← Aug 22, 2018 All Meetings Sep 20, 2018 →

Sep 5, 2018

35 items $663.9M 13 contracts 5 grants Export CSV Minutes Quick Results

Personnel Actions (18)

confirmation

Christopher C. Coates, Keene

New Hampshire Retirement System Board of Trustees (Employer Member Nom. by the Assoc. of Counties)

confirmation

Jeffrey R. Smith, Berlin

Acting Interim Warden, Northern NH Correctional Facility

confirmation

John Genovese, Swanzey

Pharmacy Board (Hospital Pharmacist)

confirmation

Nicholas Dahl, Nashua

Police Commission, Nashua

confirmation

Nicole J. Harrington, Nashua

Pharmacy Board (Pharmacist)

confirmation

Peter W. Caswell, Temple

New Hampshire Water Well Board (Water Well Contractor)

confirmation

Robert J. Letourneau, Derry

Ballot Law Commission (Appointed by Governor and Council)

confirmation

Thomas E. Andross, Lisbon

Enhanced 911 Commission (Nom. By NH Emergency Dispatchers Association)

nomination

Amy R. Goldstein, Concord

Board of Acupuncture Licensing (Public Member)

nomination

Christopher R. Nicolopoulos, Bow

Personnel Appeals Board (Alternate)

nomination

Diane M. Chase, Merrimack

Board of Acupuncture Licensing (Acupuncturist)

nomination

Manuel Lezcano, Keene

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

nomination

Michael Moyer, Belmont

Enhanced 911 Commission (N.H. Sheriffs Association)

nomination

Peter T. Koch, Stratham

Higher Education Commission (Rep. Private Postsecondary Career Schools)

nomination

Robert A. Baines, Manchester

Site Evaluation Committee (Public Member)

nomination

Steven C. Freitas, Salem

State Board of Fire Control (Chemical Engineer)

nomination

Thomas R. Eaton, Keene

Site Evaluation Committee (Public Member)

nomination

Timothy E. Sanborn, Rye

Appellate Board (Public Member)

