The Walpolean

TOWN OF WALPOLE

MEETING OF THE SELECTBOARD

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Selectboard Present:     Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Selectboard meeting to order at 6:40 PM in the Walpole Town Hall.  She advised this meeting is being recorded and asked anyone wishing to speak to identify themselves for the record.  There were no people from the public in attendance.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Accounts Payable check register in the amount of $55,469.00 for checks dated November 3, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

PAYROLL:

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Payroll Register for the week ending October 28, 2017 in the amount of $23,692.61 for checks dated November 3, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the electronic fund transfer for the 941 Employer Taxes for Withholding, MEDI and FICA taxes in the amount of $5,092.23 for the week ending October 28, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

SELECTBOARD MEETING MINUTES:

SELECTBOARD MEETING – October 26, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the regular Selectboard meeting of October 26, 2017, as submitted.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION – October 26, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard Session of October 26, 2017, as submitted.  These Minutes will remain sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

2016 FINANCIAL AUDIT MEETING – October 26, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the 2016 Financial Audit Meeting of October 26, 2017, as submitted.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

The Selectboard received and reviewed Minutes of the following meetings:

• North Walpole Village District Board of Commissioners – October 10, 2017;
• North Walpole Village District Board of Commissioners – October 17, 2017;
• Planning Board Workshop – October 24, 2017.

WARRANTS:

WALPOLE WATER FEES:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Warrant For The Collection of Walpole Water Fees in the amount of $74,472.95.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

WALPOLE SEWER FEES: Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Warrant For The Collection of Walpole Sewer Fees in the amount of $90,529.90.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

NORTH WALPOLE SEWER FEES:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Warrant For The Collection of North Walpole Sewer Fees in the amount of $72,623.02.   Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

ABATEMENTS:

MAP and LOT #003-040-000:  Ms. Mayberry moved to grant the Property Tax Abatement in the amount of $177.50 for Map and Lot #003-040-000.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

MAP and LOT #021-024-001:  Ms. Mayberry moved to grant the Property Tax Abatement in the amount of $112.81 for Map and Lot #021-024-001.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

BUILDING PERMITS:

PETER and KIMBERLY KING, 46 Dearborn Circle, Map and Lot #012-055-022:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve Building Permit No. 2017-38 for Peter and Kimberly King to have a “10’ x 12’ Mudroom Entrance Addition” at 46 Dearborn Circle.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

JOSEPH and SONIA SAWYER, 632 River Road, Map and Lot #004-001-004:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve Building Permit No. 2017-39 for Joseph and Sonia Sawyer to put “Solar Panels on Roof of House” at 632 River Road.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

OLD BUSINESS:

Vachon, Clukay and Co. Letter:  Ms. Mayberry suggested adding “to see the attached opinions from the Town Treasurer for future audit consideration”.

Mr. Dalessio moved to approve and sign the letter to Vachon, Clukay and Company as amended.  Seconded by Mr. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Frank Whitcomb Construction Letter:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve and sign the letter to Frank Whitcomb Construction.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Petitions for Pole Licensing:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve and sign the Petitions for Pole Licensing.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Citizen’s Report 2017-14 Letter:  Mr. Dalessio moved to approve and sign the letter regarding Citizen’s Report #2017-14.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

JROTC of Fall Mountain Request:  The Selectboard continued their discussion relative to finding suitable space for the JROTC of Fall Mountain to practice.  Everything is protected and it is under control of competent adults.  There are ten students in the marksmanship training.  Mr. Dalessio is going to talk to Police Chief Paquette and Lt. Justin Sanctuary for an opinion.

NEW BUSINESS:

2017 Preliminary Tax Rate:  Mrs. Pschirrer reported the Town received a preliminary tax rate in the amount of $25.09.  They have to add an amount for potential abatements and what amount to take out of the fund balance.  Land values went up.

Mr. Dallesio moved to change the final over-lay for the 2017 tax rate to $40,000.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry. With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.   

