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Off-agenda controversial decision (Special meetings for warrant defects)
🚨 TRANSPARENCY ALERT: At the June 9 Budget Committee meeting, officials announced urgent special meetings needed to fix a 'legal defect' in school warrants. This high-significance issue was NOT on the public agenda. Residents were denied... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hollis/budget-committee/2026-06-09/ #MeetingWatch
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Discrepancy between transcript and minutes regarding public input
The June 9 Budget Committee minutes claim 'there was no public input,' but the record shows residents raised serious concerns about paving costs, school facility priorities, and bonding strategies. Why is community feedback being omitted?... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hollis/budget-committee/2026-06-09/ #MeetingWatch
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New transparency initiative regarding expense attribution
Hollis taxpayers deserve clarity. The Budget Committee is moving toward a new 'CAGR' report to show what's driving cost increases. While a good step for transparency, the details of how departments are 'bucketed' remain undecided... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hollis/budget-committee/2026-06-09/ #MeetingWatch
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Hollis residents: A major transparency failure occurred at the June 9 Budget Committee meeting. High-priority items were discussed that were not listed on the public agenda, leaving residents unable to prepare or attend specifically for these issues. 🧵 #MeetingWatch #HollisNH
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1/ The committee announced urgent special meetings required to 'cure' a legal defect in the Hollis School District and Co-op warrants—specifically that they were posted without required signatures. This was not on the agenda. 🚨
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2/ Additionally, while the agenda listed a 'facilities presentation,' the committee pivoted to a much broader discussion on school fund balances, special education spending, and enrollment trends without prior notice.
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3/ Even more concerning: The official minutes claim 'there was no public input,' yet residents actively questioned asphalt prices for paving and argued that urgent maintenance (HVAC/septic) shouldn't be bundled with expansion bonds. Why is this being... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hollis/budget-committee/2026-06-09/
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Transparency Alert: Important developments from the June 9 Hollis Budget Committee meeting were not properly disclosed to the public in advance. First, the committee addressed a high-significance issue that was not on the published agenda: the need for urgent special meetings to fix a 'legal defect' in the Hollis School District and Co-op warrants. The Department of Revenue Administration identified that these warrants were posted without required signatures, necessitating a vote to 'cure' the error. Because this wasn't on the agenda, residents had no prior notice of this procedural failure. Second, there is a troubling discrepancy between what happened and what was recorded. While the meeting transcript shows residents providing substantive input—questioning the economic timing of paving projects and arguing that essential maintenance (like HVAC and septic) should be bonded separately from large expansion projects—the official minutes state, "There was no public input at this time." When community concerns are omitted from the official record, it becomes harder to hold officials accountable for how they respond to taxpayer priorities. We will continue to monitor how the committee handles these warrant corrections and the upcoming capital reports due July 13. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hollis/budget-committee/2026-06-09/ #MeetingWatch #HollisNH