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Keene committee recommends putting social-district question before voters; public hearing set for Oct. 16
Summary
The Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend placing a social-district ballot question before Keene voters and scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 16; staff warned the new statute creates municipal responsibilities and potential novel liability for the city.
The Keene Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend placing a question on social districts before voters and scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 16.
Councilor Remy introduced the proposal as a question for the electorate: "The question that I want this council to think about today or this committee to think about today is whether it should go on the ballot and let the voters decide," he said, urging the committee to give residents the opportunity to weigh in now rather than wait until 2027.
An attorney who addressed the committee described social districts as a new category created by state law…
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