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off-agenda warrant article votes
Sunapee Selectboard 1/12/26: Voted to put full-time fire chief ($65k) and police officer ($21k partial) positions plus 15+ capital reserves on the ballot. None of these items appeared on the published agenda. Residents received... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-01-12/ #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH
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specific off-agenda capital decisions
Board recommended $294k fire apparatus reserve, $200k highway equipment, $250k Lake Avenue study, $25k conservation, and multiple bridge funds. All motions passed unanimously after public hearing on the operating budget only. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-01-12/ #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH
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solar plus broader off-agenda pattern
At the 1/12 meeting the Selectboard advanced the $1.3M wastewater solar array to the ballot. They also committed to producing 3-4 sewer rate scenarios for voters. No agenda listed the full slate of staffing and reserve votes... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-01-12/ #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH
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Sunapee Selectboard 1/12/26 held a public hearing on the operating budget then immediately voted on 20+ warrant articles never listed on the agenda. New full-time fire chief and police officer positions, plus major capital reserves, advanced to the... #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH
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Items decided without agenda listing: $65k fire chief, $21k partial police officer, $294k fire trucks, $200k highway equipment, $250k Lake Avenue reserve, $150k/$250k bridges, $60k garage infrastructure, $50k dirt roads, $50k buildings, $25k conservation. All passed unanimously.
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Residents could not prepare comments or organize because the agenda only signaled a budget hearing and solar discussion. When major staffing and spending decisions occur off-agenda, voters lose the ability to engage before the warrant is finalized. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-01-12/
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On January 12 the Sunapee Selectboard opened a public hearing on the proposed 2026 operating budget. After that hearing the board proceeded to make formal motions and unanimous recommendations on more than twenty warrant articles that had not appeared on the published agenda. Voters had no advance notice that the board would deliberate and vote on creating a permanent full-time fire chief position, adding a full-time police officer, or setting contribution levels for fire apparatus ($294k), highway equipment ($200k), bridges, Lake Avenue infrastructure ($250k capital reserve), conservation, and multiple other reserves. All passed without dissent. The solar array project at the wastewater plant was on the agenda and received extended discussion. The rest of the evening’s decisions were not. When the board schedules and then decides major staffing and capital items without listing them, residents lose the opportunity to review numbers or attend prepared to speak. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-01-12/ #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH