With the majority of the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen needing more time to deliberate upon the Fiscal Year 2027 Manchester School District budget, a vote to accept a budget amount of $234,981,749 was defeated by an 11-2 vote.
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) are set to meet for a series of committee meetings as well as a full board meeting on May 5, 2026. Here’s a preview of some of the things set to be discussed in addition to the expected vote on several Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations that include the city and school district budgets.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais released his Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposals for the Manchester School District and City of Manchester last month and, as part of the usual budget process, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have been given requests to change the mayor’s proposed budget from the city government’s department heads.
A proposal that would reconfigure a portion of Hanover Street known as the Theatre Block received tacit approval from the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen during their April 7, 2026, meeting after Alderman At-Large Dan O’Neil withdrew his request to reconsider the motion that approved the proposal at the board’s previous meeting.
At their Feb. 3, 2026 meeting, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a memorandum of understanding with the Manchester School District that would approve an independent audit of the Manchester School District, a key part of the mayor’s STARS (streamlining, taxpayer accountability and reform system) initiative.
Leaders of Manchester’s Department of Public Works provided a presentation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during their Feb. 3, 2026 meeting that had a stark message: continuing current road repaving funding levels will lead to average road in the city becoming “poor” in the near future.
The public session had a diverse array of approx. 20 speakers, from age 7 (with her father) to 65 (at least), who spoke in favor of the Pine Street paving with the addition of a bike lane.
Renovation funding for SNHU Arena could be approved as early as September following deliberations by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) on Tuesday.
On Tuesday night, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) unanimously approved a recommendation by the BMA Committee on Community Improvement to allocate $200,000 to create eight new units of housing on Newbury Street for homeless women.
Against Manchester Department of Public Works (DPW) recommendations, a request to place a “Slow Children” sign near the corner of Belmont Street and Fiske Street was recommended by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) Committee on Public Safety, Health and Traffic on Tuesday night.