Jan 18, 2017

Authorize to transfer general funds in the amount of $17,253,649, increase Federal revenues in the amount of $6,626,590 and increase related Other revenues in the amount of $201,526 in the Department of Health and Human Services. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017. Contingent upon Fis

Authorize the Bureau of Facilities and Assets Management to enter into a retroactive renewal lease with Cablecar Realty LLC, Nashua, NH, for office space in Laconia, in the amount of $1,586,700. Effective January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021. Occupancy and the premises and commencement of renta

Authorize the Bureau of Facilities and Assets Management to enter into a retroactive renewal lease with Cablecar Realty LLC, Nashua, NH, for office space in Laconia, in the amount of $1,586,700. Effective January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021. Occupancy and the premises and commencement of renta

Authorize the Bureau of Contracts and Procurement to retroactively enter Dodji Aboussa into an Educational Tuition agreement with NHTI Concord’s Community College, Concord, NH, to participate in Contemporary Ethical Issues and Introduction to Chemistry, during the period of January 17, 2017 through

Authorize the Bureau of Contracts and Procurement to retroactively enter Dodji Aboussa into an Educational Tuition agreement with NHTI Concord’s Community College, Concord, NH, to participate in Contemporary Ethical Issues and Introduction to Chemistry, during the period of January 17, 2017 through

Authorize the Office of Human Services, Division for Children, Youth and Families to amend an existing agreement with Sarah Fox, Sanbornton, NH (originally approved by G&C on 11-4-15, item #12), for the provision of educational consultation and advocacy services, by increasing the price by $312,000

Authorize the Bureau of Human Resource Management’s request to finalize the determination made by the Commissioner that on November 23, 2016 Stewart McPhee, a Mental Health Worker II at the NH Hospital sustained an injury in the line of duty due to a hostile or overt act, or an act caused by another

Authorize the Office of Human Services, Division for Children, Youth and Families to exercise a renewal option to an existing agreement with Susan Watson, Jefferson, NH (originally approved by G&C on 12-16-15, item #16), for the provision of prevention technical assistance consulting services, by in

Authorize the Office of Human Services, Division for Children, Youth and Families to exercise a renewal option to an existing sole source agreement with Court Appointed Special Advocates of NH Inc., Manchester, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-24-15, item #40), for the continuation of a statewide

Authorize the Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services 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 individuals and/or families with disabilities through the Fede

Authorize the Division of Public Health Services to enter into a sole source Cooperative Project Agreement with the University of NH Cooperative Extension, Durham, NH, for the provision of improving public health protection through coordinated efforts among three state agencies to assess, educate, t

Authorize the Division of Public Health Services to amend an existing agreement with Corinne Sullivan, MD, Valley Regional Hospital, Claremont, NH (originally approved by G&C on 4-8-15, item #26), to continue to provide reimbursement to Dr. Sullivan for payment of educational loans through the State

Authorize the Bureau of Mental Health Services to enter into an agreement with Judge Baker Children’s Center, Boston, MA, to provide a training program for Community Mental Health Programs in the application of the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Conduct

Authorize the Division of Behavioral Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, to amend an existing sole source agreement with the Prevention Certification Board of NH, Bow, NH, for the provision of administering an internationally recognized certification procedure for alcohol, tobacco and other

Authorize the Division for Behavioral Health to amend a sole source retroactive agreement with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NH, Concord, NH (originally approved by G&C on 8-5-15, item #28), by increasing the price limitation $264,408 from $1,199,999 to $1,464,407, retroactive to Octobe

Authorize the Division for Behavioral Health to amend a sole source retroactive agreement with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NH, Concord, NH (originally approved by G&C on 8-5-15, item #28), by increasing the price limitation $264,408 from $1,199,999 to $1,464,407, retroactive to Octobe

Authorize the Division for Behavioral Health, Bureau of Mental Health Services to amend a sole source agreement with Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc., Concord, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-29-16, item #24), for the provision of promoting and advertising the “Campaign to Change Direction

Authorize the Division for Behavioral Health, Bureau of Mental Health Services to amend a sole source agreement with Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc., Concord, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-29-16, item #24), for the provision of promoting and advertising the “Campaign to Change Direction

Authorize the Bureau of Right of Way to pay property owners $30,000 as documented in the Contemplated Awards List for amounts greater than $5,000 for the period extending from November 18, 2016 through December 20, 2016. Effective upon G&C approval.

