Welcome to the Carroll County Delegation meeting. The Delegation are all the State House Representatives within the County. They met at the County Complex, 95 Water Village Rd, Ossipee on 10/21/13 and it began at 9:00 am ______________________________________________________________ 00:30 Dorothy Solomon request that the discussion regarding the Old Nursing Home Annex be addressed as soon as possible. Guest speakers that arrived to support the idea of converting two of the old nursing home wings into Veterans shelter have limited time; Melissa Seamans, Carroll County Independent, asks if it would be appropriate for ______________________________________________________________ 01:28 Review of previous meeting minutes; Motion made to approve- Butler; June 17, 2013; Lavender 2nd's; Motion passes unanimously; Previous meeting can be found here; http://www.governmentoversite.com/delegation/carroll-county/2013-06-17 ______________________________________________________________ 04:08 Introductions: Bill Nelson; Cyndi White; Glenn Cordelli; Karel Crawford; Gene Chandler; Ed Butler; Karen Umberger; Mark McConkey; Ed Bucco; Tom Lavender; Susan Ticehurst; Harry Merrow; Ted Wright; Commissioners David Babson, David Sorensen, Asha Kenney; ______________________________________________________________ 07:09 David Sorensen presents letters of interests to use the wings of the old nursing home annex; previous motions made directing the commissioners to provide an RFP to the Delegation; ______________________________________________________________ 13:43 Dorothy Solomon presents to the Delegation two wings being used as a Veterans Homeless Shelter; dining areas; program details; funding; grants; VA; transitional housing; rehabilitation; employment training and support; Manchester veterans services; discussion- building rehabilitation; men only; job opportunities; transportation using existing Blue Loon bus services; discussion- local available employment; healthcare needs, grant funding sources; ______________________________________________________________ 23:46 Solomon reiterates the responsibility citizens hold when transitioning veterans back home; Federal fund availability; green mountain rifle barrel as an example of area employment; discussion- details of organizational structure; time frame; ______________________________________________________________ 30:09 Robert Peermont, retired submarine service, gives testimony in support of the veterans transitional services; Portsmouth shipyard; Wounded Warriors; Discussion- why Carroll County?; legally of male only facilities; Motion made, Mard McConkey; wings being used for Veterans Shelter; Discussion- details of motion; Lavender 2nds; Discussion- of details of motion; cost impact to county; amendment to motion- adding timeline for plan; _______________________________________________________________ 40:06 Gene Chandler explains why he will be voting against motion; questions location; federal funding; liability; Kenney- how many veterans will use the facility; Solomon reports on the numbers of homeless veterans; difficulty in getting actual numbers of homeless veterans; definition of homeless; couch surfing; in the streets; living out of automobiles; _______________________________________________________________ 46:28 Lawrence Ayers, American Legion; reports on other program funding sources; job training; cost per veteran; MVC's storage needs; Melissa Seamans, CCI- clarification of motion; veterans shelter only; _______________________________________________________________ 51:03 Mark McConkey reads motion to be put to a vote by the Delegation; Discussion- lease costs?; Roll Call vote taken; motion passes 7 to 6 to make 2 wings a veterans homeless shelter; attendees thanks the delegation. _______________________________________________________________ 55:37 Performance Audit report and discussion; Glenn Cordelli gives report; Motion made to go forward with the performance review subcommittee recommendations; vote to approve the RFP to begin the performance audit; funding for performance audit; which budget is this from; encumbering $20,000; discussion- changes to document; County mission statement; ________________________________________________________________ 1:06:13 Karel Crawford, gives report; fee for service Sheriff's Dispatch services subcommittee; Delegation Subcommittee Sheriff department; summary of fee for service system; lack of information; discussion with the Merrimack Sheriff's fee for service system; Town of Ossipee lack of support for a fee for service dispatch; lack of good data to evaluate a fee for service dispatch; _________________________________________________________________ 1:13:36 Review of 2nd quarter financials; time needed to complete each quarter; department billings; Delegation reviewing quarterly financials on a timely basis; ________________________________________________________________

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