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Select Board votes to let majority call meetings, adds transparency on attorney consults
Summary
Ossipee Select Board approved changes to internal procedure allowing any majority of select members to call meetings and added steps to loop members into planned contacts with town counsel; members also approved a minor revision to the public-input policy giving residents priority to speak.
The Ossipee Select Board on Jan. 13 approved a revision to board practice to allow any majority of select board members to call meetings and to permit any member to add items to the agenda, a move proponents said will improve responsiveness and critics said risks undermining the chair’s traditional role.
Speaker 6 proposed the change after describing difficulties convening an emergency meeting related to the Deer Run boardwalk. After debate about RSA 91-A emergency meeting authority, the board voted in favor of the policy change by voice vote. Speaker 1…
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