GOVERNOR AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MINUTES
State
House,
The Governor and Executive Council convened at
The Governor and Executive Council on motion of Councilor Spaulding, seconded by Councilor Pignatelli,
accepted the minutes of
The Governor and Executive Council, on motion of Councilor Burton, seconded by Councilor Griffin
approved the appointment of several
persons nominated for Civil Commissions from the
The Governor placed in nomination the several persons who applied for Civil Commissions.
RESIGNATIONS
The Governor and Council accepted the following:
Air
Resources Council
Robert
K. McLellan,
Athletic
Trainers Governing Board
Carol
Burney, Penacook Effective:
Personnel
Appeals Board
Robert
Preston,
Advisory
Committee on Travel and Tourism
Robert
D. Greenleaf, Somersworth Effective:
CONFIRMATIONS
The Governor and
Council confirmed the following:
Assessing
Standards Board
(Public
Member)
Eugene
T. Reed,
Vacancy Term:
Regional
Community Technical Colleges Board of Trustees
Kim
M. Trisciani,
Succeeding:
Linda Horan, Alstead (resigned) Term:
John
C. Severance, Whitefield Effective:
Succeeding:
Charles Puksta,
State
Liquor Commission
Patricia
T. Russell (d), Keene Effective:
Reappointment Term:
Salary: GG1 Maximum
$77,255
Pari-Mutuel
Commission
Robert
S. Fennerty, Bow Effective:
Reappointment Term:
Director
of Administration: Department of Transportation
Nominated
by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation
Edwin
O. Smith,
Succeeding: W.
Douglas Scamman Term:
Salary: Group GG,
Step 2 ($65,668)
Director
of Project Development: Department of Transportation
Nominated
by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation
James
A. Moore, Bow Effective:
Succeeding: David J. Brillhart,
Salary: Group II, Step 3 ($80,213)
NOMINATIONS
The Governor placed
into nomination the following:
State
Committee on Aging
Violet Constant (i), Concord Effective: June 24, 2005
Reappointment Term:
Board
of Licensing of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professionals
(NAADAC)
Thomas
Jordan, Manchester Effective:
Upon confirmation
Reappointment Term:
NH
State Council on the Arts
Dorothy
J. Yanish, Peterborough Effective:
Upon confirmation
Succeeding: Melissa Walker, Madbury Term:
Aviation
Users Advisory Board
(Aviation
Association of NH)
Bruce
Hutchings, Lancaster Effective:
Upon confirmation
Succeeding: Paul Fleming,
Department
of Environmental Services: Director of Air Resources
Nominated
by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Services
Robert
R. Scott, Bow Effective:
Reappointment Term:
Salary: HH Maximum, $84,232
Fire
Standards and Training Commission
(NH
Permanent Firemen’s Association)
Joseph
M. Butts, Allenstown Effective:
Upon confirmation
Reappointment Term:
Fish
& Game Commission
(
Thomas
H. Hubert (i), Newport Effective:
Upon confirmation
Succeeding: Donald Clark,
Fish
& Game Commission
(
Robert
Phillipson, Jr. (r), Keene Effective:
Upon confirmation
Reappointment Term:
Department
of Resources and Economic Development Advisory Commission
Northam
D. Parr, Rumney Effective:
Upon confirmation
Reappointment Term:
Nominated
by the State Employees Association
Dennis
Kinnan,
Reappointment Term:
Nominated
by the NH Police Association
David
W. Kelley, Hampton Effective:
Succeeding: Craig H. Wiggin, Meredith Term:
University
System of NH Board of Trustees
Edward
C. Dupont,
Reappointment Term:
University
System of NH Board of Trustees
Merle
W. Schotanus, Grantham Effective:
Reappointment Term:
University
System of NH Board of Trustees
Elizabeth
M. Tamposi, Nashua Effective:
Upon confirmation
Succeeding:
BUSINESS FINANCE AUTHORITY
#1 NOT USED
OFFICE OF ENERGY AND PLANNING
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#2 Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli voting no,
to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $7,389 from the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, to provide additional assistance to communities
participating in the National Flood Insurance Program that will improve
floodplain management across the state for
the period of
#3 Authorized to enter into the
agreements, as detailed in letter, dated
Regional Planning
Commission, for the purpose of
conducting Community Assistance Visits under the National Flood Insurance Program,
for a total of$18,750 upon
G&C approval through
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#4 Authorized under the Community
Development Block Grant program, to amend an agreement with
#5 Authorized under the Community
Development Block Grant program, to amend an agreement with the
Town of Stratford, NH,
(previously approved by G&C on 3-10-04, item #7), for a wastewater collection system, by extending the completion
date from June 30, 2005 to December 31, 2006 and increasing the price
limitation by $350,000 for a
new total of $700,000.
