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will allow public comment on that during this public comment period. As usual, you have three minutes and name and
address for the record. The only person | have signed up right now is Paula Johnson. I'll give some leeway to people in
the audience who didn't know we might be taking this up.

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

Paula Johnson

Good evening. My name is Paula Johnson. I'm a member of the Board of Education but I'm just speaking here on behalf
of myself. | just wanted everybody to Know that in case you didn't know I'm elected here, you know. | really like this. |
feel like | can conduct an orchestra here with this and you don't have to hold your papers and falling like you used to have.
I'm going to talk about two things. The first one, I'm going to talk about rescinding the face covering and | hope you had
the first and second reading. We finally got that passed last night on the Board of Education. | pushed, and | pushed, and
| pushed. The Alderman from Ward 8 and the Alderman from Ward 7 was there last night and we finally got the masks off
our children and they can breathe again. You know - fresh air and breath work is good. It's good for the soul, and is good
for the mind, and is good in the classroom, and hopefully, our students now will be learning even better because they'll
have oxygen to the brain.

The second thing that | want to talk about is O-22-002. Since we have all this electronic devices, we don't need to be ina
chamber anymore. We can conduct meetings from the home and that's wrong. If somebody needs to be here because it
says here, if the Vice-Chair or somebody needs to conduct the meeting it can be done through Zoom. Am | correct on
this? I think that's wrong. You need to be the body sitting there. We did before and that's how you connect with the
residents of the city. You are elect like | am to be part of the community. You’re elected to represent and that is cold
piece of equipment here. (inaudible) what it was like the people when we had a Zoom because the COVID. We couldn't
be face to face with people and | thought to myself felt it was the worst thing in the world. The meetings went on forever
because everybody had to vote. You had to go around and have a voice vote and it never ended. You need to be over
there to conduct the meeting. Like the conductor in an orchestra, you have to be present. So | would hope that you
would vote this down and make sure that who's ever going to be chairing the meeting has to be here live. Thank you.

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager

Miss Johnson, excuse me, can | have your address please?
Paula Johnson

Sure - 15 Westborn Drive. | still live in Nashua. | have to be elected.

Tony Storace

Good evening. Tony Storace, Chairman of the Board of Health. | live at 17 Cameron Drive. Mr. Mayor, President
Wilshire, Attorney Bolton, and the Aldermen we meet again but | have good news. Some of the data that affect all the
data that Mayor Donchess talked to you about was correct and | have even more data. We've been waiting all day for the
State to update things but Monday was a holiday so they were a little bit slow on it.

The community transmission rate is substantial. We all Know that, but the case rates are going down and that's an
important part of it. So | can tell you, statistically, in June of last year we had 11 cases, or 100,000. In August, it went up
to 330. October it was 340. On November it was 1,198 and December went to 1,925. January we met at the end of
December and in January went to 3,065. By the end of January, it was starting to come down to 2,446 and as of the 16t,
it's down to 87. So, you know, whether you believe or not the masks work. We really do believe it and what our goal was
to reduce the chances have overrunning the hospitals, which we accomplished. We didn't have to transport any patients
who need an ICU beds out of State because that would be the closest hospital so that's good. We instead in essence
slowed down the hospital admissions. For people who were in the hospital were people who needed ICU were mosily
people who weren't vaccinated. Those of us that know that people have had COVID but have what we call “a soft
landing” had vaccines. So the vaccines themselves really didn't stop you from getting it, but actually helped prevent you
from getting a really bad case of it. It also gave us time to vaccinate more people and from a public health standpoint, it
gave us a chance to educate people. All of us what was going on because | told you back then,

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager

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Tony Storace

We were writing the book on that. So | can tell you from the Board of Health standpoint, we're happy. If you want to
rescind it, we'll leave it up to the Board of Aldermen to make that decision. | think you should take a bow. | know there
was a lot of pressure, but we achieve the goals that we came out to do. Thank you.

Laurie Ortolano

Laurie Orlando, 41 Berkeley Street. Just a couple things. | want to thank Alderman Moran for bringing forth this motion to
consider lifting it tonight. | Know that citizens appreciate it no matter what happens. It's very representative, | think, of
where the public stands and how they feel about you know moving this on. So | appreciate what you did.

