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LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

RESOLUTION: R-22-036
PURPOSE: Authorizing Pennichuck Corporation to renew and extend its

line of credit with TD Bank, N.A.

ENDORSERS: Alderman Patricia Klee
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Pennichuck Water Special Committee
FISCAL NOTE: None.
ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the request from Pennichuck Corporation to renew and extend its line
of credit with TD Bank, N.A. as described in the resolution.

We have forwarded additional information provided by Pennichuck on the proposal to the Board
of Aldermen.

Article 1X (3) of Pennichuck Corporation's Articles of Incorporation and Article V $2 of the
Pennichuck Corporation’s by-laws requires City approval for the borrowing.

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By:__/s/ Dorothy Clarke

Date: May 18, 2022

R-22-037

RESOLUTION

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $1,031,630 FROM THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO
VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES

CITY OF NASHUA

fn the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the City of Nashua and
the Division of Public Health and Community Services are authorized to accept $1,031,630 from
the State of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services into the following
Public Health and Community Services Grant Activities for the purpose of supporting staffing
capacity and operations to deliver a broad range of public health services in the Greater Nashua
Public Health Region.

Activity FY2023 FY2024 Total
Emergency Preparedness 187,728 187,728 375,456
Substance Misuse Prevention 92,862 92,862 185,724
Strategic Planning Prevention 70,427 70,427 140,854
COVID Response 30,000 50,000 100,000
Continuum of Care Facilitation 39,798 39,798 79,596
Public Health Advisory Council 30,000 30,000 60,000
School Based Vaccination Clinics 15,000 [5,000 30,000
Overdose Prevention 25,000 e 25,000
Hospital Preparedness 10,000 10,000 20,000
COVID Health Disparities 15,000 - 15,000
Total: $ 535,815 $ 495,815 $ 1,031,630

This funding shall be in effect from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

RESOLUTION: R-22-037
PURPOSE: Relative to the acceptance of $1,031,630 from the State of New

Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services into
various Public Health and Community Services Grant
Activities.

SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

COM Human Affairs Committee
FISCAL NOTE: The fiscal impact is $1,031,630 of grants to be used for a specific

purpose.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the City to accept funds from the State of New Hampshire Department
of Health and Human Services for the purpose of providing regional public health network
services in the Greater Nashua Public Health Region. This funding shall be in effect from July 4,
2022 through June 30, 2024.

Approved as to account Financial Services Division
structure, numbers,

and amount: By:__ /s/ John L. Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By:__/s/ Dorothy Clarke

Date: May 18, 2022?

R-22-038

RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS
NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION AND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,450,000) FOR WALNUT STREET OVAL INTERSECTION

PROJECT AND WEST PEARL STREET STREETSCAPING

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the Mayor of the City
of Nashua and the City Treasurer of the City of Nashua are hereby authorized to issue and sell
general obligation bonds of the City in an aggregate principal not to exceed two million and four
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,450,000), The proceeds of said bonds shall be used for the
Walnut Street Oval Intersection Project and West Pearl Street Streetscaping:

Project Amount to be borrowed Useful Life
Walnut Street Oval Intersection Project #41526 $ 555,000 20 Years
West Pearl Street Streetscaping $1,895,000 20 Years
Total $ 2,450,000

Pursuant to Nashua City Charter §54-a, this resolution requires a “duly advertised public
hearing.” Also see N.H. RSA 33:9, which requires a 2/3 vote for passage of this resolution.

The bonds shall be general obligations of the City of Nashua. payable as to principal and
interest from ad valorem taxes, which will be tevied without limitation as to rate or amount on all
taxable property within the territorial limits of the City of Nashua.

The bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signature of the City Treasurer and the
Mayor. In accordance with Chapter 91 of the New Hampshire Acts of 2005, bonds issued
pursuant to this resolution shall not require an authenticating certificate of a bank or trust
company doing business in the State of New Hampshire or The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, or the Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

RESOLUTION R-22-038

The bonds are to be issued in fully-registered form by means of a book-entry system or
otherwise and shall have such terms and conditions and be in such form, subject to the provisions
of this resolution and applicable law, as shall be determined by the Mayor and the City

Treasurer.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Mayor is authorized to enter into the required
contracts therefor as well as any amendments to be made thereto or any other documentation
necessary for the receipt of said funds.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

RESOLUTION: R-22-038
PURPOSE: Authorizing the Mayor and City Treasurer to issue bonds not

to exceed the amount of two million and four hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($2,450,000) for the Walnut Street Oval
Intersection Project and West Pearl Street Streetscaping

SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

COMMITTEE Budget Review Committee

ASSIGNMENT: Board of Public Works

FISCAL NOTE: The bond would be sold in FY 23 for a twenty (20) year term. It is

estimated the interest rate will be approximately 4.0 % and the
total cost of the bond over the twenty (20) years will be $3,479,000
including interest. The average annual payment will be
approximately $173,950 beginning in FY 24.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the Mayor and the City Treasurer of the City of Nashua to issue and
sell gencral obligation bends of the City in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed up to
$2,450,000 for the projects described in the resolution. The Walnut Street Oval project can be
found in the FY 2023 Capital Improvements Program.

As this legislation is an authorization to borrow money, this resolution requires a “duly
advertised public hearing” pursuant to Nashua City Charter §54-a. NH RSA 33:9 requires a 2/3
vote of all the members for the issuance of bonds. This resolution is also a specific non-budget,
supplementary appropriation, permitted by Charter Sec. 53. Requirements for that are notice and
a public hearing. A two-thirds vote is required under Charter Sec. 56-b for an item or amount
not in the mayor’s budget. A roll call is required under Charter Sec. 49.

