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Board of Aldermen 12-23-2019 Page 27

So we didn’t do it here, but they did it nationally so beginning this summer it will be illegal to sell tobacco or
vaping products to anyone under the age of 21.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Yes thank you. First | would like to address the Middle School Bond. | have been a member of Joint
Special from the time | was on the Board of Education so prior to the signing off on Nashua High School
South. | remember going through that building with Kim Shaw who was on the Board at the time and
looking at blocks in the wall that weren’t put in correctly and doing the punch list. Those Middle Schools
have always been a concern and we’ve gone on and done things to elementary schools, so it’s nice to see
we are finally coming together to address all of the middle schools in one fell swoop.

It has been my pleasure to serve with all of you; some of you I’ve known for awhile and | know you socially.
Others | have gotten to know and am coming to know you socially. | appreciate all you bring to the Board. |
think that it is very important for the public to see us having the questions and the debate that we have here
so they know that we really are thinking about what we are doing and not just, Oh yes this is what we are
all going to do. So | encourage you to continue to ask questions and have debate among yourselves.

As | said to the Mayor if there is something you need me to do, if | can do it, | am more than willing. To my
family who has put up with over 10 years of “No I’m sorry I'll meet you at a restaurant and I'll get there
before you and I'll leave before you finish your dinner but we can talk for 20 minutes”. So | appreciate their
tolerance for that and also several of the restaurant owners who allow us to eat in shifts. That's been
greatly appreciated. So | just say to all of you, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza and Best
Wishes for not only 2020 but the 2 years moving forward in your new term. It is never easy and as
Alderman Clemons said, it is never a good year but we do figure it out and | do think that it is just important
to come together and understand that you often have, you always have a greater depth of knowledge.
That’s what you are here for, to read the documents and get the information and make the hard decisions.
And | know you do that and so it is just important that you feel secure in your knowledge and you can’t
always share all of that because frankly no one wants to know the detail That’s why you ran for office and
other people didn’t. | commend you because | know it is hard work so | wish you well. Thank you.

Alderman Tencza

Thank you. First I’d just like to wish everyone Happy Holidays, | hope everyone has a great Christmas and
Hanukah and Kwanza and Happy New Year. Also | would like to congratulate Alderman Gidge. A lot of
people know Alderman Gidge as a local artist, people don’t realize though that he was an entrepreneur
here in town, you were a late night radio host at one point.

Alderman Gidge

Yes.
Alderman Tencza

He did many,many things, he’s done a lot of great things for the City of Nashua and he will continue to do
so for many years to come so thank you for your service, the Board of Aldermen and up at the State
House.

And then to my Alderwoman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, | think | speak for all of Ward 8 if | am allowed to
do that and say we are going to miss your advocacy here in the horseshoe; everything from the
shepherding of the development, the Flatley Development and how involved you’ve been in that to the
sidewalk projects on East Dunstable Road and everything else you have helped the neighborhood
accomplish in your service here on the Board. We sincerely appreciate it. One of the things that | always
look forward to are the e-mails you send out for the bear sightings up in your neighborhood. | hope in this
spring and fall we still get those e-mails telling us to bring our bird feeders in and tracking all the
movements of the bears up in Lancaster Heights. So congratulations and thank you for your service.

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Alderman Schmidt

Thank you. We may have to say goodbye to Alderman Gidge but we don’t have to say goodbye to
Representative Gidge, | am very glad for that. Maybe everybody knows a little bit more about him through
being here, but maybe you don’t know what he once climbed a flagpole and sat on the top. | thought that
would be a good thing, just a touch.

| wanted to thank Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja for all of her help. She has been a tremendous mentor and |
have learned so much, thank you very much. I’ve learned a lot from so many of you, it has been a
tremendous experience. And she’s right, there is a lot of minutia that we have in our heads that we simply
cannot bring out on to the floor here without taking hours and hours and hours. But we do study and we do
understand the issues and we are always available to our constituents if they need us.

| wanted to thank the JSSB, the Joint Special, because | know how hard that’s been. | know if we are
talking about minutia you guys are the kings of minutia. All the information is available on-line as far as |
know. Any questions that you have that you need help with, if you can’t find it on-line, reach out to
someone on that Committee because they have all the knowledge.

| wanted to thank Madam President, she’s been awesome. She stepped up when we needed her and she
has done a terrific job. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Everything. Thank you
very much.

Alderman Clemons

Thank you. | want to just say that it’s been a real pleasure serving with Alderman Gidge. Alderman Gidge
has been a close family friend for a very long time. So it’s been great to serve in this capacity with one
another on the same Board. You serve your constituents in Ward 6, including myself very well and you will
continue to do so | know up in the Legislature. Please carry on that work and | hope you are running for re-
election for the House if your health allows it.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja | have learned a lot from you over the years. | think we have had a great working
relationship. When | was on the Board previously and then subsequent years when | have come back. We
will mist your advocacy on so many issues here on the Board and | hope you stay involved in Nashua.

