Board of Aldermen 8-11-2020 Page 30
R-20-064
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE APPROPRIATION OF $99,800 FROM DEPARTMENT #194, “CONTINGENCY,
ACCOUNT #70100 “GENERAL CONTINGENCY” INTO VARIOUS ACCOUNTS IN DEPARTMENT
#103, “LEGAL”
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-20-029
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO FACE COVERINGS
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE and the
BOARD OF HEALTH by President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Laurie Ortolano — 41 Berkeley Street
I'd like to address some of the comments made at the July 15" Finance Committee meeting. | was really
disappointed in the conversation with the Mayor — the talk that the Mayor gave to the Committee and Ms.
Kleiner regarding the cost of the assessing issues. | saw it as very heavy blame laid on me for costing the
city so much. The Mayor made a comment that we couldn't find a Chief because of all the allegations — |
believe he felt many unfounded — that were pointed at assessors in Nashua for failure to do their job. He
said the assessment community consists of a very small group of people that all Know each other and talk
and they all believe that these actions by this individual are unfounded and they don’t want to come here to
work because they’re going to be accused of the same thing Nashua assessors have been accused of.
| want to share a little bit more truth on that issue and a story that | want you to understand. We had a
Deputy Assessor named Andrew Lemay who worked in Nashua for a number of years. He left around
2012 and he has since retired and he’s retired into a community up in Concord. He was talking to an
individual that | happen to have an acquaintance with and they met up there because they had moved into
the retirement community. Andrew had explained that he had been an assessor down in Nashua. The
individual knew the issues going on in Nashua and they struck up a conversation. Andrew Lemay’s
statement to this man, which can be verified, was that you know the Mayor appointed a woman who is
completely unqualified for the job and now it’s all political and that there was a Coordinator in there, a
woman, who had the best interest of the taxpayers at heart. She really watched out for the people and she
was removed. He was referring to Cheryl Walley. That’s a story with somebody who worked down here
and he still has close relationships with Greg Turgiss, Louise Brown.
