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Special Board of Aldermen 08-23-2021 Page 8

John Griffin, CFO

John Griffin, CFO. To the extent the appropriations have not been spent, they would be considered surplus
if they’re not redirected to fund other important activities in the city. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Does that answer your question Mr. Teeboom?

Fred Teeboom

| didn’t hear the answer. Could you repeat? A simple yes or no. Is this surplus money?

John Griffin, CFO

This is surplus appropriations.
Fred Teeboom

Exactly. Exactly. This money should go directly to fund balance and part of it used to a rainy day money
when you really need it, and part of it to offset the taxes because they’re going to be over 3 % percent this
year. Now the capital spending is totally out of control with this thing. In the back of this Resolution, I’m
holding it up, you have it on your desks, and you should have it at home, is a table that’s almost illegible.
The font is .2 font. I’m not going to spend my 3 minutes trying to analyze this list. Just to give you an idea
of the stupidity in this spending. To fund a disc golf, | have no idea what that is, for $30,000; to fund the
cost of the School Department legal matter which is the school plenty of money to take care of their legal
problems - $200,000; to fund the cost for cell phone stipends for employees - $7,000; to fund the 2022 Your
Voice, Your Choice — | have no idea what it is - $50,000; and the Elm Street Middle School which | thought
with plenty of bonding over $100 million if | remember right through the school — yet here’s another $75,000
to do more studies. This is a complete waste. This and the other million dollars adds to $6.2 million should
all be placed in the fund balance. | sent you an e-mail on this question. If this is appropriated...

Alderman O’Brien

Thirty seconds.

Fred Teeboom

... serious, serious problems. As far as this 3 minutes, | don’t think it’s legal to contain public comments to 3
minute limit - the clerk and that’s another problem. The big problem is it is between these two resolutions
subject to this public hearing and that’s why there’s a public hearing for the public to say we don’t want you
to start misspending this kind of money. We talked about $6.2 million.

Alderman O’Brien

Time Mr. Teeboom.

Fred Teeboom

Apply this not defined, not allocated, and stupidity like (no audio)

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION

Special Board of Aldermen 08-23-2021 Page 9
Laurie Ortolano

Laurie Ortolano — 41 Berkeley Street. Thank you. | just want to piggyback off of what Fred Teeboom has
said and there’s not many public people out here. It’s been something that has (no audio)... |’m just
pointing out that Fred Teeboom made a comment about this money that surplus that seems to be divvied
up and distributed among a lot of pretty high cost projects. | don’t understand in this city why money isn’t
returned back to the taxpayers or put into a rainy day fund and looked at differently on distribution. You
know we end up with — we have a tax increase. | think we understand what’s coming next year with the re-
evaluation and redistribution between commercial and residential properties. | don’t understand it. | know |
came from a small town that was only 7 — 8,000 but there was so much attention put into returning money
to the taxpayer and in the city it seems about we always have a new project we get to look at to go spend it.
| don’t understand it. | wish there were more people out here to talk to it frankly but there aren’t. | think you
as a group should be doing a better job about looking at how you distribute this money versus what you put
back and give back to the taxpayers. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Is there anyone else that wants to speak in opposition? Seeing and hearing no one. We'll close the public
hearing on R-21-162 at 7:35 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE AUGUST 23, 2021, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,
Alderman Clemons, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire
11
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:36 p.m.

Attest: Michael B. O’Brien, Acting Clerk

Fred S. Teeboom
24 Cheyenne Drive
Nashua, NH 03063

(603) 889-2316
fredtee@comcast.net

August 23, 2021
Nashua Budget Review Committee

Copy: Mayor Donchess
Nashua Board of Aldermen
CFO John Griffin
Accounts Manager Rosemary Evans
City Attorney Steve Bolton

Subject: The Cap is Back—Financial Compliance

All:

Effective 20 August, with the adoption of SB52, the Nashua Spending Cap (Nashua Charter 56-c)
is fully operative. This means all Nashua city charter and ordinance provisions consistent with the
New Hampshire tax/spending cap laws are again in effect.

In particular, Nashua NRO Article XXVIII Municipal Budget Control par. 5-145, E states,

“Resolutions to adopt the annual budget, and resolutions to supplement the budget, shall
state the accumulated sum of all appropriations of the combined annual municipal budget
and also state the dollar amount under or above the limit established by City Charter Section
6-c. If the dollar amount is above the allowed limit, requiring an exemption under City
Charter Section 56-d, the maximum dollar amount eligible for exemption under City Charter
Section 56-d shall also be stated.”

Several resolutions to amend the adopted FY22 city budget have been referred to the Budget
Review Committee: ~

¢ R-21-159 is a transfer of $77.4 million from the FY22 appropriated General Fund to a
newly established non-lapsing fund, and reduces the General Fund by an equal amount.

e R-21-158 is a supplemental appropriation of $750,000 into a newly established non-
lapsing Trust Fund.

¢ R-21-160 is a supplemental appropriation of $250,000 into a newly established non-
lapsing Trust Fund.

