OH ANNUAL REPORT TOWN NH OF DUBLIN. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2008 31. FRONT&BACKCOVERPHOTOGRAPHS TherewerethreeunusualeventsinDubHnin2008. First,wecompletedtherestorationoftheTopFloorofTownHallandtheadditionontheback whichcontainsanewstaircaseandanelevator,thusmakingtheTopFlooraccessibletoall. Second,webuiltanewbridgeacrossCharcoalBrookontheOldMarlboroughRoadattheGolf Course. Theoldbridgecollapsedduringthe2007Aprilfloodsand,withFEMAandState BridgeAidFunds,wasreplacedatminimalcosttoDublintaxpayers. Third,theDecemberIceStormsurprisedeveryoneandleftDublinwithoutpowerfortwoweeks. MostgottheirpowerbackonChristmasEve. Thestormleftapathoftreedevastationthateven exceededthe1998IceStorm. Onceagain,FEMAandStateAidwillhelpthetowncleanupthe mess. Eveninthedevastationtherewassomebeauty. OntheCover(clockwisefi"ombottomright): thenewOldMarlboroughRoadBridge;Dublin LakeandMt.Monadnockthroughtheice-ladenbranches;therestoredTopFloorofTownHall. OntheBackCover: ThenewadditiontotherearofTownHall;IceStormdamageonUpper Jaffi-eyRoadandonLakeRoad. PhotoCredits: FrontCover: Topleft,NancyBelluscio,On-SitePhotography Bottomleft,JeanNelson Bottomright,LisaMartin,QuantumConstructionConsultants BackCover: AllphotosbyBillRaymond Annual Report Town of Dublin New Hampshire www.townofdublin.org FortheYearEndingDecember31, 2008 INMEMORIAM BruceMcClellan BruceservedasTownModeratorforfouryearsfrom1999-2003. HealsoservedasChairman oftheLandConservationInvestmentProgramCommitteethatacquiredmanyoftheproperties aroundMudPond,eitherbyeasementordeed. Thatprojectlastedfouryears. Inadditionto that,hewasChairmanoftheFireSafetyCommitteeandtheFacilitiesCommittee. Hewasa memberingoodstandingoftheVeteran'sParadeonMemorialDay. AlthoughhephysicallymovedtoRiverMeadinPeterborough,healwaysconsideredhimselfa Dublinresident. Dublinagreed. BruceissurvivedbyhisbelovedwifeMaryEhzabeth,adaughter,twosonsandseveral grandchildren. BruceMcClellanwasagentlemanandagentleman. 1 6 TABLEOFCONTENTS REPORTSRECEIVEDFORTOWNMEETINGMARCH2009 Archives 12 Auditor'sOpinionLetter(2007) 103 Births 47 BoardofSelectmen 10 BostonPostCane 13 BudgetCommittee 14 CemeteryExpansionCommittee 1 CemeteryTrustees 17 CodeEnforcement/HealthOfficer ....19 ConservationCommission 21 Deaths 46 DetailofExpenditures&Revenues 2009Budget{GreenColoredPages) ...83 DublinAdvocate 22 DublinLake 24 EmergencyManagement 25 FireDepartment 27 FireForestWarden 29 HighwayDepartment 31 LibraryDirector 32 LibraryTrustees 33 Marriages 48 MonadnockAdvisoryCommission 35 OpenSpacePlanningCommittee 36 PlaimingBoard 37 PoliceDepartment 38 RecreationCommittee 41 ScheduleofTownProperty 95 SolidWasteCommittee 43 StatementofBondedDebt 102 SummaryofInventoryValuation/MS- 96 SummerPlayground 44 TaxAssessment(YellowColoredPages) 105 TaxCollector'sReport .99 TaxRateCalculation 97 TownClerk 45 TownMeetingAbstract-2008 63 TownOfficers 5 TransportationCommittee 49 Treasurer'sReport 101 TrusteesoftheTrustFunds 52 WanSinX'2009(BlueColoredPages) 71 ZoningBoardofAdjustment 62 