Untitled - Town of Windham

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT• Commercial Developmento 4 New Commercial Buildingso 15 Redeveloped commercial buildings• 237 Building permits• 413 Electrical permits• 175 Plumbing permits• 76 Septic system permits• 38 Well permits• 5 Chimney permits• 15 Fence permits• 67 Temporary sign permits• 47 Permanent sign permits• 58 Minor Cobbetts Pond and Canobie Lake Watershed PermitsDEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER:Although the Department does not actively approve Board of Health Applications, we do provideassistance to the applicants and the Board of Selectmen, as well as do site inspections. Department staffconducted inspections of 2 child care facilities, 4 schools, and 1 foster home for State Licensingcompliance.BOARD/COMMITTEE REPORTS:The Town of Windham is fortunate to have such wonderful, dedicated volunteers serving on theBoards/Committees. Please refer to the individual reports for the Planning Board, Zoning Board ofAdjustment, Conservation Commission, and Windham Economic Development Committee for detailedinformation on what they accomplished in 2012.DEPARTMENT STAFF:If you have not visited the Department in 2012, there have been some changes in personnel. In January,Ginny Gray, Department Secretary, retired and in February, Mike Garrepy, ZBA/Code EnforcementAdministrator, left for new employment opportunities closer to his home in the seacoast.With the vacancy in the Department Secretary position, Pat Kovolyan our long-standingZBA/Conservation Commission Assistant, enthusiastically accepted that new challenge. The new facesto the Department in 2012 include Colleen King, ZBA/Conservation Commission Assistant and NancyPrendergast, Code Enforcement/ZBA Administrator. In addition, Cathy Pinette was hired in April to fillthe newly created position of Minute-Taker for the Planning Board and ZBA.Those familiar faces in the Department in 2012 included Elizabeth Wood, Community Planner, MikeMcGuire, Building Inspector/Deputy Health Officer, and Mimi Kolodziej, Planning Assistant.I welcome you to stop by the Community Development Department in 2013 to let us know how we aredoing and introduce yourself. We are here to assist you in whatever way we can.Respectfully submitted,Laura ScottLaura Scott, Community Development Director2012 ANNUAL REPORTS 89 TOWN OF WINDHAM, NH