| Board or Commission Name | Description |
| 14 COURT STREET COMMISSION | A 14 Court Street Commission is hereby established. The Commission shall be responsible for making recommendations to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen for the operation, improvement and maintenance of the building and grounds at 14 Court Street. Expenditures for proposed improvement to 14 Court Street will be through resolution approved by the Board of Aldermen. The Commission shall also make recommendations to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen concerning the development of short-term and long-term strategic plans for the use of 14 Court Street. The Commission shall consist of seven members. One member shall be the Financial Services Division Director or his or her designee. One member shall be the Economic Development Director or his or her designee. One member shall be a representative of the Mayor's office. One member from the Board of Aldermen, whose term shall be concurrent with the Alderman's term of office, and who shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Aldermen and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The remaining three members, who shall have a general interest in the arts, shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The three members appointed by the Mayor will serve for three-year terms. Initially, the terms will be staggered. The first appointment by the Mayor will be for a one-year term, the second appointment by the Mayor will be for a two-year term, and the third appointment by the Mayor will be for a three-year term. The Commission shall elect a Chairperson by majority vote and adopt bylaws as necessary to regulate their affairs. [NRO 5-58] |
| AIRPORT AUTHORITY | The management of said corporation shall be vested in a board of five directors, to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the board of aldermen, one of whom shall be designated as chairman. Not more than three of such members shall be of the same political party. [A-1204] The Nashua airport authority shall be a corporation in the state of New Hampshire and shall have the power: to sue and be sued; to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; to adopt form time to time and amend bylaws covering its procedure, rules and regulations governing use of non-federal air navigation facilities and any other services made available in connection therewith, to publish the same, if such publication is necessary or advisable and to cause records of its proceedings to be kept; to own, construct, maintain, reconstruct, develop and operate airports or other air navigation facilities and may do so jointly with the United States, State of New Hampshire, other states or with cities and towns of the state; to extend, enlarge, improve, rehabilitate, lease as lessor or as lessee, maintain, repair, and operate all projects under its control; to acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its purposes; to acquire in the name of the authority by purchase, condemnation lease or otherwise, any real property and rights or easements therein, deemed by it necessary or desirable for its purposes, and to use such property as it may deem necessary; to acquire real property by the exercise of the powers of condemnation in the manner provided by law by which towns and cities, or the governor and council are authorized to acquire real property for public purposes; to sell or lease plots of land and to charge and collect fees for services made available in connection with a non-federal air navigation facility or in the development of non-aviation revenue; to make contracts with the United States, the state of New Hampshire, public and private corporations and individuals; to accept grants and the co-operation of the United States or any agency thereof in the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, operation and financing of airports and other air navigation facilities and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation; to employ such assistants, agents and servants as it shall deem necessary desirable for its purposes; to borrow money, make and issue negotiable notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations of the authority to secure payment of such obligations or any part thereof by pledge of any part of the, or the entire, revenue of the authority; to do all other lawful things necessary and incidental to the foregoing powers; to certify annually to the mayor and board of aldermen the amount of tax recommended to be levied for airport purposes, not to exceed one mill on the dollar upon the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the city and the mayor and board of aldermen may levy and collect the taxes so certified at the same time and in the same manner as other city taxes are levied and collected and the proceeds of such taxes when and as collected shall be set aside and deposited in the aeronautical fund authorized in the following paragraph; to establish an aeronautical fund in accordance with the provisions of RSA 423:6, 7 and 8. [A-1205] |
| AUDITORIUM COMMISSION | The Commission shall be responsible for making recommendations to the Board of Education for the improvement and maintenance of the Edmund Keefe Auditorium. Expenditures for proposed improvement to the auditorium will be through resolution approved by the Board of Aldermen. The Commission shall also make recommendations to the Board of Education concerning the use of the auditorium including, but not limited to, scheduling, rentals, and the determination of rental fee(s). The Commission shall consist of eight members. Two members shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. Two members shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Alderman and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. Four members shall be appointed by the Board of Education. Two members shall be from the arts community, each of whom must be currently affiliated with a registered music or theater group. One of the members to be appointed by the Mayor, and one by the President of the Board of Aldermen. Two members from the Nashua community at large with an interest in the arts. One member will be appointed by the Mayor and one by the President of the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 5-57] |
| BOARD OF ALDERMEN | All the powers vested by law in towns, or in the inhabitants thereof, shall be exercised by the city councils by concurrent vote, each board having a negative on the other. [RSA 47:1]. The administration of the fiscal, prudential, municipal and other affairs of the city and the government thereof shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be vested in a principal officer to be called the mayor, and a board to be called the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen shall consist of fifteen aldermen, sitting and acting together as a single body. The mayor and six aldermen shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their respective wards, and the other nine aldermen shall be elected, one from each ward, by the qualified voters thereof. The board of aldermen shall be the final judge of the election and qualification of its members. The board of aldermen shall choose one of its own members, an alderman-at-large, as president, who shall be its presiding officer. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The city clerk shall act as clerk of said board. [Ch. 4] |
| BOARD OF ASSESSORS | The mayor with consent of the board of aldermen shall appoint...three assessors...each of whom shall serve an indefinite term at the pleasure of the mayor...Said city officers shall receive such compensation as may be set by ordinance. Each assessor shall prior to his appointment have demonstrated knowledge of property appraisal or assessment and of the laws governing the assessment and collection of property taxes. It shall be the duty of the board of assessors to assess all taxable property in the city in accordance with general law and such administrative regulations as may be promulgated pursuant thereto, to maintain a standard system of assessment records, and to perform such other duties as the board of aldermen may prescribe by ordinance. The powers and duties of officers and heads of departments appointed by the mayor shall be those prescribed by state law, by this charter or by ordinance. [Ch. 42] An alternate member to the three (3) member board of assessors shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the board of aldermen. The tenure of this office shall be for a three (3) year term. (c) The mayor or his designee, the city clerk, treasurer-tax collector and the chairman of the board of assessors shall constitute a municipal records committee pursuant to RSA 33-A who shall govern the disposition of city records in accordance with the provisions of state law. [NRO 5-121] [See Also RSA Chapter 74, 75, 76] |
| BOARD OF EDUCATION | The City of Nashua shall continue to constitute one school district, and the school committee of said City shall be styled the Board of Education. It shall perform all such duties as the School Committee in towns is required by law to perform, and shall have the power to protect the health of children attending the public schools of the city when exposed to danger from any cause connected with the schools, whether the cause be unsanitary conditions, exposure to contagious disease, association with those who are afflicted with sickness such as is commonly communicable to others, or other causes. General appropriations for the maintenance of the schools of the city shall be deemed available to meet any expenses incurred by the Board of Education under this provision for the protection of the health of the children attending the public schools. [Ch. 74] |
| BOARD OF HEALTH | Said board shall have control of and attend to all matters and perform all duties relating to public health, and shall perform such special duties as may be imposed upon them by ordinance or by the general statutes of the state. [Ch. 79] The board of health may make such rules and regulations relating to plumbing, sanitation and drainage of buildings and connection with public sewers, as in their judgment the health and safety of the occupants or the public may require. They may also make such rules and regulations relating to the public health as in their judgment the public health and safety may require. All such rules and regulations shall be subjected to the action of the board of aldermen approving the same. [Ch. 81] |
| BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS | The board of public works shall be composed of the mayor and four members to be chosen by the qualified voters of the city at large, voting in their respective wards. [Ch. 59] The said board shall have cognizance, direction and full control (a) of the construction, alteration, cleaning, watering and repair of streets, highways, bridges and sidewalks; (b) of the location, construction, extension, care and maintenance of public sewers and drains; (c) of the planting and care of the shade and ornamental trees standing in the streets and public ways; (d) of the location and supervision of electric power, electric light, telephone, telegraph, and trolley wires; of electric light, telephone, trolley and telegraph poles, and of any gas and water pipes and other conduits, and erection, placing and removing thereof; (e) they shall have all the powers and authority now vested in the committee on highways and bridges and the committee on sewers and drains, as well as full power and authority to contract for and purchase all material and supplies used in the department created by this act [charter]; (f) they shall have the purchasing as well as the care and control of all teams and other property used in the department of public works established as aforesaid. And all powers and duties by law vested in surveyors of highways shall apply to said board of public works when inconsistent herewith. The board of public works shall also have sole power to select and purchase land for the purpose of the public works department; and when the said board has secured by vote of the board of aldermen an adequate appropriation for the purchase of a specified lot at a specified price, then said board may purchase the same. The said board and the land and buildings committee of the board of aldermen, jointly shall direct the construction of all buildings erected, altered, remodeled or changed, for the use of the public works department; and no building shall be erected, altered, remodeled or changed, unless the plans thereof have previously been submitted to the board of public works and approved by it. Upon completion of such building or after the selection and purchase of land, the board of public works shall have full and complete care and control of the same; and whenever such land or buildings shall no longer be used for the purposes of the public works department the care and control thereof shall revert to the city. [Ch. 60] The board of public works for the city of Nashua, whenever in their judgment the public good requires, shall lay out and construct sidewalks, or repair sidewalks already constructed, about any city square in the thickly settled part of the city of Nashua. Such sidewalks shall be of uniform width on the same street, and, as far as possible, of uniform material. The cost of such construction or repair may be assessed upon the abutters on such sidewalks in just proportions, not exceeding one half of the same, and all assessments so made shall constitute a lien upon the abutting premises and be collected in the same manner as taxes on real estate; and such sidewalks shall afterwards be maintained at the expense of the city. After such sidewalks are so constructed or repaired, they shall be maintained by the city under the supervision of the board of pubic works, who may give such instructions to the city engineer as they deem necessary for this purpose. [Ch. 60] The board of public works shall also have jurisdiction, subject to the laws of the state, and to such laws and regulations in the premises, as the board of aldermen may from time to time ordain for its guidance and for the public protection and convenience, to grant, deny and revoke permits and licenses, for making excavations in, moving buildings along, or placing and maintaining poles, wires, pipes or other structure, in, over, or under the streets, highways, or sidewalks of the city; to fix the terms of such permits and licenses... [Ch.63] |
| BOARD OF REGISTRARS | The mayor, subject to confirmation of the board of aldermen, shall appoint three voters of Nashua, who shall constitute a board of registrars of voters. No more than two members of the board shall be members of the same political party. [Ch. 29] The board of registrars of the city of Nashua is hereby empowered to appoint up to two deputy employees, who may execute any instrument required by law to be signed by a member of the board of registrars, and in the absence or disability of a member of the board of registrars, shall perform all of his duties, including the registration of voters. The board of registrars are also empowered to appoint such temporary deputy registrars as they deem necessary. Such deputy registrars shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of registrars. [Ch. 30] The said board of registrars or their deputies shall be in session at the city hall building, or at such other suitable place as they shall designate, for the purpose of registering voters and revising and correcting the checklist, during business hours of city hall and at such other times as they may designate. [Ch. 30-a] The term ""supervisors of the checklist'' shall include any board of registrars or similar body performing the functions of registering voters and correcting the checklist in cities. [RSA 652:15] |
| BPW RETIREMENT SYSTEM TRUSTEES | The administration of this system is vested in a board of five Trustees, one representing the Commissioners of the Board of Public Works, two representing the employees of the Department of Public Works, one representing the Board of Aldermen, and one to be selected from the financial and investment community of the City. The Trustee representing the Commissioners of the Board of Public Works shall be selected by the Board at a meeting duly called for such purpose. The employee representatives shall be members of the retirement system chosen at a meeting called for that purpose by the Board of Public Works. The Trustee representing the Board of Aldermen shall be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Board. The Trustee selected from the financial and investment community of the City shall be nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 45-11] |
| BROAD STREET PARKWAY LIAISON COMMITTEE | Shall be a member of the Infrastructure Committee and committee shall exist until the Broad Street Parkway project is completed. |
| BUILDING CODE/BOARD OF APPEALS | I. The zoning board of adjustment shall consist of 5 members. The members of the board shall either be elected in the manner prescribed by RSA 669, or appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed or elected. II. Zoning board of adjustment members who are elected shall be elected for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. The terms of appointed members of zoning boards of adjustment in municipalities in office on the effective date of an affirmative decision to elect such board members shall not be affected by the decision. However, when the term of each member expires, each new member shall be elected at the next regular municipal election for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. III. A local legislative body which has provided for the election of zoning board of adjustment members may rescind that action, in which event members shall thereafter be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. The elected board shall, however, continue in existence, and the elected members in office may continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. IV. The building code board of appeals shall consist of 3 or 5 members who shall be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body; provided, however, that an elected zoning board of adjustment may act as the building code board of appeals pursuant to RSA 673:1, V. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed. [NH RSA 673:3] |
| BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | I. The powers and duties granted by this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, may be exercised by one or more governmental units acting through one or more business and industrial development authorities established under this section. II. The legislative bodies in one or more governmental units may establish one or more business and industrial development authorities to exercise such powers and duties in the following manner: (a) An authority shall consist of a board of directors of not less than 9 nor more than 15 members appointed for 3-year terms. If an authority is formed by a single governmental unit, a majority of the board members shall reside within the boundaries of that governmental unit. If an authority is formed by 2 or more governmental units, each such governmental unit shall be represented on the board, and a majority of the board members shall reside within the boundaries of those governmental units forming such authority. The board members from towns shall be appointed by the board of selectmen or the town council; board members from cities shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the provisions of the city charter. The terms of the initial members of any board so established shall be staggered so that 1/3, or as close to 1/3 as possible, of the board members will be appointed each year. (b) Each legislative body may provide that such municipal officers as it designates shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board of an authority in addition to those members appointed under subparagraph (a). III. All actions by an authority under this chapter shall be authorized by resolutions of the board passed on the affirmative votes of at least 2/3 of the board members present and voting, the majority of whom shall reside within the boundaries of the governmental unit or units forming such authority. IV. Any governmental unit may form and have in operation more than one business and industrial development authority at any time. [NH RSA 162-G:15-a] |
| CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD | The functions of CTAB shall include the following responsibilities: Report to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. Define the mission and objectives of CTAB. Develop municipal channel and future Nashua access channel policies. Oversee the performance of the City's franchise agreement(s) for the delivery of cable television and any related services. Review existing and future franchise agreements and provide recommendations to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. Examine the subject of municipal regulation of cable television services, internet service, and any related services in New Hampshire and the United States. Coordinate activities between the City of Nashua and the franchisee. Explore and cultivate available programming sources. Monitor and evaluate existing programs and recommend changes to the franchisee for technical, programming and fee structure improvements. Examine relevant emerging technologies and other telecast options for municipal meetings, such as internet broadcasts. [NRO 12-18] CTAB will consist of 15 members total. The six members who are appointed by the Mayor shall serve for three-year terms. The members are as follows: one member representing the Board of Aldermen who will also serve as liaison between CTAB and Board of Aldermen, appointed by the president of the Board of Aldermen; corporation counsel or his or her designee; the Director of the Nashua Public Library or his or her designee; the Chief of the Fire Department or his or her designee; the Chief of the Police Department or his or her designee; the Superintendent of the School Department or his or her designee; the Director of the Information Technology Division or his or her designee; one member of the Nashua business community, appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen; four members who are Nashua residents, appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen; the Director of the Public Works Division or his or her designee; the Mayor or his or her designee; one member representing emergency management, appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 12-20] |
| CAPITAL EQUIPMENT RESERVE FUND | The Capital Reserve Fund was established in Nashua in 1968 under the provisions of Chapter 34 of the Revised Statutes Annotated of the State of New Hampshire. The purpose of the fund is to provide a means of systematically replacing all capital equipment by annual appropriations to this fund. In 1983 the purpose of this fund was amended to include the financing or all or part of the cost of the reappraisal of real estate in the City for tax assessment purposes. The members of the capital reserve fund committee consist of the mayor, the president of the board of aldermen, the finance officer, and two other members appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the board of aldermen. The appointed members shall hold office for a period of two years. Each trustee shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified unless sooner removed. [NRO 5-123] |
| CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE | The Capital Improvements Committee (CIC) is a sub-committee of the Nashua City Planning Board (NCPB). The CIC is an appointed committee, with its composition as follows: four (4) citizens appointed by the NCPB, the City Treasurer, the City Comptroller, the City Planning Director, and a liaison of the Board of Aldermen. Historically, one of the citizen members is a NCPB member. In an annual cycle that begins in late summer and is completed in late spring, the CIC receives, evaluates, and makes recommendations on capital improvement projects requested by each municipal department. The CIC's function as an appointed body is advisory in that it makes recommendations to the NCPB, and then to the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen on priorities for funding requested capital improvement projects. The CIC process is as follows: a) Late summer: Letters are sent out to Division/Department Heads requesting their detailed CIP project submittal information for the next fiscal year, in addition to a listing of projects within a six-year time frame. Each year, Division/Department Heads reassess all of their prior project requests and add a new sixth year; b) fall through early winter: The CIC reviews all project requests, conducts site visits to locations of proposed projects, and schedules public meetings for Division/Department Heads to present their project requests for the next fiscal year; c) beginning of calendar year: After all requests have been heard, the CIC meets to prioritize all requested projects; d) Late winter: The CIC makes its recommendations to the Nashua City Planning Board (NCPB), and then to the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen; e) Within 30 days of receipt of the CIC's recommendations: The NCPB may attach its own amendments to the CIC's recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, but such amendments shall be in the form of supplementary recommendations or comments attached to the proposed CIP Budget; f) Early spring: the Mayor reviews all recommendations regarding the CIP, together with the rest of the City's budget requests, and makes his recommendations for funding to the Board of Aldermen; g) through the spring: the Budget Committee hearings are held for the proposed CIP Budget and for City Division/Department budget requests; h) at start of Budget Committee hearings: The CIC makes its presentation to the Aldermanic Budget Committee regarding its recommendations for project funding and the relative priorities assigned to each, including rationale and justification for those recommendations; i) by the end of Spring: the Aldermanic Budget Committee makes its recommendations to the full Board of Aldermen; a public hearing is held, and by the end of the fiscal year (June 30) the Board of Aldermen adopt the final City Budget. Definition of a capital improvement: a capital improvement will be any single project requiring an expenditure by the City of $50,000 or over, and which falls into one of the categories listed below. Projects under $50,000 will only be considered by the CIC if there are exceptional circumstances. 1. The purchase, construction, replacement or rehabilitation of any physical facility for the community with an anticipated life in excess of ten (10) years; Amended by Committee February 15, 1994, for FY 1996 CIC process. 2. The purchase of equipment for any physical facility when first erected or acquired; 3. Significant equipment purchases. (Amended by the CIC February 15, 1994 for the FY 96' process.) 4. The acquisition of property of a permanent nature; 5. The acquisition of land or interests in land; 6. The construction, reconstruction, or major improvement of public facilities such as highways and sewerage lines; 7. Any other expenditure which increases the physical assets of the community; 8. Surveys or studies relative to the aforementioned items or of significant value to the community; and 9. The purchase of wheeled vehicles or motorized equipment having an anticipated life of over twelve (12) years, and which are not included in the City's Capital Equipment Reserve Fund. Definition of Priority Categories: In order to evaluate each proposed capital improvement project with other projects for the same department, and with projects from other departments, the Committee utilizes the following priority categories: A. Essential (highest priority) - Projects which are required to complete or renovate a major public improvement; projects which will remedy a condition dangerous to the health, safety, and welfare of the public; or projects which will provide facilities for a critically needed community program. B. Desirable (second priority) - Projects which will benefit the community; whose validity of planning and timing have been established. C. Acceptable (third priority) - Projects which are adequately planned, but which can be postponed if budget reductions are necessary. D. Deferrable (fourth priority) - Projects which are definitely recommended for postponement or elimination from the capital improvements program since they pose serious questions of adequate planning, proper timing, or community need. E. Other - Those projects presented as capital improvement projects by various departments but which in the CIC's opinion do not meet the definition of a capital improvement project as such or which are more appropriately funded in another manner. Non-prioritized. |
| CHILD CARE ADVISORY COMMISSION | Resolved, that a Child Care Advisory Commission be created to review and report on the state of child care in Nashua, to recommend policies to improve child care in Nashua, and to advise the Office of Child Care Services. The Committee shall be composed of no fewer than nine and no more than fifteen members. No fewer than three members shall be potential consumers of child care services. Other members shall represent a broad cross section of the community…All appointments or reappointments shall be for three years. [R-87-164] |
| CONSERVATION COMMISSION | A city or town which accepts the provisions of this chapter may establish a conservation commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the proper utilization and protection of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources of said city or town. Such commission shall conduct researches into its local land and water areas and shall seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary for its work. It shall keep an index of all open space and natural, aesthetic or ecological areas within the city or town, as the case may be, with the plan of obtaining information pertinent to proper utilization of such areas, including lands owned by the state or lands owned by a town or city. It shall keep an index of all marshlands, swamps and all other wet lands in a like manner, and may recommend to the city council or selectmen or to the department of resources and economic development a program for the protection, development or better utilization of all such areas. It shall keep accurate records of its meetings and actions and shall file an annual report which shall be printed in the annual town or municipal report. The commission may appoint such clerks and other employees or subcommittees as it may from time to time require. [NH RSA 36-A:2] The commission shall consist of not less than 3 nor more than 7 members. In a town which has a planning board, one member of the commission may also be on the planning board. In a city which has a planning board, one member of the commission may be on the planning board. In cities, the members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the provisions of the city charter, and in towns the members of the commission shall be appointed by the selectmen. Alternate members may be appointed in a like manner and when the alternate serves in the absence or disqualification of a regular member, the alternate shall have full voting powers. When a commission is first established, terms of the members shall be for one, 2, or 3 years, and so arranged that the terms of approximately 1/3 of the members will expire each year, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of 3 years each. Any member of a commission so appointed may, after a public hearing, if requested, be removed for cause by the appointing authority. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment. Members of a conservation commission shall be residents of the city or town which they represent. Members of a conservation commission also may serve on other municipal boards and commissions, including, but not limited to a historic district commission established under RSA 673:4, and a heritage commission established under RSA 673:4-a. [NH RSA 36-A:3] Said commission may receive gifts of money and property, both real and personal, in the name of the city or town, subject to the approval of the local governing body, such gifts to be managed and controlled by the commission for the purposes of this section. Said commission may acquire in the name of the town or city, subject to the approval of the local governing body, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise, lease, or otherwise, the fee in such land or water rights, or any lesser interest, development right, easement, covenant, or other contractual right including conveyances with conditions, limitations or reversions, as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, or limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces and other land and water areas within their city or town, and shall manage and control the same, but the city or town or commission shall not have the right to condemn property for these purposes. [NH RSA 36-A:4] |
| CONWAY ICE RINK COMMISSION | There shall be an ice rink commission that shall oversee the use of the premises, and compliance with this lease agreement [12-4-2002, filed at Office of City Clerk]. The ice rink commission shall have approval authority over all operations (including but not limited to fees, hours of operation, scheduling, maintenance, concessions, operational budget, subleases, advertising, and use of facility), construction, and alterations….The ice rink commission shall annually approve a budget and an operational plan by a majority (4-member) vote. During that year, any subsequent changes to the approved budget and operational plan will require a 5-member affirmative vote. The ice rink commission shall consist of the following seven (7) persons: the mayor of the city of Nashua or his or her designee; the president of the board of aldermen of the city of Nashua or his or her designee; the chairperson of the city of Nashua’s park and recreation advisory committee or his or her designee, who is also a member of the city of Nashua’s parks and recreation advisory committee; a member of the board of directors of the lessee or his or her designee; a member of the board of directors of the lessee or his or her designee; a member of the board of directors of the lessee or his or her designee; a person chosen by at least four (4) other members of the ice rink commission. |
| DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE | There shall be a downtown improvements committee consisting of nine members, who shall advise the mayor as to how to appropriate the funding for downtown improvements. The final determination of what purpose or purposes the funding shall be used for shall be determined by the mayor and the board of aldermen through the regular budget process.
