Wakefield Heritage Commission

September 2, 2009

Members Present

Pam Judge, Nancy Bancroft, Nancy Hall (alternate for Joe Brejwo), Connie Twombley,

Kelly Shea (alternate for Snooky Shea), John Waitner

Members Not Present

Joe Brejwo, Snooky Shea, Barry Bishop (alternate), Ken Paul (selectmen representative)

Guests

Terry Gammon

Minutes from August 19^th meeting were reviewed. Nancy B. made a motion to accept the minutes with the corrections made. Nancy H. seconded the motion. Connie and Kelly abstained because they were absent. Motion passed.

Railcar

Terry presented some paint chips of the color he will be painting the railcar. The stairs will be stained to match the railcar.

Financials

Bills were presented for payment and warrant signed.

The 2010 budget was discussed. We made an attempt to reduce the budget but in the end are proposing a level budget as we need to add a line item for legal expenses. Reductions were made in several lines to allow for the legal expenses without increasing the budget. Pam will meet with the town administrator later this week.

Correspondence

Bills, memo from town administrator, NEMA Conference, Preservation Magazine have been received since our last meeting. The NEMA Conference was discussed and the brochure is available for members to review. The conference will be held November 11^th through the 13^th. We should have a count of members who would like to participate by our October 7^th meeting.

Website

We will discuss the website in the next meeting and maybe we can bring it up live during the meeting.

Grange Hall

Pam spoke with Don Silcocks he has been doing the work on the well. Wakefield Theater Company is looking for some storage. It is agreed that they could use the upstairs coat closet in the Grange Hall if necessary.

Volunteer Appreciation Day

Sunday, September 13^th, 1:00-3:00 invitations have been sent out. We will be serving hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans, coleslaw, drinks, and desserts. All members and most spouses will be present and members will be providing everything necessary.

Spinney Meeting House

Saturday, September 26, 9:00 will meet to scrape and paint sections of the exterior of the Spinney Meeting House.

After discussion Nancy B. made a motion that we add members who are absent to the minutes. Connie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

John made a motion to change to one meeting a month for the months of October through March and to meet at the Town Hall. It was seconded. Motion passed

Submitted by,

Valerie Ward, secretary