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Friday, November 8, 2013 VOL. 14 NO. 112
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Alton going after alleged ‘junkyard’
ALTON — The town has petitioned the Belknap County Superior Court for a permanent injunction to stop a local man form operating what the town calls a junkyard on Church Street. In the filing, Town Code Enforcement Officer John Dever III, said that Mark J. Hanson of 28 Church St. started using the property “for (an) automotive and truck junk yard, motor vehicle repair yard and motor vehicle/parts storage or dealer facility” shortly after he see ALTON page 5
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After work sessions, 2014 county budget stands at +2.4% By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — In three days of workshops, the Belknap County Commission undertook what chairman John Thomas of Belmont called “the first cut” of the 2014 county budget, trimming the various department’s requested appropriations by nearly $2.5-million. County departments requested appropriations totaling $29,442,231, which the commissioners reduced to $27,013,237. The commissioners reduced proposed expendi-
tures on capital projects by $2.1-million, from $2,260,000 to $160,000, $60,000 to replace windows at the Belknap County Superior Court and $100,000 for a surveillance system at the county complex. County Administrator Debra Shackett said that the remainder of the cuts fell on discretionary items like travel, training, office supplies and the like, across all departments. “The commissioners went through line by line and back and forth,” she said. The budget includes a 1.6-percent costof-living adjustment and three-percent
“step” increase for eligible employees. The commissioners also funded bonuses for unused sick days and length of service as well as the increase in the employer share of health insurance premiums, all of which are contractual obligations prescribed by the collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the union representing county employees. The Belknap County Convention struck funding for both bonuses and increased health insurance premiums from the 2013 budget, but the commission paid see COUNTY page 8
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an upgrade,” he said. He added that Laconia’s colors are red and white, which is a plus in his mind, but added the school colors have little or nothing to do with the color of the running surface. Dunleavy also said the color black absorbs more heat and
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