Board of Aldermen 6-23-2020 Page 44
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEAVER FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-043, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken 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 Cleaver,
Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
Resolution R-20-043 declared duly adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-20-017
Endorsers: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
AUTHORIZING FREE PARKING AT METERS AND PAY STATION SPACES THROUGH
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
(Tabled at May 21, 2020 BOA mtg)
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS - None
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES - None
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you. What | alluded to earlier, | think comparing one Fire Department to another and | am speaking
from 35 years’ experience in firefighting. The comparison kind of made me chuckle. | have a cousin that
was Battalion Chief in the 12 Battalion on FDNY in New York City and he served in Harlem. | think he
would laugh to see the comparison to somebody say, “well in another part of New York, Staten Island that
the fire is affected by some other physical vortex that they are hotter in Staten Island than they are in
Harlem”. They are not, fires occur and they occur in every single community. So when you start
comparing, what Alderman Jette brought up, and that’s true, you can go on-line and you can look. But |
wonder if Alderman Jette looked at Manchester.
Now Manchester is a community probably us and Manchester a population, they might have 20,000 people
more than we do. They also have, probably square mileage, possibly may two square than we do. Yet,
Manchester covers their City with 11 engine companies and 4 ladder companies. In comparison, the City
of Nashua minus the 20,000 people and the square mileage, covers that duty with only 6 engine companies
and 3 ladder companies. The workload in the City of Nashua is much greater for our Firefighters than they
are in Manchester. Yet, those facts were never really brought up and that’s the danger, in my opinion, of
the comparison. Each community puts a value on what they want to pay in fire protection. And 32 years
ago, the City of Nashua spent taxpayers money on a Fire Report that said we needed 2 more additional
engine companies.
