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O-16-026
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
COMBINING THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS AND THE BOARD OF FIRE PREVENTION
CODE APPEALS INTO ONE BOARD OF BUILDING AND FIRE CODES APPEALS

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

Jim Donchess
Mayor e City of Nashua

To: Board 7
From: Jim onenss 1AM)

Date: 11/17/16

Re: Notification of entry into contract with Essex Power Services for Operation and Maintenance of Two
Hydroelectric Facilities

Pursuant to NRO § 5-74 (B), which states that a contract that extends from the current fiscal year into
succeeding fiscal year(s) in which no funds have been appropriated nor otherwise designated for this
purpose shall be approved by the full Board of Aldermen before the contract shall become binding on the

City.

The Finance Committee approved and placed on file the notification of the award of the referenced contract
at their November 16, 2016 meeting. | am requesting the concurrence and approval of the full Board of
Aldermen for the award of the following contract:

This is notification of entry into a contract with Essex Power Services of Boscawen, NH and Boston, MA for
Operation and Maintenance of Two Hydroelectric Facilities. Attached please find Finance Memo # 17-079
regarding this contract. This contract is for three (3) years.

229 Main Street *« PO Box 2019 « Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019
603.589.3260 ° fax 603.594.3450 * NashuaMayor@NashuaNH.gov
www.NashuaNH.gov

@\ THE CITY OF NASHUA The Cate Cty

Financial Services

Purchasing Department

November 9, 2016
Memo #17-079

TO: MAYOR DONCHESS
FINANCE COMMITTEE

SUBJECT: CONTRACT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TWO HYDROELECTRIC
FACILITIES (VALUE $398,200)
DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT 170 HYDROELECTRIC OPERATIONS; FUND: GENERAL

Please see attached communication from Madeleine Mineau, Waterways Manager, dated
November 2, 2016 for information related to this contract award.

Pursuant to § 5-78 Major purchases (greater than $10,000) A. All supplies and contractual
services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed

$10,000 shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest responsible bidder, after
due notice inviting bids.

The Waterways Department and Purchasing Department recommend the award of this contract
to Essex Power Services of Boscawen, NH and Boston, MA in an amount of $398,200.
Respectfully,

Dan Kooken

Purchasing Manager

Ce: S. Marchant M.Mineau J. Graziano

229 Main Street » Nashua, New Hampshire 03061 « Phone (603) 589-3330 e Fax (603) 589-3344

A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia Piecuch recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia Piecuch; Alderman Tom Lopez led in the Pledge to the Flag.

The roll call was taken with 14 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Clemons was recorded
absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also present.

President McCarthy

Last week Nashua lost a couple of good friends of this Board: former Alderman Britton and a long-time state
representative, Angie Kopka, and | would ask that we observe a moment of silence in memory of them.

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

Mayor Donchess

As we all know we had our election yesterday and many people came to the polls and | wanted to especially
commend City Clerk Piecuch and her entire staff for working very long and very hard towards a very
successful result. The city registered several thousand people before the election using the extended hours
that the City Clerk’s office set up and then registered over 5,000 people yesterday at the polls for a total of
almost 10,000 people. The City Clerk’s staff worked through the entire weekend. There were some glitches
that could have resulted in problems; the Secretary of State didn’t give us enough ballots and some of them
might have been smudged but Ms. Piecuch worked through all of those problems with her staff and all of the
people who worked in the polls. We had the regular poll workers, the moderators and others but also special
people who were registering new voters all day long at all of the polling places. Everyone did a great job and
the results were reported quickly and efficiently with no problems and in a big election like this that is not an
easy job. Two of our own members here were up for re-election yesterday. | would like to congratulate
Alderman O’Brien and Alderman LeBrun on their re-elections to the House. In the coming term we as a city
want to work carefully with our legislative delegation and members elsewhere to advance Nashua’s interests
and the interests of municipalities across the state. | will be holding a meeting for the new members of the
legislature in the coming weeks, probably in December and the Board of Aldermen would be very welcome to
attend. We will let you know when we schedule that.

Tomorrow night is the budget meeting where we are going to discuss some of the unique challenges that we
face in next weeks’ budget. It will be upstairs in the City Hall Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. and | hope as many of
you as possible can make it. We've invited all of the other Boards that participate in the city budgeting
process as well. We want to begin the discussion now on the issues that we will be looking at and begin to
get the community input both from the people who are direct participants but also voters and other citizens
and community members.

On Friday, as | am sure you know, we have the Veteran’s Day Parade which will kick-off in the morning at
Holman Stadium. We expect a good crowd and | think the weather is supposed to be pretty good so | hope
as many of you as possible can join us. There is also a lunch afterwards at the Elm Street Middle School
Cafeteria for those who are interested.

Finally, | would like to join President McCarthy in expressing sorrow for the deaths of the two leading citizens
that passed away over the last couple of weeks. Angie Kopka who was 100 years old and who has been a
very prominent citizen in Nashua for a long time and also Fred Britton who | knew when | was in city
government before and | think some of you served with him on the Board of Aldermen. They will both be
missed.

