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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 3/24/2020 - P14

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due diligence can be done ahead of the first Hearing, because the normal process has been that the first
hearing sends it for review more thorough review.

President Wilshire

Are you referring to a first reading and a second reading?

Alderwoman Lu

That’s what | meant; did | say “hearing”?

President Wilshire

You did.

Alderwoman Lu

Yeah | meant first reading, because | typically go and | review the discussion in the Committee meetings to
get a sense of the scope of the subject. So | just think if we are going to try to have first and second
hearings on the same day, then it is not hard to notify us, “Hey let’s try to have the first and second hearing

tonight”. If not, then I’ll do my due diligence but have a second hearing at the next BOA meeting, Full
Meeting of the Board. Thank you.

Attorney Bolton

Can | say something here? It would be illegal for one of you to notify the rest of you in advance of the
meeting of any intention of what you wanted to do at the meeting. So if | understood correctly the
suggestion by way of telephone calls, series of telephone calls or e-mail or other communication, if one of
you were to notify a majority or all of the rest of you of an intention to move to suspend the rules for a
second reading, that would violate the Right to Know Law and it would violate it in a way that has not been
suspended by recent action of the Governor.

President Wilshire

Thank you, Attorney Bolton.

Alderman O’Brien

And then Alderman Dowd.

Alderman Dowd

Yes, | have had conversation with Alderman Caron recently and she cannot come out for our meetings
physically as she would be in the high-risk category. Also she does not have capability to do a meeting
remotely. So you would either have to select another Committee to go to or whoever is second in line
Deputy in that Committee would have to run the meeting.

President Wilshire

OK motion is to suspend the rules.

Alderman O’Brien

You’ve got Alderman Lopez.

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Alderman Lopez
| had a question through the President to the Corporation Counsel.
President Wilshire

Could you speak closer to your microphone again Alderman Lopez. Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

If the Mayor were to... the Board to bring something in under suspension, would that violate it because he
doesn't really have a vote per se? So he could indicate that that’s his preference, even if that’s not what
we end up actually doing.

Attorney Bolton

The Mayor being a member of the Board has a constitutional right to contact any or all of us to suggest
what he would prefer.

President Wilshire
All set Alderman Lopez? Alderman Tencza?
Alderman Tencza

Thank you, Madam President. So it seems to me that people don’t want to take a vote on this tonight but
also are worried that we are not going to get a Committee Hearing in before the next Board of Aldermen
Meeting so | would, and maybe Attorney Bolton can correct me if I’m wrong here. But if we pass a motion
for a second reading tonight and then table this piece of Legislation until the next meeting, potentially we
could give notice to the public that we are taking it up next meeting without having to go through
Committee? Is that correct?

Attorney Bolton

That’s correct.
President Wilshire

OK so you have heard that, we can suspend the rules and then table it and take it up at the next Full Board
Meeting and that would eliminate the need for a Budget Meeting in-between where | think things are going
to be a little bit worse here in the City than they are now.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam President. | understand the conversation and what is going on tonight, but at the same
time too | am very concerned, | don’t think anybody really here is an insurance professional or completely
understands what we need to do in this type of situation. And like the Mayor mentioned, so we have relied
on it sounds like a group that he has particularly assigned to go in to look at this and to come up with a
solution. And we will have a savings to the taxpayers, yet at the same time, pretty much still give our
employees, which | am somewhat familiar. | was a merit employee for 15 years in this City. And |
understand too what the Coronavirus that we’ve got here, we are going to have trouble with the meetings
and now we have discussed that the Chairman of that particular Committee may not be able to make the
meeting. So who do you refer it to? Well, you refer it to the experts and to me, if this is the expert opinion
that has been given to the Mayor on this is the vote that we should vote to, then | think we should weigh
pretty heavily with that expert opinion and so therefore | am going to vote to suspend the rules because |

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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 3/24/2020 - P16

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have some faith in our experts that have looked at this and come up with a plan for the City, in support.
And thank you Madam President for letting me say it now because when the motion comes to the table it is
a non-debatable motion. So thank you.

Alderwoman Kelly

Hi yeah thank you. So | appreciate all the comments that have been brought forward. | still am very
uncomfortable and | think Alderman Lopez brings up a really good point of, “yes this is a situation that is an
emergency, we are doing remote meetings in order to keep everybody safe” but | would not like to see us
set a precedent where we don’t talk through something that is going to affect all the employees in the City.
And | personally know from being on the Personnel Committee for 2 years that there are things that | hadn’t
thought of until someone comes up and is able to at least speak on it. So unless somebody knew it was on
the agenda tonight, we are not even giving them an opportunity to speak. And | really think that we need to
make sure to not make that precedent.

