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Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 15
President Wilshire

Is there discussion on the motion for final passage, as amended? Seeing none, would the Clerk please call
the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-121 declared duly adopted as amended.

R-21-127
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE
AMOUNT OF FIVE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,408,000) FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 2021 CITY’S SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHMIDT FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-127, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Schmidt

And I'd like to speak to that motion.

President Wilshire

Alderman Schmidt?

Alderman Schmidt

Thank you. We have learned that in Nashua what we need to do is maintain infrastructure. We have seen that
with our roads once we got back on track, it’s made quite a difference here. The same things goes for this
Resolution, maintaining will cost a lot less in the long run and | am so glad this is being brought forward.
Thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else? Discussion? Seeing no one, would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

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Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-127 declared duly adopted.

R-21-129
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $1,439,929 FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITY “HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (“HOPWA”)”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-129, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-129 declared duly adopted.

R-21-131
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH NASHUA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, RIVIER UNIVERSITY, TOWN OF HUDSON, THE PLUS COMPANY AND THE SOUHEGAN
VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COLLABORATIVE FOR TRANSIT SERVICES
Given its second reading;

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MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-131, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Jette

And I'd like to speak to it.

President Wilshire

Alderman Jette.

Alderman Jette

So this is a regular contract that the Nashua Transit enters into with Nashua Community College, Rivier
University, the Town of Hudson, the PLUS Company and Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative,
whereby we provide transit services and they pay us money which provides revenue to operate the Nashua
Transit System and it also enables Nashua Transit to be eligible for Federal Funding because we are a
Regional Transit Service. So this was approved by the Budget Review Committee and | ask my fellow
Aldermen to support it.

President Wilshire

Thank you Alderman Jette. Discussion? Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

Just to add on to what Alderman Jette has brought up. Basically this offsets the expense of having public
transportation for taxpayers in Nashua by including a wider pool. It also uses the opportunity to engage people
who may not be as familiar with our bus system to incentivize using it. So students at Rivier for example, who
may not necessarily live in Nashua but be from other communities and be living on campus or that type of stuff.
This is their connection to Nashua. This is how they get to know Nashua, this is how they decide if they are
going to live here, it’s also how they spend money down here. So there’s a lot of value in this particular
program.

And then as Alderman Jette pointed out it also qualifies us for Federal money which is always a good return on
investment because in New Hampshire we pay out more than we get back from the Federal Government.

President Wilshire

Further discussion? Seeing none, the motion is for final passage of Resolution 21-131 by roll call. Would the
Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-131 declared duly adopted.

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R-21-133
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT OF
COMMUNITY POWER COALITION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-133, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire

The motion is for final passage. Is there discussion on that motion? | think this is a great opportunity for the
City. The Mayor brought it to us several months back and | am really looking forward to how we can roll this
program out to our citizens. The motion before us is for final passage. Any further discussion on that motion.
Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-133 declared duly adopted.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-21-056, Amended
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Patricia Klee

AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO STREET NAME CHANGES OF VETERANS
DRIVE AND THE BROAD STREET PARKWAY
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO AMEND O-21-056 BY REPLACING IT WITH THE GOLDENROD
COPY OF AMENDMENTS MADE AT THE COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BY ROLL CALL

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A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0

MOTION CARRIED

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-21-056 AS AMENDED, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Ordinance O-21-056 declared duly adopted as amended.

O-21-058
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Patricia Klee
AMENDING THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT LAND USE ORDINANCES
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN TENCZA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-21-058, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

Discussion on that motion? Alderman Jette.

Alderman Jette

| just think it is important for the public to know that this change in the ordinance has to do with flood insurance
and the Flood Insurance Program recommended that we make these changes. This will enable us to maintain
a rating better than most communities which also enables people to get a break on, if they need flood
insurance, by adopting these changes we are complying with the policies and procedures of the National Flood
Insurance Program which enables our citizens who do need flood insurance to get a lower rate on that flood
insurance. So this is a great benefit to those people who need flood insurance and it also enables us to make
sure that buildings that are built, new buildings or improvements to buildings that they comply with the flood
insurance requirements so that damage by flood is lessened.

