How can we improve our town?
On behalf of the Board of Selectmen, welcome to Ideas for Brookline. The strength of our town comes from the ideas and involvement of our citizens. We need your input so that we can work together to make Brookline a better place for current and future residents.
Do you have an idea? Do you recognize a good idea when you see one? We want to hear from you…please join in the conversation!
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Procurement policies promoting "open market system"
Brookline currently, does not have any procurement polices for bidding that would promote an "open market system".
Having transparency for procurement would have:
• Well-defined regulations and procedures
open to public scrutiny
• Clear, standardized tender documents
• Documents containing complete
information
• Equal opportunity for all in the bidding
process
Why is procurement important?
If Well-Done:– Value for money for government
– Stimulates local economy
– Important regional development strategy
– Attracts investment
– Promotes equity among all competing businessesIf poorly done:
– results in waste and corruption
– distortion of the market
– unfair advantage to… more11 votesstarted ·
AdminDarrell
(Selectman, Town of Brookline, NH)
responded
we have developed and are reviewing a purchasing policy
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Tune up on the town website
Context Management System (CMS) websites have this poll feature as a plug-in modules. CMS will be part of a purposed enhancements made to the cable-committee next week. There will be a demo of Brookline-Town site using Drupal (CMS suite) next week.
CMS has huge advantages for town governments consisting of many departments. The first advantage is that it basically a "Database" of information built on SQL, second it is very secure (banks use this technique for online banking). And finally, it has a business-to-business easy access interface for each department to publish new information (polls, online forms, town forums, reports,… more9 votes -
Town Center Concept - Mixed Use Zoning
I think that the town should begin to look at establishing mixed use zoning for main street . This would allow the introduction of light retail shops and stores in the lower level of the homes along main street. The citizens benefits from having local access to goods and services. The homeowners benefit from being able to work in town. The town benefits from enhamcement and preservation of our small town culture.
6 votesstarted ·AdminDarrell
(Selectman, Town of Brookline, NH)
responded
We have established a charter for a committee to look at the zoning, community, logistics and aesthetic issues associated with establishing a town center concept. Those interested in participating on the committee should contact the town planner.
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6 votes
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Post BOS meeting videos online.
Here is a company that hosts the videos http://www.leightronix.com/streaming/pegcentral.php . The cost is reasonable and it would improve the transparency of the board. Perhaps the cable access department has sufficient funds from the fees to pay for the service (assuming they have interest in the project)? Here is another town's (Durham, NH) example of the dedicated video site for you to see an example (dedicated site is part of the service package): http://dcat.pegcentral.com/
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3 votesstarted ·AdminDarrell
(Selectman, Town of Brookline, NH)
responded
We have recently staffed town center, capital planning, and facilities committee volunteers from our town. Things are looking up :-)
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Establish a Historic District in Brookline to keep the rural New England town feel
To keep Brookline looking like a rural New England town. This concept keeps appearing on surveys, visioning, etc. Lets not turn Brookline into a town you won't recognize as "rural" with future growth. Protect our individual character.
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Compare our spending to our nearest (in size) peer, Wilton.
Our spending habits seem to be compared to Hollis. We have nothing in common with Hollis but proximity. It would make more sense if our finances were assessed in habit to Wilton. We have the highest tax rate around and it may provide some insight as to what is costing so much.
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We need to fix the traffic pattern at the intersection of Cross Rd. and Pepperell Rd.
There have been a lot of traffic accidents involving vehicles traveling west on Pepperell Rd and then turning left onto Cross Rd. There have been many ideas for changing the traffic pattern to make it safer.
3 votesunder review ·AdminDarrell
(Selectman, Town of Brookline, NH)
responded
There is a site visit with the NH DOT scheduled for Friday Oct 2 at 12:30.
We will ask the police chief to review the traffic and accident history and make a recommendation on traffic and/or safety medications (BOS meeting 6-Jun-2011)
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Purchase State boat ramp
We charge people from out of town to use our beach to pay for the milfoil issue. Because the boat ramp is state owened we cannot charge people from out of town. Right now the state is having a hard time funding these ramps and other facilities. Lets talk to them.
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