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Council forms Municipal Building Blue Ribbon Committee after public urges deadline for police facility plan
Summary
The Portsmouth City Council appointed members to a time-limited Municipal Building Blue Ribbon Committee and heard public comment urging the group to set a firm completion date to avoid rising construction costs for a proposed police facility.
The Portsmouth City Council on Jan. 6 appointed members to a Municipal Building Blue Ribbon Committee that will study the municipal complex and be a public-facing successor to the earlier working group. The committee is time-limited; city staff said it can operate for the remainder of the year and staff expect to return information in time to inform next year’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
During public comment, resident Buzz Sherr of Greenleaf Avenue urged the council and the Blue Ribbon Committee to set a date certain for completion of…
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