Office of the City Clerk
City of Nashua
229 Main Street Susan Lovering
Nashua, NH 03061-2019 City Clerk
(603) 589-3010, Option #5 Allison Waite
CityClerkDept@NashuanH.Gov Deputy City Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY
August 26, 2021
To the Mayor and Members of the Board of Aldermen:
On August 24, 2021, the Office of the City Clerk accepted a petition seeking to amend
the City Charter relative to the nomination and the confirmation of appointments to the
Nashua Board of Police Commissioners.
RSA 49-B:5, II provides that a written petition for an amendment to the city charter may
be filed by the number of voters equal to at least 15 percent of the number of ballots cast
in a municipality at the last regular municipal election. Whereas the number of votes cast
at the November 2019 municipal election totaled 10,260 votes, the minimum number of
voters required to petition for a charter amendment is 1,539. Upon review, 1,830 of 2,058
signatures were certified. Since that number exceeds the minimum required for a
petitioned charter amendment question, I find, therefore, that the filing is sufficient to
have the question placed before the voters in an upcoming election.
RSA 49-B:5 requires that “within 10 days of receipt of a report that a petition is
sufficient, the municipal officers shall by order provide for and issue notice of a public
hearing on the proposed amendment. The notice of the hearing shall be published in a
newspaper having general circulation in the municipality at least 7 days prior to the
hearing, and shall contain the text of the proposed amendment and a brief explanation.
The hearing shall be conducted by the municipal officers and no substantive changes may
be made to the amendment.
Within 7 days after the public hearing, the municipal officers shall file with the municipal
clerk a report containing the proposed petitioned amendment and shall order the proposed
amendment to be placed on the ballot at the next regular municipal election. In the case
of municipalities with biennial elections, the municipal officers shall order the
amendments to be placed on the ballot at either the next regular municipal election or at a
special municipal election that occurs not less than 60 days after the date of the order.”
This Certificate of Sufficiency is being provided to the Legislative Offices for the Board
of Aldermen for filing as required under RSA 49-B:5,IV. Time being of the essence, it is
also being provided to the membership via email. The affidavit regarding the creation of
the petitioners’ committee and the petitions submitted to the City Clerk are on file in the
City Clerk’s Office.
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