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Q-22-025

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

The City of Nashua ordains that Part | “Administrative Legislation”, Chapter 5
“Administration of Government”, Part 2 “Board of Aldermen”, Article III “Rules and Order of
Business”, Section 5-14, “Order of Business”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be
hereby further amended by deleting the struck-through language, adding the new underlined
language and renumbering as follows:

“B. Meetings of committees of the Board of Aldermen, including those listed in § 5-9, shall
include the following:

(1) Public comment at the beginning of the meetingwhich-comments-shall must be
germane to the meeting's agenda; and shall be limited to 30 minutes total unless there
are others who wish to speak, and then may be extended by a majority of the public
body present for a time certain;

(2) Public comment at the end of the meeting must be germane to the meeting's agenda
and shall be for a period not to exceed 15 minutes; and

(3) Remarks by the Aldermen.”
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

This legislation shall take effect following its passage.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

ORDINANCE: O-22-025

PURPOSE: Relative to Public Comment at Committee Meetings

ENDORSERS: Mayor Jim Donchess

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Personnel /Administrative Affairs Committee

FISCAL NOTE: None.

ANALYSIS

This ordinance amends the rules of order for public comment at the referenced committee
meetings.

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

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A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Monday, July 25, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the aldermanic chamber
as well as via Zoom teleconference.

President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering (via Zoom) recorded.
Prayer was offered by Interim City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderman Thomas Lopez led in the Pledge to the Flag.

To join by Zoom — please refer to the agenda or the website for the meeting link and telephone number.

Let's start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. When each member states their presence, please indicate if
participating via Zoom state why you are not meeting in person and whether there is anyone in the room with you during
this meeting which is required under the Right-To-Know Law.

City Clerk King called the roll and asked them to state the reason he or she could not attend, confirmed that they
could hear the proceedings, and stated who was present with him or her.

The roll call was taken with 12 members physically present and 1 member participating via Zoom of the Board of
Aldermen present: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Sullivan (arrived at 7:22 p.m.), Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman Jette, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly (via Zoom), Alderman Comeau, Alderman
Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Thibeault, Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire.

Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton was also in attendance.

President Wilshire to turn the meeting over to Chairman of Budget Review Committee Richard A. Dowd.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

R-22-045
RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $50,294.73 OF FY2022 UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
INTO FUND 7024 “OPIOID ABATEMENT EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND”

Chairman Dowd
Okay. This evening we're going to be holding a public hearing on two pieces of resolution. The first is relative to the
supplemental appropriation of $50,294.73 of FY2022 unanticipated revenue into fund 7024 Opioid Abatement

Expendable Trust Fund. Is there anyone that's going to be presenting this?

Rose Marie Evans, Comptroller

Good evening. Rose Evans, Comptroller. The body of the legislation states these are funds that are part of opioid
settlement funds that is received by the State and Nashua receives its proportionate share of those funds on an
annual basis. In 2021, we created this Opioid Expendable Trust Fund and we plan to supplementally appropriate
these funds every year as the amount we are going to receive is unknown. I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Chairman Dowd

Do any of the Aldermen have any clarifying questions on this Resolution? Again, it's State money that's given to the
city that we are now allocating into expendable trust funds so it can be spent for this reason. Are there any questions?
Seeing none. I'll now open up testimony in favor of R-22-045. Is there anyone in the audience or anyone on Zoom
who wishes to speak in favor?

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman Dowd closed the public hearing on Resolution R-22-045 at 7:05 p.m.

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Chairman Dowd opened the public hearing on Resolution R-22-047 at 7:05 p.m.
R-22-047
RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $75,000 OF FY2022 UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
INTO FUND 7058 “PARK REHABILITATION EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND”

Chairman Dowd

| don’t think we’re going to have anyone from the city to discuss that but | think everyone is pretty familiar with and I’m
sure Alderman O’Brien is.

Alderman O’Brien

Yes.

Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director

Chairman Dowd Tim Cummings is here.

Just ever so quickly, I'm here to ask for your favorable support of this piece of legislation. It came about the main
thrust of the funds are unanticipated revenue that we got from the sale of an easement off of Amherst Street. I had a
couple of conversations with the Infrastructure Committee and how they'd like to spend those funds. The takeaway
was that they didn't want the money to disappear into the general fund or laps and ultimately wanting to spend it on
long term infrastructure type of improvements. In speaking to a couple of the Directors, it became clear that the St
Andrew's project rehabilitation had been waiting a while and needed some additional assistance and so the $50,000
as outlined brought us pretty far down the path of getting us to the number that was necessary through a couple other
unanticipated revenue sources. We were able to get to the $75,000 and I'm asking for your support this evening so
we can move forward with the St. Andrews Park rehab. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd
Any of the Aldermen have any clarifying questions on this Resolution? Seeing none. I'll open up the public hearing.

