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Board Of Aldermen - Agenda - 5/23/2016 - P1

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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

MAY 23, 2016
7:00 p.m. Aldermanic Chamber

PRESIDENT BRIAN S. MCCARTHY CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA D. PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN JUNE M. CARON
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARINGS
R-16-030

CREATING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR SCHOOL CAREER
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) TUITION FEES

and
R-16-033
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS
NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,200,000) FOR THE PURCHASE AND
INSTALLATION OF A CITYWIDE TELECOM SYSTEM

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor

Testimony in Opposition

ADJOURNMENT

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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 5/10/2016 - P1

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A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch; Alderman Clemons led in the Pledge to the Flag.
The roll call was taken with 15 members of the Board of Aldermen present.

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

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

Mayor Donchess

The first item I'd like to address is the budget which is on your desks tonight. | would like to thank everyone
who helped in the preparation of the budget, including all of the division directors and department heads who
submitted their budgets but also in particular, John Griffin, our CFO, David Fredette, the Treasurer, Kim Kleiner
from my office and Rose Evans. In an overview, the budget is for the general fund budget and it is
$247,900,000 which is up $3.1 million from last year. The spending cap is 1.3% as a result of the gross
domestic product implicit price deflator for state and local governments. This budget is $100,000 below the
spending cap. | think the priorities that are inherent in the budget, the priorities that | adopted were first
education, and the school budget is up 2.25% which enables us to maintain at least a current level of service.
This is the superintendent's budget that was proposed by Mark Conrad to the School Board. It is a reduction
from the budget that the School Board passed in the amount of a little over $400,000 but again, it does
maintain the current level of service in another tight budget year. Secondly, the police department, the
proposal is to provide a 2.5% increase; this again maintains a current level of service in the face of many law
enforcement issues related to the opioid and heroin epidemic. In prior years we have seen reductions in police
services as a result of various budget pressures. This year | am proposing that we maintain the current level of
service. | think there is also a focus on capital projects, particularly in the area of parks. | think that we have a
fantastic park system and it’s a strength upon which we can build. To mention a few of those projects, there is
money for an irrigation system which will enable the Parks Department to remotely irrigate all of the city’s
rectangular fields. This will result in better irrigation and less money being spent for water and it will result in
more time available for employees. The city is limited in its ability to offer fields, there are only 11 rectangular
fields in the city and we need more than that so the fields can be given the proper rest and can be in the
condition that they should be for all of our soccer, lacrosse and cricket leagues. In the budget is money for the
establishment of at least one new field off of Groton Road in an area that the city owns and at one time had
been planned for a large park. There is also money for the Rail Trail lighting; the remainder of that money for
the carousel at Labine Park and two parks employees are added; these are the only employees added in the
budget to be hired at % year. The Park’s Department is struggling with a growing workload with a shrinking
workforce so this would increase the number of employees that they have from 21 to 23. There are some
areas where we were able to save money. David Fredette in his efforts was able to reduce the bonded debt
budget from $18 million to $17.3 million. We are also saving money as a result of the proposed LED project
which will save $200,000. Revenues in general are strong. We expect vehicle registration to be good again
next year but as the custom has been for a long, long time I’ve conservatively estimated those revenues.
There is a revenues loss in that the school adequacy grant is being reduced by $477,000 and this is
unfortunate and it is part of a plan to continue to reduce the adequacy grant, particularly which is tied to free
and reduced lunch for economically disadvantaged children; something that is just a raise in property taxes by
the state legislature. Again, a high point was that the city has been able to very capably manage the health
benefits as a result of the number of the changes that have been made. My goal here is to make sure that the
tax rate, if this budget is adopted, does not go up any more than 2.5%. Again, it is a budget that is under the
spending cap of 1.3%. In terms of the future, the State Retirement Board today reduced the expected rate of
return so that means that we will probably get hit with another pension increase next year. | think the pension
cost transfer legislation is still a good idea; one believe that | think is tax neutral and has been referred back to
the committee for further consideration. In closing, | think in a tight budget year, which is typical these days,