Assistant Treasurer Appointment Notice:  Mr. Dalessio moved to appoint Margaret Palmer as the Assistant Treasurer.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Citizen’s Report 2017-18:  Mrs. Pschirrer will respond to this email.  It is difficult to get out of Middle Street because of the range of vision for turning left onto Main Street.  The Highway Department will follow up on this.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION:

Mr. Dalessio moved to enter into a Non-Public Selectboard Session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II to discuss (c) Reputations.  Ms. Mayberry seconded the motion and, on a roll call vote with Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved at 7:25 PM.

The regular Selectboard meeting resumed at 7:36 PM.

Mr. Dalessio moved that the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard Session of November 2, 2017, be sealed.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

RECESS SELECTBOARD MEETING:

Ms. Mayberry moved to recess this Selectboard meeting.  The Selectboard will enter into a meeting as the Hooper Trustees.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

The regular Selectboard meeting resumed at 7:58 PM.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Highway Department:  Ms. Mayberry met all the Highway crew and saw the Highway building.  She had a tour of the Town / roads with Mr. Rau.  It was interesting and productive.  The Selectboard discussed damage as the result of the last storm.

ADJOURNMENT:  Ms. Mayberry moved to adjourn this meeting.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

TOWN OF WALPOLE

MEETING OF THE SELECTBOARD

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Selectboard Present:     Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Selectboard meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the Walpole Town Hall.  She advised this meeting is being recorded and asked anyone wishing to speak to identify themselves for the record.  There were two members of the public in attendance.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION:

Mr. Dalessio moved to enter into a Non-Public Selectboard Session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II to discuss (c) Reputations.  Ms. Mayberry seconded the motion and, on a roll call with Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

The regular meeting resumed at 7:18 PM.

Mr. Dalessio moved that the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard meeting of October 26, 2017, be sealed.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

RECESS SELECTBOARD MEETING:

Ms. Mayberry moved to recess this meeting to enter into a meeting as the Hooper Trustees.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

The regular meeting resumed at 7:42 PM.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Accounts Payable check register in the amount of $21,449.73 for checks dated October 27, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

PAYROLL:

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Payroll Register for the week ending October 21, 2017 in the amount of $21,596.89 for checks dated October 27, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the electronic fund transfer for the 941 Employer Taxes for Withholding, MEDI and FICA taxes in the amount of $4,635.78 for the week ending October 21, 2017.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

SELECTBOARD MEETING MINUTES:

SELECTBOARD MEETING – October 19, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the regular Selectboard meeting of October 19, 2017, as submitted.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION – October 19, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard Session of October 19, 2017, as submitted.  These Minutes will remain sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

STAFF MEETING – October 19, 2017:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the Staff Meeting of October 19, 2017, as submitted.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

The Selectboard received and reviewed Minutes of the following meeting:

• Zoning Board of Adjustment – October 10, 2017.

OLD BUSINESS:

Westberg Property:  Mrs. Pschirrer reported the Department of Environmental Services (DES) told Southwest Region Planning Commission (SWRPC) they wanted to do more testing. The DES discovered PFAS and PFOS where they thought they would.  They also discussed there had been a Teflon coating tank in the building that was demolished.  The DES had that information in their file.  At the last meeting of the Brownfields Committee meeting there was a lengthy discussion about this.  They found nothing on the property owned by the Walpole Foundation (apartment building).  Mrs. Pschirrer confirmed the Town would still take the Westberg property provided the State of NH would absolve them of all liability.  The committee then approved the money for Phase I.  The DES, SWRPC and Ransom Environment all want to do more testing with monitoring wells; lots #50 and #51 will be done.  The Westberg Estate will pay for this testing.  Mr. Stephen Rickerich, engineer from Ransom Environment, and SWRPC asked if the Town would ask permission of property owners, Mr. Adams and Ms. Phillips, to allow them to put test wells on their properties.  They also asked if the Public Works would mark the pavement in the road for the yards where these wells will be put.  Mr. Dalessio mentioned they will have to call Dig Safe.  Mr. Rau said the Highway Department could do the markings.

Mr. Dalessio moved to approve having the Highway Department mark the pavement in the road for the additional Westberg monitoring wells.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Citizen’s Report 2017-17:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve and sign the letter to Mr. Provencher regarding a fence along the railroad tracks at the North Walpole Park.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Water and Sewer Receipts and Update:  After looking at the latest report on Water and Sewer receipts and the update, the Selectboard felt a phenomenal job is being done by the office.

