**MEETING DATE:** 03/17/2021
**TIME IN:** 09:06 
**OFFICIALS PRESENT:** Commissioner: Terry McCarthy; Matthew Plache; Kim Tessari; 
**OFFICIALS ELECTRONIC:** None
**OFFICIALS ABSENT:** None
**EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR:** Mellisa Seamans 
**OPERATOR:** Ed Comeau 

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To reconvene; 03/10/21
**SECOND:** Tessari 
**DISCUSSION:**  No 
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:**
Public meeting minute approval 
**DATE:** 03/03/05/10/2021
**SECOND:** Tessari  
**DISCUSSION:** 03/05/2021; Friday 13:00 NP; 
**CORRECTIONS:** None 
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**MEDIA QUESTIONS:** Daymond Steer; Conway Daily Sun; Deputy County Attorney;  

**MANIFEST TOTAL:**
**DATE:** 03/10/2021  
**AMOUNT:** $193,060.90

**TREASURER ACTIVITY REPORT:** Coos County annual report; Joe Costello: Signatures: TAN; General obligation bonds; Engagement Letter; Nursing Home Bond refinancing; Hales Location; Delegation; Bonding public hearing; Registrar of Deeds book/plan restoration/preservation project; 

**MOTIONER:** Tessari   
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To sign management letter; Nursing Home bond refinancing; 
**SECOND:** Plache  
**DISCUSSION:**  Reviewing documents before meeting; 
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**TREASURE ACTIVITY REPORT:** TAN; Commitment letter; Tax exempt; Bond Council; Interest; Insurance fees; Line of credit; Tax levy; $17,000,000.00; Rennell; 

**MOTIONER:** Tessari   
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To authorize; Treasurer to sign; Commitment letter; Bank of New Hampshire; 
**SECOND:** Plache 
**DISCUSSION:**  No 
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**TREASURER ACTIVITY REPORT:** Joe Costello; Hales Location; State document; Past due; Veterans tax exemption; Having no interest in property; Hales Association; Municipal Assessment Data certificate; Signature; Steve Hamilton; Statistical update;  

**POINT OF INFORMATION:** Unincorporated places; Commission serving as Hales Board of Selectmen; Delegation as town legislative body; Tax exemption; Tax credits; Veterans tax exemption: $500.00; 

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To accept; Veterans credit qualification worksheet; 
**SECOND:** Tessari  
**DISCUSSION:**  Hales Location tax rate; $500.00;  
**MCCARTHY:** Did not vote; Shown signing document; 
**PLACHE:** Did not vote; Shown signing document; 
**TESSARI:** Did not vote; Shown signing document; 

**TREASURER ACTIVITY REPORT:** Hales Location: Joe Costello; "Whitney Contract?"; Program; Signature; State requirements; 4 names; 2 Checks; Whitney Consulting Group; Progress payment; Shaheen Phinney Bass; Fryeburg Academy; Kennet High School; Elizabeth Bailey; Commissioner Babson; Fryeburg Academy Hales Location Association agreement; National Forest funds; PILOT funds; Plache: Missing Letter; Non public discussion; 

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To authorize payment; Authorize: Treasurer to sign; #2584; Whitney Consulting group LLC: $2,000.00; (#2583; Shaheen Phinney Bass: $2,245.00): Removed by Plache from motion; 
**SECOND:** Tessari  
**DISCUSSION:**  Remove Shaheen Phinney Bass invoice;  
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**COUNTY ATTORNEY ACTIVITY REPORT:** Michaela Andruzzi: Resignation: Deputy County Attorney; Federal Government; Posted position; State Bar; Legal assistant; Interviews; Summer interns; Interviews; Conditional offers; In person jury trials; Case load; Case load; Covid-19; 2021 criminal caseload; Daymond Steer; Conway Daily Sun; Oklahoma District Attorney; Staff retention; Staffing levels; Attorney office space; Investigator office; Requested Non Public; 

**MOTIONER:** Tessari      
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**MOTION DETAILS:** To go into Non Public session: **TIME:** 9:56
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**SESSION #1** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (b)
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(b) The hiring of any person as a public employee.
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**SECOND:** Plache      
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**DISCUSSION:** None
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**PLACHE:** Yes
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**MOTIONER:** Tessari      
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**DETAILS:** Non public out: 10:26
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**MOTIONER:** Tessari     
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**MOTION DETAILS:** TO SEAL THE FOLLOWING:
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**SESSION #1** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (b) UNSEALED; Hiring was announced; 
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(b) The hiring of any person as a public employee.
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**NOTE:** 2 Sessions added below: RSA 91-a:3 (b) Any motion to enter nonpublic session shall state on its face the specific exemption under paragraph II which is relied upon as foundation for the nonpublic session. The vote on any such motion shall be by roll call, and shall require the affirmative vote of the majority of members present. NOTE: The motion to enter into non public shall include ALL exemptions prior to entering non public session; 
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**SESSION #2** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (c) SEALED 
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(c) All discussions held and decisions made during nonpublic session shall be confined to the matters set out in the motion.
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**SESSION #3** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (g) SEALED 
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(g) Consideration of security-related issues bearing on the immediate safety of security personnel or inmates at the county or state correctional facilities by county correctional superintendents or the commissioner of the department of corrections, or their designees.
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**SECOND:** Plache   
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**PLACHE:** Yes 
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes

**COUNTY ATTORNEY HIRING:** (Bruce Phonetic: Catour Administrative Legal assistant;) (William Harrigan; Nicholas Downing; Sara phonetic: Diptleblock summer interns; 

**LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST:** Nursing Home; Ray Bower: Interim Nursing Home Administrator; 

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To approve line item transfer request; Ray Bowers; 
**REQUESTER:** Nursing Home
**REQUEST NUMBER:** 2021-01 
**AMOUNT** $3,000.00 FROM:** 5100.007 
**TO:** 5100.029
**SECOND:** Tessari   
**DISCUSSION:**  Paula Coats; Transfer policy guidelines;  
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To authorize payment; Shaheen Phinney Bass; 
**SECOND:** Tessari  
**DISCUSSION:**  Letter;  
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**TREASURER ACTIVITY REPORT:** Joe Costello: Bank Account reconciliations; Checkmate; Reconciliation accounting form; Plache: Weekly gold stars; 

**AVENUE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE SEATS:** Plache: Training; Kathy Armstrong: 2020 financial audit; Payroll check list audit; Workmans Compensation report; Nursing Home cost report; "Seat" computers; Lino Avellani: Auditor requested document; Checkmate; Workmans Compensation audit; Costello: Requested non public; 

**MOTIONER:** Tessari      
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**MOTION DETAILS:** To go into Non Public session: **TIME:** 10:38
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**SESSION #4** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (c)
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(c) Matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, other than a member of the public body itself, unless such person requests an open meeting. This exemption shall extend to any application for assistance or tax abatement or waiver of a fee, fine, or other levy, if based on inability to pay or poverty of the applicant.
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**SECOND:** Plache      
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**DISCUSSION:** None
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**PLACHE:** Yes
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**MOTIONER:** Tessari      
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**DETAILS:** Non public out: 10:55
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**SECOND:** Plache
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**PLACHE:** Yes 
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**MOTIONER:** Tessari     
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**MOTION DETAILS:**
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To approve; NH Municipal Bond Bank; PFM; Application; Refinancing Nursing Home bond; Registrar of Deeds book/plan restoration/preservation project; Rate negotiations;  
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**SECOND:** Plache
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**DISCUSSION:** Plache: Both bonding applications are without commitment;     
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**PLACHE:** Yes 
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**NOTE:** Non public session #4 was not sealed; 

**COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS/REPORTS:** Plache: Clause Telemark; UNH; Greenhouse MOU; UNH Campus office space leasing; Rep. Glenn Cordelli; Educational workshops; County farm; Annex expansion project; 

**MOTIONER:** Tessari      
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**MOTION DETAILS:** To go into Non Public session: **TIME:** 11:00
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**SESSION #5** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a)
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #6** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a)
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #7** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a)
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #8** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (c)
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(c) Matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, other than a member of the public body itself, unless such person requests an open meeting. This exemption shall extend to any application for assistance or tax abatement or waiver of a fee, fine, or other levy, if based on inability to pay or poverty of the applicant.
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**SECOND:** Plache      
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**DISCUSSION:** None
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**PLACHE:** Yes
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**MOTIONER:** Plache     
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**DETAILS:** Non public out: 10:55
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**SECOND:** No second; Reference motion to seal; 
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**MOTIONER:** Tessari     
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**MOTION DETAILS:** To seal Session #5-8; 
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**SESSION #5** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a) SEALED
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #6** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a) SEALED 
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #7** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (a) SEALED
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(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
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**SESSION #8** 03/17/2021 RSA 91-A:3 II (c) SEALED 
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(c) Matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, other than a member of the public body itself, unless such person requests an open meeting. This exemption shall extend to any application for assistance or tax abatement or waiver of a fee, fine, or other levy, if based on inability to pay or poverty of the applicant.
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**SECOND:** Plache
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**DISCUSSION:** None 
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**PLACHE:** Yes 
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**MCCARTHY:**  Yes  
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**TESSARI:** Yes
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**NOTE:** Tessari states that all NP sessions sealed with the exception of (b); The motion for NP Sessions #5-8 did not contain a (b) exemption; (Needs clarification); 

**ANNOUNCEMENT:** Hire; Sean Eldridge; Interim Jail Superintendent to Jail Superintendent; Pat Bachelder= Deputy Jail Superintendent; 

**MOTIONER:** Plache  
**MOTION DETAILS:** 
To adjourn 
**TIME:** 14:34
**SECOND:** Tessari  
**DISCUSSION:**  NO 
**MCCARTHY:** Yes 
**PLACHE:** Yes
**TESSARI:** Yes

**OFFICIAL MINUTES:** 
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[https://www.carrollcountynh.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4216/f/minutes/cccm_03.17.2021.pdf](https://www.carrollcountynh.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4216/f/minutes/cccm_03.17.2021.pdf)