OSSIPEE — The newly elected Carroll County delegation of legislators is asking county commissioners to find ways to reduce the impact of the county budget on taxpayers.
The delegation, consisting of 15 state representatives, approves budgets that the commissioners manage with help from department heads. The county government includes a prosecutor’s office, a jail, a nursing home and the registry of deeds.
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