Alderman Klee

Thank you. | am going to actually address Alderwoman Kelly if that’s OK. Alderwoman Kelly, | think that
we were told if we suspend the rules, table it and then bring it up for discussion at the next meeting, making
notice to the public that it would be discussed, they could either attend or as we addressed, they could
send an e-mail with their discussion and so on. | don’t know if that makes it more palatable for people as
well as the public, that we are trying to take everything into consideration.

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you for the clarification. | am fine with that. | would like to make sure that Kim Kleiner or whoever
would be heading this up in the City does give us a full overview of what the changes are as well. Thanks.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

| am just curious and | think my question is to the Mayor, has there been any discussion about this process
with the AFLCIO or SCIU whichever group is involved with this, as far as unaffiliated.

Mayor Donchess

Alderwoman Gathright, the unaffiliated workers are not represented by any union. So instead of talking to
the representatives we held a group meeting here in the Auditorium a couple of weeks ago. There were, |
don’t know, 75, 80, 90 people present, and we talked through all of the details. Ms. Kleiner was here, Mr.
Griffin, | think Mr. Budreau, all of the people involved. We had a handout sheet where we explained what is
explained all of it, in addition to our verbal explanation. And then to questions, but there really weren't any.
Before that, we had talked to the Division Directors and got their input on it. So we have addressed the
employees and offered to discuss it with them or explain it to them. And at least my perception is we have
not really had any objections. | mean | think a lot of people like the idea that the weekly contributions
would go down.

Now you know, under certain circumstances they would be more, but | think another thing that is beginning
to sink in with the employees to whom this has been properly explained and in the School Department I’m
not sure that has happened, but that the high deductible plan is one that can really benefit most people.
And as we explain it and discuss it more and more, it is being adopted by more employees and this change
as we explained it they, in the — up here in the audience in the Auditorium to the employees, encourages if
you don’t like the changes, they encourage you to move to the high deductible plan.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

OK thank you.

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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 3/24/2020 - P17

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Alderwoman Lu

Thank you, Madam President. | move to amend the motion.

President Wilshire

The attorney is saying you can’t. The Motion is to suspend the rules to allow for a second reading of
Ordinance 20-011. Further discussion on that.

Alderman Jette

| just wanted to, after hearing all of the discussion, | just want to remind my fellow Aldermen that the way
that we normally deal with Legislation is that is referred to a Committee and the Committee has a chance to
analyze it, discuss it, you know, people can come in, in this case either they could come in remotely or they
could communicate by e-mail and they could, you know, we could all learn, | mean the Committee could
explore what this is all about. | appreciate the Mayor’s explanation but you know | am sure that in the end
it will probably, you know, it sounds like it is a good move but | am concerned with our suspending the rules
and moving forward with this. Some people have suggested that if we suspended the rules, we could then
table it and then discuss it at the next meeting. But you know that’s the way we normally deal with this. Are
we going to have people coming in an explaining it to us at our next meeting? And how long is that going
to make the next meeting? It would be then hearing people talk about this and then voting on this on the
spot. The way we normally deal with things is the way | would prefer.

We do have time before the next meeting, we could schedule a meeting and it is unfortunate that Alderman
Caron can’t participate but she’s not the only member of that Committee if that’s where you send it. You
could also send it to a different Committee. But sending it to a Committee would allow us to learn more
about it, hear about it, discuss it and then when it comes, make a recommendation and then at the next
Board of Aldermen meeting we could then vote on it, you know, fully understanding what we are voting on
and fulfilling our role as Aldermen, which we owe to our constituents. | don’t feel comfortable; | don’t think
we should just vote on something based upon what the Mayor has told us tonight. | don’t doubt that what
he is saying is absolutely true, but | think | owe it to my constituents to review all of that, research it, you
know, talk to people and then vote on it based upon — | owe it to my constituents to look at this myself and
not just accept what the Mayor is saying. And the Mayor said there is no emergency that requires us to
suspend the rules tonight. We could go through the normal process and vote on it at our next Board of
Aldermen meeting. And tonight has shown us that we can do this remotely. We don’t have to endanger
ourselves or others by doing it the way that we normally do things, which | think is the correct way.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

| am just realizing that this is a conversation that we’ve had in many meetings with the Board on this
process and | remember Director Kim was there and everything else. | just want to ask, is there some kind
of way, | don’t know, can we move, can | move the question, because at this point | believe that everybody
knows what they feel and what they want to do and rather than prolong this evening, we move it. Is that a
legit term here?

President Wilshire

Yes you can move the question.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

Thank you, move the question.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO MOVE THE QUESTION

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A viva voce roll call was taken to move the question which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Tencza, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 10
Nay: Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu 2
MOTION CARRIED
President Wilshire
And that motion carried. The motion is to suspend the rules. Would the Clerk please call the roll?
Alderman Lopez
Aren't we just asking to move the question?
President Wilshire
We are voting right now Alderman Lopez.
Alderman Lopez

| understand we are voting but | thought that Alderman Gathright had asked to move the question and that
we would have to vote on moving the question first.

