GOVERNOR AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGENDA
BUSINESS
FINANCE AUTHORITY
#1 Authorize to hold a Public Hearing to
approve an award of a State Guarantee under RSA 162-A:13 with respect to a loan
from Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank and Littleton Consumer Cooperative
Society, Inc. in Littleton, New Hampshire. Action will authorize a Resolution
under RSA 162-A: 18 to determine the financing will serve a public use provide
public benefit and is within the policy and authority of the Act.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY
#2 Authorize
to enter into agreement with the Town of Littleton, 125 Main Street, Suite 200,
Littleton, NH, to assist the Littleton Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc. (the
Co-op), a NH Non-Profit corporation, with the construction of a retail grocery
store at 269 Cottage Street in Littleton, NH, in the amount of $500,000. Effective upon G&C approval until
#3 Authorize
under the Community Development Block Grant program to enter into an agreement
with the Town of
#4 Authorize under the Community
Development Block Grant program to enter in an agreement with the City of
OFFICE OF ENERGY AND PLANNING
#5 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with US Geological Survey,
#6 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with North Country Council,
#7 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with UNH,
#8 Authorize to enter into a Memorandum
of Agreement with the Department of Environmental Services,
#9 Authorize
to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Resources and
Economic Development,
#10 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with Southern New Hampshire Services,
#11 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with Strafford County Community Action Committee, Inc.,
#12 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc.,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
#13 Authorize to issue a warrant from funds not otherwise appropriated and the State Treasurer to issue checks in the amount of $81,954.10 to the rightful owners of abandoned or unclaimed funds.
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
#14 Authorize
Division of Arts to enter into a service agreement with Ralph Lewis, Concord,
NH, for the construction of a shelving unit at the New Hampshire State Council
on the Arts to protect and store pieces in the State’s Collection in the amount
of $3,225. Effective upon G&C
approval through
OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
#15 Authorize
the reclassification of Position Number 10056, Building and Grounds Utility
Person, Labor Grade 8, to a Maintenance Mechanic II, Labor Grade 12. This position became vacant on
#16 Authorize
Robert J. Howe,
#17 Authorize
Major Christopher E. Cieurzo,
#18 Authorize
Major Nicholas S. Adler,
#19 Authorize
#20 Authorize
Bryan C. Gray,
#20A Authorize
Major Michael A. Domingue,
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
#21 Authorize
Risk Management Unit, to enter into a contract with the Segal Company Eastern
States,
#22 Authorize
Bureau of General Services to enter into a contract with PJD Striping, 20 White
Birch Road, Barnstead, NH, for parking lot striping services, total cost not to
exceed $10,750. Effective upon G&C
approval for a two-month period commencing July 16, 2008 and expiring on
September 16, 2008. 97%Transfer Funds, 3% General Funds.
#23 Authorize
to enter into a statewide agreement with Paymentech, LLC of Dallas, Texas to
provide financial card processing services.
The contract will begin on
#24 Authorize
Bureau of Public Works Design & Construction to enter into an agreement
with TF Moran, Inc.,
#25 Authorize
Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with
Federal Construction Corporation, 50 Salem St., Building A, Lynnfield, MA, for
upgrades to the latrines at the Army National Guard located in Milford, NH in
an amount not to exceed $216,800.
Effective upon G&C approval through
#25A Authorize
Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract
amendment with Westfield Construction Company, Inc., PO Box 129, Swanzey, NH,
by increasing the contract amount by $20,702 from $1,128, 283 to $1,148,985 for
additional work to the office and maintenance garage renovations and additions,
at the District 4 Office Building, Swanzey, NH.
Effective upon G&C approval through August 15, 2008. 100%
Highway Funds
#25B Authorize
Bureau of Public Works Design & Construction to enter into a contract with
James J. Welch and Co., Inc., 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA, for renovations at
the Eastern States Exposition Building, West Springfield, MA, for a total price
not to exceed $140,027. Effective upon
G&C approval through November 1, 2008, unless extended by the Department in
accordance with the contract documents.
(2)Further authorize that a contingency in the amount of $8,507 be
approved for unanticipated expense, bringing the total to $148,534. 100%
General Funds
#25C Authorize to
contract with Johnson Controls, Inc., Manchester, NH, to rent and install a
temporary chiller to provide cooling for the Health and Human Services Building
in a total amount not to exceed $43,200.
