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Cuts totaled $745k & commissioners have legal opinion on the way By roger Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Belknap County Commissioners are seeking an opinion from an outside legal expert on whether or not the Belknap County Convention’s Monday night move to strip it of its authority over executing the county budget is
consistent with state law. Commission Chairman John Thomas (R-Belmont) said yesterday that the commission hopes to have the opinion by the end of the week as it attempts to mount a challenge to the convention’s move, which comes in the midst of attempt by the local House members to
assert line item authority over the budget and to prevent the commissioners from exercising any discretion in transferring funds from one account to another. ‘’The commission runs the county and taking away that authority keeps us from doing that job,’’ said Thomas, who said
that he has tried for years to get the Legislature to clarify exactly what the law (RSA 24:14) which was cited by the delegation as giving it authority over the budget, actually means. ‘’We need clarity on this. Different counties do it differently and there needs to be a clear see COUnTy page 8
By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CENTER HARBOR — The Inter-Lakes School Board has reached an agreement with the InterLakes Support Staff Association that will give each member a raise of 70 cents per hour. Additionally, the agreement adds a new health insurance plan that is expected to cost taxpayers an additional $91,148 next school year. School board member Howard Cunningham, who headed the negotiating team for the district, reported the status of the collective bargaining agreement after the conclusion of a board meeting held on Tuesday night in Center Harbor. He said the agreement, which has been ratified by both the school board and the union, will be in effect for one school year if approved by voters at the annual district meeting in March. At the meeting, board members see I-L page 8
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Former Lakes Region United Way board chair Mark Primeau (right) explains the benefits of being absorbed into the Manchester-based Granite United Way at a press conference yesterday in Laconia. Joining Primeau at the head table were former Lakes Region United Way president Jack Terrill and Granite United Way President and CEO Patrick Tufts. Terrill will now serve as senior vice president of Community Impact for the larger organization and will remain officed in Laconia. Primeau is now a member of the Granite United Way board of directors and the organization’s executive committee. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Merger explained: New Hampshire United Ways will have more fundraising clout acting as one By gAil oBer
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LACONIA — Representatives from Manchester-based Granite United Way — the not-for-profit agency that recently absorbed Lakes Region United Way via merger — said yesterday that by becoming one of the top 100 United Ways in the country, the
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“People want choice and control over their local charity dollars,” said Primeau, adding the the by-laws of Granite United Way commit that focus on the Lakes Region. In July of 2010, the former United Ways known as Heritage United Way, United Way of Merrimack County, Upper Valley United Way and the North County United Way joined to form Granite United Way. see UnITed way page 8