With that | just want to wish everybody else Happy Holidays. May it be a prosperous and safe New Year.
President Wilshire

| too would like to thank Alderman Gidge for his service on the Board. | never knew you climbed a flag

pole. And we do appreciate Alderman Gidge, the work you will continue to do on the City’s behalf up in
Concord. So thank you very much for that and for your service on this Board, we really appreciate you.
Thank you.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, where do | start? Not only will | miss you, but | will miss Bogdan and Caroline
too, because you just have a great family. Your service has been second to none for your constituents. |
know the last Ward 8 meeting | was at, how highly people spoke of the work you’ve done and the advocacy
on their behalf. So you will be missed. So thank you very much for that. Thank you Mary Ann.

Alderman Gidge, you asked me to come back around to you, so you are up.

Alderman Gidge

Tom Lopez you should be commended for tonight, thank you. As you all know, about a year ago | got
really sick, not dying from back to losing eyes etc. But | am getting much better and in the meantime, as
this was going on | wasn’t here. It was very obvious that when someone is missing you’ve got to work a
little bit longer and a little bit harder and you guys did it seamlessly.

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You are elected officials and you are politicians, and politicians usually don’t work together very well. But |
think Nashua we’ve got a lot of praise for Nashua and | think it is because of this Board, not just this one
but down through the years.

Lori Wilshire, | want to thank you very much. You’ve been a good leader, | think it is very important, you’re
a trooper and your compassion, thank you. Mr. Vice President, Mr. O’Brien, everybody needs and O’Brien,
let's face it. You’ve got to have an O’Brien. You did a few things for me that you think were very little, but to
me they were very big. Thank you.

To the Mayor of the City of Nashua, look, he’s the right person at the right time for the right reason. Your
heart is with arts, | know that. You know there can be an art economy, | really wish | could have been more
of a part of it’ Please keep it up. And by the way, about a year ago, if | was standing next to an open
window and he could’ve you wouldn’t ugh like that. It seems that when | get my mind set on something
common sense just goes away. So! apologize and | want to thank you. My wife, Lee and | want to wish
everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza and a Happy New Year. And to all of you,
thank you very, very much. | do appreciate it.
President Wilshire
Thank you Ken.
Committee announcements:
Alderman O’Brien
No, nothing, it is Holiday time.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE DECEMBER 23, 2019, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Ald. O’Brien, Ald. Gidge, Ald. Harriott-Gathright, Ald. Dowd,

Ald. Klee, Ald. Laws, Ald. Caron, Ald. Kelly,

Ald. Jette, Ald. Melizzi-Golja, Ald. Teneza, Ald. Schmidt,

Ald. Wilshire 13
Nay: Ald. Lopez, Ald. Clemons 2
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN DECEMBER 23, 2019

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PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN LOVERING

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERWOMAN MARY ANN MELIZZI-GOLJA
ROLL CALL

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

RECOGNITIONS - None

READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

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COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector
Re: Bond Sale Plan and Debt Service Analysis for General Fund

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

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Contract Extension of Essex Power Services Inc. Jackson Mills and Mine Falls Operations and
Maintenance Agreement
PETITIONS - None
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS - None

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee... .........0.000000000........ 12/09/2019
Substandard Living Conditions Special Committee ....................... 12/12/2019
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13. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS
Auditorium Commission

Paul LaFlamme (Reappointment)
28 Lutheran Drive
Nashua, NH 03063

Board of Registrars

Adriana Lopera, Member (New Appointment)
137 Chestnut Street, Apt. 2
Nashua, NH 03060

Conservation Commission

Joshua T. Hauser, Alternate (New Appointment)
9 Cobble Hill Road
Nashua, NH 03062

Hunt Memorial Building Board of Trustees

Stacy Baxter, (Reappointment)
38 Berkeley Street
Nashua, NH 03064

Tammy Crisp (Reappointment)
12 Mountain Laurels Drive, Apt. 101
Nashua, NH 03062

Charles Matthews (Reappointment)
17 Shelburne Road
Nashua, NH 03063

Rosalie McQuaid (Reappointment)
17 Reservoir Street
Nashua, NH 03064

Zoning Board

Efstathia Booras (Reappointment)
44 Balcom Street
Nashua, NH 03062

Jean-Paul G. Boucher (Reappointment)
8 Foxmeadow Road
Nashua, NH 03060

Jonathan Currier (Reappointment)
6 New Searles Road
Nashua, NH 03062

Steve Lionel (Reappointment)

19 Cabot Drive

Nashua, NH 03064

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

Term to Expire:

December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2024

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2023

December 31, 2021

October 1, 2021

September 11, 2021

September 11, 2022

September 31, 2022

Mariellen MacKay (Reappointment) Term to Expire: September 11, 2021
9 Webster Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03064

