LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021
RESOLUTION: R-21-119
PURPOSE: Relative to the acceptance and appropriation of $29,777 from
the State of New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services, Exotic Species Program and authorizing the transfer of
matching funds
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Human Affairs Committee
FISCAL NOTE: The fiscal impact is a $29,777 grant to be used for a specific
purpose.
ANALYSIS
This legislation authorizes the City to accept and appropriate funds from the State for the purpose
of controlling and managing aquatic invasive species in various portions of the Nashua River.
This legislation also authorizes the transfer of matching funds in the amount of $44,665 of which
$20,691 will be included in the Fiscal Year 2022 proposed operating budget and transferred to the
grant activity upon passage of the budget.
Charter Sec. 53 permits the Board of Aldermen to transfer any unencumbered appropriation
balance or any portion thereof from one department, fund or agency to another. NRO § 5-130, H
provides that “when proposed legislation to transfer or reappropriate a particular appropriation or
portion thereof has had its first reading, such funds shall not be expended or transferred while the
legislation is pending”.
Approved as to account Financial Services Division
number and/or structure, and
amount: By: _/s/John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel
ny: (PU TPs fa
Date: I (elas dOi, HM