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the budget maintains a current rate of services, particularly with schools and police and focusses on trying to
enhance our parks system and yet still remains under the spending cap.

| wanted mention the appointments that we have tonight. We have a lot of good people appointed for many
different Boards and Commissions, the Art's Commission, the Conservation Commission, the Cultural
Connections Committee, the Personal Advisory Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. | and everyone on
the Board of Aldermen appreciates of the efforts which all of the members of the volunteer Boards put in and
we really appreciate your commitment to the city and without you city government could not operate.

| wanted to specifically mention two of those people, first Tim Cummings for Economic Development Director;
this is a very important position in city government. Mr. Cummings has appeared before the Personnel &
Administrative Affairs Committee and | think he answered their questions and discussed the issues very
capably. He is currently the Economic Development Director in Marlborough, MA where he has had a highly
successful record in attracting jobs and employers and filling empty warehouse and office space and | think he
will do a very good job for the city. He was unanimously recommended by the committee. He has already
spoken with a number of the Aldermen.

| also wanted to mention the appointment of Bill Parker for the Conservation Commission. At the hearing
before the Personnel & Administrative Affairs Committee he was recommended but he was asked whether he
attended a meeting of the Conservation Commission up to that time and his answer was no. That is not his
fault, he’s someone with landscape expertise and | was so enthusiastic about getting someone with that
expertise on that Commission that | didn’t ask him to go through a lot before | appointed him. Mr. Parker would
like to attend a meeting and meet with Roger Houston and possibly talk with Mike Gallagher who is the chair of
the commission before he is voted on. In his case, | would ask that the next meeting of the Conservation
Commission is June 7 and | would ask that the Board table that appointment until your first meeting in June
and take up the appointment of Mr. Parker then.

RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

Alderman Lopez

I’d like to thank the Mayor for making Heritage Trail a priority. | had expressed concerns about it during his last
comments and he answered those concerns and | think he is doing the best he can to get it resolved as quickly
as possible. | also appreciate the approach to Mr. Parker’s nomination. | voted in favor of it because | don’t
want to discourage anybody who is interested in serving the city but | think a very valid point was raised that if
you are going to serve the city you should know what you are getting into first.

RECOGNITION PERIOD

R-16-032
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Board of Aldermen
RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING ROB HOLLAND
Given its first reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHONEMAN THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO ALLOW
FOR THE SECOND READING OF R-16-032
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-032 given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHONEMAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-032
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-032 declared duly adopted.

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READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF
APRIL 26, 2016, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED BY THE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE ON
APRIL 25, 2016 BE ACCEPTED, PLACED ON FILE, AND THE READINGS SUSPENDED

MOTION CARRIED

COMMUNICATIONS

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO
ALLOW FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A COMMUNICATION PLACED ON OUR DESKS THIS EVENING
MOTION CARRIED

From: Homeowners of Sagamore Road and MacDonald Drive
Re: 396 Main Dunstable Road

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE
MOTION CARRIED

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

Mr. Paul Garant, 163 Harris Street

| appreciate the opportunity to speak tonight. | think we need to go back to an understanding of how this CBA
compares to one that you recently voted on for the police officers of this city. In fiscal 16, °17 and ’18 police
officers will receive 2.5% every year. The contract before you tonight, over the next four years members of the
fire department will received 2.0% in fiscal 16, 0% in 17 and 2.5% in each °18 and °19. | know this doesn’t
compare equally to the police since they don’t have a figure for ’°19 but | can assure you that it will be back
probably looking for 2.5%. | urge you to consider that in the concept of fairness to our firefighters. | was
listening to the news Friday morning when the labor statistics were published and | heard that the average
increase of salaries in the private sector in the past 12 months is 2.6%. So for anyone that says this is out-of-
bounds, the firefighters will receive an average of 1.7% over the next four fiscal years while in the private
sector salaries are going up higher than that. | ask you to please pass this item before you tonight.

