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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 12/12/2017 - P5

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MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-17-160
ON THE MOTION

Alderman Moriarty

| have some questions; I’m not sure who can answer them. Were there other organizations considered and
was this a competitive process to select this organization?

Mayor Donchess

| proposed the resolution, so yes, | at least considered other organizations. But Revive Recovery has
established itself as the most active and successful so far recovery organization in the city, and they also have
received a grant through the State via Harbor Homes, via the Partnership for Successful Living, so they
seemed like the natural and best alternative.

Alderman Moriarty

As it was not a competitive bid and there’s no documentation to justify a sole source award?

Mayor Donchess

No documentation to do what?

Alderman Moriarty

Justify a sole source award.

Mayor Donchess

There was no competitive bid. I’m not sure there is anyone else who could do this, but there was no
competitive bid.

Alderman Moriarty
Do they take Medicaid?

Mayor Donchess

They are qualifying to take Medicaid, but the reimbursement rate for a recovery coach service is very low, and
once they qualify to receive will not provide meaningful financial support.

Alderman Moriarty

So they currently don’t accept Medicaid?

Mayor Donchess

They have to qualify to receive and accept Medicaid, and | don’t think that process for them is completed at
this point.

Alderman Schoneman

| was not able to attend the Budget Review Committee when this was discussed, so if this was discussed at
that time, please forgive me. | fully support this; | think it’s a great idea. We need a recovery coach, it’s a

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wonderful idea. I’m wondering how we’re going to supervise this? This is a pilot program; how are we going to
evaluate it in the years’ time? Is there any measurement? How are we managing this?

Mayor Donchess

We are going to measure and manage it. The point is that there is certainly research and anecdotal evidence
suggesting that assistance with recovery on a hands-on basis greatly improves the likelihood and the chances
of recovery. But in addition to helping a certain caseload who will be handled or worked with by this person,
we do want to develop data and information regarding success rates and all the experience that is derived from
working with a caseload of 20, 30, 40 to 50 people at the same time.

So if you look at paragraph 4 of the contract, it suggests that the recipient, meaning Revive Recovery, will
provide the city with monthly and quarterly reports containing identified aggregate information. Such reports
shall at a minimum include data on the number of clients served, contacts with the clients, and the services
provided to those clients. Initial intake data, client outcomes and challenges will also be collected and reported,
but without identifiable client information. Upon receiving each report, the city may require recipient to alter the
report or collect different or additional data that would be more useful to the city.

So what we really want are reports on how are people doing after 30, 60, 90, 180, 360 days, in addition to the
number of people served, the number of people who have dropped off with unknown outcome, people who
have relapsed, people who have come back. So we really want to be able to see, in detail, how this works and
what rate of success and what the experience of the pilot program is. And the point of this is not only so that
we as a city understand what’s going on but if we develop sufficient information suggesting actual statistical
support here for the recovery coach approach, then we can use this to persuade others outside the city — the
State government and others — to add to and supplement this kind of program. We know that trying to deal
with the opioid crisis is a work in process, the Safe Stations program, of course, we meet every two weeks and
we evaluate how things are going; different things come up and many adjustments are being made. This, |
think, is a similar project. We will see how things go and try to work with it as time goes on.

You might have seen, in terms of digressing into Safe Stations for a moment, that Providence started a Safe
Stations program in the last week or so in which they say it is based on the model from Manchester and
Nashua, New Hampshire, which they used. They actually visited here and in Manchester to initiate their
program.

Alderman Schoneman

Are the reports going to come to the Mayor's office or to the Opioid Task Force? Who is going to evaluate the
reports that are coming in?

Mayor Donchess

| think the reports will be aggregate data so they'll come to the Mayor’s office. But if members of the Board of
Aldermen would like to get reports — they'll certainly be going to the Safe Stations guidance group — but if
members of the Board of Aldermen want them that’s obviously no problem. In fact, that’s a good idea. | think
we should distribute reports to the Board of Aldermen on a periodic basis so you can see what’s happening.
And there’s very detailed data regarding the Safe Stations program and the number of people who have
reported. We provided to the Budget Committee at the time this was heard copies of those reports just so you
can see what’s going on. Those are generated every two weeks; anyone who wants those at any time can get
them. They’re generated, in that case, by AMR.

Alderman Dowd

The Budget Committee unanimously approved this. We had three or four who had compelling arguments
discussing what’s going to happen. What happens with the current program is we get the people to appoint
where they’re recovered, and then we just say, okay, you’re on your own. And that’s why there are so many
repeat offenders. This program will give them a crutch so that somebody can guide them so that they can get

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off of the drugs entirely and not be repeat offenders. It won’t be 100% successful, none of the programs ever
are, but it will certainly reduce the number that we see coming back.

Alderman Lebrun

At this time, it appears to me from the discussion there appears to be some loose ends to this entire thing. It
doesn’t seem that it has received proper and complete vetting. At this time, | would be voting no.

Alderman Moriarty

The Mayor is certainly right, and so is Alderman Dowd, about the idea of a recovery coach and the utility of it.
The whole organization — Alcoholics Anonymous Step 12 is based on that very fact. There are hundreds of
recovery coaches that work for free in Nashua. They do that for their own sake, to keep themselves; by helping
someone who is also in recovery, one keeps yourself in recovery, it keeps yourself sober. So the idea that
there’s no alternative is not quite true. The most important thing is beds, so I’ve spoken to — personally, | know
a few people that are in opioid recovery and the main thing is beds. So that when you decide that you want to
recover and you need a place to go, once you're out after 30 days then you need what AA would call a
sponsor. Of course, AA Step 7 states that all groups have to be self-supporting on their own and neither solicit
nor receive funds. So even if the city wanted to contribute money to AA, they couldn't.

I’m a little ambivalent because | completely agree with the purpose. And this organization, Revive Recovery,
from people that I’ve asked, they have a good reputation. They don’t take private insurance which, for
whatever reason, tends to indicate it’s a for-profit organization. But you don’t know; these types of
organizations, they all make money, so I’m not assuming that they’re out to make a lot of money. They’re
doing good work. There are other organizations like Revive Recovery in the area; Aware Recovery in Bedford,
Keystone Hall, of course, could use a little bit of money, and there’s GateHouse. So of those recovery-specific
organizations that are out there, they’re all equally justifiably able to receive the funds that we’re presently sole-
sourcing to Revive Recovery, without a competitive bid. We have other nonprofits in general that come in for
the whole CDBG process. Is the City of Nashua going to get in the business of hiring staff that do drug
addiction recovery? Are we going to get in the business of hiring people at the Nashua Children’s Home? Why
not give $40,000 non-sole sourced to the Nashua Children’s Home? Maybe I’m not clear, but | am in support of
the whole concept of a sponsor: the concept of a sponsor is to the very heart and soul of long-term recovery,
without a doubt. But the mechanism and the process by which this organization was selected, they may be
good people — and | think they are — but | think it should go, since it’s government-taxed dollars — and
interestingly enough, just this morning | spent a couple of hours taking Acquisitions 101 training and the idea of
sole sourced justification; you have to jump through hoops to do it. And the fact that we’re spending tax dollars,
we need to be careful about this. | would rather this be competitive and we consider other organizations; they
bid on it and then the money will go out that way, or they come in through CDBG. So today, I'll be voting
against this.

Alderman O’Brien

My comments are not to convince anybody on their particular vote; I’m not meaning that at all. But being at
both the budget hearing on this matter and the finance committee, | wish you were there because | think you
would have gotten a lot more information. But the information that | received proved that we're basically
building a puzzle and we’re fitting in particular pieces into this puzzle to get to the goal to help our people who
are affected by this type of crisis and to get them clean again. Now, in the budget hearing where the three
people showed up, | was very impressed with their professionalism and the information they gave us. But |
think they used an example of a place in Providence where they had many more than the one that we’re
seeking. This one person coming in is sort of like the Dutch boy with the dam, but you’ve got to start
somewhere. The problem is here, the problem is now, and it’s not going away. So in order to stem the tide, |
think we should support this, and the reason is because we’re letting people go through the process, we’re
getting them somewhat cleaned out, but they need the coach. And it was explained at the budget meeting that
for a person to get on the road to recovery, such as to figure out different daily types of things — what bus to
take to go get a job; are you working; or things that are happening in the work — and instead of getting into a

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crisis type of situation, they can rely on their particular coach to advise them and to get them back on track.
Again, making them productive members of the society.

So all this was presented, and it’s definitely fulfilling a need in the city. It’s part of the puzzle again. I’m offering
my full support on this based on the information of the two meetings | attended. | feel quite confident that this is
definitely needed in the city.

Alderman Lopez

I’ve been participating in the Mayor’s Opioid Task Force, the Safe Stations program, and the Continuum of
Care, and there isn’t really a comparable program to this. The closest analogy might be H.E.A.R.T.S. Peer
Support, but there is not a daytime walk-in center offering recovery support. There are periodic AA meetings
and NA meetings throughout the city which are an hour long. You go to those meetings, you come out; you do
build connections, you do get a sponsor. But there are other treatment models, and AA and NA do not work for
everybody. Revive offers an array of different models and programs, and ongoing supports. They’re cultivating
new communities of support. Recently, they just had a forum and an organizational meeting for what to do for
families that are trying to address — like what do you do when your son is an addict, what kind of support is
available? And they’re trying to do things like cultivating support groups for the different populations that are
most specifically affected.

