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Robert Macieski, Manchester

Commissioner of the Department of Employment Security

Agenda Items (59)

#	Department	Description	Vendor	Amount	Vote
4	BUSINESS FINANCE AUTHORITY	Authorize to hold a Public Hearing to approve an award of a State Guarantee under RSA 162-A:13 with respect to a loan from Kennebunk Savings Bank to One Source Apparel, LLC located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Action will authorize a Resolution under RSA 162-A:18 to determine the financing will ser			approved Wheeler
5	COMMUNITY DEVLEOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY grant	Authorize to award a grant to the Town of Swanzey, NH, in the amount of $300,000 to pay a share of an agreement with the City of Keene to bring the shared Wastewater Treatment plant into compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the National Pollution Discharge Elimination Syst	Town of Swanzey	$500,000	approved
7	HIGHWAY SAFETY AGENCY payment	Authorize to pay the Governors Highway Safety Association, Washington, DC, $4,110 for annual dues for July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. 28% Federal, 72% Highway Funds.		$4,110	approved Wheeler
8	HIGHWAY SAFETY AGENCY contract	Authorize to amend a sole source contract with First Data Government Solutions, Cincinnati, OH, (originally approved by G&C on 5-21-08, item #6), for support and maintenance of a proprietary interactive voice response system that provides child support payment information to clients and claims payme	First Data Government Solution	$201,349	approved
9	OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL	Authorize confirmation of Captain Eric M. Elliot, Augusta, ME, for promotion to the rank of Major, NH Air National Guard. #10 Authorize confirmation of Major Jonathan R. Eckerman, Chester, NH, for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Air National Guard.			approved
11	OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL	Authorize the confirmation of Major Richard J. Hamilton, Methuen, MA, for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Air National Guard.			withdrawn
11A	OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL contract	Authorize a contract renewal with Securitas Security Services USA Inc., Manchester, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-9-10, item #8A), for security services at the State Military Reservation, Concord, NH, in the amount of $614,448. (2)Further authorize a contingency in the amount of $12,048. Effec		$614,448	withdrawn
12	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES	Authorize the Risk Management Unit to waive the lien on Andrea Tine’s worker’s compensation claim in the amount of $33,333.33. Effective upon G&C approval.		$33,333	approved
13	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES payment	Authorize to pay the National Association of State Personnel Executives, Lexington, KY, in an amount not to exceed $4,500 for Fiscal Year 2013 membership dues. Effective July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. 100% General Funds.		$4,500	approved
14	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES waiver	Authorize a waiver of the classification decisions as detailed in letter dated June 22, 2012. Effective upon G&C approval.			approved Wheeler
15	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES contract	Authorize to enter into a contract with MGT of America Inc., Tallahassee, FL, for the provision of consulting services for the evaluation and analysis of the Department of Corrections RFP responses, in an amount not to exceed $171,347. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2012. 100% Gener	MGT of America Inc.	$171,347	approved
16	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES contract	Authorize the Bureau of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a contract with Advanced Excavating & Paving Inc., Suncook, for the Parking Lot and Sidewalk Improvements, Rockingham County Courthouse, Brentwood, NH, in an amount not to exceed $275,920. (2)Further authorize the amount of $	Advanced Excavating & Paving I	$285,320	approved
17	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES contract	Authorize to enter into a contract with SegTel Inc., Lebanon, NH, for the purpose of providing telephone and data service connectivity to and among the State office parks via Dark Fiber Facilities Services, for a total not to exceed $180,000. Effective upon G&C approval through July 30, 2015. 100% A	SegTel Inc.	$180,000	approved
17A	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES transfer	Authorize to make transfers from the Salary Adjustment Fund to agency permanent personnel service accounts for July 1 – September 30, 2012, and to report transfers made as soon as practical after September 30, 2012 and prior to request for further authority. (2)Further authorize to make transfers fr			approved
17B	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES	Authorize a Working Capital Warrant in the amount of $500,000,000 to cover the payment of expenditures for the month of August.		$500.0M	approved
17C	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES contract	Authorize to accept and place on file the report containing a list of vendors that agencies have contracted with for the period of April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.			approved
17D	DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES transfer	Authorize to accept and place on file the list of agency transfers authorized for Fiscal Year 2012 during the months of April – June 2012.			approved
18	STATE TREASURY	Authorize to issue a warrant from funds not otherwise appropriated in the amount of $60,919 and the State Treasurer to issue checks in the amount of $60,918.18 to the rightful owners of abandoned or unclaimed funds.		$60,919	approved
19	STATE TREASURY	Authorize to proceed with the sale and issuance of up to $5 million of general obligation bonds through a private placement with the NH Municipal Bond Bank with an expiration date of October 31, 2012.		$5	approved
20	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION contract	Authorize to amend a sole source contract with Information Builders Inc., New York, NY (originally approved by G&C on 1-11-12, item #12A), to provide additional data integration services, by increasing the price from $215,000 by $115,000 to $330,000. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% General Capital	Information Builders Inc.	$330,000	approved
