O-21-067
ORDINANCE
RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY AND REVISING THE
HOLIDAY SECTION OF THE UNAFFILIATED EMPLOYEES PERSONNEL
POLICIES
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One
WHEREAS, the federal government recently recognized June 19 as a national holiday
known as “Juneteenth”, to acknowledge and celebrate the end of the Civil War and the
emancipation of Black Americans, and to commit together to eradicate systemic racism that still
undermines our founding ideals and collective prosperity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Nashua that the City of Nashua recognizes June 19 as a city holiday known as Juneteenth.
FURTHERMORE, THE CITY OF NASHUA ORDAINS that Part I “Administrative
Legislation,” Chapter 50 “Personnel”, Article I “General Provisions”, Section 50-6 “Merit
system for personnel administration pursuant to Charter §86-a” of the Nashua Revised
Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further amended by deleting the struck-through language
and adding the new underlined language as follows:
“§ 350-6. Merit system for personnel administration pursuant to Charter §86-a.
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A. The “City of Nashua Unaffiliated Employees Personnel Policies”, dated Auyt2029
January 1, 2022, is hereby adopted. These personnel policies are the merit system for
personnel administration required by Charter §86-a.”
The proposed changes to the “City of Nashua Unaffiliated Employees Personnel Policies”
currently dated July 1, 2020, are as follows:
In Section II “Benefits”, Subsection A “Holidays”, delete the struckthrough language and
add the new underlined language as follows:
