Government Oversite

Welcome to the Carroll County NH Commissioners meeting from 9/18/13. Commissioners: David Babson, David Sorensen and Asha Kenney collectively administer the business of the County. The Board exercises budgetary control over County operations and prepares the annual budget for the approval by the County Delegation. The Board met at the County Administration Building, 95 Water Village Rd, Ossipee and began this meeting at 8:30 am.


00:13 Commissioner Babson reports on the Cooperative Extension monthly meeting; Old Nursing Home Annex RFP; discussion- using monthly rent towards bond payments; evaluation of 4H leaders;


02:24 Review and approval of previous meeting minutes; September 4, 11, 2013; Kenney states a Non Public statement Sept. 4th was removed from minutes; Discussion- two different drafts; draft changes; posting to website; vote to approve Sept. 4th meeting minutes; Kenney apposes;


06:02 Review of September 11, meeting minutes; Kenney comments about Non Public statements in public minutes; discussion- corrections;


11:52 Kenney comments that statements are being added to the minutes that were not said in meeting; discussion- corrections; vote to approve Sept. 11th meeting minutes; Kenney apposes;


20:23 Babson reports on how much should be charged to Belknap County to house visiting inmates at the Carroll County Corrections facility; 57.50 per day plus medical expenses; Carroll County costs for housing;


23:14 Employee evaluation forms; discussion of forms not yet received from Kenney- Jason Johnson, HOC; Cathy Garry, Business Office; 2013 non public meeting minutes;


25:17 Mellissa Seamans, public comment- harassment policy training?; discussion of value of such training; Kronos system status?; is Kronos a cumbersome system to use?; report on County financial audit?; When is budget cycle starting?; employee evaluations?; Babson and Sorensen discuss they have completed and submitted their evaluations, but Kenney did not submitted her evaluations of the employees yet; opinion of process of evaluations?;


33:23 Old Nursing Home Annex RFP report?; County Probation; Families in transition; review of non public meeting minutes report?; discussion of redacting unsealed non public minutes after 72 hours; Discussion of the process of sealing and releasing minutes;


39:25 Kenney refers to Mellissa Seamans as a past employee of the County; Kenney comments that Seamans has "unusual access"; Kenney makes comment about a "text" concerning a request she made about minutes being copied and placed on her desk; Kenney states that people also need diversity training; Motion to go into non public, 91a, para 2, a, b, and c. Roll call vote;