{"id":812,"date":"2013-08-25T19:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T19:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2024-06-20T05:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T05:25:24","slug":"town-departments-commissions-boards-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/?page_id=812","title":{"rendered":"Town Departments, Commissions, Boards &#038; Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<h2>TOWN DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&amp; COMMITTEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current town officials are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOWN DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS &amp; COMMITTEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Assessing Department<\/p>\n<p>Assessor<\/p>\n<p>Assessing Clerk<\/p>\n<p>Field Appraiser<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dave Hynes<\/p>\n<p>Joann Drewniak<\/p>\n<p>Todd Haywood<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">BEACH COMMITTEE<\/p>\n<p>NO: Beach Commission in 2014-2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Keper Connell<\/p>\n<p>Lori Carbajal<\/p>\n<p>Larry Rocha<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hillman<\/p>\n<p>Collin Drake<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>for one year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Building Inspector<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Peter Rowell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Budget Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Paul E. Goldman- Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Jarvis-Clerk 2015<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Abrams 2015<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Crapo 2016<\/p>\n<p>James G. Maheras 2016<\/p>\n<p>Jaci Grote 2017<\/p>\n<p>Representatives:<\/p>\n<p>Craig Musselman-Selectman<\/p>\n<p>Peggy Balboni-School Board<\/p>\n<p>Frank Drake-Rye Beach District<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Hickson -Water District<\/p>\n<p>Randy Crapo-Jenness Beach District<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Capital Improvements Program Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Raymond Jarvis &#8211; Chair<\/p>\n<p>Ned Paul-Vice Chair<\/p>\n<p>Mae Bradshaw-Clerk<\/p>\n<p>Phil Winslow<\/p>\n<p>Jeanne Moynahan<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed unlimited term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Cemetery Superintendent<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">John Coscia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Cemetery Trustees<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Kenneth Moynahan 2015<\/p>\n<p>Frank Drake 2016<\/p>\n<p>Roger O. Philbrick 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Conservation Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Sally S. King-Chair 2016<\/p>\n<p>Jaci Grote 2015<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Gardner 2015<\/p>\n<p>F. Lawton Struble, III 2016<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne McFarland 2016<\/p>\n<p>James Raynes 2017<\/p>\n<p>Mike Garvan 2017<\/p>\n<p>Vacant: alternates<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Demolition Review Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Rich Davis-Chair 2015<\/p>\n<p>Jane Holway -Vice Chair<\/p>\n<p>2016<\/p>\n<p>Mae Bradshaw -Clerk 2017<\/p>\n<p>Alex Herlihy (alternate)2017<\/p>\n<p>Peter White (alternate) 2016<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Emergency Management Director<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Police Chief, Kevin Walsh<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Energy Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Susan Orazi Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Lucy J. Neiman<\/p>\n<p>Michele Sopher<\/p>\n<p>Danna Truslow<\/p>\n<p>Howard Kalet<\/p>\n<p>Tom Archibald<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed unlimited term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Finance Director<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Town Administrator<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Finance Director<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Cynthia Gillespie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Susan Dunfey<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Fire Chief\/Forest Fire Warden<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">William &acirc;&euro;&oelig;Skip&acirc;&euro; Sullivan<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Harbor Master<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Leo Axtin<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired\\State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Health Officer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Gail A. Snow, M.D.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Heritage Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Mae Bradshaw- Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Rich Davis -Vice Chair 2015<\/p>\n<p>Sara Hall-Clerk 2015<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla Jenness 2016 Selectman Representative<\/p>\n<p>Jane Holway 2016<\/p>\n<p>Alternates:<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Barnes 2015<\/p>\n<p>Peter White 2016<\/p>\n<p>James Tegeder 2016<\/p>\n<p>Alex Herlihy 2017<\/p>\n<p>Vacant 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Historic District Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Phil Winslow- Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Mills, Jr.2017<\/p>\n<p>Selectmen Representative<\/p>\n<p>Leo Axtin&Acirc;&nbsp; 2015<\/p>\n<p>Mae Bradshaw 2015<\/p>\n<p>Daryl Kent 2016<\/p>\n<p>Karen Stewart 2016<\/p>\n<p>Christine Remick 2017<\/p>\n<p>Alternates:<\/p>\n<p>James Tegeder 2017<\/p>\n<p>Thomas King 2016<\/p>\n<p>Vacant 2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Jenness Beach District<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Robert R. Crapo 2015<\/p>\n<p>Jane Langley 2016<\/p>\n<p>Michael Netishen 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Elected\/District 3 year term.