Authorize the Bureau of Human Resources to retroactively pay Philip Brogan, Civil Engineer IV, $3,342 for compensation due to a missed promotion with current fiscal year funds that were not processed from August 12, 2015 to October 13, 2016. 30% Federal, 9% Agency Income, 61% Highway Funds.

Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Northeast Earth Mechanics Inc., Pittsfield, NH, for reconstructing the at-grade railway-highway crossings, approaches and protective devices in the City of Portsmouth, on the basis of a low bid of $318,573.10. (2)Further authorize a

Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with American Excavating Corp., Derry, NH, for roadway reconstruction and construction of bike shoulders on NH Route 108, on the basis of a low bid of $5,489,879.35. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $274,493.97 for paym

Authorize to make unencumbered stipend payments to applicants for travel expenses related to interviews with the search committee in an amount not to exceed $1,000. Effective January 18, 2017 through March 30, 2017. 100% Other Funds.

Authorize to enter into a contract with Compass Health Analytics Inc., Portland, ME, to provide consulting services, in the amount of $77,250. Effective upon G&C approval through August 31, 2017. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize to accept and expend $360,051 out of a total of $1,099,951 authorized in federal funds from the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, for the purpose of implementing a new on-line, front-end interface system to establish common registration and case management serv

Authorize to implement 15% base hourly wage enhancement to nursing staff currently paid under the Institutional Nurse pay scale for recruitment and retention purposes. This request is projected to increase funding by $239,584.61 for the balance of five months for SFY 17. Effective upon G&C approval

Authorize to retroactively extend the temporary full-time position Attorney IV for one year to continue providing legal advice to the Liquor Commission. Effective January 8, 2017 to January 7, 2018. 100% Liquor Funds.

Authorize to accept and expend Sweepstakes Incentive Award Funds from the Tri-State Lottery Commission, South Barre, VT, in the amount of $500. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017. 100% Other Funds.

Authorize to accept and expend Sweepstakes Incentive Award Funds from the Tri-State Lottery Commission, South Barre, VT, in the amount of $500. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017. 100% Other Funds.

Authorize to retroactively extend the temporary full-time position Retail Store Manager III (8T2868) for one year to continue leading the Elm Street, Manchester Liquor Store. Effective January 14, 2017 to January 13, 2018. 100% Liquor Funds.

Authorize to retroactively extend the temporary full-time position Retail Store Manager III (8T2868) for one year to continue leading the Elm Street, Manchester Liquor Store. Effective January 14, 2017 to January 13, 2018. 100% Liquor Funds.

Authorize the Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into a sole source contract with Rockingham County Conservation District, Brentwood, NH, for ecosystem restoration efforts at Odiorne Point State Park, in the amount of $15,800. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% Agency Inc

Authorize to enter into a contract with Horizons Engineering Inc., Littleton, NH, to conduct a full boundary survey of the Mathes Family Limited Partnership property in Londonderry, NH, for $24,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize to retroactively pay the fiscal year 2017 membership dues to the Northeast Environmental Enforcement Project, Delaware, OH, in the amount of $4,000. Effective July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. 38% Federal, 62% Hazardous Waste Funds.

Authorize to award a sole source grant to the Gundalow Company, Portsmouth, NH, in the amount of $25,000, to conduct an on-board environmental education series at locations in the seacoast region. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2017. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize to award a sole source grant to the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation Inc., Portsmouth, NH, in the amount of $25,000 to conduct marine debris cleanups, monitoring and education in the NH seacoast. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2017. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize to award a grant to the Town of North Hampton, NH, in the amount of $62,600 for the Philbrick Pond Salt Marsh Drainage Evaluation project to evaluate alternatives for the replacement of a culvert at Philbrick’s Pond salt marsh. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2018. 100% Federa

Authorize to award a grant to the Rockingham Planning Commission, Exeter, NH, in the amount of $25,908 to design, coordinate, and implement community-based initiatives to demonstrate high water marks from flood events and identify flood mitigation options in Portsmouth, Rye, Hampton, and Seabrook. E

Authorize to award a grant to the University of NH, Sponsored Programs Administration, Durham, NH, in the amount of $78,888 for the Coastal Resilience: Building Capacity for Resilience of Human and Natural Communities in NH Due Systems Phase II project to expand community-based dune restoration effo

Authorize to enter into sole source contracts with Mr. Brian Fowler, Conway, NH, in the amount of $10,725; and Dr. J. Dykstra Eusden Jr, South Paris, ME, in the amount of $11,593, for a total amount of $22,318 for surficial and Bedford geologic mapping services. Effective upon G&C approval through S

Authorize to enter into a contract with Arthur Pyburn & Sons Incorporated, Lynnfield, MA, in order to conduct leak detection surveys at forty-two NH community water systems, in the amount of $62,550. Effective upon G&C approval through October 15, 2017. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize to execute a sole source amendment to a contract with Weston Solutions Inc., Concord, NH (originally approved by G&C on 8-26-15, item #60), for additional cleanup activities at several Superfund sites, by increasing the amount by $1,475,000 from $5,028,000 to $6,503,000. Effective upon G&C

Authorize to enter into a sole source amendment to an agreement with Kittery Point Yacht Yard Corp., Eliot, ME (originally approved by G&C on 6-29-16, item #99D), for vessel and trailer repairs and maintenance, by increasing the amount by $85,000 from $97,500 to $182,500. Effective upon G&C approval

Authorize John and Diane Connors’s request to perform work on Sagamore Creek in Portsmouth.

Authorize Sawmill Marina Boat Club’s request to perform work on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro.

Authorize the Division of Educational Improvement to enter into a cooperative project agreement with Keene State College, to support the Title IIA State Agency for Higher Education initiative for Improving Teaching Quality by providing high quality, sustained professional development opportunities t

Authorize the Division of Educational Improvement to enter into a contract with Southern NH University, Manchester, NH, to support the Title IIA State Agency for Higher Education initiative for Improving Teaching Quality by providing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Middle Scho

Authorize the Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning to amend an existing contract with NH Jobs for America’s Graduates (d/b/a NH-JAG), Manchester, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-10-15, item #102), to provide youth with training and tuition assistance to complete industry recognized c

Authorize to enter into a contract with Corporate Translation Services Inc., (d/b/a CTS LanguageLink), Vancouver, WA, to provide translation services for the provision of special education documents, in an amount not to exceed $50,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017, with the opti

Authorize to enter into a contract with the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, to provide high school equivalency testing and technical support services to NH residents, in an amount not to exceed $375,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2020, with the option to renew for

Authorize the Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning to amend an existing contract with America’s Youth Teenage Unemployment Reduction Network, Brockton, MA (originally approved by G&C on 6-24-15, item #B), to provide youth with tuition assistance to complete industry recognized credential

Authorize the Bureau of Integrated Programs to enter into a sole source contract with Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott Kansas, to provide services to improve the educational attainment of out-of-school migratory youth whose education is interrupted, in an amount not to exceed $22,000. Effect

Authorize the Bureau of Special Education to enter into a contract with the NH Association for the Blind, Concord, NH, to provide training to inmates within the NH Correctional Facility for Women, Concord, NH, in an amount not to exceed $89,920. Effective upon G&C approval through December 30, 2018.

