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Plaistow voters to decide $13.3 million operating budget after hours of debate and failed cuts
Summary
At the town’s Feb. 1 deliberative session, residents debated multiple amendments to the proposed $13,306,304 operating budget, proposed cuts and reallocations from the unassigned fund balance. Several amendments failed and the original budget will appear on the ballot as posted.
Town officials and residents spent more than three hours debating proposed changes to Plaistow’s $13,306,304 operating budget before the session ended with the article placed on the official ballot as written. The deliberations included motions to reduce the budget by more than $1.3 million, a proposal to apply $1.5 million from the town’s unassigned fund balance and a last-minute motion to add $102,000 for a statistical assessment. All amendments failed and the main article will be on the ballot in March.
The discussion began after the warrant article was read aloud and a motion was made to put the operating budget on the ballot as posted. Resident Holly Patterson (maker of an amendment) proposed inserting language to use $1.5…
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