Effective upon G&C approval and end on October 15, 2008. 100%
Other Funds (Contractual Maintenance)
#25D Authorize to
enter into a contract with Pellowe Construction, Alton, NH, for renovations to
the State House Dining room for a not to exceed price of $105,926. Effective upon G&C approval through
October 31, 2008, unless extended by the Department in accordance with the
contract documents. (2)Further authorize
that a contingency in the amount of $10,500 be approved for unanticipated
expenses related to the renovations to the dining room bringing the total to
$116,426. 100% General Funds
NH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, MARKETS & FOOD
#26 Authorize Division of Animal Industry, to accept and expend grant funds from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be used to identify, educate, assist, test and document groups of birds that are presently unidentified and at risk for undetected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the amount of $15,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#27 Authorize
Division of Plant Industry to accept and expend grant funds from the USDA,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey
to be utilized for pest detection survey in the amount of $30,000. Effective upon G&C approval through
December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#28 Authorize Division of Plant Industry to accept and expend grant funds from the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to be used to provide financial assistance to the State for Scrapie Disease surveillance, flock certification, education for flock owners and veterinarians, and supporting the fairs in maintaining isolation pens and education to maintain a Scrapie Disease free environment in the amount of $3,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#29 Authorize to accept and expend funds from the UNH, Durham, NH, to assist NHDAMF in the maintenance and expansion of its computer website to include a section about farm risk management and crop insurance, along with other marketing activities and improvements, coordinating/sponsoring two risk management workshops for New Hampshire producers, and News Alerts in the Weekly Market Bulletin in the amount of $35,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Agency Inc.
#30 Authorize
the NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Green
Mountain Conservation Group, Effingham, for the Ossipee Watershed Source Water
Protection Project in the amount of $15,000.
Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2009. 100%
Conservation Number Plate Funds.
#31 Authorize
NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Acton Wakefield
Watersheds Alliance, Union, NH, for the Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance
Youth Conservation Corps Streams Project in the amount of $46,387. Effective upon G&C approval through
December 31, 2008. 100% Conservation Number Plate funds.
#32 Authorize
NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Trust for Public
Land, Boston, MA, for the Isinglass River Conservation Initiative Project, Town
of Strafford in the amount of $40,000.
Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100%
Conservation Number Plate funds.
#33 Authorize
NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Town of
Greenland, NH, for the Winnicut River Dam Removal Project in Greeland in the
amount of $50,000. Effective upon
G&C approval through December 31, 2009.
100% Conservation Number Plate
funds.
#34 Authorize NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Chocorua Lake Conservation Foundation, Providence, RI, for the Remediation of shoreline retreat and soil erosion in the Grove at Chocorua Lake Project in the amount of $22,500. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2009. 100% State Funds.
#35 Authorize
the NH State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the Town of
Freedom, NH, for the Freedom Town Forest, Trout Pond Project in the amount of
$10,800. Effective upon G&C approval
through June 30, 2010. 100% Conservation Number Plate Funds.
#35A Authorize Division of Animal Industry to accept and expend grant funds from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be used to provide financial assistance to the State in conducting an evaluation of the existing surveillance systems as well as sample collecting, surveillance, training and education for the Animal Health Monitoring System in the amount of $9,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008.
100% Federal Funds.
#35B Authorize
Division of Animal Industry to accept and expend grant funds from the USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be used to provide financial
assistance to the State in conducting risk assessments, testing, surveillance,
training and education for the Johnes Disease Program in the amount of
$21,174. Effective upon G&C approval
through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#35C Authorize
the New Hampshire State Conservation Committee to enter into a grant with the
Town of Brookline, NH, in the amount of $16,759 for the Brookline Trails
Improvement Project. Effective upon
G&C approval through December 31, 2009.
100% Conservation Number Plate
Funds.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
#36 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
with Alexander Chirkov, MD, PhD of Lincoln, RI, to conduct autopsies as needed
in the absence of the State Medical Examiner and the Deputy Chief Medical
Examiner for an amount not to exceed $15,000.
Effective July 1, 2008 or the date of G&C approval, whichever is
later, through September 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.
#37 Authorize to retroactively reappoint Stephen G. LaBonte as an Assistant Attorney General, at a salary level of $55,437.46. Effective May 21, 2008 through May 21, 2013.
#38 Authorize
to enter into a subgrant with All “R” Kids Visitation Center from the
previously accepted 2006 Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant
Program, designed to provide services for women and children in NH who are
victims of violent crimes in the amount of $3,550. Effective upon G&C approval through
September 30, 2008. 100% Federal funding.
#39 Authorize Department
of Justice to enter into subgrants totaling $17,333 with the agencies as
detailed in letter dated June 30, 2008, from the previously accepted 2006
Violence Against Women Formula Grant, designed to provide services for women in
NH who are victims of violent crimes.
Effective upon G&C approval through May 31, 2009. 100%
Federal Funds.
#40 Authorize to reappoint Glenn A. Perlow, as an Assistant Attorney General, at a salary level of $68,494.66. Effective July 31, 2008 through July 31, 2013.
#41 Authorize to reappoint Esther Bixler Piszczek, as an Assistant Attorney General, at a salary level of $67,576.86. Effective July 31, 2008 through July 31, 2013.
#42 Authorize to grant a salary raise to Peter Hinckley, Attorney of $2,000, making his salary $72,000. Effective upon G&C approval.
#43 Authorize to appoint Evan J. Mulholland as an Assistant Attorney General, at a salary level of $59,994.34. Effective July 17, 2008 through July 17, 2013.
#44 Authorize Department
of Justice to amend the federal award received from the Federal Bureau of
Justice Assistance for 2005 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program,
(previously approved by G&C on June 22, 2005, by extending the end date
only, from September 30, 2008, to a new end date of September 30, 2009 with no
increase in funding) utilized in support of residential substance abuse
treatment programs for adult and juvenile state offenders incarcerated at the
Sununu Youth Services Center and at four county jails. Effective upon G&C approval. 100%
Federal Funds.
#45 Authorize the petition of Bruce Edward Houle, requesting a pardon hearing for the offense of Criminal Threatening should be granted. Please be advised that, pursuant to RSA 651:5, the petitioner is not eligible for an annulment until January 2, 2018.
#45A Authorize Department of Justice to conduct a daylong pre-conference Child Advocacy Center Summit for the county multidisciplinary child abuse investigative teams, scheduled for September 24, 2008, and a two-day advanced conference scheduled for September 25-26, 2008, entitled the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Both events to be held at the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel, Bartlett, NH, at a cost not to exceed $80,039.40. This amount will be paid in part from registration fees, paid by up to 300 attendees through December 30, 2008. 52% Agency Income, 48% Federal Funds. (2)Further authorize the Department of Justice to accept and expend registration fees for the two-day advanced training conference, noted in request action #1 above, in the amount of $135 from each of an estimated 300 participants, for a total amount not to exceed $40,500 to help defray the cost of this conference and facility expenses. Effective upon G&C approval through December 30, 2008.
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
#46 Authorize to accept and place on file
the Departments 2007 Annual Report.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
#47 Authorize the Division of Administration to retroactively reclassify filled position, number 12934, Corrections Sergeant, Labor Grade 18 ($47,440.64) to a Hearings Officer, Labor Grade 26 ($51,480). Effective upon G&C approval retroactive to March 28, 2008. Funding for this position will be absorbed through hiring lags and/or vacancies of additional PAU’s.
LIQUOR COMMISSION
#48 Authorize the reclassification of Position number 14046, Retail Store Manager II, labor grade 17 to Advertising Specialist, labor grade 25 in the Marketing and Merchandising Department at NHLC headquarters in Concord, NH. 100% General Funds.
DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
#49 Authorize
Division of Parks and Recreation to retroactively enter into contract with the
Town of Bristol Police Department, Bristol, NH, for traffic control at
Wellington Lake State Park in the amount of $3,600. Effective from July 1, 2008 through August
31, 2008. 100% Park Funds.
#50 Authorize
Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into a contract amendment with
Bolen’s Septic, Stewartstown, NH, by increasing the contract amount by $1,000
from $3,846 to $4,846 to add portable toilet service at Jericho Mountain State
Park. (previously approved by G&C on
May 7, 2008, Item #32). 100 % Trails Funds.
#51 Authorize Bureau of Trails to enter into Grant-in-Aid Trail Maintenance and Equipment Contracts with OHRV clubs in the amount of $258,569.30 as detailed in letter dated July 16, 2008. Effective upon G&C approval through January 1, 2009. 100% Trails Bureau Funds.
#52 Authorize
Bureau of Trails to enter into Grant-in Aid Trail Maintenance and Equipment
Contracts with the Snowmobile Clubs in the amount of $2,038,028.75 as detailed
in letter dated July 16, 2008. Effective
upon G&C approval through January 1, 2009.
100% Trails Bureau Funds.
NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME
#53 Authorize to enter into a sole source contract with Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, NH, for the continuation of an urban wildlife education outreach effort from Amoskeag Fishways in the amount of $11,000.
Effective from G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100%
Other Funds (Conservation License Plate).
#53A Authorize Ms. Katherine E. Mills, Biologist II, Research Coordinator in our Marine Division, an unpaid leave of absence beginning August 15, 2008 through January 1, 2009.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
#54 Authorize
to enter into a sole source contract
amendment with Weston Solutions, Inc., Manchester, NH, (previously approved by
G&C on January 16, 2008, Item #48) to cover additional cleanup activities
at the OK Tool/Savage Well Superfund Site in Milford, NH, by increasing the
contract amount by $753,846, from $589,383 to $1,343,229, and extending the
completion date to September 30, 2009 from December 31, 2008. 90%
Federal Funds and 10% Capital Funds.
