Selectmen's Minutes
February 4, 2008
Present: Steve Moscicki, Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Donna Clark, Celine Presby, Tom Smith
6:05 pm Chairman Moscicki called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest for Feb 4th 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 $63,912.85 in the checking account, $160,270.94 in the NHDIP fund and $46,175.85 in the Laconia Bank savings account.
Committee Reports & Needs:
- Road Agent Tom Smith and the Selectmen discussed highway department matters including final changes to the proposed 2008 highway budget, major road work planned for 2008, and a long-term highway equipment replacement plan that will be presented at the budget hearing and at town meeting.
- Smith will get updated prices for paving the intersection of Tinkerville and Skinny Ridge Roads, and for retaining wall blocks as that section of road should be widened before it is paved.
- Smith will review the most recent DOT Biennial Inspection of Municipally Owned Bridges report to ensure that all are properly posted.
- The highway dept may use the portable town hall generator to thaw culverts on occasion.
- The Board thanked Tom and Scott Stuart for the great job they are doing with winter road maintenance.
- The Selectmen approved Town Clerk Carol Messner's request to add $600 for Municipal Agent training to the Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector proposed budget.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Jan 28th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- Legislative Bulletin #7 and the Jan 2008 Emergency Management News were distributed to the Board.
- A Safer Road to Tomorrow sent a letter and DVD regarding the scope and impact of the deficiencies in the state's highways and bridges. They hope to inspire people to call on lawmakers to do what is necessary to improve the safety and capacity of the state's infrastructure. The Board agrees something must be done and will view the material in the near future.
- Sherry's most recent letter to representatives stating the Selectmen's position on the proposed Grafton County Correctional Facility was read. Unless postponed as requested by the Grafton County Coalition, the vote on this $40,000,000 project will take place Feb 11th.
Old Business:
- Plans to install a manual transfer switch for the portable generator at the Town Hall have been put on hold. The Town will look into acquiring an automatic propane generator that would work with the automatic transfer switch that was installed a few years ago. The problem has been that the automatic transfer switch and manual generator are incompatible.
- The Board completed work on the 2008 budget and warrant articles and reviewed the materials they will present at the Feb 5th Budget Hearing.
New Business:
- The Lisbon School District will hold a public hearing at the Lyman Town Hall Feb 13th at 7:00 pm for a $215,000 bond for repair/replacement of the school roof. The full notice is posted on the lymannh.org website.
- The Selectmen drafted a thank you letter to Rich Gould for the cemetery mowing he has done for the past two summers.
- An assessment review meeting with DRA field monitor Ron Cote and assessor Phil Bodwell is scheduled for March 24th at 4:00 pm.
- The furnace for the office portion of the Town Hall went off sometime over the weekend. It was restarted with the reset button, but Clark will report it to Stiles Fuel Co as it was recently cleaned.
- Sherry will not be available for the March 17th Selectmen's meeting.
Non-Public:
At Clark's request, Sherry made a motion to enter non-public session per RSA 91-A:3, II(c) to discuss a welfare decision taking Clark with them, 2nd by Moscicki, all in favor by roll call vote. Resumed public session. Moscicki made a motion to seal the minutes of the non-public session, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Sherry motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 pm, 2nd by Trudell, so voted all.
The 2008 Annual Budget Hearing will be held Tuesday, Feb 5th, at 7:00 pm.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Feb 11th, at 6:00 pm.