President Wilshire

We did that.

Alderman Lopez

Ok so just to be clear now we are voting on whether to suspend the rules?
President Wilshire

Right.

Alderman Lopez

Thank you for helping.

President Wilshire

You are welcome.

Alderwoman Lu

I’m sorry, what are we voting on?
President Wilshire

Suspension of the rules?

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Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 3/24/2020 - P19

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A viva voce roll call was taken to suspend the rules which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Tencza,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Wilshire 8

Nay: Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette 4
MOTION CARRIED

O-20-011
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael O’Brien
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard Dowd
REVISIONS TO THE HEALTH PLAN SECTION OF THE UNAFFILIATED EMPLOYEES
PERSONNEL POLICIES

MOTION BY ALDERMAN KLEE TO TABLE O-20-011 UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD OF ALDERMEN
MEETING

A viva voce roll call was taken to table O-20-011 which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Harriott-
Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 11

Nay: Alderman O’Brien 1

MOTION CARRIED

O-20-012
Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY REZONING LAND OFF OF TINKER ROAD FROM RURAL
RESIDENCE (R-40) TO “B” SUBURBAN RESIDENCE (R-18)

Given its first reading;

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the first reading of O-20-012, referred it to
the Planning and Economic Development Committee, the Nashua Planning Board, and will be
scheduling a Special Board of Aldermen public hearing as soon as conveniently possible

O-20-013
Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael O’Brien
Alderman Jan Schmidt
AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY REZONING LAND OFF OF AMHERST STREET FROM PARK
INDUSTRIAL (PI) TO PARK INDUSTRIAL WITH MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT (PI/MU)
Given its first reading;

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the first reading of O-20-012, referred it to
the Planning and Economic Development Committee, the Nashua Planning Board, and will be
scheduling a Special Board of Aldermen public hearing as soon as conveniently possible

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None

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REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Klee

Thank you, President Wilshire. | just wanted to make a comment about that | think that this process is very
difficult and | think all of my colleagues are doing an admirable job and | really want to commend everybody
on everything that they are doing. | also wanted to make a comment about the volunteerism. | have been
contacted by | don’t know how to pronounce his last name but his first name is Pedro, from In & Out
Burritos, who wants to offer meals to those who need them. He was asking who he would contact relative
to meals for the High School students. So if anybody wants to get ahold of him they can contact him at In
& Out Burritos or they could contact me and | could put them in touch. So thank you to all the public that
are stepping forward and doing all of this. Thank you.

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you, Madam President. | just wanted to offer some thanks to everybody who helped to get us up and
running for this remote meeting, | know that it wasn’t easy. | think everybody is doing an incredible job from
that standpoint, Public Health & Safety is so important right now. On that note | want to thank all the
leaders, everybody in our City who are still working to combat this; from the janitors who are still coming to
City Hall to make sure it is sanitized and ready to go, to our nurses, fire fighters, police, even the
community activists who are reaching out to make sure that our students have food. | think that we are
really coming together as a City against this and | really appreciate every single contribution as we keep
moving forward.

Alderman Dowd

Yes, a couple things, one and Attorney Bolton can correct me if I’m wrong, but anyone on the Board, if they
have a question about a piece of Legislation and this also applies during the Budget if you have a question.
You can submit it in writing to the Department Head or any City Employee but that would be the
Department Head and you will get a written response and it will be shared with everyone on the Board of
Aldermen. As long as we don’t have conversations amongst ourselves, that’s the proper way to do it. So
on the insurance question, if you review the Legislation, do your homework and you have a question, you
can ask whoever the Mayor wants to designate at the point person to handle the questions and they can
give us responses in writing, probably through Donna. And Donna can then give all the Aldermen a copy
of that and that will help with any of the discussion going forward. There will be more on the Budget as we
get closer and start scheduling Budget Meeting and they will be all remove.

President Wilshire

Thank you, Alderman Dowd, anyone else, comments?

Alderman Lopez

Yeah | just wanted to remind the public ...

President Wilshire

Talk closer to your microphone please, you are really hard to hear Alderman Lopez. Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

Is this better.

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President Wilshire

Yes.

Alderman Lopez

So as much as we are in a pandemic, and everybody is practicing social distancing voluntarily, it also can
be a tremendous burden on people in particular who are extroverts or who need social supports. So | just
wanted to remind the public that Mobile Crisis Response Team is still operating. We are using all the
safety precautions that are appropriate. And they are open 24/7. So if you are in distress, reach out to
someone. The number is (603) 816-0101.

And then also for people who thought | would have an event to announce, this Saturday at 7:00 P.M. we
are doing an on-line fundraiser through Involve to Impact. We are trying to raise money for masks. So if
anybody is interested in maybe hanging out with people while not hanging out with people, just go to
Involvetolmpact.org. We are trying to organize it from there.

