The Town Council will be discussing Charter amendments proposed by the Town Manager at the 1\/12\/2026 meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The proposed Charter changes were sent to the State Attorney General for review, while the AG did not object to the amendments, they did find a problem with the current Charter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
January 8, 2026:<\/strong> Dear Clerk Farrell:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pursuant to 49-B:4-a, on behalf of the Town of Londonderry, you submitted proposed Following a review, the Attorney General’s Office, Secretary of State’s Office, and However, in reviewing the proposed charter amendment, the Secretary of State’s Office I encourage the Town to discuss this apparent conflict with the town’s legal counsel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It looks like we will have more changes to the Town Charter moving forward<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Re: Proposed Charter Amendments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
charter amendments for review. The proposed amendments were dated November 18, 2025, and
received by November 24, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Department of Revenue Administration do not object to the proposed charter amendments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
identified that current charter section 7.6 (proposed to be renumbered as section 6.04(c)), does
not appear to conform to current State law.<\/strong> RSA 49-D:3, I(e) authorizes a town charter to
include “citizen power of initiative, referendum, and recall as described in RSA 49-\u0421.”
(Emphasis added.) Although RSA chapter 49-C includes initiative and referendum procedures,
the statute does not provide any authority include a citizen recall procedure in a charter. In 2005,
the Superior Court struck down a recall provision in Seabrook’s town charter, ruling that the
legislature did not provide towns with the authority to include recall and removal procedures in
their charters. See Knowles, et al v Latham, et al, Rockingham Superior Court, Docket No.
2004-E-0361.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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