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Personnel Actions (26)
resignation
Arthur W. Yan, Auburn
Board of Registration of Medical Technicians
resignation
Catherine A. Keane, Concord
Deputy Commissioner, Department of Administrative Services
resignation
Celina T. Griffin, Gilford
State Board of Education
resignation
Christine Clinton, Dublin
Independent Investment Committee
resignation
Dana G. Jones, Conway
Oil Fund Disbursement Board
resignation
Daniel S. Freihofer, Lyme
Oil Fund Disbursement Board
resignation
Deborah L. Hinds, Boscawen
Water Council
resignation
Donald J. Hamann, Rochester
Waste Management Council
resignation
Douglas J. Palardy, New
State Commission for Human Rights
resignation
Douglas S. Cole, Loudon
New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage Authority
resignation
Elizabeth H. Tillotson, Concord
Air Resources Council
resignation
Ernest G. Millette, i
Fish and Game Commission
resignation
Gretchen A. Young, Dover
Wetlands Council
resignation
Harvey Keye, Nashua
State Commission for Human Rights
resignation
Jayme L. Severance, Manchester
Recreational Therapy Governing Board
resignation
Linda Stewart Dalianis, Nashua
Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
resignation
Mark A. Lombardi, Hancock
Rivers Management Advisory Committee
resignation
Melanie N. Malachi, Pembroke
State Commission for Human Rights
resignation
Nancy Stiles, Hampton
Higher Education Commission
resignation
Nathan R. Fogg, Wakefield
Water Council
resignation
Philip J. Nazzaro, Newmarket
State Board of Education
resignation
Scott M. Myers, Laconia
New Hampshire Retirement System Board of Trustees
resignation
Susan L. Doyle, Portsmouth
New Hampshire Real Estate Commission
resignation
Thomas V. Trevethick, Nashua
Medical Review Subcommittee
resignation
Thomas W. Minch, Newmarket
Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
resignation
Timothy S. Lesko, Hopkinton
New Hampshire Retirement System Board of Trustees
Agenda Items
# Department Description Vendor Amount Vote
6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract
Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with Michael F. Kalinowski, Durham, NH, to conduct and report on the market rate survey of licensed child care programs in the State of NH, in an amount not to exceed $40,159. (2)Further authorize to provide Michael F. Kalinowski with a potential advan
 		Michael F. Kalinowski $40,159 approved
7 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN contract
Authorize to enter into a sole source agreement with The Lakes Region Mental Health Center Inc., d/b/a Genesis Behavioral Health, Laconia, NH, to provide a permanent housing program to homeless and chronically homeless individuals with disabilities through the Federal Continuum of Care program in an
 		Lakes Region Mental Health Cen $39,506 approved
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
Authorize to enter into an agreement with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, NH, for the provision of integrated obstetric, primary care, pediatric, and Medication Assisted Treatment for pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorder in an amount not to exceed $2,755,443. Effective u
 		Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospit $2.8M approved
9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
Authorize to enter into an agreement with Harbor Homes Inc., Nashua, NH, for the provision of peer recovery support services and parenting education for pregnant women and parents in recovery in an amount not to exceed $515,198. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019. 100% Federal Funds.
 		Harbor Homes Inc. $515,198 approved
10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
Authorize the Bureau of Public Health Systems, Policy & Performance, to enter into agreements with 13 vendors as detailed in letter dated December 29, 2017, to provide reimbursement for payment of educational loans through the State Loan Repayment Program, in an amount not to exceed $492,500. Effect
 		$492,500 approved
11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize the Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance to enter into a contract with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Merrimack, NH, for a Nashua Transit System service expansion feasibility study, in the amount of $50,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019. 100% Federal F
 		Nashua Regional Planning Commi $50,000 approved
12 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize the Bureau of Highway Maintenance to enter into a contract with Skillings & Sons Inc., Amherst, NH, for a 6-inch drilled well and pump on the property of Mary Kanakis, Weare, NH, in the amount of $19,700. Effective upon G&C approval through June 29, 2018. 100% Highway Funds.
 		Skillings & Sons Inc. $19,700 approved
13 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOT USED
 		not_used
14 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Authorize the Bureau of Aeronautics to provide funding to the City of Keene, NH, to conduct a feasibility study for a Taxiway ‘A’ extension and relocation of the glideslope and Automated Weather Observation System at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, NH, in the amount of $93,100. Effective upon
$93,100 approved
15 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION grant
Authorize the Bureau of Rail & Transit to enter into transportation vehicle agreements with the two sub-grantees, Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, Lebanon, NH, and Granite State Independent Living, Concord, NH, for the total amount of $205,000. Effective upon G&C approval. 85% Federal, 7.5% C
 		$205,000 approved
16 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize to enter into a contract with SPS New England Inc., Salisbury, MA, for interim repairs to the Hampton Harbor bascule lift bridge carrying NH 1A over Hampton River, on the basis of a low bid of $432,800. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $43,280 for payment of latent condi
 		SPS New England Inc. $432,800 approved
17 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Sargent Corporation, Stillwater, ME, for roadway reconstruction and widening NH Route 12 from the intersection of Main Street in North Walpole north approximately 2.75 miles to the intersection of NH Route 12A in Charlestown, on the
Sargent Corporation $14.8M approved
18 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Nicom Coatings Corp, Barre, VT, for crack sealing along 14 Tier 2 roadway segments in the State, on the basis of a low bid of $950,690. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $47,534.50 for payment of latent conditions w
 		Nicom Coatings Corp $950,690 approved
19 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION contract
Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Cold River Bridges LLC, Walpole, NH, for the replacement of the Red List Bridge (Br. No. 113/064) that carries NH 123A (Main Street) over Bowers Brook and associated approach roadway improvements, on the basis of a low bid of $1,234,
 		Cold River Bridges LLC $1.2M approved
20 JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Authorize to receive an additional appropriation from funds not otherwise appropriated in the amount of $100,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% General Funds. Contingent upon Fiscal Committee approval on January 19, 2018.
 		$100,000 approved
21 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract
Authorize to retroactively amend a contract with Gorman Actuarial Inc., Marlborough, MA (originally approved by G&C on 12-23-14, item #31), for the provision of consulting services to assist NHID in improving the collection of efforts of the Department related to health insurance rate review and med
 		Gorman Actuarial Inc. $565,550 approved
22 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract
Authorize to enter into a contract with Gorman Actuarial Inc., Marlborough, MA, to assist the Department in Preparing data for and producing an annual supplemental report on the health insurance market in NH and provide consulting services in connection with the annual public hearings concerning hea
 		Gorman Actuarial Inc. approved
23 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR personnel
Authorize that Rudolph Ogden III, General Counsel, be placed at Step 4 for the position of Deputy Labor Commissioner, unclassified salary grade HH, earning $98,187.96 annually. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Agency Income.
 		$98,188 approved
24 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS lease
Authorize to enter into a retroactive renewal lease agreement with Richard Edmunds, North Salem, NH (originally approved by G&C on 10-9-02, item #45), for the purpose of probation/parole office space, in the amount not to exceed $74,096.88. Effective January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. 100% G
 		Richard Edmunds $74,097 approved
25 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS contract
Authorize to enter into a retroactive sole source contract amendment with Academy Computer Services Inc., Stoneham, MA (originally approved by G&C on 8-5-14, item #48), for the provision of Correctional Law Library Services, to increase the price limitation by $16,620 from $126,445 in the amount not
 		$143,605 approved
26 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT
Authorize the Division of Historical Resources’ retroactive renewal of a membership with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Washington, DC, in the amount of $5,027. Effective January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. 100% Federal Funds.
 		$5,027 approved
27 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT lease
Authorize the Division of Forests and Lands to exercise a lease renewal option with WBIN Media Co Inc., Portsmouth, NH (originally approved by G&C on 3-20-13, item #33), for equipment and antenna space in designated areas at Belknap Mountain. (2)Further authorize to accept annual rental payments. Ef
 		approved
28 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULT
NOT USED
 		not_used
29 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DE
Authorize the deposit of $35,000 in the NH Land Conservation Endowment held at the Department of Treasury by Southeast Land Trust of NH to permanently endow conservation easement monitoring and stewardship by the Office of Strategic Initiative’s Conservation Stewardship Program on behalf of the Fish
 		$35,000 approved
30 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DE amendment
Authorize to amend and combine two conservation easements known as Popov III & IV (originally approved by G&C on 11-17-10, item #105), into a single conservation easement deed covering the same land area with the same use restrictions. No funding.
 		approved
31 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DE grant
Authorize to enter into a grant agreement with the Piscataquog Land Conservation for $30,000 to provide partial funding for acquisition and conservation of an approximately 40 acre parcel in the Town of Lyndeborough, NH. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% Fisheries Habitat Funds
 		$30,000 approved
32 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE contract
Authorize to amend a sole source contract with the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association, Boston, MA (originally approved by G&C on 3-8-17, item #55B), to increase the contract by $19,780 to $191,608 from $171,828, and by expanding the original scope of work. Effective upon G&C approval
Northeast Waste Management Off $191,608 approved
33 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE grant
Authorize to award a Water Supply Land Protection Grant to the Town of Windham, NH, in the amount of $115,500 to purchase 28.5 acres of land in the Town of Windham to protect public drinking water supply. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% Interagency Funds.
 		Town of Windham $115,500 approved
34 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE amendment
Authorize to retroactively amend a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund cleanup grant to the City of Somersworth (originally approved by G&C on 5-13-17, item #79), for the cleanup of environmental contamination at the Breton Cleaners property, by extending the completion date to June 30, 2019 from Decemb
 		City of Somersworth (originall approved
35 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE
Authorize Samuel B. Rowse Living Trust’s request to perform work on Sunapee Lake in New London.
 		approved
36 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SE
Authorize F. Doyle Skeels’ & Karen Wendell’s request to perform work on the Piscataqua River in Dover.
 		approved
37 DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY contract
Authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to amend item #90, originally approved by G&C on August 23, 2017, in the amount of $42,350, making this request sole source to pay a one-time fee for an additional on-line service and per transaction fees to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administr
 		$42,350 approved
38 DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY lease
Authorize the Division of State Police to retroactively enter into a new lease agreement with the City of Concord for the property located at 91 Airport Road, in the amount of $86,703.25 for rent during the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022. 41% Federal, 26% General, 19% Highway, 1
 		$86,703 approved
39 DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY grant
Authorize the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a grant agreement with the Town of Washington for the purchase and installation of equipment to support the community’s Emergency Operations Center, for a total amount of $25,454. Effective upon G&C approval through S
 		$25,454 approved
40 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Authorize to accept and expend a sum not to exceed $886,537 from funds not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of covering projected shortfalls in general litigation expenses incurred in the defense of the State and the prosecution of criminal offenses. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30
 		$886,537 approved
41 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S grant
Authorize, contingent upon approval of #2 below, the Bureau of Plant/Property Management, Plant-Property Administration, to establish one temporary part-time class 050 position for the purpose of supporting the State Energy Manager’s office for programs which reduce energy consumption and reduce cos
 		$18,000 approved
42 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S waiver
Authorize the Division of Personnel’s request for waiver of classification decisions.
 		approved
43 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S
Authorize to accept and place on file the report containing a list of Executive Branch classified employees that have received retroactive payments relating to prior fiscal year payroll events for the period of October 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
 		approved
44 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S waiver
Authorize the Division of Personnel’s request for waiver of classification decisions. Effective upon G&C approval.
 		approved
44 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S waiver
Authorize the Division of Personnel’s request for waiver of classification decisions. Effective upon G&C approval.
 		approved
45 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S
Authorize the Division of Procurement and Support Services, Print Shop Operations, to accept and expend funds from revenue in the amount of $23,145 to fund part-time salaries and benefits. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% Agency Income.
 		$23,145 approved
46 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S contract
Authorize to enter into a contract with Raymond’s Landscaping LLC, Concord, NH, for excavation and paving services as needed in the event of an underground steam leak failure, for a total price not to exceed $150,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2019, with the option to extend for a
 		Raymond’s Landscaping LLC $150,000 approved
47 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S lease
Authorize the Bureau of Court Facilities to enter into a lease agreement with the Town of Newport, NH, which shall provide courtroom and office space for the 5th Circuit – District Division – Newport comprised of approximately 8,658 square feet located on the 1st and 2nd floor of 55 Main Street, New
 		approved
48 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S contract
Authorize to exercise the option to extend a contract with WEX Bank, Midvale, UT (originally approved by G& Con 10-15-14, item #58), for the administration of the fuel card program for the purchase and financial processing of State fuel card purchases for an additional term of two years, with all ot
 		WEX Bank approved
49 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S contract
Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Fulcrum Associates Inc., Amherst, NH, for the conversion of the AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts) Building to Probate Court, Concord, NH, for a total price not to exceed $1,595,019. (2)Further author
 		Fulcrum Associates Inc. $1.8M approved
55 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S grant
TABLED – The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Wheeler, seconded by Councilor Prescott, and with Councilor Pappas voting no, voted to table the request to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs entitled Project
$200,000 approved
Pappas, Wheeler
55 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE S grant
TABLED – The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Wheeler, seconded by Councilor Prescott, and with Councilor Pappas voting no, voted to table the request to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs entitled Project
$200,000 approved
Volinsky, Pappas