darryl ) TOWN OFFICERS FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1996 (Numbers in parentheses indicate yearterm expires) ELECTED BOARD OF HEALTH William E. Pashek 1999) ( MODERATOR Stanley J. Sliwoski (1997) Gordon A. Woodward Jr. (1999) A.Cory Bardwell (1998) BOARD OFSELECTMEN PLANNING BOARD George G. ZgrodnikJr. (1998) A. Cory Bardwell (1999) J. Michael Cahill (1999) Edward D. Molloy (1998) Thomas J. Hurley (1997) E. Lary Grossman (1999) Robert T. Bartlett (2000) TOWN CLERK/TREASURER Daniel Barry (1997) G. Louise Slysz 1999) ( HOUSING AUTHORITY TOWN COLLECTOR Alice Maiewski (1997) Joanne Porada(1999) Michael J. McGrath (2000) Joseph A. Szych(1998) BOARD OF ASSESSORS Raymond W. Thomas (2001 ChristopherG. Smith (1999) AlexanderW. Ciszewski (1998) COUNTY COMMISSIONER Ronald Punska (1997) SeanM. Barry (1997) SCHOOL COMMITTEE PatrickJ. Gaughan (1998) APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN MaryB. Williams (1997) AMBULANCE StanleyJ. Pitchko, Jr. (1999) Maureen Ryan-Wise 1997) (Yearly) ( Mark Vachula (1999) Theodore E. Celatka, Jr. Mgr. Richard McBroom. Asst. Mgr. WATER COMMISSIONERS Thomas G. Berniche (1999) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES COMMISSION ChristopherF. Miller (1997) Stanley Sadowski David Omasta(1997) Joseph Lavallee William Korza LIBRARY TRUSTEES Dorothy Smarz Kathleen F. Winters (1998) Mary McGreevy Thomas Carroll (1999) Jane A. Seavotto (1997) CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Leslie H. Button ELECTOR, OLIVER SMITH WILL Patrick Gaughan Henry P. Betsold (1997) E. Lary Grossman CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS CULTURAL COUNCIL A. Cory Bardwell (1998) (3-YearTerm) EdwardS. Kowalski (1997) Melissa Green William Podmayer(1999) Connie Pogue Susan McGlew (1997) TREE WARDEN BrendaBolduc(l999) Norman C. Campbell (1999) Virginia Orson (1997) Alan Bloomgarden 1997) ( SEWER COMMISSIONERS Frederick J. Dzialo (1999) Anthony J. Gillespie (1997) William P. Korza(1998) BOARD OF REGISTRARS William Metzger (3-YearTerm) Mary Jane Bacon Mildred Z. Osley (1999) Stanley Sliwoski Helen H. Bardwell 1997) Richard McBroom ( Ruth Kuchyt (1998) ENERGY COORDINATOR G. Louise Slysz, Clerk (Yearly) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE Joseph Lavallec FIELD DRIVER & FENCE VIEWER Mark Vachula (Yearly) Robert Bartlett Ronald Lavallee Thomas Hurley Steven Bernson HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE David Keir CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Lois Siegel (Yearly) Louise Slysz Robert J. Osepowicz HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT COMPUTER COMMITTEE (Yearly) (Yearly) Christopher Miller Charles Kellogg HILLTOWN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT G. Louise Slysz COOPERATIVE Joseph Skorupski A. Cory Bardwell (1997) CONSERVATION COMMISSION William E. Pashek( 1997) (3-YearTerm) Gordon O. Williams 1997) HISTORICAL COMMISSION ( A.Cory Bardwell (1998) (3-YearTerm) Virginia Y.Orson (1998) Mary Lou Cutter 1997) ( ThaddeusL. Rabat (1999) George H. Ashley 111(1998) Paul Davis (1997) Kathleen Z. Grandonico (1999) Stanley Sliwoski 1999) Thomas Prew 999) ( ( 1 Christopher Brennan 1997) Thomas Carroll (1997) ( COUNCIL ON AGING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (3-YearTerm) 5-YearTerm) William Podmayer 1998) Albert M.Omasta( 1998) ( Henry P. Betsold (1999) Daniel Barry (1999) Worth Noyes(1997) Robert Gates (1997) Mary Brennan (1999) Laura Schilling (1997) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AUTHORITY DOG OFFICER (5-YearTerm) (Yearly) James Lavallee (1998) G.Louise Slysz (1999) DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE Ronald Smiarowski (2000) (Yearly) David 1. Dulong(2001) Richard Drury Edward J. Kuchyt (1997) Theodore E. Celatka. Jr. William Belden Thomas O. Hart Thomas J. Hurley Robert J. Osepowicz David Hurley Jan Adamski Gres Gasnon INSPECTION SERVICES MILL RIVER WATERSHED ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Yearly) Paul Davis InspectorofBuildings A. Cory Bardwell Stanley Sadowski Frank Motyka Asst. InspectorofBuildings Christopher Miller Stanley Szewczyk Peter Labarber Electrical Inspector (2-YearTerm) PUBLIC WEIGHERS Stanley Symanski (1997) (Yearly) Asst. Electrical Inspector Todd McCoy David Lizek (1997) Paul Trombley Gas Inspector RECREATION COMMISSION (Yearly) WalterGeryk (1997) (3-YearTerm) Plumbing Inspector Bruce G. Brown (1999) WalterGeryk(1997) Mark Wickles 1997) ( Asst. Plumbing Inspector Karen Zerneri (1999) John Dyer(1997) Richard Strong (1998) Bernard Motyka (1997) INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS ANDSLAUGHTER RIGHT-TO-KNOW COORDINATOR (Yearly) William J. Shea (Yearly) JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR TOWN ACCOUNTANT PIONEER VALLEY REGION (3-YearTerm) (Yearly) Robert F.Miller(1999) Christopher Miller VETERANS' COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE KEEPER OF DEER (Yearly) (yearly) Henry P. Betsold David M. Hurley Kenneth E. Balise ChristopherMiller, Alternate Edmund E. Jaworski, Jr. Donald A. Lavigne OPEN SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE Bryan O. Nicholas (Yearly) Terry A. Blunt VETERANS' AGENT Joan E. Cocks (Yearly) Dennis Morin Richard Burrington Dawn B. Otcllo-Morin WELFARE CHAIRMAN PROPERTY COMMITTEE (Yearly) (Yearly) George G. Zgrodnik, Jr. Eugene Proulx WESTERN VALLEY WATER PROTECTION Frederick Dzialo COMMITTEE RobertT. Bartlett (Yearly) PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX COMMITTEE Paul Davis Robert Osepowicz A. Cory Bardwell Jonathan Bardwell Christopher Miller Ted Celatka WOOD SURVEYOR David Hurley Eugene Proulx (Yearly) Norman Campbell Bernard W. Donnis 8