The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA's legal services or your municipal attorney.
I hope you had a fun and restful holiday session, with purely civil family gatherings and not a single delayed flight or traffic jam!
In NHMA’s world, the new year means preparation for most of our members’ town meetings and elections and the start of another legislation session.
Legal services is busy answering your questions about town meeting procedures, petitioned warrant articles, and warrant article amendments, while also providing our annual Moderator Workshops—one for traditional town meetings, and one for SB 2 town meetings. Meanwhile, downtown Concord, your advocacy team is working with legislators and other stakeholders to promote and advocate for NHMA’s member-adopted legislative policies and principles. Of course, the work that goes into this session actually started at the end of the 2025 session—with just a little bit of a break in between! Please remember that for 2026, legislative hearings will take place at the State House and at a new, temporary location called Granite Place, while the Legislative Office Building (LOB) undergoes renovations. Please refer to page 17 of this issue of Town & City for information on the Granite Place location. We need local officials in Concord testifying at hearings and speaking to legislators—not lost somewhere in the Capitol City!
Speaking of member policies and principles, “even years” at NHMA have another important purpose: they serve as legislative policy years. This is an opportunity for city and town officials to work to craft, and ultimately adopt, NHMA’s legislative agenda for the upcoming biennium. To get involved, please contact governmentaffairs@nhmunicipal.org.
Finally, as I hope you’ve seen by now, NHMA unveiled its new logo at our Annual Conference in November. This effort was part of our strategic plan, and we see it as a simple—yet significant—modernization of our prior logo. We hope you love it!
P.S. Member dues invoices were sent out in late October 2025. Please submit your municipality’s 2026 dues payment, or a statement of when you intend to pay, by January 31, 2026. If you have questions about your invoice, please contact us at finance@nhmunicipal.org.