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President Wilshire

Thank you Alderman Jette. Motion is for final passage. Further discussion? Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

Yeah | just wanted to add that | had asked whether or not this would, by moving the flood plains would it
change any of the expectations or requirements for development in that area to manage any kind of
remediation or environmental hazards, specifically concerned about the Mohawk Tannery or the expansion of
the Riverfront Landing properties. And the answer | was given was nope, because it’s still going to flood so
they need to build it so that it would survive the flood.

President Wilshire
Ok. Anyone else? Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Ordinance O-21-058 declared duly adopted.
O-21-059
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

AUTHORIZING A RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE ON AMHERST STREET TO COTTON ROAD CONNECTOR
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-21-059, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Dowd

And I'd like to speak to it.

President Wilshire

Alderman Dowd.

Alderman Dowd

Yes, anybody that is familiar with this corner which is near the Pressed Sandwich Shop. There are three lanes
and the righthand lane which is meant for turning on to Cotton, people get in that lane and then try to merge

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and there’s no lane on the other side of the intersection and it has been very hazardous including trailer trucks
I’ve seen try to do that and merge. And then the three lanes of cars get squished into two. | am surprised there
haven’t been more accidents there. But | have the concurrence of the City Engineer for these changes and |
ask that we pass it tonight.

President Wilshire

Any further discussion on Ordinance 21-059? Seeing none the motion is for final passage of Ordinance 21-
059 by roll call. Would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Ordinance O-21-059 declared duly adopted.
O-21-060
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
NO PARKING AT CERTAIN TIMES AND NO ON-STREET STUDENT DROP OFF OR PICK UP ON

SECTIONS OF CLEVELAND STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-21-060, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Dowd

And I'd like to speak to it.

President Wilshire

Alderman Dowd?

Alderman Dowd

So this is the Fairgrounds Middle School, it is part of the project we have developed a holding lane for the new
parents drop off. We don’t want any parking in there during the school hours because that would make the
holding lane useless. Cleveland Street is extremely busy and it is going to be paved very shortly for final
paving and we don’t want students dropped off in zones that would make it dangerous for them getting into the
school. So we are going to put signs for no drop offs of students in these areas. And this has been approved
by the City Engineer, Dan Hudson.

President Wilshire

The motion is for final passage by roll call. Any discussion? Alderman O’Brien.

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Alderman O’Brien

Thank you. And | agree totally with my fellow Alderman, Alderman Dowd. But one other Alderman who is not
here this evening, Alderman Clemons, did have a concern because Fairgrounds Junior High is a voting place

and that was discussed at the Infrastructure Meeting and allowances will be made on that. And to the friends
of our community who do have handicapped children, if you remember, there is a handicap playground there

and this will not affect their fun to be able to access that facility. Thank you.

President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd

Yeah | just want to follow up along with that. We did put several new handicap spots in the new parents
parking area that are adjacent to the handicap playground so that it is much easier access for them to get to
that playground from that higher level.

President Wilshire

Any further discussion? The motion is for final passage of Ordinance 21-060 by roll call. Would the Clerk
please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-21-060 declared duly adopted.

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-21-137
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $352,078 FROM THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITY “FY2022 REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORK
SERVICES”

Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire

Finance Committee — 02/02/2022 Page 2

Re: Software Licensing: Benefits Administration in the amount not to exceed $480,000 funded from 54400 Software
Licensing/Benefits Internal Service Fund (Administrative Services)

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COMEAU TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD A BID TO ALIGHT FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALIGHT BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SOLUTION FOR ALL INSURANCE PLANS FOR
THE CITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $480,000 ($160,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS). FUNDING
THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 113 BENEFITS; FUND: 54400 SOFTWARE LICENSING/BENEFITS INTERNAL SERVICE
FUND

ON THE QUESTION

Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director

Good evening. Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director. I’d like to give a little bit of background for those of you that
may not know about our benefits programs. Back on January 5‘ | wrote the Board a memo detailing the health of the
benefits health fund. If any of you didn’t receive it, I’d be glad to resend it. | try to do that once a year just to give you a
flavor of what’s happening and where we are with the fund. As of today, the fund balance is a little over $9 million.