Mayor Donchess | did send you an e-mail and | asked if you would address what you're doing with City Hall if this
mandate is lifted, | think it's important that we know that. | talked to Alderwoman Timmons today and she was going to
address it here at the meeting for me. | didn't know masks would be allowed to be discussed so I'm bringing it up. But |
would like it to be clearly understood by us that you're on board in lifting this in City Hall. | think it's been pretty ridiculous
that all your staff is behind this thick glass not really wearing masks and moving around and the citizens come in pretty
light flow, pretty light group of people coming in and we're all forced to wear masks and no matter what amount of time we
spend in the building. | don't think its representative of what's going on anymore, and | think it needs to be lifted, and I'm
concerned that you stuck in solidarity with what the schools were doing when you flip this mask thing back into City Hall in
September and not out in the public. So please support your community fully and make certain you make it clear tonight
what you're doing with the masks.

| do disagree with Dr. Storace. | don't know that he's correct that the masks worked. Yippee, we know it. | don't think we
really know that with the data. | think masks work too. They do work but | think the amount in what you get from a mask
based on what I've read doesn't benefit or way out with what's really going on. | don't know how Dr. Storace can say that
Nashua having a mask ordinance with a dozen towns surround us that service the hospitals not having an ordinance
really made the difference of keeping the hospital load low. | just don't know how you can say that. | mean | really want
something more definitive than the number went down. What would Dr. Storace say if we didn't have the mask mandate,
and the numbers went down that way? Oh, the masks weren't needed. But we don't know. It's not the experiment we’re
running. | don't like data used this way and | don't think we're being consistent and reasonable with how we review our
data. | was a big advocate last night and | spoke at my first Board of Education meeting to get these masks off the kids. |
think the Nashua School Board...

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager

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Laurie Ortolano

... made some really bad mistakes and parents who want choice in education have to leave this district. This is not the
place to educate your kids. Thank you.

Laura Colquhoun

Laura Colquhoun, 30 Greenwood drive. I'm asking the Board of Aldermen to vote against this ordinance 22-002 that
allows an alderman participating in meetings to video teleconferencing to be the presiding officer and conduct the
meeting. To allow the aldermen to use video teleconferencing to be the presiding officer and conduct the meeting is
totally unacceptable. This is no way to conduct business for the City of Nashua. It would be a tremendous disservice to
the Nashua residents if you allow this ordinance to go through. Part of the responsibility to the Nashua residents is to be
physically have the Board of Aldermen attend all meetings.

I'm also asking the Board to lift the mask mandate. Please let the Nashua residents get back to living and stop putting
fear in everybody's lives. | thank you.

Beth Scaer

Beth Scaer, 111 East Hobart Street. | wanted to say thanks to Alderman Moran for proposing this removing the mask
ordinance or rescinding it. I'm glad to hear that you're considering voting on it tonight and | hope you do rescind it. | think
it's been very bad for businesses in Nashua. | hear from so many people who are avoiding shopping in the city because
of it. And in the same topic, | wanted to thank the Board of Ed. members that voted to lift the masks mandate on the kids -

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Sandra Ziehm, Paula Johnson, Jessica Brown, and Christina Darling. I'm just over the moon happy for those kids and the
parents that have been dealing with this. Thank you.

Alicen Hogan

Hi. My name is Alicen Hogan from 7 Hardy Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. | wasn't planning on speaking today. I'm
actually here because I've emailed my Ward 4 Alderman as well as all six Aldermen-at-Large, including the President and
Vice-President. | have left voicemails for my Alderman and all of the Aldermen-at-Large, including the Vice-President and
the President and | have received no response back. | have recently moved back from Maryland and | was trying to get
acquainted with my representation here back in Nashua.

President Wilshire

Are you here to speak on something we're going to be acting upon?

