Historical Commission -- CANCELLED
Riverside Minicipal Building
A meeting of the Historical Commission
GHC AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
Riverside Municipal Building
Call to order: ____________ Minutes: Lynda
1. Approve minutes of meeting on Dec. 19, 2023
2. Treasurer’s Report and Business:
Account Totals on Dec. 19, 2023: Town budget: $615.54, Donation account: $3,363.38
Reimbursements:
$25.00 to pay Mark Levasseur to drive to Athol to meet courier from
Digital Commonwealth to pick up first batch of digitized Gill Ledgers
@ $.50/mi. x 50 mi. - $25.00
$12.99 to pay Bob Perry for lead paint test kits (Fr. King Bridge railing)
$44.72 to pay Kit for two sheets of ¼” cork for new display board
Donations: One copy of Riverside sold for $50.00
Ending balances, Jan. 16, 2024:
Town Budget Account, = $532.83; Donation Account, = $3,413.38
Current expenses to consider: 3 or more plastic pallets for basement
(budget account) (Bob/Kit) cost being explored
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3. New and current business for short discussions:
A. Severance House, letter from GHC to NMH (draft) (Pam)
B. Preservation of bridge railing: Update from Building Commissioner Jim Hawkins (Kit); Discussion of possible sites/next steps: ( accounting for location, costs, labor, GHC time)
1. In middle front of RMB
2. Along sidewalk leading to steps
3. Inside RMB replacing wooden railing leading to basement
4. Free-standing L-shaped piece framing NRHP area
5. Free-standing 4-sided “pen” on grounds
6. Mounted on ramp railing, south side (24’ possible)
7. Other ideas
8. Call our work a “good college try” and let this project go
C. Gravestone Girls, update (Saturday, April 20, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Town Hall) (Kit)
D. Capital improvement application due Feb. 1 (Kit, Terri, Bob; vote for amount to authorize, among lighting, Anchorage masonry, basement repairs and upgrades, other??)
E. Lighting upgrade for museum room if not included in (D) (Kit, update)
F. Unfinished priorities: Basement cleaning and inventory beginning (Bob/Kit); next steps
G. GHC / Slate Library talks, update (Pam); publicity: newsletter insert due Jan. 26 plus 1-p. leaflet for posting. Topics:
1. Saturday, February 24, Tales of Farming in Gill, 10:00 – 12:00.
2. Saturday, March 23: Topic for GHC to choose, 10:00 – 12:00.
3. Saturday, April 6: Slave, Student and Gill Minister
4. Old and continuing business
A. Digitizing Gill’s ledgers, next steps and costs: The next set of 1880s ledgers will be picked up for scanning within several months. Only cost is for mileage ($.50/mi) to meet the library’s driver.
B. GHC roles: exploring clerk, chair and associate members’ duties, continued (Kit)
C. Membership drive, update (discussion)
D. FB and website (Charlene)
E. Training to use RMB laptop, scanner and printer (Kit)
F. Acquisitions and collection in museum (Pam)
5. Other topics not listed at time of posting
Adjournment: __________ Next meeting: Tuesday, February 20, 1:00 p.m., RMB