GOV Personnel Admin Affairs 11 2 2026

The Nashua Board of Aldermen’s Personnel/Admin Affairs Committee met on November 2, 2026. The main procurement discussion concerned ordinance O-26-026, which would allow the city to use existing competitively bid contracts for comparable purchases and authorize timely contracting for electricity, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel. The purchasing and energy managers said this could reduce duplicated bidding and respond to volatile commodity prices; they cited an estimated $104,000 annual cost difference for each one-cent change in municipal electricity rates and about $15,000 in added fuel costs last year due to a contracting delay. They said RFPs, legal review, and purchasing oversight would continue. The committee voted to recommend final passage; no specific vendor or contract award was identified.

The committee also voted to recommend final passage of O-26-025, increasing the income limits for elderly and disabled tax exemptions with an automatic CPI-based adjustment; the exemption amounts themselves would not change, and the fiscal impact was not yet known. O-26-027, concerning High Street Garage parking permits, was tabled pending further discussion, and O-26-028 concerning School Street Garage permits was introduced, but the transcript ends before an outcome is recorded. The committee interviewed a deputy treasurer/tax collector candidate, but no appointment vote is captured in the transcript.