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Budget committee reviews SB2 changes and how the town'passed 4% tax cap interacts with deliberative and voting sessions
Summary
Committee chair explained how SB2'style two'session town meetings allow the deliberative session to amend warrant articles by simple majority while warrants that cause the town to exceed its 4% tax cap require a 3/5 majority at the polls; the committee discussed order-of-warrant scenarios and DRA verification.
Committee Chair (Speaker 2) gave a detailed briefing on SB2 (official ballot referendum form) and how Brentwood''s local 4% tax cap (RSA 32:5'b) operates in the new two'session structure. He explained that the deliberative session replaces the old business meeting and allows amendment of warrant articles (including increasing appropriations) by simple majority, while the voting session at the polls is the final adoption step.
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