The members of the committee appointed by the mayor shall serve for three-year terms. The initial appointments shall be made for terms of one, two, and three years so that the members’ terms will be staggered. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(1) The economic development director, whose term shall be commensurate with his or her employment with the city.
(2) The mayor shall appoint and the board of aldermen shall confirm four members who shall be city residents, and at least one of those four residents shall live within the Downtown – 1 zoning district.
(3) The mayor shall appoint and the board of aldermen shall confirm four
members who shall be any of the following: consumers of businesses or non-profits located within the Downtown -1 zoning district; business owners or employees of businesses located within the Downtown – 1 zoning district; non-profit employees or volunteers doing work within the Downtown – 1 zoning district; owners of property located within the Downtown – 1 zoning district; or residents that live within the Downtown – 1 zoning district.
(4) The committee shall also have a non-voting aldermanic liaison and alternate who shall be appointed by the president of the board of aldermen.”
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| EDGEWOOD CEMETERY TRUSTEES | The said board of trustees shall set apart and lay out a portion of said cemetery, not exceeding one tenth of its area, as a public burial-place for the use of the inhabitants of said Nashua, free of any charge therefore, and they shall lay out the balance of said cemetery in suitable lots or other subdivisions for family or other burying-places, with all the necessary paths, avenues and drives, and may plant and embellish the same with trees, shrubs, flowers, and other ornaments, and may enclose the same with proper and suitable fences or hedges, and erect or annex thereto such suitable edifices, appendages, and conveniences as they from time to time deem expedient; and said board shall have the same power and authority as cities and towns now or hereafter may have in such premises, to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, land adjoining said cemetery, to be used in connection therewith for the same purposes; and said board may make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations in the execution of their trust, not inconsistent with this act [charter] or the laws of this state, as they shall deem expedient; and said board of trustees shall hold said property and estate for the same uses and purposes, and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and subject to which the same are now held by the city councils of the said City of Nashua; and all rights of ownership of lots which any person or persons have acquired in said cemetery shall remain to the same extent as if this act [charter] had not been passed. [A-252] The said board of trustees shall have authority to grant and convey to any person or persons, by deeds duly executed, the sole and exclusive right of burial, and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs, tablets, and other monuments, in any of the designated lots or subdivisions of said cemetery, upon such terms and conditions as they by their rules and regulations shall prescribe. [A-253] I. Except in those municipalities in which other provisions have been made by a general or special act of the legislature, all cemetery trustees in the state shall: (a) Adopt bylaws and regulations for their transaction of business and for the establishment and management of all municipal cemeteries within their responsibility; (b) Prepare an annual budget indicating what support and maintenance of the municipal public cemeteries will be required out of public funds for submission to the appropriate agency of the municipality. A separate budget request shall be submitted for planning and establishment of a new public cemetery and for capital improvements or expansion of an existing public cemetery; (c) Expend all moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality for cemetery purposes. Such funds shall be maintained in the general fund and paid in the same manner that funds of other municipal departments are paid; (d) Expend income from all trust funds for cemetery purposes in accordance with the conditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the municipality. Such trust funds shall be held in the custody and under the management of the trustees of trust funds. The trust income shall be transferred to the cemetery trustees by the trustees of trust funds in response to vouchers executed by the cemetery trustees, if the requested funds are available. Such trust fund income shall not be commingled with the moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality; (e) Prepare deeds of cemetery lots for the governing body to sign. II. Cemetery trustees may appoint a cemetery custodian or sexton who shall not be a trustee and who shall be responsible to the cemetery trustees for supervising work done in the cemeteries. [NH RSA 289:7] |
| ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEE | There shall be a municipal committee known as the Ethics Review Committee (hereafter referred to as the "Committee"), the purpose of which is to hear complaints solely of violation of Part 5 of Chapter 5, Administration of Government, § 5-93 et seq., and not any state conduct statute. It is comprised of five regular members and three alternate members, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 12-30] Any individual having information that a municipal employee, as defined in Chapter 5, Administration of Government, § 5-93, is engaged in improper activities or has a conflict of interest under Part 5 (Conduct Regulations) of Chapter 5, Administration of Government, of the City Code, may file his or her complaint with the City Solicitor/Corporation Counsel, who shall forthwith submit said complaint to the Ethics Review Committee. [NRO 12-32] |
| ETHNIC AWARENESS COMMITTEE | The purpose of the Committee is to facilitate communication between the ethnic community and City government. The Committee shall consist of the following elected officials and municipal employees: the Mayor or his/her designee; the President of the Board of Aldermen or his/her designee; the Police Chief or his/her designee; the Library Director or his/her designee; the President of the Interfaith Council or his/her designee; the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee; the City Clerk or his/her designee; and the Director of Public Health and Community Services or his/her designee. The Committee shall also consist of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen: three representatives of the private sector with at least two representing ethnic business constituencies within the community; and a minimum of seven and a maximum of 15 community members representing as broad a spectrum of racial, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity as exists in the Nashua community. Additionally, there shall also be an attempt to include other elements of the community that may be coincidental within its ethnic composition yet include but not be limited to areas such as health care, arts and culture, and/or recreation. [NRO 12-7 - 12-10] |
| FIRE COMMISSION | At each subsequent general municipal election three or two members of the fire commission shall alternatively be elected for a full four-year term, in order to maintain a board of five members. The members so chosen shall hold their respective offices from the inauguration day in January next following their election for the terms above specified, and until there successors are chosen and qualified. The board shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that the laws and ordinances now prescribe, or that may hereafter be prescribed by law and the City Ordinances. [Ch. 73] The said board shall organize annually in the month of January by the choice of one of their members as chairman. They shall also choose a clerk, who may be clerk of the board of engineers, and they shall make such rules and regulations for their own government and for the government of all other officers and members of the fire department, also all buildings and apparatus and horses now used for the transportation of apparatus in case of fire (and the said horses so used are hereby transferred to the fire department) as they may deem expedient. The board of fire commissioners shall also have the sole power to select and purchase land for the purpose of the fire department; and when said board has secured by vote of the board of aldermen an adequate appropriation for the purchase of a specified lot at a specified price, then said board may purchase the same. The said board and the land and buildings committee of the board of aldermen, jointly, shall direct the construction of all buildings erected, altered, remodeled or changed, for the use of the fire department; and no building shall be erected, altered, remodeled or changed, unless the plans thereof have been previously submitted to the board of fire commissioners and approved by it. Upon the completion of any such building or after the selection and purchase of land, the board of fire commissioners shall have full and complete care and control of the same; and whenever such land and buildings shall no longer be used for the purposes of the department, the care and control thereof shall revert to the city. For their services the fire commissioners shall receive such compensation as the city councils may from time to time determine. [A-593] |
| FIRE PREVENTION CODE APPEALS BOARD | There is hereby established a Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals. The Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals shall consist of three members and one alternate member who are qualified by experience and training to rule on matters pertaining to building construction and fire prevention. The Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. Each member shall hold office for three years or until a replacement is appointed. The Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its hearings and such shall be made a public record. Appeals to the Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals are taken by any person aggrieved by any decision on interpretation by the Fire Official made under the provisions concerning the Fire Prevention Code, Life Safety Code, ordinances concerning fire safety or any decision or interpretation of the Fire Official related to the above. [NRO 156-8] |
| FLAG COMMITTEE | RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the City of Nashua sponsor a competition to be held among the students of the City of Nashua to design a flag for the City of Nashua. A flag committee will be established to set up rules and guidelines for the competition and judge the entries. The flag committee shall consist of five (5) members: two (2) members of the Board of Aldermen; one (1) member of the Board of Education; one (1) member of the Mayor’s Office; and one (1) member of the public, chosen by the other four (4) members. [R-02-04] |
| HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION | I. The historic district commission shall consist of not less than 3 members and no more than 7 members who shall be appointed in a manner as prescribed by the local legislative body. II. Each historic district commission member shall be a resident of the city or town which establishes the district. One commission member shall be a member of the local governing body and one commission member may be a member of the planning board. Not more than 5 alternate members may be appointed. When an alternate sits in absence or disqualification of a regular member, the alternate shall have full voting powers. In determining each member's qualifications, the appointing authority shall take into consideration the appointee's demonstrated interest and ability to understand, appreciate and promote the purposes of the historic district commission. III. Members of a historic district commission also may serve on other municipal boards and commissions, including but not limited to a conservation commission established under RSA 36-A, and a heritage commission established under RSA 673:4-a. [NH RSA 673:4] |
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| HUNT BUILDING BOARD OF TRUSTEES | A Board of Trustees for the Hunt Building is hereby established. The Board shall have full control of the Hunt Building, formerly known as the Hunt Memorial Library, which is to be used as, but not limited to, a community building, a museum and a space for any other appropriate use approved by the Board of Trustees. The Hunt Building Board of Trustees shall consist of nine members, the majority of whom are either residents of Nashua or employed in Nashua. The Mayor of Nashua or the Mayor's designated representative shall be a member of the Board of Trustees, and the Mayor of Nashua shall appoint the remaining members of the Board of Trustees, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen. The…term of office for each Trustee shall be five years. Vacancies will be filled by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Trustees shall meet at least annually on the first Monday in February. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the exercise of power and performance of duties. The Trustees shall receive no compensation for their services. The Hunt Building Board of Trustees shall manage the property and all business affairs of the building including but not limited to overseeing expenditures. The Board of Trustees may employ such personnel as it deems necessary to operate and maintain the facility. The Board of Trustees may also apply and accept for the benefit of the Hunt Building grants, gifts, devises and bequests, as may be made to it or to the City for the purpose of increasing or improving the Hunt Building. The Board of Trustees is also authorized to take and hold any grant, gift, bequest or devise of property upon trust, real properties excluded, to apply the principal or the income thereof in any manner it sees fit in accordance with its best judgment and which will promote the purpose for which the building is established e.g., community spirit; all, however, to be in accordance with the terms and/or conditions of such grant, gift, bequest or devise. The Hunt Building Board of Trustees shall make and execute all such rules and regulations for its government, the preservation of property under its charge and the use and management thereof, as it may from time to time deem necessary or expedient. The Hunt Building Board of Trustees shall present an annual report to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen including but not limited to a listing of all receipts and expenditures, a statement of any unexpended balance of money it may have, and of grants, gifts, bequests or devises it may have received and is holding on behalf of the City. Any disposal of real estate shall be governed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. [NRO 5-56] |
| HUNT LEGACY TRUSTEES | Regular courses of free, popular and scientific lectures shall be given annually within the City. Such lectures shall be open to all citizens of Nashua and its vicinity. All political subjects of a partisan character, and all theological subjects of a sectarian nature, shall be carefully excluded from lectures. All expenses incurred for lectures shall be defrayed out of the income realized from the Hunt Fund, as set forth in an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Moses Hunt, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, deceased, a copy of which is on file at the Register of Probate for the County of Hillsborough. The Hunt Fund shall be under the management and control of a Board of three Trustees, who shall serve without pay. The members of the Board of Trustees shall be the Mayor, or his or her designee, and two persons chosen by the Board of Aldermen….The Board of Aldermen shall choose a member of the Board of Trustees who shall hold office for two years and until another person is elected and qualified in his place. No person shall be a Trustee and a member of the Board of Aldermen at the same time. The Board of Trustees of the Hunt Fund may establish such rules and regulations as it may think proper for the care and proper management of the Hunt Fund and Hunt lectures. Such rules and regulations shall not conflict or be inconsistent with the conditions upon which the Hunt Fund was given. [NRO 5-31, 32, 33] |
| IRA F. HARRIS LECTURE TRUSTEES | There shall be a Board of Trustees of the Ira F. Harris Lecture Course Fund, consisting of three members who shall serve without pay. The members of the Board of Trustees shall be the Mayor, or his or her designee, as Chairman, and two persons chosen by the Board of Aldermen. Of the persons chosen by the Board of Aldermen, one shall hold office until January 1, 1939, and the other shall hold office until January 1, 1940. At the expiration of their respective terms, and annually thereafter, the Board of Aldermen shall choose a member of the Board of Trustees who shall hold office for two years. Appointments to fill a vacancy shall be only for the unexpired term. No person shall be a trustee and a member of the Board of Aldermen at the same time. The Board of Trustees shall have the general management and supervision of the Ira F. Harris Lecture Course Fund and shall perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of the fifth clause of the will of Mary Proctor Harris, which is on file at the Registry of Probate for the County of Hillsborough. The Board of Trustees may establish such rules and regulations as it thinks proper for the care and proper management of the fund. Such rules and regulations, however, shall not conflict or be inconsistent with the conditions upon which the fund was given. [NRO 30-5, 6] |
| MERRIMACK VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | The…Charter of the Merrimack Valley Regional Water District, dated April 2, 2004 is hereby adopted to make the City of Nashua a member of said regional water district subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement and charter, contingent upon the addition of the following paragraph at the end of Article 12: “No budget requiring an increase in fees, charges, rates, or tariffs shall be adopted until such increase in the fees charges, rates, or tariffs has been properly established.” [R-04-58] From the Charter of the Merrimack Valley Regional Water District: The Merrimack Valley Regional Water District is created as a regional water district and established for the purpose of providing and assuring for the provision of an adequate and sustainable supply of clean potable water at reasonable cost and to advance the conservation and compatible recreational use of the land subject to the District's control consistent with the foregoing. The Merrimack Valley Regional Water District shall exercise its powers and carry out its duties under this Charter for the benefit of the Customers of the Water District consistent with the health, safety, welfare, and well-being of all residents of the District. The Board of Directors shall consist of one voting representative and one alternate from each Member of the District. |
| MINE FALLS PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE | The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee for the City of Nashua is hereby established to promote the use, appreciation and upkeep of Mine Falls Park. It shall advise the Mayor and Superintendent of Parks and Recreation as to the maintenance and development of Mine Falls Park. [NRO 12-11] The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, an advisory committee to be known as the Mines Falls Park Advisory Committee. The Committee shall consist of a minimum of seven members, and shall have no limit as to the maximum number of members. The Committee shall have a quorum when four members are present. Two members will be appointed for the length of their tenure on the Conservation Commission and Nashua River Watershed Association, respectively, and the remaining members will be appointed at large and will serve for three-year terms. No member of the advisory committee shall be a member of the Board of Aldermen or any employee of the Board of Public Works/Parks and Recreation Department. [NRO 12-12] |
| NASHUA ARTS COMMISSION | The purpose of the Nashua Arts Commission is to serve the community as Nashua’s cultural resource which facilitates, advocates, coordinates and educates on behalf of the arts and cultural assets of the City of Nashua.
The Nashua Arts Commission shall propose policies to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that support the ongoing efforts of arts organizations in the development of arts programs and projects in Nashua. The Commission shall also make recommendations to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen concerning the support of arts education in schools, promoting awareness of the value of the arts in the community, and recommending annual budget appropriations for arts and culture. The commission may review and comment on proposals from community based organizations, and work with various building commissions that host arts-related events. The Commission will make recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen or the appropriate board or commission relative to city-owned arts and cultural facilities. The Commission may advise the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in the development of the arts and cultural plan portion of the city’s strategic plan and its related programs. The Commission may recommend appropriate grants to apply for to city administration, and assist other cultural organizations with grants and funding sources.
The Nashua Arts Commission shall consist of a minimum of seven members and a maximum of thirteen members, who shall serve for three-year terms. The initial appointments shall be made for terms of one, two, and three years so that the members’ terms will be staggered. Appointments shall be made by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen following an application process.
