Dublin election results: Monroe takes open Select Board seat, Dunne holds onto Town Clerk position

Election Results

Tuesday, March 10

Voters on Checklist: 1206

Ballots cast: 568

Select Board

(one three-year seat)

Carole Monroe: 380 votes

Allan “Jeff” Pinney: 159 votes

School Board

(one two-year seat)

H. Alan Edelkind*: 502 votes

Budget Committee

(two three-year seats)

Nancy E. Campbell*: 478 votes

Karen Eng Vanderbilt: 445 votes

Cemetery Trustee

(one three-year seat)

Loring Catlin, Jr.*: 501 votes

Library Trustee

(two three-year seats)

Nancy Good Cayford*: 459 votes

Suzan L. Gillette: 448 votes

Planning Board

(two three-year seats)

Frederick MacMillan: 429 votes

Caleb W. Niemela*: 466 votes

Supervisor of the Checklist

(one six-year seat)

Sarah Sangermano*: 510 votes

Town Clerk/Tax Collector

(one three-year seat)

Jeannine R. Dunne*: 403 votes

Tosha Desmarais: 140 votes as write-in candidate

Trustee of Trust Funds

(one three-year seat)

Charles F. Champagne*: 490 votes

Warrant Articles

■Article 2 asks voters to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to require a conditional use permit for short term rentals where the owner or operator does not live on the premises. PASSED 314 yes to 207 no

■Article 3 asks voters to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow the Planning Board to issue conditional use permits in order to implement innovative land use controls, pursuant to state planning law. PASSED 369 yes to 139 no

■Article 4 asks voters to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to eliminate inconsistencies in the town’s wetland rules, and to clarify that the Conservation Commission gets the opportunity whenever the Planning Board considers a request for a waiver from the 100 foot wetland buffer requirement. Passed 433 yes to 92 no

Town Meeting continues Saturday, March 14

At 9 a.m. in Dublin Consolidated School, 1177 Main Street

Proposed operating budget: $2,095,373

The proposed budget is a 4.7 percent increase over the previous budget.

Saturday’s warrant articles

■Article 5 asks voters to enter a $1,300,000, 20-year bond with Consolidated Communications for municipal broadband. A two-thirds majority is required for the article to pass.

■Article 6 asks voters to accept the town’s operating budget of $2,950,373.

■Article 7 asks voters to spend $62,985 to chip seal town roads, with $45,000 allocated from the unassigned fund balance.

■Article 8 asks voters to spend $5,000 from the Town Buildings Maintenance Capital Reserve Fund to repair the step and railing at the post office.

■Article 9 asks voters to spend $201,000 to town Capital Reserve Funds, divided among the following: $10,000 to Heavy Highway Equipment, $18,000 to Police Cruiser, $30,000 to Fire Equipment, $90,000 to Road Construction, $15,000 to Bridge Repair/Replacement, and $38,000 to Town Buildings Maintenance.

■Article 10 asks voters to spend $5,000 from the Library Major Repair and Maintenance Capital Reserve Fund to add spray foam to the basement walls at the library, where mold was remediated.

■Article 11 asks voters to spend $3,600 to fund the operation and publication of the Dublin Advocate. $175 would come from the unassigned fund balance.

■Article 12 asks voters to spend $7,372 to contribute to various charitable organizations that benefit the town: Big Brothers Big Sisters ($500), Court Appointed Special Advocates ($500), Southwestern Community Services ($686), Monadnock Family Services ($1996), Home Healthcare ($1690), The River Center ($500), End 68 Hours of Hunger ($500), Community Volunteer Transportation Company ($500), and Hundred Nights ($500).

■Article 13 asks voters to spend $7,000 in support of the Dublin Community Center.

■Article 14 asks voters to spend $13,808 in contributions to expendable trust funds: $6,400 for Revaluation, $1,000 for Master Plan, $6,408 for Town Buildings Repair.

■Article 15 asks voters to allocate $175, proceeds from cemetery lot sales, to the Cemetery Trust Fund from the unassigned f  unds balance.

■Article 16 asks voters to appoint the Selectmen as agents to expend from the following Capital Reserve Funds: Town Buildings Maintenance, Police Cruiser, Bridge Repair/Maintenance, and Library  Major Repair and Maintenance. Selectmen are already agents for five other Capital Reserv e funds, this would afford the same flexibility in accessing funds for all nine Capital Reserve Funds.

■Article 17 asks voters to increase the Veteran’s Tax Credit from $500 to $750.

■Article 18 asks voters to allow an optional tax credit o f $4,000 for ve terans with a 1  00 percent military disability rating.

■Article 19 asks vo ters to hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees, and to pass any related votes.