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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
I was at a budget committee meeting last night and verified that no, they do not have to advise on warrant articles that do not have a fiscal impact (aka "special warrant articles). I have confirmed this from representatives from two towns (Alton and Barnstead). Also see RSA 40:13, V. It would make NO SENSE for them to advise on non-budget related items - I can't imagine why anyone would think that was logical. The link you provided does not have any warrant articles that do not have a fiscal impact, as best I can tell (I didn't study it - it was a huge document.) The only thing that changed last year was the placement of vote counts on the warrants from the BOS or School Board and the Budget Committee.
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. Still wrong AW. I'm really not making this up and yes it is illogical, but they did it anyway. The link I provided did have many warrant articles with no financial impact. You should have read through the rest of the town warrant and you would have seen all the articles voted on by the ABC , monetary or not.
The law does not
require they vote, but last year they did and they voted 5-0 on every article.
Here is the law that was changed this year:
RSA 40:13 V-a. Any town may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or
any warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article. If a town has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article, the governing body may do so on its own initiative.
The Selectmen were questioned about the legality of this last year as the law was passed just prior to ballot day and town meeting and Betsey Patten told us it was legal and that Town Counsel agreed. It's in the minutes (
http://www.moultonborough.org/Pages/...02-12-2009.pdf)