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman Dowd closed the public hearing on Resolution R-22-047 at 7:08 p.m.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS

From: Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Re: Ward 7 appointment questions

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication and placed it on file.
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Ward 7 Alderman Vacancy

President Wilshire

So tonight we are going to talk to the candidates that are here who are interested in serving out the remainder of the
Ward 7 term vacated by Alderman Cathey. What I'd like to do is offer you to come sit in the seat or at the podium...

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Alderman Moran

Madam President | was actually going to — could | ask you a question?

President Wilshire

Yes.

Alderman Moran

Point of order. I’m sorry.

President Wilshire

Yes, that’s okay.

Alderman Moran

| noticed that the Clerk who we hope to confirm tonight is here with his family and we are about to do some lengthy
interviews. Would it be appropriate to maybe suspend the rules and do that appointment first?

President Wilshire

If you want to make that motion, you can.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORAN TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND TAKE OUT OF ORDER THE APPOINTMENT
OF THE CITY CLERK, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran, Alderman Lopez,

Alderman Jette, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly,

Alderman Comeau, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Thibeault,

Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the appointment of Daniel R. Healey of Derry, New
Hampshire, as City Clerk with an indefinite term.

President Wilshire

So tonight we’re confirming the Mayor’s appointment of Mr. Healey and | didn’t know if there was any discussion or we
were just going to swear him in.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam Chair. Point of order. We did have a meeting to which Mr. Healey was present, explained some
of his past history in his employment to us, and so therefore | feel that he's more than qualified and an adequate
candidate, and | would like to support him and thus move his appointment.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O'BRIEN TO MOVE THE QUESTION, BY ROLL CALL

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

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran, Alderman Lopez,

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Alderman Jette, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Comeau,

Alderman Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Thibeault,

Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

Daniel R. Healey

Thank you for the unanimous vote and also for moving it up on the agenda. | appreciate that.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO APPOINT DANIEL R. HEALEY OF DERRY, NH, AS THE CITY CLERK
FOR THE CITY OF NASHUA, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Jette, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Comeau,
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Thibeault,
Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Ward 7 Alderman Vacancy

President Wilshire

Okay. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna give each candidate five minutes and then ask questions. After
everyone's had an opportunity to ask their questions, I'm going to call for nominations and then we'll vote. We need to
have eight votes to have a successful candidate. So the first on the agenda is June Caron.

Interview of Candidates:

e June M. Caron
24 Montgomery Street
Nashua, NH 03060

June M. Caron

Thank you. Well thank you for giving me this opportunity to put my name into fill Alderman Cathey's 18 months to go.
Sorry to see that he was leaving. As you know, | have been the Alderman for Ward 7 for over ten years and have
worked for the city for over 45. So | think | have given a lot of time and effort to my community, which | love dearly. So
when this opportunity came about and | did hear from residents of Ward 7 asking if | would put my name in again. So |
am submitting my application and hopefully you will see favorable to put me back in the circle and whatever happens,
happens. | appreciate that very much. Thank you. I'm sorry I'm losing my voice and I've got a cold. So if you have
any questions, Il’d be happy to answer them.

Alderman Thibeault

Thank you, Madam President. I'll start with this, | guess. So what are your thoughts on keeping or not keeping the
Keefe Auditorium at Elm Street?

June M. Caron

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

RESOLUTION: R-22-028
PURPOSE: Authorizing the City of Nashua to enter into a Memorandum

of Understanding with the City of Manchester regarding a
welfare software application

ENDORSERS: Mayor Jim Donchess
OM ONMERY: Finance Committee
FISCAL NOTE: The City will receive unanticipated revenue in the amount of

$13,500.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the City of Nashua to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding
with the City of Manchester regarding a welfare software application after the Memorandum has
been authorized and signed by the City of Manchester.

Approved as to account Financial Services Division
structure, numbers and

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

By: /s/Celia K. Leonard

Date: April 20, 2022

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| have a lot of opinions concerning the Keefe Auditorium. | think we have to really look at that facility. We need to see
how much it's going to cost, what are the good and bad points of it, and the best way to utilize it - whether it's a theater,
or something for the youth, or adults, how do we handle it now that you have a $25 million Performing Arts Center in
the downtown. So | think there's going to have to be a lot of give and take when it comes to that final decision. | am
sure that everyone will prevail and we may not always get what we want but I'm sure that in the end it will be for the
benefit of the community.

Alderman Thibeault

Thank you.
June M. Caron
You're welcome.