Alicen Hogan

Absolutely. So this whole can | call in, can | dial in? So | feel that that would be a detriment because the demonstrated
behavior is that after two weeks of trying to reach out to my representation, this is the only way that | know | can reach out
to you. | am here physically to talk with you because | know you're here. If | were not able to do this, | would have to wait
another three weeks before | got a response from my Ward 4 Alderman, before | got a response back from any of the
Aldermen-at-Large including the President and the Vice-President. That to me seems odd. Nashua and New Hampshire
especially has been a very representative government of the people, by the people, for the people. So having this in
person requirement to me seems essential. So hopefully, I'm looking for Tom Lopez. Hi. Excellent. Hopefully we can
connect and | can speak with you directly after the meeting so we can discuss some of the things that are going on in
Nashua and get reacquainted and all of the Aldermen-at-Large when | was growing up here, we only had one Alderman-
at-Large and one Vice-President. Now we have | believe six Aldermen-at-Large is that correct and no one was able to get
back to me in two weeks. So this is why | think it's very important for you to have an in person presence so that your
constituency can at least connect with you, can talk with you, can sit down and see you and have a discussion because
that's important. That's where we're at right now is that maybe we don't see things eye to eye but that's okay. We need to
understand each other as people and to discuss things openly. So thank you very much. | hope that that helps shed
some light on things. Thank you.

Lou Juris

Good evening. Lou Juris here - 56 Haines Street. I’m commenting on the masking. | believe we should keep it until
March 1st as the rates go down. Like the doctor said, just keep the masks on as much as possible until March 1% and |
believe that transmission rates will continue to go down from that point. | also think that the school system may be was a
little too premature. Until the middle of March would have been better in my opinion. | know that other jurisdictions
around the country are dropping some things right now but they may have been ahead of us in terms of rates of infection
for 100,000 people. This is a very good place to educate your children. In my class from the early 80s, there's one sitting
judge. There's also people who are doctors. There are those who have done quite well in finance, and real estate, and
also in medicine. So this is a very good place to raise your children and we have to continue to fund properly our public
schools. The shade that's being thrown by those on the School Board about having doubts, | believe, is wrong. If that's
the case, then they shouldn't be on the School Board. I'd like to say I'm a big supporter and | think we have a good school
system and | want to support our teachers. The contract that's up now should be, hopefully will be coming soon and we
can move beyond these contract blocks. We have a new superintendent coming on board and we can get beyond and
can agree on salaries, and back our teachers up, and continue to move forward, and to graduate high numbers of
students who hopefully return to the community, and be here and raise their kids here, and maybe come on these boards
and continue to make Nashua a progressive, and a great place to live, and to be educated, and to thrive. | want to thank
you for your time and good evening to you all.

Sonia Prince
Hi. Sonia Prince, 49 Tufts Drive. Can you hear me?

President Wilshire

Yes.

City of Nashua

Purchasing Department
Administrative Services Division (603) 589-3330
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Fax (603) 594-3233

April 13, 2022
Memo #22-257

TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee

SUBJECT: Library Facility Assessment in the amount not to exceed $88,830 funded from 53999

Other Professional Services/Bloomfield Trust

Please see attached communications from Jennifer McCormack, Director of Nashua Public Library, dated
June 14, 2021 for project specific details related to this purchase. Below please find a summary of the

purchase approval request:

Item: Library facility assessment and draft master building project repair plan
Value: 588,830
Vendor: designLAB

Department: 179 Library

Source Fund: 53999 Other Professional Services/ Bloomfield Trust

Ordinance: 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.

A competitive bidding RFP for this project was issued on 9/3/2021 and the following bids were received:

Vendor Location Amount Note

Cx Associates LLC Burlington, VT $57,375 | Focus was primarily on energy consumption
saving but did not address the other needs
detailed in the scope of work

Dennis Mires, The Architects | Manchester, NH $85,650

designLAB Architects Boston, MA $82,730

Lerner Ladds & Bartels Pawtucket, Rl $76,157

Marvel Architects New York, NY $117,380

Roth IAMS LLC St. Petersburg, FL | $7,250 Proposal did not cover the needs detailed in

the RFP scope of work

We recommend this project be awarded to the vendor who best met the RFP specified requirements. The
Nashua Public Library, and the Purchasing Department respectfully request your approval of this contract.