Policy SAF 100 Safety Program Update:  Mrs. Downing talked to Inspector Perry about the Town’s Safety Program.  She will re-do the list of the Town’s Safety Committee members to take the North Walpole Fire District and the Walpole Fire Department out.  The Walpole Fire Department will be required to have their own Safety Committee meetings as they have a total of 40+/- full-time and part-time members.  The North Walpole Fire District may not be required to have their own Safety Committee meetings if they have less than 15 members.

Complete Streets Public Hearing:  Ms. Mayberry advised the Planning Board talked about the Complete Streets Public Hearing at their workshop.  They had it in their minutes that the Planning Board would do the Public Hearing.  The Selectboard made a decision to schedule a Public Hearing on the Complete Streets program on Thursday, November 2^nd at 6:00 PM.  Copies of the recommendations will be available.

NEW BUSINESS:

Petitions for Pole Licensing:  Mrs. Pschirrer advised three Petitions for Pole Licensing were received from the Northern New England Telephone Company, FairPoint Communications and Liberty Utilities.  There are multiple poles and pages to sign.  The Petitions stating “North Walpole” rather than “Walpole” will be sent back for corrections.

Ms. Mayberry moved to approve the Petition for Pole Licensing on Barnett Hill Road.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Police Vehicle Replacement:  Mrs. Pschirrer will continue to do research regarding taking funds out of the Capital Reserve funds to purchase a police cruiser.  Officer Landry was responding to a call when the cruiser was hit by another vehicle outside of Lola’s Restaurant in North Walpole. The cruiser is a total loss. The NH State Police are investigating.

Gun Fire at Rice Mountain:  Mr. Dalessio had a complaint about continuous gun fire at Rice Mountain.  It was for one day when the Police Department was qualifying for their re-certification.  He will respond to the complaint.

Whitcomb Trailer:  Mrs. Pschirrer will write a letter to Whitcomb Construction asking them to remove the trailer.

JROTC of Fall Mountain Request:   A request was received from the JROTC of Fall Mountain to help them find a place where they can continue their marksmanship studies.  They use pellet guns.  In the past they practiced in the basement of the V.F.W. in Charlestown. However, the space is being converted to a bar and the JROTC can no longer use it.  There are about 40 members; about 10 members participate in the marksmanship team. The Selectboard will think about this and try to find a space.

SWRPC Invitation to Fall Meeting:  The Selectboard will be unable to attend this SWRPC Fall meeting on Tuesday, November 14^th due to other conflicts.

Selectboard Meeting:  Ms. Mayberry had previously requested the Selectboard meeting on Thursday, December 14^th be moved back to Wednesday, December 13^th but because of a change in plans the meeting can still be held on Thursday, December 14^th.

ADJOURNMENT:

Ms. Mayberry moved to adjourn this Selectboard meeting.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

TOWN OF WALPOLE

MEETING OF THE SELECTBOARD

2016 FINANCIAL AUDIT

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Selectboard Present:     Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

Staff Present:               Rich Kreissle, Tom Goins, Sarah Downing

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this meeting of the Selectboard to order at 5:30 PM in the Walpole Town Hall.  She advised this meeting is being recorded.  There were no members of the public in attendance.

Mrs. Pschirrer advised this Public Meeting was scheduled to discuss the 2016 Financial Audit.  Basically it was a good audit.  She feels financial audits should be reviewed by the people in charge.  This meeting is about focusing on the deficiency worksheets.  They are easy to take care of.  Some corrections were made from the previous audit.  Mrs. Pschirrer found it easy to work with the auditors from Vachon Clukay & Company PC.  They were accessible and helpful.  If the Selectboard, Manager of Finance and/or Town Treasurer object to something, a letter will be written to the auditors.  This Selectboard already dealt with Nos. 1, 2 and 3.  They had discussed proper procedures with the Manager of Finance.

