Claremont School Board, September 5, 2018

A regular meeting the day after school opened. The board received the district's FY2014 audit more than four years after that year closed, with staff reporting a backlog of 14 audits; granted Valley Regional Hospital permission to host a syringe service program inside the drug-free school zone on a 5-2 roll call; adopted the head lice policy on third reading; sent the cell phone policy to second reading with IEP and 504 exceptions; split 3-3-1 on joining the opioid litigation; and accepted a $500 donation already spent. The recording starts partway through the student report. The page is built from the CCTV recording's dialogue transcript; no agenda, packet or minutes survive in the district's online shares. Timestamps link to the same moment in the Cablecast recording.

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Claremont School Board (Claremont School District, SAU 6)
Date
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 ("we started school yesterday", 0:04:01)
Start time
Scheduled start not stated in available records. The recording begins partway through the student representatives' report (0:00:00); the call to order, Pledge and roll call are not on it. A break runs from 1:26:30 to 1:32:50. Adjournment is moved at 2:41:18 and voted at 2:41:24; the dialogue transcript ends at 2:41:37. The Cablecast API refused requests from this environment (403), so the run time here is the transcript's last row.
Location
Not stated in available records. The chair describes Disnard Elementary as "right down the road here" (1:12:16).
Recording
Cablecast: SCHOOL BOARD MEETING of 9-5 (dialogue transcript length 2:41:37; begins mid-report)
Minutes
None located in the district's shares. MAP.md records no Drive material for this meeting: neither district share holds a year folder older than 2022, and the Meeting Minutes share starts at 2023 (checked 9/26/26). The clerk, Mary Woodman, takes the roll-call vote (1:23:40) and asks members to speak up so she can record seconds (2:10:20, 2:10:31).
Board composition
Seven members; all seven voted on the opioid motion (three yes, three no, one abstention, 2:19:02).

Participants

Everyone heard or addressed on the recording. Names follow the speakers' own introductions, how members address each other, and the project's 2015-2023 roster and attribution report; there are no minutes to check spellings against.
NameRoleParticipation
Frank SpragueChairRuns the meeting; on the audit questionnaire, "we really can't communicate with each other. We can't share things on Google." (0:26:35); seconds the syringe-program motion from the chair (1:11:25) and votes yes (1:23:53); warns of "not in my backyard" thinking (1:19:09); seconds the motion to revisit the opioid suit (2:20:58).
Rebecca ZulloVice chairUncomfortable with the syringe program "being so close to a school" (1:00:36) and asks for after-school hours (1:11:35); reports for the policy committee on head lice (1:33:29) and the phone policy's IEP and 504 exemptions (1:47:14); abstains on the opioid motion (2:17:16); seconds adjournment (2:41:22). Attribution of her voice cluster is medium confidence.
Jason BenwareMemberCompares 1,760 needles distributed with 329 collected (0:48:22); wants hours after the Disnard after-school program (1:21:17); votes yes "Taking you at your word" (1:24:14); moves the phone policy to second reading (2:09:54) and adjournment (2:41:18).
Steven HorskyMemberMoves that LeClair draft the audit questionnaire answers (0:27:59); proposes a public ballot for search-committee members (0:34:36, 0:40:20); calls the syringe request "disrespectful" and suggests the Newport Health Center (1:13:55); asks after the vote whether the motion was amended (1:24:00); moves to revisit the opioid suit (2:20:49).
Carolyn TowleMemberWould not discuss some audit questions in public (0:20:50); asks for reporting on the syringe program (1:09:13) and says she accepts the motion "with conditions" (1:13:27); seconds the donation (2:22:15).
Michael PetrinMemberReads a Ward 2 parent's written comment (0:13:06); wants the syringe program "guaranteed to be done after hours" (1:04:55) and asks whether approval opens the door to other programs (1:05:41); calls the opioid engagement a way for a law firm to make money (2:12:44). Attribution medium confidence.
Michelle PierceMemberAsks why the audits are so far behind (0:23:57) and mentions signing old warrants with the chair (0:27:31); moves the nominations (0:44:33), the syringe program (1:09:57, 1:11:17), the head lice policy (1:34:12), the phone policy's first motion (1:47:02) and joining the opioid suit (2:16:51).
Keith PfeiferInterim Superintendent, SAU 6Superintendent's report: "Over 600 backpacks were given out in about 42 minutes" (0:04:01); "141 vacancies" across the three districts (0:06:06). Places staff in nomination with LeClair (0:42:28).
Cory LeClairAssistant Superintendent, SAU 6Reports the audit backlog and reads the auditor's board questionnaire (0:15:02 to 0:19:38); presents the syringe request, the opioid engagement letter, the donation and the publication costs (0:45:52, 2:10:54, 2:21:42, 2:22:57).
Michael O'NeillBusiness Administrator, SAU 6Explains the audit delay (0:24:17, 0:24:58) and the FY2014 unassigned fund balance (0:29:29). Surname from the project roster.
Mary WoodmanClerk (recording secretary)Calls the syringe-program roll (1:23:40) and announces "five yes and two nos" (1:24:09); "Somebody makes a motion, but I don't get any hearing of a few seconds." (2:10:20).
Patricia (Pat) BarryPrincipal, Stevens High School"since I've been at Stevens as a principal" (1:54:06); says changing can to can't in the handbook is "a radical change" (1:54:37). Surname from the project roster.
Melissa LewisPrincipal, Disnard Elementary SchoolReports one after-school program, run by Green Mountain Children's Center, "there until 6:00 at night" (1:21:09, 1:22:43).
Josh MalloyDirector of Instructional Technology, SAU 6"we can't filter personal devices" on cellular networks (2:07:55).
Peter WrightPresident and CEO, Valley Regional Healthcare"My name is Pete, right. I'm the president and CEO of Valley Regional Healthcare." (0:46:17). Presents the request (0:47:03), describes the hospital as host, not operator (0:58:51), commits to after-school hours, a schedule and police coordination (1:13:07, 1:21:35).
Marc ChaseChief, Claremont Police Department"this is all about harm reduction. I know I'm in enforcement." (1:02:29); "if it's anywhere, it should be at the hospital" (1:03:18).
Ashley GreenfieldGreater Sullivan County Public Health NetworkExplains the program's earlier data covered "less than six months" (0:49:45, 0:50:11) and state reporting (1:09:44); on Newport, "we're at the bottom of that list" (1:16:14).
Laura Byrne (spelling unverified)HIV Resource Center; working with Project 439"I am Laura Byrne and I'm actually with the HIV HB Research Center." (0:50:38); "we don't have a one for one exchange policy" (0:50:38); invites members to visit her program (0:54:15).
Susan MasonCitizens' commentsAsks who will train head lice screeners and how the four-day rule will be checked (0:09:25 to 0:12:04); notes the handbook omits the lead testing waiver (0:09:25); tells the board the audience could barely hear (1:45:49).
Kate RoyceWard 2 parent (written comment read by Petrin)Concern that Department of Education funding was pulled from the We Are Hope program at the middle school (0:13:06, 0:13:37).
Prescott HerzogStudent representative"Prescott Herzog, board two" (0:07:53); presents a petition with 352 student signatures on the phone policy (0:07:53); asks for one-to-one Chromebooks (2:04:21).
Jesse (surname not on the record)Student representativeGives the Stevens report, which is under way when the recording begins (0:00:00); explains Kahoot (2:05:17).

Order of business (reconstructed)

