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Adult Parole Board asks committee to restore a filled staff position eliminated from budget
Summary
The New Hampshire Adult Parole Board told the House Finance Committee that the governor’s target required eliminating a filled Secretary II position and that the board is requesting restoration because the job handles scheduling, vetting housing plans, and supporting revocation and parole hearings.
Concord — The Adult Parole Board appealed to the House Finance Committee to reinstate one filled staff position that the governor’s budget removed to meet target reductions.
Roger Phillips, chair of the Adult Parole Board, said the board was asked to shoulder an 11% budget reduction; board leaders said scaling an already‑small staff would substantially slow scheduling of parole and revocation hearings and complicate statutorily required tasks such as housing‑plan vetting.
Why it matters: the board has six staff members…
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