Present: Fred Childs, Chair, Jack Sapia, Paul Sullivan, and Town Administrator Russell McAllister.

Police Department – Lt. Baldwin

Lt. Baldwin alerted the Board and viewing public to recent identity theft scams. He spoke to the newest scam wrinkle coined the Canadian Lottery wherein individuals received lottery checks and notification stating that they had won the Canadian Lottery. The so-called lottery winners, who hadn’t bought a ticket, nevertheless deposited their checks. During the ACH process individual bank account information was stolen which allowed the scam artists to withdraw money from individual bank accounts at a later date. Lt. Baldwin’s advice was not to cash lottery checks from another country, especially when people had not purchased a lottery ticket.

Lt. Baldwin briefed the Board on the Department’s efforts to revamp the parking ticket process, including recommended ordinance changes, sequential ticket numbering and forms changes.

Mr. Childs made note of several upcoming meetings and events. The Highway Committee was meeting on April 12^th at 3:00pm in the conference room. The Town wide cleanup was scheduled for April 8^th. The Memorial Day Parade was scheduled for May 29^th at 5:00pm. Mr. Childs read from Ginny Morelli’s resignation letter wherein she resigned her elected position as a member to the budget committee. Ms. Morelli was also an employee working as the cemetery caretaker and because of the Town’s adoption of Article 21; employees were prohibited from simultaneously holding elected office while also working as town employees.

The TA noted that representatives from Verizon were scheduled to meet with him and personnel from the Police and Fire Departments to discuss their work schedule. The TA explained that Verizon was currently stringing fiber throughout the town and Verizon representatives wanted to review the work schedule.

Doug Dow – Volunteers

Mr. Dow addressed the Board and provided a status update to the planned building construction at Pope Field. He noted that the foundation and framing had been completed and that contractors may well be employed to finish the walls and roof. Mr. Dow also spoke of the need to designate vendor parking.

Mr. Dow also voiced concern over dogs running loose in the little league field. It was convenient for dog owners to allow their pets to run loose inside the fenced in baseball field. Unfortunately dogs also did their business inside the field, which made playing on the field a bit dicey. The Board spoke about the possibility of adopting a pooper-scooper ordinance.

Mr. Dow announced that opening day was May 6^th and that on April 9^th the Little League was sponsoring a pancake breakfast from 7:00am through noon at the Community Center.

Ms. Jordan addressed the Board relative to a recent policy decision to have Ms. Jordan preview tapes prior to airing on the station. Ms. Jordan voiced concern relative to the appearance of censorship noting that the Town’s cable operation was PEG station. Ms. Jordan sited several legal precedents relative to censorship. The TA explained that it was his sense that the Board was asking Ms. Jordan to review content and match that content with the appropriate time slot. It was noted that the FCC had so designated that time slots appropriate to the viewing audience, particularly with respect to children, did not constitute censorship. Mr. Sullivan noted that we should go back to the earlier policy. Mr. Childs noted that it has always been the policy to review tapes prior to airing the content. Ms. Jordan explained that the number of hours she was allotted during the week for all that she was required to do.

Mr. Acciard congratulated Mr. Sullivan on his election to the Board. Mr. Acciard noted that the Budget Committee would meet the next day to reconstitute the membership. Mr. Acciard also asked to review a matter in non-public session. The TA noted that a non-public session was not scheduled on the agenda. Some discussion ensued regarding both the necessity of and authority to do so ensued. The Board agreed to schedule a non-public session for Friday at 1:00pm.

The TA explained that Mr. Sullivan had submitted a NHDOT approved permit / authorization form from Continental Paving that was provided by the Road Agent. The form would recognize that the Town was accepting fill from the State contracted Route 111 road project via Continental Paving for Pope Field and the Academy parking lot. Mr. Sullivan explained that the amount of fill was approximately 2,000 yards with half going to Pope Field and the other half for the Academy parking lot adjacent the playing field. Mr. Sullivan explained that the fill was free and the necessity of the form / permit was to assure the NHDOT that the free fill was not being sold. It was noted that the Road Agent was checking on the availability of the fill.

The TA noted that a previous memo from March 23^rd noted that a new union contract took effect on April 1^st. The TA had received insurance quotes for life and AD&D insurance from our current provider Insurance Solutions and the NHLGC Health Trust. A comparison of rate schedules is below.

The TA noted that the current memo included attachments highlighting current bills for Life and AD&D insurance for the Police Department only. The first attached invoice was from Insurance Solutions for AD&D for a coverage amount of $15,000. The policyholder for this coverage was the Town of Atkinson NH Police Department. The invoice amount for the period covering 2/1/06 through 2/1/07 was $1,367.44. The other insurance invoice attached to this memo was from Anthem Life that was associated with coverage amounts stipulated in the last CBA of $15,000 for Life and $100,000 for AD&D. That invoice represented a quarterly amount of $249.66, or $998.64 annually. The total insurance cost associated with coverage for union and non-union police department employees was listed in the table below.

Emergency Planning Guide Highlights

The TA called attention to the attached items in the agenda packet relative to the above captioned, including key facts concerning pandemic flu from the CDC. Also attached were highlights from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, "An Emergency Planning Guide for America’s Communities." The TA explained the importance of NIMS and ICS as forming the overall architecture of any emergency plan. It was noted that both Fire and Police personnel had NIMS or ICS certification. Board members spoke to the issue of emergency planning noting its importance in responding to actual emergencies and the need to build in surge capacity into the emergency plan. The TA noted that a future meeting with the Emergency Management Director to review the Town’s emergency plan should be scheduled.

Mr. Childs noted that there was a scheduled Recreation Committee meeting concerning a plan for Woodlock Park on Wednesday at 6:00pm.

Mr. Sullivan spoke to his intention to rejuvenate the Safety Committee and that he would like to see representatives from each building at the meeting. He noted that attendance at the previous meeting was sparse. The Board directed the TA to get a memo to all buildings requesting attendance at an April 19^th meeting at 9:00am. Mr. Sullivan asked that the TA follow-up with a phone call to insure that people had received the memo. The TA agreed to do so.

Board members also discussed the idea of planning a future workshop to toss ideas around. Everyone agreed that it was a good idea.

There being no further business to come before the Board Mr. Sullivan made the motion to adjourn. Mr. Sapia seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous and so moved. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:03pm.

Respectfully,

Russell McAllister

Town Administrator

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Fred Childs, Chair

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Jack Sapia

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Paul Sullivan