President Wilshire

Anyone else?

Alderman Moran

Thank you, Madam President. Thank you former Alderman.
June M. Caron
That's okay.

Alderman Moran

| believe I'm the only resident of Ward 7 here on the Board and one of my questions would be: 1) | know full well you
would have wiped the floor with former Alderman Cathey. You're very popular in the Ward and | say that with all due
respect to the former Alderman. But my concern would be that there is a current potential candidate for this position
who ran for election in Ward 7 as moderator and he's won his last two elections. He's also shown dedication to the
Ward. My hearing that, what was your decision to come out of retirement when we have someone else in the Ward
who's also seeking to come and be elevated?

June M. Caron

Well, it's twofold. When | decided not to run, it was to take time and re-evaluate in what was happening. When this
came about this opening and | was asked to think about it, which | did seriously with my family, | felt that | could
contribute for the next cycle at least if not longer and be there. | know we have a lot of new Aldermen and sometimes
you need someone who has been around a long time to move things a little bit forward to get people motivated. Then
down the road, you have to think that you can't be here forever either. So no offense to Tim because | know who he is.
Believe me, | know he was very hard in the Ward because | did the same thing for 25 years. Sometimes you have to
start slower than, you know, and you have to work your way up. So | just | didn't feel that | needed to back off. The
final decision is within the circle not me making that decision.

Alderman Moran

One follow up. Thank you and thank you for your response. So the one thing | - this last election cycle has been
different than the most recent elections I've been involved with. | think clearly that people in Nashua chose different
people in the positions. Alderman Cathey was an undeclared person as someone who didn't affiliate with either party.
My worry and | don't know you very well even though we’re neighbors. My worry is that you mentioned being
experienced and there's clearly an old guard on the Board. I'm worried that the people of Nashua spoke as a whole
and said that they're not too keen on that right now in this last election. That might change next election cycle. It
reminds me of this King of the Hill episode called “Flush with Power”. Everyone should check it out. It's very - | was
watching it and I'm like oh my God this is like my life right now. Hank Hill gets elected to the county board because he
doesn't like low flow toilets that were installed by the county. He had all this proof and evidence that he brought to the
board but at the end of the day, the other board members sided with the chairman who they've known for 16 plus years
and they had no problems expressing that in the cartoon that | was watching. I'm like, wow, sometimes that's kind of

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like here and not to say that's a bad thing. People are friends, it's fine but I'm worried that some things might be stalled
out in that type of environment. What's your thoughts on that?

June M. Caron

Well | think everything is everything is different. Everything is new. When you come into this circle or wherever you are
— committees. | mean | sit on the Board of Directors for the Senior Center for a long time and there was a lot of very
different issues that came up and trying to work through it. The thing is you don't have to like everything someone puts
out there. Your job is to try to - | don't care what political party you are, | don't care where you come from. The point of
you being here is to do the right thing for your community. It's not about what this group wants or that. It's what you
think you feel is right for the community. You try to persuade others within the circle to follow what you're doing but if
they don't, you don't lash out at them because they've made that decision based on how they feel. | think that's why |
have gotten elected. | didn't always agree. People would say you sit quietly by but when you talk, you try to explain
yourself. I've always tried to be very careful of what is said, that's why | stay off social media because | feel that you get
wrapped up in that and you can find yourself in a place you don't really want to be.

So my feeling is that | have seen over the years that people disagree and then they get into angry arguments and then
they don't speak to each other. That's not how you should be. You have to work together. You have to compromise.
You may win today, you may lose the next three after that, but the point is you've made your point across and you've
made people understand why you do. I've always told the people in the neighborhood, | can only do what | can do. In
the final analysis, my opinion is based on what | think is right for the city. | was not a big proponent of the Performing
Arts Center but we came to a compromise former Alderman when we said that. We wanted the private sector to come
up with $4 million to show that the community was in on this adventure. Didn't really work out that way and | wasn't too
happy about it but it proceeded. When something else came up and they said it was part of the performing, no this
wasn't but | didn't get angry at the other people who decided to, you know, keep pushing in. That was your opinion and
that's okay because then what’s evident, most people didn't want the performing arts center. | said if we can do it and
do it right, let's do it but we also have to make sure that the private sector - the community were gonna buy in on it.
That's an analogy that has stuck with me because this particular Alderman and | we didn't get along. We came from
two different but he always came to me to ask questions and | asked him questions. We didn't always agree but we
were never angry with each other and | think that's what's important and | think that's what | bring to the table. Like |
said, the final decision is this group here. Not mine, not Tim's, not Ray’s, or the other gentleman that has applied.

