​Pignatelli: Federal And Other Grants Approved Around District 5

NASHUA, NH — Greetings! The next Governor and Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 1o a.m. in the Council Chamber at the State House in Concord, NH. Our meetings are always open to the public. Please let me know if you would like to attend so that I may greet you personally. Debora Executive Councilor, New Hampshire District 5 www.debpignatelli.com.

Feb. 5, 2020 Meeting

#17 Authorized the Bureau of Rail & Transit to pay the City of Nashua, NH, an amount not to exceed $69,566 to provide a portion of the non-Federal Funds required to match Federal Transit Administration operating funds. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2021. 100% General Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

#41 Authorized to enter into two Easement Deeds, one with Mr. Donald Buskey of Swanzey, NH, and the other with Messrs. Richards and James French of Barnstable, MA, to provide rights of access needed to reconstruct the state-owned Weeks Crossing Dam in Warren, NH. VOTE: 5-0

The Governor nominated the following individuals from District 5 to serve on State Boards and Commissions:

• Rosemary Ford, Nashua, NH; Peter Simoneau, Merrimack, NH to the Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Marc Roy, Amherst, NH to the Medical Review Subcommittee

The Council Confirmed the following individuals from District 5 to serve on State Boards and Commissions:

• Mark Correnti, Hollis, NH to the Real Estate Appraisers Board

Feb. 19, 2020 Meeting

#7 Authorized to transfer general funds in the amount of $11,019,560 between various class lines, decrease Federal revenues in the amount of $2,858,551, decrease related Other revenues in the amount of $111,841 and create new expenditure class codes in the Department of Health and Human Services. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2020. Contingent upon Fiscal Committee approval on February 14, 2020. VOTE: 5-0.

Division for Behavioral Health

#12 Authorized to amend an existing agreement with one of the vendors listed: Northern Human Services (originally approved by G&C on 6-21-17, late item A), to provide non-Medicaid community mental health services, by increasing the price by $148,085 from $27,704,816 to $27,852,901. Effective upon G&C approval through the original completion date of June 30, 2021. 89% Federal, 11% General Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

Bureau of Public Health Systems, Policy & Performance

#13 Authorized to enter into agreements with the 26 vendors as detailed in letter dated January 15, 2020, to provide reimbursement for payment of educational loans through the State Loan Repayment Program, in an amount not to exceed $937,300. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2022. 100% General Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

#32 Authorized to amend the grant agreement retroactively with the Society for the Protection of NH Forests (originally approved by G&C on 7-19-17, item #63), for the Sullivan Farm Conservation Easement modifying the grant completion date from April 30, 2019 to April 30, 2020. 100% Other Funds – State Conservation Committee. VOTE: 5-0.

#52 Authorized the State Council on the Arts to award a Conservation Number Plate (Moose Plate) Grant to the Town of Hillsborough Fuller Public Library, Hillsborough, NH, in the amount of $18,021 for the conservation of the Ornately painted ceilings. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2020. 100% Other Funds (Agency Income). VOTE: 5-0.

#58 Authorized to award an Aquatic Resource Mitigation Fund grant to the Francestown Land Trust Inc., Francestown, NH in the amount of $104,108 for the purpose of conserving the Shattuck parcel with 1,200 linear feet of frontage on the South Branch of the Piscataquog Rivers in Francestown. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2020. 100% ARM Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

#59 Authorized to award an Aquatic Resource Mitigation Fund grant to the Town of Milford, NH, in the amount of $20,000 for the purpose of conserving the approximately 75-acre Brox Community Lands in Milford. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2021. 100% ARM Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

#75 Authorized to retroactively enter into a contract with agreements totaling $216,790 from the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Formula Grant with the subgrantees as detailed in letter dated January 27, 2020, for the purposes of providing services for women in NH who are victims of violent crimes. Effective January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. 100% Federal Funds. VOTE: 5-0.

The Governor nominated the following individuals from District 5 to serve on State Boards and Commissions:

• Jill Patronagio, Mont Vernon, NH to the Board of Veterinary Medicine
• Kimberly A. Chabot, Henniker, NH; John A. Curran, Londonderry, NH and Thomas F. Reid, II, Epsom, NH - Justice of New Hampshire Circuit Court

We have scheduled a Public Hearing for these three nominees on March 11th after our next Council meeting that day. Perhaps you might like to attend these hearings on the Council Chambers? Let me know so that I can welcome you.

The Executive Council confirmed the following individuals in District 5 to serve on Boards and Commissions

• Rosemary Ford, Nashua, NH; Peter Simoneau, Merrimack, NH; to the Board of Licensure of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Marc Roy, Amherst, NH to the Medical Review Subcommittee

These communities are in District 5: Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Jaffrey, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Weare, Wilton, Windsor and the City of Nashua.

Submitted by Debora Pignatelli