Authorize to enter into a sole source contractual agreement with the University of NH Wildcats Sports Properties LLC, Durham, NH, to coordinate a highway safety impaired driving related advertisement campaign during the 2016/2017 season, in the amount of $63,000. Effective upon G&C approval through

Authorize the Division of State Police to retroactively amend a contract with North East Police Accreditation Consultants LLC, Cumberland, RI (originally approved by G&C on 6-24-15, item #163), for continued consulting services for developing a comprehensive Commission of Accreditation for Law Enfor

Authorize the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a contract with Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC d/b/a Comcast Spotlight, Bedford, NH, for non-commercial sustaining announcements through television commercials and online streaming advertisements on emerg

Authorize the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a grant agreement with the Town of Alexandria to purchase and install a generator at the community’s Emergency Operations Center and shelter for a total amount of $29,208. Effective upon G&C approval through September

Authorize the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to enter into a grant agreement with the Town of Sanbornton for the purchase of an electronic emergency message board, an emergency management trailer, and traffic control equipment for a total amount of $30,741. Effective upon G&C

Authorize to enter into a grant agreement with VolunteerNH! in the amount of $50,000 for the administration and coordination of grants to local Citizen Corps Councils and/or programs identified in the grant agreement. Effective upon G&C approval through August 31, 2019. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorize the Division of State Police to enter into a contract amendment with NIIT Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA (originally approved by G&C on 2-28-14, item #60), for the purpose of continuing one temporary consultant position to assist during the Virtual Private Network rollout in preparing loca

Authorize to enter into a sub-grant with the Franklin Police Department, in the amount of $60,000 from the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Violence Against Women Formula Grant, for the purpose of providing services for women in NH who are victims of violent crimes. (2)Further authorize to enter into sub-gr

Authorize to enter into subgrants with the agencies as detailed in letter dated December 20, 2016, totaling $152,340 from the Victims Fund for the purpose of providing services to crime victims in NH. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2017. 100% Agency Income.

Authorize to enter into a subgrant in the amount of $25,000 with the Merrimack County Department of Corrections, utilizing funds from the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Byrne Justice Assistance Grant in order to purchase, train and maintain a canine for the purposes of seeki

Authorize to enter into a subgrant with the NH Coalition Against and Domestic and Sexual Violence in the amount of $340,202 from the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Sexual Assault Support Program, for the purpose of providing services for victims of sexual assault in NH.

Authorize to retroactively extend the temporary full-time position of Program Assistant II for one year from December 2, 2016 through December 2, 2017. 100% General Funds.

Authorize the request that a warrant be drawn from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated in the amount of $1,000,000 to cover an anticipated utility appropriation shortfall. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2017. Contingent upon Fiscal Committee approval on January 13, 2017.

Authorize a Working Capital Warrant in the amount of $400,000,000 to cover payment of expenditures for the month of February 2017.

Authorize to enter into a retroactive 21 month lease agreement with Independent Wireless One Leased Realty Corporation, Overland Park, KS, to site a cellular communications tower on the smokestack located at the Governor Hugh Gallen Office Park in Concord. Revenues of $46,371.57 will be unrestricted

Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to increase the DPW interagency fees amount by $3,661 from $2,400 to $6,061, for additional engineering services for the Materials and Research Lab Noise Mitigation – Rebid contract, which the Division of Public Works Design and Construc

Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with D.L. King & Associates Inc., Nashua, NH, for the NH State House Improvements – Exterior Painting, Concord, NH, for a total price not to exceed $198,500. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $2

Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Hascall & Hall Inc., Portland, ME, for repointing at the Monadnock Mill Building, Claremont, NH, for a total price not to exceed $75,593. Effective upon G&C approval through June 1, 2017. 99.9% Capital-Gener

Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with D.L. King & Associates Inc., Nashua, NH, for the Elevator Upgrades at the Philbrook Building in Concord, NH and Monadnock Mill in Claremont, NH, for a total price not to exceed $324,000. Effective upon G&C a

Authorize the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Alvin J. Coleman and Son Inc., Conway, NH, for the Glencliff Access Tunnel Repair and Steam Line Project, Benton, NH, for a total price not to exceed $517,330. Effective upon G&C approval through July 31, 20

Authorize the list of Governor and Council meeting dates for the period of January through June, 2017.