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RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

Alderman Lopez

| wanted to echo the Mayor’s comments regarding the City Clerk and the amazing job they all did as well as
the people working at the polls. | would like to add special thanks for the effort to provide free bus
transportation using the Nashua City Bus. That was very well received from people in my Ward.

Alderman O’Brien

The Moderator in Ward 9, Don Dillaby, he may be retiring and he will be sorely missed, he did his job well.

Alderman Siegel

| would like to echo the sentiments of my colleague, Alderman O’Brien, Don is amazing. He is super
professional and although he has said it’s his last election on several occasion but if it is his last election then
he went out as a star. | would also like to echo the praise for our Clerk, Tricia Piecuch, who | had the
privilege of spending a little time talking to about the procedures that are involved and if people knew exactly
how complicated some of this stuff is and the logistics, it’s mind altering and it’s very interesting — great job!

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

| would also like to express congratulation to Tricia. | had several people from Wards other than my own and
all of them commented on how efficiently the lines moved in the morning. All of your efforts were
appreciated. | also want to congratulate the re-elected members of our Board who will be going up to
Concord again.

Alderman Caron

| would also like to echo the nice job that the City Clerk did and also for the Ward workers because it is a
thankless job. In Ward 7 we had a lot of new people there and they worked very hard and | did get a lot of
comments about the new pop-up voting booths, people really liked them. Good job!

Alderman Dowd

| was there for most of the day at Ward 2 and | was amazed at how long the lines were at some point and
how quickly they processed them through to vote. We had a lot of people come that were handicapped and
the Moderator allowed them to go to the head of the line.

RECOGNITION PERIOD — None

READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

MEETING OF OCTOBER 25, 2016, BE ACCEPTED, PLACED ON FILE, AND THE READING

SUSPENDED
MOTION CARRIED

COMMUNICATIONS

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS BE READ BY TITLE ONLY
MOTION CARRIED

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From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Notification of Entry into Contract with a 3 Party Supplier for Electricity Supply

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE MULTI-
YEAR CONTRACT TO CONSTELLATION NewENERGY, INC.
MOTION CARRIED

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED
UPON THIS EVENING

Mr. Fred Teeboom, 24 Cheyenne Drive
Ordinance O-16-11 Reduced Taxation for Charter Schools has lingered “on the table” for about 6 months.
Let us examine the facts.

Two charter schools are located in Nashua: the Academy for Science and Design (ASD) and the

MicroSociety Academy.

>» ASD (grades 6-12) has 525 students, of whom 263 reside in Nashua.
>» MicroSociety (grades K-8) has 151 students, of whom 96 reside in Nashua.

A total of 464 students resident within Nashua attend charter schools in the region, within and outside
Nashua. This data is tabulated on the Nashua Board of Education website, under “budgets.”

The students who reside within Nashua and attend the two charter schools located in Nashua must be
provided with bus transportation provided by the Nashua School District, by state law

Now let us examine the cost savings.

The tuition cost to taxpayers for a student K-12 in the Nashua School District is $13,000 per year. The cost
for a student attending a charter school is $5,600 a year. Thus the savings in tuition cost per student who
attend a Charter School is $7,400 per student. This totals to a savings of $3.4 million for the 464 Nashua
students who attend charter schools, offloaded from the Nashua School District

The cost to transport students resident in Nashua to the two Charter Schools in Nashua is about $160,000
according to the Nashua School District business office.

Thus the cost savings to the Nashua taxpayers is $3.2 million, for students attending charter schools who
otherwise would be attending the Nashua School District

The loss of tax revenues under O-16-11 is $80,000 for ASD and $65,000 for the MicroSociety, for a
combined loss of $145,000. This figure, missing from the financial analysis section of this ordinance, was
provided by alderman Dowd.

Thus the net cost savings is over $3 million.

What do we get for these savings?

According to the comprehensive School Digger rankings (www.school digger.com) the Academy for Science
and Design is consistently the top performing high school in New Hampshire. Furthermore, it is ranked

among the top 50 high schools in the entire United States. Consider that the ASD must accept, by law,
special education students with an IEP.

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By contrast, Nashua High School North is ranked #62 out of 82 high schools in the state for the 2015-2016
school, and Nashua High School South is ranked #59. Thus, the two high schools in the Nashua School
District are ranked with the bottom 25% of the high schools in New Hampshire.

Why would anyone vote against Ordinance O-16-11

The Nashua Teachers Union with its $89,000 loaded average cost per teacher per year would be much
against this. Same as the teachers unions who advertised against Question #2 in Massachusetts to lift the
cap on the number of charter schools permitted in this state.

So we need to examine, which aldermen received contributions from the Nashua Teachers Union (NTU)
for such contributions come with strings attached.

From the contributions reported for the 2015 Municipal election on reported the Nashua City Clerk’s website:

President McCarthy
Mr. Teeboom, | am going to stop you. If you want to address the merits of the bill, that’s fine. If you want to
read from the records about who accepted money from the Teacher’s Union, that’s fine. | know that had

nothing to do with my decision and | suspect that many of my colleagues around the horseshoe feel the
same way so please do not attribute motives to why members of this Board vote the way they do.

