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Board of Aldermen 11-27-2018 Page 12

look carefully at the data, this all began on Berkeley Street, if you look at specific houses, and the
specific factual statements that are made to support some of this, you will find that it is just riddled with
errors. Take the Berkeley Street, that’s where we started is Berkeley Street, the number one example
says the assessment never went up in 8 years. You look at it, that is flat wrong. If you go down one by
one by one, a few of them are correct, but most of them are wrong.

| am sure there are mistakes, a common mistake that has been made or misinterpretation I'll call it, is
that around the revaluations of 13 and ’18 that a building permit was not included in the value, well it
wouldn’t be because it wouldn’t kick in until the next April, because that’s the way the thing works, and
then the revaluation factors that in. So there is no change, but the revaluation takes it into effect. So |
will only get into this just because there was — you know | went on too long | am sure but this sort of
implication that there was some sort of improper conduct on my own house, | mean this is again before
| was an Alderman, before | was Mayor, just a private citizen, tried to fix up the house, the value went
up $30,000.00, | figured that out in the last few weeks, just because | looked at the property card and
looked at my file for the first time.

| think we will do the audit, we will give you a report on the assessing office, we may recommend some
changes and | can tell you that they are making a serious effort to look at everything that is taking
place; staffing, all the procedures — everything that is going on down there.

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you Madam President. | would just like to reiterate what the Mayor has said about the Holiday
Stroll, | would like to give my congratulations to Paul Shea, the Board of Director of the American
Downtown and his exhausted staff. | say that kind of tongue in cheek because | know being on the
former board of directors just how much, but I'll tell you, I’d also like to thank all the merchants that
pulled it all together and made it very successful. Even though it was a 25 year celebration it was very
good, it is a great venue for the family to come out, | took comfort in mentioning to Santa that | have
been on my best behavior, so everything has been good.

The other thing that really struck me tonight, what a breath of fresh air to see a young lady such as
Alexis Durant to do the type of work that she has done. | don’t think the little recognition that the Mayor
that you proposed, it was grand, the right thing to do, but probably not enough. I’d like to see more of a
challenge out there to other people of her age to come and step forward. | mean if you want a quality
City or you want any good program, you must be an active participant so | encourage the young people
to probably follow her lead and step forward in this. But it was really a breath of fresh air and | thank
her for it and | congratulate her on getting that award. Thank you.

Alderman Dowd

| took would like to thank Paul Shea and all the people that put effort into the Downtown Stroll. | talked
to several of the business owners down there and that is one of their biggest days of the year. The
more times that we can have the population and the Downtown celebrating the Downtown and taking
part in these businesses, the better the City will be.

Alderman Klee

| too attended the Stroll and it was incredible. Paul Shea, as usual, | call him the Energizer Bunny, he’s
just, he was hopping around and doing all kinds of things. He is an incredible man. |’d also like to take
a few moments and thank Alderman Lopez and Amber Loge for the work that they have done on the
Delaney House getting all the decorations and creating that wonderful atmosphere for them. Thank you
very much.

Board of Aldermen 11-27-2018 Page 13

Alderman Lopez

| was going to thank Alderman Klee for taking time to bring a bunch of trees that were donated and set
them up with her husband and then make sure they were all properly cared for. | thought that was a
very nice thing to and | appreciated it.

| also wanted to comment on Alexis’ example, proposing her recognition this week particularly just
because we initiated it after Alderman McCarthy’s passing and | know the Board was feeling a sense of
loss, at the loss of a great leader. | know in my work working with non-profits | get to see people
struggling to put their lives together but | also really get to see a lot of people showing leadership and
making that happen. People who are organizing their own massive undertakings that never see the
light of day, because at the end of the day it is what we need to keep moving in non-profits so | just
wanted to call attention to the fact that there is the higher level leadership that has a visibility of us as
Aldermen where we get to sit here every other week and be on TV for better or for worse and be seen
leading. But there are also everyday a lot of people who are just doing their thing every day to make
life a little bit better for someone, to encourage other people to do that and | just wanted to bring that to
the Boara’s attention.

