PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Public Hearing for Special Town Meeting

Tuesday April 30, 2024, at 6:30p.m.

Henniker Community Center

 57 Main Street Henniker, NH 03242

2024 Special Town Meeting

On Tuesday April 30, 2024, at 6:30pm in accordance with RSA 31:5-b, the Henniker Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing regarding a procedural defect in the 2024 Annual Town Meeting. The MS-636 budget form was not posted with the warrant 14 days or more before the annual meeting; therefore, the March 16, 2024, meeting was procedurally defective and invalid. In accordance with RSA 32:5, VII (a), “The governing body shall post certified copies of the budget with the warrant for the meeting. “The budget form shall be as prescribed in RSA 32:5,III and Rev Rule 1707.08 [MS-636] or Rev 1707.10 [MS-737]. Such defects may be cured and legalized by a vote at a special meeting called for the purpose of ratifying the procedurally defective action. When any procedural defect has been cured under 31:5-b, actions of the voters shall be valid as if all statutorily required proceedings had been complied with.

In accordance with 31:5-b the governing body will call a special town meeting for the exclusive purpose of curing such defect.  The proposed warrant article is “to see if the town will vote to ratify the results of the March 16, 2024, annual meeting even though the posting requirements were not met.”

More information about the hearing, proposed warrant and MS-636 Form is available at the Town of Henniker Town Office, 18 Depot Hill Rd, Henniker NH 03242 and on the Town of Henniker website www.henniker.org or by calling 603-428-3221.