Town of Dublin
Board of Selectmen’s Meeting
Monday January 3, 2011
Present:
Charlie Champagne, Sterling Abram, Curt Merrick, Bill Raymond
Chairman Champagne called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Selectmen signed Payroll and A/P checks and reviewed the Read file.
The December 28, 2010 Minutes were reviewed, amended, and approved.
Charlie read two letters from Joe Cavanaugh. The first was from Joe and his wife Jackie
complimenting the Board on the Traffic Calming Phase One project.
The second letter informed the Board that he was resigning, for health reasons, from the ZBA
and the Cemetery Trustees. BOS accepted the resignations with regret.
Charlie noted that Tom Kennedy has asked BOS to send letters to two residents reminding them
that recycling is mandatory in Dublin and to please make an effort to be sure and sort their trash
in the future. Bill gave BOS a draft letter which was revised slightly and Bill will print for BOS
signature next week.
Jim Letourneau
Jim reported that Joel Chidester reported to the Police Academy today.
Jim reported on some burglaries and attempted burglaries that happened recently in Town.
Jim told BOS that he is looking into a grant for a communications upgrade (“Voting System”)
that provides a piece of equipment that selects the best frequency and channel to communicate
with Cheshire County dispatch. It would be installed on Beech Hill on one of the cell towers
located there if permission can be obtained.
Sterling asked Jim about Phase Three of the Traffic Calming and noted that the safety concerns
around Dublin Rd. are well known to the Chief and asked for Jim’s help in promoting the next
phase. Jim thinks that a deflection at Old Common Rd. will definitely work in slowing traffic
down coming down the hill. Curt asked Jim if he thought perhaps the speed hoses should be
installed again to monitor traffic speed. Jim said that might be a good idea but it would be
unlikely that Southwest Regional Planning would reinstall them.
Charlie asked Jim about monthly incident reporting. Sterling said he would like regular reports.
Jim said the reports that are generated by his reporting software don’t give any detail. After some
discussion, it was agreed that Jim would present incident reports as they are generated by the
software for BOS to review.
Open Space Committee
The Committee made a presentation to BOS of the GIS work they have been doing over the past
year. Rick Brackett, consultant on loan from AmeriCorps, showed the GIS (geographic
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information system) layers that have been established for Dublin: Water Resources, Soil Types,
Wildlife Habitat, and Development Potential. These layers can be displayed over any tax parcel
in town. The demonstration showed an overlay on a land parcel in the west end of Town. The
Committee hopes that this system will be useful to the Planning Board as they review
subdivision and development applications. BOS asked who was going to be trained on this
software. Although it was not immediately known, it was agreed that Planning and Open Space
will need to find an individual to run this software and to keep it updated.
Selectmen’s Annual Report
BOS reviewed Charlie’s draft. Several suggestions were made. Charlie will make some revisions
and bring a final version to Bill for the Town Report.
Other Business
Margaret Dillon submitted an estimate to do a full energy audit on all Town Buildings. The
estimate was requested with an eye towards a possible warrant article. BOS will review.
Sterling has advised the Board that he’d like to be the point person on the Charcoal Road Bridge
project. Information on the age of the bridge has been hard to come by. Sterling is working on it.
Bid thresholds were discussed again. BOS wish to talk with the Road Agent about this.
Curt presented some possible language for cell phone usage policies. Curt will refine. The final
language will be included in the Town Personnel Policy update.
Bill advised BOS that decisions about Warrant Articles will need to be made in the coming
weeks. He also suggested that it was time to start considering candidates for Citizen of the Year.
There being no further business, on a motion by Mr. Abram, the meeting was adjourned at 7:05
pm.
Minutes taken by Bill Raymond
Charles F. Champagne, Chairman
Sterling Q. Abram
Curtis L. Merrick
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