Selectmen's Minutes
January 5, 2009
Present: Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
Other Attendees: Cindy Schieman
6:00pm Chairman Trudell called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifests for Dec 31st and Jan 5th 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 $129,586.16 in the WGSB checking account, $128,919.95 in the NHDIP fund and $6,281.42 in the Laconia Bank savings account.
Committee Reports & Needs:
- The Selectmen will meet with Road Agent Tom Smith next week to decide if a highway equipment purchase will be included in the 2009 proposed budget.
- Tax Collector Carol Messner's Report of Unpaid Taxes as of Dec 31, 2008 was presented to the Board.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Dec 29th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- 2009's Legislative Bulletin #1, the Jan 2009 A Safer Road to Tomorrow Newsletter, and NH Employment Security's 2008 Lyman Community Profile were distributed to the Board.
- Local Government Center's 2008 Annual Report was received.
Guest:
Cindy Schieman presented Littleton Regional Hospital's request to include a $300 appropriation in the 2009 proposed budget. She explained that over $9,500 in charitable care was provided to Lyman residents during fiscal year 2008. After a brief discussion of how this money helps the uninsured and under insured, the Board agreed to add the request to Health Agencies & Hospitals line item of the proposed budget.
Old Business:
- The Board finalized a letter to the Grafton County Delegation and Grafton County Commissioners asking that the new jail project be placed on hold until it can be re-evaluated in light of the current economic climate.
- The Skinny Ridge Rd propane tank issue and the Bobbin Mill Rd excess vehicle zoning violation have both been resolved.
- As requested last week, Clark presented a spreadsheet showing that the Town would lose about $600,000 of assessed valuation if the Current Use Board's proposed changes to forestland assessment ranges take place April 1, 2009. A letter of concern was drafted as written comments on the matter will be accepted by the Current Use Board until Jan 22nd.
- Emergency Management Director Sherry advised that the NIMSCAST survey meeting with Paul Hatch has been rescheduled for Jan 14th at 2:30pm at her house.
New Business:
- The Board approved Rebecca Fenoff's request to use the Town Hall on Jan 10th.
- A newspaper article on proposed legislation regarding beaver dams was discussed.
- The 2009 Assessing Agreement from Commerford Nieder Perkins was reviewed and signed.
- The 2008 Audit Agreement from Plodzik & Sanderson was reviewed and signed, and the Board completed the 2008 Audit Risk Assessment paperwork.
- A draft of the 2007 audit has finally been received. Clark and Trudell will review it, then present it to the rest of the Board.
- The Town Offices will be closed Monday, Jan 19th, for the Martin Luther King Jr holiday. The Selectmen will not meet that evening.
Trudell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Jan 12th, at 6:00 pm.