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| NASHUA ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY | The Board of Directors of NAE shall include two ex-officio members representing the City. One shall be designated by the Mayor and the other shall be designated by the President of the Board of Aldermen. The ex-officio City representatives shall serve for two-three year terms. Any single person may serve as one of the City’s designated representatives for as many as three (3) consecutive two-year terms, but then would have to rotate off the board for at least one full term before being re-appointed. This board is in effect for the term of the lease, which is thirty years with an automatic extension for three (3) additional ten (10) year terms, unless Lessee terminates it at the end of the then current term by giving the City written notice of the intent to terminate at least six (6) months prior to the end of the then current term. The lease was signed on July 16, 2004. |
| NASHUA GREEN TEAM | In continued pursuit of the City's goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency, decrease air pollution, and reduce energy expenditures as first adopted by the City in Resolution 01-271, the Nashua Green Team for the City of Nashua is hereby established. [NRO 12-26] The Green Team shall advise the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and division directors as to what methods to adopt to obtain these goals. The Green Team shall work with City departments, officials, businessmen, citizens, and environmental experts to develop an action plan to achieve these goals and a framework by which environmentally responsible decisions should be made. The Green Team shall assist the Mayor, Board of Aldermen and City departments to implement the action plan and to provide continued evaluation and report the progress of the City in meeting these goals to all interested parties. Future goals of the Green Team include, but are not limited to, raising funds to support implementation of the action plan. [NRO 12-27] The Nashua Green Team shall be an advisory committee with appointments made by the Mayor. The committee shall consist of a minimum of seven members, and shall have no limit as to the maximum number of members. The committee shall have a quorum when four members are present. At least one member will be appointed to represent each of the following divisions and departments: Information Technology Department, Department of Public Works, Administrative Services Division, Community Development Division, the Mayor's office, the Nashua School Department. At least one member shall be appointed from the Board of Aldermen by the President of the Board of Aldermen to serve through the duration of their tenure. Additional members may be appointed at large and will serve for two-year terms. Membership is not limited to citizens of Nashua as to encourage the business community to participate in the Nashua Green Team. [NRO 12-28] |
| NASHUA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION | I. A regional planning commission's powers shall be advisory, and shall generally pertain to the development of the region within its jurisdiction as a whole. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to reduce or limit any of the powers, duties or obligations of planning boards in individual municipalities. The area of jurisdiction of a regional planning commission shall include the areas of the respective municipalities within the delineated planning region. It shall be the duty of a regional planning commission to prepare a comprehensive master plan for the development of the region within its jurisdiction, including the commission's recommendations, among other things, for the use of land within the region; for the general location, extent, type of use, and character of highways, major streets, intersections, parking lots, railroads, aircraft landing areas, waterways and bridges, and other means of transportation, communication, and other purposes; for the development, extent, and general location of parks, playgrounds, shore front developments, parkways, and other public reservations and recreation areas; for the location, type, and character of public buildings, schools, community centers, and other public property; and for the improvement, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or conservation of residential, business, industrial and other areas; including the development of programs for the modernization and coordination of buildings, housing, zoning and subdivision regulations of municipalities and their enforcement on a coordinated and unified basis. A regional planning commission may authorize its employees or consultants to render assistance on local planning problems to any municipality or county which is not a member of said regional planning commission. The cost of such assistance shall be paid entirely by the municipality or county to which the service is rendered or partly by said municipality or county and partly by any gift, grant, or contribution which may be available for such work or by combination thereof. Said commission shall keep a strict account of the cost of such assistance and shall provide such municipality or county with an itemized statement. II. For the purpose of assisting municipalities in complying with RSA 674:2, III(l), each regional planning commission shall compile a regional housing needs assessment, which shall include an assessment of the regional need for housing for persons and families of all levels of income. The regional housing needs assessment shall be updated every 5 years and made available to all municipalities in the planning region. III. In preparing a comprehensive plan for the development of the region within its jurisdiction, each regional planning commission may use the framework for the state's comprehensive development plan in RSA 9-A:1, III as the basis for its plan. Such plan shall be updated every 5 years or sooner if desired by the regional planning commission. Prior to its adoption, the plan shall be distributed to every library, planning board, and board of selectmen/aldermen/city council in each of the communities within the region, and to the office of energy and planning. The regional planning commission shall address in writing all comments received prior to the publication of a final draft. A public hearing shall be held by the regional planning commission with 30 days' notice published in all newspapers of general circulation in the region, and shall state where the document can be viewed, the time and place of the public hearing, and shall allow for written comments. For each regional plan, the office of energy and planning shall offer comments as to its consistency with the state plan. The first regional development plans affected by this statute shall be adopted within 5 years of the effective date of this paragraph and renewed at least every 5 years thereafter. IV. Regional planning commissions shall make a good faith effort to inform and respond to their local communities regarding the purposes and progress of their work in developing the regional development plan. [NH RSA 36:47] |
| NASHUA TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE | The Committee shall be responsible for making recommendations to the Mayor regarding operation of the City's transit system (including the fixed-route bus transportation program and the handicapped person/dial-a-ride program, but excluding school buses) and general transit functions. [NRO 12-5] The Committee shall consist of five members selected as set forth herein, who shall serve for terms of three years and shall serve without compensation. The Committee shall consist of: the Director of the City's Community Development Division; a member of the Board of Aldermen, to be appointed by the President of the Board of Aldermen; a senior citizen representative, to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen; a representative of the private sector or business community, to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen; and a citizen member to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 12-4] |
| PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD | A Personnel Advisory Board is hereby established, consisting of three persons appointed by the Mayor, one to serve a one-year term, one to serve a two-year term, and one to serve a three-year term. The term of each initial member shall begin on the date of appointment, and thereafter the terms of succeeding members shall be for a period of three years, beginning on the expiration date of the term each individual succeeds. There shall also be an alternate member of the Personnel Advisory Board who shall serve for a three-year term. Appointments shall be made by the Mayor on the basis of qualifications in the areas of industrial relations, personnel administration, general business and/or law. The purpose of the Personnel Advisory Board shall be to provide the Board of Aldermen with professional advice in employee relations, human relations, personnel policies and related matters. The Board shall be nonpolitical and advisory in its capacity and render its recommendations on a fair and just basis with due concern for the welfare of the City and the City's employees. All recommendations concerning new policies shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The Board may be called upon to assist in other related matters as determined by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. [NRO 50-8, 9] |
| PLANNING BOARD | There shall be in the city a Planning Board whose membership shall consist of nine members; the mayor or his appointed representative, the city engineer, a member of the board of aldermen who shall be appointed by it, and six citizen members who shall be appointed by the mayor, said appointments to be confirmed by the board of aldermen. The Planning Board shall promote public interest in, and understanding of, the master plan and of the official map of the city as hereinafter provided and it shall do all things necessary and incidental to the promotion and execution of said plan and map. It shall also have all the powers conferred by statute on municipal planning boards. The board shall, however, be limited in the exercise of the foregoing duties and powers to the funds appropriated by the board of aldermen for such purposes. The Planning Board shall review and make recommendations to the mayor and board of aldermen on all locations for proposed municipal buildings and facilities, including educational, on the purchase and sale of any land by the city and on existing or dedicated streets to be discontinued or vacated. The Planning Board shall formulate a master plan of the city, carry out the statutory powers of a zoning commission, prepare an official map of the city, formulate regulations for the subdivision of land, the location of buildings within the bed of mapped streets, and have all other such powers as are conferred by statute upon municipal planning boards. All proposed plans, maps, regulations and zoning changes must be submitted to the board of aldermen for enactment into law, either by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be. [Ch. 77] |
