Preliminary until voted on at February meeting
Minutes of the Stratham Heritage Commission
Stratham
Municipal Center
OPENING:
Members present:
Becky Mitchell, chair; Nancy Hansen,
treasurer/secretary pro tem; MJ Werner, Planning Board rep.
Meeting: Opened
at 5:40pm; adjourned, 6:30pm.
Minutes: The
minutes of 9 December 2008 were approved by the members present following a
single correction: Under Veterans’
Registry: Changing, in the first
sentence, the last word from Access to “Excel.”
Treasury: The
treasurer reports year-end figures for the HC of having spent $649.07; the
Heritage Fund year-end balance was $3468.44 with approxi-mately
$1200 restricted for use in the Veterans Garden.
Budget: The
chair is to present the HC recommended budget figure of $3750 on the evening of
Thursday 1/22 to the Budget Committee.
OLD BUSINESS:
Veterans’ Registry:
Work will continue on compiling a digital version
of the registry.
Planning Board:
The meeting 1/21 will discuss the Gateway project
and new warrant articles for possible vote at the annual town meeting.
Survey of Historical Resources: The chair will circulate to members “thoughts” for
“next steps” following our meeting last month with consultant Lynne Monroe;
members are invited to send the chair any suggestions for inclusion in this
list of next steps in the process.
NEW BUSINESS:
Annual Report:
The Annual Report draft is due to the Town next
week; consequently, the chair will circulate that draft to members for their
input. It is the chair’s intention to
utilize the annual report to promote volunteer opportunities in the HC.
Next Meeting: Municipal
Center, Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 5:30pm;
the chair to announce the location of this meeting