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The Board re-appointed the current animal inspector, Donald Chicoine, who is also the Mashpee Report of the Animal Control Officer, as well as the then Assistant Historical Commission Health Agent, Caitlin Cantella. Officer Chicoine assisted in enforcing our Kennel Regulation, and inspected barns and stables within the Town. There To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the were no confirmed cases of animal or human rabies in Citizens of the town of Mashpee: Mashpee. The Mission of the Mashpee Historical In April 2021,Caitlin Cantella,resigned from the Commission (MCH) is to preserve and maintain the position of Assistant Health Agent. Ms. Cantella was history of Mashpee and to identify, evaluate, and the point person for COVID response, in addition to protect its cultural heritage, historic records and being the primary inspector in the department. The properties. attention to detail and limitless energy she brought to the position were invaluable, and we are very grateful After 2020, when the MCH was closed due to for all of her efforts. In May 2021, former Board of covid, we were able to gather using new covid Health Administrative Assistant, Christine Willander, protocols. When it was safe our Senior Clerk, Ann was sworn in as the new Assistant Health Agent. Ms. Graham,kept the public connected to the Archives by Willander brings 16 years of experience as a Mashpee phone, e-mail, and in person. Ann and Commissioner Town employee, and we are fortunate that she was Nancy Soderberg continued working on updating the willing to take on this critical and demanding role in catalogue of our collections. the department. Also in May,Linda Johnston accepted the position of Administrative Secretary in the Board The following is a summary of the projects the of Health. Her customer service skills and ability to MCH worked on in 2021: multi-task make her a great addition to our staff. Mashpee War Memorial On April 12, 2021, the Mashpee Select Board Work continued on the War Memorial with all the appointed Kripani Patel to the Board of Health. Along research, monument foundation, walkway, electrical, with her Masters of Science in Public Health degree, pergola work being completed.We were able to go out Ms. Patel brings a youthful enthusiasm and a keen to bid for the monument itself but faced complications. intellect that will be a great benefit to the Town and the Questions arose over the materials to be used for the community. monument base and the panels composition. Thus, we received no bids on the project.We regrouped,with the In closing,we would like to commend our Health assistance of Catherine Laurent, DPW Director, and Agents and administrative staff for their continued revamped the monument to an all granite structure.We commitment to the health and safety of the residents of then sent in a proposal to the Community Preservation this Town. Committee for an additional $86,000 to complete the monument. Pending a positive vote at the May 2022 Respectfully submitted, Town Meeting, we hope to go out for bids for the Brian Baumgaertel, Chair completion of the monument and a dedication in the Ernest Virgilio, Co-Chair Fall of 2022. Kripani Patel, Clerk Lakewood Cemetery The MHC became concerned over the condition of some of Mashpee's ancient cemeteries. It came to our attention that the Lakewood Cemetery had become overgrown,was littered with downed branches and had toppled gravestones. After surveying the damage, especially of the toppled gravestones, experts were brought in to determine how the stones could be repaired. One of these stones was of Ezra Jones who 113