The need for beds is definitely one of the greatest elements, but it’s also pretty well understood in the recovery
community that if you just keep putting people into recovery centers and then you don’t offer a transition out
and help them build their own independence after they’ve gone through the process of detox and adopting
recovery as a strategy, you're losing your investment. We can send people in and out all we want, and they
can bill insurance all they want, but if we’re not helping them rebuild their lives, gain employment, find
sustainable housing, even rebuild some of the connections with their families that they've broken that will then
later on help them build resistance to the risk of relapse, then we're losing the effort that we put in, in terms of
finance, and we’re really losing the effort that they putin, in terms of willpower. All the hours of counseling, all
the hours working in the detox centers, it kind of does rely on this. Furthermore, preventing people from
needing the long-term recovery programs by having them access recovery support programs, like Revive,
before they get to the point where they need to spend 90 days or more in a detox center is huge. Because we
are not going to build the capacity for beds that we need anytime in the near future. We are going to pull out
every stop, everybody who provides these services, like Keystone, like Bedford, they’re going to do their best.
But it’s a huge investment to build facilities with more beds and more trained professionals, more clinically-
qualified individuals; whereas, the recovery coach model deals with the group at the base level much more
efficiently and much more effectively.

There really isn’t a comparable program to this. In the Mayor’s Opioid Task Force, most of the people who
would be bidding on this are competing with this in theory, choosing to devise or create a program that’s
comparable to Revive, have been talking about it for over the last two years and have not been able to do it.
It’s a specific need that hasn’t been filled, and Revive has evolved specifically to fill that need. To my
knowledge, they’re not for profit; they’re less than a year old. In fact, | think they had their ribbon cutting maybe
three months ago. So I’m not really surprised that they haven’t qualified for Medicaid or Medicare assistance,
because those are not simple processes. It takes a lot of application time and a lot of vetting back and forth
before you can qualify for that funding support. | think what we’re looking at here is an opportunity for the city
to identify an obvious gap that the Safe Stations program, the Opioid Task Force, and even the Continuum
have all voiced; that’s there’s no real daytime recovery program. And to run one effectively, you need a peer
recovery coach. So I’m definitely in favor of this. | see it as a very important missing piece of the puzzle. While
it’s true we could tick this off until the next Board takes it on or until we vet it more thoroughly, and | don’t
necessarily know the strengths of weaknesses of that because | didn’t attend the training on sole source
funding, but | think getting them up and running and getting them online immediately is a priority. People are
looking for recovery right now; they’re risking their relapse right now. It’s holiday season; it’s a particularly
difficult time for people trying to find sobriety. And | think if we have a resource sitting on the table that we
could potentially deploy, we have to do it.

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Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Mayor Donchess, my understanding is that this is a one-time funding to get the ball rolling and get the position
in place, anticipating that in the next year they will be able to develop a budget that will support this position.
But it’s kind of helping them get their start-up together. Is that correct?

Mayor Donchess

That’s correct. The context with this is we have an evolving situation where we're trying to react as quickly as
possible to new circumstances. In the first year, we had 1,200 people report to a safe station and be directed
into treatment, mostly through the Partnership for Successful Living. They’re either going to outpatient,
intensive inpatient, intensive outpatient, regular outpatient; they go into residential treatment at Keystone Hall,
or other treatment avenues. But several things have evolved: First of all, the number of people who are
coming back for more than one time to a safe station has definitely climbed, to the point where it’s about half of
the 80-100 people who are reporting every month. This isn’t a big surprise because it takes — according to the
experts — an average of three attempts to get into long-term recovery. But this is something that jumps out at
you when you're looking at this all the time. One gap in all of this is that when someone goes to Keystone Hall,
for example, which is the partnership for Harbor Homes, and they complete their 28- or 30-day inpatient
program, there is no further service. Not that they don’t care, not that they would like to help, but they don’t
have the capability; they don’t have the resources. So a person is just released to the world. A person who is
one month into sobriety is still suffering severely from a serious brain disease. If you listen to the experts, you
know that it takes a year to two years to recover to a fully normal thought process. So after a month, many
people are still confused; they have difficulty. They still have a lot of strong urges to relapse, and may have
trouble thinking through daily decisions. Where do | get the bus? How do | get a bus pass? Where can | look
for a job? How do | find an apartment? Because if the person goes right back to their previous circumstance, if
they go live with the derelicts that they were living with before, the chances of relapse are very, very high.
Therefore, based upon an evaluation and kind of an approach, adopted not just by me but by everyone that’s
involved in Safe Stations — the fire department, Harbor Homes, AMR, the hospitals, as well as others —
seemed like the best way to fill a gap in the short term, to try to respond to a changing situation. We do have
still 30-some fatalities every year, this year. Even though overdoses are down by 25% or so, there still, in
2017, will be over 35 fatalities. Therefore, it seemed that the necessity to respond quickly with a pilot program,
working with the most successful and really only ongoing recovery program in Nashua, made sense, rather
than to try to bog this down with months of red tape and review and RFPs and all of that. The idea is to
respond quickly and effectively to a situation that we see evolving, and which is changing on a fairly rapid
basis.