Finally | wanted to bring to the Board’s attention that there is a Holiday Fair at Palm Square, the Arbor
Restaurant, it will be this Saturday and it will be from 12 pm to 6 pm. So come by and celebrate the
Holiday Spirit and support a good cause.

Alderman Caron

| took would like to congratulate you for honoring Alexis, it is important for our community for our young
people to get involved and when you see that, | think it motivates everyone to get involved. So without
them we have nothing for our non-profits and agencies that who are dealing with difficult situations.

And on that note, the Nashua Lion’s Club will be holding its Annual Santa Breakfast this Saturday from
8:00 to 11:00 at the Nashua Senior Center. Santa will be there, the Annual Gingerbread Contest will be
held, | understand that at this moment they have about 10 gingerbread houses, and if you haven’t seen
them, they are just magnificent.

Also, there will be a Craft Fair from 8 to noon, so come on down and have breakfast, see the crafts, see
the gingerbread and then go over to Palm Square. Thank you.

Alderwoman Kelly

| feel that where | sit in the horseshoe | end up just repeating what everybody said, but | did want to say
that | ran into Paul during the Holiday Stroll and he was in such good spirits and he did such an
incredible job. | know he took a couple days off and he deserved that so | really appreciated that.

And | also have a comment about Alexis, it was just so inspiring to see someone find their passion and
be so connected to it at such a young age so thank you for doing that.

Alderman Jette

First | would like to acknowledge the work that Ms. Ortolano is doing, whether everything she says is
correct or not, | think she is raising some important issues and | am glad to see that the Mayor has
initiated an audit of the Assessor’s Office to try to answer her questions and the issues she has raised.

| think it is so important that all of the taxpayers in the City, whether they are elderly and no matter what
Ward they live in, | think it is important that people feel that they are being treated fairly, that their taxes
are based on accurate information and that there are not differences in how they are being taxed as
opposed to other people. | think people expect and deserve a feeling that our tax process is fair. |
applaud the Mayor for taking that step and looking into that.

City of Nashua, New Hampshire
Uncompleted Project Status Report

FY 2016
Division: Financial Services
Department: City Buildings

Per NRO 5-134-c, the Financial Services Division shall report to the Board of Aldermen the status of all uncompleted projects.

"Project type" as defined by the ordinance is any one of the following:

(1) An endeavor requiring expenditure in excess of $50,000

(2) The purchase, construction, replacement or rehabilitation of any physical facility, including but not limited to, roads, buildings,
bridges, and sewerage, with an anticipated life in excess of ten (10) years

(3) The acquisition of tangible personal property with an anticipated life in excess of ten (10) years

(4) The acquisition of land or any interest in land

(5) Surveys or studies relative to the aforementioned categories

(6) Contractual services provided to the city

4 ’ * oa Funding Required
. Project . ae . Accounting Unit Activity # Account Budget Funds Percent Beal
B t f P: i
Project Name Type Tief Description of Project /Account (if applicable) Name Source of Funding Amount Funds Expended Encumbered Complete to r, met
rojec
City Hall Plaza Renovations (2) |City Hall Plaza Renavations TF29.7078 2017 Cap Project - City Hall Plaza General Fund Appropriations 62,000 31,727 14,733 51% 15,541
Renovations

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Board of Aldermen 11-27-2018 Page 14

| would like to acknowledge a gift | received from Alderwoman Kelly, it is a bag that says “Plastic ain’t
fantastic” kind of acknowledging the damage that plastic is doing to our environment and my meager
efforts in trying raise our awareness about that.

And lastly, the Nashua Rotary Club is selling Christmas Trees at the Plaza that is out on Amherst Street
near Pier One in front of Market Basket. The Demoulas Family very generously has donated or allowed
us to use that parking lot. Our trees are not plastic, they are real trees, they are New Hampshire trees,
so | encourage people to buy their trees from the Rotary Club. All profits go to local charities and my
wife and | will be selling trees there this Saturday morning, so please come on by and buy your tree
there. Thank you.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

| would just like to join everyone in congratulating Paul Shea and the volunteers downtown and the
Board of Directors of GAD. | too heard very positive things from the merchants as well as people just
down enjoying the evening. | think one of the things that is really nice to see is how many families are
coming every year, it seems like there are more and more families and | know some things are starting
a little earlier and | think that we are nicely growing the event for our families in the greater community.
So thank you for all of your efforts.

