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Old 07-03-2020, 10:32 AM   #63
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2nd email I sent to the select Board:

"I should have added"...or as otherwise determined by the voters at the meeting" from the statute, when I read the statute at town meeting, after the push to place article 6 in front of 5. This is what the article 6 promoters were pushing at the CDAC presentation. Like it really makes a difference with the same 2/3rds requirement. All it did was instill more conspiracy theory.

Couldn't believe the statement "if both articles passed" ... in what world! Not the same items and locations.
Same 2/3rds majority ... and the legal beagles thought MoBo is dumb enough to pass both of them!

If the town wants and votes both ,whatevers ... sue anybody, including state officials, if they get in the way. Let the NH Supreme Court decide what a town can do with its money."



First email:

"Would the select board ask town counsel what is meant in:

" RSA 33:8-a Procedure for Authorizing Bonds or Notes in Excess of $100,000. –
II. All articles appearing in the warrant which propose a bond or note issue exceeding $100,000 shall appear in consecutive numerical order and shall be acted upon prior...

Is "numerical" referencing the sequence on warrant articles, like 2020 articles 5 & 6 ... or the dollar value, $3 million , $6.7 million .

Here's a Feb. 2020 moderator teaching tool "for experienced moderators" from the NHMA.

" Articles must appear on warrant in order of the amount proposed, highest to lowest" (page 12)
https://www.nhmunicipal.org/sites/de...p_advanced.pdf


Also, same teaching tool: (page 13)
"After a majority of voters have voted on the First Bond Article, the moderator could then begin discussion on the Second Bond Article, announcing that while discussion proceeds on the Second Bond Article, ballots on the First Bond Article will be accepted for not less than one hour.The same would be true for voting on the Second Bond Article and discussion and voting on the Third Bond Article."

The tool mentions SB2 at the top of the first page but the statutes may be for traditional town meetings as well.
Or start looking for new counsel or NHMA advice."



It had been suggested to the BoS and moderator that discussions for both 5&6 occur before balloting and thereby have the mandatory one hour open ballot rule overlap. It would have reduced the hours we spent between waiting for the vote on 6 before starting 5.

Yes it is legal, and mentioned by the NHMA Chief Counsel.
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