Mr. Teeboom

| am saying that the Teacher’s Union contributes and they don’t contribute because they expect nothing in
return.

Alderman Dowd and Alderman Caron never filed a report and | am going to find out tomorrow why.

There were seven Aldermen who voted yes and none of them accepted union contributions. You can accept
any motive you wish, I’m only laying this out as facts on the table.

NO--Voting to reject
NTU Contribution

1. McCarthy $500
2. O’Brien $500
3. Wilshire $500
4. Clemons $250
5. Melizzi-Golja $250
6. Lopez 0
7. Dowd not posted (not filed?)
8. Caron not posted (not filed?)

YES —Voting to pass
NTU Contribution

Deane
Cookson
Moriarty
McGuinness
Schoneman
LeBrun
Siegel

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These teachers’ union contributions to the no voters speak volumes.

Alderman LeBrun, sponsor of this ordinance, please move to take O-16-11 off the table with a roll call vote,
and let’s find out who is in the pockets of the teachers union and against the welfare of our kids.

Thank you.
Mr. Robert Sullivan, 12 Stoney Brook Road

| also want to talk about O-16-011. Alderman LeBrun, thank you for bringing this to the forefront. First when
| heard that the majority of the Board of Aldermen declined to pass this | thought boy, what a mean spirited
group because this legislation proves, | believe, the quality of education delivered to the students in certain
schools but then | went and read the minutes of the meeting and | found that many individuals had concerns
that were raised during the discussion period. Some of them thought, for instance, that the landlord would
get the money instead of the school in question. There was even talk that this year we can’t afford to take
whatever monies were being reduced as revenues because we are even talking about eliminating feeding
children with the lunch program. One individual indicated that if parents want to send their children to the
charter school then they can pay for it. | think there is some confusion pertaining to this piece of legislation. |
don’t know if you are going to take it off the table this evening. I’m not going to repeat what Mr. Teeboom
brought up because | thought some of the facts were pretty accurate in which he highlighted. Maybe what
you could do is take it off the table and push it back to the committee and discuss it again and take a look at
the issues that were raised and try to clarify the issues. | think that this is an important piece of legislation. |
believe that the public school system is needed and | don’t think this piece of legislation is going to affect the
public school system at all.

PETITIONS

Petitions for Street Acceptance for Annabelle Court, A portion of Cherrywood Drive. Moonstone Court
and Tamora Court
e Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Approving Street Acceptances

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COOKSON TO GRANT THE PETITIONS FOR STREET ACCEPTANCE FOR
ANNABELLE COURT, A PORTION OF CHERRYWOOD DRIVE, MOONSTONE COURT AND TAMORA
COURT

MOTION CARRIED

NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Appointments by the Mayor

The following Appointments by the Mayor were read into the record:

Downtown Improvement Committee

James Tobin (New Appointment) Term to Expire: November 2, 2019
36 Dogwood Drive

Nashua, NH 03062

Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee

Bruce Lund (New Appointment) Term to Expire: November 1, 2019

2 Clocktower Place, #227
Nashua, NH 03060

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Planning Board

Gerry Repucci (New Appointment) Term to Expire: March 31, 2017
17 Badger Street, #1
Nashua, NH 03060

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DEANE TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR AS READ AND
REFER THEM TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MOTION CARRIED

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
Budget Review Committee ... 2.0... 0.0... cece cee cee cee ee cet eeeeeeeee ees 10/24/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the October 24, 2016,
Budget Review Committee accepted and placed on file.

Finance Committee 2.0.0.0... 00. ccc eee cee eee cesses sev eeevavevevereerererer se 11/02/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the November 2, 2016,
Finance Committee accepted and placed on file.

Committee on Infrastructure ... 000... cee cee ece cee eeeceeeeeeeeeee es. 11/03/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the November 3, 2016,
Committee on Infrastructure accepted and placed on file.
Planning & Economic Development Committee...........................11/01/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the November 1, 2016,
Planning & Economic Development Committee accepted and placed on file.

WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS — None
CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS — None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-16-071
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Ben Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO EXTEND THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE NASHUA
DOG OWNERS GROUP, INC. FOR THE DOG PARK AT YUDICKY FARM
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-071
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-071 declared duly adopted.

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R-16-074
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $25,000 FROM DEPARTMENT #179 “LIBRARY,” ACCOUNT
CLASSIFICATION 51 “SALARIES AND WAGES” AND ACCOUNT CLASSIFICATION 52 “FRINGE
BENEFITS” INTO DEPARTMENT #183 “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-074
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-074 declared duly adopted.

R-16-075

Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd

AUTHORIZING RELEASE OF A CERTAIN ACCESS EASEMENT OVER 482 AMHERST STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-075
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-075 declared duly adopted.

R-16-076
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO EXTEND AND AMEND THE LEASE FOR THE
HERITAGE RAIL TRAIL COMMUNITY GARDEN
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-076
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-076 declared duly adopted.