This legislation should be referred to the Board of Public Works for its review and approval.
The West Pearl Street Strectscaping Project is pending Capital Improvements Committee
approval.

Approved as to account Financial Services Division

structure, numbers,

and amount: By:__/s/ John L. Griffin _
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By:__/s/ Dorothy Clarke

Date: May 18, 2022

0-22-018

ORDINANCE

AMENDING ALDERMANIC JOINT COMMITTEES

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

WHEREAS, § 60 of the City's Charter states that the board of public works and the land and
buildings committee of the board of aldermen (n/k/a the Committee on Infrastructure), “jointly
shall direct the construction of all buildings erected, altered. remodeled or changed, for the use of

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the public works department... .;

WHEREAS, § A-104 of the City’s Charter states that “[ajll buildings erected, altered,
remodeled, or changed, for the use of the police department shall be constructed and made under
the joint direction of the [police] commissioners and the [Committee on Infrastructure]”;

WHEREAS, § A-593 of the City’s Charter states that the board of fire commissioners and the
Committee on Infrastructure, “jointly, shall direct the construction of all buildings erected,
altered, remodeled or changed, for the use of the fire department”; and

WHEREAS, it is desired to have rules similar to the statutorily created Joint Special School
Building Committees for the above-referenced joint committees.

NOW THEREFORE, the City of Nashua ordains that in Part | “Administrative Legislation”
Chapter 5 “Administration of Government”. Part 2 “Board of Aldermen”, Article II “General
Provisions”, Section 5-9 “Standing committees”, subsection B of the Nashua Revised
Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further amended by deleting the strikethrough language and
adding the new underlined language as follows:

ORDINANCE

O-22-018

Ҥ 5-9, Standing committees.

(6)

Joint committees: Joint Special School Bulding Committee-com prised -of
five+members-of the Beard-ofAldermen-and ive members-of the Board of
Edveation-as_provided-by ind for-the purposesf_ New Hampshire Revised

Statutes nnetated Chapter-108.

(a)

Tae of Fthe Board of Alder men and five oe of the Board
of Education as provided by and for the purposes of New
Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated Chapter [99,

Joint Committee on Infrastructure and Board of Public Works
Building Committee comprised of ali the members of the Board of
Public Works and all members of the Committce on Infrastructure
for the purposes of § 60 of the City Charter. The chairperson of
the Committee on Infrastructure shall be the chairperson of the
committee. All funds appropriated by the Board of Aldermen for
the construction of all buildings erected, altered, remodeled or
changed shall be administered bv the committee, and those funds
shall be disbursed upon authorization of the committee until final!
acceptance of the building by the Board of Aldermen. The
committee shall oversee and decide all matters relating to any
construction on public works buildings: prepare and submit
monthly status reports relating to construction progress to the
Board of Aldermen; and prepare and submit monthly financial
reports to the total authorized construction budget and expenditures
to date to the Board of Aldermen.

Joint Committee on Infrastructure and Police Commissioners
Building Committee comprised of all the Police Commissioners
ancd_all members of the Committee on Infrastructure for the
purposes of § A-]04 of the City Charter. The chairperson of the
Committee on Infrastructure shall be the chairperson of the
committee. All funds appropriated by the Board of Aldermen for
the construction of all buildings erected, altered, remodeled or
changed shall be administered by the committee, and those funds
shall be disbursed upon authorization of the committee until final
acceptance of the building by the Board of Aldermen. The
committce shall oversee and decide all matters relating to any
construction on police department buildings: prepare and submit
monthly status reports relating to construction progress to the
Board of Aldermen; and prepare and submit monthly financial
reports to the total authorized construction budget and expenditures
to date to the Board of Aldermen.

ORDINANCE

O-22-018

Joint Committee on Infrastructure and Fire Commissioners
Building Committee comprised of all the Fire Commissioners and
all members of the Committee on Infrastructure for the purposes of
§ A-593 of the City Charter. The chairperson of the Committee on
Infrastructure shall be the chairperson of the committee. All funds
appropriated by the Board of Aldermen for the construction of all
buildings erected, altered, remodeled or changed shall be
administered by the committee, and those funds shall be disbursed
upon authorization of the committee until final acceptance of the
building by the Board of Aldermen. The committee shall oversec
and decide all matters relating to any construction on fire
department buildings: prepare and submit monthly status reports
relating to construction progress to the Board of Aldermen; and
prepare and submit monthly financial reports to the total
authorized construction budget and expenditures to date to the
Board of Aidermen.

The joint committees mn (a} — (d) above shall be exempt trom the
provisions § 5-90.”

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

ORDINANCE: O-22-018
PURPOSE: Amending Aldermanic Joint Committees
ENDORSER(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

COMMITTEE Personnel /Administrative Affairs Committee
ASSIGNMENT:
FISCAL NOTE: None.

ANALYSIS

This legislation deletes and restates the existing Joint Committee for school buildings language
and further adds new sections based on a joint committee process set-up in the City Charter
relative to the construction, erecting, altering, remodeling or changing of certain city buildings.
The legislation further delineates the chairperson of the Committee on Infrastructure to be the
chairperson of the respective joint committees and creates minimum reporting requirements
while exempting the joint committees from NRO Section 5-90.

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By: /s/ Celia K. Leonard

Date: May 18, 2022