The auditors felt the Town had left too much uninsured money at the end of the year.  Mr. Goins explained this is collateralization.  He had spent a considerable amount of time with the auditors talking to them about PDIP, the $250,000 General Fund and that he got the Savings Bank of Walpole (SBW) to give us collateral.  The SBW started out saying “no problem” and they would give the Town up to $4,000,000.  Later the CO of the SBW said they were not going to do that because it would cost them too much money.  Mr. Goins has an email from the SBW to confirm they negotiated $500,000.  He does not know if the auditors considered the $500,000 on top of the $250,000.  He had a lengthy conversation with the auditors as he does not feel any town should have to go out and pay for collateralization.  Mr. Kreissle and Mr. Goins work together closely and they are committed to having the least amount of money in the General Fund.  Mrs. Pschirrer advised if Mr. Goins wants to write a note to the auditors stating he disagrees with this, she would not have any trouble with that.  The Selectboard already signed off on their comments.  They had adopted procedure PT-004 which collateralizes all funds in excess of $750,000 with the SBW; the procedure was adopted in October 2017. Mr. Goins said it does not speak to the level of collateral; when he wrote the policy he thought he had $4,000,000.  He wants to respond and will draft something for the Selectboard to review.  Mr. Dalessio feels they should respond with a package.  They can revise the three comments they replied to in July.  Mr. Kreissle mentioned if they had less than the $250,000 at the end of the year, the auditors would not have commented.  Mr. Goins noted they do not have to collateralize PDIP.  He wants to be sure the auditors know what the Town did.  The auditors will continue to write us up unless there should be dialogue that a decision was made to not pay for collateral.  There was discussion relative to asking for a waiver.  Ms. Mayberry pointed out the auditors are going by a standard set of rules.  They are rigid with their rules and recommendations.  Mr. Goins does not feel an adverse report is good year-after-year; he would try to make it go away   Mr. Dalessio feels the question to ask is how does the Town stop this.  Mrs. Pschirrer noted there are many favorable comments in this audit.  Mr. Kreissle pointed out if someone were to come in to look at the audit they would see the adverse opinion but would also see the over-all favorable comments/opinion.  Mrs. Pschirrer is in favor of trying to talk to the auditors about how an adverse report can be eliminated.  Mr. Goins summarized it makes him and Mr. Kreissle feel they made a big mistake but they have not done that.

No. 4 is the Library credit card issue.  Mrs. Pschirrer will take the auditor’s notes to show members of the Library Board.  They use the credit card a great deal and pay the credit card bill from their checking account.  Mr. Dalessio would like to see their written procedure step-by-step.  There should be a deadline date when this will be done.  Mrs. Pschirrer will bring this up again with the Library Board.  They are Town employees.

No. 5 is an audit of cash. Reconciliation and trial balances at the year end.  Mr. Kreissle advised this has been a battle since 2011.  There was an inaccurate conversion in 2011.  They would like to identify different pieces each year.  He is aware of this on-going process and both he and the auditors will continue to work on this.  They are looking for the variance; is it consistent.  If so, it gives the auditors a lead.  Mr. Dalessio summarized this is an on-going process and the Town of Walpole and auditors are well aware of it.  Mr. Goins mentioned there is no allowance for doubtful accounts.  Mrs. Pschirrer has spent hours working with Mr. Kreissle and Mrs. Karen Galloway on unraveling the Hooper items because the auditors found discrepancies.  They continue to work on this.

No. 6 is various cash disbursements.   The auditors concluded there are opportunities to strengthen controls.  They noted 36 instances of expenses and expenditures without approval of purchase, account coding, supporting documentation and discrepancies in the total amount.  Mr. Kreissle feels this is going away because he implemented and explained his new procedure.   Mr. Dalessio noted there are still invoices with no purchase orders.  Why are Department Heads purchasing without purchase orders?  Mrs. Pschirrer said there is an inconsistency from one department to another.  Where do they want the mail to go?  It arrives in this office first.  Mr. Kreissle thought when Mrs. Daigle opens the mail the invoices get put in the appropriate boxes.  Mr. Goins noted the Accounts Payable person, who is Mr. Kreissle, should not pay a bill unless he had a purchase order or receiving report and an invoice.  Mr. Kreissle is now doing this.  Mr. Dalessio mentioned invoices should have a purchase number on them.  Mr. Goins felt this will go away with this process.  Mrs. Pschirrer will discuss this with department managers during the December Staff Meeting.  The Recycling Center is the only department without a part-time administrative assistant, who are a big help.