Regards,

Kelly Parkinson
Purchasing Manager

Cc: J McCormack
J Graziano

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Sonia Prince

So | am concerned about the masks as well. I'm not a scientist, I'm not a doctor, I'm not a genealogists, | don't work for
the Health Department but | do think we should listen to the professionals. Masks do work. | love people who have
opinions about that. There are facts and then there's opinions. So | do hope you take the positivity rate into
consideration. | don't know that at the city level will be as bad as at the school level. | really think the schools dropped the
ball on that and not listening to the Board of Health is just beyond ridiculous in my opinion. But listen to the professionals,
listen to what they have to say. There is a new variant out there and it's more transmissible than the first Omicron strain.
So we still don't know what's happening with that. When the kids come back from school vacation, it could affect the entire
city because it can affect their parents, their grandparents, people go to work, from being with their kids, and so on. So |
am concerned about the next two weeks after school vacation. | do hope the positivity rates keep coming down.

The nice weather is coming and we should be able to start opening windows and people won't be gathering indoors
hopefully as much. So that should bring everything down and bring a little bit of normalcy after the wave kind of thing like
we had last summer that would be wonderful. So | wish the best for everyone and everybody stay safe and | hope that
you listen to the health professionals and kind of follow their guidance and prevention. Wearing a mask is not a big deal.
There's just so much drama and it usually starts with the adults. So if you talk to the kids at the high school, they don't
care about the mask. It's not a big deal. So anyway, have a great day. Thank you so much.

Karen Bill

Karen Bill, 95 Parnell Place here in Nashua. Thanks for the opportunity to talk about the masks because | know that it
may be acted on tonight. | think that if the Board of Health was so concerned about the situation in Nashua, this
gentleman would have put his foot down and said keep the masks on because of this, this, and this. Doctors will tell you
that some masks are better than others. The N95s are better than these. These let in too much air, they say you know
twirl it around your ears 14 times, and then you'll be calling the ambulance because | won't be able to breathe. A lot of air
gets in and out.

| applaud the Board of Education for resending the masks for kids. | think it's great. Teacher friends have told me it's very
hard to read kids to understand who's getting it and who's not getting it with a mask on. Facial expression is a big part of
society. | can't even imagine being a deaf child in school and you know what happens with them. | think it's greatly
affected businesses in Nashua. It's affected some of the decisions | have made about shopping in Nashua. Hey, I'll go
out to lunch in Hudson and while I'm over there | can do my grocery shopping and it's none of - I'm happy to say | was
going to say it's not anybody's business if I'm vaccinate or not but | am fully vaccinated. | got my booster. I'm healthy.

I've never got it. If I've been exposed to people who knows, maybe we've all been exposed to people with COVID and
some have gotten it some have not. But | am ready to ditch the mask in Nashua and | think it's time. And again, if it was
such a concern the Board of Health would have made a really strong statement. It's time. They have put that on you to
make the decision and | hope you make the right one and say let's get rid of the masks. Thank you very much.

Brady Owens

Brady Owens, 16 Danbury Road. | want to say | did not know about the Board of Education. That's wonderful news. I'm
glad that our children can breathe freely. | have a four year old daughter started pre K and | will say, you know, | put her
in private school for the simple fact | would never put a mask on my child. So but that's really good to hear some good
news tonight.

Concerning the mask mandate here in Nashua, you probably guessed I’m definitely opposed to it. | haven't worn one,
you know, and luckily a lot of businesses I've been to don't care about it. Even some businesses not even wearing
themselves, which is great. You know, say what you want about it, | don't believe anybody's freedom should ever be
taken away for any emergency whatsoever. You know, you start here. Where does it end? It’s a slippery slope.

But thank you for letting me speak tonight. | want to thank Board of Aldermen for also allowing us to speak again tonight.
| hope that continues for all city business from now on. Something else | learned this afternoon regarding some of the or
just now the other testimony. I'd definitely say that | am (inaudible) the other issues brought up with Aldermen being
required to be there in person and definitely for the people that's administering the council meetings. So it sounds like a
very good idea. You know a lot of us have jobs and stuff and yeah we have to be there for those jobs. We can't always
be remote. So | definitely echo those thoughts as well. Thank you for the time. Have a good afternoon.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Is there anyone else in the audience? Come on up to the microphone.

