The Town of Charlton Board of Selectmen held and closed a public hearing Dec. 10 and approved a petition from Massachusetts Electric Company (d/b/a National Grid) and Verizon New England to install one joint utility pole on Carol Hill Road to serve two new residential homes.

Town staff reported that the police chief and the highway superintendent reviewed the proposal and raised no objections. The hearing notice described the proposed pole location as approximately 121.26 feet north of the centerline of the Worcester Road–Carol Hill Road intersection and referenced installation of a pole labeled P35-50 in the public way to service two residences.

A member of the board moved to close the public hearing; the board voted unanimously to close and then voted to approve the petition. The transcript records the approval vote as unanimous.

The board instructed staff to file the approval and the notice in the town records. No members of the public registered objections during the hearing.