Council Meeting Notes - Older Meetings

My notes here include items I think are of interest to our Council District 5.

These are older meetings; notes on more recent meetings are here.

February 13, 2008 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in the Executive Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Employment Security

Authorized to enter into a retroactive contract with Edmonds Landscaping Company Inc., Merrimack, NH, for snow plowing and removal services at NHES's Local office, Nashua, NH, in an amount not to exceed $12,880. Effective February 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a retroactive contract with Creative Labor Systems Inc., Keene, NH, for janitorial services at NHES's Keene Local office in an amount not to exceed $21,750. Effective February 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Environmental Service

Authorized to enter into a contract with Aquatic Control Technology Inc., Sutton, MA for the purpose of milfoil control activities in Glen Lake, Goffstown, NH, in the amount of $6,020. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to provide Licensed Plus quality child care awards in the amount of $40,735.50 to six Licensed Plus child care providers throughout the State of NH, as detailed in letter dated January 23, 2008, Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The Monadnock Community Early Learning Center in Peterborough is receiving an award of $9,387.18

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Highway Design to amend a contract with Clough Harbour & Associates LLP, Keene, NH (previously approved by G&C on 8-21-01m item #323), for the final design of the expansion of the Spaulding Turnpike from Exit 11 to Exit 16 in the City of Rochester, by increasing the amount by $670,392.58 from $6,664,656.95 to $7,335,049.53. Effective upon G&C approval through August 27, 2008. 100% Turnpike Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to amend a contract with Park Construction Corp., Fitzwilliam, NH (previously approved by G&C on 11-15-06, item #176), for the reconstruction of the NH 101/Winchester Street intersection and other improvements in the City of Keene, by increasing the contract amount by $50,000 from $6,816,989.80 to $6,866,989.80. Effective upon G&C approval. 80% Federal, 20% State Highway Funds.

The following person from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Donald R. Caron, Goffstown, NH Board of Managers of New Hampshire Veteran's Home

January 30, 2008 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2008, in the Governor and Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Office of Energy and Planning

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-19-07, item #5), for the Fuel Assistance Program by increasing the amount by $623,335 from $4,434,180 to $5,057,515. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-19-07, item #6), for the Fuel Assistance Program by increasing the amount by $571,554 from $1,715,481 to $2,287,035. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Community College System of New Hampshire

Authorized, as detailed in letter dated January 15, 2008, the college name changes within the Community College System of NH as approved by the Board of Trustees. The Community College System is changing the names of the schools throughout New Hampshire to reflect a more comprehensive program.

Department of Transportation

Authorized the Bureau of Right of Way to sell a 0.6 acre parcel of State owned land located in Merrimack to The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts for $30,000 plus a $1,100 administrative fee. Effective upon G&C approval. Private/Local Funds.

Tuition Requests - Public Utilities Commission

Request permission to pay Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH, the sum of $1,530.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Robyn J. Descoteau, PUC Examiner, in the course entitled "Forecast and Demand Analysis".

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Kerri A. Lafond, Keene, NH to the Athletic Trainers Governing Board
Susan Whittemore, Keene, NH to the Pesticides Control Board

January 16, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, January 30, 2008, in the Governor and Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized to accept and place on file the Report and Findings of Councilor Debora Pignatelli with regard to the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness, the renovation and expansion of the College's library, the renovation of two of the College's dormitories and the funding of a debt service reserve fund in connection with Rivier College, Nashua, NH.

Attorney General

Authorized to enter into a sub-grant with the Nashua Police Athletic League, to support the continued operation of the Youth Safe Havens program in Nashua in the amount of $20,000. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. The Youth Safe Havens Program is part of a national initiative to create youth "safe zones" within low-income housing areas. A local police officer works out of the facility. The hope is that youth can come to the facility to get services such as tutoring and mentoring that will help them to better succeed in life.

Department of Resources and Economic Development

Authorized Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into a contract with Turnstone Corporation, Milford, NH, for the site drainage, ADA ramp and stairway report of Catamount Pond Pavilion at Bear Brook State Park in the amount of $226,350. Effective upon G&C approval through June 27, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to enter into a loan agreement with Railroad Land Development LLC, Keene, NH, to provide a loan in the amount of $300,000 for remediation of environmental contamination. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Federal Funds. Portions of the property have been used, in the past, for loading and unloading petroleum products for the abutting Tide Water Oil Company. This property, which is adjacent to downtown Keene, has been underutilized for the past few decades - mostly for parking and a paved bicycle path. Authorized to retroactively enter into a contract with Weston Solutions Inc., Manchester, NH, to perform the operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment facility at the OK Tool/Savage Well Superfund Site in Milford, NH, in the amount of $589,383. Effective December 17, 2007 through December 31, 2008. 90% Federal, 10% State Funds. This site was added to the National Priorities List in September 1984 after the discovery of volatile organic contaminants in the Town of Milford water supply well.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division for Children, Youth and Families

Authorized to award annual grants in State Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 in the amount of $240,000 to twelve NH Family Resource Centers for infrastructure sustainability in the amounts of $10,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. Child and Family Services in Nashua and Monadnock Family Services in Keene will each receive a $10,000 grant.

Authorized to accept a one-time monetary donation from Gordon and Barbara Russell, New Boston, NH in the amount of $500 to support adoption services provided by DCYF. Effective upon G&C approval. Gordon and Barbara Russell are the parents of Daniel and Ruth Russell who have twice adopted children through DCYF.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Community Public Health Development Section, to retroactively exercise a sole source contract renewal option with the City of Nashua, Division of Public Health and Community Services, Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 11-13-02, item #120, amended on 11-19-03, item #84, amended 9-21-05, item #130, amended on 10-21-05, item #51), to provide a broad range of public health emergency preparedness and response activities, by increasing the amount by $848,250 from $1,876,666 to $2,724,916, and by extending the completion date to August 30, 2009, retroactive to August 31, 2007. 85.5% Federal, 14.5% General Funds. These funds will continue to improve disease surveillance and reporting, conduct disease investigations and mitigate hazards and vulnerabilities. This agreement also included funds for a disaster behavioral health liaison to recruit and train regional teams on central and southern New Hampshire.

Bureau of Medical Services

Authorized Disability Determination Section to amend an agreement with Susan T. Clark, Registered Nurse, Goffstown, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 3-8-07, item #89), to function as a Disability Determination Reviewer by increasing the price by $1,782 from $36,480 to $38,262. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds. This person will provide a wide range of medical and related expertise for assessing, determining and reviewing applicant eligibility for program benefits under Medicaid.

Authorized Disability Determination Section to amend an agreement with Marie P. Cote, Registered Nurse, Merrimack, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, item #333, amended on 6-13-07, item #399, amended on 10-31-07, item #95), to function as a Disability Determination Reviewer by increasing the price by $2,090.88 from $85,328.20 to $87,419.08. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds. See item above.

Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services

Authorized to amend an agreement with Home Health and Hospice Care, Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #313), to provide Homemaker, Adult In Home Care, and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Respite Care services, by increasing the amount by $27,924.99 from $519,366.52 to $547,291.51. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 55% General, 45% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with City of Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #352), to provide transportation services, by increasing the amount by $42,278.72 from $180,692.88 to $222,971.60. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 33% General, 67% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with St. Joseph Community Services Inc., Merrimack, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #320), to provide nutrition and transportation services, by increasing the amount by $193,055.03 from $3,181,816.30 to $3,374,871.33. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 39% General, 61% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a sole source agreement with Keene Housing Authority, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #307), to provide Congregate Housing services, by increasing the amount by $12,185.22 from $190,746 to $202,931.22. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with Area Agency of Greater Nashua Inc., Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #354), to provide Adult Group Day Care, by increasing the amount by $99,494.87 from $301,924 to $401,418.87. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 48% General, 52% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with VNA at HCS Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #360), to provide Homemaker, Nutrition, Adult In Home Care, Transportation, Adult Group Day Care and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Respite Care services, by increasing the amount by $252,119.85 from $3,476,283.88 to $3,728,403.73. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 48% General, 52% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-25-03, item #371, amended on 9-3-03, item #116, amended on 6-22-05, item #189, amended on 12-7-05, item #86, amended on 12-12-06, item #131, amended on 6-13-07, item #345), acting as fiscal agent to ServiceLink Resource Center of Sullivan County, to provide a cost of living increase for information and referral and assessment and counseling services, and to support Family Caregiver services, by increasing the amount by $18,060.08 from $853,521.40 to $871,581.48. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 68% Federal, 32% General Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with Monadnock Collaborative, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-25-03, item #379, amended on 9-3-03, item #110, amended on 6-22-05, item #196, amended on 12-7-05, item #84 amended on 12-12-06, item #135, amended on 6-13-07, item #341), acting as fiscal agent to ServiceLink Resource Center of the Monadnock Region, to provide a cost of living increase for information and referral and assessment and counseling services, and to provide a additional information and referral staff, by increasing the amount by $39,274.37 from $886,021.40 to $925,295.77. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 31% Federal, 69% General Funds.

Authorized to amend a sole source agreement with Monadnock Family Services, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #327), to provide Retired Senior Volunteer Program services, by increasing the amount by $2,074.87 from $32,479.72 to $34,554.59. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Postsecondary Education Commission

Authorize to award a $5,000 grant to Daniel Webster College, Nashua, for the purpose of granting scholarships to NH residents who have completed their freshman year and who will be selected for scholarships by the college on the basis of financial need or merit. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Authorize to award a $13,000 grant to Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, for the purpose of granting scholarships to NH residents who have completed their freshman year and who will be selected for scholarships by the college on the basis of financial need or merit. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Department of Education

Authorized to grant funds to Rivier College, Nashua, NH, to develop a Cadre of Teacher Leaders of Elementary and Middle School Science in an amount not to exceed $102,706. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. (2)Further Authorized to exercise a renewal option on this grant for up to two additional fiscal years. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Division of Motor Vehicles to enter into a retroactive, sole source contract with TreMac Development, LLC, Keene, to provide parking area space for the Motorcycle Rider Training Program for an amount not to exceed $7,000. Effective November 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008. 100% Agency Income Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Right of Way to transfer a parcel of State owned land located in Milford to The Eber and Trudy Currier Family Trust in exchange for the transfer of a parcel of land owned by The Eber and Trudy Currier Family Trust to the State of NH. Effective upon G&C approval.