| POLICE COMMISSION | It shall be the duties of said police commissioners, to appoint such police officers, constables and superior officers as they may in their judgment deem necessary, and fix their compensation, who shall devote their whole time to their said duties and who shall not be engaged or engage in any other business or occupation, or hold any other state, county or municipal office; all of who shall be appointed by the police commissioners, and who shall serve during good behavior and while competent to discharge the duties of the office. The police commissioners shall have authority to remove any officer at any time for just cause and after due hearing, which cause shall be specified in the order of removal. [A-103] The police commissioners shall have full power to make all rules for the government of the police force and to enforce said rules. The said commissioners shall have full and complete care and control of all lands and buildings thereon, used and erected for the use of the police department; and whenever the same shall cease to be used for said purpose, they shall revert to the care and control of the city. All buildings erected, altered, remodeled, or changed, for the use of the police department shall be constructed and made under the joint direction of the commissioners and the land and buildings committee of the board of aldermen; and no building shall be erected, altered, remodeled, or changed, unless the plans thereof have been previously submitted to the board of police commissioners and approved by it, and upon completion thereof they shall be and continue in the sole control and care of the commissioners. [A-104] |
| PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES | Said board of trustees shall have the sole care, superintendence, and management of the property, expenditures, business and prudential affairs of said public library department and of all property of the city relating thereto; and may employ librarians and such assistants as they shall deem necessary and establish their compensation. Said board shall also have the same power and authority as cities and towns now or hereafter may have, to acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, for and in the name of the city, land and buildings or rooms, to be used in connection with and for the purpose of the public library department, whenever the funds at their disposal will so allow. Said board may also sell and dispose of for the benefit of said public library department, all grants, gifts, devises and bequests, as may be made to it or to the city for the purpose of increasing or improving the public library department. [A-833] Said board of trustees are authorized to take and hold any grant, gift, bequest or devise, of property upon trust, to apply the principal or the income thereof for the establishment or improvement of the public library department, or for the erection of buildings or repair of the same, or for the embellishment or improvement of the premises in connection therewith. The application or expenditure of said moneys and grants, and the establishment, improvement, erection, repair and embellishment, of said buildings and premises shall be made under the sole supervision, direction and control of said board, who shall make all necessary contracts in connection with the same, for and in the name of the city, in accordance with their best judgment and in any manner or form that will promote the purposes for which the public library department is established: all, however, in any event, to be in accordance with the terms of such grant, gift, bequest or devise. Also all moneys or property that the said city may receive by gift from any source or by grant, bequest or devise, in behalf of said public library department, and any gift, grant, bequest or devise, heretofore made to said city for the benefit of the library or library department and now in force, shall be placed in the care and control of said board of trustees, to be expended or retained by them for and in behalf of the city for the support and maintenance of said public library and the public library department in accordance with the conditions of each or any gift, grant, bequest or devise, accepted by the city; and if there are no conditions attaching to such gift, grant, bequest or devise, then the same is to be retained or expended as in the judgment of the trustees will most effectively promote the purposes of the public library department. Said board of trustees shall hold all of said property and estate for the same uses and purposes and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and subject to which the same may now be held by the board of aldermen of said city of Nashua. [A-834] Except in those cities where other provision has been made by general or special act of the legislature, the library trustees of every public library in the state shall: I. Adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for its own transaction of business and for the government of the library; II. Prepare an annual budget indicating what support and maintenance of the free public library will be required out of public funds for submission to the appropriate agency of the municipality. A separate budget request shall be submitted for new construction, capital improvements of existing library property; III. Expend all moneys raised and appropriated by the town or city for library purposes and shall direct that such moneys be paid over by the town or city treasurer pursuant to a payment schedule as agreed to by the library trustees and the selectmen or city council. All money received from fines and payments for lost or damaged books or for the support of a library in another city or town under contract to furnish library service to such town or city, shall be used for general repairs and upgrading, and for the purchase of books, supplies and income-generating equipment, shall be held in a nonlapsing separate fund and shall be in addition to the appropriation; IV. Expend income from all trust funds for library purposes for the support and maintenance of the public library in said town or city in accordance with the conditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the town or city; V. Appoint a librarian who shall not be a trustee and, in consultation with the librarian, all other employees of the library and determine their compensation and other terms of employment unless, in the cities, other provision is made in the city charter or ordinances. [NH RSA 202-A:11] |
| RECYCLING COMMITTEE | The Nashua Recycling Committee is established as an ongoing committee until such time as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen dissolve it. The purpose of this Committee is to engage volunteers in the support and promotion of recycling and responsible solid waste management in the City of Nashua. The Committee, who shall serve without compensation, will organize the efforts of citizens who are advocates of recycling in Nashua, will provide advice and assistance to the Solid Waste Department and support for the Waste Management Coordinator. The Nashua Recycling Committee will be made up of three Subcommittees: Schools, Business and Publicity. The Schools Subcommittee will initiate and promote efforts to recycle and reduce waste in Nashua schools. This Subcommittee will assist the School Department in implementing a recycling program in the schools and in incorporating appropriate courses of recycling education in the curriculum. It will also acknowledge and publicize the recycling accomplishments of Nashua’s educators and students. The Business Subcommittee will continue to research waste reduction and recycling efforts already being practiced in businesses, and will assist companies in developing waste reduction and recycling plans. The Business Subcommittee will coordinate with the Nashua Business Recycling Consortium to achieve increased business and industry recycling through cooperative marketing of materials. The Publicity Subcommittee will organize events and activities, such as the annual TRASH BASH at the Nashua Recycling Center, to increase public awareness of recycling and solid waste management plans and policies. It will keep the media informed of local school and business recycling efforts and about how much trash Nashuans are diverting from the landfill by recycling. It will publicize workshops and other activities. The Mayor will appoint five members to each Subcommittee. The term of office for each member shall be 3 years, except for the initial appointments where the term of office shall be 1 year for 5 members, 2 years for 5 members and 4 years for 5 members. It is recommended that a member of the Schools Subcommittee be a representative of the Nashua School Department. It is recommended that a representative from a local business be on the Business Subcommittee. Each Subcommittee will elect a Chair. The Chair of each Subcommittee will meet with the Waste Management Coordinator on a regular basis, the frequency to be determined by the Waste Management Coordinator. This group shall determine the workplan for each Subcommittee, and will update the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Public Works periodically on the activities and achievements of the Nashua Recycling Committee. |
| REVIEW & COMMENT COMMISSION | There is hereby created a Review and Comment Commission consisting of five Commissioners and not less than 20 nor more than 30 persons appointed by said Commissioners. Purpose: The Review and Comment Commission shall consist of an appropriate number of subcommittees as determined by the Review and Comment Commission Chair, but no fewer than three subcommittees, which shall review the funding requests of local human services agencies and comment on those requests to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The purpose of each subcommittee is to review an agency's request proposal, meet with representatives of the agency, vote on a recommended funding level, suggest conditions to be met by the agency receiving the funds, and report its findings to the Commission as a whole. The Review and Comment Commission will later forward its final recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Three Commissioners shall be Nashua citizens representing a cross section of the community. They shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The citizen Commissioners will serve three-year terms. One Commissioner shall be an Alderman appointed by the President of the Board of Aldermen. The aldermanic Commissioner will serve concomitantly with his or her term of office. One Commissioner shall be a representative of the Mayor's office, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The term of the Mayor's representative Commissioner shall be at the pleasure of the Mayor. The terms of the Commission members who are appointed by the Commissioners shall be at the pleasure of the Commissioners but shall last for no longer than the end of the fiscal year in which they are appointed. [NRO 5-46] |
| SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE | There shall be a services advisory committee for the central business service district composed of seven members. Six of the members shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the board of aldermen, not less than five of whom shall be owners or tenants of property within the proposed central business service district. These six members of the advisory committee shall serve for terms of three years. The seventh member of the committee shall be a member of the board of aldermen, appointed by the president and approved by the board of aldermen, who shall serve for a term coterminous with the biennial term of the Board of Aldermen. The services advisory committee shall consult with the mayor and board of aldermen on the boundaries of the central business service district, specific services and levels of services to be provided in the district, and which specific department, agency, or other party is to undertake the work, all which shall be determined by the mayor and board of aldermen.” |
| STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE | It is the purpose and intent of this article that the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua establish strategic planning as a continuous and ongoing governmental function in order to promote and facilitate the adoption of a long-range plan for the development of the infrastructure of the City of Nashua and the delivery of services by the City. It is further the purpose of this article to provide for the development of a strategic plan which shall provide a recording of the policies and long-range plans of the City in a permanent fashion, and to provide for and facilitate the periodic revision of such plans. A Strategic Planning Committee is hereby established. The Committee shall consist of the following members: a) the Chairman of the Aldermanic Planning and Economic Development Committee, who shall serve as Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee; b) the Chairman of the Aldermanic Infrastructure Committee; c) the Chairman of the Aldermanic Budget Review Committee; d) the Treasurer; e) the Chief Financial Officer; f) the Director of Administrative Services; g) the Director of Community Development; h) the Director of Public Works; and i) the Mayor or the Mayor’s administrative assistant. All members shall be ex officio, and their terms upon the committee shall be coincident with their terms of office or employment in the stated positions. The Mayor and the Strategic Planning Committee shall develop and maintain an official statement of policy and strategic plan for the City of Nashua. This plan shall be developed in a manner determined by the committee and approved by the Board of Aldermen. The committee may review and revise the plan from time to time, but shall do so at least once in each term of the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor and the Strategic Planning Committee shall develop and maintain annually an operating plan which shall provide for the implementation of the policies set forth in the strategic plan. This plan shall, at a minimum, detail the projected operating requirements as far into the future as is foreseeable. This plan shall be developed in a manner determined by the committee and approved by the Board of Aldermen. [NRO 5-149, 150] |
| SUBURBAN CEMETERIES TRUSTEES | The said board shall have the authority to grant and convey to person or persons, by deeds duly executed, the sole and exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs, tablets and other monuments in any of the designated lots or subdivisions of said cemeteries upon such terms and conditions as they, by their rules and regulations, shall prescribe; and said board may make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations in the execution of their trust, not inconsistent with this act [chapter] or repugnant to the laws of this state, as they shall deem expedient; and said board shall hold said property and estate for the same purposes, and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and subject to which the same are now held by the city councils of said Nashua, and all rights of ownership of lots which any person or persons have acquired in said cemetery shall remain to the same extent as if this act [chapter] had not been passed. Provided, however, if any person or persons shall fail or neglect for one year after a written notice to make improvements upon their lot, said lot shall be forfeited to this corporation. [A-332] The proceeds of sale of lots or rights of burial, appropriations by the city councils, or other moneys, except as hereinafter provided, received for said cemeteries, shall be paid into the city treasury, to be kept separate from any other funds of the city, and subject to the order of said trustees, and shall be devoted to the care, improvement, embellishment, and enlargement of said cemeteries under the direction of said trustees. Said board of trustees shall have the same power and authority as cities and towns now or hereafter my have in such premises, to acquire, by purchase or otherwise land adjoining said cemeteries, to be used in connection therewith for the same purposes. [A-333] I. Except in those municipalities in which other provisions have been made by a general or special act of the legislature, all cemetery trustees in the state shall: (a) Adopt bylaws and regulations for their transaction of business and for the establishment and management of all municipal cemeteries within their responsibility; (b) Prepare an annual budget indicating what support and maintenance of the municipal public cemeteries will be required out of public funds for submission to the appropriate agency of the municipality. A separate budget request shall be submitted for planning and establishment of a new public cemetery and for capital improvements or expansion of an existing public cemetery; (c) Expend all moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality for cemetery purposes. Such funds shall be maintained in the general fund and paid in the same manner that funds of other municipal departments are paid; (d) Expend income from all trust funds for cemetery purposes in accordance with the conditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the municipality. Such trust funds shall be held in the custody and under the management of the trustees of trust funds. The trust income shall be transferred to the cemetery trustees by the trustees of trust funds in response to vouchers executed by the cemetery trustees, if the requested funds are available. Such trust fund income shall not be commingled with the moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality; (e) Prepare deeds of cemetery lots for the governing body to sign. II. Cemetery trustees may appoint a cemetery custodian or sexton who shall not be a trustee and who shall be responsible to the cemetery trustees for supervising work done in the cemeteries. [NH RSA 289:7] |
| TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ADVISORY BOARD | The City hereby adopts the provisions of RSA 162-K, Municipal Economic Development and Revitalization Districts, which authorize the City to establish development districts, development programs, and to finance improvements through tax increment financing plans, all consistent with the provisions of that statute as amended from time to time. [NRO 295-11, 12] In accordance with RSA 162-K:14, an advisory board consisting of not less than five and not more than seven members shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, for one year terms or until their successors are qualified, to advise the Mayor and district administrator on planning, construction and implementation of the development program and on the maintenance and operation of the district after the program has been completed. The members of the advisory board shall be owners or occupants of real property in or abutting the District. The district administrator shall consult with the advisory board at least forty-five (45) days before implementation of a phase of the development program and the advisory board may appeal to the Board of Aldermen concerning a district administrator decision no later than thirty (30) days before a phase is to be implemented. Decisions of the district administrator shall not be overturned except for abuse of discretion. [R-04-58] |
| WOODLAWN CEMETERY TRUSTEES | The said board of trustees shall set apart and lay out a portion of said cemetery, not exceeding one tenth of its area, as a public burial-place for the free use of the inhabitants of said City of Nashua, free of any charge therefor; and they shall lay out the balance of said cemetery in suitable lots or other subdivisions, for family or other burying-places, with all necessary paths, avenues, and drives, and may plant and embellish the same with trees, shrubs, flowers and other rural ornaments, and may enclose the same with proper and suitable fences or hedges, and erect or annex thereto such suitable edifices, appendages, and conveniences as they from time to time deem expedient; and said board shall have the same power and authority as cities and towns now or hereafter may have in such premises, to acquire, by purchase, or otherwise, land adjoining said cemetery to be used in connection therewith for the same purposes; and said board may make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations in the execution of their trusts not inconsistent with this act [chapter] or the laws of this state, as they shall deem expedient; and said board of trustees shall hold said property and estate for the same purposes and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and subject to which the same are now held by the city councils of said Nashua; and all rights of ownership of lots which any person or persons have acquired in said cemetery shall remain to the same extent as if this act [chapter] had not been passed; provided, however, if any person or persons shall fail or neglect for one year after a written notice to make improvements upon their lot, said lot shall be forfeited to this corporation. [A-292] The said board shall have the authority to grant and convey to person or persons, by deeds duly executed, the sole and exclusive right of burial, and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs, tablets, and other monuments, in any of the designated lots or subdivisions of said cemetery, upon such terms and conditions as they by their rules and regulations shall prescribe. [A-293] I. Except in those municipalities in which other provisions have been made by a general or special act of the legislature, all cemetery trustees in the state shall: (a) Adopt bylaws and regulations for their transaction of business and for the establishment and management of all municipal cemeteries within their responsibility; (b) Prepare an annual budget indicating what support and maintenance of the municipal public cemeteries will be required out of public funds for submission to the appropriate agency of the municipality. A separate budget request shall be submitted for planning and establishment of a new public cemetery and for capital improvements or expansion of an existing public cemetery; (c) Expend all moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality for cemetery purposes. Such funds shall be maintained in the general fund and paid in the same manner that funds of other municipal departments are paid; (d) Expend income from all trust funds for cemetery purposes in accordance with the conditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the municipality. Such trust funds shall be held in the custody and under the management of the trustees of trust funds. The trust income shall be transferred to the cemetery trustees by the trustees of trust funds in response to vouchers executed by the cemetery trustees, if the requested funds are available. Such trust fund income shall not be commingled with the moneys raised and appropriated by the municipality; (e) Prepare deeds of cemetery lots for the governing body to sign. II. Cemetery trustees may appoint a cemetery custodian or sexton who shall not be a trustee and who shall be responsible to the cemetery trustees for supervising work done in the cemeteries. [NH RSA 289:7] |
| ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT | I. The zoning board of adjustment shall consist of 5 members. The members of the board shall either be elected in the manner prescribed by RSA 669, or appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed or elected. II. Zoning board of adjustment members who are elected shall be elected for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. The terms of appointed members of zoning boards of adjustment in municipalities in office on the effective date of an affirmative decision to elect such board members shall not be affected by the decision. However, when the term of each member expires, each new member shall be elected at the next regular municipal election for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. III. A local legislative body which has provided for the election of zoning board of adjustment members may rescind that action, in which event members shall thereafter be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. The elected board shall, however, continue in existence, and the elected members in office may continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. IV. The building code board of appeals shall consist of 3 or 5 members who shall be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body; provided, however, that an elected zoning board of adjustment may act as the building code board of appeals pursuant to RSA 673:1, V. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed. [NH RSA 673:3] |