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February 7, 2018

Mr. Brian McCarthy, President
Nashua Board of Aldermen
City of Nashua, NH

Dear President McCarthy,

The Board of Library Trustees requests a Joint Convention with the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen for the purpose of placing the name of Manuel Espitia in nomination as
Library Board Trustee for a seven year term to expire on March 31, 2025.

Mr. Espitia has been selected to join the board upon the retirement of Mr. Arthur L.
Barrett Jr., whose term will end on March 31, 2018.

Sincerely,

Arthur L. Barrett, Jr., Chairman
Board of Library Trustees
Nashua Public Library

Cc: James Donchess, Mayor
Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
Susan Lovering, Aldermanic Legislation Manager

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2 Court Street | Nashua, NH 03060 | 603.589.4600 | www.nashualibrary.org

Chairman Len Fournier - Superintendent Vice Chairman

NILES F. JENSEN JR. Mayor JIM DONCHESS - Ex-Officio MICHAEL L. MCLAUGHLIN
Secretary 101 Kinsley Street Treasurer
BARBARA A. WHITMORE Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 DAVID G. FREDETTE

Phone: (603) 594-3354 Fax: (603) 594-3418

February 14, 2018
Nashua Board of Alderman
Attn: Susan Lovering
City Hall
Nashua, NH 03060

Dear Susan,

Would you please schedule a Joint Convention with the Alderman to re-nominate Niles Jensen
and David Aponovich to new five year terms as Trustees of Woodlawn/Pinewood Cemeteries.

Thank You,
Len Fournier
Superintendent

Woodlawn/Pinewood Cemeteries

CC: Niles Jensen, Chairmen of Trustees

Incorporated 1895

CITY OF NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE

TRUSTEES OF

THE EDGEWOOD CEMETERY
Incorporated March 24, 1893

February 22, 2018

Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
229 Main St.

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Ms. Piecuch,

The Edgewood Cemetery Board of Trustees wishes to meet in joint convention with the
Board of Mayor & Aldermen for the purpose of electing 3 trustees. The trustees intend to
nominate Douglas Barker, 19 Swart Terrace, Nashua & Charles Hall, 37 Chester St.,
Nashua to 5 year terms expiring March 2023. Both are incumbents. They also intend to
nominate Brian Law, 78 Concord St., Nashua to fill the unexpired term of the late Buzz
Harrington which expires March 2020. Please notify me when this has been placed on the

agenda.

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Sincerely,

107 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 03064-2578 / Telephone (603) 594-3327

Jim Donchess
Mayor e City of Nashua

To: Board of Aldermen

From: Jim Donchess

Date: 2/22/18

Re: Purchase of Six (6) CNG Solid Waste Collection Vehicles

Pursuant to NRO § 5-90 (E) which states that approval by the Finance Committee of a contract award in
excess of $1,000,000 shall be submitted to t | Board of Aldermen at its next regularly scheduled
meeting for final approval prior to awar 1 contract, please consider the following. The Finance
Committee approved the award o reference d contract ai February 21, 2018 meeting. |
request the Board of Alderm concurrence :

Purchase of Six (6) CNG rchasing Manager’s

Memo #18-077 regarc

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

Gas) THE CITY OF NASHUA The tate City

Purchasing Department

February 15, 2018
Memo #18-077

TO: MAYOR DONCHESS
FINANCE COMMITTEE

SUBJECT: PURCHASE OF SIX (6) SOLID WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES (VALUE: $2,001,555)
DEPARTMENT: 168 SOLID WASTE; FUND: BOND
ACTIVITY: CERF

Please see the attached communication from Jeff Lafleur, Solid Waste Department Superintendent dated
February 8, 2018 for the information related to this purchase.

Pursuant to § 5-84 Special purchase procedures A. (3) Purchases which can be procured through
cooperative intergovernmental purchase agreements with other governmental jurisdictions.