ADJUTANT GENERAL
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#6 Authorized William R. Davis,
#7 Authorized Jason R. Denton,
#8 Authorized to reclassify position #19894, Maintenance
Mechanic II, Salary Grade 12 to an Assistant Superintendent of Grounds, Salary
Grade 16. 100% General
Funds.
#9 Authorized to accept donations of landscaping materials,
engraved bricks, electric club car, and work uniforms in the amount of
$5,307.18 for the NH State
Veterans Cemetery to be used for the
betterment of the cemetery as detailed in letter dated
#9A Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli
voting no, to amend a contract with Bonnie Lee Rice,
(previously approved by G&C on 12-15-04, item #22), for administrative support services to the Air National Guard
Family Readiness and Support Program at Pease ANGB, by extending the contract
from June 30, 2005 to September 30, 2005.
100% Federal
Funds.
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#10 Authorized Division of Personnel, to permanently reclassify position #18012, TI/College Associate Professor, labor grade 22, salary schedule A-180, to Human Resources Specialist II, labor grade 24, salary schedule A-000, effective upon G&C approval.
#11 Authorized to accept and place on file the Report and
Findings of Councilor Raymond J. Wieczorek for the
construction, furnishing and equipping of two new student residence facilities,
a new dining facility, infrastructure improvements and refinancing of existing
indebtedness in connection with Southern NH University,
#12 Authorized the Bureau of Court
Facilities to transfer $85,200, as specified in their letter dated
#13 Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli voting no,
Division of Personnel to enter into a contract with Michael P. Gillis, to
provide computer training and consultation to government employees and
agencies, for an amount not to exceed $9,000, for the period of
#14 Authorized the Salary Adjustment
Fund and Employee Benefit Adjustment Fund and in conformance with the G&C
action of
#14A Authorized Bureau of Risk Management to
enter into a sole source agreement
with The Rowley Insurance Agency for purchase of liability insurance to protect
the State for its watercraft operations, for an amount not to exceed $11,012. Effective
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#15 Authorized to accept and expend $75,000 in Fiscal Year 2005
additional program revenues from the period of G&C approval to
#16 Authorized the Comptroller to issue a warrant from funds not otherwise appropriated and the State Treasurer to issue checks in the amount of $59,571.20 to the rightful owners of abandoned or unclaimed funds.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#17 Authorized to accept a gift to the State of
#18 Authorized to designate Kim K. Fallon as a Forensic
Investigator at a salary of $48,496 effective
#19 Authorized to transfer $51,000, as specified in letter
dated
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
#20 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Griffin, seconded by Councilor Spaulding authorized the request to enter into an agreement with the
Workforce Opportunity, Inc., to provide services to the Work Force Opportunity
Council, Inc., as the Performance Accountability and Consumer Information
Agency, in the amount of $257,859.71.
Effective
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#21 Authorized to transfer $19,350, as specified in letter
dated
#22 Authorized for $750,000 in additional general funds for
inmate medical and dental costs, and to transfer $201,767 as specified in
letter dated
#23 Authorized to exercise the option to amend a contract with The Doctor’s Office, Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-25-03, item #93), for pre-assignment and/or fitness for duty examinations, by extending the contract from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007, and increasing the price limitation from $41,410 to $82,820, and increase of $41,410. 100% General Funds.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#24 Authorized to transfer $36,100, as specified in letter
dated
#25 TABLED – The Governor and Councilor on motion of Councilor Pignatelli, seconded by Councilor Burton voted to table the request to pay the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Assessment Dues in the amount of $10,000 for the calendar year 2005. 100% Other Funds.