The board had a lettered agenda and packet ("your board packet", 0:20:32; "page five of the packets I distributed", 0:29:00), but neither survives in the district's shares. Items are reconstructed from the chair's transitions; the opening items are not on the recording.
Taken upItemWhat was said and done
0:00:00Student representatives' report (in progress)Stevens opening, the Washington trip, the technical center and the phone policy (0:00:00 to 0:03:23).
0:03:38Superintendent's reportPfeifer's report; "my written report is in your folder".
0:07:35Citizens' commentsPrescott Herzog's petition (0:07:53); Susan Mason (0:09:02); Petrin reads Kate Royce's message (0:13:06). Closed at 0:14:32.
0:14:40Discussion A: audit update and FY2014 statementHorsky moves that LeClair draft the board questionnaire answers for review at the next meeting (0:27:59); Towle seconds (0:28:29); voice vote (0:28:42). O'Neill walks through the FY2014 fund balance (0:29:00).
0:31:38Update on the superintendent searchHorsky moves to put a public ballot for search-committee members on the agenda after the SAU 6 board decides (0:40:20); Benware seconds (0:40:52); voice vote (0:42:06).
0:42:06Action: nominations and resignations"Corey and I will nominate the falling for you." (0:42:28). Pierce moves "to accept the nominees" (0:44:33); seconded (0:44:40); voice vote (0:45:43).
0:45:49Action: needle exchange program and safe school zonesPierce: "So I'd like to make a motion to accept this." (1:11:17); the chair seconds (1:11:25). Roll call (1:23:40 to 1:24:09): "five yes and two nos". Individual votes are not separable in the transcript beyond Benware and Sprague's yes votes (1:23:48, 1:23:53).
1:26:30Break"Everybody in favor of that, I." Resumed at 1:32:50.
1:32:54Policy: head lice policy, third and final readPierce moves (1:34:12, 1:34:18); Benware seconds (1:34:22); voice vote (1:46:31, 1:46:35). Adopted.
1:46:39Policy: first read, electronic communication devices (cell phone) policy JICJPierce's motion to move it to second read (1:47:02) is replaced by Benware's motion "to a second breed [read]" with the proposed amendments (2:09:54, 2:10:00); Zullo seconds (2:10:43); voice vote (2:10:09).
2:10:50D: opioid class action suitPierce moves "to go forward and participate." (2:16:51); seconded (2:16:59). The chair: "It was 3 to 3. Yes. No. One abstention" (2:19:02); not carried. Horsky moves to revisit with new information at the next meeting (2:20:49); the chair seconds; voice vote (2:20:58).
2:21:36Donation from Claremont Savings BankMotion by an unidentified member to accept the $500 (2:22:10); Towle seconds (2:22:15); voice vote (2:22:15).
2:22:49Cost and process of disseminating packets and warning meetingsDiscussion only: "No action right. No action." (2:28:24).
2:28:24Good of the order; future agenda; business cardsTime limits on presentations (2:28:35); school security (2:29:49); next SAU 6 meeting September 13 (2:38:56); business cards (2:38:56).
2:41:18AdjournmentBenware moves, Zullo seconds (2:41:22); "All just in favor? Aye" (2:41:24).

Discussion timeline

Times are taken from the dialogue transcript (Dialogue/9986 SchoolBoard090518.mp4.CSV) and link into the recording. Quotations are as transcribed; bracketed words are corrections, with the transcript's wording kept where the correction changes sense.