The Solid Waste Department Superintendent, Board of Public Works (February 8, 2018 meeting) and the

Purchasing Department recommend the award of this purchase in an amount of $2,001,555 to McNeilus
Truck and Manufacturin Inc. of Morgantown, PA.

Respectfully,

NG Kooken

Purchasing Manager

Coe: J Lafleur L Fauteux

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229 Main Street e Nashua, New Hampshire 03061 e Phone (603) 589-3330 e Fax (603) 589-3233

a, 780 N. Commerciai Street
EVERS@URCE PO. Sora

Manchester, NH 03105-0330
ENERGY

Christopher J. Allwarden
Senior Counsel

603-634-2459
christopher.allwarden@eversource.com

February 20, 2018

CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Board of Alderman
City of Nashua

229 Main Street
PO Box 2019
Nashua, NH 03061

Dear Sir/Madam:
Enclosed is Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy's Application for
Abatement of Taxes Pursuant to New Hampshire RSA 76:16, which is filed with respect to taxes

assessed by Nashua as of April 1, 2017.

Should you have any questions concerning our abatement request, you may direct them to me or to
Eversource Energy's Tax Manager, Richard Heitz at (860) 665-2746.

Senior Counsel, Law Department

CJA:mlp
Enclosure

cc: R. Heitz
N. Cadwallader
M. Nelson, Esq.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
City of Nashua

Application for Abatement of Taxes
Pursuant to New Hampshire RSA 76:16

To the Board of Aldermen:

Pursuant to New Hampshire RSA 76:16, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing
business as Eversource Energy, a New Hampshire corporation with a principal place of business at
780 North Commercial Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 (hereinafter “PSNH”), applies for
abatement of taxes as follows:

(1) PSNH was, on April 1, 2017, the owner of certain transmission and/or distribution assets and
other property, as described on the attached schedule, located in Nashua, and was liable to pay not more
than a just and proportionate tax on its taxable property in Nashua.

(2) PSNH duly complied with all the requirements of New Hampshire RSA Chapter 74 with
respect to its 2017 property taxes in Nashua.

(3) Nashua, by its Assessor, appraised PSNH’s property for the purposes of ad valorem taxes as
of April 1, 2017, in the aggregate sum of $100,230,404 and assessed against PSNH a tax upon its said
property aggregating $2,329,404 and notified PSNH of said tax. PSNH paid said tax in full by
delivering to Nashua’s Collector of Taxes checks totaling $2,329,404.

(4) Said appraisal of $100,230,404 is in excess of a just and proportionate valuation of PSNH’s
taxable property in Nashua; the said tax assessed thereon is illegal, excessive in amount,
disproportionate and unjust; and therefore, PSNH maintains that just cause exists for the abatement of a
portion of the taxes assessed against its property as of April 1, 2017. PSNH is requesting abatement of
the taxes assessed against all of the properties listed on the attached schedule of its assessed properties in
Nashua.

(5) In support of its abatement request, PSNH submits that:

(a) The City’s assessment substantially exceeds the fair market value of PSNH’s taxable
property in Nashua.

(b) The City’s assessment of PSNH’s taxable property in Nashua does not adequately and
fairly reflect the impact of continued economic regulation on the value of such property.

(6) Among other things, PSNH submits that the following evidence demonstrates that the City’s
assessment is excessive and disproportional and does not reflect the fair market value of its real estate.

(a) Pursuant to RSA 83-F, the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration
(“DRA”) annually conducts an appraisal to determine the market value of PSNH and allocates
the aggregate value to all communities served by PSNH. In doing its appraisals, the DRA
employs generally accepted appraisal techniques and methodology and utilizes the same standard

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of market value as prescribed for ad valorem assessments under RSA 75:1. See RSA 83-F:3.
PSNH understands that the DRA advises all communities of the value allocated to each
community under its appraisal. Based on the DRA’s 2017 appraisal, the fair market value of
PSNH?’s taxable real estate in the City of Nashua for 2017 was $67,392,534.