Authorized Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance to enter into agreements with the municipalities of Peterborough, Portsmouth, Salem and Swanzey delineating duties and responsibilities of both the State and the municipalities in providing funding and services necessary for completing a total of 4 projects involving Class I, II, IV and V (Municipally-maintained) Highways through the municipal-managed process. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2013. 80% Federal, 20% Local Match Funds. In Peterborough, Approximately 1000 feet of US 202 will be reconstructed at the intersection of Main Street (500 feet on either side of the intersection). Another project is the State Aid Bridge project to Rehabilitate the Main Street over the Contoocook River Bridge. This has been a much-needed project for Peterborough and the subject of many meetings with elected officials from Peterborough and the state, and the Department of Transportation. The Swanzey Project is the Stabilization of the Thompson Covered Bridge Pier.

Authorized Bureau of Rail & Transit to enter into a retroactive lease agreement with Breakwater Condominium Association, Merrimack, NH, for a parcel of land with a private pedestrian crossing in the amount of $1,925. Effective January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

J. Ryan Bielagus, Amherst, NH to the Air Resources Council
Eileen M. Fiori, Nashua, NH to the Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professionals
Helen G. Honorow, Nashua, NH to the State Board of Education
Paul R. Bergeron, Nashua, NH to the State Historical Records Advisory Board
James H. Bradley, Goffstown, NH to the Physical Therapy Governing Board
Diane B. Terragni, Dunbarton, NH to the Ports and Harbors Advisory Council
Stephen R. Crean, Goffstown, NH to the Waste Management Council

December 11, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, January 16, 2008, in the Governor and Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Business Finance Authority

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing to approve an award of a State Guarantee under RSA 162-A:13 with respect to a loan from Monadnock Community Bank and E.F. Lane Hotel, LLC in Keene, New Hampshire. Action will Authorized 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.

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing with respect to the contract ("Capital Access Program: Lender Participation Agreement") with The Nashua Bank. Action will Authorized Resolutions under RSA 162-A:18 to determine the contract will serve a public use, provide public benefit, the proposed participating bank is qualified to participate, appropriate measures have been taken to ensure CAP loans will be made under the requirements of the Act, the contract complies with RSA 162-A:12, and reasonable precautions have been made to minimize loss, all within the policy and authority of the Act. It will serve a public use, provide public benefit and is within the policy and authority of the Act. The contract will serve a public use, provide public benefit, the proposed participating bank is qualified to participate, appropriate measures have been taken to ensure CAP loans will be made under the requirements of the Act, the contract complies with RSA 162-A:12, and reasonable precautions have been made to minimize loss, all within the policy and authority of the Act.

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of Keene, NH, for the purpose of supporting the acquisition of a condominium unit at Railroad Square in order for Southwestern Community Services to develop affordable senior housing in Keene in the amount of $500,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award a Mini-Grant in the amount of $1,000 to the City of Nashua. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds. This award will be used to promote ArtWalk Nashua, a collaboration of artists, galleries, studios and arts organizations designed to connect Nashua area artists with a larger audience. The program is centered around Saturday afternoon events, where studios and galleries open their doors to the public without charge.

Attorney General

Authorized to enter into sub-grants with the agencies, as detailed in letter dated November 27, 2007, totaling $712,974 from the previously accepted 2007 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 February 28, 2009. (2)Further Authorized to enter into sub-grants with the agencies as detailed in letter dated November 27, 2007, totaling $174,000 from the 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, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The Nashua Police Department received a $63,125 Grant.

Department of Corrections

Authorized to enter into a contract with Community Improvement Associates, Keene, NH, to operate Academy Case Management Programs for the Sullivan County area in the amount of $169,880. Effective January 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through December 31, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Community Improvement Associates, Keene, NH, to operate Academy Case Management Programs for the Cheshire County area in the amount of $188,280. Effective January 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through December 31, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, to operate an Academy Case Management Program "Academy" for the Southern Hillsborough County area in the amount of $160,800. Effective January 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through December 31, 2009. 100% General Funds.

The above three contracts are to fund Academies which provide identification, assessment, referral to treatment, case management and monitoring of drug dependent offenders. The Academy Programs throughout the state assist to divert both technical parole violators and new prison-bound offenders so as not to increase the state prison population while not adversely affecting public safety or truth in sentencing.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to amend a Businesses United for Water Security Installation grant to the City of Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 3-21-07, item #43, amended on 6-27-07, item #117), to complete a project to better protect drinking water from contamination, by extending the completion date to September 30, 2008 from December 31, 2007. Authorized to award six Regional Water System Grants to the entities as detailed in letter dated November 14, 2007, totaling $1,050,694, to compensate interconnection projects. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds. Pennichuck Waterworks will receive a grant for $264,169.00. It will be a 25% state contribution of eligible costs incurred for the planning and design and construction of interconnections between different systems or for the investigation of man-made contamination.

Department of Education

Authorized to enter into a contract with Connie Upschulte, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach, to provide support and technical assistance in mathematics to schools and districts and designated as in need of improvement and provide professional development to NH educators in an amount not to exceed $8,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Division of Motor Vehicles to amend a sole source contract with Mareld Company Inc., Nashua, NH, (previously amended by G&C on 12-12-06, item #153B), to house the Motor Vehicles sub-station in Merrimack, by extending the end date from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008. 100% Highway Funds.

You may have read about this contract in the local papers. The DMV substation is in Merrimack now, in a place where it is not welcome. I would like to investigate the possibility of moving it to our Welcome Center at Exit 6 in Nashua. Most of the people who go for driver's license renewals come from Nashua and it makes sense to me to put the substation where it is convenient to more people.

Authorized Division of Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services to enter into a contract with Controtech Temperature Controls/Energy Management Systems of Keene, NH, to provide annual inspection and maintenance service on the boilers, and HVAC equipment in specific buildings at the Fire Academy in an amount not to exceed $66,566. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Fire and EMS Funds.

Authorized Division of State Police to enter into a sole source contract with J.P. Pest Services Inc., Milford, NH, to provide pest control services at Troop A in Epping, Troop B in Milford and Concord in the amount of $3,630. Effective January 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through December 31, 2012. 81% Highway, 19% Turnpike Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Bridge Design to amend a contract with Stantec Consulting Services Inc., South Burlington, VT, (previously approved by G&C on 3-22-00, item #158), to complete the design services of the rehabilitation project on the F.E. Everett Turnpike NB & SB bridge over the Souhegan River in Merrimack, NH, by increasing the amount by $131,673.78 from $390,831.99 to $522,505.77 for additional design services, and by extending the completion date from December 28, 2007 to December 31, 2008. 100% Turnpike Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Robert L Mallat, Jr., Keene, NH, Community College System Board of Trustees
Galye E. Troy, Dunbarton, NH, NH Commission for Human Rights

November 28, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Tuesday, December 11, 2007, in the Governor and Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Department of Resources and Economic Development

Authorized Division of Parks and Recreation to grant a utilities easement in perpetuity to Verizon, for utilities required for the new "Gilson Pond Campground" at Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, NH. This is an easement for the utility poles and phone and power lines needed to service the campground. If the easement were not granted, the Department of Resources and Economic Development would have had to install and maintain the poles, lines and utility corridors from the campground to the road.

Authorized Trails Bureau to enter into Grant-in-Aid Trail Maintenance contracts (winter trail grooming) with the OHRV clubs in the total amount of $1,573,098.55. 100% Other Funds.

Authorized Division of Travel and Tourism Development to award grants to the organizations as detailed in letter dated November 28, 2007, in the total amount of $21,851 for their 2007/2008 out-of-state marking project under the Joint Promotional Program. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds. The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce will receive a grant for $13,236 for the 2008 Area Brochure.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $40,000 with the US Fish & Wildlife Service for the removal of the Merrimack Village Dam. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. Fiscal Committee approved. The Merrimack Village Dam is the first dam located on the Souhegan River in Merrimack. The Souhegan River is a tributary to the Merrimack River and is one of 14 Designated Rivers under the NH Rivers Management and Protection Program. The impoundment created by the dam extends upstream approximately 1,650 feet to just below the Everett Turnpike Bridge. As with virtually any dam removal, the Merrimack Village Dam removal project represents an opportunity to restore a stretch of river to its former free-flowing condition, provide fish passage, eliminate a public safety hazard, increase river-based recreational opportunities and provide potential education and outreach possibilities.

Authorized to approve a Supplemental Loan Agreement with the Town of Jaffrey in the amount of $850,000 to finance the River Street Water main Replacement project. Effective upon G&C approval. This agreement finalizes the principal loan amount disbursed and establishes the loan repayment schedule.

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Business Operations

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Stebbins Spectacular Painting LLC, Keene, NH, for interior surface repair; priming and painting at the Thayer Building, Concord, NH, in the amount of $76,106.75. Effective upon G&C approval through January 31, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services

Authorized to amend a contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-27-07, item #176), to provide services to homeless individuals by increasing the price by $65,538 from $662,000 to $727,538. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to amend a contract with Nashua Pastoral Care Center Inc., Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-27-07, item #152), to provide services to homeless individuals by increasing the price by $15,840 from $160,000 to $175,840. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Bureau of Behavior Health

Authorized to amend a contract with the Community Council of Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #366), to improve the quality, timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of data submitted, by increasing the price by $3,871 from $386,426 to $390,297. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a contract with Monadnock Family Services, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #365), to improve the quality, timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of data submitted, by increasing the price by $22,197 from $51,687 to $73,884. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southern NH Services on behalf of the NH Community Action Association, Manchester, NH, to provide quality Early Learning Opportunity Initiative Services for an amount not to exceed $1,500,000. Effective January 1, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. These are scholarships to eligible families to help pay for child care. A competitive bid process was followed to award this contract.

