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(2) Fora person 75 years of age up to 79 years of age: $489-000 $203,000 in

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the tax year beginning April 1, 2018, and $224,000 in the tax year
beginning April 1, 2019; and

(3) Fora person 80 years of age or older: $225,000 $254.000 in the tax year
beginning April 1, 2018, and $280,000 in the tax year beginning April: 1,
2019.”

In Article IV “Tax Credit for Disabled”, Section 295-8 “Tax exemption for the disabled”:
Ҥ 295-8. Tax exemption for the disabled.

A taxpayer who provides proof of eligibility under Title II or Title XVI of the Federal
Social Security Act for benefits to the disabled is entitled to a tax exemption. The
exemption, based on assessed value, for qualified taxpayers shall be $455,000 $175,000
for the tax year beginning April 1, 2018, and $194,000 for the tax year beginning April 1,
2019. The deadline for filing for the exemption shall be the April 15 prior to the setting
of the tax rate.”

OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL
CITY OF NASHUA

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Aldermen

CC: Mayor Jim Donchess
City Clerk Patricia Piecuch

FROM: Dorothy Clarke, Deputy Corporation Counsel VA

DATE: November 14, 2018

RE: Proposed amendment to R-18-073 (legislation proposing a city charter amendment
regarding the filling of elected vacancies)

Attached please find a proposed amended version of R-18-073 (“Proposing an
amendment to the city charter relative to filling vacancies on elected boards by majority vote of
the remaining members of that board”).

This amendment is required because we discovered that the text of the city charter quoted
in the original legislation is missing some language in each of the four sections proposed to be
changed. In 2011, a charter amendment passed allowing vacancies with over six months
remaining in the unexpired term to not always have to be filled by a special election, but, if the
timing was appropriate, could be filled by the non-incumbent candidate who receives the most

votes at the regular municipal election for the next term of office which is then vacant, The city

charter has not been modified to show this additional language in the four affected charter
sections, which resulted in outdated text being used in R-18-073,

This proposed amendment adds in the additional charter language regarding the
possibility of filling a vacancy using the regular municipal election, and then proposes the
deletion of that language, as it would not be needed for the pending proposal to fill vacancies by
a majority vote.

We apologize for any confusion this may cause. Please let us know if you have any

additional questions or concerns,

City of Nashua, New Hampshire
Uncompleted Project Status Report

FY 2016
Division: Information Technology
Department: Information Technology

Per NRO 5-134-c, the Financial Services Division shall report to the Board of Aldermen the status of all uncompleted projects.

“Project type” as defined by the ordinance is any one of the following:

(1) An endeavor requiring expenditure in excess of $50,000

(2) The purchase, construction, replacernent or rehabilitation of any physical facility, including but not limited to, roads, buildings,
bridges, and sewerage, with an anticipated life in excess of ten (10) years

(3) The acquisition of tangible personal property with an anticipated life in excess of ten (10) years

(4) The acquisition of land or any interest in land

(5) Surveys or studies relative to the aforementioned categories

(6) Contractual services provided to the city

: : 2 Funding Required
. Project : . : Accounting Activity # Account . Budget Funds Funds Percent
P tN: Brief D tion of P’ t
royect Name Type Tref Mescripton of Frojec Unit /Account| (if applicable) Name Source of Funding Amount Expended Encumbered |Complete . .. ee
rojec
NGIN (including ERP) (3) |The remaining components remaining to 22.5010 1010 City-wide "ERP" |General Obligation 7,500,000 6,514,741 344,252 87% 641,007
complete the NGIN project are: System Bonds

Document Management, Property
Tax/Utility Billing and Licensing and
Permitting.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO R-18-073

RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO FILLING
VACANCIES ON ELECTED BOARDS BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING
MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Eighteen

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that pursuant to RSA 49-
B:5, the following amendment to the Nashua City Charter is deemed necessary and shall be
submitted to the voters by placing it on the ballot at the next regular municipal election on
November 5, 2019, in the manner required by NH RSA 49-B with the following summary:

Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment summarized below?

This amendment changes the way that vacancies on the Board of Aldermen, Board of Education,
Board of Public Works, and Board of Fire Commissioners are to be filled until the next
municipal election. Currently, if there are more than six (6) months remaining in an unexpired
term that has been vacated, the vacancy is filled by a special election held after forty (40) days
but before one hundred and eighty (180) days following the creation of the vacancy, or, if the
regular election timing is appropriate, the vacancy can be filled by the non-incumbent candidate
who receives the most votes at the regular municipal election for the next term of office which is
then vacant. This charter amendment would instead require vacancies on the Board of
Aldermen, Board of Education, Board of Public Works, and Board of Fire Commissioners to be
filled until the next municipal election by majority vote of the remaining members of that board
within sixty (60) days following the creation of the vacancy.

Amend the City Charter by adding new underlined language as follows:
“8 44, Vacancy in office of aldermen

Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman [aldermen]

olla here a i month. ond ane Oy
VV Oy ul CI

from any cause shall be filled

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO R-18-073

term-as soon-as-the election results-are- final until the next ‘t municipal election by the election
of some qualified person by the recorded votes of at least a majority of all members of the
board of aldermen at the next regular meeting or ata special meeting called for the express
purpose of filling the vacancy within sixty (60) days following the creation of the vacancy.”

[Board of Public Works]
Ҥ 59. How chosen: tenure of office

The board of public works shall be composed of the mayor and four members to be
chosen by the qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their respective wards..

