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the senior system and the value of volunteer contribu- In other staff moves, Fran Boulos moved over to tions was valued at a figure in excess of$180,000.00 the Conservation Department, from the Building Department, to take over for Pauline Beaulieu, who In December the Council on Aging elected to left in October, after 3+ years service to the Town of award the " Senior Citizen of the Year Award " to Mashpee. The transition seems to be going along Walter"Bud"Abbott for his dedication as Treasurer in rather seamlessly, which is needed in a Department the fundraising activities of the Friends of the which has/is going through a lot of turnover. Fran's Mashpee Senior Center,Inc. as well as for his willing- previous position with the Building Department is ness to assist in many of the minor carpentry projects making the move a lot easier, due to her familiarity around the center. with the personnel and lay of the land in Mashpee. Of course, Fran brings excellent customer service skills The Council on Aging wishes to acknowledge and proficiency with all equipment and programs we the continued support shown to us by the Board of run in the Conservation Department. Selectmen, Town Manager, Department of Public Works, Leisure Services, Human Services, Police and Late in 2005, the Conservation Department Fire and all other town departments which provide added a new Assistant Agent to the staff. Andrew direct and indirect services to the Council on Aging, McManus joined our staff after serving the the Mashpee Senior Center and the senior community. Department of Conservation and Recreation for the In particular, we appreciate the support of the citizens State of Massachusetts for some 10 years or so. His at Town Meeting. With that support the Council con- excellent people skills, and land management experi- tinues to meet the challenges of our fast growing ence at the state-level is going to be a huge plus for this senior community and the community at large. department for years to come. Hopefully with Andrew on board, we as a Department can start to solve some Respectfully submitted, of the problems occurring on conservation lands, with THE MASHPEE COUNCIL ON AGING a comprehensive and well laid out plan to utilize our Arthur Weinstein, Chairperson conservation lands as well as possible. Jeanne Noussee, Vice Chairperson/Secretary Virginia McIntyre, Treasurer The Commission itself underwent changes as Mari Jo Gorney, Secretary well in 2005. Carol Moore officially took her name Marilynn Brooks off the roster, and from what I have heard from the Jack Dorsey past, she will be missed as even an associate member. Arthur Eisenberg Jeff Cross in turn went from associate member to full Irving Goldberg Rose Shanker time regular member and his knowledge of the local waterways, and New Seabury will be especially help- James Long,Director ful. As usual, the Conservation Department saw yet more increase in hearings from one year to the next,in 2003, to 2004, the commission saw a 31% increase in Report of the hearings, this year, it looks like we may have hit the Conservation Commission plateau,as we only saw an increase of 4%which trans- lates to 14 more hearings than last year. Of course,our enforcement file stays stocked year round, and we are To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the constantly trying to keep up, it seems as soon as one Citizens of the Town of Mashpee file is closed,another one opens up. So even if we have In 2005, the Conservation Department staff saw hit the upper limits of hearings, we still remain as one a lot of turnover from top to bottom. First of all of the five busiest commissions in the state. Conservation Agent Bob Sherman stepped down after The Commission continues to have active 16 years of diligent and honorable service. His love involvement with the Town (Conservation and fire for protecting the environment for the Town of Commission) owned cranberry bogs, both in terms of Mashpee will be sorely missed. management and in dealing with the myriad of issues 160