WEST STEWARTSTOWN — One of the Coos County delegation’s newest members is calling for a performance audit of county operations.
At the delegation’s quarterly meeting Saturday, state Rep. Dennis Thompson (R-Colebrook) made a motion to have the county issue a request for proposals to conduct a performance audit. Thompson just took office in January.
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