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Laconia finance subcommittee approves minutes and recommends removing two items from Council 'Committee Reports'; holds nonpublic session
Summary
The subcommittee approved past minutes (two abstentions by Councilor Bogert), voted to recommend removing WOW Trail Funding and Downtown TIF Financing from the Council 'Committee Reports' section, entered a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(c) and later voted not to seal those minutes for one year.
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Laconia Finance Subcommittee approved minutes from Dec. 10, 2025 and June 4, 2025. Councilor Hoffman moved the approvals and Councilor Soucy seconded; Councilor Bogert abstained on both votes, saying he was not on the committee at the time those minutes were taken. Both approvals were recorded as passing with the committee’s assent.
Later in the meeting the subcommittee voted to recommend to the full City Council that two items — WOW Trail Funding and Downtown TIF Financing — be removed from the "Committee Reports" section of the City Council agenda; the recommendation passed 3-0.
The committee voted to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(c) (matters likely to affect the reputation of an individual) by roll call at 7:07 p.m.; the nonpublic session concluded and the body reconvened in public at 7:18 p.m. After returning to public session, the subcommittee voted 3-0 not to seal the nonpublic minutes for one year.
Votes at a glance: Approved minutes (Dec. 10, 2025; June 4, 2025) — passed (two abstentions by Bogert recorded for each); Chair nomination of Councilor Soucy — passed 3-0; Recommendation to remove WOW Trail Funding and Downtown TIF Financing from Committee Reports — passed 3-0; Motion to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(c) — passed 3-0; Motion not to seal nonpublic minutes for one year — passed 3-0.
