Selectmen's Minutes
June 23, 2008
Present: Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
Absent: Jim Trudell
6:00 pm Acting Chairman Moscicki called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest for June 23rd 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 $33,324.83 in the checking account, $21,625.16 in the NHDIP fund, $6,272.97 in the Laconia Bank savings account and $265,000 in the TAN.
Committee Reports & Needs:
- Clark updated the Board on highway issues on Tom Smith's behalf. Beattie finished screening sand today as they ran into gravel. Smith will determine if there is enough gravel in the current pit area to have Clough come back to do more crushing this year. Work is continuing on Bobbin Mill Rd this week.
- An e-mail from Trustee Lisa Linowes clarifying the processes and authorities currently in place for transferring funds was reviewed. A letter was prepared to the Trustees of the Trust Funds confirming that wire transfers initiated by the Treasurer are to be used to transfer funds from the general fund to the capital reserve funds. The Trustees may determine the best method for sending money from the capital reserves back into the general fund when requested by the Board of Selectmen.
Permits and Applications:
- Bldg Permit for Laura Bromley for shed for Map 170 Lot 137
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for June 16th were reviewed. Moscicki motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- North Country Council's June 2008 Points North Report was distributed to the Board.
- Sherry received information from the State of NH regarding Mitigation Assistance Programs.
- An e-mail update from Congressman Hodes was read.
- PSNH sent information on it's new approach to vegetation removal and trimming within their right of way.
Old Business:
- Clark will attend North Country Council's Quarterly Meeting June 24th and a Welfare Administrators Workshop in Laconia June 26th. The Selectmen's Office will be closed that day.
- Charles Hochmuth will start the handicapped ramp remodeling project next week.
- Clark updated the Board on current zoning violations. A vehicle was removed from the Town's right of way on Moulton Hill Road as requested. The Hurd Hill Road resident contacted last week about a possible zoning violation for excess unregistered vehicles stated that all but one are currently registered and operable.
- A letter to the owners of an outdoor wood-fired boiler that is causing smoke problems for neighbors was approved and signed. Sherry will contact NH Dept of Environmental Services to ask if they have any suggestions.
- Sherry contacted the Parker Hill Road Band about possible dates they could play at a Lyman Day event.
New Business:
Cartographic Associates Inc. sent a new map sheet layout that has been developed for the mapping project. The Selectmen have until July 7th to comment on the configuration.
Sherry motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 30th, at 6:00 pm.