President McCarthy

The motion is for final passage. Would the clerk please call a roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Ald. Wilshire, Ald. Tencza, Ald. Cookson

Ald. Dowd, Ald. Caron, Ald. Schoneman,
Ald. Melizzi-Golja, Ald. O’Brien, Ald. Lopez

Ald. McCarthy 10
Nay: Ald. McGuinness

Ald. Lebrun

Ald. Moriarty 3

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-17-160 declared duly adopted.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES — None

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NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-17-161

Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess

AMENDING NASHUA RAIL TRANSIT COMMITTEE
Given its first reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO ALLOW FOR
THE SECOND READING OF R-17-161
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-17-161 given its second reading;
Alderman O’Brien

This resolution amends the National Rail Transit Committee by eliminating disbandment, and changes the date
from 120 days of the committee’s formation to June 30, 2018, relative to providing the guidance to the city, and
further making explicit that the committee should be working with the Boston Surface Rail Company.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-17-161
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-17-161 declared duly adopted.
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES — None
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman Lopez

| would just like to announce that for the third year, we’re doing a holiday decorating contest for veterans and
we could use just a few more people to donate gift cards as prizes. And then, additionally, | just wanted to
comment that | received constituent feedback regarding the trolleys that the Nashua city bus is using. There is
concern that with the new buses coming online, the trolleys should be looked at as less useful than some of
the buses being decommissioned, especially during the winter and holiday when there’s snow, ice, there’s a lot
of water in the buses from the snow and ice melting off their boots. The trolleys have steps that you have to
climb up and down that are kind of difficult for people with mobility issues who may not be in a wheelchair and
may need to use the steps, but may not necessarily feel safe, a those steps are particularly steep. So the
constituent was expressing concern that we haven't considered just using the existing bus fleet that we have
that we’re decommissioning, rather than the trolleys, for the larger volume routes where there may be a lot of
people shopping or traveling to and from. | just wanted to make that comment.

Alderman O’Brien

First, I’d like to start off with an apology to Alderman Caron. | did not make the December 2™ event at the
senior center. Unfortunately, it comes once a year, | traversed another year on the planet; it was my birthday. |
had the opportunity to spend time with family. | should have probably gone to the breakfast and enjoyed that
as well, but my apologies.

Second, | would like to echo the Mayor’s sentiments about the firefighters. Every single year they do the
Christmas baskets to needy families and the coats for the kids. | really want to say thank you. | know | am
biased to it and have been part of it for the 35 years | was on the job, but thank God the tradition continues and
the good work that they do.

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Third, I’d like to say best wishes and good luck to the outgoing members of the Board. It was my pleasure
serving with you all for two years since | got elected. | wish you all the best.

Finally, to our citizens, Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to all.

Alderman Moriarty

| want to put in a brief plug for the Rainbow Girls breakfast this Sunday, Dec. 17, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
It’s at the Mason Lodge on Main Street. Rainbow Girls is an organization for teenage girls, and there are
Rainbow Pledges which is for younger girls. Go online and read all about it. They have a once monthly
fundraiser and get-together. Sunday, 8:00 a.m.

Alderman Lebrun

I’d like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. And this being a nation of Christians,
Jesus is the reason for the season.

Alderman McGuinness
I’d like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and/or the holiday that you follow. God bless everybody.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

First of all, a thank you to the Senior Center for everything they did for their breakfast and their gingerbread
competition. And thank you to the firefighters, and congratulations to the firefighters at the Amherst Street
Station who won.

I’d also like to take the opportunity to thank Commissioner David Lavoie from the Fire Commission who did not
run for re-election, and after many years serving both on the Fire Commission and as a Police Commissioner
for one term is retiring. So a thank you to him for his service.

