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off-agenda announcement of future budget schedule and fee hearing
Hopkinton Select Board Nov 12 budget session announced Transfer Station fee hearing with Webster Select Board for the week after next. Item was not on the public agenda. Residents had no advance notice of the joint discussion... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hopkinton/select-board/2024-11-12/ #MeetingWatch #HopkintonNH
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split vote and abstention on routine minutes
At the Nov 12 meeting, the board approved Oct 28 minutes 3-0 with Jeffrey Donohoe abstaining. No reason was given for the abstention. Consent agenda including $2.1M AP manifest passed 4-0. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hopkinton/select-board/2024-11-12/ #MeetingWatch #HopkintonNH
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agenda timing deviation and early adjournment
Hopkinton Select Board ended its Nov 12 budget work session at 6:47 p.m.. Did not reach the scheduled Nonpublic Session on the agenda and skipped later items. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hopkinton/select-board/2024-11-12/ #MeetingWatch #HopkintonNH
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Hopkinton Select Board held a Nov 12 budget work session. The public agenda listed specific department presentations and a Nonpublic Session. Instead, the board announced a Transfer Station discussion and fee hearing with Webster Select Board for... #MeetingWatch #HopkintonNH
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That schedule announcement was not listed on the published agenda. Residents received no prior notice they might want to prepare comments on potential fee changes or attend the joint session.
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The meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m. after covering Planning through Executive budgets. Police, Fire, and Public Works reviews were deferred to the following week per the off-agenda update. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hopkinton/select-board/2024-11-12/
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At its November 12 budget work session, the Hopkinton Select Board announced that a Transfer Station discussion and public hearing on fees with the Webster Select Board would occur the week after next. The item was not on the published agenda for the meeting. The board also ended the session early at 6:47 p.m. without entering the Nonpublic Session listed on the agenda. The consent agenda, including a $2,138,000.68 AP manifest and other routine items, passed 4-0. Approval of the October 28 meeting minutes passed 3-0 with one abstention. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/hopkinton/select-board/2024-11-12/ #MeetingWatch #HopkintonNH