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proud of our City’s Leadership and what we have been able to accomplish despite all the hurdles and
difficulties. So thank you Mr. Mayor.
President Wilshire
| agree Alderman Cleaver, thank you for that.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you, Madam President. | happen to notice today on Facebook one of my former organizations being
on the Fire Department, Nashua Fire Fighter’s Local 789 has hit is 76" year of being in existence. | wish |
knew of it last year to wish them a Happy 75", but we will do it on the 76". One of our very important first
responders that have stepped to the plate in many different ways such as the Police and Public Health and
our nurses and our doctors from our two wonderful hospitals. | know Local 789 has done a lot for the
community, whether it be at Christmas Time, passing out Christmas baskets to the needy to even their
program of helping the NDA and also working to supply coats for some disadvantaged children through the
School System. So | hope they continue with their great community work; granted, at times, between the
City and the Union may get sometimes adversarial, but we still like them and appreciate the work that they
do. The Fire Fighters are saving lives and thank you for the indulgence to allow them to be recognized,
thank you.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you, first | just want to address some things that were said in regard to discussing the finances of the
City. For any Alderman who wants to discuss the finances of the City, | would recommend that they come
to the Budget Review Committee Meetings because that’s where we are discussing next year’s budget.
That is the appropriate place to ask questions and do the due diligence when it comes to deciding how we
are going to move forward next year in a cohesive manner.
In addition to that, it is incumbent upon each one of us as an Alderman to do our own work and to make
sure that we ourselves understand what is going on in the City. It is not up to other Aldermen to inform us
of different things. That has been something that my mentor Brian McCarthy instilled in me. Because he
told me, you know, if you have a question ask it. If you need to know something, go to somebody and ask
it. The questions are not going to be answered by not asking the questions. So | would just like to state
that because | think that some have the expectation that we are going to get an answer for everything and
the thing is is that unless you ask the question you won’t get the answer.
And then lastly, | just want to reiterate and | said this at the last meeting, we need to make sure that we are
listening to our local leaders here. Governor Sununu, Mayor Donchess and not necessarily what is coming
out of Washington, D.C. Our local leaders have done a superb job in handling the COVID-19 Crisis,
particularly here in Nashua. Mayor Donchess and his team have done outstanding work and as a result of
that, | think Nashua has come out for the better because of it. So | want to just thank him and the
Administration here. | want to thank Governor Sununu for his leadership. | also want to thank all of our
First Responders who are out there every day doing a tough job that they signed up to do but | don’t think
ever might have crossed their mind that they would be dealing with the types of situations that we are in
right now. So thank you, all of you and have a good evening.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Clemons.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you. | just wanted to say that although | didn’t have a lot of time with Alderman McCarthy as my
mentor, he did say exactly as Alderman Clemons just said. He taught us how to do our research, to find the