Agenda Items

#	Department	Description	Vendor	Amount	Vote
6	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with Turning Point Counseling & Consultation LLC, Rochester, NH, to provide Disaster Behavioral Health Technical Assistance, in an amount not to exceed $15,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019. 100% Federal Funds.	Turning Point Counseling & Con	$15,000	approved
7	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to amend a sole source agreement with Milliman Inc., Brookfield, WI (originally approved by G&C on 6-21-17, item #11A), to expand Actuarial Services and Technical Support relative to Medicaid Care Management, by increasing the price by $150,000 from $4,542,000 to an amount not to exceed $4	Milliman Inc.	$4.7M	approved
8	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with PL Medical Co LLC, Bloomfield, CT, to provide services and support for the Panasonic Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Reader UD-716-AGL, in an amount not to exceed $15,150. Effective upon G&C approval through August 31, 2019. 100% Other Funds.	PL Medical Co LLC	$15,150	approved
9	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to exercise a renewal option to an existing agreement with Keene State College of the University System of NH, Keene, NH (originally approved by G&C on 5-2-18, item #22), for the provision of services for the development of a worksite lactation pilot project, by increasing the price by $14	Keene State College of the Uni	$217,896	approved Wheeler
10	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with Jessica L. Greenlow, Belmont, NH, for the facilitation of the Family Assessment and Inclusive Reunification Program, in an amount not to exceed $83,241.60. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2020. 100% Federal Funds.	Jessica L. Greenlow	$83,242	approved
11	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source amendment to an existing agreement with Granite State Automation LLC, Manchester, NH, to provide preventative maintenance, repairs and improvements on the Building Automation System located at the NH Hospital Acute Psychiatric Services Building, by increasing th	Granite State Automation LLC	$57,315	approved
12	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Bureau of Highway Design to enter into an Interstate Agreement with the State of Vermont to allow the Department to bill Vermont for costs associated with work to improve the pavement surface of the roadway and existing bridge (NH Br. Nos. 029/206 and Connecticut River Br. No. 29) carr	State of Vermont to allow the		approved
13	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize to accept and place on file the Bureau of Right of Way’s Contemplated Award List for amounts less than $5,000 for the sum total of $29,766.07 for the period extending from April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018. These awards are paid from various Transportation Funds.		$29,766	approved
14	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Bureau of Right of Way’s request to pay property owners $67,100 as documented in the Contemplated Damage Awards List, for amounts greater than $5,000 for the period extending from July 17, 2018 through August 6, 2018.		$67,100	approved
15	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Bureau of Bridge Design to enter into an agreement with Greenman-Pedersen Inc., Portsmouth, NH, for on-call engineering services for various bridge projects located throughout the State, for a total amount not to exceed $1,000,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 30, 2021.	Greenman-Pedersen Inc.	$1.0M	approved
16	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Bureau of Bridge Design to enter into an agreement with HEB Engineers Inc., North Conway, NH, for on-call engineering services for various bridge projects located throughout the State, for a total amount not to exceed $1,000,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 30, 2021.	HEB Engineers Inc.	$1.0M	approved
17	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Bureau of Bridge Design to enter into an agreement with Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Auburn, NH, for the final design for the rehabilitation of the bridge carrying East Thetford Road over Connecticut River between the Towns of Lyme, NH and Thetford, VT, for a total not to exceed $	Stantec Consulting Services In	$390,309	approved
18	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Authorize the Division of Operations Public Works Committee to accept as a gift to the State, and expend funds in the amount of $25,523 to cover expenditures for the Public Works Memorial. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019. 100% Private Local Funds (Public Works Employee Memorial).		$25,523	approved
19	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract	Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with GMI Asphalt LLC, Belmont, NH, for permanent pavement repairs to damage due to October 29, 2017 storm event in the District 2 area, on the basis of a low bid of $570,401.60. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $28,520.	GMI Asphalt LLC	$570,402	approved
20	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract	Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with R. S. Audley Inc., Bow, NH, for bridge preservation efforts for the bridges carrying I-293 EB & WB over the Merrimack River, on the basis of a low bid of $4,648,329.50. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $464,832.96	R. S. Audley Inc.	$4.6M	approved
21	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE grant	Authorize, under the Community Development Block Grant program, to award a grant to the Town of Derry, NH, in the amount of $12,000 to support a feasibility study to determine the maximum development capacity of up to four parcels of Town-owned land in the Abbott Court area of Derry, NH. Effective u	Town of Derry	$12,000	approved
22	NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNCIL ON DEVEL grant	Authorize to accept funds in the amount of $1,000 from the University of NH, Durham, NH, for the participation of the Council on Developmental Disabilities in a series of project meetings associated with the Disability Community Planning Group of the UNH Institute on Disability, Disability and Publi		$1,000	approved
