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Originally Posted by breathe easy
Baloney.
The contract with Vision Appraisal is paid for with pubic money and is not exempt from the RTK law. Deliberations about whether to accept the VA product must be held in public session and it will on Thursday at 4pm.
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Ah, but legal matters ARE covered and so is reputation. It would be more prudent for them to discuss legal matters in non-public to protect the town (legal fees are also paid for by the tax payer - why show their hand and make information discoverable to Vision or any other company or party if they plan on breaking or discontinuing a contract? Why invite trouble?) It most certainly would be covered under non-public. Ditto if a matter concerned an employee...
Remember: whatever decisions are made have to be disclosed in public and in the meeting minutes. That is also per RSA 91. Discussion and decisions are TWO totally different things.... check and see if your selectmen have a non-public session, workshop, or any other type of meeting before the meeting on Thursday. I'd wager they have a non-public session on the agenda at least for Thursday night, following the last public input of the meeting....
Just because something is paid for with public money (taxes) it doesn't automatically make it all public information. If you don't believe me, walk into your town hall tomorrow and ask for a list of what the employees have for health insurance, including who in their family is covered by their policy. Good luck with that one... seriously. It's not all public info like you may think.
BTW - on 7/29 the BOS went into non-public under RSA 91-A:3 II (d) and sealed the minutes. This same item has been on other meeting agendas since but the need to go into non public or even address this issue was put off for a future meeting (see BOS minutes from 7/29 if you don't believe me...)