Vacancies shall be filled as follows: Hthere scat least si {6} month-end one t#}-day

next municipal election by the election of some qualified person by the recorded votes of at
least a majority of all members of the board of public works at the next regular meeting or at
a special meeting called for the express purpose of filling the vacancy within sixty (60) days

following the creation of the vacancy.”

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO R-18-073

Ҥ 73, Fire commissioners, how chosen

..At each subsequent general municipal election three or two members of the fire
commission shall alternatively be elected for a full four-year term, in order to maintain a

board of five members.. -- Vacancies shall be filled ee ee TO

the election results are final until the next i municipal election by the election of some
qualified person by the recorded votes of at least_a majority of all members of the board of

fire commissioners at the next regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the express
purpose of filling the vacancy within sixty (60) days following the creation of the vacancy.”

Ҥ 75. Board of education: How chosen

..[F]our or five candidates shall be elected to the board at each general municipal
election in order to maintain a board of nine members. Vacancies shall be filled as-feHews:

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO R-18-073

until the next municipal election by the election
of some qualified person by the recorded votes of at least a majority of all members of the
board of education at the next regular meeting or ata special meeting called for the express
purpose of filling the vacancy within sixty (60) days following the creation of the vacancy.”

If approved by the voters at the November 5, 2019 regular municipal election, this charter
amendment will be effective on January 1, 2020.

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua

229 Main Street Lori Wilshire

Nashua, NH 03061-2019 President, Board of Aldermen
(603) 589-3030

TO: Board of Aldermen

FROM: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen

DATE: November 19, 2018

SUBJ: Committee Assignments

Attached please find the committee assignments for the remainder of the 2018-2019 term. | would
like to thank everyone who has volunteered to fill the recent vacancies, and appreciate the Board’s
concurrence with these appointments.

Wishing my fellow colleagues and families a very Happy Thanksgiving,

Lori

ALDERMANIC COMMITTEES — 2018/2019

Budget Review Committee Dowd (C). Wilshire (VC), Lopez, O’Brien, Tencza, Kelly, Schmidt
Finance Committee O’Brien(VC), Kelly, Laws, Klee, Caron, Gathright

Human Affairs Wilshire (C), Caron (VC), Klee, Melizzi-Golja, Gathright
Infrastructure O’Brien (C), Lopez (VC), Schmidt, Jette, Gidge

Joint Special School Bldg Wilshire, Dowd. Klee, Jette, Melizzi-Golja

Pennichuck Special Water Wilshire (C), Tencza( VC), O’ Brien, Dowd, Klee
Personnel/Administrative _ Affairs Caron (C), Kelly (VC). Wilshire, Lopez. Gidge

Planning & Economic Development Melizzi-Golja (C), Jette (VC), Tencza, Laws, Schmidt

Substandard Living Conditions Lopez (C), Jette (VC), Laws, Schmidt, Gathright

SPECIAL LIAISON COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Board of Education. ............. 0.000.000.0222 Dowd, Schmidt (Alt)
Board of Fire Commissioners...................... Melizzi-Golja, Dowd (Alt)
Board of Health... 20... eee Gathright, Lopez (Alt)
Board of Police Commissioners................... Jette, Wilshire (AIt)
Board of Public Works... ......0.0.0.000 0.00 00000005. Jette, Lopez (Alt)
BPW Pension. .........0 0000000 ce eee O’Brien, Jette (Alt)
Business & Industrial Development Authority......... Schmidt
Cable TV Advisory Board. ...............000 00 eee Gidge, Jette (Alt)
Capital Improvements Committee (CIC)... ........... Melizzi-Golja, Klee (Alt)
Citizen Advisory Committee for Community Grants... Caron, Gathright (Alt)
Conservation Commission.................2 000 Kelly, Laws (Alt)
Continuum of Care... eee Lopez, Gathright (AIt)
Conway Ice Rink Commission. .................04. Caron, Kelly (Alt)
Cultural Connections Committee................... Lopez, Gidge (Alt)
Downtown Improvements Advisory Committee....... Laws, Kelly (Alt)
Environment and Energy... ............ 000 eee eee Kelly, Schmidt (Alt)
Historic District Commission...................... Klee, Laws (Alt)
Housing Authority. 2.0.0... eee Wilshire, Tencza (Alt)
Hunt Building Board of Trustees................... Klee, Melizzi-Golja (Alt)
Merrimack Vallev Water District................... Klee, Dowd (Alt)
Nashua Airport Authority...................00.005. Schmidt, Dowd (AIt)
Nashua Arts Commission ...................000. Gidge, Wilshire (Alt)
Nashua Rail Transit Authority.................... O’Brien, Dowd
Nashua Assoc. for the Elderly Bd. of Directors... ... Caron, Schmidt
Performing Arts Center Steering Committee. ....... Melizzi-Golja, Wilshire, Klee
Planning Board... 0.2... 0.0.0... ee Tencza, Melizzi-Golja (Alt)
Transit Advisory Committee... 22... . ee eee Gathright, Jette (Alt)

EX OFFICIO
Strategic Planning Committee.................000. Melizzi-Golja (C), O’Brien, Dowd
Nashua Regional Planning Commission. ........... Melizzi-Golja, O’Brien, Jette (Alt), Lopez (Alt)
Library Board of Trustees... .............. 0.0008. President
Capital Equipment Reserve Fund................. President

Revised 11/13/2018