The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) will be meeting for a full board meeting and several committee meetings on May 18, 2026. They’re expected to discuss several items related to the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, here are some other things that they are expected to discuss.
Welfare Reserve Account
During the BMA Committee on Accounts, Enrollment and Revenue Administration meeting, there will be the introduction of an ordinance update creating a reserve account for the city’s welfare department.
In the proposal, a special non-lapsing reserve account would be created to help address unexpected annual welfare department budget deficits. Funding would come from any annual budget surpluses in the welfare department’s annual budget, with the reserve account capped at 50 percent of the prior year’s annual welfare department budget.
Funds in the reserve account could be used for other purposes with a two-thirds vote of elected Aldermen.
Possible sale of South Mammoth Road land
Olivia Andrews and Ryan Stasi, the owners of 281 Bodwell Rd., have written to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen with the hope of purchasing Lot 885-1 on South Mammoth Road.
Located at the corner of South Mammoth Road and Glen Forest Drive, Lot 885-1 was ceded to the City of Manchester Tax Collector’s Office in 1992 and its approximately two acres have remained undeveloped since that time. The 281 Bodwell Road property is immediately to the north of Lot 885-1 and the rear portion of the property extends to South Mammoth Road.
Andrews and Stasi stated in their letter that the enjoy the beauty and tranquility of their land and spending time outdoors with their son, adding that they want to remove debris left on Lot 885-1 and return and preserve it to its natural condition.
The BMA Committee on Lands and Buildings will discuss the matter in non-public session.
Tennis Court Repair at Derryfield Park
The full BMA has a series of recommendations from recent committee including one recommendation accepting $32,000 from the United States Tennis Association.
If accepted, the grant would repair tennis courts at Derryfield Park and would require no local funding match.
The United States Tennis Association also has a series of other grants up to $20,000 awarded for tennis-related proposals in New Hampshire