Alderman Moran

Thank you.
June M. Caron
You're welcome.
Alderman Klee

Thank you, Madam President. | want to ask a question something very specific to your Ward and that is the asphalt. |
know it's probably a hard thing to discuss but | personally feel it's gonna have a negative effect on your Ward. I'd just
like to know, how you feel about it, if you’ve spoken to any residents about it, or what would be your concern if it does
goes through?

June M. Caron

A few people have mentioned it but as | said before, why would we bring in an asphalt company in the middle of an
area that we're trying to redevelop? We're trying to take the old shoe shop and turn it into workforce housing. That
hasn't happened but you know, this is something that we've been looking at for a long time. Then you have a
restaurant across the street. Why would you want a smelly ‘old asphalt company near you? | can't imagine how they
could do this. | mean the last one that was in the city was up in Broad Street before the city bought it and, you know,
we have the high school there. It's not something that | would think is needed here. If you want to put it somewhere,
put it out in the cow pasture. Don't put it here. It would be like them wanting to put it up in 13 acres that they just
opened up on 5 Fields Street. What a crazy idea. So no, | would not be in favor of it. You couldn't convince me that
that would be the right thing to do for Ward 7.

Alderman Klee

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| completely agree with you. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else? Thank you very much. | appreciate your interest in serving Ward 7 again and we will take up
nominations after we hear from all candidates.

June M. Caron
Thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Next we have Tim Sennott. By the way just for the record, Alderman Sullivan joined us at 7:22 pm.

e Tim Sennott
62 Underhill Street
Nashua, NH 03060

Tim Sennott

She set the precedent so I'll stand too. Thank you Madam President, members of the Board. It's no secret to any of
you that my name is Tim Sennott. | live at 62 Underhill Street in Nashua’s Crown Hill neighborhood. Since 2018, I've
served the residents of Ward 7 as an election official. | started my election official career as a Selectman from 2018 to
2020. Since 2020, | have served them as the Ward Moderator currently in my second consecutive term. | point to my
past as an election official as a great precedent for why | feel I'm qualified to serve on this board, why | feel | would
make a good contribution to this Board. If you are not aware in the election cycles whether it's municipal, State, or
federal we are required with our ballot inspectors to have an equal member or equal amount of each party. If we have
four Republicans present, we have to have four Democrats. If we have seven Democrats, we have to have seven
Republicans. Oftentimes the party city committees can appoint ballot inspectors for us to use but if they're not
available, no longer interested in serving. It is on us as the elected election officials to take to whether it's Facebook or
to the neighborhoods and recruit civic minded residents to serve in that capacity and that involves extending branches
across aisles and that's something I'm very proud of in Ward 7. We were left with very few people on board when | took
over as moderator and together with my ward clerk and my ward selectman, we have assembled a very diverse team
of ballot inspectors who serve and volunteer. At times they've stepped up to serve when we've had Selectmen resign
their posts. We have Democrats, we have Republicans, we have undeclared, and they all bring something to the table
and they all are capable of working together setting aside their political differences for the betterment of the cause,
which is to hold free and fair elections.

In the neighborhood, I've kind of hung my cap on the fact that I've become the guy on Underhill Street that people come
to when they want to know what's going on in the city. | have a neighborhood knows that I'm here most Tuesday nights
with you folks and some Monday nights, and Wednesday nights, and whenever there might be something of interest on
the committee meetings and he often asked me, Tim what's going on the politics in the city right now? I'm very proud of
that. People are able to come to me when they want to Know who they need to reach out to maybe get a stop sign
placed in the neighborhood. That's something that I'd like to carry forward and be their voice for Ward 7. No longer
would | have to point to them and say, well go speak to this person and start here. I'd like to be able to just stop the
conversation right there and say, let's see what we can do for you.

I've had the opportunity to get to know many of you. I've spent many hours this year in this chamber as I've decided to
take my free time that | have and dedicate more of it towards public service. Most recently as many of you know, | was
appointed by Mayor Donchess to the Downtown Improvements Committee. | have not had the opportunity to serve on
many meetings with that group yet because they only meet once a month. July was difficult and | was sick in June. I've
learned a lot from them about the going ons of downtown, what their concern is with downtown. | think many residents
would be interested to know that there's more that goes on in that Committee than just barriers. It's the real nitty gritty
of what makes downtown an attractive place to be. As | articulated in the Personnel Committee prior to being
appointed to that committee, | think our downtown is on a cusp of something great. | think the completion of the
Performing Arts Center is going to be a turning point for the city and I'm excited to see how the folks on that committee
who many of whom are business owners on Main Street are integral in taking Main Street to that next step. So | thank
you for your consideration and | certainly welcome any questions.