Postsecondary Education Commission

Authorized to award a $29,000 grant to Keene State College for the purpose of granting scholarships to NH residents who have completed their freshman year and who will be selected for scholarships on the basis of financial need or merit. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Christine Downing, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach, to provide support and technical assistance in mathematics to schools and districts designated as in need of improvement and provide professional development to NH educators in an amount not to exceed $50,000. (2) Further Authorized to exercise a renewal option on this grant for up to two additional fiscal years, subject to contractor's acceptable performance of the terms therein. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds. State Law passed in 2002 requires that The Department of Education provide assistance to districts identified as having not met the statewide performance targets.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Highway Design to amend a contract with Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 12-1-04, item #104), for highway design consultant engineering services for various highway projects statewide, by extending the completion date from December 1, 2007 through June 1, 2008.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance to exercise a contract renewal option with Hometown Forecast Services Inc., Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 11-29-06, item #117), for providing statewide weather forecasting services in the amount of $17,000. Effective upon G&C approval through April 30, 2009. 100% Highway Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

David S. Phillips, Amherst, NH, Marital Mediator Certification Board
Anne Krantz, Amherst, NH, Pesticides Control Board
David R. Kosofsky, Nashua, NH, Board of Registration of Podiatrists

October 31, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in the Governor and Council Chamber, State House, Concord, NH.

Business Finance Authority

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing with respect to the financing of commercial facilities by the Business Finance Authority for Huggins Hospital located in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; for Littleton Regional Hospital located in Littleton, New Hampshire; and Monadnock Community Hospital located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Action will Authorized a Resolution under RSA 162-I:9 to determine the financing will serve a public use, provide public benefit and is within the policy and authority of the Act. The financing is, in large part, for refinancing of bonds, but there is also money for electrical infrastructure, a new pharmacy and money for the connector road, site work and other infrastructure.

Office of Energy and Planning

Authorized to enter into a contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, as a grant recipient under the Head Start Program in the amount of $50,042. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds. These funds are used to supplement Head Start salaries and were based on the number of children served. The programs are child-centered and have the goal of increasing school readiness of young children in low-income homes.

Office of the Adjutant General

Authorized Christopher A. Hegarty, Brookline, NH, be confirmed for appointment to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Air National Guard.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract amendment with J. Parker and Daughters Construction Inc., Pittsfield, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 10-25-06, item #19A), for additional work to the Gilson Pond Campground located at Monadnock State Park, Jaffrey, NH, by increasing the amount by $42,580 from $1,160,000 to $1,202,580, and by extending the end date to January 1, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The funding was originally cut due to funding concerns, but some of it was replaced - the entrance to the campground will be modified, a gravel road will be built and also the construction of parking areas between campsites.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award Arts in Education, ArtLinks Grants totaling $24,755 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 2, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. Monadnock Family Services in Keene ($10,000) and The Moving Dance Center in Keene ($5,000) will receive Grants.

Authorized State Library to award a Conservation Number Plate Grant in the amount of $8,866 to the City of Nashua, for the Restoration of Election Records. 100% Other Funds. The money would restore and organize a portion of the City Clerk's records. They would be foldered and boxed and catalogued.

Department of Resources and Economic Development

Authorized Division of Forests and Lands to accept and expend $343,674 in federal funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund from FY 06 and FY 07 apportionment. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. (2) Further Authorized to accept and expend a donation of $252,729 from the Monadnock Conservancy. (3)Further Authorized to acquire 352 acres of land in the towns of Peterborough, Temple, and Sharon by warranty deed from Temple Highlands LLC, Temple, NH, for an amount not to exceed $1,000,100 including closing costs. 34% Federal, 25% Private/Local, 41% General Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. The Temple Mountain Land is one of the most visible and beloved landmarks in southern New Hampshire. The 352-acre property is located on Route 101 at the gateway to the Monadnock Region, 30 minutes from Nashua. It is the site of one of America's first downhill ski areas, which closed in 2001. The property includes a prominent ridgeline, a popular section of the 21 mile Wapack Trail, a cross-country ski trail network and diverse wildlife habitat. The property abuts Miller State Park on Pack Monadnock (New Hampshire's oldest state park.)

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Nobis Engineering Inc., Concord, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-27-07, item #123), to conduct groundwater sampling and monitoring well assessments and improvements by increasing the amount by $150,000 from $725,000 to $825,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% General Funds. One of the sites being monitored is the Gilson Road Superfund site in Nashua.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Comprehensive Environmental Inc., Merrimack, NH, for the development of a NH stormwater best management practices manual in the amount of $57,100. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Child Support Services

Authorized to amend a sole source agreement with SymbioSys Solutions Inc., Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 10-25-06, item #71), for a New England Child Support Enforcement System "Replacement Feasibility Study Analysis", by increasing the amount from $408,500 to $410,001.13 an increase of $1,510.13, and by modifying the Contract Deliverables to add Virtual Private Network sessions with the Arkansas Child Support Information System. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Other Funds.

Bureau of Medical Services

Authorized Disability Determination Section, to amend an agreement with Marie Cote, Registered Nurse, Merrimack, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, item #333, amended on 6-13-07, item #399), to function as a Disability Determination Reviewer and to increase the price by $3,224.20 from $82,104 to $85,328. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Sexually Transmitted Disease and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Section to support community-based agencies in delivering brief, curriculum-driven, HIV prevention education programs to members of minority groups in an amount not to exceed $70,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. (2)Further Authorized STD/HIV Section to pay up to 50% of the total payment in advance of the delivery of each prevention implementation. 100% Federal Funds. The cities of Nashua and Manchester are being served. The Nashua Area Health Center and the Nashua Health Department are two organizations identified as appropriate.

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Rural Health and Primary Care Section to enter into an agreement with Marisa A. Rowlson, Amherst, NH, to receive reimbursement for payment of education loans through the State Loan Repayment Program, in an amount not to exceed $10,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. Ms. Rowlson must enter into a two-year agreement of service to be eligible for the loan reimbursement and the two-year contract may be renewed for one year with one-half of the original contract amount.

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Section to amend an agreement with Greater Nashua Council on Alcoholism, Inc, Nashua, NH, by increasing the Price Limitation by $1,455,000 from $1,005,732 to $2,460,732 to provide substance abuse treatment services. Effective September 15, 2007 or upon G&C approval. This agreement was originally approved by G&C on June 13, 2007, Item #210. 100% General Funds.

Department of Education

Authorized Division of Career Tech and Adult Learning to enter into a contract with Dean Giftos, DDS, sole proprietor, Nashua, NH, to provide dental consultation in an amount not to exceed $40,656. (2)Further Authorized payment for services rendered and approved in lieu of withholding at least 25% of the total value of the contract. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Divisions of State Police and Motor Vehicles to enter into a contract with Plow MD Inc., Walpole, NH, for snow removal at the Troop C building in Keene, in the amount of $13,950. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 90% Highway, 10% Turnpike Funds.

Authorized Division of State Police to enter into a sole source contract with NationAir Aviation Insurance, Nashua, NH, in the amount of $28,426.00 for liability and inland marine insurance coverage on the State Police Bell 407 helicopter, and the Cessna 182, as well as the FLIR and Nightsun II equipment. Effective upon G&C approval or November 1, 2007, through October 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The Request for Proposals was sent to 27 insurance agents and was posted on the New Hampshire state website. Only one company bid and was awarded this contract.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions
Jeanne Ann Whittington, Dunbarton, NH to the Board of Acupuncture Licensing
Izabella Kantsepolsky, Nashua, NH to the Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Linda Gathright, Nashua, NH to the State Commission on the Status of Women

October 17, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at The John O'Leary Adult Community Center, 4 Church St., Merrimack, NH

Business Finance Authority

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing with respect to the financing of a loan to Monadnock Economic Development Corporation for the benefit of Railroad Land Development, LLC in Keene, NH. Action will Authorized 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.

Office of Energy and Planning

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with the Southwestern Community Service Inc., Keene, NH, for the repair or replacement of malfunctioning heating systems in low-income households receiving Weatherization Services, in the amount of $63,207. (2)Further Authorized to advance to the vendor $11,377. Effective October 17, 2007 through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Office of the Adjutant General

Authorized Christopher A. Hegarty, Brookline, NH, be nominated for appointment to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Air National Guard. This officer meets all prerequisites for this grade, having been found to be physically, mentally, morally, and professionally qualified.

Authorized to enter into a contract agreement with Jay McKenna Cleaning Services Inc., Merrimack, NH, for the purpose of providing custodial services at the new Joint Force Headquarters Building at the State Military Reservation in Concord, in the amount of $55,600 through September 30, 2008. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized Bureau of Court Facilities to enter into a lease agreement with the Town of Jaffrey/Office of the Regional Prosecutor ("Town") for state owned property located in the Jaffrey-Peterborough District Court, Jaffrey, NH. Effective November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2011.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award Organizational Support Project Planning Grants totaling $15,050 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 2, 2007. 100% General Funds.

Authorized Division of Arts to award American Masterpieces: NH Inspirations Grants totaling $10,450 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 1, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Division of Arts to award Organizational Support Cultural Facility Grants to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 1, 2007, in the amount of $22,800. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to award a Public Water System Emergency Interconnection grant to the Town of Wilton, NH in the amount of $15,000 to complete a project to better protect public water supplies against future potential terrorist attacks by conducting mutual aid studies. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into grant agreements with the city of Keene in the amount of $18,115, and the Nashua Regional Planning Commission in the amount of $53,363, for a total of $71,478 to fund Household Hazardous Waste Collection projects. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Rural health and Primary Care Section, Oral Health Program to enter into an agreement with Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH, to provide access to preventive and restorative dental treatment for individuals participating in the school-based dental program in an amount not to exceed $40,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 81% Federal, 19% General Funds.

