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Antrim selectmen say that meetings with a wind-power business were legal
Charles Levesque, Sarah VanderWende and Martha Pinello, three of the seven residents who claimed the negotiation meetings were illegal and should have been held publicly, are also on the town's planning board.
June 22, 2012
in Keene Sentinel
ANTRIM - Selectmen say meetings to negotiate a payment deal between the town and a wind energy company were held legally, in response to a group of residents that alleged otherwise last week.
The selectmen's attorney, Robert W. Upton 2nd, responded in a letter saying negotiations concerning a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement could be held in private under state law.
On Wednesday, selectmen signed the PILOT agreement with Antrim Wind Energy LLC for the company's plan to build a wind farm in town.
Charles Levesque, Sarah VanderWende and Martha Pinello, three of the seven residents who claimed the negotiation meetings were illegal and should... [continue via Web link]
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