Odds and ends

The sale of the Schofield farm at the corner of Faunce Corner Road and Old Fall River Road as an affordable housing unit fell through when both bidders declined to execute a sales agreement. Turns out the house had more problems than originally thought.

No Select Board meeting Monday due to the President's Day holiday

The Finance Committee will meet with the Police Chief and Director of the DPW to go over the FY10 budget for those departments on Thursday at 7PM at the town hall.

The Select Board has received information from the law firm which provided advice on the now infamous contracts given to eight town employees. I have not yet had the opportunity to review the materials.

Take a look at this report from the Budget and Revenue Task Force from July 2007. Pretty much ...

...lays out the same course that we are pursuing now. Sadly, we should be much further along that path. Links to the complete report here.

A case study of 311 customer service call centers can be found here. Dartmouth might use this sort of system itself or on a regional basis. The idea is to provide better service while reducing staffing at various departments.