Division of Family Assistance

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, as a grant recipient under the Community Services Block Grant to provide nutritional services, community based services and anti-poverty programs to low-income families in an amount not to exceed $397,122. (2)Further Authorized to make an advance payment of $61,125 to the grantee to operate during the period between monthly reimbursements from the State. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to provide Licensed Plus quality child care awards in the amount of $39,660.88 to thirteen Licensed Plus child care providers throughout the State of NH. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Division of Safety Services, Marine Patrol Bureau, to retroactively pay Tri State Fire Protection LLC, Nashua, NH, for 14 replacement 10lb fire extinguishers purchased in SFY07 in the amount of $1,050. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Navigation Safety Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Laura Sheppard, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Amherst, NH
Thomas Quarles, Jr., Public Water Access Advisory Board, Brookline, NH
Deborah Robinson, Recreational Therapy Governing Board, Merrimack, NH
Paula Gregory, Volunteer NH Board of Directors, Milford, NH

October 3, 2007 Meeting

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at the Berlin Middle School, Berlin, NH.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants totaling $8,940 to the artists as detailed in letter dated September 13, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds. Judith Sullivan from Keene will receive a $3,000 grant.

Authorized Division of Arts to award Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants totaling $5,996 to the artists as detailed in letter dated September 13, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 33% General, 67% Other Funds. Russ Bigelow from Winchester will receive a $3,000 grant.

Authorized Division of Arts to award Operating Grants totaling $75,600 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated September 13, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. The Colonial Theatre Group, Inc. in Keene will receive $26,000 in grants, The Moving Company Dance Center in Keene will receive $19,600 in grants and the Sharon Arts Center in Sharon will receive $28,800 in grants for the 2008 and 2009.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to amend a memorandum of agreement with the US Geological Survey, Pembroke, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #132), to continue evaluating the effectiveness of the remedial action at the OK Tool site, by increasing the amount by $25,000 from $109,900 to $134,900. The OK Took site is in Milford.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Section to accept and expend federal funds in the amount of $14,817 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Rape Prevention and Education Program. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The Coalition is comprised of 13 member agencies statewide that provide services. The Women's Crisis Services in the Monadnock Region in Jaffrey and Keene and Bridges Domestic and Sexual Violence Support Services in Milford and Nashua are in District 5.

Bureau of Homeless, Housing and Transportation Services

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in the amount of $78,720. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Postsecondary Education Commission

Authorized to award a $6,500 grant to Rivier College, Nashua, for the purpose of granting scholarships to NH residents who have completed their freshman year and who will be selected for scholarships by the college on the basis of financial need or merit. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 1005 General Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized to amend a contract with the Southwest Regional Planning Commission, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 11-15-06, item #155), by retroactively extending the completion date from September 30, 2007 to September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to increase the rate of toll at Hooksett, Bedford, Dover and Rochester Mainlines by 25 cents for single rear tire vehicles (classes 1-4) and by 50 cents for duel rear tire vehicles (classes 5-12). (2) Further Authorized the Commissioner to increase the rate of toll at Hampton State Toll by 50 cents for single rear tire vehicles (classes 1-4) and by $1.00 for dual rear tire vehicles (classes 5-12), in accordance with RSA 237:9 and RSA 237:40. Effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 22, 2007.

Amendment: Authorized to increase the rate of toll at Hooksett, Bedford, Dover and Rochester Mainline tolls and the Hampton Side tolls by 25 cents for single rear tire vehicles (classes1-4) and by 50 cents for the duel rear tire vehicles (classes 5-12).

Increase the I-95 toll 50 cents for single rear tire vehicles (classes 1-4) and $1.00 for duel rear tire vehicles (classes 5-12).

You may have read about this proposal in my last Council update or in the news. I remain convinced that Merrimack deserves some relief and is paying a disproportionate share of the tolls in New Hampshire. I have convinced one other Councilor. And the Governor is quoted as saying, "I think we should provide relief to Merrimack and I have empathy for the people there." I offered an amendment to the proposal to provide Merrimack with some toll equity. It was tabled and will be taken up at the Council meeting later this month (October 31st) in Merrimack. So, for that reason, and because I was concerned with the rapidity of the vote after only a two week period, my vote was a no vote. Most people agree the work on the bridges and Turnpike need to be done. The "how," the "when," the "how much" and Merrimack were and are my concerns.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

James T. McKim, Goffstown, NH to the Economic Development Matching Grants Program
E. Vincent Hall, Nashua, NH to the Public Employee Labor Relations Board
Christopher L. Covel, Lyndeborough, NH to the New Hampshire Water Well Board.

Governor Lynch also nominated the following individuals to serve as Associate Justices on the Superior Court. Public Hearings will take place on October 29th in the Executive Council Chambers, beginning at 9 a.m.
Kenneth C. Brown, Manchester, NH; Diane M. Nicolosi, Concord, NH and Brian T. Tucker, Hopkinton, NH.

September 19, 2007 Meeting

The October 3, 2007 meeting will be held at the Youth Services Center, 1056 North River Road, Manchester, NH.

Business Finance Authority

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing with respect to the financing of an industrial facility by the Business Finance Authority for Colt Refining, Inc. located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Action will Authorized a Resolution under RSA 162-I:9 to determine the financing will serve a public use, provide public benefit and is within the policy and authority of the Act. Colt Refining processes industrial scrap metals and removes gold, silver and other metals. They will be purchasing an incinerator to improve production and provide environmental and energy efficiencies.

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to enter into an agreement with the County of Cheshire, Keene, NH, for the purpose of supporting the acquisition of a portion of the building in Keene for Southwestern Community Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. Southwestern Community Services will relocate its Head Start Center and fit up the remainder for administrative and program office space for Southwestern Community Services.

Office of Energy and Planning

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services, Inc., Keene, NH, for the Fuel Assistance Program in the amount of $1,715,481. (2)Further Authorized to advance Southwestern Community Services, Inc., $324,670 to operate between monthly reimbursements from the State. Effective October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. The Fuel Assistance Program is a statewide program that makes home energy more affordable for income-qualified families, disabled and elderly residents of New Hampshire. Funds are targeted to low income households with high-energy burdens.

Office of the Adjutant General

Authorized to enter into a contract with Loureiro Engineering Associates of Merrimack, NH, for the development of a waste analysis plan for hazardous, universal and solid wastes generated at facilities by the NH National Guard in the amount of $11,700. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized to accept and place on file the Report and Findings of Councilor Debora Pignatelli with regard to financing certain capital expenditures and refinancing certain existing indebtedness in participation with St. Joseph Hospital of Nashua, NH, The Surgi-Center at St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH, and Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, MA.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award an Operating Grant in the amount of $11,900 to Colonial Theatre Group inc., Keene, NH. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Division of the Arts to award two year Operating Grants totaling $78,200 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated August 15, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. The Nashua Symphony Association and Peterborough Players each received Operating Grants of $12,800 and $16,000.

Authorized Division of the Arts to award two year Operating Grants totaling $137,400 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated August 30, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. Monadnock Arts in Education of Keen received a $5,100 grant for operating expenses.

Authorized Division of the Arts to award two year Operating Grants totaling $85,600 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated August 29, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. Andy's Summer Playhouse in Wilton received a $5,500 grant.

Attorney General

Authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $350,000 from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Grant Program. Effective upon G&C approval through May 31, 2009. Fiscal Committee approved.

Department of Health And Human Services

Division of Community Based Care Services

Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with Easter Seals NH Inc., Manchester, NH, to provide support services to NH reserve military families and military members deployed or returning from combat in an amount not to exceed $299,700. Effective September 20, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through September 30, 2008. 100% Other (Federal) Funds.

Office of Medicaid Business And Policy

Tabled Authorized to amend a sole source contract with McKesson Health Solutions LLC, Broomfield, CO, (previously approved by G&C on 9-8-04, item #108, amended on 9-27-06, item #77), to continue administration of the NH Medicaid Disease Management Program, by increasing the amount by $2,733,864 from $3,885,701 to $6,619,565, and by extending the completion date from September 30, 2007 to June 30, 2009. 50% General, 50% Federal Funds.

I made the motion to table this contract. Last year, when this contract was amended, we were told that the contract would be put out for competitive bid this year. As you can see, it is for an enormous amount of money. We were being asked to continue with a no bid contract after its expiration date, and I felt that it should be re-bid. Councilors Beverly Hollingworth and Ray Burton supported my move to table this item. We were assured that services to clients would not be stopped as a result of tabling this item.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Leonard Gerzon, Amherst, NH, Assessing Standards Board
Terry Linehan, Amherst, NH, Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Kenneth E. Mayo, Nashua, State Radiation Advisory Committee

September 5, 2007 Meeting

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to enter into an agreement with the Town of Rindge, NH, to conduct a study that will evaluate a town owned parcel of land for development of up to 30 affordable elderly housing units in the amount of $12,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Attorney General

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Tarah Snee, Nashua, NH to conduct legal research, preparing legal memoranda and providing general support and assistance to the Governor's Crime Commission and the Office of the Attorney General in the amount of $5,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to amend a loan agreement with the Town of Jaffrey, to finance the construction of wastewater treatment plant upgrades by increasing the amount by $6,000,000 from $1,307,154.34 to $7,307,154.34. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Bureau of Homeless, Housing and Transportation Services

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in the amount of $85,206.60. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance (Well Section) to enter into a contract with Skillings & Sons Inc., Hollis, NH, for the construction of a drilled well and pump on the property of Andrew Harris, East Kingston, NH, in the amount of $26,925. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2007.