Chronological topics with the most concrete material first.
TimeTopicWhat was saidFlags
0:02:07Student report: phones and special educationJesse: the special education building coordinator asks the board to remember students "who use these devices on a daily basis as a way of classroom survival." (0:02:07), for "note taking, calendar reminders" and translation (0:02:39).
0:04:01Superintendent's report"Over 600 backpacks were given out in about 42 minutes."; "our enrollment is down a little bit again" (0:04:34); "we've been involved with 141 vacancies" across the three districts, with special education and paraprofessional posts still open (0:06:06).
0:07:53Student petition on phonesPrescott Herzog presents "a petition here of 352 students from Stevens High School" asking that devices be allowed "for instructional purposes" (0:07:53) and "only for instructional purposes with permission of the teacher" (0:08:31).
0:09:02Citizens' comment: head lice policy and lead testingSusan Mason: the handbook omits the lead testing waiver the board created, and "it says now two two blood level tests have to be documented" (0:09:25); "who's going to do the training for these screeners?" (0:10:23). LeClair: "typically we're not supposed to, comment or engage with citizens comments" (0:12:17); the chair notes the policy is on the agenda.
0:13:06A parent's message read into the recordPetrin reads Kate Royce of Ward 2: "the funding was pulled by the Department of Education Student Wellness Department" for the We Are Hope program at the middle school (0:13:06, 0:13:37). He says members will read messages from people who cannot attend (0:14:07).
0:15:02Audit backlogLeClair: "We had had 14 outstanding audits last December, and I think we have finished seven of those total"; the rest should be "fully completed by December 31st, 2018". The FY2014 audit is before the board now; "15 is the next one" and then "1617 and 18" (0:20:32). O'Neill: "the filing system was a mess" (0:24:17); "it took years to get through that. Literally years." (0:24:39); the FY2014 audit cost "about twice as much as it should have" (0:24:58).HIGH
0:16:24The auditor's board questionnaireLeClair reads the questions, including "Does the board formally authorize all disbursements, both vendor and payroll, prior to the release of funds?" (0:18:05) and whether the board "approved a fund balance policy and compliance with gasp [GASB] number 54" (0:19:11). Horsky objects to the chair signing for years "due to legalities" when no current member served (0:25:16). Pierce: "Frank, you and I went in one day and we signed a lot of warrants that were great that were found, excuse me, that were from way back" (0:27:31).HIGH OBS
0:29:29FY2014 fund balanceO'Neill: "there was $1,639,460 of a surplus", mostly from a health trust premium return, and "1 million. 631 we return to the tax base that year" (0:30:09); expenditures were "228,000 less than expended expected" (0:30:28).
0:34:13Superintendent search: a public ballot?Horsky proposes a public meeting where the public would "vote who they want on the search committee" (0:34:36). Benware prefers an open forum (0:35:57). Pierce: "I think we just need to pay attention and listen to the people that we just paid $12,000 to." (0:38:04).
0:42:28NominationsPfeifer reads the nominees; LeClair: "Five of the folks moved to different spots, and the remaining folks, either retired or chose to leave the district." (0:45:06). Elected by voice vote.
0:46:17Syringe service program: the hospital's caseWright: "Valley Regional agrees to host the site as a safe facility, but we don't staff it." (0:58:51); the exception exists because he asked legislators to "Allow us to make local decisions" (0:59:35). Benware: "You collected 20% of what you gave out." (0:48:22). Byrne: "we don't have a one for one exchange policy" (0:50:38). Horsky: "only two clients" were referred to treatment (0:52:30). Chase: "if it's anywhere, it should be at the hospital" (1:03:18). Proposed hours "330 to 5, 32 days a week, approximately" (1:05:18).OBS
1:04:42Members' conditionsPetrin: approval if "guaranteed to be done after hours" (1:04:55). Towle wants reporting (1:09:13); Greenfield: "The state of New Hampshire requires, quarterly and monthly reporting." (1:09:44). An unidentified member asks for "a hard schedule" and "a trial period" (1:12:21, 1:12:32). Wright: "We will have a hard and fast schedule." (1:13:07). Towle: "I am acceptable to the motion with conditions." (1:13:27). Lewis: the after-school program runs "until 6:00 at night" (1:21:09); Benware: "330 is too early in my opinion." (1:21:17).OBS
1:23:07Roll call: 5-2Towle asks that the conditions be read (1:23:20); "Not amended." (1:23:28). Horsky, after voting: "To clarify, that motion was never amended to have scheduling stuff." (1:24:00). "So that's five yes and two nos." (1:24:09). Benware: "I made that vote. Taking you at your word for right doing what you said you were going to do." (1:24:14).OBS
1:33:29Head lice policy adoptedZullo: the committee met with the superintendent and nurses and "we were all unanimous". Horsky: "screeners must be properly trained by the school nurse" (1:36:45). Mason describes the documentation Medicaid required before covering treatment (1:39:10).
1:45:49The audience could not hearMason: "this whole night, you guys have been barely hear about the whole night." and "until they were actually up here talking about the needle exchange program. We couldn't hear anything." (1:46:06).OBS
1:47:14Phone policy: first readZullo: students with an IEP or 504 plan who use devices as tools are exempt; the chair: "medical, in my mind at least, is not synonymous with an IEP 504" (1:47:57). Barry: the handbook change from can to can't is "a radical change from the past four years at Stevens High." (1:54:37). Malloy: "we can't filter personal devices" on cellular networks (2:07:55). Zullo on the press: "the word ban gave the impression" phones were barred from school (1:58:51).
2:10:54Opioid litigation engagementLeClair: the city shared a law firm's engagement letter; "if there is a recovery, meaning an award, it's a 25% fee of that award to the attorneys." (2:12:18). She cites "$8 million for special education in a $32 million budget" as a possible link (2:13:34) and reports counsel Matt Upton "doubts there will be significant damages for the district as compared to the city." (2:14:15). The vote ties 3-3 with Zullo abstaining (2:17:16, 2:19:02).
2:21:42A $500 donation, already spentLeClair: "our policy states that I believe any a donation amount of 500 or more requires board approval"; the bank "Gave us $500 for the back to school festival that was used to purchase supplies". Accepted by voice vote (2:22:15).OBS
2:22:57Meeting notices and packets for the pressLeClair: "you're spending roughly $25 a meeting now to post the proper warnings." (2:23:54). Horsky's request was for reporters to have "the packet of the information that we have" (2:24:30); LeClair now sends it to Patrick O'Grady of the Valley News and to the e-Ticker (2:24:53). Horsky: "I think there is a specific phrase in the RSA that says it has to be in print" (2:27:56).OBS POSITIVE
2:29:49School securityAn unidentified member recalls asking for a physical security review after "what happened last spring with parkland school shootings" (2:30:59). Pfeifer: "we have not practiced our evacuation like drills everywhere." (2:31:33). LeClair: Chief Chase will join the safety committee quarterly, and February's professional day will focus on safety (2:31:46).
2:37:07Flowers and business cardsZullo proposes "something super simple, like 20 bucks" for each school (2:37:57); members say they will pay for their own business cards (2:39:55).

