Selectmen's Minutes
March 5, 2007
Present: Steve Moscicki, Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
6:00 pm Chairman Moscicki called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest was authorized and new invoices for future payment were reviewed and initialed.
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer's Report was read showing a balance of $47,275.62 in the checking account, $97,307.69 in the NHDIP fund and $24,000.00 in the Laconia Bank savings account. The Lyman Housing Improvement Program CD has a balance of $15,833.19 and is up for renewal at the end of the month. Trudell motioned to renew it for another 6 months until 9/30/07, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Feb 26th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- Legislative Bulletin #10 was distributed to the Board.
- North Country Council announced that, for the first time in 25 years, the State will be holding "listening sessions" on the development of the state budget and encouraged town's to voice their support for continued funding of the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP).
- PSNH is holding an informational meeting on Mar 23rd in Lancaster.
- Primex is offering an Unemployment Compensation workshop in Concord on Mar 26th.
Old Business:
- Stan Borkowski is preparing a letter to Scott Baker and Evelyn Kent based on his meeting with them Feb 28th at Ogontz.
- The annual Dodge Pond Day will be held Saturday, March 10th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the pond.
- Trudell will confirm dam safety options with the State.
New Business:
- The Board reviewed and signed the MS-5 Annual City/Town Financial Report prepared by the auditors.
- The weight of ice and snow apparently brought the telephone lines down over the weekend, along with a section of the face board they were mounted to. Verizon made the necessary repairs, but suggested the lines be relocated from under the eves to the front of the building where the electric lines come in. The Board agreed this should be done before next winter.
- Clark is preparing the PA-28 Inventory of Taxable Property forms for mailing. This year they will be sent as a flyer rather than spending time and money to put each one in an addressed envelope.
- Selectmen's minutes will no longer be forwarded to individuals as they are now available on the LymanNH.org website. Sharon Sierra will make a modification to the web page printing format, then Clark will start uploading other Town documents and forms.
- Sherry, Mary Ruppert and Paul Hatch will be meeting Thursday, Mar 8th, at 4:00 pm to work on the Emergency Preparedness Plan.
- Sherry was advised by a resident that the Town should have been flying the American flag at half-staff for 30 days at the time of Gerald Ford's death. Clark will arrange to have federal flag alerts e-mailed to the Town in the future.
- The American Flag that was flown in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and presented to the Town by Robert Pratt will either be flown or displayed at the Town Hall.
Trudell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:50 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 12th, at 6:00 pm.
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, March 13th. The polls are open from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and the Annual Town Meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