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
#26 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Wieczorek, seconded by Councilor Spaulding authorized the request of the Division of Libraries,
to accept and expend additional federal funds from the Institute of Museum
& Library Services, in the amount of $29,912.94, for Library Services
Technology Act funds. Effective
upon G&C approval through
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
#27 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Burton, seconded by Councilor Spaulding authorized the request to transfer $96,700, as specified in letter dated May 18, 2005. Fiscal Committee approved.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
#28 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Burton, seconded by Councilor Spaulding authorized with Councilor Pignatelli
voting no, the
request to retroactively amend a
federal grant award (previously approved by G&C on 5-19-04, item #23), by
extending the termination date of the Mine Safety and Health Training federal
grant for the promotion of mining safety programs from September 30, 2004 to a
new end date of September 30, 2005.
(2)Further Authorized to retroactively
accept and expend registration fees in the amount of $35 from each
participant in the mine training seminars, as part of the federal program
above, totaling $13,160 to defray the cost of facility expenses for the period
of
#29 NOT USED – SOS
LIQUOR COMMISSION
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#30 Authorized retroactive
payment in the amount of $1,252.94 for Liquor Investigator Nick Houhoulis, for filling in for an employee who was unable to
work due to Workers Compensation Injury during the time of
#31 Authorized an amendment with Scherbon Consolidated Incorporated, Amesbury, MA, (previously approved by G&C on 9-25-02, item #65), to provide emergency generator maintenance at various Liquor Stores, by increasing the price limitation from $6,090 to $11,090, an increase of $5,000. 100% General Funds.
#32 Authorized an amendment with Gobin Disposal Systems,
#33 Authorized an amendment with Zero Waste & Recycling Services Inc., Bow, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-26-02, item #82), to provide rubbish removal services at various Liquor Stores, by increasing the price limitation from $5,501.10 to $9,135.10 and increase of $3,634 and extending the termination date through June 30, 2007. 100% General Funds.
#34 Authorized an amendment with Monadnock Disposal Services Inc.,
DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#35 Authorized Division of Parks and Recreation to reclassify vacant position #8T003 from Maintenance Mechanic I, labor grade 8 to Park Manager I, labor grade 9 with a salary range of $19,539 - $25,720.50.
#36 Authorized Design, Development, and Maintenance to enter
into a contract with A.W. Therrien Company,
#37 Authorized Design, Development, and Maintenance to contract
with Bayview Construction, Portsmouth, NH, for the
repair of the undermined Center Pier at the Newport “Pier Covered Bridge”,
Newport, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $61,000. Effective upon G&C
approval through
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#38 Authorized to pay the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission,
#39 TABLED – The Governor and Councilor on motion of Councilor Griffin, seconded by Councilor Spaulding and with Councilor Burton and Councilor Pignatelli voting no, voted to table the request to accept an $8,200 donation of materials and labor from the Basil Woods Junior Chapter 200 of Trout Unlimited and Carlisle Wide Plank Floors for the ceiling of the dining room at Barry Conservation Camp in Berlin, NH. 100% Other Funds.
#40 Authorized to pay a retroactive
invoice to the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Resource Agencies
in the amount of $500 for annual membership dues for the period of
#41 Authorized to retroactively
pay $6,500 to the Wildlife Management Institute,
#42 Authorized to retroactively
extend a Cooperative Project Agreement with the University of NH,
(previously approved by G&C on 3-10-04, item #76), for the purpose of
determining the effects of passage impediments and environmental conditions on
out-migrating juvenile American shad. Effective upon G&C approval through
#43 Authorized to expend $2,433.21 in order to pay an invoice
due to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for Statistical Analysis
System Software License Agreement.
Effective
#44 Authorized to expend $66,542 in
cooperative fencing grants to qualifying commercial agriculturists as
identified in letter dated
#45 Authorized to enter into a contract with Joe Brigham, Inc.,
#46 Authorized to enter into a contract with Perm-A-Drive
Paving Co., Inc.,
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#47 Authorized to transfer $46,795, as specified in letter
dated
#48 Authorized to accept and expend
$67,466.34 in Federal Funds, from the US Environmental Protection Agency, to
develop a computer based program for use by small businesses in calculating the
impact of the use of Regulated Toxic Air Pollutants, under the PrintSTEP program through
#49 Authorized to amend a memorandum of understanding with the United States Geological Survey (previously approved by G&C on 9-17-03, item #70), to continue evaluating the effectiveness of the remedial action at the OK Tool Superfund Site, by increasing the value by $100,500 from $511,100 to $611,600, and extending the expiration date from September 30, 2005 to September 30, 2006. 90% Federal, 10% State Funds.