(b) PSNH understands that there have been a number of sales of utility property, all of which
transacted at or about the property’s net book value, the base of utility earnings. Those sales
include the 2012 sale of the assets and operations of Granite State Electric Company, a New
Hampshire electric distribution utility, to Liberty Utilities, which was approved by the New
Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.

(c) The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently affirmed a decision of the Merrimack
County Superior Court in favor of PSNH with respect to its tax appeals involving the Town of
Bow for tax years 2012 and 2013. See PSNH v. Town of Bow, 2018 N.H. Lexis! (January 11,
2018). Among other things, the Supreme Court made clear that net book value is an appropriate
valuation methodology for regulated transmission and distribution property which the finder of
fact can properly rely upon based on its evaluation of the evidence presented.

(7) PSNH reserves the right to present additional information in support of its request for
abatement, including an appraisal by an independent appraisal firm utilizing all applicable approaches to
value.

(8) PSNH hereby requests a hearing before the Aldermen to present and discuss the DRA’s
appraisal, as well as additional relevant information in support of its request for an abatement.

(9) By signing below, PSNH certifies and swears under the penalties of perjury that this
application has a good faith basis and the facts stated are true to the best of its knowledge.

WHEREFORE, PSNH requests (a) that the Board of Aldermen reconsider the matter of a just
and proportional valuation of PSNH’s property for the purpose of ad valorem property taxation as of
April 1, 2017, and re-determine a just and proportional valuation thereof and a just and proportional tax
thereon; and (b) that so much of the taxes assessed against PSNH on account of said property as of April
1, 2017, as may be found to have been unjust, disproportional and unreasonable in light of such re-
determined valuation be abated and refunded to PSNH together with interest from the date of payment
of said taxes to the date of repayment; and (c) such other or further relief on account of said taxes as
may be just and equitable.

Respectfully submitted,

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
OF NEW WC d/b/a VERSOURCE ENERGY

Dated: | 20 | ( SX By: / 7

Christophe J. Allwarden

Senior Courisel, Law Department
780 North Commercial Street
Manchester, NH 03101

(603) 634-2459

NASHUA, NH

DESCRIPTION MAP/LOT NO. LAND BUILDINGS | ASSESSMENT
L&B LOCK STREET 41-24 898,800 91,315,504 92,214,304
370 AMHERST STREET - AWC G-93 2,658,400 896,200 3,554,600
NASHUA ROW 0-03 0 799,300 799,300
1 JACKSON SQUARE 41-1 523,300 21,100 544,400
81 DANIEL WEBSTER HWY A-179 313,500 6,000 319,500
L ATHERTON AVE 47-203 302,000 0 302,000
L LOCK STREET 46-49 267,400 0 267,400
L DUBLIN AVE E-2209 240,400 0 240,400
311 BROAD STREET E-165 204,300 14,400 218,700
LAMPLIGHTER DRIVE ROW 49-295 198,300 0 198,300
34 PINE HILL ROAD E-70 194,500 6,800 201,300
L LOCK STREET 41-10 197,600 0 197,600
L CONCORD STREET 54-53 180,400 0 180,400
1 Dublin Ave 53-2 164,500 3,100 167,600
LAMPLIGHTER DRIVE 48-116 158,300 0 158,300
37 SIMON STREET E-2135 144,900 0 144,900
77 PINE STREET 77-2A 136,200 7,000 143,200
L FRONT STREET 78-93 127,800 0 127,800
L BURKE STREET 11-159 114,300 9,300 123,600
220 LUND ROAD 106-19 83,600 1,000 84,600
L TEMPLE STREET 38-85 31,200 0 31,200
L PIKE ST A-1002 11,000 0 11,000

Special Bd. of Aldermen — 02/27/2017

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Ald. Wilshire, Ald. Harriott-Gathright, Ald. Dowd
Ald. Klee, Ald. Laws, Ald. Caron, Ald. Kelly
Ald. Jette, Ald. Melizzi-Golja, Ald. Tencza
Ald. Schmidt, Ald. O’Brien, Ald. McCarthy 13

Nay: 0

MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:16 p.m.

Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk

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