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Votes at a glance: Manchester Board of Mayor & Aldermen, May 20, 2025
Summary
The board approved routine motions, several appointments and moved budget authorizations forward; Pine Street public comments were received and the repaving item was placed on the June 3 docket for consideration.
At its May 20 meeting the Manchester Board of Mayor & Aldermen approved routine consent items, confirmed several appointments and advanced budget authorization language subject to later resolutions. The board took public comment on Pine Street and voted to receive and file written materials; aldermen said the Pine Street repaving with lane reduction and a bike lane will appear on the June 3 docket.
Key actions and outcomes
- Motion to take all public comments under advisement and to receive and file any written documentation presented — moved by Alderman Tarrio, seconded by Alderman Barry; motion approved by voice vote (chair: “Ayes have it”).
- Nomination and appointment of Julianne Pelletier as independent city auditor (proposed start date July 1, 2025) — committee recommended nomination; motion to approve carried (motion and second recorded during roll call). The board welcomed the appointee.
- Committee approvals and confirmations — the board approved multiple committee confirmations and appointments (Central Business Service District layover; Heritage Commission, Housing Commission, Planning Board and Manchester Transit Authority confirmations were recorded). Motions were moved and seconded on the floor and approved by voice vote.
- Budget projections and authorization — Director Wiggins presented a fiscal-year 2025 general fund forecast with a projected operating surplus of approximately $2,124,000 as of May 20, 2025. The board moved that the budget authorization be approved subject to final adoption of later resolutions; motion carried.
- Committee on Lands & Buildings recommendations — the board approved a request to deem three tax-deeded parcels surplus and authorize auction with minimum bids set by assessors; net proceeds to be referred to the Affordable Housing Trust after satisfying outstanding balances, and specified transfers to the tax-deeded property reserve account.
- Procedural motions — the board waived reading of resolutions in several instances, moved that resolutions “ought to pass and be enrolled,” accepted committee reports, and recessed the meeting to allow the Committee on Finance to meet; all procedural motions were approved by voice votes as recorded.
What these votes mean: Most items were routine confirmations, procedural approvals or committee recommendations that require further administrative steps (for example, auction closings to be conducted by the solicitor's office for tax-deeded parcels). The Pine Street repaving was not authorized for immediate construction at this meeting; it was marked for the June 3 docket for formal consideration.