Back when COVID struck, we were faced with a very difficult situation within (inaudible). So historically benefits — and we
manager benefits for all of the city, school, police, fire, city - we were faced with a problem where historically the benefits
had all been paper enrollment. Here we are with COVID and we're struck with the idea of having to get all the paper
enrollments from across the city. Now we are fortunate over at the School Department there is an HR office and they
work in partnership with us to collect all the school enrollments and then bring them all to the city. All of the input is done
here within three staff members. So this past year you had 2,089 enrollments. So they enter all of those enrollments into
our Lawson system, and then into the Anthem system which covers our health, and then into the Delta system which is
Delta Dental. So you can imagine not only is it a totally inefficient process but there’s a lot of room for human error.
When you’re keying that amount of data, it’s natural to happen.

So we knew back then that we wanted to change this and that it needed to be a priority. WBS (Workplace Benefit
Solutions) is our consultant that deals with us on all healthcare matters. They recommended that we go out to an RPF
through them which is commonly what we do for health products and that we look at bids from some of the top leaders.
That’s exactly what we did this fall. So they put out an RFP to all of their health industry leaders and we got three back —
technically four when we kicked back but three that we considered. Alight and Benefit Express being the top two. The
third being kind of disqualified for lack of services.

The top bidder had everything that we wanted. So Alight not only can totally satisfy the city’s needs in terms of their
deliverables but they have an incredible employee education package. So as many of you may know, we have been in
the process of a healthcare redesign. Part of that redesign is moving our employees from what we call our old HMO
250/500 to our new HMO 1500/3000. That takes an incredible amount of education to educate employees on what these
new benefits entail, what benefit package is best for them and their families who need services. This software has that
capability built into it. It will model an employee’s unique situation. They input key data, family size, healthcare situations,
pharmacy needs, and it will walk them through what benefit plan and what their costs could look like throughout the year.
That was very important to us.

The other part of this software that was very important to us is its all automatic feeds. So they will give us ten automatic
feeds to vendors which will stop all of that input and what we’re starting to get back from our vendors like Anthem, and
Delta, and Hartford is that they’re willing to kick in. So after my meeting and | wrote my memo to you, it is $160,000 a
year, a three year deal to start with. Hartford came back and agreed to kick in 20. So that | got after this we are still
working with our other partners to see if they would be willing. Why are they willing? Because the data that they’re going
to get through these automatic feeds is more reliable, and it’s faster, and it allows them to be more efficient on their end.
So that’s basically where we are. | tried to cover in my memo to you all of the features that | thought were beneficial to the
city. So | don’t want to repeat anything but certainly I’m happy to answer any questions.

Mayor Donchess

Before we go further, | didn’t recognize Alderman Thibeault who’s also present although not a member of the committee.
Any questions from anybody?

Alderman Klee

Thank you Mr. Mayor. Director Kleiner do you think the others will kick anything in and if so to what extent? Ordo you

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R-21-138
Endorser:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $25,563.84 FROM THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY “STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM” INTO
POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “2020 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM”

Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire

R-21-139
Endorser:

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman Tom Lopez

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright

AUTHORIZING THE BUS PULL OFF AND SHELTER EASEMENT ON BRIDGE STREET AND
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND USE EASEMENT AGREEMENT ON SANDERS

STREET

Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE and NASHUA CITY PLANNING
BOARD, by President Wilshire

R-21-140
Endorser:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Tom Lopez

Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN OF
MERRIMACK FOR TRANSIT SERVICES

Given its first reading; assigned to the FINANCE COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire

R-21-141
Endorser:

Alderman Ernest A. Jette

Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF UP TO $24,500 FROM THE CONSERVATION FUND FOR
WORK ON THE SALMON BROOK TRAIL

Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire