Despite an announcement from Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur over the weekend that he was “unstepping down” from his chairmanship after voluntarily vacating the seat last week, city officials said Monday that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen chair seat will remain empty until a vote is taken next month.

Aldermen will also be asked at the Oct. 7 board meeting to direct the city solicitor and clerk to draft anti-harassment rules to be added to their rules of decorum, along with a motion stating neither the board “nor the City of Manchester will tolerate personal attacks, threats, or innuendos against its employees or other officials.”

Levasseur stepped down as chairman of the board on Sept. 17, just ahead of a scheduled special meeting where fellow board members were expected to strip him of t

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