| would like to thank Alderman Lopez for bringing Alexis and all of her efforts to our attention and
through the presentation tonight to the attention of the greater community. | think that adults and youth
in the community should be inspired by her. And | also think that we need to recognize her family and
friends who have been supporting her. | think is important that as we look at young people in our
community who are reaching out that we acknowledge that they do have their family and friends with
them and just like each of us comes to this horseshoe with those who have supported us across the
year, they are also growing leaders through their leadership. So hopefully they will expand the number
of volunteers we have in our community. So thank you for bringing her to the community’s
acknowledgement and our awareness.

Two things, | got lots of phone calls because “Oh my gosh it is snowing and what is going to happen
with my yard waste collection”. It is going to December 7" so you can still rake leaves as the snow
melts, it will be picked up. The other thing is people have been contacting me because as many of you
know drainage in my neighborhood is a problem, we have a small lake at the end of Timberline
periodically. If you are out walking or driving and you see leaves in the storm drains, if you are so
inclined to remove them, that would be very helpful as we continue to get rains and have water backing
up throughout the neighborhood.

One final thing, NRPC has the draft of the 2019 to 2045 it says here Nashua Area Metropolitan Transit
Plan and it is going up on the website and it will be available for public comment so for you to review
and make public comment. It is up for 30 days and then will be discussed at NRPC. So if you would
like to take a look at that, it is on-line for you to look at. Thank you.

President Wilshire

| too would like to thank the Great American Downtown, Paul Shea, for all his efforts in putting on such
a great event — 25 years it has grown tremendously and is quite an event. People from out of town say,
“did you go to Nashua to that Stroll, it was really a good event” and so thank you to Paul Shea and
Great American Downtown.

I’d also like to thank you Alderman Lopez for bringing Alexis Durant in to us and recognizing her efforts.
She started at such a young age and it is so important to get young people involved.

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Alderman Lopez

| just want to point out, everyone has been thanking me but she’s been working for years, all | did was
nominate her.

Alderman Dowd

Just really quickly, yesterday the Mayor, myself, Alderman Jette and Alderman Klee stood out in the
rain and the snow to watch the Ribbon Cutting for the Connection of the Pennichuck in Nashua to the
Pennichuck East Utility in Litchfield. They laid 5,600 feet of pipe under the river to provide clean
drinking water to Litchfield and beyond because of the pollution over there that they’ve been having. It
was quite an event. Honorable Chuck Morris, the President of the Senate was there and | think we
must’ve had about 40 people in a 10x10 space under a tent. But it is a very interesting site, it’s kind of
hard to find but it is going to provide a fantastic service for the community.

Alderman Klee

| just wanted to add one other thing, the trees that were donated to Delaney House were donated from
a very incredible man, he is the manager of the Home Depot, Exit 6 and he donated the five live trees
personally — not from Home Depot, but he donated five live trees, not plastic to the Delaney House and
| wanted to thank him for doing that.

Committee announcements:

Alderman O’Brien

Tomorrow night, November 28", at 7:00 p.m. here in the Aldermanic Chamber we are going to have the
Infrastructure Committee meeting. We will be approving the preliminary design of the Greeley Park
Boat Ramp.

Alderman Dowd

Yes this evening we had the first reading of the secretary’s contract for the school department and had
to call a Budget Meeting on December 6th because by legislation we have to handle contracts in a
timely manner. So | am going to have a meeting on December 6th to discuss that one item.

Alderman Caron

Personnel will be meeting Monday December 3” at 6:00 p.m. We have a lot of people coming in for
appointments for various committees.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Tomorrow night’s evening was originally scheduled as a joint Infrastructure/PEDC meeting and | know |
will not be there because we have a meeting for the Joint Special School Committee and | wasn’t sure
whether or not we would have a quorum. So in not wanting to lack of quorum of one of the committees
hold up that meeting, that meeting was re-posted this afternoon as being an Infrastructure meeting.

