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FY 2021 Budget Challenges

Potential Reductions in State and Local
Revenue

Cost of City Provided Healthcare

- $3.0 million addition to FY2021 Operating Budget
- On top of the $3.3 million in FY2020

School, Police, Fire and DPW — 2.25% Target
Increase

- All other Divisions - 2.00%

May 20, 2020 9

A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; Deputy City Clerk Judy Boileau recorded.

Prayer was offered by Deputy City Clerk Judy Boileau; Alderman Don LeBrun led in the Pledge to the
Flag.

The roll call was taken with 13 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Wilshire and
Alderman Cookson were recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also present.
REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

| wanted to speak with you about the Safe Stations Program which began on Thursday. The model is
after Manchester which started a very similar program in early May. The way this works is that any
person who wishes to seek help, treatment or recovery, can go to one of our six fire stations and talk with
a firefighter and taken in and then will be picked up by Harbor Homes and transported to either a shelter
like the Maple Street Shelter where Tom works or to the medical detox beds that they have at High
Street. Harbor Homes will work with the person and enable them to get into a longer term treatment
program. We have all heard how serious a problem this has been in Nashua and throughout the State of
New Hampshire. We have parents and grandparents who are stricken with grief over children or
grandchildren who are caught in addiction. We have the neighbor who says someone is dealing next
door and we have the teachers who report they have kids in their classrooms whose parents are involved
with heroin and come to school without enough food and care. Of course there are the deaths and
overdoses that we have seen, seven deaths in September and seven deaths in October and fortunately
of one so far this month. | think this is an important response that the city is making here to enable
people to have another route towards recovery. The results in the last five days have been good, at least
two people have gone into the stations and more people have called. | went over the Harbor Homes
today because of a Thanksgiving dinner that they have and they told me that they think six or seven
people have come into their program and a number of them have been sent to Farnum and other
treatment facilities as a result of the Safe Stations initiative. Many people participated in what | think is a
big step forward and a big success, Chris Stawasz from AMR; AMR responds to every medical call
anyway, including all of the OD’s. He understood the program well from Manchester and was definitely
very critical. Our fire department chief and all of the firefighters who are participating at each of the
stations, our health department who helped provide additional training to the fire fighters beyond the
Narcan training that they have already received. Harbor Homes is participating, Peter Kelleher and
everyone over there making sure that this program works. The Opioid Task Force and the hospitals and
other people have been very involved and they all have been necessary in making this possible. The
one thing that | am asking from the city is that Harbor Homes does not have the funds to cover the cost of
transportation on an indefinite basis so | propose that we allocate $20,000 for the remainder of the fiscal
year out of the contingency account. Peter Kelleher is the head of the partnership for successful living
where Harbor Homes will come to discuss this at whatever committee this resolution goes to. We've
talked about the fact that he can report on what the real costs are after 90 days or so and as we gain
experience with the program and see what the cost of transportation might be we can use the funds to
reimburse Harbor Homes for that purpose and | hope in the end you will endorse that expenditure.

On a lighter note, we have the Holiday Stroll coming up on Saturday and | hope everybody can go. Paul
Shea has done a great job this year and has gotten the usual 50 different performances of music going
on and has gotten additional food trucks. It’s usually a very successful night for downtown. We have the
enhanced holiday lights that have been put up by the Parks & Rec Department. These were funded
through the budget which you appropriated and in addition an allocation made by the Downtown
Improvement Committee. Everybody got together and chose the additional lights that you see. | think it
is something that we can build on in the future if we care to. | wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

City of Nashua

Purchasing Department

Administrative Services Division (603) 589-3330
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Fax (603) 594-3233
January 26, 2022
Memo #22-231
TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee
SUBJECT: Interpretive Historic Signage in the amount not to exceed $35,731 funded from 81700

Infrastructure Improvements/Bond

Please see attached communications from Daniel Hudson, City Engineer, dated January 20, 2022 for project
specific details related to this purchase. Below please find a summary of the purchase approval request:

Item:

Value:
Vendor:

Department:
Source Fund:
Bidding Info:

Ordinance:

Historic Interpretive Signs for the Veterans Memorial Parkway (formerly the Broad
Street Parkway)

$35,731

Preservation Company

160 Admin/Engineering

81700 Infrastructure Improvements/ Bond

A competitive bidding RFQ for this project was issued with RFQ1056J-100312

Pursuant to § 5-78 Major purchases (greater than $25,000) A. All supplies and
contractual services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated
cost thereof shall exceed $25,000 shall be purchased by formal, written contract
from the lowest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting bids.

