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Report of the Report of the Herring Warden Water Commissioner To the Honorable Board of Selectmen To the Citizens of Mashpee: and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: The Selectmen continued to act as Interim Water Com- I hereby submit the annual report of the Herring Warden missioners until May, at which time William A. Jones, Department for 1987. Douglas Boyd and Geraldine Orlando were elected to serve ; This concluded my second year as Herring Warden.This as Town Water Commissioners. year we refurbished the John's Pond Flume by installing The Commissioners met weekly in an effort to carry on a steel three-gate controlling dike. Stone placement and rip- the water programs initiated by the Interim Water Com- rapping will take place in the spring of 1988. missioners. Construction standards including rules and Other flumes were maintained and carefully watched regulations for public water mains and services for the during herring and alewife seasons. Town were adopted.While the contractual programs were under the control of the selectmen, the Commisioners I will not be taking on this position in the future due to found it extremely difficult to function in a professional an increase in my workload as Public Works Director. I manner without an operating budget. The Board of Select- thank the Board of Selectmen for giving me the opportuni- men did not want to get into the water business and pur- ty of holding this position for two years. It was extremely sued to transfer all water projects to the Water District. satisfying and educational. Though the Commissioners gave of their time to address the water projects, programs and problems, by October Respectfully submitted, Commissioners Orlando and Boyd had resigned. Commis- sioner Jones resigned due to a possible conflict as he was Ernest S. Virgilio a candidate for District Commissioner. The selectmen im- Herring Warden mediately appointed Andrew R. Gottlieb,Willard L. Han- son and B. Jean Thomas to serve as town water commissioners. Report of the Special Act—Mashpee Water District: In accordance with the Mashpee Water District, Chapter 167 of the Acts Tree Warden of 1987,signed by the Governor in May,the selectmen call- ed the first meeting of the District on July 15.Andrew Got- tlieb was elected Moderator and Jane Labute, Clerk.With To the Honorable Board of Selectmen approximately ten people in attendance at this meeting it and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: was determined, due to the important decisions that had I hereby submit the annual report of the Tree Warden to be made by the district voters,to reschedule the meeting Department for 1987. to August 26. Of the 2,355 registered district voters, ap- We continued to maintain our responsibility by supress- proximately 200 voters accepted the `Special Act' to establish the Mashpee Water District. This meant that the ing and controlling all insects under the guidelines of Mass- district would owe the town$250,000 to be paid pursuant achusetts General Laws, Chapter 132. Spraying of moths to Chapter 167, within one year. An election followed in and other pests, as well as weed and tree diseases were care- October with Judy Mills, Diane Rommelmeyer and fully administered. We noticed a significant slowdown in William Jones elected as District Water Commissioners. gypsy moth activity.We apply Bacilius Thuringiensis,more At the July 27 Special Town Meeting, the voters author- popularly known as"B.T.", and continue our program of ized the selectmen to transfer to the Mashpee Water Districty, removing diseased trees,pruning,weeding,watering,plant- all assets, liabilities, contractural rights,leases and obliga- ing and fertilizing along 116 miles of town owned roads. tions of the Mashpee Water Department, subject to a vote We attended seminars for credits towards our certifica- by the District voters to accept these obligations. In an ef- tion. I wish to thank the Tree Warden Crew, Richard Oakley, fort to establish a procedure for the orderly transfer of George Maddox and Martin Hendricks for their continued responsibilities from the Town to the District, the select- men, on advice of the Town Water Commissioners, have co-operation and hard work. entered into negotiations with the District to develop an Respectfully submitted, intermunicipal agreement. The agreement is expected to resolve the questions regarding the ability of the Town to continue projects underway and to provide the public Ernest S. Virgilio financial institutions and other governmental units with a Tree Warden clear statement as to who will be doing what on water sup- ply issues in Mashpee in the immediate future.