Board of Aldermen 09-22-2020 Page 69
The other thing | wanted to mention very briefly was the issue of the fund balance. There are some very
simple changes to be made to that Ordinance 5-135. In the interest of time | will send the letter to the
Board to make some very simple changes to basically spell it out exactly wnat the City is doing now. I'm at
all opposed to wnat the City does now. | just think it ought to be very clear and every year this question
comes up and obviously it’s very unclear. And for CFO Griffin to say, well !ve done this since | got hired,
that’s not adequate. Just because he’s done it that way, if it violates the law, it still violates the law. You
can change the law and | will suggest to make the change.
Final comment, | am going to congratulate Mayor Donchess because one thing about these Zoom
Meetings is you can look the Library the bookshelf behind someone who is talking, | can see (inaudible)
bookshelves. And | noticed that he has a three volumes of Winston Churchill called The Young Lion. And |
must admire that, because if he’s read those three volumes then he and | agree on the greatest statesman
of the entire last century. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else for public comment this evening?
Laura Colquhoun Laura Colquhoun.
President Wilshire
Ok, you are up.
Laura Colquhoun |am making a comment on R-20-076.
President Wilshire
Can you give us your address for the record, please?
Laura Colquhoun Its Laura Colquhoun at 30 Greenwood Drive.
President Wilshire
Ok, thank you.
Ms. Colquhoun You're welcome. I'm calling about the Energy Performance Contract. This contract | think
people really need to start thinking because it calls for $6,700,000.00. Over 20 years it is going to cost
Nashua $9,100,000.00.00. At this point, with the economic crisis that we are going into | don’t feel that
Nashua has that kind of money to lay out right now. Also, on renaming Columbus Day, it would be a total
insult to every resident if this was not put on a ballot so that people could vote for this. And just to assume
that the Board of Aldermen are going to tell us what day it is is ridiculous. This needs to go on a ballot. |
thank you very much.
President Wilshire
Ok is there anyone else wishing to give public comment this evening?
Beth Scaer Beth Scaer, East Hobart Street.
President Wilshire
Ok Beth.