Ms. Mary Gorman, 44 % Amherst Street

| represent Ward 4 in the New Hampshire House and | am a member of the Education Committee. The issue
of school funding has arisen in the debate of proposed ordinance O-16-011. Proponents claim that public
schools receive about $13,000 per pupil and that charter schools receive $6,500 per pupil. This comparison is
misleading and erroneous. The amount quoted as being received by public schools is the average cost per
public school pupil. The amount quoted as being received by charter schools is what is called the adequacy
payment. This represents the states obligation to provide an adequate education to all pupils, whether public
or charter. Public schools also receive adequacy payment; currently it is $2,000 less per pupil than the amount
received by the charter schools. Beginning in July it will be $3,000 less per pupil. To compare the average
cost for public school pupil with the states’ adequacy funding is false. It is a comparison with two unrelated
quantities. No superintendent is receiving $13,000 per pupil from the state and to imply otherwise is just
wrong.

Chief Steve Galipeau, Chief, Nashua Fire Rescue
| urge the Board to support 16-026, the CBA for the firefighters because that document represents 170 of the

most dedicated men and women that | have ever worked with in my life. They are out there on the front lines
day in and day out. They have negotiated fairly with the city; we negotiated for many months and we ended up

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in mediation and we came up with the final deal. As Commissioner Garant stated, in an attempt the city with
their financial needs they took a 0% in one of the years. We are always talking about the heroin issue in the
city; these guys are out there doing their best to help people stay alive. Over the last two years this group of
individuals has supplied over 500 winter coats to children in need within the city. They were distributed
through the elementary schools, the Children’s Home and the Boys and Girls Club. Over the last 25 years this
same group of people, out of their own pocket have supplied an average of 60 meals per year at
Christmastime for families in need. This past winter on one of our coldest weekends we had an elderly
resident of the city that had an issue with the furnace in her house. The oil company would not come out. This
group, out-of-pocket, came up with the cash to secure funding for the oil company to come out and help this
woman. They are vested within the community on duty and off duty and | truly urge you to support their labor
agreement.

Mr. Michael Gallagher, 9 Old Coach Road

| am the chairman of the Conservation Commission and | was asked to be here this evening knowing that Mr.
Parker's nomination was on your agenda. | did not know that Mayor Donchess was going to ask for it to be
tabled. | would like to point out that we have had three members in the past few years who have attended
meetings, agreed to serve the Commission and have since left prior to their term being over. Attending a
meeting doesn’t necessarily mean they are honor their full term. Every Board, including this one is a Board of
volunteers. | completely understand wanting people to understand what they are signing up for and | agree
that there are efforts that the Mayor's office can do but | think if somebody is here willing to do then it’s our job
as a Conservation Commission; we are simply a land/use Advisory Board to teach the folks that come onto our
Commission what is expected of them and what to do. | am encouraged that Mr. Parker will be at our next
meeting and we will do our best to make sure that he understands fully what our requirements are. | hope he
is willing to join. | will also say that | hope there is some discussion of the Southwest Trails Dedication that is
happening this weekend at the end of the meeting.

PETITIONS — None

NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Appointment by the Mayor
The following Appointment by the Mayor was read into the record:
Cultural Connections Committee
Jessica Ayala (New Appointment) For a Term to Expire: January 5, 2020
31 Kinsley Street
Nashua, NH 03060
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR AS READ AND
REFER IT TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MOTION CARRIED
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
Budget Review Committee 0.0.0.0... cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetsseteeetseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 04/25/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the April 25, 2016
Budget Review Committee accepted and placed on file.

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Finance COMMiIttee. 0.0.0... ececccecccececececececececececeeecevereteceeecevereeerererenees 04/20/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the April 20, 2016
Finance Committee accepted and placed on file.

Finance COMMiIttee. 0.0.0.0... ccecccecccececececececececececetecevereeeceeereverevererenenees 05/03/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the May 3, 2016
Finance Committee accepted and placed on file.

Committee on Infrastructure ....00. 0c cccccecceecceeeceeceeeeseceseeereeeraeereneraees 04/27/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the April 27, 2016
Committee on Infrastructure accepted and placed on file.

Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee .....0..00. cc cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 05/02/16

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the May 2, 2016
Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee accepted and placed on file.

WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS
Cultural Connections Committee Liaison Report ..................ee 04/30/16
Resettlement Presentation & Ascentria Resettlement Presentation

for Gate City

There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the April 30, 2016, Cultural Connections
Committee liaison report accepted and placed on file.

CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS

Arts Commission

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS
TO THE NASHUA ARTS COMMISSION: LINDSAY RINALDI, 705 BELMONT STREET, BELMONT,
MASSACHUSETTS, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE APRIL 1, 2018; MITZI BARRETT, 52 WOOD STREET,
NASHUA, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE MAY 1, 2019; AND, BONNIE GUERICO, 66 MEADOW DRIVE,
HOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE: APRIL 1, 2019

MOTION CARRIED

President McCarthy declared Lindsay Rinaldi, Mitzi Barrett and Bonnie Guerico duly appointed to the Nashua
Arts Commission for the aforementioned terms.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.

Conservation Commission

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO TABLE THE APPOINTMENT FOR WILLIAM S. PARKER TO THE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
MOTION CARRIED

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Cultural Connections Committee

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF BERNADETTE
MELTON-PLANTE, 41 PARRISH HILL DRIVE, NASHUA, TO THE CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE APRIL 30, 2019

MOTION CARRIED

President McCarthy declared Bernadette Melton-Plante duly appointed to the Cultural Connections Committee
for a term to expire April 30, 2019.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.

Economic Development Director

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF TIMOTHY
CUMMINGS, 92 RUSSETT ROAD, WEST ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM AT THE PLEASURE OF THE
MAYOR

MOTION CARRIED

President McCarthy declared Timothy Cummings duly appointed to the Office of Economic Development
Director for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.
Personnel Advisory Board

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO
THE PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD: MICHELLE O’MALLEY, 13 GETTYSBURG DRIVE, NASHUA,
FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE MAY 1, 2017; SHEILA J. KABAT, 5 OLDHAM LANE, NASHUA, FOR A TERM
TO EXPIRE MAY 1, 2018; AND CAROL BALDWIN, 42 DIAMONDBACK AVENUE, NASHUA, FOR A TERM
TO EXPIRE MAY 1, 2019

MOTION CARRIED

President McCarthy declared Michelle O’Malley, Sheila J. Kabat and Carol Baldwin appointed to the Personnel
Advisory Board for the aforementioned terms.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.

Zoning Board of Adjustment

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF MARIELLEN
MACKAY, 9 WEBSTER STREET, NASHUA, TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR A TERM
TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

MOTION CARRIED

President McCarthy declared Mariellen MacKay duly appointed to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for a term to
expire September 11, 2018.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - RESOLUTIONS

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA TO TAKE FROM THE TABLE R-16-026
MOTION CARRIED

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R-16-026
Endorsers: Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Benjamin M. Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Daniel T. Moriarty
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS AND
LOCAL #789, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS FROM JULY 1,
2015, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019, AND RELATED TRANSFERS FROM CONTINGENCY
Given its third reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-026

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Wilshire

| think that this is a fair contract and that over the four years at 1.7%, | think that’s fair. I’m going to support it.
Alderman O’Brien

| will declare a conflict and | will not be voting on this.

Alderman Siegel

| appreciate the efforts of the Commission and the fire department and | actually don’t believe that this is a bad
contract. | voted against it in committee because we do have a spending cap and while this is a great contract
we are in this impossible position. | feel like | am voting against it because | am trying to be consistent in
pushing for the pension legislation that | have. It would be inconsistent for me on the one hand to push for
something like that which is specifically targeted and yet approve a contract which is higher than that number,
despite my personal feelings about whether or not a good faith effort was done in negotiating it and certainly
not a reflection about what was done by the department. | would point out that it’s not fair to compare this to
the supervisor's contract that we voted on because we really didn’t have a choice in rejecting that. We were
sort of forced into that because there’s a “me too” clause. We don’t have that here otherwise | would be voting
exactly the same way as | did with the police supervisors contract given that we wouldn’t have a choice. |
apologize for the need to be consistent.

