Selectmen's Minutes
March 31, 2008
Present: Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
Other Attendees: Charles Hochmuth
6:00 pm Chairman Trudell called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifests for Mar 31st and Apr 2nd were authorized and new invoices for future payment were reviewed and initialed.
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer's Report was read showing a balance of $71,418.74 in the checking account, $61,232.44 in the NHDIP fund and $46,232.79 in the Laconia Bank savings account.
Committee Reports & Needs:
- Joe Aldrich spoke with Clark today and confirmed a 2008 price of $3.25/yd for all material (sand, gravel, stone) from either of his pits. Tom Smith will have 2008 prices for screening sand and crushing gravel for next week's meeting.
- The Cemetery Committee met Mar 26th in preparation for the spring and summer season and to organize their files.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Mar 24th were reviewed. Moscicki motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- Legislative Bulletin #15 and the March 2008 Emergency Management News were distributed to the Board.
- Brochures on LGC's 2008 Local Officials Workshops were received. The Selectmen will review the offerings and dates and make a decision about attending next week.
- Additional Roads Scholar trainings are being offered. None are of interest to the Board at this time, however, Tom Smith has signed up for the Municipal Permitting course.
- LGC HealthTrust is asking their members to contact legislators to oppose Senate Bill 468 which will increase the cost of health insurance by imposing an assessment on the carriers they and other risk management pools in the State use to obtain stop-loss insurance against catastrophic claims. After reading the material they provided, the Board agreed to have Sherry contact Lyman's state representatives and make it known they oppose the bill.
- Ray Burton's Executive Council Report #4 was read.
Old Business:
- The Joint Loss Management Committee meeting is scheduled for April 10th at noon, unless the highway crew is unavailable due to weather.
- Clark gave an update on the Cartographic mapping project. The current parcel and ownership data has been sent to Tim Fountain. He will come to the Town Office for a day to gather all deeds and plans that are on-hand to begin the process of mapping the parcels onto the base map that was created last year. Once they catalogue all the plans and surveys in the Town's possession, they will go to Grafton County and get copies of any others that have been registered over the years. Those additional plans will become the property of the Town of Lyman, which will expand our inventory of surveys greatly.
- Clark will contact Stan Borkowski and Scott Baker to set up a meeting to review the current status of the Ogontz Hall project.
Guest:
Charles Hochmuth stopped in to discuss his earlier proposal for remodeling the Town Hall's enclosed handicapped ramp. The Selectmen explained that the money in this year's budget is only enough to replace the existing plastic siding, put in some windows with shutters that are more in keeping with the look of the building and replace the outside door. He will confirm that the existing ramp is still in good shape and meets all ADA requirements and get back to the Board with a revised proposal. Mr. Hochmuth is a local builder who has also done work for the Town of Landaff and understands that the project will have to be put out for bid.
New Business:
- The Selectmen reviewed and signed the MS-2 Report of Appropriations Actually Voted from the 2008 Town Meeting.
- The Board reviewed and signed five current use change tax bills and a warrant.
- The Dept of Environmental Services will be inspecting Dodge Pond Dam this year. They will be asked to contact the Town a few days ahead of time so at least one Selectman can be on-hand for the process. Trudell will also complete a NH DES form to update the Dodge Pond Dam Operation, Maintenance and Emergency Response Plan.
Trudell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 7th, at 6:00 pm.
