A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. in the
classroom at the Nashua Police Department, 28 Officer James Roche Drive, Nashua.
President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderman Brandon Michael Laws led in the Pledge to the
Flag.
The roll call was taken with members of the Board of Aldermen present.
Mayor James W. Donchess, Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton, Mary Greene, Hunt Legacy Trustee,
and Jane Hanle-Olsson, Ira F. Harris Lecture Trustee were also in attendance.
REMARKS BY THE MAYOR
Mayor Donchess
Thank you very much Madam President. | just have a few things. First, of all | want to thank the Police
Department for hosting us here. This is a very nice place to meet when the Chamber is not available. Second, |
wanted to mention, of course, the Election, the Primary which we held yesterday. It seemed to go very
smoothly, a little bit better than lowa and that is due to the efforts of all of the people who work in the polls as
volunteers and as Selectmen and Moderators and everything. But principally to Sue Lovering, who as City
Clerk is responsible for making all this happen. It went off, of course, very smoothly, it was Sue’s first National
Primary. She reported at 4:00 a.m. and didn’t deliver the results to the Bedford Police Department, which is part
of the duty, until 4:00 a.m. the following day. So a 24 hour shift and here she is. Thank you Sue.
| wanted to mention just a couple things on the Agenda. First there is the Community Choice Power Proposal.
Again we discussed that at some length before so | won’t get into the details on that. | know you will just refer
that to a Committee and we will come to the Committee and explain everything that is being proposed. | wanted
to make sure that Doria Brown, who is the City’s Energy Manager; if you have not met her, you should. She is
doing a great job trying to make the City more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gases and emissions. So
we will see you at the Committee Meeting wherever that goes.
Also, while we are here, we are doing a green project here at the Police Station. You all approved the
authorization for the bonding of that project. The first stage was to repair all the windows; | think some of you
saw those, so bad that snow was coming in in the winter. The next stage will be to replace the HVAC System
which not only will service the building better, but also use a lot less energy. So that is a green project we have
going on right here in this building.
| wanted to mention the Performing Arts Center Legislation. | discussed this in a lot of detail at the Public
Hearing just a few days ago so | won’t repeat any of that; other than to say that the Committee made an
amendment to extend the deadline for the raising of the private funds, the outside City money by 18 months.
That most definitely works, so thank you to the Committee for doing that.
And finally, we have a couple of people who have agreed to serve on various boards on two boards and
commissions who are here to be sworn in. | wanted to thank them for their service; Megan Villacis will go on the
Dog Park Committee, the Animal Committee and Bill Ackerman will be Conservation Committee. So thank you
very much for your volunteering and your willingness to continue to serve the City of Nashua.
Beyond that, Madam President, | don’t have anything and thank you very much.
