This week in Manchester
What's coming up at City Hall, what was decided, and how the city is doing. Updated every morning.
Coming up
All meetingsPublic hearing: residents can speak
- Zoning Board of Adjustment, 6:00 PM · Public hearings on 14 zoning variance requests and two rehearing requests for properties across Manchester.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Public hearings on 14 zoning variance requests and two rehearing requests for properties across Manchester.
Recently decided
All decisionsFrom the latest minutes the city has posted. Minutes come out after a board approves them, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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Committee on Human Resources/Insurance
Approved four personnel and staffing changes across Human Resources, Aviation, and Police departments and voted to expedite each to the full Board.
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Committee on Administration/Information Systems
Approved a Motorola system upgrade contract and amended bylaws for the Manchester Development Corporation.
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Committee on Public Safety, Health & Traffic
Approved Traffic Division parking changes on Elm and Chestnut Streets and recommended an Ordinance Amendment on PFAS chemicals for referral.
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Committee on Community Improvement
Approved 23 budget and grant items, including opioid settlement funds, a JFK Coliseum chiller plant grant, and police training funding.
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Committee on Lands and Buildings
Approved a community mural at Cullerot Park, a stream protection declaration, and a Derryfield School license agreement.
How the city is doing
- Open 311 requests 1,480 ↑ 13 from last week445 with no update in over a year
- Typical time for the city to acknowledge a request Under 1 hour Median, past 12 months · 88% of requests were acknowledged
- Average single-family tax bill $6,620 Tax year 2025 · Calculated by Publick from state figures
- Unemployment rate 2.7% ↓ 0.8 pts from July 2025July 2026 (preliminary) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (opens in new tab)
Explore
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Meetings
When the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, its committees, and the city's boards and commissions meet, with agendas, and the aldermen's minutes from January 2026 on.
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311 Requests
How fast Public Works responds to service requests, by category and ward.
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City budget
The city's adopted budget, its property tax rate and where the tax goes, and the average single-family tax bill.
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Schools
Manchester School District's graduation rate, state test results, and cost per pupil, with the state's.
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Housing
New homes permitted, home values and rents, and the housing stock.
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Who represents you
The mayor, aldermen, and Board of School Committee, by office and by ward, and how to reach them.