Items flagged for review

These flags are a reviewer's aid, not findings of violation and not legal advice. Each one names the rule it rests on, as that rule read on September 5, 2018, or for the audit years at issue, or is labeled an observation where no verified rule applies.

HIGH The district's FY2014 audit reached the board in September 2018, with FY2015 through FY2017 still open

LeClair reported "14 outstanding audits last December", seven finished since, and a goal of completing the rest by December 31, 2018 (0:15:02). The audit before the board was Claremont's FY2014; "15 is the next one", then "1617 and 18" (0:20:32). O'Neill attributed the delay to staff turnover at the district and the audit firm and to records that were "very difficult to locate, the filing system was a mess" (0:24:17), and said the FY2014 audit cost "about twice as much as it should have" (0:24:58). The board received the report without a vote and set the questionnaire for the next meeting (0:27:59).

A district that spends federal awards above the single-audit threshold must file its audit within "the earlier of 30 days after receipt of the auditor's report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period". FY2014 and FY2015, which began before December 26, 2014, fall under OMB Circular A-133 ($500,000 threshold, sec. 320(a)); FY2016 on falls under 2 CFR 200.501 and 200.512 ($750,000). On those rules FY2014 was due by March 31, 2015 and FY2017 by March 31, 2018. The recording does not state Claremont's federal expenditures; the Title I and E-rate funding discussed on August 15 (August 15, 2018 page) and the "$8 million for special education" cited here (2:13:34) make crossing the threshold likely, and the FY2014 report's schedule of expenditures of federal awards would settle it. HIGH because, on the staff's own account, the FY2014 through FY2017 audits were each past that deadline, FY2014 by more than three years. The staff's plan to catch up by year end, and O'Neill's description of the cause, are noted.

Sources: OMB Circular A-133 (2007 revision), secs. 200(a) and 320(a); 2 CFR 200.110(b) (Subpart F applies to fiscal years beginning on or after Dec. 26, 2014; 2016 annual edition); 2 CFR 200.501(a) and 2 CFR 200.512(a)(1) (2018 annual edition)

MEDIUM No agenda, packet or minutes survive in the district's shares, and the recording omits the call to order and roll call

MAP.md records no Drive material: the district's shares hold no year folder older than 2022, and the Meeting Minutes share starts at 2023. The recording shows a lettered agenda and a packet (0:20:32, 2:10:50) and the clerk recording votes (1:23:40, 2:10:20). It begins partway through the student report, so the call to order, roll call, agenda adoption and any minutes approval are on no public record available here.

RSA 91-A:2, II, in the text in force for 2018, required minutes with the names of members and persons appearing, the subjects discussed and final decisions, open to inspection "not more than 5 business days after the meeting"; II-b, in force from January 1, 2018, required a body with a website to post approved minutes there or a notice of where they may be reviewed. The district had a website (2:26:30). This page applies the MEDIUM limb of the project's severity rule: the record shows minutes were taken, and the gap is that no copy survives where the public can now find it.

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II and II-b (2017 codification; the text in force for 2018)

OBSERVATION The syringe-program exception was granted without the conditions several members said their votes depended on

Petrin wanted hours "guaranteed to be done after hours" (1:04:55); Zullo and an unidentified member asked for a hard schedule and a trial period (1:11:35, 1:12:32); Towle said "I am acceptable to the motion with conditions." (1:13:27); Benware wanted hours after the Disnard after-school program ends at 6:00 (1:21:17). The motion was never amended: "Not amended." (1:23:28) and Horsky's "that motion was never amended to have scheduling stuff" (1:24:00). It passed 5-2 on a roll call whose individual answers the transcript does not separate (1:24:09), and Benware said he voted "Taking you at your word" (1:24:14). The CEO's commitments, to a fixed after-school schedule sent to the superintendent (1:13:07), police coordination (1:21:35) and returning to report (1:12:39), are on the recording, not in the motion.

