Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 4/14/2021 4:23:49 PM
There’s no question the Dublin Transfer Station’s storage trailers need to be replaced. The question before voters is, what to replace them with? Transfer station superintendent Tom Kennedy is rooting for a new building, rather than more trailers.
The transfer station’s current trailers are 20 years old on average, he said. Two are condemned, another was never suited for storage, and another is being braced to prevent it from collapsing. Trailers present a number of safety issues for transfer station staff, Kennedy said. “The roofs leak, the floors rot, the forklift keeps falling through,” he said, “and then they sink into the mud.” Furthermore, it’s easy for trailer roofs to sag and collapse under ice and snow, so trailers need to either be shoveled or reinforced, Kennedy said. “I just don’t think they’re worth it,” he said.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 2/17/2021 5:15:59 PM
Dublin finalized its budget and warrant on Feb. 9, including scheduling an outdoor, drive-in Town Meeting for May 1. Voters will decide on repairing or upgrading transfer station structures, adopting Rotary Park, and buying new plaques commemorating Vietnam and Korean War vets.
The budget is set for $2,083,412, which constitutes a 3.1 percent decrease from last year’s $2,150,373, the amount that was finalized after warrant articles were edited during Town Meeting.
“It’s as solid a plan as we have now,” moderator Tim Clark said of using Cricket Hill Farm, also known as the Antique Engine Field, at 1716 Main Street in Dublin as the Town Meeting location, with the ConVal High School parking lot as a backup location.