That being said, for members of PEDC who were planning on going, | would encourage you to go. It is
certainly an infrastructure project but it is also something | think it is going to have an economic impact
downtown and in the greater City. So to get an understanding of how that project is moving forward,
would probably be useful and | know | will be watching that meeting at some point. So | would just
encourage you to attend even though it no longer posted as a joint meeting. Thank you.

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Alderman Dowd

Yes | will add that you pointed out tomorrow evening and Thursday evening we will be interviewing five
companies for architectural design of the new middle school project. Last week we as you all know
because we put out a Memo, Harvey Construction was hired as the construction manager for that
project and will be helping us moving forward. And | was going to call yet another meeting after
Thursday, probably sometime next week if Ms. Lovering can find a date for me, to actually make the
selection of the architectural company.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ THAT THE NOVEMBER 27, 2018 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch City Clerk

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11/19/2018

AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN NOVEMBER 27, 2018

1.

9(a).

9(b).

10.
11.

12.

13.

PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE DAVID C. TENCZA
ROLL CALL
REMARKS BY THE MAYOR
RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR
RECOGNITIONS
R-18-093
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Board of Aldermen
RECOGNIZING ALEXIS DURANT FOR HER DEDICATION AND VOLUNTEER WORK WITH
THE HOMELESS
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
Board of AIGErmen 0.00... cee ce cce cee ee este vaeeeeteetatetettstasereetssssereseeee 21/13/2018

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: Dorothy Clarke, Deputy Corporation Counsel
Re: Proposed Amendment to R-18-073 (Legislation proposing a City Charter Amendment
Regarding the Filing of Elected Vacancies)

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

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL

From: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Committee Assignments

From: Jim Donchess, Mayor
Re: Contract for Board of Public Works Pension Administration

From: Jim Donchess, Mayor
Re: Purchase Replacement for 2018 Ford Explorer Police Cruiser

PETITIONS
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

Finance Committee....... 00... cee te cee eects see ttteeetttstesttseeeseeess 11/15/2018
Special Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee............................. 11/19/2018

CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-18-073
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO FILLING
VACANCIES ON ELECTED BOARDS BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS
OF THAT BOARD
e Tabled pending Scheduling of Public Hearing — 10/09/2018

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-18-029

Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt

INCREASING THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT FOR THE BLIND, ELDERLY, AND DISABLED TAX

EXEMPTIONS BY 25% TOTAL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS

e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage with Proposed Amendments

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-18-094
Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA TEACHERS’ UNION, LOCAL 1044,
AFT, AFL-CIO, UNIT C, SECRETARIES FROM JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022 AND
RELATED TRANSFERS

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM PERSONNEL MTG OF 11/19/2018
O-18-029

ORDINANCE

INCREASING THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT FOR THE BLIND, ELDERLY, AND
DISABLED TAX EXEMPTIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 25% TOTAL OVER THE
NEXT TWO YEARS

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Eighteen

The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 295 “Taxation”
be amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new underlined language as
shown:

1. In Article I “Exemption for the Blind”, Section 295-1 “Tax exemption granted”:
Ҥ 295-1. Tax exemption granted.

The provisions of RSA 72:37 are adopted and every inhabitant of the City who is legally
blind, as determined by the Blind Services Department of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Division of the Education Department of the state, shall be exempt each year from
taxation upon his or her residential real estate to the value of $45,000 $85,000 in the tax
year beginning April 1, 2018, and $94,000 in the tax year beginning April 1, 2019.”

2. In Article II “Exemption for Elderly Persons”, Section 295-3 “Elderly exemption
granted”:

Ҥ 295-3. Elderly exemption granted.

A-——The City of Nashua hereby adopts the provisions of New Hampshire Revised
Statutes Annotated 72:39-a and 72:39-b, as they may be amended from time to
time, relative to elderly tax exemptions. The optional exemption, based on
assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, shall be as follows:

(1) Fora person 65 years of age up to 74 years of age: $455,990 $175,000 in
the tax year beginning April 1, 2018, and $192,000 in the tax year

beginning April 1, 2019;