#55 Authorize
to enter into a grant agreement with Fay’s Boat Yard, Inc., Gilford, NH, to pay
for operation and maintenance costs for the boat sewage pumpout station in the
amount of $1,000. Effective upon G&C
approval through January 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
#56 Authorize
to enter into a Joint Funding Agreement with the US Geological Survey,
Pembroke, NH, to complete a preliminary analysis of water level trends in the
amount of $5,000. Effective from August
15, 2008 to September 30, 2009. 100% Drinking Water Federal State Revolving
Loan Fund.
#57 Authorize to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services, Public Health Laboratories, Concord, NH, to perform laboratory services in the amount of $58,640. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% General Funds.
#58 Authorize
to enter into an agreement with the Granite Lake Association Inc., Bennington, NH,
to complete the Granite Lake Watershed Management Plan Project in the amount of
$50,000. Effective upon G&C approval
through December 31, 2011. 100% Federal Funds.
#59 Authorize
to approve Original Loan Agreement between the Department and Pennichuck East
Utility, Inc., to finance water system improvements at the Maple Hills Development
in Derry, in the amount of $595,000. Subject
to conditions as outlined in letter of July 2, 2008, under the provisions of
RSA 486:14 and NH Admin Rules Env-Dw 1100.
Effective upon G&C approval. 100% State Revolving Loan Funds.
#60 Authorize NH Department of Transportation’s request to replace an existing timbered bridge by increasing the width by 14 ft and the span from 148 to 160 ft, reconstruct 485 ft of road using stone fill and provide a gravel walkway for kayakers and canoeists impacting a total of 53,966 sq ft of previously disturbed tidal buffer zone, estuarine intertidal unconsolidated shore and estuarine emergent wetlands in Seavey Creek in Rye. This approval is contingent on receipt by DES of a onetime payment of $14,216.22 to the DES Aquatic Resource Mitigation Fund.
#61 Authorize Richard R. Easson’s request to repair an existing breakwater, 4 ft x 45 ft cantilevered pier, and a 4 ft x 36 ft walkway along the shore, remove two 4 ft x 30 ft seasonal docks, install a 6 ft x 40 ft seasonal dock at the northeast end of the walkway, and construct 4 ft wide wooden lake access stairs on 249 ft of frontage on Barndoor Island in Alton on Lake Winnipesaukee.
#62 Authorize Stephen Skoglund’s request to add an 8 ft x 20 ft float section to an existing 8 ft x 30 ft floating dock and relocate two existing pilings to the end of a new float section to accommodate docking a larger boat at this existing fixed timber pier located on 310 ft of shoreline frontage on Little Harbor in Rye.
#63 Authorize Loverud-Wolfeboro Realty Trust’s request to replace an existing 2 slip, 40 ft 2 in x 40 ft 6 in boathouse and associated crib supported docking structures with a 38 ft x 38 ft boathouse with 2 interior slips supported by a “W” shaped, crib supported docking facility consisting of a 16 ft x 66 ft pier, a 6 ft x 34 ft pier and a 12 ft x 52 ft pier connected by a 55 ft walkway measuring 18 ft in width at its widest point accessed by a 6 ft x 17 ft walkway on an average of 350 ft of frontage in Winter Harbor on Lake Winnipesaukee, in Wolfeboro.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
New Hampshire Hospital
#64 Authorize
to reclassify position #16130 from the level of Clerk IV, salary grade 12, to
the level of an Administrative Secretary, salary grade 14. 68%
General Funds, 32% Federal Funds.
Division of Children, Youth & Families
#65 Authorize
to retroactively amend a contract with NFI North, Contoocook, NH, (previously
approved by G&C on November 10, 2004 Item #88, June 21, 2006 Item #149 and
June 27, 2007 Item #276), by increasing the price limitation by $1,359,696, from
$4,621,557 to $5,981,253 and by extending the completion date from June 30,
2008 to June 30, 2009, for the provision of a 15-bed male short-term staff
secure shelter care facility. 50% General Funds, 24% Federal Funds, 26%
Other Funds.
Division of Public Health Services
#66 Authorize Bureau of Community Health Services, Community Public Health Development Section to enter into an agreement with Bi-State Primary Care Association, Inc., 3 South Street, Concord, NH, to provide technical assistance in order to strengthen state-funded community health centers’ capability and capacity to respond to emergencies in an amount not to exceed $39,922. Effective July 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 74% Federal Funds, 26% General Funds.
#67 Authorize
Kathryn Frey, Division of Public Health Services to participate in Leadership
New Hampshire Class of 2009, further authorize payment to Leadership New
Hampshire, 2 Delta Drive, Suite 302, Concord, NH, to cover tuition for period
July 17, 2008 to June 30, 2009 in the amount of $3,500. Effective upon G&C approval. 100%
Federal Funds.
#68 Authorize
Bureau of Prevention Services, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention
Section, to exercise a contract renew and amend option with Sullivan County, 14
Main Street, Newport, NH, (previously approved by G&C on June 27, 2007,
Item #245), by increasing the Price Limitation by $38,000 from $38,000 to
$76,000 to provide substance abuse prevention services, and extend the
Completion Date to June 30, 2009.
Effective July 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is
later. 100% General Funds.
#69 Authorize
Bureau of Prevention Services, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention
Section to enter into a sole source
agreement with Mascoma Valley Health Initiative, PO Box 102, Canaan, NH, to
provide tobacco prevention and control
initiatives in an amount not to exceed $17,250.
Effective July 1, 2008 or date of G&C approval whichever is later,
through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
Division of Juvenile Justice Services
#70 Authorize
to enter into a contract with Annette Escalante, LADC, 29 Haig Street,
Manchester, NH, to provide drug and alcohol counseling to indentified youth and
their families in an amount not to exceed $38,340. Effective upon G&C approval through
September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#71 Authorize
to enter into a contract with Northeast Turf Services, Inc., PO Box 339,
Barrington, RI to furnish and install synthetic grass within the secure
courtyard at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center in an amount not to
exceed $37,200. Effective upon G&C
approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Capital Appropriation.
Bureau of Behavioral Health
#72 Authorize to amend contract with the Trustees of Dartmouth College, (Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School), One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, (previously approved by G&C on February 8, 2006, Item #56), to provide mental Illness Management and Recovery Services by increasing the price limit by $50,272 from $385,120 to $435,392. Effective July 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later. (2)Further authorize extending the original contract date from June 30, 2008, through June 30, 2009 and the Trustees of Dartmouth College be allowed to carry over any unexpended funds from SFY 2008 to SFY 2009. Effective July 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later. 100% Federal Funds.
Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services
#73 Authorize
to enter into a retroactive contract renewal option with My Friend’s Place, 368
Washington Street, Dover, NH, (previously approved by G&C on June 27, 2007
Item #188), to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to
exceed $40,193 from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Effective upon G&C approval. 100%
Federal Funds.
#73A Authorize to enter into a retroactive Agreement with Southwestern Community Services, Inc., PO Box 603, Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in the amount of $86,390, retroactive to April 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
#74 Authorize to amend a contract with Performance Pathways, Mechanicsburg, PA, (previously approved on February 7, 2007, Item #98) in an additional amount not to exceed $122,800, a total contract cost not to exceed $994,133, for the period of August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009, to purchase a statewide license for Assessment Builder as priced in contract dated May 22, 2008 and to purchase twelve regional trainings for Assessment Builder,
100% Federal Funds.
#74A Authorize to grant funds to the International Institute of Boston-NH, Manchester, NH, in the amount of $50,748.95 for the period of September 1, 2008 or date of G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009 and authorize unencumbered payment of said grant with internal accounting control within the Department of Education. The funds granted by this action will be used to provide English as a Second Language and English Language/Civics Education classes at the International Institute of Boston-NH, 315 Pine Street, Manchester, NH.
100% Federal Funds.
POLICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL
#75 Authorize
to retroactively enter a service agreement with Zero Waste, Inc. for trash
pick-up service at the NH Police Standards and Training Council from July 1,
2008 to June 30, 2009 in the amount of $2808.
100% Other (penalty assessment
fund).
DEPARTMENT OF
SAFETY
#76 Authorize
Division of Safety Services to enter into a sole source retroactive contract with DG Roofing, Inc., St. Johnsbury,
VT, for emergency roof repair of the Safety Services Building, Gilford, NH, in the amount of
$4,320. Effective upon G& C
approval, retroactive to March 6, 2008. 100% Navigation Safety Fund.
#77 Authorize
Division of Fire Safety to grant a total amount of $47,763 to the Regional
Hazardous Materials Teams and Emergency Services as detailed in letter of July
3, 2008, for activities associated with the development and implementation of
emergency plans under the Emergency Planning and Right-To-Know Act. Effective upon G&C approval through
September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#78 Authorize Division of Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services to retroactively amend the agreement, (previously approved by G&C August 31, 2005, Item #191), with Simplex Grinnell, LP, by increasing the contract amount by $2,003.46 from $69,824.31 to $71,827.77, to cover the cost of unanticipated emergency repairs for the Division of Fire Standards and Training & Emergency Medical Services and the Division of State Police. Effective upon G&C approval retroactive to December 27, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 74% Fire & EMS Fund, 8% General Fund and 18% Highway Fund. (2)Further authorize Division of Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services to retroactively pay $1,473.01 and the Division of State Police to retroactive pay $530.45 for a total of $2003.46 to Simplex Grinnell, LP from SFY09 funds for a SFY08 obligation. Effective upon G&C approval. 74% Fire & EMS Fund, 8% General Fund and 18% Highway Fund.
#79 Authorize
Division of State Police to accept and expend an agreement from the US
Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, to defray costs
relating to the eradication and suppression of illicit marijuana in the amount
of $19,000. Effective upon G&C
approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.
#80 Authorize to open a regular checking account with the Passumpsic Savings Bank, Lancaster, NH for use as a holding account for revenues collected by the Lancaster, Dalton, Jefferson, Carroll and Whitefield Municipal Agents. Effective upon G&C approval.
#81 Authorize to open a regular checking account with the Profile Bank, Sanbornville, NH for use as a holding account for revenues collected by the Wakefield Municipal Agent. Effective upon G&C approval.
#82 Authorize
Division of Fire Safety to retroactively enter into a no cost contract
amendment with National Infrastructure Institute, Center for Infrastructure
Expertise, Portsmouth, NH, by extending the end date only of the contract from
June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2009 (concurs with grant end date of June 30, 2009),
for the research and development study of emergency service capabilities in the
State of New Hampshire. Effective upon
G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
#83 Authorize
Division of Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services to
enter into a two-year contract with R & T Electric, Inc., Concord, NH, to
provide electrical maintenance services for the Division in an amount not to
exceed $20,000. Effective upon G&C
approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Fire and EMS Fund.
#84 Authorize the Departments of Safety, Environmental Services and the Office of Information Technology to enter into a five year agreement with ZyTax, One Greenway Plaza, Suite 310, Houston, TX, for the procurement, implementation and maintenance of a Commercial Off The Shelf software package to replace the current Road Toll System in the amount of $1,613,693. Effective upon G&C approval thorough June 30, 2013, with the option to extend for an additional period through December 31, 2014. 66.67% Highway Fund and 33.33% Oil Funds.
#84A Authorize
Division of Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services to
retroactively pay Peter J. Donovan, 61 Jodrie lane, Milan, NH, for payroll,
benefits and mileage totaling $616.64 for work performed as a part-time
instructor on May 27, & 31; June 1, 3 & 5, 2008, using SFY09 funds to
pay SFY08 obligation. Effective upon
G&C approval. 100% Revolving Fund (Fire and EMS Fund)
#84B Authorize Division
of State Police to retroactively pay Trooper Jesse Sherrill the two grade
increase for assignment as a troop detective at Troop F, in the amount of
$413.94 for salary and $52.36 for benefits.
Effective May 2, 2008 the date of assignment, through June 5, 2008,
using SFY09 funds, for services provided in SFY08. Effective upon G&C approval. 81%
Highway, 19% Turnpike.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATON
#85 Authorize to accept and place on file the Department’s Monthly Equipment Acquisition Plan status report for the period ending June 30, 2008.
#86 Authorize
to enter into agreements with Central NH Regional Planning Commission, 28
Commercial Street, Concord, NH, Southern NH Planning Commission, 438 Dubuque
Street, Manchester, NH, Rockingham Planning Commission, 156 Water Street,
Exeter, NH, and Nashua Regional Planning Commission, 115 Main Street, Nashua,
NH for the purpose of providing continued planning assistance to the 26
communities participating in the Community Technical Assistance Program through
the I-93 Expansion project in the amount of $1,101,000. Effective upon G&C approval through
August 1, 2010. 80% Federal Funds, 20% Highway Funds.
#87 Authorize the reclassification of Position’s 21808 & 21811, Engineering Technician I, Labor Grade 10, to Transportation Management Communications Specialist I, Labor Grade 12. Funding to support this increase is available in the Bureau of Traffic-TMC budget for 2009.
#88 Authorize Bureau of Right-of-Way to pay various owners $7,180 as documented in the Contemplated Awards List for amount greater than $5,000 for the period extending from June 11, 2008 through June 30, 2008. Effective upon approval by G&C.
#89 Authorize to grant a permanent septic loading easement consisting of eight and thirty-three hundredths (8.33) acres to Alexander Ray, abutting property owner, to meet septic loading requirements for the continued operation of the Common Man Restaurant and historic buildings located on the property. This easement is being requested as part of the negotiations for the acquisition necessary for the Salem-Manchester 10418-C project.
#90 Authorize to sell 2,000 square foot parcel of State owned land located in the Town of Windham to James and Norma Hines for $6,000 plus $1,100 Administrative Fee. Effective upon G&C approval.
#91 Authorize
to enter into a contract with The Scott Lawson Group Ltd, Environmental, Health
& Safety Consultants, 20 Chenelle Drive, Concord, for preliminary site
examinations to sample and quantify suspect Asbestos-Containing Building
Materials, and visually indentify and quantify other hazardous or regulated
wastes associated with the statewide acquisition program based on unit bid
prices for a total cost not to exceed $300,000 or the expiration of 3 years
from the date of G&C approval through August 30, 2011. 80%
Federal Funds, 20% Highway Funds.
#92 Authorize to sell a State owned homestead on a 0.68 acre parcel of land located at 11 Elizabeth Lane, Salem to Vyachesrav Tymchenko and Olena Tymchenko for $300,000 plus $1,100 for Administrative Fee. Effective upon G&C approval. (2)Further authorize to compensate The Masiello Group from the proceeds of the subject sale in the amount of $15,000 for real estate services. Effective upon G&C approval.
#93 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the Pease Development Authority to
purchase property on Little Bay Road, Newington, NH, State and Federal
participation in the amount of $477,000.
Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2013. 95%
Federal Funds, 5% State Funds.
#94 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the City of Manchester, NH, for the
terminal apron repairs at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. State and Federal participation in the amount
of $1,045,957. Effective up G&C
approval through June 30, 2012. 93.75% Federal Funds, 6.25% General Funds.
#95 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding
to the City of Manchester, NH, for the second phase of sand and snow-removal
equipment storage building construction, fuel storage replacement, and deicing
fluid storage at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. State and Federal participation in the amount
of $193,237. Effective upon G&C
approval through June 30, 2012. 93.76% Federal Funds, 6.25% General Funds.
#96 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the City of Lebanon, NH, for AIP-35
to procure an ADA boarding ramp; procure snow-removal equipment; and install
enhanced taxiway-centerline and runway-hold position markings. State and Federal participation in the amount
of $135,639. Effective upon G&C
approval through June 30, 2012. 97.44% Federal Funds, 2.56% General Funds.
#97 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics of amend a grant to City of Lebanon, NH, to cover costs
for environmental mitigation associated with the construction of the South
General Aviation Parking Ramp and connecting taxiway. State and Federal participation in the amount
of $168,187.50. Effective upon G&C
approval through July 31, 2012. 97.44% Federal Funds, 2.56% General Funds.
#98 Authorize
Bureau of Aeronautics to enter into contract with Sealcoating, Inc, Hingham, MA,
to seal and repair pavement cracks at Boire Field, Nashua and Dillant-Hopkins
Airport, Keene in an amount not to exceed $97,795. Effective upon G&C approval through June
30, 2011. 95% Federal Funds, 5% General Funds.
#99 Authorize
Bureau of Rail & Transit to enter into an operating agreement with Jalbert
Leasing, Inc., Portsmouth, NH, to provide daily commuter bus service between
Dover, NH and Boston, MA and to manage and operate a bus terminal and park and
ride lot at Indian Brook Drive, Dover in an amount not to exceed $997,500. Effective upon G&C approval through
December 31, 2018 with the option to renew for an additional five-year period
subject to G&C approval. 100% Federal Funds.
#100 Authorize
Bureau of Turnpikes to enter into contract with CWS Fence & Guardrail
Company, Andover, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $148,932.50 for repair of
damaged beam guardrail on the Blue Star, Central and Spaulding Turnpike system,
from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010, with option to renew for an additional
two-year period subject to G&C approval.
100% Turnpike Funds.
#101 Authorize
Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract amendment with Brox Industries,
Inc, Dracut, MA, by increasing the contract amount by $240,000, from
$1,714,022.50 to $1,954,022.50 for roadway resurfacing of 7.52 miles of the
Blue Star Turnpike in Seabrook and Hampton Falls and Spaulding Turnpike, Dover
and Rochester. Effective upon G&C
approval. 100% Turnpike Funds.
#102 Authorize Bureau of Construction to enter a contract amendment with Brox Industries, Inc., Dracut, MA, by increasing the contract amount by $475,000 from $3,983,701 to $4,458,701 for pavement rehabilitation and bridge rehabilitation along I-93/I-293/NH101 in the City of Manchester and I-293/NH 101 in the Town of Bedford. Effective upon G&C approval. 90% Federal Funds and 10% State Highway Funds under the Interstate Pavement Preservation Program for the work on I-93 and I-293 and 80% Federal Funds and 20% State Highway Funds under the Federal Resurfacing Program for the work on NH Route 101.
#103 Authorize
Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract amendment with Modern
Protective Coatings, Inc., Hudson, NH, by increasing the contact amount by
$150,000, from $424,418 to $574,418 for the repainting of two steel
through-plate girder bridges on NH Rte 49 and US Rte 3 in Campton, NH. Effective upon G&C approval. 100%
State Highway Funds.
#104 Authorize
Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract amendment with Pike Industries,
Inc, Belmont, NH, by increasing the contract amount by $200,000 from $2,772,847
to $2,972,847 for roadway rehabilitation on US Route 202/NH 9 beginning east of
Rush Road in Henniker proceeding east 7.3 miles to Putney Hill Road,
Hopkinton. Effective upon G&C
approval. 80% Federal Funds, 20% State Highway Funds.
#105 Authorize
Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract amendment with Lane
Construction Corp, Cheshire, CT, by increasing the contract amount by $250,000
from $2,837,003 to $3,087,003 for roadway and bridge rehabilitation on NH Route
12 in Keene and Surry. Effective upon
G&C approval. 80% Federal Funds, 20% State Highway Funds.
#106 Authorize Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with The Gorman Group, LLC, Albany, NY, on the basis of a low bid of $1,049,331 for pavement rehabilitation on I-93 in the Towns of Thornton and Woodstock between Exits 29 and 30. Effective upon G&C approval through September 12, 2008 unless extended by the Department in accordance with the Standard Specifications. 90% Federal Funds, 10% Highway Funds. (2)Further authorize that a contingency in the amount of $104,933.10 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the construction of the project. The contingency requested is 10% of the contract amount and is reasonable for projects of this type.
#107 Authorize Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with CWS Fence & Guardrail Company, Andover, NH, on the basis of low bid of $432,071 for guardrail replacement along the F. E. Everett Turnpike, Nashua and Merrimack and along I-93 northbound from Bow to Concord. Effective from G&C approval through October 3, 2008 unless extended by the Department in accordance with the Standard Specifications. 100% Turnpike Funds. (2)Further authorize that a contingency in the amount of $43,207 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the construction of the project. The contingency requested is 10% of the contract amount and is reasonable for projects of this type.
#108 Authorize
Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Pike Industries, Inc.,
Belmont, NH, on the basis of low bid of $2,134,582 for pavement rehabilitation
on I-93 between Exit 18 in Canterbury and Exit 19 in Northfield. Effective upon G&C approval through
September 26, 2008 unless extended by the Department in accordance with the
Standard Specifications. 90% Federal Funds, 10% Highway Funds.
#109 Authorize Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with R. S. Audley, Inc., Bow, NH, on the basis of low bid of $1,099,916.75 for rehabilitation of NH Route 127 bridge over a spillway channel in Hopkinton. Effective upon G&C approval through July 24, 2009 unless extended by the Department in accordance with the Standard Specifications. 100% Bonded Betterment Funds. (2)/Further authorize that a contingency in the amount of $109,991.68 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the construction of the project. The contingency requested is 10% of the contract amount and is reasonable for projects of this type.
#110 Authorize Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Beck & Bellucci, Inc., Franklin, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $1,554,885.25 for rehabilitation of the bridge that carries US 301/N 10 over the Ammonoosuc River. Effective upon G&C approval through October 30, 2009 unless extended by the Department in accordance with the Standard Specifications. 100% Betterment Funds. (2)Further authorize that a contingency in the amount of $155,488.53 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the construction of the project. The contingency requested is 10% of the contract amount and is reasonable for projects of this type.
#111 Authorize to enter into an Agreement with Clough Harbour & Associates LLP, Keene, NH, for on-call engineering and design services for various transportation projects throughout the State in the amount of $500,000.
Effective upon G&C approval, through August 31, 2011. This type of consulting agreement will be funded from the monies allocated to specific transportation-related projects.
A. EDUCATION – Request permission to pay New England College, Henniker, NH, the sum of $1,263.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Lillian Emerson, Grants & Contracts Technician, in the course entitled “Governmental Policy Makers I-Congress, State & Local Government”.
B. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – Business Operations – Request permission to pay New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH, the sum of $582.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Tricia Foster, Supervisor I, in the course entitled “Accounting I”.
C. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – Business Operations – Request permission to pay New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH, the sum of $582.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Pamela W. Moulton, Accounting Technician, in the course entitled “Supervision”.
D. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – New Hampshire Hospital – Request permission to pay Franklin Pierce University, Concord, NH, the sum of $688.50 for the sole purpose of enrolling Cynthia Chapman, Nurse Manager, in the course entitled “College Writing I”.
E. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – New Hampshire Hospital – Request permission to pay New Hampshire Technical University, Concord, NH, the sum of $1,164.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Vjekoslava Jokic, Mental Health Worker III, in the courses entitled “Intro to Psychology” and ”Math for Allied Health”.
Requested Tuition Total: $4,279.50
TRAVEL REQUESTS
A.
LOTTERY - Request permission for (3)
employees, Lisa Nadeau, Lottery Representative II, Karen Catsoulis-O’Brien,
Lottery Representative I, and Kim Parker, Lottery Representative I, or their
designees, to travel to Springfield, MA, for nineteen (19) days from September
11, 2008 through September 29, 2008 for the purpose of attending the Eastern
States Exposition. A CASH ADVANCE IS
REQUESTED FOR LISA NADEAU IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,892.26. A CASH ADVANCE IS REQUESTED FOR KAREN
CATSOULIS-O’BRIEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,820.27.
A CASH ADVANCE IS REQUESTED FOR KIM PARKER IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1,152.99. Total Cost: $5,865.52. Source
of Funds: 100% Lottery Fund. No
Registration Fees.