These resolutions need to comply with NRO 5-145, E for purpose of keeping track of the dollar
amounts that are appropriated above or below the spending cap of Nashua Charter 56-c,

I expect the Budget Review Committee will instruct the city’s financial department to provide the
requisite? oe so these resolutions can be amended in compliance with NRO 5-145, E.

eh

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Fred

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AUGUST 23, 2021

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PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN K. LOVERING
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LEDBY ALDERWOMAN-AT-LARGE SHOSHANNA KELLY
ROLL CALL

PUBLIC HEARINGS

R-21-158

ESTABLISHING AN EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND FOR RECREATION FACILITIES FOR EAST SIDE OF
NASHUA, FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS, AND MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF
$750,000 INTO THE EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor

Testimony in Opposition

R-21-160

RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 INTO EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND
ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition

R-21-162
RELATIVE TO THE RE-APPROPRIATION OF FISCAL YEAR FY2022 ESCROWS

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor

Testimony in Opposition

ADJOURNMENT

R-21-158

RESOLUTION

ESTABLISHING AN EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND FOR RECREATION FACILITIES
FOR EAST SIDE OF NASHUA, FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS, AND MAKING A
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $750,000 INTO THE EXPENDABLE TRUST
FUND

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that pursuant to RSA
31:1L9-a, the City of Nashua hereby establishes an expendable trust fund for recreation facilities
for the East side of Nashua, funded by appropriations, and appoints the Mayor as the agent to
expend. Any balance remaining in the expendable trust fund at each fiscal year end will not lapse
or be closed out to the General Fund, but will remain in this expendable trust fund. For purposes
of this legislation and the expendable trust fund it is creating, the “East side” of Nashua is
defined as the area bordered by the Nashua River to the North, Main Street to the West, Salmon
Brook to the South and Merrimack River to the East.

FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Nashua to appropriate $750,000 from Unanticipated Revenue - Department # “118 Other
General Government”, Account #45103 — Sale of City Owned Land/Buildings.*

CCS Past Projects for the City of Nashua

Nashua High School South - Auditorium Projector System - Updated Projector
-Installation of a new projection system in the auditorium.
-Nashua School District
-Susan Wilborg

hoo! - Electrical Bid Y4- Classroom Audic (22 Rooms}

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-Installation of all in one Lightspeed audio systems in 32 classrooms.
-Nashua School District

-Mark Krantz

Nashua High School South - Media Center
-Installation of interactive projection system in the Media Center.
-Nashua School District

-Susan Wilborg

RESOLUTION:

PURPOSE:

SPONSOR(S):

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE:

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021
R-21-158

Establishing an expendable trust fund, funded by
appropriations, and making a supplemental apprepriation of
$750,000 into the expendable trust fund

Mayer Jim Donchess

Establishes a restricted fund to account for appropriations
designated for a specific purpose. Proposed current year
appropriation reduces year end general fund surplus. Future
appropriations to this fund are through the annual budget
process.

This legislation establishes a

ANALYSIS

non-lapsing expendable trust fund, RSA 31:19-a, I provides for

an annual accounting and report of the activities of the trust.

This legislation also appropriates $750,000 into the new expendable trust fund. The funds are
part of the proceeds from the sale of City land on Bridge and Sanders Streets (see R-1 9-148),
There should be notice and a public hearing. A two-thirds vote is required under Charter Sec.
56-b for an item or amount not in the mayor’s budget. A roll call is required under Charter Sec.

49,

Approved as to account
structure, numbers,
and amount:

Approved as to form:

Financial Services Division
By: /s/ John Griffin
Office of Corporation Counsel

By: /s/ Celia K. Leonard

Date: August 3, 2021

R-21-160

RESOLUTION

RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 INTO
EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua to appropriate $250,000
into the expendable trust fund established by amended resolution R-21-116 for the Business and
Industrial Development Authority from Unanticipated Revenue - Department # “118 Other
General Government”, Account #45103 — Sale of City Owned Land/Buildings.*

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021
RESOLUTION: R-21-160
PURPOSE: Relative to supplemental appropriation of $250,000 into

expendable trust fund established for the Business and
Industrial Development Authority

SPONSOR(S): James W. Donchess
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT:
FISCAL NOTE: This resolution reduces FY2022 surplus by $250,000 through
the supplemental appropriation into the BIDA Expendable
Trust Fund
ANALYSIS

This resolution appropriates $250,000 into the expandable trust fund established for the Business
and Industrial Development Authority. The funds are part of the proceeds from the sale of City
land on Bridge and Sanders Streets (see R- 19-148).

Charter Sec. 53 permits specific non-budget, supplementary appropriations. There should be
notice and a public hearing. A two-thirds vote is required under Charter Sec. 56-b for an item or
amount not in the mayor’s budget. A roll call is required under Charter Sec. 49.

Approved as to account Financial Services Division
structure, numbers,

and amount: By: /s/ John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By: /s/ Celia K. Leonard

Date: Aucust 3, 2021