23	THE ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTME contract	Authorize to enter into a contract with Northeast Archaeology Research Center Inc., Farmington, ME, for the purpose of a Cultural Resources Services, in an amount not to exceed $250,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2021. 100% Federal Funds.	Northeast Archaeology Research	$250,000	approved
24	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DE payment	Authorize to pay Woodstock Inn Again Ltd, Woodstock, NH, $4,035 to provide facilities and buffet dinner for the Let’s Go Fishing Volunteer Recognition and Training Seminar at Woodstock Inn, Station and Brewery, Woodstock, NH on September 16, 2018. 100% Federal Funds.		$4,035	approved
25	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DE lease	Authorize to lease a 1+/- acre lot located on Greenough Pond in Wentworth’s Location to Donald Couture with the terms and conditions of the Long Range and Capital Planning and Utilization Committee. (2)Further authorize to lease a 3 +/- acre lot located on Greenough Pond in Wentworth’s Location to E			approved Kenney
26	DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT	Authorize the Office of the Commissioner to accept and place on file the Report on Federal Landholdings.			approved
27	DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT grant	Authorize the Division of Historical Resources to award a retroactive Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) Grant to the Town of Enfield for drainage improvements and moisture mitigation at the Enfield Center Town House in the amount of $10,000. Effective October 1, 2017 through September 30, 201		$10,000	approved
28	DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT contract	Authorize the Division of Parks and Recreation to make a retroactive sole source payment to Lee T. Corrigan LLC, Gorham, NH, in the amount of $49,375 for emergency repairs to 3 concrete stairwells damaged by coastal storms at North Beach in Hampton, NH. This damage was recently declared under FEMA D		$49,375	approved
29	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with the University of NH, Office of Sponsored Research, Durham, NH, to perform laboratory analysis of shellfish samples for Vibrio parahaemolyticus presence and genetic characteristics, in the amount of $14,649. Effective upon G&C approval through Jun	University of NH, Office of Sp	$14,649	approved
30	DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE	Authorize to enter into an agreement with the Cobbetts Pond Improvement Association Inc., to complete the Cobbett’s Pond Watershed Restoration Plan Implementation Phase IV-Bella Vista Area Stormwater BMP’s in the amount of $100,000. Effective upon G&C approval through March 31, 2021. 100% Federal Fu		$100,000	approved
31	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION payment	Authorize to retroactively pay membership dues to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, Washington, DC, in the amount of $7,330. Effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. 100% Other (Credentialing Fees) Funds.		$7,330	approved
32	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION payment	Authorize the Bureau of Credentialing to retroactively pay the 2019 membership dues to the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education & Certification, Washington, DC, in the amount of $4,500. Effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. 100% Other (Credentialing Fees) Funds.		$4,500	approved
33	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Authorize a salary increment for the Director of Program Support, Caitlin Davis, from salary grade GG, Step 4 ($91,505.96) to salary grade GG, Step 5 ($96,521.36). Effective September 13, 2018.		$96,521	approved
34	DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY	Authorize the Division of State Police to accept and expend $100,000 of federal pass-through funds from the NH Department of Transportation to support the administration of State of NH’s Highway Truck Weight Safety Program. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019. 100% Agency Income.		$100,000	approved
35	DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY grant	Authorize the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a grant agreement with the Town of Londonderry to purchase and outfit an emergency management trailer for a total amount of $12,601. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2019. 100% Federal Funds.		$12,601	approved
36	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE grant	Authorize consideration of whether the petition of Gary Place (age 70) requesting a pardon hearing for the offense of First Degree Murder should be granted. The petitioner is not eligible for an annulment.			tabled
36	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE grant	Authorize consideration of whether the petition of Gary Place (age 70) requesting a pardon hearing for the offense of First Degree Murder should be granted. The petitioner is not eligible for an annulment.			approved
36A	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source contract with Brown & Meyers Inc., Scarborough, ME, for the purpose of providing forensic medical transcription services for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, in an amount not to exceed $56,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2020. 100% General	Brown & Meyers Inc.	$56,000	tabled
36A	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE contract	Authorize to enter into a sole source contract with Brown & Meyers Inc., Scarborough, ME, for the purpose of providing forensic medical transcription services for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, in an amount not to exceed $56,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2020. 100% General	Brown & Meyers Inc.	$56,000	approved
37	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S	Authorize a Working Capital Warrant in the amount of $650,000,000 to cover the payment of expenditures for the month of October 2018.		$650.0M	approved
38	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S waiver	Authorize the Division of Personnel’s request for waiver of classification decisions. Effective upon G&C approval.			approved Volinsky, Pappas
39	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S contract	Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with J. Parker & Daughters Construction Inc., Pittsfield, NH, for the Ellacoya Retaining Wall, Gilford, NH, for a total price not to exceed $328,000. (2)Further authorize the amount of $8,956 for payment to the D	J. Parker & Daughters Construc	$336,956	approved