No. 7 is payroll processing from various payroll transactions throughout the year.  There are opportunities to strengthen controls.  A total of 52 deviations were noted of areas where controls can be strengthened.  These include incorrect pay received, missing signatures from employees and/or department heads for approval, inaccurate hours reported on time cards, inaccurate hours paid to employees, invalid documentations or unavailable documentation of rate of pay and check information not matching against check cleared on bank statement.   Mrs. Pschirrer mentioned department managers have been reminded of this and will need to continue to be reminded.   Mr. Kreissle noted some of these are department manager issues.  Ms. Mayberry said if there is a discrepancy they need to correct, they should put it aside and write a note advising the department supervisor to come in to sign or take care of what needs to be corrected.  Mrs. Pschirrer summarized they are working on it and it continues to get better.

No. 8 references credit card activity – noting an opportunity to strengthen controls.  Mrs. Pschirrer mentioned needing a procedure.  She would never pay a bill unless the receipt has all the information on it.  It needs to have the name of the person who used it and who was involved.

No. 9 is the result of examination of water and sewer activity noting an opportunity to strengthen controls. Mrs. Pschirrer pointed out they have done a lot on this during the current year.  It is doubtful they will find anything wrong this year.

Mrs. Pschirrer started to do a summary.  They are working on No. 4 through 9.  Mr. Goins will send the Selectboard an email on how he would address this so a letter can be written to the auditors.  Mrs. Pschirrer said they will then know the Selectboard is paying attention to the comments.

Mr. Kreissle advised there is good news.  There has been a question about the MS-434 and the TransCanada money; this does not go against the budget appropriations and does not need to be included in the MS-434.  Mr. Goins noted that $97,000+- was transferred from the Conservation Commission savings account into a PDIP account.

Mr. Dalessio asked if the Capital Reserves were in PDIP would they have to have a special meeting to take money out.   Mrs. Pschirrer mentioned if the Trustees of the Trust Funds had all the paperwork, they would contact Cambridge Trust and a check would be issued.  There were no special meetings when funds were withdrawn for the Fire Department, Fall Mountain Region School District or the North Walpole Village.  Mr. Goins feels PDIP is just another place to put their money.  Mrs. Pschirrer feels Capital Reserve funds are the same; when needed the funds are spent.  It depends on whether or not the Town has adopted RSA 41:14. The Town should also adopt RSA 35:15.  More interest is earned in a PDIP account than a Capital Reserve fund.                         

ADJOURNMENT:

Mrs. Pschirrer declared this Selectboard meeting adjourned at 6:24 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

TOWN OF WALPOLE

HOOPER TRUSTEES MEETING

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Hooper Trustees Present:         Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Hooper Trustees meeting to order at 7:20 PM.

HOOPER TRUSTEES MINUTES:

HOOPER TRUSTEES MEETING – October 19, 2017:  Mr. Dalessio moved to accept the Minutes of the Hooper Trustees meeting of October 19, 2017, as submitted.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NON-PUBLIC HOOPER TRUSTEES SESSION:

Mr. Dalessio moved to enter into a Non-Public Hooper Trustees session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II to discuss (c) Reputations and (d) Acquisition, Sale or Lease of Real or Personal Property.  Ms. Mayberry seconded and with Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

The regular Hooper Trustees meeting resumed at 7:34 PM.

Mr. Dalessio moved that the Minutes of the Non-Public Hooper Trustees Session of October 26, 2017, be sealed.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

OLD BUSINESS:

Mansion Furniture Sale:  Mrs. Pschirrer has some volunteers working on the furniture sale on November 10^th that include Mrs. Downing, Mrs. Sue Dalessio and 2-or-3 people from the Women of Walpole.  They hope to have enough volunteers to have one person in every room.  They will open at 4:00 PM; there will be a $10/admission fee.  Saturday, November 11^th they will open at 8:00 AM; there is no admission fee.  She needs to recruit more people.  Closing time will be at 2:00 PM.  If people ask if they will consider a different price they will be referred to Mrs. Pschirrer.  At noon everything will be half-price.

ADJOURNMENT:

Mr. Dalessio moved to adjourn this Hooper Trustees meeting.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 7:42 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary