Gill Historical Commission
Riverside Municipal Building
A meeting of the Historical Commission
AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Riverside Municipal Building
Call to order: __________
Notes:
1. Approve minutes of meeting on October 21, 2025
2. Treasurer’s Report and Business
Budget account as of 10/21/25: $880. 81
Expenses:
Snacks for Harvest Festival $31.16 (Lynda)
Plastic for laminating photos $59.99 (Bob)
Second set of bins for moving and $85.86
storage of museum items $177.01
Budget account as of 11/18/25: $880.81 – 177.01 = $703.80
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Donation account as of 10/21/25: $4,790.16
No donations this month;
Expenses: Business envelopes: $45.18
(pay for these from the donation account)
Donation account as of 11/18/25: $4,790.16 - $45.18 = $4,744.98
3. Old and continuing business
A. RMB roof: Next Steps
1. Some important RMB history (Bob)
2. Meeting with Selectboard, Thursday, Nov. 13: Bob, Ray Steele,
Licensed Contractor Steve Striebel (Bob)
3. Steps for protecting, choosing for display, storing some museum items:
a. What to move next? ______________, _________________,
b. Themes for each room? Room 1 __________________
Room 2__________________ Room 3 _________________
c. Work bees and/or tasks to schedule
B. Update on RMB Sign (Kit)
C. Progress reports: Annual Reports, handling delicate old documents(work continues); Gill school pictures: finished and delivered to the Gill School, no communication or bill, i.e. TBA.
D. GHC email: Ray reports that there are new insurance requirements to identify who is receiving an inquiry by verifying identity by code number to an email or a cell phone number, with a password. Ray can help us set this up. Kit has the password.
Speaking of inquiries, a recent inquirer was looking for church records which revealed the history of a relative, who is thought to have been named the pastor of the Gill Church (end of 1700s) and soon relieved of his responsibilities due to “ecclesiastical ethical concerns.”
E. Preservation Activities to consider:
1. Questionnaire (with or without pictures) with newsletter or as a handout in
Town Hall (discussion)
2. Gill Word Search (Lynda)
3. Oral histories of Gill elders (discussion)
4. New business:
A. New England Power Company survey: update (Kit)
B. Battlefield Protection grant comes to a close (news articles and updates) (Kit)
C. History topic for displays: patents from the past (Bob)
5. Other topics not listed at time of posting
Adjournment:
Next meeting: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (may be changed); 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., RMB.