#50 Authorized to enter into an agreement with the
#51 Authorized DES and the NH Fish and Game Department to enter
into the memorandum of agreement as detailed in letter dated May 19, 2005, for the operation and maintenance of Fish and
Game dams. Effective
upon G&C approval through
#52 Authorized to approve a loan agreement with the City of Manchester, NH, by increasing the loan by $800,000 from $3,200,000 to $4,000,000 for a sludge dewatering system project. Effective upon G&C approval.
#53 Authorized to amend a contract with Camp, Dresser & McKee, Inc., Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 7-14-04, item #58), for professional engineering services, for additional improvements at the Laconia Compound, to increase the price limitation by $92,674 from $233,856 to $326,530, and to extend the completion date from August 31, 2006 to August 31, 2007. 100% Other Funds.
#54 Authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of
Keene, NH, in the amount of $58,940 for the Beaver Brook Escherichia coli
Impairment Investigation and Remediation and Habitat Restoration Project. Effective upon G&C
approval through
#55 Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli
voting no, to
enter into a sole source contract
with Carl Koteff,
#56 Authorized to amend an original loan agreement with the Lakes Region Mobile Home Cooperative, a NH Cooperative, for financing the upgrade of an existing pump station project in the amount of $200,000.
#57 Authorized to amend a Local Source Water Protection grant
award to Pennichuck Water Works,
#58 Authorized to amend a Local Source Water Protection grant
award to the Manchester Water Works,
#59 Authorized to award a Water Supply Land Grant to the
Emerald Lake Village District, Hillsboro, NH, to purchase a piece of property
in a source water protection area to protect water supply land, in the amount
of $10,000. Effective
upon G&C approval through
#60 Authorized to award a Water Supply Land Grant to the Town
of
#61 Authorized to award a Water Supply Land Grant to the Orford Village District, Orford,
NH, to purchase a piece of property in a source water protection area to
protect water supply land, in the amount of $20,306.54. Effective upon G&C
approval through
#62 Authorized to award a Water Supply Land Grant to the Town
of
#63 Authorized a supplemental loan agreement with the Town of Littleton, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 5-29-02, item #67), which lowers the original loan agreement by $292,894.84 from $1,470,000 to $1,177,105.16 to finance a landfill closure.
#64 Authorized to award Used Oil grants to the municipalities
as detailed in letter dated
#65 Authorized Leslie & Kathleen Beckwith’s request to
install two seasonal piers connected by a seasonal walkway and increase an
existing seasonal pier on shoreline frontage on property located at Wolfeboro
Neck on
#66 Authorized Malcolm Chase Revocable Trust’s request to construct a permanent fixed pier with a gangway leading to a seasonal float providing two boat slips on frontage on property located at Little Bay in Durham.
#67 Authorized John & Donna Jolin’s
request to amend the permit to increase the size of the canopy on property
located at Belknap Point on
#68 Authorized Cynthia and Richard Vito’s request to fill to
construct breakwater in an “L” configuration with a gap at the shoreline and a
cantilevered pier with a cantilevered dock in an “L” configuration with a
permanent dock adjacent to the shore, dredge adjacent to the dock on frontage
on property located at
#69 Authorized John Lindenthal’s request to construct a permanent fixed pier to a seasonal ramp to a seasonal float providing two boat slips on shoreline frontage on property located on the Back Channel of the Piscataqua River.
#70 FAILED – The Governor
and Council with Counilors Spaulding,
#71 Authorized Blaislake LLC’s request to fill to construct breakwater in an “L”
configuration with a gap at the shoreline, and a cantilevered pier accessed by
a walkway, dredge from the boat-slip on frontage on property located at
#72 Authorized Cynthia & Richard Vito’s request to fill to construct breakwater in an “I” configuration with a gap at the shoreline and a cantilevered pier accessed by a wharf with a piling supported dock and a piling supported dock in a “W” configuration, dredge from the northern slip and install two tie-off piles in the southern slip on frontage on property located at the Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton.