Alderman Clemons

| think this is a fair contract. | think that the bargaining unit did a lot of compromising, especially taking a 0% in
one year, recognizing the fact that the city is going through a really tough time with the spending cap and |
appreciate that and | am proud to endorse this legislation and proud to give my support of it.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

| understand Alderman Siegel's concerns and for me it’s not about fairness, | think that we just have to look at
what our responsibility is here and often those of us sitting around this horseshoe have competing
responsibilities and it’s to maintain a livable tax rate for the residents of this city. At the same time we have a
responsibility to make sure that we are providing them and their property, be it homeowner’s or business
owners with the protection they need. | think the fire department is experiencing retirements which mean there
will be new members that we are going to be competing for and we need to provide the department with the
tools they need to be competitive in getting the best firefighters we can get for the City of Nashua. Firefighting
is this city is not a one formula thing; we’ve got many companies that use materials like chemicals and gases

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and our firemen need to be trained to put out those fires as well as to do with house fires with a variety of
building issues. | think we need to think about the quality of firefighting we need in this city to provide the
safety that our residents deserve.

Alderman Dowd

In past sometimes when contracts came up the question was asked to the Commission and the chief, is this
the way you want to spend your money. Well, the money for the FY ’16 portion of this is already in the budget,
the money to cover this in the FY ’17 budget are in the firemen’s budget which is in the budget that we
received tonight and it’s under the spending cap. | think that with an overall percentage of 1.7% that’s really
good. | can only remember one other time that a bargaining unit took a 0% in a year. They are doing this
because they understand FY °17 is a challenge for us. | am going to be supporting this.

Alderman Schoneman

FY ’17 is certainly a difficult year; FY °18 and FY ’19 are likely to be too. | didn’t support this in the Budget
Review Committee and | don’t feel | can here either. | am fearful that if we continue to expand salaries...| think
to make this increase with the knowledge that future years will be perhaps even more difficult than this one; |
cannot do it at this time.

Alderman Lopez

| just wanted to say that | am keenly aware of how important the fire department is; particularly in my work. We
have had a lot of fires and emergency response situations and | think generalizing and saying that we need to
be consistent across all facets of our city is a mistake because this is the fire department. It’s the same
argument that | felt strongly about with the police department. This is the time to start cutting costs in the
leadership and the training of an important and essential service. We do have the heroin and opioid crisis but
we also have a lot of aging buildings, especially in my Ward. | know that everyone who voted for me and is a
constituent in Ward 4 appreciates that the fire department shows up prepared with the equipment they need. |
am in support of this because | want to make sure we have a necessary and important service in our city and |
don’t want to reduce that in any way.

Alderman Dowd

| have been involved with budgets in the city for over 33 years and | haven’t seen one year where someone
came in and said this is a great year, we can spend what we want. Every year has been a challenge.

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Dowd, 8
Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman Moriarty

Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy

Nay: Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Siegel, 6
Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun,

Recusal: Alderman O’Brien 1
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-026 declared duly adopted.

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Board of Aldermen Page 9
May 10, 2016

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-16-007
Endorsers: Alderman David Schoneman
Alderman Tom Lopez
PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRUCKS ON CHANDLER STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHONEMAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-16-007
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-16-007 declared duly adopted.

O-16-008
Endorser: Alderman David Schoneman
ALLOWING RESIDENTS OF SALEM STREET TO PURCHASE OVERNIGHT ON-STREET
PARKING PERMITS

Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHONEMAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-16-008
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-16-008 declared duly adopted.

O-16-009
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
PROHIBITING PARKING IN PART OF LE PARC DE NOTRE RENAISSANCE FRANCAISE PARKING
LOT DURING SUNDAY FARMERS’ MARKETS
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO AMEND O-16-009 IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REPLACING IT WITH THE
GOLDEN ROD COPY PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA

President McCarthy

What are the changes on the golden rod copy?

Alderman Lopez

They basically just cut the space off halfway and allowed traffic to go to and from on the road that enters the
Parc.

MOTION CARRIED

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-16-009 AS AMENDED
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-16-009 declared duly adopted as amended.

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