PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MADE IN PERSONNEL -— 12/3/2018
AMENDED
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:
Ҥ 44, Vacancy in office of aldermen
Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman [aldermen] from any cause shall be filled
