October 22, 2009

FROM: DEBORA B. PIGNATELLI, Executive Councilor

Concord, NH - Listed below are some of the items that were approved at the Governor and Council Meeting October 21, 2009 that might be of interest to District Five constituents.

The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in the State House, Concord, NH.

BUSINESS FINANCE AUTHORITY
Authorized to hold a Public Hearing with respect to the purchase by the Business Finance Authority of a loan made by Monadnock Economic Development Corporation to Lucci Holdings, LLC. located 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.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY
Authorized to award a grant to the Town of Exeter, NH, for the purpose of completing site work improvements for The Meeting Place affordable housing development near downtown Exeter in the amount of $500,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2011. 100% Federal Funds.

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Authorized to retroactively amend a grant received from the Federal Department of Education, federal fiscal year 2009 ARRA State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Government Services Program (previously approved by G&C on 6-30-09), used to provide guidance, oversight, compliance, and reporting on NH’s implementation of ARRA as well as to provide funding for public safety and other government services for the Department of Corrections, the Judicial Branch, the Department of Revenue Administration and the Department of Education, by realigning the budget for $18,366,514 of the $36,543,276 award as well as adjusting the beginning effective date from February 18, 2009 to February 17, 2009. Effective through September 30, 2011. 100% Federal Funds. Contingent upon Fiscal Committee approval of October 20, 2009.

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Authorized Division of Arts to award grants through the ARRA totaling $230,000 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated September 29, 2009. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized Division of the Arts to award two year operating grants totaling $113,600 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 5, 2009. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% General Funds.
Authorized: Division of the Arts to award a two year operating grant totaling $27,600 to the Nashua Symphony Association, Nashua, NH. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Federal Funds.
Division of the Arts to award two year operating grants totaling $67,600 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated October 5, 2009. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Federal Funds.
Authorized: Division of the Arts to award two year operating grants totaling $48,000 to Monadnock Music, Peterborough and to Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Federal Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Authorized to accept and expend sub-grant funding from the NH Department of Justice, under the federally funded ARRA 2009 in the amount of $15,095 to support services to victims of crimes. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Agency Income. ARRA Funds.

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Authorized to award grant funds in the amount of $332,100 to the Town of Temple, NH, for the purpose of lowering energy costs and reducing CO2 emissions. (2) Further Authorized to make an advance payment of $99,630. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund.

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authorized Division of Economic Development to accept and expend $70,874 from the Office of Economic Stimulus for support expenses for the Director of Broadband and Technology Planning and Development. (2) Further Authorized to establish a full-time temporary position of an Administrator II. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% ARRA Funds. Contingent upon Fiscal Committee approval of October 20, 2009.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Authorized Winnipesaukee River Basin Program to accept and expend $2,523,000 in ARRA 2009 Clean Water State Revolving Loan Funds for the purpose of funding the Aeration Blower Upgrade and Energy Efficiency Improvements Project at the Franklin wastewater treatment plant. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2011. Fiscal Committee approved. ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a contract with the City of Keene, NH, to provide financial support for a voluntary woodstove change-out program in an amount not to exceed $106,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% AEP Settlement Funds.
Authorized to accept and expend $244,963 from American Electric Power funds to be sued in accordance with the settlement agreement. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Other Funds. Fiscal Committee approved.
Authorized to accept and expend $1,800,000 in ARRA 2009 federal funds from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of funding the Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Program. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2014. ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Bureau of Facilities and Assets Management
Authorized to enter into a new lease with Riverside Properties of Nashua Inc., Nashua, NH, to house 165 employees at the Nashua District Office, in the amount of $3,000,420. Effective November 1, 2009 through February 28, 2015. 60% General, 40% Federal Funds.
Division of Public Health Services
Authorized Bureau of Disease Control, Diseased Surveillance Section to accept and expend federal funds in the amount of $737,551 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the ARRA 2009 to fund healthcare-associated infection prevention activities. Effective upon G&C approval through SFY 2010, 2011 and anticipate to be available in 2012. (2) Further Authorized to establish one part time temporary position. Fiscal Committee approved.
Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Section, to exercise a contract renew and amend option with the Division of Public Health and Community Services/City of Nashua, NH (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #252), to provide voluntary, confidential HIV counseling, testing, and referral services and STD resting and treatment, by increasing the price by $138,000 from $26,000 to $264,000, and by extending the completion date to June 30, 2011 to be effective retroactive to July 1, 2009. 51% General, 49% Federal Funds.
Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Section to exercise a contract renew and amend option with VNA at HCS Inc., Keene, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #230), to provide home visiting services, by increasing the amount by $30,353 from $60,704 to $91,056, and by extending the completion date to June 30, 2010 effective retroactive to July 1, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
Authorized Bureau of Community Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Section to exercise a contract renew and amend option with Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of VT and NH Inc., Springfield, VT (previously approved by G&C on 6-13-07, item #233), to provide home visiting services, by increasing the price by $30,352 from $60,704 to $91,056 and by extending the completion date to June 30, 2010 effective retroactive to July 1, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.
Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Tri-County Community Action Program Inc., to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered and Congregate meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $48,027.42. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with St. Joseph Community Services Inc., Merrimack, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered and Congregate meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $121,881.20. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Grafton County Senior Citizen’s Council Inc., Lebanon, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered and Congregate meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $11,948.72. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Greater Wakefield Resource Center, Union, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered and Congregate meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $9,800. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Gibson Center for Senior Services Inc., North Conway, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $11,948.72. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Somersworth Housing Authority, Somersworth, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $17,561.32. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Community Action Program Belknap and Merrimack Counties Inc., Concord, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $28,781.20. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels Program Inc., Brentwood, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered and Congregate meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $101,850.56. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with VNA @ HCS Inc., Keene, NH, to provide Nutrition Services/Home Delivered meals to elderly individuals in an amount not to exceed $11,948.72. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Bureau of Behavioral Health
Authorized to accept and expend Title XIX Medicaid federal funds through the ARRA 2009 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the amount of $1,948,781. Effective retroactive to July 1,2009 through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved.
Bureau of Developmental Services
Authorized to accept and expend Title XIX Medicaid federal funds through the ARRA 2009 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the amount of $4,692,092. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved.

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION COMMISSION
Authorized to award a $30,000 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 by the college on the basis of financial need or merit. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% General Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY
Authorized Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to amend local grant agreements, (previously approved by G&C on 6-3-09, item #197), by extending the completion date from December 1, 2009 and December 10, 2009 to December 31, 2010 as detailed in letter dated October 2, 2009. (2) Further Authorized Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to amend a local grant agreement, (previously approved by G&C on 6-17-09, item #296J), by extending the completion date from January 31, 2010 to December 31, 2010 as detailed in letter dated October 2, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Authorized Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the City of Keene, NH, to replace a hazard beacon in the vicinity of the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in the amount of $191,100. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2012. 97.44% Federal, 2.56% General Funds.
Authorized Bureau of Highway Maintenance (Well Section) to enter into a contract with Capital Well Company, Inc., Dunbarton, NH, for a 6-inch drilled well and pump at the NH Department of Transportation, Shelburne Rest Area, Route 2, Shelburne, NH. Effective upon G&C approval through November 30, 2009. 80% Federal, 20% State Funds.

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

Doris C. Burke, Goffstown, NH to the Land and Community Heritage Authority
Candace F. Dochstader, Hollis, NH to the Marital Mediator Certification Board
Mary Ellen Hettinger, Amherst, NH to the Commission on the Status of Women

Represents the cities and towns of Amherst, Brookline, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Goffstown, Greenville, Hinsdale, Hollis, Jaffrey, Keene, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Wilton, and Winchester.
For additional information on the cities and towns in this district, go to www.nh.gov/municipal/.