Department of Transportation

Authorized to amend a contract with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 10-11-06, item #82), to develop a Regional Safety Plan, by extending the completion date from September 30, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to amend a contract with Park Construction Corp., Fitzwilliam, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 11-15-06, item #176), for the reconstruction of the NH 101/Winchester Street intersection and other improvements in the City of Keene, by increasing the amount by $430,000 from $6,386,989.80 to $6,816,989.80. Effective upon G&C approval. 80% Federal, 20% Highway Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with R. J. Olszak Construction Inc., d/b/a All-Ways Wrecking, Bridgewater, NH, for building demolitions in Keene, and Hinsdale as detailed in letter dated July 13, 2007, on the basis of a low bid of $78,525. Effective upon G&C approval through October 26, 2007. (2)Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $11,778.75 for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the construction project. 80% Federal, 20% Highway Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Rail & Transit to amend a retroactive contract with Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Nashua, NH (previously amended by G&C on 5-24-06), for further data collection and completion of the technical study, by extending the completion date to December 31, 2008 from June 30, 2007. 83% Federal, 17% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance (Well Section) to enter into a contract with Skillings & Sons Inc., Hollis, NH, for the construction of a drilled well and pump on the property of David Vachon, Candia, NH, in the amount of $20,485. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2007.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance (Well Section) to enter into a contract with Skillings & Sons Inc., Hollis, NH, for the construction of a drilled well and pump on the property of Andrew Harris, East Kingston, NH, in the amount of $26,925. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2007.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Betsy Abrahams, Merrimack, NH, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Commission
David R. Proper, Keene, NH, Municipal Records Board
Archie C. Burnett, III, Milford, NH, New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Industry Board
Adrian E. Feldhusen, New Ipswich, NH, Midwifery Council

August 22, 2007 Meeting

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to enter into an agreement with the Town of Hinsdale, NH, for the purpose of supporting infrastructure improvements and the further development of the Hinsdale Commercial and Industrial Development Corporation in the amount of $240,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of the Arts to grant FY 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship Awards totaling $30,000 to the artists as detailed in letter dated July 26, 2007, for the period of G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. William Irvine of Rindge received a $5,000 Award.

Department of Corrections

Authorized to amend a retroactive sole source contract with Community Improvement Associates, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 7-16-03, late item #M, amended on 8-3-05, item #66) in the amount of $66,000 to operate an Academy Case Management Program in Cheshire County from June 30, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to amend a retroactive sole source contract with Community Improvement Associates, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 7-16-03, late item #N, amended on 8-3-05, item #62) in the amount of $84,000 to operate an Academy Case Management Program in Sullivan County from June 30, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to amend a retroactive sole source contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 7-16-03, late item #O, amended on 8-3-05, item #63) in the amount of $42,349.98 to operate an Academy Case Management Program in South Hillsborough County from June 30, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 100% General Funds.

Pari-Mutuel Commission

Authorized to accept and expend $20,000 bond escrow funds from The Hartford Insurance Company on behalf of the New England Fund Raising Co Inc., a games of chance operator licensee to repay the charitable organizations a portion of the proceeds they were due but did not receive from games of chance that New England Fund Raising Co Inc., held on behalf of their charitable cause. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Agency Income Funds. Several non-profit organizations in Nashua lost money and will now receive a portion of the lost funds.

Department of Resources and Economic Development

Authorized Division of Economic Development to enter into a contract with the Town of Rindge, NH, to facilitate the wireless network in the Town of Rindge in the amount of $9,999. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2007. (2)Further Authorized the payment of $9,000 upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds.

Authorized Division of Economic Development to enter into a contract with the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, Nashua, NH, to launch free wireless Internet service in downtown Nashua in the amount of $10,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2007. (2)Further Authorized the payment of $9,000 upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to enter into agreements with the entities as detailed in letter dated August 9, 2007, for the total amount of $439,992 in order to implement the 2008-2009 Regional Environmental Planning Program. (2)Further Authorized to award an advance payment in the amount of $5,000 to each of the nine RPAs in accordance with the terms of the grant agreements; for a total of $45,000 in advance payments. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. The Southwest and Nashua Regional Planning commissions will receive funding.

Authorized to award a Business United for Water Security Installation grant to the Merrimack Village District, Merrimack, NH, to complete a project to protect drinking water from contamination in the amount of $4,500. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the entities as detailed in letter dated July 24, 2007, totaling $22,146.33 to fund Household Hazardous Waste Collection projects. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. Goffstown will receive funding.

Department of Health and Human Services

Bureau of Homeless, Housing and Transportation Services

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in the amount of $86,390. Effective retroactive to April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Harbor Homes Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in the amount of $190,635. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services; Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Section; Strategic Prevention Framework Program, to enter into an agreement with Monadnock Collaborative, Keene, NH, to develop and implement a community level prevention infrastructure in an amount not to exceed $587,946. (2)Further Authorized to provide an advance payment to Monadnock Collaborative in SFY 2008 not to exceed 25% of the agreement amount, for initial start-up costs for projects within the agreement. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services; Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Section; Strategic Prevention Framework Program, to enter into an agreement with United Way of Greater Nashua, Nashua, NH, to develop and implement a community level prevention infrastructure in an amount not to exceed $643,244. (2)Further Authorized to provide an advance payment to United Way of Greater Nashua in SFY 2008 not to exceed 25% of the agreement amount, for initial start-up costs for projects within the agreement. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Community Public Health Development Section to enter into a sole source agreement with the County of Cheshire, Keene, NH, to provide regional public health system improvements, including planning for public health emergencies in an amount not to exceed $75,000. (2)Further Authorized an advance payment in SFY 2008 not to exceed 25% of the agreement amount, for initial startup costs for projects within the agreement, which includes the burden of a program coordinator and associated programs costs. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to award a grant totaling $259,304 to the City of Nashua Transit System, Nashua, NH, to provide matching funds to the City of Nashua's Federal Department of Transportation's Job Access Reverse Commute grant. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into grant agreements with the communities listed in letter dated August 3, 2007 for a total amount of $299,641.05. Funds will be used for activities associated with enhancing local all-hazard planning. 100% Federal Funds. Milford, Temple and Troy will receive grants.

Authorized to retroactively reimburse Claude Ouellette, Merrimack, NH for travel expense in the amount of $2,894.66 for out of state travel June 23-28, 2007. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Highway Funds.

Authorized Division of Motor Vehicles to enter into a contract with Jay McKenna Cleaning Inc., Merrimack, NH, to provide janitorial services for the Manchester DMV office in the amount of $21,420. Effective September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2010. 100% Highway Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Rail & Transit to expend an amount not to exceed $204,000 to the City of Nashua, Manchester Transit Authority, and Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, to provide a portion of the grant funds required to match Federal Transit Administration funds for operating expenses. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the Nashua Airport Authority, for AIP-28 to conduct an Environmental Assessment study for the future construction of a runway relocation and extension in the amount of $390,000. Effective upon G&C approval through August 31, 2011. 97.44% Federal, 2.56% General Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Sandra Hogan, Nashua, NH to the Division of Children, Youth and Families Advisory Board
William A. Marcello, Keene, NH to the Community College system of New Hampshire Board of Trustees
Thomas J. Pappas, Nashua, NH the Police Commission
Jennifer Ng, Merrimack, NH to the Pre-Engineering Technology Advisory Council
Kathryn P. Nelson, Nashua, NH to the Rivers Management Advisory Committee

July 18, 2007 Meeting

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to amend an existing Agreement with the City of Keene, NH which was initially approved by the Governor and Council on July 19, 2006, Item #2, to extend the time period to complete the project from June 30, 2008 to December 31, 2009. No additional state or federal funds are required for this action. This project provided funding to the City of Keene, for $450,000, to assist the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation with infrastructure improvements to the vacant downtown Keene Railroad Yard site.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized to enter into a contract with Schroeder Construction Management, Inc. of Nashua, NH for HVAC penthouse metal wall replacement at the Rockingham County Courthouse, Brentwood, NH for a total price not to exceed $72,438.00. Effective from the date of Governor and Council approval through October 26, 2007, unless extended by the Department in accordance with the contract documents. 100% Transfer Funds

Authorized to enter into a contract with D. L. King & Associates, Inc. of Nashua, NH for tunnel repair at the NH Hospital, Hugh J. Gallen State Office Park South, Concord, NH for a total price not to exceed of $39,900.00. Effective from the date of Governor and Council approval through October 1, 2007, unless extended by the Department in accordance with the contract documents. 100% Transfer from other agencies.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Historical Resources to award a Federally funded Certified Local Government Grant to the Town of Jaffrey, NH for the project, "Jaffrey Preservation Planning Project II" in the amount of $6,000.00 for the period of Governor & Council approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds. Jaffrey will use this information to assist in the future development and preservation activities of the town. The Planning Board, the Jaffrey Historical Society, the Citizens Advisory Committee, the Historic District Commission and the Village Improvement Society will be involved as will other community members.

Department of Justice

Authorized to accept and expend a grant from the US Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, Victims of Crime Act Grant Program in the amount of $1,992,000.00 to fund programs providing direct services to victims of crime, from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. Fiscal Committee Approved. The funds will go directly to victims of crime to compensate them for losses resulting from their victimization. Examples are medical expenses lost wages, mental health, funeral expenses, etc.

Authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $80,000.00 from the US Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, Victims of Crime Act Grant Program, from the period of Governor and Council approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. Fiscal Committee Approved. These funds will go directly to victims of crime to compensate them for losses resulting from their victimization (i.e. medical expenses, lost wages, mental health, funeral expenses, etc.)

Authorized to retroactively enter into subgrants with the Bow Police Department, Manchester Police Department, NH Liquor Commission, Seabrook Police Department, Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept & Nashua Police Department totaling $226,781.00 from the FFY 2006 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program which provides funding for programs to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system from the period of Governor and Council approval to September 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. Each of these grants will provide funding for a safe facility with trained staff and security to allow supervised visitation and safe exchange of children by and between parents in families where there is a history of violence. Most families participating in these programs have been court ordered to do so. The Greater Nashua Supervised Visitation Center will receive a grant for $78,773.