I’m sure many of you read in the paper that St. Mary and Archangel Michael Church, the new Coptic church,
won over $300,000 in funding for restoration. | would just like to thank James Vayo from the City for his efforts.
He talked to us many, many months ago about working on that, and I’d like to thank him for being successful in
helping them get that money towards the restoration.

To those of you who will not be returning, it’s been a pleasure serving with you. | look forward to seeing you in
the community. Happy Hanukkah to those who have started their celebration this evening, and Merry
Christmas.

Alderman Schoneman
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all those here and at home.
Alderman Caron

Alderman O’Brien, I'll forgive you, because Alderman Dowd filled in. And I’d also thank the Nashua Lions Club
for participating in putting on the breakfast. Santa was there again, but also this year, as part of the
gingerbread contest, we got five of the fire stations to provide the gingerbread house. And one fire station went
above and beyond; they went online, learned how to make gingerbread, and actually built the replica of the
Amherst Street station. That’s why they won. What they did win was a cookbook that celebrates the 40"
anniversary of the Senior Center.

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| also want to say thank you. We attend the 47™ continuous senior outing on Sunday at the Radisson. A good
time was had by all. They had a lot of gift cards, but elderly people don’t like to go to Planet Fitness we
learned. But thank you, Mayor, for having us, and | look forward to our golden jubilee.

I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas, and we'll see you in two weeks.

Alderman Dowd

I'd like to wish everybody a happy and a safe holiday season. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. One
thing the Mayor didn’t mention is he had a very successful Ward 9 meeting between the last meeting and now,
and some of us attended it and there was quite a gathering there and the residents’ questions were answered.
| was at the breakfast, under fear of disappointing Alderman Caron. | have to say, | was amazed this year at
the number and quality of the gingerbread houses. They have gone way, way above; they improve every year.
Next year, | can’t imagine how they’re going to top it. They were very intricate and very well done. | think a lot
of that goes to Alderman Caron pushing the people to be creative.

| Know we have another meeting in two weeks, but if | do miss any of the outgoing Aldermen, it’s been a

pleasure serving with you. We may not have always agreed on things, but certainly, that’s why we’re here; to
agree to disagree on certain things and to, in the end, everybody get along. | wish you all well.

Alderman Cookson

I’d like to wish my colleagues and constituents a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy Hanukkah.
Alderman Wilshire

I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas.

Alderman Lopez

| apologize to the Board for forgetting what | was trying to say before; Alderman Caron just reminded me. Last
year, the Golden Shovel contest was pretty popular so | was asked to do it again. Ward 4 residents who will
shovel sidewalk space in front of their houses in order to let their neighbors more safely transition it are eligible
for the contest. Basically, we’re going to judge whoever does the most streets, and then we'll have a voting at
the end of the winter, whenever that is, on who did the most, who gets first, second and third prize. So anyone
who is interested in Ward 4 in participating, just contact me for more details please.

| wish everybody a Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas.

President McCarthy

On an administrative note, tomorrow at the Infrastructure meeting, the public hearing on street renumbering,
that requires that a quorum of the Board of Aldermen be present. So | would like to ask who is going to be
present tomorrow for the Infrastructure meeting.

[Show of hands.]
President McCarthy
| guess I’m coming to Infrastructure tomorrow.

I’d like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah or whatever holiday is appropriate. I’m very
happy that the batteries in the tree lasted through the whole meeting.

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Committee announcements:

Alderman Cookson

Infrastructure is tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. in these chambers.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

PEDC has been cancelled for next Tuesday.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE DECEMBER 12, 2017 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Attest: Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk

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AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN DECEMBER 12, 2017

1. PRESIDENT BRIAN S. McCARTHY CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
2. PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA PIECUCH

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN BEN CLEMONS

4. ROLL CALL

5. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

6. RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

7. RECOGNITIONS

8. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

Special Board of Aldermen Meeting with Nashua Delegation ...................... 11/20/2017
Board of Aldermen ... 20.2.0... 0.0 cece cece cee ee ence ne ee ee nee ne teeettenttetneeteeeee 11/28/2017

9. COMMUNICATIONS

From: June M. Caron, Ward 7 Alderman
Re: Summary of Expenditures — Nashua Senior Activity Center

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

10. PETITIONS
11. NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

12. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

Budget Review Committee. .........0..0 0.0000 eee 12/05/2017
Finance Committee. ... 0.0... teens 12/06/2017
Pennichuck Water Special Committee. ............. 0.00002 12/07/2017

13. WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS
14. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-17-144
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Ben Clemons
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL 633 FROM
JULY 1, 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020 AND AUTHORIZING A RELATED TRANSFER OF
$15,428
e Budget Review Committee Recommends: Final Passage

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