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Office of the City Clerk (603) 580-2010
Patricia Piecuch Fax (603) 589-3029
3 City Clerk E-Mail: cityclerkdept@NashuaNH.gov
June 21, 2018
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Honorable Members of the Board of Alderman:
Craig Adams, submitted to the Board of Fire Commissioners, on June 4, 2018, his resignation
effective July 1, 2018. A citywide election will need to be scheduled in order to fill the vacancy on
the Board of Fire Commissioner for that unfinished term. Please note this special election could be
tied in with the November State General Election on November 6, 2018, but not the September
State Primary Election on September 11, 2018.
Charter Sec. 73 provides the methods by which vacancies on the Board of F ire Commissioners shall
be filled. Since there are “at least six (6) months and one (1) day remaining in the unexpired term”
the following process applies:
« The vacancy shall be filled by an election held on a date determined by the Board of
Aldermen.
" The date of that election shall not be earlier than forty (40) days and not later than one
hundred eighty (180) days after the vacancy occurs. Thus, the election may be scheduled
anytime between August 10, 2018 and December 28, 2018
* All nominations for the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be handled in the same manner
as nominations for the Board of Commissioners at a regularly-scheduled election.
* Nominating Petitions and Acceptances of Nominations shall be accepted by the City Clerk
“not earlier than forty (40) days nor later than thirty (30) days before the election.”
As part of this process, a Resolution should be introduced in the coming weeks so that the Board of
Aldermen may consider and schedule the official date for this election, establish polling hours (RSA
659:4), schedule the period during which candidates interested in completing the unfinished term
may file for office, and issuing precepts to the Selectmen of the wards (NRO 23-8).
Sincerely,
Crt heus
Patricia D. Piecuch
City Clerk
cc: Mayor James Donchess