#73 Authorized Norman J. Bergeron’s request to remove fill from bank and wetland to restore unAuthorized jurisdictional impacts, replace material with rip-rap to stabilize river bank, replace existing seasonal piers with seasonal piers connected by a seasonal walkway and a seasonal pier connected by a seasonal walkway to expend the capacity of an existing marina on frontage on property located along the Connecticut River in Hinsdale.
#74 Authorized Shaheen Enterprises, Inc’s request to construct a permanent fixed pier to a gangway to a seasonal float providing two boat slips on frontage on property located on the Oyster River in Durham.
#74A Authorized Water Division to make retroactive unencumbered payments of the invoices as detailed in
letter dated May 25, 2005, in the amount of $29,077.44 for emergency work
undertaken on May 8 & 9, 2005 in repairing a leak on a 24-inch force main
in Gilford on Route 11B, and in the cleanup work resulting from the leak. 100% Other Funds.
BOARD OF BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, AND
ESTHETICS
#75 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Spaulding, seconded by Councilor Burton authorized the request to amend an existing sole source agreement with Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC, Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 8-18-04, item #150), for legal and investigative services, by increasing the amount by $10,000 from $10,000 to an amount not to exceed $20,000, and by extending the end date from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006.
NH BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#76 Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli voting no, to amend a sole source agreement with Jeffrey Graham, CPA, of Graham & Graham, Springfield, VT, (previously approved by G&C on 2-11-04, item #75, amended on 6-23-04, item #66), by extending the end date from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006 and increasing the amount by $10,000 from $18,000 to $28,000.
#77 Authorized with Councilor Pignatelli voting no, to retroactively amend a sole source agreement with Attorney Tanya Richmond of Crisp & Richmond, Concord, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 4-7-04, item #31, amended on 8-18-04, item #35, amended on 5-4-05, item #16), by increasing the amount by $15,000 from $36,000 to $51,000.
NH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
#78 The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Burton, seconded by Councilor Pignatelli authorized the request for a lease agreement with
Edgar A. Kelley, for 2,655 square feet of office space located at
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
The Governor and Council acted as follows:
#79 Authorized to pay the part-time
employees as indicated in letter dated
#80 Authorized to pay Ms. Cheryl Weber, Family Services
Specialist I, the amount of $5,970.29 due to delayed promotion as detailed in
letter dated
#81 Authorized to pay the Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials,
#82 Authorized to accept and expend $294,122 in federal funds
and transfer $1,308,411, as specified in letter dated
#83 Authorized to transfer $4,981,478.93 of general funds into
the uncompensated care fund and accept and expend $9,600,338.53 in federal
funds, and transfer $4,608,211.50 of the additional federal funds, as specified
in letter dated
Office of Program Support
#84 Authorized to transfer $121,999, as specified in letter
dated
Division of Community Based Care Services
#85 Authorized to enter into a contract with Suzanne Appleton,
Office of Homeless, Housing and
Transportation Services
#86 Authorized to enter into an agreement with Greater Nashua
Council on Alcoholism, Inc.,
#87 Authorized to enter into an agreement with Community Action
Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc.,
Division of Family Assistance
#88 Authorized to amend an agreement
with the NH Department of Education, Division of Adult Learning and
Rehabilitation, (previously approved by G&C on
#89 Authorized to increase the annual salary of Jonathan Schwartz, MD, Physician In Charge by $3,000 for being board certified.
#90 Authorized to reclassify vacant position #16460 from level of Executive Secretary, salary grade 11, to the level of Dietetic Technician, salary grade 14.
Division for Children, Youth & Families
#91 Authorized to amend an agreement with Easter Seals, Concord, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-25-03, item #98), for child care resource and referral services for Concord District Office catchment area, by increasing the agreement amount by $166,000 to a new price limitation of $332,000 and extending the end date to June 30, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Federal Funds.
#92 Authorized to enter into an agreement with the University
System of NH, College for Lifelong Learning,
#93 Authorized to amend and extend an agreement with Strafford County Community Action, Farmington, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-4-03, item #16), for child care resource and referral services for the Rochester District Office catchment area, by increasing the agreement amount by $92,854 to a new price limitation of $27