The Board of Public Works (1/20/22 BPW meeting), Division of Public Works: Administration/Engineering,
and the Purchasing Department respectfully request your approval of this contract.

Regards,

Kelly Parkinson

Purchasing Manager

Ce: D Hudson
C O'Connor

FY 2021 Revenue

State Aid — Is It At Risk?

¢ City Related
— Meals and Rooms Tax $4,500,000
— Highway Block Grant $1,655,254

¢ School Related
— State Adequacy Aid $35,541,100

¢ One-Time Revenue

— State Adequacy Aid $2,900,000
— Municipal State Aid $1,800,000

May 20, 2020 10

$10.3 Billion Tax Base — Will it Erode
because of a Weaker Post COVID-19
Economy?

¢ We don’t know

¢ Lower Commercial Property Values could mean
higher taxes for homeowners

¢ The Economy will recover but we don’t know
when

May 20, 2020 11

COVID-19 Employment Crisis

¢ Many Nashuans are hurting

¢ More than 8,200 Nashuans are currently
unemployed (does not include Nashua residents

that work in MA and have been laid off or
furloughed)

¢ COVID-19 Unemployment rate is 15.8%

May 20, 2020 12

Mayor’s POST COVID-19
Recommendations

Cut spending of one-time state aid by $1.9 million and
Redirect $1.9 million to Tax Relief

No increases to proposed operating budgets above

2.25% for Schools, Police, Fire, and DPW and 2.00% for
all other Departments

Include new Healthcare Plan Design in all Collective
Bargaining Agreements

Hiring Freeze for non-essential personnel

May 20, 2020 13

Recent Accolades

2019- 8'* Safest City in the United States

2019- Best Suburb in New Hampshire

2019- 13** Best-Run City in the United States

2018- Nashua Named one of the Safest Places to Retire in the Country

2018- Nashua Named one of the Best Run Cities in the Country

2018- Nashua Named the Best Place for Millennials in Hillsborough
County

2018- Nashua Named the Most Diverse Place to live in NH
2018- AAA Bond Rating from S&P and Fitch Ratings

2018- Nashua has some of the Least Amount of Crime in Mid-Sized
Cities

May 20, 2020 14

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

MAY 20, 2020

7:00 p.m. Meeting is being conducted remotely in accordance with Governor’s

Emergency Order #12 pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04

To access Webex:

https://nashuanh.webex.com/nashuanh/j.php? MT|ID=m23 9af1f13c596d20d21a4bbb6b6711aa
Meeting number/access code: 714 331 218 — Password: fHZfWwzkK362

To join by phone: 1-(408)-418-9388 - Meeting number/access code: 714 331 218

If for some reason you cannot connect to Webex, please contact us at (603) 821-2049 and they will help

you with connectivity. The public may also view the meeting via Channel 16.

PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN LOVERING

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN THOMAS LOPEZ

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC HEARING

R-20-023

RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR

THE CITY OF NASHUA GENERAL, ENTERPRISE, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

Sequence in Which City Department Budgets will be Discussed:

Dept. #

Revenue

Appropriations

GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION

101 MAYOR'S OFFICE 53
102 BOARD OF ALDERMEN 54
103 LEGAL DEPARTMENT 55
107 CITY CLERK’S OFFICE 59
108 ENERGY MANAGEMENT 60
109 CIVIC & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 61
131 HUNT BUILDING 64
158 PARKING ENFORCEMENT 65
166 PARKING OPERATIONS 66

183 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

71

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION

106 | ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 76
110 | ARLINGTON STREET COMMUNITY CENTER 79
111. | HUMAN RESOURCES 83
113. | BENEFITS 85
120. | TELECOMMUNICATIONS 87
122. | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 92
128 | RISK MANAGEMENT 96
129 | CITY BUILDINGS 101
130 | PURCHASING 105
132 | ASSESSING 109
134 |GIS 113
FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION
126 | FINANCIAL SERVICES 118
POLICE
150 | POLICE 127
FIRE
152. | FIRE DEPARTMENT 135
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
156 | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 143
157 | CITYWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 147
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY
159 | HYDRANT FEES — FIRE PROTECTION 150
162. | STREET LIGHTING 151
PUBLIC HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION
171 | COMMUNITY SERVICES 156
172. | COMMUNITY HEALTH 161
173. | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 165
174. | WELFARE ADMINISTRATION 169
175 | WELFARE ASSISTANCE 170
PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION
160 | PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION AND ENGINEERING 175
161 | STREET DEPARTMENT 180
177. | PARKS AND RECREATION 185