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2026-10-20 - Board of Mayor and Aldermen

Summary

Built from the posted agenda only; no minutes or video recorded yet.

  • Item 1: Public comment: residents may sign up with name, address and topic and speak up to three minutes.
  • Consent agenda (items 2-4) and adjournment: approve Oct 6 Finance/BMA minutes; approve pole petition 12-1030 on W Auburn Street; approve 50/50 sidewalk petition on Prospect Street subject to funding; then adjourn.
  • Item 5: Referred to Committee on Finance: four CIP amendment resolutions — $1,630,167.75 for CIP 711323 Amoskeag EB & Canal Ramp Design and Construction; $15,833 for C300040727 FY25 Hazmat Training; $10,000 for C410020327 Community Health Workers CRU Funding; $20,445 for C500070527 FY27 Household Hazardous Waste Collection.
  • Item 6: Committee on Bills on Second Reading unanimously recommends amending Chapter 70, Section 70.44 placing Parking Division within Manchester Police Department, ought to pass and be referred to Accounts, Enrollment & Revenue Administration.
  • Items 7-10: Committee on Community Improvement unanimously recommends approval of the four CIP amendments in item 5 (CIP 711323, C300040727, C410020327, C500070527).
  • Items 11-17: Committee on Human Resources/Insurance unanimously recommends approval of personnel complement changes: modify HR Generalist to 32-hour week part-time grade 112 and eliminate vacant Administrative Assistant II; add Accountant I and eliminate Inventory Specialist I; add Administrative Compliance Coordinator grade 124 and leave Grants Coordinator and Accreditation Coordinator vacant; move two Computer Systems Specialist II from Police to Information Systems; add Police Financial Administrator and eliminate Business Services Manager; add Business Services Manager and eliminate Office Administrator I; and reorganize Office of Youth Services under an MOU with Manchester School District.
  • Item 18: Committee on Public Safety, Health and Traffic, unanimous except one absent, recommends approval of traffic regulations: stop sign on Ash at Webster; no commercial vehicles on Allen between Boynton and S Main; no parking anytime on Jewett/S Jewett near Cilley Road; crosswalk on Park Side Avenue south of Putnam; rescind Nov 15-Apr 15 parking prohibition on Orange between Chestnut and Pine (ORD 9457).
  • Item 19: Committee on Public Safety, unanimous except one absent, recommends approval of Amoskeag Bridge westbound rehab detour: one eastbound lane, westbound detoured over Bridge Street Bridge, pedestrians/cyclists use northern eastbound lane.
  • Item 20: Committee on Public Safety, unanimous except one absent, recommends Chapter 130 amendment adding Sections 130.56-130.61 making purchase, sale, delivery or public display of Kratom illegal, ought to pass as amended and be referred to Bills on Second Reading.
  • Items 21-22: Resignation of a Ward 6 School Committee member and nominations to fill the Ward 6 vacancy, which will layover to the next meeting.
  • Items 23-25: Nominations/confirmations: Arts Commission alternate and Heritage Commission regular nominations (layover); confirmations to Police Commission, Planning Board, Zoning Board, and Ward 7 School Committee with stated terms.
  • Item 26: Request from a property owner's attorney to approve a revised subordination agreement on the city's lien for property on Central Street.
  • Items 27-28: Possible reports: budget projections by Finance Officer and Committee on Community Improvement report, if available.
  • Items 29-32: Recess to allow Finance Committee to meet, reconvene, and receive Finance and remaining committee reports if available.
  • Item 33: Resolutions: the four CIP amendments in item 5 read by title; motion may be made for them to pass and be enrolled.
  • Item 34: Ordinances: amend Sections 33.025 & 33.026 (Human Resources Generalist) and Sections 33.024, 33.025 & 33.026 (Administrative Compliance Coordinator); motion may be made for passage and ordainment.
  • Item 35: Tabled petition to discontinue a portion of North Church Street; motion to remove from table.
  • Item 36: Tabled bond resolution authorizing $20,800,000 for 2027 CIP C500070327 Raise - City Funds (DPW-Highway).
  • Item 37: Tabled Chapter 52 (Sewers) ordinance amendment on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), unanimously recommended to pass and be referred to Bills on Second Reading.