President Wilshire
Thank you.
Alderman Schmidt

Thank you, Madam President. | just wanted to thank all of the people who are sewing masks. | don’t know
if you are aware of those but there are hundreds of people who have gathered up fabric and are sewing
their little hearts out to make sure that the people who need masks at least will have the simple masks that
we can produce. But it is a huge thank you and | just wanted to make sure folks knew about that.

President Wilshire

| would like to take a moment to thank the Mayor.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

| am so sorry, | was trying to hit the button. | just want to thank, you know, Dan | hear you and | know
there’s quite a few people here in Nashua that’s really making the masks for people. And the nurses and |
say that because it was my baby girl is one of those RN’s that are out there. And | just want to thank all the
people that are volunteering at the school to give out the meals at lunchtime for the kids to take home. Just
to remind the parents that most of the schools, the elementary schools and the junior high schools are
open. | believe it is 11:00 to 4:00 for you to pick up meals for your children for the next few days. They are
only open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

President Wilshire

All set Alderman Gathright?

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

Yes.

President Wilshire

Ok again I'd like to take a moment to thank the Mayor, Public Health, First Responders, | mean everyone.

Everyone in this City has really come together, as difficult a situation as this has been | think some of our
businesses have stepped up and are making things that they don’t normally make. It has really been a

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really awesome community effort. And | want to thank everyone, those essential personnel and those that
are not quite as essential but still as important. So thank you to everyone out there for the tremendous
work and the social distancing and doing everything you need to do to help prevent the spread of this virus.
Committee announcements:

President Wilshire

| am going to announce that there are no Committees.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE MARCH 24, 2020, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,

Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,

Alderman Wilshire 12
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:48 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

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them simple to design and build and
economical to construct because their
concrete parts could all be cast in place.
Design features of this bridge included
‘a continuous reinforced concrete slab
spanning the erassing, a reinforced
conerete center pier with concrete.
‘abutments, ond wing wall

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Bridges to the Past

‘ou can see the path of the road that crossed
over the old Darrah Bridge, just upstream
from where you are standing onthenew

Bedford Road Bridge, completed in 2020, The

former Darrah Bridge was one of two matching

bridges on Bedford Road built by the Town of

‘Merrimack in 1923. The other, the Robbins Bridge,

crossed Baboosic Brook about a mile northwest

of here. They were both concrete-encased steel
stringer bridges, one ofthe most widely-used
bridge types of the early twentieth century. The
contractors were Winslow & Cummings of Nashua.

‘The partnership of stonemason Arthur F. Winslow

and former road superintendent and blacksmith,

Ovid F. Cummings built roads and bridges in the

region from the 19205 through the 1940s,

Robbins Bridge over Baboosle Brook before
Rrwasreplaced in 2008, NorhEct Eth Mechahict

The Meandering Brook

‘The course of Baboosic Brook is so winding that

Dependable Design

The concrete encased steel, multiple
girder bridge type was promoted by high-
‘way departments and engineering ma-
nuals of the early 19005, a5 an easy and
economical replacement for traditional
timber stringer bridges.

‘The Darrah Bridge, aswell as the Robbins
Bridge, exemplified the type with parallel
beams, castin-place reinforced concrete
deck and concrete railings. Concrete

there are nine thin the Town of,

metal from corrosion

Merrimack, According to
New Engfand, Baboosic is a Native American word
referring to a sluggish current (Huden 1962}. The
brook originates in Baboosic Lake on the Am-
herst town line and ends atthe Souhegan River
where itjoins the Merrimack River.

Old Lake Shore Road Bridge

vances in
manufacturing made rolled steel -beams
widely available and new motorized
heavy construction equipment was used
to move them into place.

CONNECTING TRAVELERS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE'S LAKES REGION

through the ranks

ch he held far the

Railroad Fuels Growth

Accrossing of Gunstock River in this

inclided a schoolhouse and scattered
farms, patter

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iin 1890 of the 17.5-mile long Lake Sree TE oeEeorae gS

Shore Railroad, along the south side
of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Increased development led to

Tourism

By 1910, the state had begun upgrading
sad system, part of the nation-wide

Winnipesaukee Road Highway which
extended thirty-nine miles from Route
16 in Rochester to Route 3 in Laconia/
Lalor tole ruch ofthe 1205 to

Vilage Inow Lokeportf on Paugus Bay. ofthe route
he 1920s, increased automobile oto tothe north
troffic required a new bridge better Gna sure howe The section River

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century, [twas Inthergéns but
remafned fn place until 2019 when cofistru
began on the new Bedford Rad Bric

Darah rte underside with concrete ene
the metal girders

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Slab Floor” sits and Sets 55

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