Rob Shaw (Reappointment) Term to Expire: September 11, 2021
14 Sweet William Circle
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-18-102, Amended
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND UFPO LOCAL 645 PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYEES OF THE NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30,
2022 AND AUTHORIZING RELATED TRANSFERS
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage as Amended

R-19-186
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT
OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,495,000) FOR VARIOUS
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FOUR HILLS LANDFILL AND THE PURCHASE OF
TWO REFUSE TRUCKS
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-187
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michel B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT
OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS ($6,000,000) FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DIVISION OF
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE FACILITY
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-191

Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman-at-Large Michel B. O’Brien, Sr.

Alderman Ken Gidge

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright

Alderman Patricia Klee

Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws

Alderman Thomas Lopez

Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE
AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($118,000,000) TO FUND THE
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSION
OF THE EXISTING TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS (PENNICHUCK AND FAIRGROUNDS), INCLUDING THE
PAYMENT OF COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO

e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-192
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS
FOR ADVERTISING SERVICES
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-193
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $3,250 FROM DEPARTMENT #194 “CONTINGENCY”, ACCOUNT
#70100 “GENERAL CONTINGENCY” TO THE NASHUA AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING
A PORTION OF THE COST OF SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-194
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
NASHUA POLICE COMMISSION AND THE NASHUA POLICE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION FROM
JULY 1, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023 AND AUTHORIZING RELATED TRANSFERS
e Budget Review Committee: Recommends Final Passage

R-19-195
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $63,790 FROM THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “FY2020 VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) GRANT PROGRAM” AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF
MATCHING FUNDS
e Human Affairs Committee: Recommends Final Passage

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-19-062
Endorsers: Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Thomas Lopez
PROHIBITING THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS NEAR CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND IN CITY
PARKS
e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee: Recommends Final Passage

O-19-064
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michel B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt

ADDING ADDITIONAL PARCELS TO THE NASHUA RIVERFRONT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING

DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

e Tabled at BOA 12/10/19 meeting

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS - None

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES - None

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

City of Nashua

Office of The Treasurer
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 589-3193
Fax (603)589-3228
TO: Chairman Richard Dowd and Members of the Budget Review Committee
FROM: David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector Det.
DATE: December 19, 2019
RE: Bond Sale Plan and Debt Service Analysis for General Fund

In response to your questions during the Budget Review Committee Meeting on Monday, December 16, 2019,
please find attached two exhibits - Projected Bond Sale Plan and General Fund Debt Service Analysis.

Projected Bond Sale Plan
The Bond Sale Plan (page 1) shows the City’s five year plan for bond sales from FY2021 to FY2025. This

analysis is fluid in that it is updated at least twice per year based on the City’s evolving capital plans. The
exhibit lists the various planned bondable projects with the top section showing the amounts “Authorized” by
the Board of Aldermen and the bottom section “Not Authorized.”

The City engages Hilltop Securities as its financial advisor for bond sales planning and execution. Given the
City of Nashua’s two AAA bond ratings from Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings, our bond sales are very
competitive and attractive to investors (which resulted in a total interest cost of 2.013 percent for the most
recent $23,590,000 bond sale in October 2019).

General Fund Debt Seryice Analysis
The General Fund Debt Service Analysis exhibit (page 2) has been designed to show by fiscal year, the debt

service required on sold bonded debt (column B), the reduction in current debt service as the current bonds get
paid off (column C), the target debt service amounts for budgetary purposes (column D), the projected general
fund debt service budget (column E) and the projected debt service increase over the next several years (column
F). Once the Bond Sale Plan is updated, the Treasurer’s office works closely with Hilltop Securities on
modeling the bond sale and resulting debt service requirements over the life of the bonds. As you will see, the
annual debt service targets have been increased by $300,000 per year which equates to annual percentages
increases of less than 2.0% (1.8% increase in FY2021). Given the debt service requirements, Hilltop Securities
is charged with packaging the bonds for sale. A combination of level principal, level debt, deferred principal
payment, bond premium, staggered sales strategies and the use of Bond Anticipation Notes (BAN) are used to
reach the annual debt service targets.

Bond Sale Plan and Debt Service Analysis for General Fund — continued

Tax Rate Implications
As discussed during the Budget Review Committee meeting, it is most difficult to calculate with any degree of

relevant specificity, the projected impact of each capital project funded by bonds on the tax rate. There are
several components (revenues and expenses) to the City’s adopted budget that impact the tax rate. An overall
target such as “a tax rate increase of less than three percent” is more appropriate.

If you or others have any additional questions please feel to contact me.

Cc Mayor Jim Donchess
Cheryl Lindner, Chief of Staff
John Griffin, CFO/Comptroller

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
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