Authorized to retroactively amend Governor and Executive Council late item #E approved by Governor and Council on September 27, 2006 by extending the end date only, with no increase in funding, of the sub-grant of Dover Police Department, Hillsborough County Attorney, Hillsborough County Sheriff & Nashua Police Athletic League, from the original end date of June 30, 2007, to a new end date of September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to retroactively amend Governor and Executive Council item #34 approved by Governor and Council on May 2, 2007 by extending the end date only, with no increase in funding, of the sub-grant to the NH Department of Safety, to purchase a firearms related piece of forensic equipment, from the original end date of June 30, 2007, to a new end date of September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to retroactively amend Governor and Council Item #38, approved by Governor and Council on November 29, 2006, by extending the end date only, with no increase in funding, of the sub-grants to the agencies listed in the letter dated June 27, 2007 in the total amount of $627,989.00 to provide safe facilities for supervised visitation and exchange of children by and between parents in cases of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault or stalking, from the previous end date of June 30, 2007 to a new end date of September 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to retroactively amend Governor and Council Item #37, approved by Governor and Council on November 29, 2006, by extending the end date only, with no increase in funding, of the sub-grants to the agencies listed in the letter dated June 27, 2007 in the total amount of $682,672.00 to provide services to women in New Hampshire who have been victims of violent crime, from the previous end date of June 30, 2007 to a new end date of September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to retroactively enter into sub-grants to the agencies listed in the letter dated June 27, 2007 programs providing direct services to victims of crime from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

These subgrants are to continue existing programs providing direct services to victims of crime. Included are child advocacy centers and other programs focused on assisting child victims of crime. Bridges of Nashua and the Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County in Nashua are recipients of these grants.

Department of Resources And Economic Development

Authorized Division of Parks and Recreation, Bureau of Trails to award Recreational Trails Program grants, totaling $864,171.63 to the organizations listed pending Attorney General's approval, for the grant period of Governor and Council approval through June30, 2009, 100% Federal Funds. These funds are for development and maintenance of recreational trails and trail-related projects. Merrimack, Goffstown, New Boston and Brookline are receiving grants.

Authorized Division of Economic Development to enter into a contract with the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation of Keene, NH in the amount of $20,000.00 for a Revitalization Feasibility Study for downtown Keene upon Governor and Council approval through January 31, 2008. 100% Economic Development Funds.

Authorized Division of Economic Development to enter into a contract with the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation of Keene, NH in the amount of $20,000.00 for a redevelopment project in downtown Jaffrey upon Governor and Council approval through January 1, 2009. 100% Economic Development Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to enter into a grant in aid agreement under the provision of RSA 149-M with the City of Nashua, NH for the engineering costs from the closure of the City of Nashua's Multi-Site Project in an amount not to exceed $269,331.06. The grant is to be awarded upon Governor and Executive Council approval. 100% General Funds. This is part of an unlined landfill closure grant program that provides a 20% contribution to aid municipalities in closing their landfills. Authorized to enter into a grant in aid agreement under the provision of RSA 149-M with the City of Nashua, NH for the closure of the City of Nashua's Lincoln Park Landfill in an amount not to exceed $405,458.13. The grant is to be awarded upon Governor and Executive Council approval. 100% General Funds. See prior grant explanation.

Authorized to enter into a grant in aid agreement, under the provision of RSA 149-M with the City of Nashua, NH for the closure of the City of Nashua's Four Hills Unlined Municipal Landfill Part II in an amount not to exceed $1,779,508.22. The grant is to be awarded upon Governor and Executive Council approval. 100% General Funds. See prior grant explanation

Authorized to award a Local Source Water Protection grant to the Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. of Merrimack, NH in the amount of $15,000.00 to complete a project to protect drinking water from contamination, effective upon Governor and Council approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. Pennichuck Water Works will use its funds to conduct a social marketing assessment within the Stump Brook subwatershed. The assessment will identify target areas within the drinking water supply source area and assess why residents are choosing certain behaviors that may contribute to non point source pollution. The results will be used to develop an education action plan to help protect this and other drinking water sources.

Department of Education

Authorized to contract with Bruce Thielen of Keene, NH to provide targeted technical assistance services to school districts around the State of NH. To be in effect from the date of Governor and Council approval through June 30, 2008 in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00. 100% Federal Funds. Further Authorized the payment for services rendered and approved in lieu of withholding at least 25% of the total value of the contract.

Further Authorized to exercise a renewal option on this contract for up to one additional fiscal year subject to Governor and Council approval and the contractor's acceptable performance. Mr. Thielen will assist in improving outcomes for students with disabilities.

Department of Safety

Authorized sole source, retroactive grant agreements between the NH Department of Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Mgmt and the Community Action Program sub-grantees in the letter dated July 3, 2007 for a total of $120,000.00 for recover activities associated with the federally declared disaster of April 2007. Effective upon Governor and Council approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds. Southwestern Community Services will receive a grant for $10,000.

Department of Transportation

Authorized to exercise a contract renewal with R&R Communications, Inc of Swanzey, NH in the amount of $142,320.00 for the purpose of providing statewide radio maintenance and service for the Department's mobile radio system. The contract period is from date of Governor and Council's approval until June 30, 2009. Governor and Council originally approved the two year contract on October 5, 2005, Item #141.

The following person from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions Samuel J. Giarrusso, Amherst, NH to the New Hampshire Retirement System Board of Trustees.

June 27, 2007 Meeting

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Wesfield Construction Co., Inc., West Chesterfield, NH, for office and maintenance garage renovations and additions, at the District 4 office building in Swanzey, NH, for a total not to exceed $1,128,283. Effective upon G&C approval through December 30, 2007. (2) Further Authorized $50,000 for payment to the Department of Administrative Services, Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction for engineering services provided. 100% Highway Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to amend a contract with Turnstone Corporation, Milford, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-13-06, item #23), for emergency water damage repairs to Glencliff Home For Elderly, Benton, NH, by increasing the amount by $49,294 from $535,023 to $584,317. Effective upon G&C approval through October 1, 2007. 60% General, 40% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Court Facilities to enter into a six-month hold over amendment with the Town of Merrimack, NH, for office and courtroom space, in the amount not to exceed $16,077.72. Effective July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award an Organizational Support American Masterpieces Grant to Moving Company Dance Center, Keene, in the amount of $3,400. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Attorney General

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Attorney Elyse S. Alkalay, Nashua, NH, for legal services to assist the Secretary of State in implementing provisions of the Help America Vote Act, by increasing the amount by $50,201 from $143,834.60 to $194,035.60, and by extending the end date from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

#66 DENIED the petition of S. Annie Decker requesting a pardon hearing for the offense of Theft by Unauthorized Taking. The petitioner is eligible to seek annulment after June 19, 2011.

Employment Security

Authorized to enter into a contract with Powers Generator Service LLC, Swanzey, NH, to purchase and install a commercial generator at NHES's 32 South Main Street, Concord NH location in the amount of $146,099. (2)Further Authorized to expend up to an additional $7,500 (contingency amount) for unforeseen replacement of existing wiring or switching devices. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

NH Fish and Game Department

Authorized to enter into Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Law Enforcement supplemental contracts with the NH Police Departments as detailed in letter dated June 5, 2007, in an aggregate total of $238,725. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to budget and expend prior year carry forward funds in the amount of $4,844 to fund design and permitting activities related to river restoration and dam removals. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. (2)Further Authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Homestead Woolen Mills Inc., Swanzey, NH, to fund design and permitting activities associated with the removal of the Homestead Woolen Mills Dam in the amount of $39,657. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Authorized to amend a Business United for Water Security Installation grant to the City of Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 3-21-07, item #43), to complete a project to better protect drinking water from contamination by extending the completion date to December 31, 2007 from June 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Homeless, Housing and Transportation Services

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Veteran Hospice Homestead Inc., Fitchburg, MA, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. Authorized to enter into an agreement with The Way Home, Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $366,240. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Community Improvement Associates Inc., Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $92,468. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Families in Transition, Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $482,950. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. Authorized to enter into an agreement with Merrimack Valley Assistance Program, Concord, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $123,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Friends of Veterans Inc., White River Junction, VT, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $17,850. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Nashua Pastoral Care Center Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $160,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Child and Family Services of NH, Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $195,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a retroactive agreement with Nashua Pastoral Care Center Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $20,000. Effective January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement NH Legal Assistance, Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $50,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester/St. John Neumann Church, Merrimack, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $30,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $80,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $226,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Concord, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $539,720. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with New Horizons for NH Inc., Manchester, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $395,550. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $662,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Harbor Homes Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $117,600. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Greater Nashua Council on Alcoholism Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals, in an amount not to exceed $139,470. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Bureau of Behavioral Health

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Harbor Homes Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide non-Medicaid funded mental health services and peer support services in an amount not to exceed $51,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract renewal option with Granite State Monarchs, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-7-06, item #159), to provide peer support services in an amount not to exceed $157,509. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2008. (2)Further Authorized advance payment up to a maximum of one-twelfth of the contract price limitation. 67% Federal, 33% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Therese Charest, Nashua, NH, to provide representative payee services in an amount not to exceed $4,800. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2008. 100% General Funds.

Bureau of Developmental Services

Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with Area Agency of Greater Nashua Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide developmental and acquired brain disorder services in an amount not to exceed $3,145,487. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. (2) Further Authorized an advance payment up to a maximum of one-twelfth of the contract price limitation. 79% Federal, 21% General Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with Monadnock Developmental Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide developmental and acquired brain disorder services in an amount not to exceed $2,314,671. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. (2)Further Authorized an advance payment up to a maximum of one-twelfth of the contract price limitation. 67% Federal, 33% General Funds.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Section to enter into an agreement with Crispin's House Inc., Goffstown, NH, to provide substance abuse prevention services in an amount not to exceed $49,446. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services, Nutrition & Health Promotion Section to retroactively amend an agreement with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH (previously approved by G&C on 5-21-03, item #65, amended on 5-4-05, item #97, amended on 6-7-06, item #117), to provide supplemental nutrition and related health services to low-income families, by increasing the amount by $24,386 from $1,559,467 to $1,583,853. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Rural Health and Primary Care Section, Oral Health Program to enter into an agreement with Greater Nashua Dental Connection Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide access to preventive and restorative dental treatment for individuals participating in the community-based dental program in an amount not to exceed $75,600. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 81% Federal, 19% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Services Section to enter into an agreement with SAU #41, Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District, Hollis, NH, to provide substance abuse prevention services in an amount not to exceed $29,580. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Section to enter into an agreement with University of MA, Jamaica Plain, MA, to provide laboratory services for newborn screening for the State of NH in an amount not to exceed $1,388,454. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 100% Other Funds.

