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RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO ADDING
TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One
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 2, 2021, in the manner required by NH RSA 49-B with the following question and
summary:
Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment summarized below?
SUMMARY
This amendment would provide for two additional Board of Health members, so that the Board
of Health would have five members instead of three. One of the two new members would be
either a physician or an individual who has completed a doctorate level medical degree, and the
other would be an individual with advanced professional credentials in the field of public health.
The Nashua City Charter shall be amended by adding the new underlined language to Charter
Section 78 as follows:
“8 78. Board of Health, how chosen
The board of aldermen on the first secular day of January, 1915, shall elect a board of
health, to be composed of three members, whose terms of office shall be for one year, and on
the first secular day of January in 1916 and thereafter biennially on said first secular day of
January following the regular municipal election through the end of 2021, they shall elect
said board of health for the term of two years, to be composed of three members, two of who
shall be physicians._On the first secular day of January in 2022 following the regular municipal
election, and thereafter biennially, the board of aldermen shall elect said board of health for the
term of two years, to be composed of five members, two of who shall be physicians, one who
shall be either a physician or an individual who has completed an accredited doctorate level
medical degree, and one who shall be an individual with advanced professional credentials in
the field of public health.”
