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| am going to try to talk to the Board of Health to have them do some kind of workshop meeting so it isn’t such
an austere like we are definitely going to close restaurants at 9:30. | know that at least one member of the
public as a restaurant owner had mentioned that she would be willing to work on coming up with some kind of
phasing plan and if a different time makes more sense then we could look at that. So assuming the worst,
because that’s how | roll and that we will continue to need to address this issue, we can use this time to better
plan it. So the restaurant industry should know that Christmas, New Years, these upcoming Holidays, they
will be able to do what they can with them safely and there isn’t going to be this looming over their head but
then also we can try to request productive input so that if it does need to be addressed again we are a little
more prepared and a little more organized.

So | plan to talk to the Board of Health about that and try to figure it out over the Holidays. So thank you
everybody for indulging me. To the gentleman who spoke earlier and said something to the effect that we all
get 3 minutes to speak and then this asshole can go on. | can’t believe what I’ve become, so thank you for
pointing that out. | used to sit in the exact situation in the Board of Alderman meeting so I'll try to brief but | do
have to be attentive to my responsibilities as a liaison and make sure | actually introduce legislation
effectively. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else? I’d just like to say that my vote tonight on the curfew was about fairness. | could
support enforcement but a curfew just doesn’t sit right with me. It seems punitive given the small number of
restaurants that are actually open between 9:30 and 1:00. | think it’s a handful, I’m not sure how many but it
just didn’t seem fair wnen maybe not enough effort has been put forth in the enforcement piece. So that’s why
| voted the way | did on that. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for you know helping me through this
year, it’s been a rough year for all of us, you Know, special meetings and all the last minute decisions we’ve
had to make. You've all been really, really terrific. So | want to thank you all and | want to wish you all Happy
Holidays and to all our constituents, and everyone in the City, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas.

Committee announcements:

President Wilshire

Oh Alderman Dowd, you had to ruin it.

Alderman Dowd

Well fortunately somebody scheduled a Budget Meeting on the 28"" at 7:00 p.m. so things that were
referred to Budget tonight will be appearing on that Agenda. So as far as | know looking at the Agenda list
that’s the last meeting of the year.

President Wilshire

OK any other Committee announcements?

Board of Aldermen 12-22-2020 Page 48
ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE DECEMBER 22, 2020, MEETING OF THE 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, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

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

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 15
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 10:30 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN DECEMBER 22, 2020
7:30 PM

Meeting is being conducted remotely in accordance with Governor’s Emergency Order #12 pursuant to Executive
Order 2020-04

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connect.

1. PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

2. PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN K. LOVERING

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE BRANDON MICHAEL LAWS

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ROLL CALL

5. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

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RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR
t. RECOGNITIONS
8. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

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9. COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Re: Communications Received from the Public

9(a). PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON
THIS EVENING

9(b). COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: Mayor Jim Donchess

Re: Turbine Removal at Jackson Falls Dam in the amount of $2,664,500 funded from account
R-19-142 Bond

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Cartegraph Software Expansion in the amount of $17,283.33 funded from account 71228
Computer Software

PETITIONS

NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Appointments by the Mayor

10. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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Budget Review Committee. ...0. 0000... ccccccce cee cece set cence ene eeeeen ene eed 12/09/2020
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Committee on Infrastructure.....00. ccc ec ee cee cnet cee te ent e ener ene 12/17/2020

11. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS
Conservation Commission

Joel Ackerman (reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2023
13 Woodcrest Drive
Nashua, NH 03062

Joshua Hauser (reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2023
9 Cobble Hill Road
Nashua, NH 03062

Master Plan Committee

Bob James (new appointment)
20 Trafalgar Square, Suite 101
Nashua, NH 03063

Heidi L. MacDonald (new appointment)
42A Chestnut Street
Nashua, NH 03060

UNFINISHED BUSINESS —- RESOLUTIONS

R-20-089
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $30,345 FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “2020 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT
(MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL)”
e Human Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

R-20-091
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Thomas Lopez
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF A $5,700,000 LEAD BASED PAINT
HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
e Human Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

R-20-097
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lon Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYEES,
AFT, FPE, LOCAL #4831 FROM JULY 1, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023 AND AUTHORIZING A
RELATED TRANSFER
e Budget Review Committee Recommends: Final Passage