RSA 318-B:45, as amended effective August 11, 2018, lets "the applicable district school board" grant an exception "when a request is initiated by a syringe service program administrator"; it sets no conditions and no term. Wright described the hospital as host rather than operator, with the program run by Byrne's group and the Public Health Network (0:58:51), so the administrator's request appears to be the presentation itself. A reviewer would want the minutes to show what exactly was approved and whether any later meeting revisited the hours.

Sources: RSA 318-B:45 (2018 codification; 2018, 254:2, eff. Aug. 11, 2018)

OBSERVATION Members described signing old warrants, and the auditor asked whether the board authorizes disbursements before funds are released

The questionnaire asks "Does the board formally authorize all disbursements, both vendor and payroll, prior to the release of funds?" (0:18:05). Pierce then recalled that she and the chair "signed a lot of warrants that were great that were found, excuse me, that were from way back", and the chair answered that "They weren't this far back though" (0:27:31, 0:27:50). Horsky did not want the chair to sign answers for years no current member served (0:25:16).

RSA 197:23-a has the treasurer pay out district money "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of the 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole to authorize payments." Signing warrants long after payments were made would mean money left before the board's order. The recording does not say when the payments behind those warrants were made, or whether the found warrants were unsigned copies of orders given at the time; the auditor's questionnaire is the place that answer would appear.

Sources: RSA 197:23-a (2017 codification; source note ends 2015, 272:45, eff. Oct. 1, 2015)

OBSERVATION A $500 private donation was accepted after it had been spent

LeClair said district policy requires board approval for donations of $500 or more, and that Claremont Savings Bank's $500 "was used to purchase supplies to, give out to families at the festival" before the item reached the board (2:21:42). The board accepted it by voice vote (2:22:15).

RSA 198:20-b lets a board "apply for, accept and expend" unanticipated money from "a private source" only where the district has adopted the enabling article; for amounts under $5,000 the board "shall post notice of the funds in the agenda" and minutes, with acceptance "made in public session of any regular school board meeting". The item was on the agenda and accepted in public session; the sequence, spending first and accepting afterward, is the point for a reviewer. Whether Claremont had adopted the enabling article is not on the recording.

Sources: RSA 198:20-b, I and III(b) (2017 codification; source note ends 2005, 188:1)

OBSERVATION Two points of public access: the room could not hear, and a member believed notice must be printed in a newspaper

Late in the meeting Susan Mason told the board the audience had barely heard the discussion all night and "couldn't hear anything" until the syringe-program speakers came to the podium (1:45:49, 1:46:06). Separately, during the item on publication costs Horsky said "there is a specific phrase in the RSA that says it has to be in print" (2:27:56); the district was spending "roughly $25 a meeting" on notices (2:23:54).

No rule this page verified sets a sound standard for people in the room at an in-person meeting. On notice, RSA 91-A:2, II as it read in 2018 required notice "posted in 2 appropriate places one of which may be the public body's Internet website, if such exists, or shall be printed in a newspaper of general circulation" at least 24 hours ahead. Newspaper printing is one alternative, not a requirement. The board took no action and LeClair undertook to confirm (2:28:23).

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (2017 codification; the text in force for 2018)

POSITIVE Board packets now go to reporters when members get them

At Horsky's request, so that reporters have "the packet of the information that we have" and to reduce "misprints and misconceptions" such as the reporting of a phone ban (2:24:30), LeClair now sends the packet to the Valley News and the e-Ticker, and has confirmed a contact at the Eagle Times: "They will get it when you get it next time." (2:25:13). The chair also told members they "can't share things on Google" to agree on the audit answers (0:26:35), consistent with RSA 91-A:2-a's bar on deliberating outside meetings.

RSA 91-A in 2018 required notice of meetings, not distribution of packet materials to the press. Sending reporters the same materials as members at the same time goes beyond the legal minimum and makes accurate coverage easier.

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (2017 codification); RSA 91-A:2-a (2008, 303:4, unamended)

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