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Andrea Pearce

Hi, good evening. My name is Andrea Pearce. I’m the owner resident at 14 Curtis Drive here in Nashua. | just want to
speak briefly on the mask mandate. I'm an executive officer in the entertainment industry in Massachusetts for which the
Governor has recently rescinded the mask mandate for the State. Certain municipalities have rescinded theirs. Some
have some haven't. Some of the venues that | operate are over 1,000 person capacity and | will share with you that
nobody wears masks. We're required to make them wear them in to get in the building but as soon as they get in, they
throw them in the trash. | have about 5,000 people a week between 3,000 and 5,000 people a week coming through my
venues because we are fully opened - whether it's a concert, whether it's a nightclub night, or it's a corporate event.
Nobody is wearing masks. They have seem to have gotten over that fact with the numbers reduced in Mass., for numbers
reduced here in New Hampshire. Everybody seems to be on that same, you know, path of wanting to have the mask
mandates removed. So | think with that information, the boards should reconsider rescinding again and, you know,
following in line with what the people really want and what they're showing by their actions in the time right now. Thank
you.

President Wilshire

Is there anyone else in the chamber that wishes to speak? | don't see anyone else on Zoom. So we're gonna move on.
Julie Sage
Oh, | would like to speak.

President Wilshire

Your name and address for the record, please.

Julie Sage

My name is Julie Sage. | live at 38 Deerwood Drive. Sol am a student at Nashua High School North. | am a senior and
yeah | want to speak about behalf of masks on all the student body because there is actually a lot of those multiple
students went to the School Board and told them that they wanted masks and the School Board did not listen. There's
currently a lot of students actually panicking within school about the mask mandate being even optional because they're
scared that their family is now going to catch COVID, give it to their family, and the family is going to die.

So | would like to talk a bit about what COVID can cause and why people are so scared. So it does cause brain damage.
COVID causes six of the protein precursors for Alzheimer's disease and because these six of the protein precursors are
being increased by COVID when people catch them. COVID patients have actually been shown to have more of these 14
precursors than even Alzheimer's patients. Four year olds are getting early onset Alzheimer's which before used to be 60
year olds. There is another protein called CCL11 which is built up when COVID causes inflammation in the brain. This
protein is caused with concussions, CTE - which is known to be one with football head trauma, different things like that,
and even patients in chemotherapy get this and when they have an increase of this protein, they get something called
“chemo brain”. It's a very bad thing.

Also if COVID itself ends up in the brain, it causes neurons to merge and die off which also means it also can attack
neurons anywhere in the body, which can lead to many forms of neuropathy, such as uncontrollable muscle twitching,
constant burning sensations, etc. There's also a lot of lung damage because it is a respiratory disease and the scarring
caused by COVID that can be seen in X-rays don't entirely heal and we haven't had enough time to actually find out if it
ever heals. Many of those people that have that scarring are experiencing depletion of oxygen compared to healthy
individuals and this is even seen in people who are asymptomatic and didn't even know that they ever got COVID. Those
who had more symptoms with COVID have it even worse.

Also, even in kids as young as 11 blood clots were forming in their lungs after they already recovered from COVID.

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Julie Sage

They had to be put on blood thinners immediately or they will die. There's also a lot of heart damage and clots and these
clots go all across the body and it just makes everything worse. There's testicular damage, sudden heart failure. You can
just suddenly die from the clots that are being formed and | can keep going because the (inaudible) receptor with the
COVID virus actually attacks is within every system in your body. It also is reactivating other viruses that are causing a lot
of other issues. Okay, thank you for your time.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Is there anyone else in the chamber?
Alicen Hogan
Alicen Hogan, 7 Hardy Street, Nashua, New Hampshire

President Wilshire

You've already spoken once?
Alicen Hogan
| have spoken once but not on that issue.

President Wilshire

Okay. I'm going to have to ask you not to. If you've already spoken once, that's your time limit.
Alicen Hogan
Understood.

President Wilshire

Thank you.
Alicen Hogan
That is the fear that is encapsulates the young (inaudible) and in our schools.