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to provide Licensed Plus quality child care awards in the amount of $224,194.22 to a total of 37 Licensed Plus Child care programs throughout the State of NH. Effective upon G&C approval through August 30, 2007. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds. Authorized to amend an agreement with Monadnock Family Services, Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, late item #G), for Comprehensive Family Support Services in the Keene district office catchment area, by increasing the amount from $195,794 to $395,794, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend an agreement with the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Concord, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, item #347), for the provision of a statewide program to improve responses to domestic violence, by increasing the amount from $1,913,772 to $3,807,506, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Concord, NH, for the provision of a statewide domestic violence prevention program in an amount not to exceed $1,342,000. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 52.5% Other, 47.5% General Funds.

Bureau of Medical Services

Authorized Special Medical Services Section to enter into an agreement with Joseph Fish, Ph.D, Goffstown, NH, to provide psychology services for children with special health care needs and their families served by the Special Medical Services Section in an amount not to exceed $112,948. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009. 68% General, 32% Federal Funds.

Authorized Disability Determination Section to amend an agreement with Meghan Casey, Registered Nurse, Amherst, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 11-15-06, item #104), to function as a Disability Determination Intake Reviewer, by increasing the price from $15,552 to $37,152, and by extending the completion date from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 50% Federal, 50% General Funds.

Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services

Authorized to amend an agreement with Pilot Health LLC, Keene, NH, (previously approved G&C on 6-7-06, item #145, amended on 12-12-06, item #129), to continue to provide fiscal intermediary services to facilitate BEAS' staff training programs, by increasing the amount by $30,726 from $32,843 to $63,569. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2009.

New Hampshire Veterans Home

Authorized to retroactively pay prior year invoice to SimplexGrinnell, Nashua, NH, for the repair of failing smoke detectors in the amount of $950. Effective upon G&C approval. 41% Agency, 34% Federal, 25% General Funds.

Department of Education

Authorized to grant funds to the Nashua Adult Learning Center, Nashua, NH, to provide adult basic education/ESL, English Language/Civics Education classes and training for volunteers to work one-on-one with undereducated adults coordinated from the Nashua Adult Learning Center, the Learning Center Annex in Nashua and in students' homes in the amount of $559,690.85. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2008. 40% General, 60% Federal Funds.

Authorized to grant funds to the Nashua Adult Learning Center, Nashua, NH, to provide basic math and reading instruction for NH Employment Program clients, and services to students from southern Hillsborough County in the amount of $72,091. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2008. 100% Other Funds.

Authorized to amend a contract with Connie Upschulte, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach (previously approved by G&C on 5-2-07, item #108), to participate in the Follow the Child Leadership Summer Institute and to continue to provide content coaching with the schools/districts that has been assigned to her, by extending the end date from June 30, 2007 to September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a contract with Cecile Carlton, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach (previously approved by G&C on 4-18-07, item #88), to participate in the Follow the Child Leadership Summer Institute and to continue to provide content coaching with the schools/districts that has been assigned to her, by extending the end date from June 30, 2007 to September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a contract with Christine Downing, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach (previously approved by G&C on 4-18-07, item #84), to participate in the Follow the Child Leadership Summer Institute and to continue to provide content coaching with the schools/districts that has been assigned to her, by extending the end date from June 30, 2007 to September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Division of Adult Learning and Rehabilitation to enter into a contract with America's Youth Teenage Unemployment Reduction Network, Brockton, MA, to provide youth services, employment, and training in two NH communities in an amount not to exceed $585,195. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. (2)Further Authorized to make advanced monthly payments for services provided under the terms of the contract. (3) Further Authorized to withhold 10% of the contract total instead of the 25% withholding provision of the contract price. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Division of State Police to enter into a contract with Capital Contractors of Bedford, NH, to clean Troop B in Milford, NH, in the amount not to exceed $47,970. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2010. Highway & Turnpike Funds. Authorized Division of State Police to enter into a contract with Capital Contractors of Bedford, NH, to clean Troop C in Keene, NH, in the amount not to exceed $35,370. Effective July 1, 2007 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through June 30, 2010. Highway & Turnpike Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Allied Waste Services of MA, LLC, Tyngsboro, MA, to provide trash removal services at the locations as detailed in letter dated May 11, 2007, in the amount not to exceed $3,263. Effective July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009.

Department of Transportation

Authorized to amend a contract with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Nashua, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, item #522, amended on 8-8-06, item #112), to assess the economic benefits of passenger trail for the Nashua region, determining the effects that commuter rail and a high density transit services will have on the local economic and property values, by extending the completion date from June 30, 2007 to December 31, 2007. 80% Federal, 10% State Highway, 10% Local Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Design to amend a contract with The Louis Berger Group, Incorporated, Manchester, NH, and East Orange, NJ, (previously approved by G&C on 2-17-99, item #98), for the final design for the Keene Bypass project in the City of Keene and Town of Swanzey, by extending the completion date from June 30, 2007 to September 1, 2008.

Authorized Bureau of Rail & Transit to enter into an agreement with NVA @ HCS Inc., Keene, NH, for transportation services for the general public and elderly and disabled citizens in the Keene area for an amount not to exceed $480,600. Effective July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 96% Federal, 4% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Right of Way to sell a State owned homestead on a 0.65 acre parcel of land in Nashua to Amwar Elgamal for $230,000 plus $1,100 administrative fee. (2)Further Authorized to compensate Topsell Realty LLC from the proceeds of the subject sale in the amount of $11,500 for real estate services. Effective upon G&C approval.

Authorized Bureau of Right of Way to sell a 7,960 square foot parcel of State-owned land in Merrimack to Alex Ray South LLC for $75,000 plus $1,100 administrative fee. (2)Further Authorized to compensate Diane Day Realty from the proceeds of the sale in the amount of $1,500 for real estate services. Effective upon G&C approval.

Authorized Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the City or Keene, NH, for AIP-22 to construct portions of Taxiway "A" and "L" and a roadway to the fuel farm at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport (Keene) in the amount of $336,632. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2011. 97.44% Federal, 2.56% General Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Aeronautics to enter into a grant agreement with Jaffrey Municipal Airport Development Corporation, owner of the Jaffrey Airport Silver Ranch, Jaffrey, NH, for the removal of tree and brush obstructions adjacent to Runway 16/34 in the amount of $9,562.50. Effective upon G&C approval through July 31, 2011. 100% General Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions
Katherine E. Chambers, Milford, NH to the NH Municipal Bond Bank
Robert E. Myers, Nashua, NH to the Postsecondary Education Commission

May 2, 2007 Meeting

Office of Energy And Planning

Authorized to enter into a sole source retroactive contract with southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, for services to be provided under the federal Weatherization Assistance Program, which reduces energy consumption and the impact of energy costs in low-income households in the amount of $154,642. Effective April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008. (2)Further Authorized to advance to the vendor $26,727 of the contract amount. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source retroactive contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, for services to be provided under the federal Weatherization Assistance Program, which reduces energy consumption and the impact of energy costs in low-income households in the amount of $326,162. Effective April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008. (2)Further Authorized to advance to the vendor $56,370 of the contract amount. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-27-06, item #7, amended on 12-12-06, item #12, amended on 4-4-07, item #5), for the Fuel Assistance Program, by increasing the amount by $150,029 from $2,259,117 to $2,409,146. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-27-06, item #6, amended on 12-12-06, item #13), for the Fuel Assistance Program, by increasing the amount by $240,333 from $5,689,057 to $5,929,390. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Arts to award Organizational Support American Masterpieces Grants totaling $7,135 to the NH philharmonic, Manchester and to the Nashua Symphony Association. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds

Authorized an Original Loan Agreement with the Town of Peterborough in the amount of $3,000,000 to finance water system improvements. Effective upon G&C approval.

Authorized to amend a state aid grant to the Town of Swanzey, NH, for water pollution control project, by increasing the grant by $526,160 from $1,375,279 to $1,901,439. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to award Wastewater State Aid Grants in an aggregate amount of $322,503 for water pollution control projects. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% General Funds.

Authorized to award Household Hazardous Waste grants to the entities as detailed in letter dated March 19, 2007, for the purpose of conducting household hazardous waste collection projects in the amount totaling $78,042.86. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 100% Other Funds.

Department of Health And Human Services

Office of the Commissioner

Authorized to amend an agreement with Home Health and Hospice Care, Nashua, NH (previously approved by G&C on 6-22-05, item #174, amended on 3-22-06, item #102, amended on 5-3-06, item #61), to provide Homemaker services, by increasing the amount by $5,624 from $515,851.52 to $521,475.52. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 85% Federal, 15% General Funds.

Department of Education

Authorized to enter into a contract with Connie Upschulte, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach, to provide support and technical assistance in mathematics to schools and districts designated as in need of improvement and provide professional development to NH educators in an amount not to exceed $5,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. (2)Further Authorized a renewal option on this contract for up to two additional fiscal years, subject to the contractor's acceptable performance of the terms therein. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Right of Way to sell a State owned homestead on a 0.23 acre parcel of land in Nashua to Annie Faucher and Errol Faucher for $209,000 plus $1,100 administrative fee. (2)Further Authorized to compensate Prudential Verani Realty from the proceeds of the subject sale in the amount of $9,718.50 for real estate services. Effective upon G&C approval.

April 18, 2007 Meeting

Comments about my vote for Mark Bodi for Liquor Commissioner

I have given a lot of thought to this important nomination and want to say a few words.

First, once again, the Governor has brought to the Council a man of fine character and excellent qualifications. Even with that, I had to wrestle with the question of whether there was any kind of conflict of interest for me to vote and for Mark Bodi to serve in this position.

