The Ordinance defined the following:
1. Attendance
2. ILLNEES OR DEATH in the alderman’s family
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3. Compensation
Chapter 5. Administration of Government
Part2. Board of Alderman
Article II. General Provisions
§ 5-6 Compensation
A. Each Aldermen shall receive as compensation the sum of $5,000 per year, payable
quarterly.
B. If, in any quarter, any member of the Board of Aldermen is recorded absent at three of
more regular meetings of the Board, the City Clerk shall transmit a communication
stating that fact to the Board of Aldermen, and the stipend for that quarter shall be
withheld. In accepting the communication, the Board may also determine by vote that for
good cause shall include but not limited to attendance at committee and other meetings,
or health or other extenuating circumstances for the absence. Additionally, the Board
may find that the attendance of any member within a quarter has been unacceptable and
by a majority vote withhold any or all of the stipend for that quarter.
Health, illness and extenuating circumstances pretty much covers it ALL.
Now under the Right-To-Know Law 91-A:2 we have different ways to attend meetings if one
cannot.
91-A:2 Meetings Open to Public. —
I. For the purpose of this chapter, a "meeting" means the convening of a quorum of the
membership of a public body, as defined in RSA 91-A:1-a, VI, or the majority of the members of
such public body if the rules of that body define "quorum" as more than a majority of its
members, whether in person, by means of telephone or electronic communication, or in any
other manner such that all participating members are able to communicate with each other
contemporaneously, subject to the provisions set forth in RSA 91-A:2, I, for the purpose of
discussing or acting upon a matter or matters over which the public body has supervision,
control, jurisdiction, or advisory power. A chance, social, or other encounter not convened for
the purpose of discussing or acting upon such matters shall not constitute a meeting if no
decisions are made regarding such matters.
III. A public body may, but is not required to, allow one or more members of the body to
participate in a meeting by electronic or other means of communication for the benefit of the
public and the governing body, subject to the provisions of this paragraph.
(a) A member of the public body may participate in a meeting other than by attendance in person
at the location of the meeting only when such attendance is not reasonably practical. Any reason
that such attendance is not reasonably practical shall be stated in the minutes of the meeting.