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Library Director<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Andrew Richmond<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Library Trustees<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Karen W. Oliver-Chair 2015 Philip Boynton 2015<\/p>\n<p>Victor D. Azzi 2016<\/p>\n<p>Brian Klinger 2017<\/p>\n<p>Karen Allen 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Moderator<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Robert G. Eaton 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>2 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Mosquito Control Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">Tom Aspinwall-Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Sanborn-Vice Chair, Clerk 2016<\/p>\n<p>Craig N. Musselman 2016 Selectmen Representative<\/p>\n<p>Member 2015 Vacant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Planning\/Zoning Office<\/p>\n<p>Planning Administrator<\/p>\n<p>Planning\/Zoning Secretary<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"240\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly M. Reed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rosalie Andrews<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"137\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Planning Board<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Bill Epperson- Chair 2016<\/p>\n<p>Philip Winslow-Vice Chair 2016<\/p>\n<p>Raymond A. Tweedie-Clerk<\/p>\n<p>2015<\/p>\n<p>Melvin R. Low 2015<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla V. Jenness 2016<\/p>\n<p>Selectmen Representative<\/p>\n<p>Jerome A. Gittlein 2017<\/p>\n<p>Keriann Roman 2017<\/p>\n<p>JM Lord 2017<\/p>\n<p>Alternates:<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey A. Quinn 2015<\/p>\n<p>Anne M. Crotty 2016<\/p>\n<p>Vacant 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Police Chief<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Kevin Walsh<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Public Works Director<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Dennis McCarthy<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Recreation Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Janet Stevens&Acirc;&nbsp; Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Jim Sullivan 2015<\/p>\n<p>Greg Mikolaities 2015<\/p>\n<p>Mark H. Luz 2016<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Duffy-Durkin 2016<\/p>\n<p>Judy Scott 2016<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Brooks 2017<\/p>\n<p>Alternates: Vacant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Recreation Department<\/p>\n<p>Recreation Director<\/p>\n<p>Program Supervisor<\/p>\n<p>Administrator and Programs Assistant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lee Arthur<\/p>\n<p>Kelley Gallant<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Loring<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Recycling&Acirc;&nbsp; Education Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Deidre Smyrnos, Chair<\/p>\n<p>Susan Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Mel Low<\/p>\n<p>Alan Bucklin<\/p>\n<p>Member Vacant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Rye Beach District<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">John Clifford 2016<\/p>\n<p>Frank Drake 2017<\/p>\n<p>Vacant 2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Elected\/District<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Rye Water District<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Ralph Hickson 2015<\/p>\n<p>John Murtagh 2016<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Ditto 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Elected\/ District<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Selectmen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Craig N. Musselman Chair 2015<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla V. Jenness 2016<\/p>\n<p>Joseph G. Mills, Jr. 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Executive Secretary<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Janice Ireland<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Sewer Commission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Peter G. Kasnet 2015<\/p>\n<p>David Adams 2016<\/p>\n<p>David Kohlhase 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Appointed<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Sewer Department<\/p>\n<p>Administrative Assistant to Sewer Commission<\/p>\n<p>Clerk of the Works<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lee Arthur<\/p>\n<p>Vacant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"204\">Supervisors of the Checklist<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">Sally S. King 2018<\/p>\n<p>Madeline Chichester 2017<\/p>\n<p>Jane Holway 2016<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>6 year term<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Town Administrator<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Michael Magnant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Town Clerk\/Tax Collector<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Elizabeth M. Yeaton 2015<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Deputy Town Clerk\/Tax Collector<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Town Clerk\/Tax Collector<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Donna M. Decotis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Morrissey<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Town Hall Committee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Victor Azzi, Chair<\/p>\n<p>Mae C. Bradshaw<\/p>\n<p>Paul E. Goldman<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla V.Jenness<\/p>\n<p>Peter G. Kasnet<\/p>\n<p>Craig N. Musselman<\/p>\n<p>Lucy J. Neiman<\/p>\n<p>Peter White<\/p>\n<p>Beth Yeaton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Treasurer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Leon Blaisdell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Treasurer&acirc;&euro;&trade;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Treasurer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Jane Ireland<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Hired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Trustees of the Trust Funds<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Kerry S. Pope 2015<\/p>\n<p>Andrew J. Mahoney 2016<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey M. Balboni 2017<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"206\">Zoning Board of Adjustment<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"232\">Raymond Jarvis-Chair 2016<\/p>\n<p>Paul Goldman-Vice Chair 2017<\/p>\n<p>Frank &acirc;&euro;&oelig;Burt&acirc;&euro; Dibble-Clerk 2015<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Weathersby 2015<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Crapo 2017<\/p>\n<p>Alternates:<\/p>\n<p>Charles Hoyt 2016<\/p>\n<p>Greg Mikolaities 2017<\/p>\n<p>3 Vacancies<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"144\">Elected<\/p>\n<p>3 year term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Representatives to the General Court\/Elected for 2 year term:<\/p>\n<p>Tom Sherman (Rye) 2015 &Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; David Borden (New Castle) 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOWN DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS &amp; COMMITTEES The current town officials are: TOWN DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS &amp; COMMITTEES Assessing Department Assessor Assessing Clerk Field Appraiser &nbsp; Dave Hynes Joann Drewniak Todd Haywood &nbsp; Hired BEACH COMMITTEE NO: Beach Commission in 2014-2015 Keper Connell Lori Carbajal Larry Rocha Steve Hillman Collin Drake Appointed for one year Building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/812\/revisions\/1617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}