Belknap County, New Hampshire

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Belknap County is one of ten counties in New Hampshire.

[edit] Website evaluation

[edit] The good

• The website has budget information available. ^[1]
• The website has county commissioners' meeting notices. ^[2]
• The website has county commissioners' meeting minutes. ^[3]
• The website has elected official information and some administrative officials' information. ^[4]

[edit] The bad

• The website does not have information on committee meetings, building permits, zoning, audits, contracts, lobbying, public records, or taxes.

The Republican party is the majority political party in Belknap County, holding 14 out of the county's 20 seats in the state legislature as of 2007. However, both state senators representing the county are Democratic.^[5]

[edit] County Commission & Administration

The three-member Board of Commissioners (as mandated by NH Statute RSA 28) are part-time elected officials responsible for overall supervision, custody and care of all county departments, buildings and land, and have budgetary oversight of all county expenditures. They are elected into staggered four and two-year terms by the voters of the districts each are assigned to. The annual county budget is prepared by the Commissioners and Departments Heads and submitted to the County Convention for final approval.

• Ten Point Transparency Checklist

[edit] Right to Know

Contact Information:
34 County Drive
Laconia, NH 03246
Phone: 603-527-5400
Fax: 603-527-5409

• Letter Generator

[edit] Belknap county controversies

Any news about Right to Know legislation, open records requests or controversies please put here.

See also: Transparency news archives

[edit] Other departments

County Attorney Sheriff Department Register of Deeds Corrections Department Human Services Department

Administration and Finance County Justice Restorative Justice Economic Development Nursing Home Employment

[edit] Towns in Belknap

There are ten towns and one city in Belknap County. The towns are:

Alton Barnstead Belmont Center Harbor Gilford

Gilmanton Meredith New Hampton Sanbornton Tilton

[edit] Belknap school districts

There are 8 school districts located in Belknap County. They are:

Alton School District Barnstead School District Gilford School District Gilmaton School District

Inter-Lakes School District Prospect Mountain School District Shaker Regional School District Winnisquam Regional School District

[edit] External links

• Belknap County Official Homepage
• Public Records Directory - Carroll County
• Belknap County on E-Reference

[edit] References

Portions of this article were taken and modified from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under the GNU license.

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