President Wilshire

| said you're done. Thank you.
Alicen Hogan
That is what is being taught. Be careful because we have to get out of that fear. We have to get out of that fear.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL - None

PETITIONS - None

NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS - None

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the January 26, 2022 Committee on Infrastructure be
accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the February 2, 2022 Finance Committee be accepted
and placed on file.

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the February 7, 2022 Personnel/Administrative Affairs
Committee be accepted and placed on file.

CONFIRMATION OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS

Auditorium Commission

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the re-appointment of Paul LaFlamme, 28 Lutheran Drive,
Nashua, to the Auditorium Commission with a term to expire December 31, 2024.

Oath of Office will be administered at a later date.

Conservation Commission

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the new appointment of Maureen Bourque,

37 Jennifer Drive, Nashua; and the reappointments of Jedidiah Crook, 52 King Street, Nashua;

Sherry Dutzy, 18 Swart Terrace, Nashua; Gloria McCarthy, 65 Musket Drive, Nashua; and Brandon Pierotti, 14
Lochmere Lane, Nashua, to the Conservation Commission all with terms to expire December 31, 2024.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel to Maureen Bourque and Jedidiah Crook.

Conway Ice Arena Commission

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the new appointment of Cheryl Lindner, Nashua, to the
Conway Ice Arena Commission with an indefinite term.

Oath of Office will be administered at a later date.

Cultural Connections

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the new appointment of Shanta Bist, 4 Cobble Hill Road,
Nashua, to Cultural Connections with a term to expire February 28, 2023.

Oath of Office will be administered at a later date.
Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the re-appointments of Richard Gillespie, 15 Spencer
Drive, Nashua, with a term to expire December 31, 2024 and Stacey Vignault, 6 New Hampshire Avenue, Nashua,
with a term to expire January 31, 2024 to the Mine Falls Park Advisory Commitiee.

Oath of Office will be administered at a later date.
BPW Retirement System Trustees Committee

Business & Industrial Development Authority
Tax Increment Financing District

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the new appointment of John Griffin, Tyngsborough, MA,
to the BPW Retirement System Trustees Committee, Business & Industrial Development Authority, Tax Increment
Financing District, with indefinite terms.

Oath of Office will be administered at a later date.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

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R-22-003
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Derek Thibeault
Alderman John Sullivan
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF UP TO $150,000 FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS,
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (“ARP”) FUNDS INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT ACTIVITY “GRANTS TO
LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES”

Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN KLEE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-22-003

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Klee

Thank you. This is actually one of the first grants that has been accepted by the Arts Commission. It's quite exciting to
get this. We're only one of 61. Basically, unique places that receive this type of grant and | think it says a lot for our arts
and the art commission here in the City of Nashua. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Motion is for final passage of Resolution 22-003. Further discussion on that motion?

Alderman Cathey

Just had a clarifying question. In the Resolution it says, “The Mayor is authorized to enter into any grant agreement or
other document necessary to further the purposes hereof.” What does that actually entail as far as what agreements the
Mayor could be authorized to get into?

President Wilshire

The Mayor could comment on it | believe.

Mayor Donchess

Well | haven't seen the documentation on this one, but usually it's just comply with the terms of the grant.

Alderman Cathey

Okay, thank you.

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-22-003 declared duly adopted.

R-22-004
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Alex Comeau
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

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Alderman Tyler Gouveia

Alderman John Cathey

Alderman Derek Thibeault

Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $40,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF
SAFETY “STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM” INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “2021 BOMB
DETECTION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT”

Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-22-004
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-22-004 declared duly adopted.

R-22-005
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Derek Thibeault
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXECUTION OF GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR GRANTS UNDER THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF
1964, AS AMENDED, FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023 AND 2024
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-22-005
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-22-005 declared duly adopted.

R-22-006
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Tyler Gouveia
Alderman Derek Thibeault
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN ADDITIONAL $377,873.50 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO TRANSIT GRANT ACTIVITY
“FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (“FTA”) OPERATING GRANT”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN TIMMONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-22-006
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-22-006 declared duly adopted.