21	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION	Authorize the petition of Melissa Ann Breault (age 37) requesting a pardon hearing for the offenses of Conspiracy to Commit Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Arson. The Petitioner is not eligible for an annulment.			approved
22	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION nomination	Authorize to reappoint Anne D. Grossi to serve on the NH Victims’ Assistance Commission. Effective July 15, 2012 through July 15, 2015.			approved
23	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION nomination	Authorize to enter into a sub grant with the Court Appointed Special Advocates of NH in the amount of $13,000 from the Children’s Justice Act Grant to fund services to support abused and neglected children. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2012. 100% Federal Funds.	fund services	$13,000	approved
24	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION grant	Authorize to enter into sub grants with the agencies as detailed in letter dated June 26, 2012, for a total of $42,000 to provide joint investigations of child abuse and exploitation cases in order to minimize the trauma of the victims. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2012. 100% Fe		$42,000	approved
25	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION amendment	Authorize to amend the sub grants as detailed in letter dated June 26, 2012, in the aggregate amount of $2,590,208 which were approved at various G&C meetings, from the FFY2009 ARRA Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program which provides funding for programs to improve the functioning of the cr		$2.6M	approved
25A	DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION contract	Authorize to retroactively amend a sole source contract with Robert P. Freitas Jr., (originally approved by G&C on 11-18-09, item #16B), to provide investigative services for the Cold Case Unit, by increasing the amount by $45,240 from $115,710 to $160,950, and by changing the end date from June 30,	Robert P. Freitas Jr., (origin	$160,950	approved
26	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize to establish the entrance salary for Sally Ann MacFadden, the Department’s Assistant Actuary at Step 4 $79,776. Effective July 11, 2012. 100% Insurance Assessment Funds.		$79,776	approved
27	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to establish the entrance salary for Deborah L. Stone, the Department’s Actuary at Step 5 $98,691. Effective July 11, 2012. 100% Insurance Assessment Funds. 4 #28 Authorize to enter into a contract with Compass Health Analytics Inc., Portland, ME, to assist the Department in preparing data	Compass Health Analytics Inc.	$98,691	approved
29	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize to enter into a cooperative project agreement with the University of NH, working through the University of NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice, to solve data quality problems with NH’s comprehensive health information database, in the amount of $185,805. Effective upon G&C approval	University of NH	$185,805	approved
30	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, Infection Disease Prevention, Investigation and Care Section to enter into an agreement with the Manchester Health Department, Manchester, NH, to provide Sexually Transmitted Disease testing and treatment, targeted Human Immunodeficiency Virus and	Manchester Health Department	$149,000	approved
31	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Population Health and Community Services, Maternal and Child Health Section, to enter into an agreement with Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster, NH, to provide primary care services, in an amount not to exceed $158,274. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2014. 17.43% F	Weeks Medical Center	$250,000	approved
32	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to amend a sole source agreement with Geovision Inc., d/b/a Geovision Communications, Watertown, MA, (originally approved by G&C on 8-10-11, item #89), to provide critical timely technical updates and enhancements to the current Web Site infrastructure that is requested in the Strategic Pr	Geovision Inc., d/b/a Geovisio	$138,995	approved
33	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to exercise a sole source amendment to an agreement with FEI.com Inc., Columbia, MD, (originally approved by G&C on 8-11-10, late item A), to provide a Prevention Performance Management System, by increasing the price by $175,320 from $1,898,501 to $2,073,821. Effective upon G&C approval.	FEI.com Inc.	$2.1M	approved
34	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT grant	Authorize to accept and expend Olmstead Grant Federal Funds from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to move qualified persons with mental disabilities out of the State hospital or transitional housing into apartments in the community in the amount of $60,000. Effective upo		$60,000	approved
35	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize the Bureau of Developmental Services and the Department of Education, Division of Instruction to enter into a memorandum of agreement to support a co-funded agreement with the Institute on Disability at the University of NH, Durham, NH. $50,000 will be transferred to the Bureau of Developm	support a co-funded agreement	$190,231	approved
37	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Melissa Nemeth, Boscawen, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to exc	Melissa Nemeth	$30,800	approved
38	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Jane Dichard, Haverhill, MA, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to exce	Jane Dichard	$12,250	approved
39	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Sara Blaine, Bedford, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to exceed	Sara Blaine	$61,200	approved
40	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Kelly Stevenson, Keene, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to excee	Kelly Stevenson	$40,000	approved
41	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Jo A. Edwards, Penacook, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to exce	Jo A. Edwards	$35,000	approved
42	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Christine MacDonald, Ossipee, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to	Christine MacDonald	$17,500	approved
