{"content":[{"text":"Press Release","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.125909,"width":0.361671,"height":0.06259100000000001}},{"text":"For Immediate Release \n July 18, 2005","bbox":{"left":0.126471,"top":0.251386,"width":0.166748,"height":0.036677000000000015}},{"text":"For more information, please contact \n Tom Mahon, Charter Commission Chairman \n (603) 225-2841","bbox":{"left":0.550488,"top":0.251386,"width":0.32311200000000007,"height":0.05485899999999999}},{"text":"Merrimack Charter Commission Seeks Public Input \n First Public Hearing Set for Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 7PM","bbox":{"left":0.162059,"top":0.355076,"width":0.676741,"height":0.053491999999999984}},{"text":"Merrimack, NH – The Merrimack Charter Commission will hold the “Public Meeting” required \n by RSA 49-B on July 26, 2005 at 7:00 PM in the East Wing Conference Room of Town Hall. \n All residents interested in providing their views on the Commission’s task of reviewing the \n Town’s form of government are urged to attend the meeting and be heard. Those wishing to \n speak will need to sign in and speakers will be heard in order.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.43397,"width":0.7511730000000001,"height":0.12475699999999995}},{"text":"The Commission is particularly interested in hearing resident views on the current form of \n government and the other forms allowed by law. Under the laws governing it activities, the \n Commission can recommend that a charter not be adopted (no change); recommend one of the \n town forms provided in RSA 49-D; or recommend changing from a town form to a city form as \n provided in RSA 49-C. Copies of the statutes are available at the Merrimack Public Library, on \n line at the State of New Hampshire’s web site, and the recently activated Charter Commission’s \n web site. Current charters from both NH cities and towns are also on the Commission’s site.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.590788,"width":0.7526820000000001,"height":0.17695400000000006}},{"text":"The town forms permitted under RSA 49-D are the council-manager form where the council is \n both the governing and legislative body (such as the Town of Durham); the council-manager \n form with budgetary town meeting (such as the Town of Bedford); the official ballot town \n council (such as the Town of Hooksett); and the representative town meeting (no NH examples).","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.799803,"width":0.758386,"height":0.09862099999999996}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.654216,"top":0.019697,"width":0.239608,"height":0.188864}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.654216,"top":0.019697,"width":0.239608,"height":0.188864}]}