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Liquor Commission official outlines proposed reorganization; committee delays action
Summary
Representative Salas introduced House Bill 538, a proposed internal reorganization at the New Hampshire Liquor Commission that would create a director of finance and audit, retitle the chief operating officer as director of administration and reallocate 21 existing positions.
Representative Salas introduced House Bill 538, a bill that would reorganize positions within the New Hampshire Liquor Commission by creating a director of finance and audit position, renaming the chief operating officer to director of administration, removing a commissioner title and reallocating 21 existing positions under the new director.
Mark Armaganian, chief of enforcement and director of enforcement for the Liquor Commission, appeared in the hearing to explain the proposal. Armaganian said the changes respond to recommendations from an LBA (Legislative Budget Assistant) audit that asked the agency to change its CFO position to a director of finance designation. He told the committee the requested funding is included in the current budget calendar and that the changes would not create new positions but would shift 21 positions into the proposed structure.
Armaganian also said the timing for requesting the position was tied to the Liquor Commission’s rollout of a new NextGen computer platform; a vendor delay had postponed implementation and the agency planned to finalize the staffing structure once the platform was ready. The bill analysis noted the agency added a fourth division, updated titles and removed a commissioner role; Armaganian said he would follow up with staff to confirm historical details about the commissioner title and provide org charts.
Committee members asked for clarifications about which positions are being deleted and added, whether any vacancies or holdover titles are involved, and why no Commerce or Liquor Commission sponsor representatives were present in the hearing. Armaganian said he would research the specific position numbers and the history of the commissioner title and return that information to the committee.
With no external testifiers present on the bill, the committee recessed the hearing and scheduled an executive session for the following Wednesday afternoon to continue discussion and vote. No final action was taken at the hearing.
