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Board of Aldermen 01-12-2021 Page 29

Alpine Grove was welcoming us back but we are following the rules. No we are not supposed to be
congregating together like that. So we decided that yes, we still needed to do something, even if it’s for our
children. So we still will have a youth speaker as usual but the adult speakers will be probably several for
maybe 10 to 15 minutes as to what that’s about. So | am inviting all my colleagues here and Statewide and
everywhere else as usual and the community at large. So there will be something sent out for that and that
will be on Monday approximately 9:00 a.m. and we figured it would be probably an hour, hour and a half on
Zoom or so.

But | also wanted to mention that First Baptist Church who are celebrating their 39" year Celebration of MLK
and let me see, | did pull it up here. | think | pulled it up. | Know it’s Saturday and | think Mr. Mayor is still
here, probably had more; | did have it up on my screen, | don’t know what — oh there it is. OK Saturday,
January the 16" at 7:00 p.m. the Keynote Speaker is the Reverend Dr. Willard Ashley Senior and he is Co-
Chair of Anti-Racism Coalition of Faith. They also have musical performances by First Baptist Church Choir,
New Hampshire Gay Men’s Choir, Julia Leonard, Vocalist Soloist and other musical performances. And that
will be online as well so | will send this out to Donna so hopefully she can share it with everybody else so that
if you want to be in attendance on Saturday, which is usually a good time, great time, and great speeches.

And actually for Monday as well, anyone in the Public that wishes to join, we will be happy to have you. Any
comments you want to make, we will be happy to have that as well. So thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else? Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

Yeah | just want to first correct my colleague Alderman Tencza. The organization that did all the work at PAL
is called “Building on Hope”. They are a small group of people and they’ve done some pretty amazing
projects. They are definitely worth checking in and we were really lucky to have them choose Nashua as a
community. PAL | won’t say is lucky because they are a force multiplier they usually hit way outside their
weight class; not only when they are boxing but when they are doing other programs. So we are just lucky to
have PAL.

| wanted to express my condolences to DPW at the loss of Andre. | wanted to thank the Board of Health for
taking the time to come out and present. And for all the work that Public Health and Healthcare Providers
have been doing behind the scenes, after hours, over the weekends to try to get us all through this. | wanted
to also thank Alderwoman Klee, it's been awhile but we did, since Christmas, but she took the lead on
Operation Enduring Welcome’s Christmas Tree decorating competition this year. We still had Veterans
decorating their hallways and trying to celebrate the Holidays as best they could. We had food donated by
Soel Sistas and then again for New Year's by Chick Fil-A. So it’s little things like that that | hope help people
get through this difficulty.

As Alderman Clemons pointed out, there is a lot of very unfortunate decisions made in the Capitol over the
week and a lot of them were by President Trump and by people who | believe were trying to represent him.
But I’ve gotten a lot of calls from people locally, a lot of concerns about how safe they feel. And all | can do is
remind them that this is Nashua, we are all neighbors we all Know each other. You can still contact your
Alderman, you can still contact your State Representatives. New Hampshire is a small State and | like to
think that we are a little bit closer together. To the people who decided that they were going to get caught up
in the mob and run off with podiums and violently attack Police Officers, | can’t soeak for the President but
you betrayed everybody who believes in the same things as you. Because that’s also what | am hearing a lot
of is people saying, Look, | believe in this but | would never have done that. And that’s wrong to take away
from other people.

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And | also think it’s wrong to take away what should be a point of transition for our country where we are
willing to say, OK Democracy happened. We put all of our hours into counting ballots and voting and our own
City Clerk worked many, many extra hours making sure that the polling stations were safe and orderly and
organized. And it just is a complete discredit to all of that to say, Well | didn’t get my way so they can’t be
true. That’s very unfortunate and we all still have to live together here in Nashua regardless of whatever is
going on in Washington.

So | would encourage people to just be mindful of the impact you have on others especially in that area. And
if you have beliefs and you have ideals and you want to push those forward, then run for office. We need
more people. Feel free to lead, mobilize and organize in positive ways; it speaks better to your message than
the alternatives. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else? I'd like to say a few things. First on the Brave New World art project, so impressive. The first
day | saw it, | was like, what is that. Then | slowed down and then | got stopped a light or an intersection and
| was able to read them and then every time | went by | tried to read a new one and | go by there almost every
day; very impressive. Great group of kids that were able to put that together and the teachers were amazing.
So | want to thank them and hope they continue doing that honest and just great things.

Also I'd like to send my condolences to the family of Andre Pelletier and Terry Romano. Terry Romano, |
knew her quite well, she was a very generous woman, very nice, very well-loved; she will be missed. | guess
that’s it.

Committee announcements:

President Wilshire

Alderman Dowd?

Alderman Dowd

Yes, Budget Monday 25 January at 7:00. We are going to have 3 bonds and a contract that night and we
had to schedule that way because of the timing involved. So there will be a fair amount on the Agenda so |
just want to make sure that everybody knows that’s when the meeting is.

President Wilshire

Is that 2020, or 2021 Alderman Dowd?

Alderman Dowd

| wish it was 2020 but no 2021.

President Wilshire

OK thank you. Any other Committee announcements? Alderman Caron?

Alderman Caron

Yes, thank you. The Personnel/Administrative Committee will be holding a Special Meeting on 1/21/21 for

discussion of two items. One is for the sewer fees and the other one is the hiring of a new Deputy Tax
Collector/Treasurer and that’s it. 7:00 — thank you.

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President Wilshire

Thank you, ok. Anyone else? Seeing none, Alderman O’Brien?

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE JANUARY 12, 2021, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 9:21 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

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1 Cumulative Cases: 4,644
. Active Cases: ~ 563
«o Deaths: 60
a Case Fatality Rate: 1.2%
1 Recovery Rate: 87%
«1 Hospitalization Rate: 2.4%

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Community Level Transmission Metrics (Nashua)

Level of New Cases per 100k New Hosp per 100k 7-Day Total Test
Transmission over 14 days over 14 days Positivity Rate
Substantial 953.4 2.2 12.8%

Data as of 1/11/2021

Individual Impact FP

«o Physiological
a Signs and symptoms of disease: pain and discomfort
a Recovery: 2-3 days to 2-4 months, or longer
o Financial
a Loss days from work: was 14-28 days, now 10-20 days or longer
0 Hospital stay (ED, ICU, Med Surg): averages $38,221 to $73,300
0 Funeral costs: Up to $10,000
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New Hampshire COVID-19 Vaccination Allocation Plan Summary
January 5, 2021

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Phase 1a (~110,000) Phase 2a (~175,000) Phase 3a (~325,000)
* High-risk health workers * People 65 - 74 years old * Medically vulnerable <50
* First

responders * K-12 school and childcare staff years old at moderately
* Residents and staff of long-term care and higher risk with 1 or
assisted living facilities more conditions (see list)

Phase 1b (~225,000)
* People 275 years old Phase 2b (~200,000) Phase 3b (~325,000)
* Medically vulnerable at significantly higher * People 50 — 64 years old * Everyone else not already
risk 2 or more conditions (see list) vaccinated
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vulnerable persons, <16 years old, not
eligible for vaccine
* Residents and staff of residential facilities for
persons with intellectual and developmental
disabilities
* Corrections officers and staff working in
correctional facilities
* First responders and health workers not
already vaccinated

DECEMBER - MARCH MARCH - MAY MAY AND BEYOND 2

*** Estimated timeframe depends on vaccine doses allocated to New Hampshire from the federal government and vaccine uptake***

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