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Ossipee select board picks vice chair, sets regular meeting schedule at 5:30 p.m.
Summary
The Ossipee select board confirmed leadership and changed its regular meeting cadence to the first and third Monday at 5:30 p.m., updated agenda‑posting practice and reiterated open‑meeting rules under RSA 91‑A.
The Ossipee select board reorganized its leadership and set a new regular meeting schedule during its March 1 meeting.
A committee member moved that the incumbent chair remain in office; the motion carried. The board then nominated and approved Kyle Copeland as vice chair. The board also voted to establish a regular cadence of the first and third Monday for select-board meetings, and members set the meeting start time to 5:30 p.m., subject to future change.
The actions followed extended discussion about transparency and procedure. The chair urged new members to review RSA 91‑A, the state open‑meetings law, warning against walking quorums and cautioning that sealed nonpublic-session content must not be divulged. On agenda rules, the board approved language allowing any select-board member to request additions up until the agenda is posted and agreed to include a notice on agendas that items are subject to change.
Board members debated whether any majority should be allowed to call a meeting without the chair's involvement, with several arguing that provision could conflict with RSA 91‑A’s prohibition on coordinating around a quorum. One member said the change “could violate the walking‑quorum” restriction; the board ultimately struck the potentially problematic drafting and preserved the chair’s central role in setting the agenda while allowing members to request items prior to posting.
Members also discussed practical scheduling concerns, weighing later start times to improve public attendance against the availability of volunteer board members and town staff. The board agreed that the first and third Monday schedule at 5:30 p.m. would provide predictability and allow payroll and weekly manifests to be processed in a consolidated way.
The meeting packet and “red folder” materials will continue to be available for board members to review in advance; staff will add the updated meeting cadence and start time to the board’s procedural document for a future vote by the body if edits are needed.
