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Votes at a glance: Laconia City Council approves appointments, grants and downtown beautification; schedules public hearing on new ballot scanners

2405262 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

At its Feb. 24 meeting the Laconia City Council unanimously approved an appointment to the Board of Water Commissioners, accepted two state grants, approved downtown TIF funding for beautification and scheduled a public hearing on new electronic ballot-counting devices.

The Laconia City Council on Feb. 24 appointed a new member to the Board of Water Commissioners, approved two state grants for municipal work, authorized downtown TIF money for a beautification project and scheduled a public hearing on replacing the city’s electronic ballot-counting devices.

The council voted 6–0 to appoint Stephen Walsh to the Board of Water Commissioners for a three-year term expiring June 2027. Councilors moved and seconded the appointment with no additional discussion recorded.

The council also approved two state grants: a $20,587.76 award to improve the cybersecurity footprint for the city sanitary sewer system and a $26,350 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services grant for exotic aquatic plant control in Paugus Bay. Both grants were the subject of…

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