PRELIMINARY until voted on at meeting
February 8, 2010
December 16, 2009
OPENING (meeting
opened at 5:30pm) by the chair.
Members
present:
Becky Mitchell (chair), Nancy Hansen, Nate Merrill, Dave Canada (Selectmen’s
rep); visitor, Town Planner Lincoln Dailey.
Minutes: The minutes from November 11, 2009 were
approved as written. The chair requested
Hansen take the minutes for this meeting.
OLD BUSINESS:
Planning
Board:
Article 3.3.4 from the Gateway District draft was discussed. The Town Planner volunteered to rewrite the
article for the next iteration, chiefly focusing on the role of the HC (and
other boards) in advising the GRC.
Historical
Resources Survey: The chair reported on an effective survey meeting
with volunteers on December 5th and that she has met with a
consultant and hopes to have a workshop available in early February re how and
in what depth volunteers should do the research for this study.
NEW BUSINESS:
2010
Budget: The
chair presented the proposed budget; Hansen proposed that the budget, as given,
be accepted as:
Total:
$3000 Admin Exp: $150;
Veterans: $600; Survey: $2000;
Train/conf: $250
Canada
seconded the motion; the vote was unanimous.
The chair will bring this budget to the Budget Committee, along with a
narrative supporting it (to the Town Administrator), in January. Date TBA by the Budget Committee.
In addition,
a motion was made by Canada and seconded by Merrill, with no discussion, to
give the chair a spending allowance of up to $100 without the vote of the
HC. The vote was affirmative and
unanimous. A discussion was undertaken,
also, and it was decided NOT to hold funds in a “petty cash” account; instead,
to give the chair the privilege as describe above.
Next
Meeting:
Due to the planned absence of the chair for our usual meeting in
January, members decided to hold the next meeting the second Wednesday in
February.
Corrections, deletions, or other changes to these
minutes to be undertaken at that meeting.