Agenda

Posted agenda: October 20, 2026, 7:00 PM, Aldermanic Chambers, City Hall (3rd Floor), One City Hall Plaza, Manchester NH.

  • Item 1: Public comment: residents may sign up with name, address and topic and speak up to three minutes.
  • Consent agenda (items 2-4) and adjournment: approve Oct 6 Finance/BMA minutes; approve pole petition 12-1030 on W Auburn Street; approve 50/50 sidewalk petition on Prospect Street subject to funding; then adjourn.
  • Item 5: Referred to Committee on Finance: four CIP amendment resolutions — $1,630,167.75 for CIP 711323 Amoskeag EB & Canal Ramp Design and Construction; $15,833 for C300040727 FY25 Hazmat Training; $10,000 for C410020327 Community Health Workers CRU Funding; $20,445 for C500070527 FY27 Household Hazardous Waste Collection.
  • Item 6: Committee on Bills on Second Reading unanimously recommends amending Chapter 70, Section 70.44 placing Parking Division within Manchester Police Department, ought to pass and be referred to Accounts, Enrollment & Revenue Administration.
  • Items 7-10: Committee on Community Improvement unanimously recommends approval of the four CIP amendments in item 5 (CIP 711323, C300040727, C410020327, C500070527).
  • Items 11-17: Committee on Human Resources/Insurance unanimously recommends approval of personnel complement changes: modify HR Generalist to 32-hour week part-time grade 112 and eliminate vacant Administrative Assistant II; add Accountant I and eliminate Inventory Specialist I; add Administrative Compliance Coordinator grade 124 and leave Grants Coordinator and Accreditation Coordinator vacant; move two Computer Systems Specialist II from Police to Information Systems; add Police Financial Administrator and eliminate Business Services Manager; add Business Services Manager and eliminate Office Administrator I; and reorganize Office of Youth Services under an MOU with Manchester School District.
  • Item 18: Committee on Public Safety, Health and Traffic, unanimous except one absent, recommends approval of traffic regulations: stop sign on Ash at Webster; no commercial vehicles on Allen between Boynton and S Main; no parking anytime on Jewett/S Jewett near Cilley Road; crosswalk on Park Side Avenue south of Putnam; rescind Nov 15-Apr 15 parking prohibition on Orange between Chestnut and Pine (ORD 9457).
  • Item 19: Committee on Public Safety, unanimous except one absent, recommends approval of Amoskeag Bridge westbound rehab detour: one eastbound lane, westbound detoured over Bridge Street Bridge, pedestrians/cyclists use northern eastbound lane.
  • Item 20: Committee on Public Safety, unanimous except one absent, recommends Chapter 130 amendment adding Sections 130.56-130.61 making purchase, sale, delivery or public display of Kratom illegal, ought to pass as amended and be referred to Bills on Second Reading.
  • Items 21-22: Resignation of a Ward 6 School Committee member and nominations to fill the Ward 6 vacancy, which will layover to the next meeting.
  • Items 23-25: Nominations/confirmations: Arts Commission alternate and Heritage Commission regular nominations (layover); confirmations to Police Commission, Planning Board, Zoning Board, and Ward 7 School Committee with stated terms.
  • Item 26: Request from a property owner's attorney to approve a revised subordination agreement on the city's lien for property on Central Street.
  • Items 27-28: Possible reports: budget projections by Finance Officer and Committee on Community Improvement report, if available.
  • Items 29-32: Recess to allow Finance Committee to meet, reconvene, and receive Finance and remaining committee reports if available.
  • Item 33: Resolutions: the four CIP amendments in item 5 read by title; motion may be made for them to pass and be enrolled.
  • Item 34: Ordinances: amend Sections 33.025 & 33.026 (Human Resources Generalist) and Sections 33.024, 33.025 & 33.026 (Administrative Compliance Coordinator); motion may be made for passage and ordainment.
  • Item 35: Tabled petition to discontinue a portion of North Church Street; motion to remove from table.
  • Item 36: Tabled bond resolution authorizing $20,800,000 for 2027 CIP C500070327 Raise - City Funds (DPW-Highway).
  • Item 37: Tabled Chapter 52 (Sewers) ordinance amendment on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), unanimously recommended to pass and be referred to Bills on Second Reading.

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