As elected officials, we must carefully assess potential conflicts. For years, I did so in the House and Senate to make sure I was conflict-free in my votes. In this case, Mark Bodi did make a contribution to my campaign. Certainly, though, we can't exclude excellent people who have given contributions, from public service. I did ask the State Executive Ethics Commission about this and was told there is no conflict so long as a contribution is disclosed, and of course, I did so. Further, I would never vote in favor or against someone whether he did or did not contribute to my campaign.

I also considered the potential conflict issue around Mark's employment in his advertising agency which does business with the State's Liquor industry.

When considering these important nominations to State positions, foremost in my mind is that we need knowledgeable and qualified people to assume these crucial posts. When I vote for a qualified judge, for instance, I know I cannot reject him or her solely because he or his firm represented clients who will come before the court. When we have an applicant's word he will recuse himself in cases of conflict and we know he is a person of integrity, we believe he will. And the same goes for a nominee to lead a state agency who might have worked in one industry or another and have gained valuable knowledge and experience. And if confirmed to lead an agency, she might be regulating that industry. We, the Governor and the Councilors, need to satisfy ourselves she will work solely for the public's interest when she comes into state government. If not, we should not entrust that nominee with such important public responsibilities.

In this case, Mark Bodi will be severing all business ties with his former company. He will not be receiving compensation or payouts in the future. When he and I met to discuss his nomination, he assured me he will recuse himself from discussions and votes on any contracts for which his former company will be competing. Those statements were reassuring to me.

The Public Hearing was very helpful to me in reaching my decision. Of course, it was an entirely open process, and I learned from a wide variety of New Hampshire people about Mark's outstanding qualities - his integrity, his generosity to the state, his creativity and work ethic.

I had all of these thoughts about qualifications and conflicts in mind when evaluating this nominee. I have satisfied myself that Mark Bodi is a man of integrity and ability. He has convinced me he will do a great job as Commissioner. And he will get my vote.

Business Finance Authority

Authorized to hold a Public Hearing to approve an award of a State Guarantee under RSA 162-A:13-a with respect to a loan from Ocean National Bank and Skillcraft Finishing Systems, Inc. in Nashua, New Hampshire. Action will Authorized a Resolution under RSA 162-I:18 to determine the financing will serve a public use, provide public benefit and is within the policy and authority of the Act.

Office of the Adjutant General

Authorized to exercise a second contract renewal option with JWC Enterprises d/b/a Chemserve of Milford, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 5-19-04, item #5), for hazardous waste & environmental testing at NH Army National Guard facilities in the amount of $17,188.17. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Brian A. Phillips, Keene, NH be confirmed to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Army National Guard.

Department of Administrative Services

Authorized Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Perm-A-Drive Paving Co., Inc., Conway, NH, for Armory Site Improvements in Berlin, Manchester, and Nashua for a total price not to exceed $937,000. Effective upon G&C approval through August 1, 2007. (2) Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $86,610.80 for unanticipated expense for the Armory Site Improvements, bringing the total to $1,023,610.80.

Department of Cultural Resources

Authorized Division of Historical Resources to award a Certified Local Government grant to the Town of Hollis in the amount of $8,491. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Attorney General

Authorized to designate Diana E. Fenton as an attorney at a salary of $55,000. Effective upon G&C approval.

Liquor Commission

Authorized to amend a contract with Monadnock Disposal Service Inc., Jaffrey, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 7-10-02, item #36), for rubbish removal services, by increasing the amount from $39,564.80 to $42,347.80, and increase of $2,783. 100% General Funds.

Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Child Support Services

Authorized to enter into an agreement with Monadnock Family Services Inc., Keene, NH, to provide mediation services to parents in Cheshire County to assist them in resolving their differences regarding custody, access and visitation issues in a non-adversarial, confidential setting in an amount not to exceed $21,750. Effective upon G&C approval through March 31, 2008. 100% Federal Funds.

Office of Homeless, Housing and Transportation Services

Authorized to enter into a retroactive agreement with Merrimack Valley Assistance Program, Concord, NH, to provide housing assistance and supportive services to individuals with HIV/AIDS and their families in an amount not to exceed $663,919. Effective March 1, 2007 through February 28, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Education

Authorized to enter into a contract with Christine Downing, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach, to provide support and technical assistance in mathematics to schools and districts designated as in need of improvement and provide professional development to NH educators in an amount not to exceed $5,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Cecile Carlton, Nashua, NH, School Improvement Coach, to provide support and technical assistance in mathematics to schools and districts designated as in need of improvement and provide professional development to NH educators in an amount not to exceed $5,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Safety

Authorized Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a contract with College Bound Movers Inc., Amherst, NH, for the relocation of Homeland Security and Emergency Management office furnishings, equipment and materials, Concord, NH, to the Incident Management Center, Concord, NH, in an amount not to exceed $6,990. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 35% Federal, 54% Private & Local, 11% Revolving Funds.

Authorized Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a retroactive contract with HGM Development Inc., Keene, NH, for lease of office space for the purpose of conducting business activities related to Operation Flood Recovery for the Keene/Alstead long term recover efforts in the amount of $1,200. Effective May 1, 2006 through August 31, 2006. 100% Federal Funds.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Highway Design to enter into an agreement with the Town of Hinsdale, NH, to compensate the Town $31,216 for their work as manager and contractor for road rehabilitation work related to the floods of October 2005. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Annseal Inc., Binghamton, NY for roadway crack sealing at various locations throughout the State on the basis of a low bid of $736,300.18. Effective upon G&C approval through October 12, 2007. (2) Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $73,630.02 for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during execution of the project. 80% Federal, 20% Highway Funds.

The following persons from District Five were nominated by Governor Lynch to State of New Hampshire Boards and Commissions

Roy W. Tilsley, Jr., Mont Vernon, NH to the State of New Hampshire to the Transportation Appeals Board

April 4, 2007 Meeting

Community Development Finance Authority

Authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of Keene, NH, for the purpose of supporting the acquisition of a vacant industrial building, known as the J A Wright building, adjacent to the Railroad Yard Development, in the amount of $500,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. The primary tenant will be Monadnock Community Services, the designated Area Agency which provides support and services to people with developmental disabilities in southwestern New Hampshire.

Office of Energy and Planning

Authorized to amend a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-27-06, item #7), for the Fuel Assistance Program, by increasing the amount by $100,000 from $2,159,117 to $2,259,117. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Southwestern Community Services Inc., Keene, NH, for the Senior Energy Assistance Services in the amount of $3,857. Effective April 4, 2007 through June 30, 2007. 100% Other Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Southern NH Services Inc., Manchester, NH, for the Senior Energy Assistance Services in the amount of $6,532. Effective April 4, 2007 through June 30, 2007. 100% Other Funds.

Office of the Adjutant General

Authorized Brian A. Phillips, Keene, NH, be nominated for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Army National Guard. This officer meets all prerequisites for this grade, having been found to be physically, mentally, and professionally qualified.

Department of Environmental Services

Authorized to award grant to the entities as detailed in letter dated March 22, 2007, for purposes of used oil collection, for a total of $11,147.50. Effective upon G&C approval through February 7, 2008. 100% Other Funds. The towns of Goffstown and Swanzey were awarded grants.

Department of Health And Human Services

Office Business Operations

Authorized to amend a sole source agreement with Absolute Data Destruction, Goffstown, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-26-02, item #129, amended on 5-18-05, item #58), to both safeguard confidential materials from misuse and to recycle post-consumer waste paper, by extending the end date to June 30, 2012.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Community Public Health Development Section to grant the list of pandemic influenza preparedness funds as detailed in letter dated March 13, 2007, to the associated All Health Hazards Regions Planning Groups in the amount of $617,525. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2007. 100% Federal Funds. The greater Nashua, Peterborough and Keene regions were given preparedness funds.

Division for Juvenile Justice Services

Authorized John H. Sununu Youth Services Center to accept a monetary donation from Fred B. Roedel, III of Wilton, NH in the amount of $1,000.

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to provide quality child care awards in the amount of $125,168 to a total of twenty-seven accredited child care programs throughout the State of NH who partner with the DHHS to provide child care services. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2007. 100% Federal Funds. Bright Horizons Family Center in Nashua, Children's World Learning Center in Nashua and Merrimack, Rivier College Early Childhood Center in Nashua, Southwestern Community Services in Keene and the SWLC (Small World Learning Center) in Nashua were awarded funds. They each partner with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide child care services.

Department of Transportation

Authorized Bureau of Highway Design to amend a contract with McFarland-Johnson Incorporated, Concord, NH, and Binghamton, NY, (previously approved by G&C on 11-13-02, item #171), for the final design of the Manchester Airport Access Road in the Towns of Bedford, Londonderry and Merrimack and the City of Manchester by increasing the fee by $291,596.77 from $7,733,664.32 to $8,025,261.09 for additional design services, and by extending the completion date from April 15, 2007 to May 1, 2008.

Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance (Well Section) to enter into a contract with Capital Well Company, Dunbarton, NH, for the grout sealing of abandoned wells on the properties of Sonia Gauthier, Auburn, NH, Carol Estes, Northwood and Josh DiJoseph, Barrington, in the amount of $10,115. Effective upon G&C approval through May 30, 2007.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Brox Industries Inc., Dracut, MA, on the basis of a low bid of $1,393,613 for roadway resurfacing of 16.5 miles of the F.E. Everett Turnpike/I-293 in the communities of Nashua, Merrimack, Bedford, Manchester and Hooksett. Effective upon G&C approval through September 14, 2007. (2) Further Authorized that a contingency in the amount of $139,316.30 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during execution of the project. 100% Turnpike Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Brox Industries Inc., Dracut, MA on the basis of a low bid of $1,757,580 for roadway resurfacing of 28.72 miles in maintenance District IV in Cheshire, Hillsborough, and Sullivan Counties. Effective upon G&C approval through August 31, 2007. (2) Further Authorized that a contingency in the amount of $175,758 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during ex