Where

Aldermanic Chamber, 229 Main Street, Nashua, NH

Recordings of Board of Aldermen meetings: Nashua's Government TV 16 (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The Board of Aldermen awarded a transit operations contract to Transdev, Inc. and gave final passage to an ordinance increasing sewer use fees. Motions to remove two tabled resolutions from the table, on ICE detention center opposition and a Mulberry Street resource center bond, both failed. The board also gave first readings to numerous bond resolutions for sewer, library, fire station, public works, and other capital projects, referring most to committee and scheduling public hearings.

Decisions recorded

• Awarded a transit operations contract to Transdev, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $9,789,870, by a roll call vote. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave final passage to O-26-023, increasing sewer use fees rates and charges, by a roll call vote. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Failed to remove R-26-015, supporting the Town of Merrimack's opposition to an ICE detention center, from the table. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Failed to remove R-26-020, authorizing $900,000 in bonds for a resource center at 14 Mulberry Street, from the table. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Suspended the rules to allow a second reading of R-26-058, establishing the use of fund balance for tax rate. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave final passage to R-26-058, establishing the use of fund balance for tax rate. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first reading to R-26-059, authorizing up to $3,000,000 in bonds/loans for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase 1 Upgrades Project, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-060, authorizing up to $4,275,000 in bonds for sewer infrastructure improvement and casting replacement programs, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-061, authorizing up to $2,550,000 in bonds for various wastewater capital improvements, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-062, authorizing up to $2,000,000 in bonds for improvements at the Four Hills Landfill, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-063, authorizing up to $2,678,828 in bonds for solid waste capital equipment, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-064, authorizing up to $5,173,428 in bonds for capital equipment, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-065, transferring $150,000 from the School computer equipment account to the Food Services Fund, and referred it to the Budget Review Committee.
• Gave first reading to R-26-066, authorizing up to $5,000,000 in bonds for repair and renovation of two public inground swimming pools, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-067, authorizing up to $3,000,000 in bonds for design costs to renovate the Nashua Public Library, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026. p. 7page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first reading to R-26-068, authorizing up to $1,500,000 in bonds for a fire training facility, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026. p. 8page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first reading to R-26-069, authorizing up to $1,000,000 in bonds to replace the Pine Hill Fire Station, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026. p. 8page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first reading to R-26-070, authorizing up to $1,000,000 in bonds for deferred capital maintenance of fire stations, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026. p. 8page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first reading to R-26-071, authorizing up to $9,000,000 in bonds for replacement of the city-wide ERP system, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 26, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-072, authorizing up to $43,500,000 in bonds for a Division of Public Works garage and fleet maintenance facility, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-073, changing the purpose of up to $3,183,200 of unexpended bond proceeds to the Public Works garage and fleet maintenance facility project, and referred it to committee with a public hearing scheduled for October 6, 2026.
• Gave first reading to R-26-074, creating three new expendable trust funds and transferring $790,387 from prior year escrows, and referred it to the Budget Review Committee.

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 4.0 MB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Agenda

A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

first reading

The first time the Board of Aldermen takes up a new resolution or ordinance. The President usually then assigns it to a committee to review before the Board votes on it.

resolution

A formal decision of the Board of Aldermen, such as approving spending, a bond, or a budget. Numbered R- with the year, as in R-26-053.

ordinance

A city law passed by the Board of Aldermen. Numbered O- with the year, as in O-26-017.

Pennichuck

Pennichuck Corporation, the water utility the city owns as its sole shareholder. It reports to the Board of Aldermen every quarter.

abatement

A reduction or cancellation of a property tax bill, granted by the assessors, for example after an error in the assessment.

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.

RSA

Revised Statutes Annotated, New Hampshire's state laws.

tabled

Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.

TIF

Tax increment financing: a district where some of the new property tax from development is set aside, for public projects or for the development itself.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting on the City of Nashua's meeting portal (opens in new tab) (CivicClerk). First recorded by Nashua Publick on October 13, 2026.