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Residents press council on city gift‑card distributions and unpaid small‑business contracts

Portsmouth City Council · October 29, 2025
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Summary

During non‑agenda public comment, residents raised concerns over the city's handling of previously purchased gift cards and unpaid contracts with small businesses. Speakers said gift cards purchased in 2022 are losing value and that small contractors have not been reimbursed; they urged council follow‑up.

Several residents used the public‑comment portion of the Oct. 28 meeting to press council for action on outstanding matters involving city gift cards and unpaid small‑business contracts.

Leon Hammonds described a sequence of distributions for cards the city purchased in April 2022 and said the cards have lost value because of monthly fees after the thirteenth…

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