NOTES DUBLINTOWNOFFICERS CHOSENBYBALLOTVOTEATANNUALTOWNMEETING THREE-YEARTERM BOARDOFSELECTMEN SterlingQ.Abram,Chairman TermExpires2009 EdwardB.Germain TermExpires2010 CharlesF.Champagne TermExpires2011 TWO-YEARTERM MODERATOR TimothyClark TermExpires2010 SIX-YEARTERM SUPERVISORSOFTHECHECKLIST HenryA.Campbell,Chairman • TermExpires2010 GeraldLawler TermExpires2012 ClesStaples TermExpires2014 THREE-YEARTERM TREASURER MarleneFrench ElectedTermExpires2009 THREE-YEARTERM TOWNCLERK/TAXCOLLECTOR JeannineJadaszewski TermExpires2011 THREE-YEARTERM LIBRARYTRUSTEE MartinSmith TermExpires2009 ElizabethWalker TermExpires2010 HenryJames TermExpires2011 BarbaraSovik TermExpires2011 ALTERNATE BrianRhode APPOINTEDSELF-PERPETUATINGPERMANENTLIBRARYTRUSTEE AdeleKnight WillardW.Goodwin,Chairman JaneHolmes 11 THREE-YEARTERM WATERCOMMISSIONER ArthurSusmann TermExpires2010 THREE-YEARTERM DUBLINCONVALSCHOOLDISTRICTMEMBER MaryLoftis TermExpires2010 THREE-YEARTERM BUDGETCOMMITTEE EdwardB.Germain,Selectmen'sRepresentative TermExpires2009 RichardScheinblum,Chairman TermExpires2009 LeslieWhone TermExpires2009 NancyCampbell TermExpires2010 JudithKnapp TermExpires2010 CurtMerrick TermExpires2011 KennethWoods TermExpires201 THREE-YEARTERM CEMETERYCOMMITTEE JohnNelson TermExpires2009 JamesS.Sovik,Chairman TermExpires2010 RosemaryMack TermExpires2011 THREE-YEARTERM PLANNINGBOARD SterlingAbram,Selectmen'sRepresentative TermExpires2009 PeterImhoff TermExpires2009 BruceSimpson,Chairman TermExpires2009 BillGoodwin TermExpires2010 NeilSandford TermExpires2010 SuzanMacy TermExpires201 ScottSwanson TermExpires2011 CandiceReed,Secretary ALTERNATES DanFrench LawrenceRoss THREE-YEARTERM TRUSTEEOFTRUSTFUNDS MaryLizLewis TermExpires2009 RobertWeis TermExpires2010 BillGoodwin,Chairman TermExpires2011 11111 TOWNCOMMITTEESAPPOINTEDBYSELECTMEN THREE-YEARTERM BOARDOFADJUSTMENT DanielO'Rourke TermExpires2010 JamesSovik,RecordingSecretary TermExpires2010 WilliamBarker,Chairman TermExpires2011 DanFrench TermExpires2011 SusanPhillips-Hungerford TermExpires201 ViraElder,AdministrativeSecretary ALTERNATES SuzanDermis WillardOja THREE-YEARTERM CONSERVATIONCOMMISSION CharlieChampagne,Selectmen'sRepresentative TermExpires2009 SuzanMacy,PlanningBoardRepresentative TermExpires2009 HowardThomas TermExpires2010 LindaSueYarger TermExpires2010 AnneAnable TermExpires201 JerryBranch TermExpires2011 JackLewis,Chairman TermExpires201 THREE-YEARTERM DUBLINLAKEPRESERVATIONCOMMITTEE KarenBunch TermExpires2009 JillLawler TermExpires2009 JeffreyOja TermExpires2010 AnneAnable TermExpires2011 MiltBrown TermExpires2011 THREE-YEARTERM RECREATIONCOMMITTEE KennethMcAleer,Co-Chairman TermExpires2009 ViraR.Elder TermExpires2009 DanAlbert TermExpires2010 MichaelCaron TermExpires2010 JenniferBergeron,Co-Chairman TermExpires2011 KellyBlanchette TermExpires2011 BambiKierstead TermExpires201 TWO-YEARTERM HYDRANTCOMMITTEE BrianBarden TermExpires2011 GordonKnight TermExpires201 ThomasVanderbilt TermExpires2011 TWO-YEARTERM SAFETYCOMMITTEE ViraR.Elder,Chairman