43	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize the Bureau of Development Services and the Office of Client and Legal Services to enter into an agreement with Sam Donlon, Concord, NH, to provide Complaint Investigator services conducting investigations of abuse, neglect, exploitations, and rights violations, in an amount not to exceed $	Sam Donlon	$35,000	approved
43A	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT	Authorize to enter into an agreement with Harbor Homes Inc., Nashua, NH, to provide services for homeless individuals and families in an amount not to exceed $141,219. Effective August 1, 2012 through June 31, 2013. 100% Federal Funds. 6 New Hampshire Hospital	Harbor Homes Inc.	$141,219	approved
44	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to amend the Consultant List (originally approved by G&C on 6-22-11, item #298), by adding Robert Kiefner, M.D., to provide on call coverage. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2013. 30% Federal, 70% General Funds. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS #45 Authorize to enter into a retroacti		$58,850	approved
45A	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to enter into a retroactive contract renewal with Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH (originally approved by G&C on 6-23-10, item #55), for the provision of Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Medical Services, by increasing the amount by $2,042,355 from $2,058,121 to $4,100,476. Effect		$4.1M	approved
46	INSURANCE DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to enter into a retroactive contract by exercising the renewal option to contract with Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Berlin, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 6-23-10, item #53), for the provision of Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Medical Services, by increasing the amount by $1,075,45	Androscoggin Valley Hospital	$2.8M	approved
46A	BANKING DEPARTMENT	Authorize to accept and expend estimated funds from reimbursement for examination costs in the amount of $40,000 for Out-of-State travel in the Department’s Consumer Credit Division. (2)Further authorize to accept and expend estimated funds from reimbursement for examination costs in the amount of $		$40,000	approved
47	PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION	Authorize to enter into a Broadband Expansion Agreement with Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC d/b/a FairPoint Communications – NNE to expand the availability of broadband in rural areas on NH, in the amount of $3,323,751. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2013. Funding fo		$3.3M	approved
48	PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION contract	Authorize to enter into a contract with The Liberty Consulting Group, Quentin, PA, to provide engineering consulting services, in an amount not to exceed $125,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2013. 100% Utility Assessment. #49 Authorize to enter into a contract with Accion Group	Liberty Consulting Group	$175,000	approved
50	DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	Authorize to use Northway Bank as the depository for revenue collected at Jericho Mountain State Park.			approved
51	DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT contract	Authorize the Division of Forests and Lands to enter into a contract with Christopher Kane, Concord, NH, for ecological services in support of the NH Natural Heritage Bureau, in the amount of $5,700. Effective upon G&C approval through December 18, 2012. 100% Federal Funds. #52 Authorize the Divisio	Christopher Kane	$200,000	approved
54	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize to enter into a contract with J.W.C. Enterprises Inc., Milford, NH, to perform wastewater monitoring chemical analysis of water samples from six fish hatchery facilities in the amount of $10,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2013. 100% Fish and Game Funds.	J.W.C. Enterprises Inc.	$10,000	approved
55	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT payment	Authorize to pay the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Washington, DC, $22,992 annual assessment. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2013. 100% Fish and Game Funds.		$22,992	approved
56	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT nomination	Authorize to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service - New England Field Office for collection of fish samples as part of a mercury contamination study, in the amount of $2,800. #57 Authorize to enter into a sole source Cooperative Project Agreement under the terms	Haley & Aldrich Inc.	$2,800	approved
56C	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT contract	TABLED - The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Wheeler, seconded by Councilor St. Hilaire voted to table the request to amend a contract with Compass Health Analytics Inc., (originally approved by G&C on 6-17-09), to perform review and cost evaluation of proposed health insurance mandated	McFarlandJohnson Inc.	$2.1M	approved
118	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize the Bureau of Rail & Transit to enter into a amend a contract with Community Alliance of Human Services Inc., Claremont, NH, (originally approved by G&C on 6-8-11, item #176), for transportation services for the general public and elderly and disabled citizens in the Claremont-Newport area	Community Alliance of Human Se	$657,520	approved
119	NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT contract	Authorize the Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with George R. Cairns and Sons Inc., Windham, NH, for roadway and bridge rehabilitation on I-93 at Exit 2 interchange and Pelham Road in the town of Salem, on the basis of a low bid of $40,908,383.67. (2)Further authorize a contingency in	George R. Cairns and Sons Inc.	$40.9M	approved
A	GOVERNOR AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGENDA payment	Authorize to pay University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, the sum of $1,730.00 for the sole purpose of enrolling Christin H. D’Ovidio, Program Specialist III, in the course entitled “Advanced Social Marketing Program Management”.		$1,730
B	GOVERNOR AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGENDA	Authorize to allow Mrs. Corinne Collins-Spiller RN, Licensing and Evaluation Coordinator or designee for the office of Operations Support, Health Facilities Administration-Certification, to travel over 300 miles one way by automobile in the amount of $672 to attend the Centers for Medicare and Medic		$672