By JOHN KOZIOL

Staff Writer

LACONIA — The public is invited to tell the Motorcycle Week Advisory Committee what it thinks about the annual rally.

The committee on Thursday voted to hold a public hearing on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The location is tentative pending confirmation of the availability of the Council Chambers for the hearing.

At the hearing, members of the public will be given five minutes to address any or all of the committee’s charges related to Bike Week.

Last November, the City Council established the committee to look objectively "at the event and its impact on the city public relations and infrastructure;" to determine whether it is "in the city’s best interest" to assume responsibility for Bike Week and also whether its nine-day duration should be changed.

Additionally, the committee was charged with finding ways of creating a better relationship with businesses and finding alternative sources, other than the city, county and state, to pay for the costs of Bike Week.