R-20-101
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
AUTHORIZING RELEASE OF CERTAIN PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY EASEMENTS
e Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Final Passage

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-033

Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez

REPLACING CORPORATION COUNSEL WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION

DIRECTOR ON THE CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD (CTAB)

e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

O-20-037
Endorsers: Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
ESTABLISHING A 25 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT ON ROBINSON ROAD

e Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Final Passage

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O-20-038
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Thomas Lopez
ESTABLISHING A 25 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT ON CHARLOTTE AVENUE
e Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Final Passage

O-20-039
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
UPDATING THE FINANCIAL STANDARDS FOR THE CITY’S WELFARE GUIDELINES
e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-20-102
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $35,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITY “COVID-19 VACCINE GRANT”

R-20-103
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $250,000 FROM PRIOR YEAR ESCROW FUNDS, DEPARTMENT
#194 “CONTINGENCY, ACCOUNT #701 22 “OPERATING EXPENSE CONTINGENCY” INTO THE
“GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF AND RECOVERY (GOFERR) GRANT”

R-20-104
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $998,132 FROM DEPARTMENT #150 “POLICE”, ACCOUNT
#90530 “EXPENSE TRANSFER TO GRANT FUNDS?” INTO THE “GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR
EMERGENCY RELIEF AND RECOVERY (GOFERR) GRANT”

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-042
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
AMENDING THE ORDINANCE ON MAINTAINING ADEQUATE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND
BALANCE

O-20-043
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON DARTMOUTH STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DOUGLAS
STREET AND STOP SIGNS ON HILL STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DARTMOUTH STREET

O-20-044
Endorser: Alderman Thomas Lopez
RELATIVE TO ABAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES STARTING AT
9:30 PM

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

(603) 589-3030

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Aldermen
FROM: Donna Graham, Legisiative Affairs Manager
DATE: December 18, 2020

SUBJ.: Communications Received from the Public

Attached please find communications received from the public as follows:

From: Dan Beauchemin
Re: Curfew

From: Micahel T. Buckley
Re: Curfew

From: Russ Havrylik
Re: Curfew

From: Laurie Ortolano
Re: Curfew

Board of Aldermen — 3/22/16 Page 19
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Clemons

This is something that | actually had a request for. It came about from people that both work in the service
industry and people who patronize establishments. It came about in 2013 when the legislation was introduced
at the state house to allow cities and towns to do this. Although | wasn’t an alderman at the time, | agree with
it. | had a discussion with some of the aldermen, and it never came up. This time around, now that I’m on the
board, it’s one of the things | wanted to get done. | believe that we are at a disadvantage with our neighbors to
the south. There are folks in Nashua who will go to Tyngsboro. They will go to Lowell or other places in
Massachusetts and patronize those establishments because they stay open later. Some of the people that do
that do that because they like to go out at a later time. Some of them do it because they are getting off of their
shift of work and want to go out and have a drink, like the rest of us might want to do one night. The fact that
they have to drive to Tyngsboro when the state allows any city or town to adopt this, | don’t think is fair.
Furthermore, | think we’re doing the folks in our restaurants and in the service industry a disservice by not
allowing those establishments to stay open and compete with the places that are south of the border. It was
for those reasons that | brought this forward. | would ask that you not support indefinite postponement.

Alderman Siegel

| am going to recuse myself as | have a direct financial interest in the outcome of this as the CEO of a distilled
spirits company.

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Dowd, 8
Alderman Caron, Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness,
Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty

Nay: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman O’Brien, 5
Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy

MOTION CARRIED

Alderman Siegel abstained from voting.

Ordinance O-16-004 declared indefinitely postponed.
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-16-020
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEBT OF CLOCKTOWER HOUSING
ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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

R-16-021
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
FROM JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2018
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy

Graham, Donna

From: Daniel Beauchemin <dbeauch1 @outlook.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 3:07 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Curfew

CAUTION: This email came from outside of the organization. Do not click links/open attachments if source is
unknown.

Dear Aldermen,

I'm writing to let you know that I do not support the imposition of a curfew in the city of Nashua. Our restaurant
and bar owners are struggling right now and have bent over backwards to make their establishments as safe as
possible. They have done a very good job with this and it's unfair to ask them to make this sacrifice especially
when other retail establishments in other lines of business do not need to make the same sacrifice.

Thank you,

Dan Beauchemin
5 Rhode Island Ave

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