Board of Aldermen 01-12-2021 Page 16
So it’s really been unpleasant. And that’s not transparency to me, those boxes. And Ms. Colquhoun is
right, the 2020 cards aren’t on-line and it’s unprecedented that that data isn’t available to the public now.
It's never been this late, ever. And | actually asked Ms. Walley about that and she said she couldn’t think of
a time that that had happened. We are halfway through abatement season and we don’t have access to
the cards for your abatement. And | would have never done a software update. | think it was one of the
biggest mistakes the Board of Aldermen made to approve that with no Chief on board, with a high turnover
IT Department and we are short-staffed in the office. You took on one heck of a project that quite frankly
whether you ran AP5 or AP4 | wouldn’t have known the difference and | still don’t know the difference
except that | feel that some of the reporting in the new software is less transparent than the old software
and | am kind of disappointed with that.
So you know whatever the software problems are, Ms. Colquhoun is correct, 15 months has just been a
long time. And these property record cards aren't correct as they stand printed and the proper data isn’t
even up yet. So let’s not forget what people mean to transparency please and let’s try to get City Hall
opened.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Is there anyone else from the public that would like to speak? Seeing none, Communications
requiring final approval.
Unidentified Speaker
Madam President, Clerk Lovering looks like she may be frozen.
President Wilshire
OH ok.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Multi-Year Contract Award - Lead Paint Risk Assessment and Inspection Services in an
amount not to exceed $336,000
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT FOR THE LEAD PAINT RISK ASESSMENT/INSPECTION SERVICES TO ALCHEMY LEAD
MANAGEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $336,000. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH
DEPARTMENT 184 URBAN PROGRAMS; ACCOUNT 54225 LEAD PAINT BASED PAINT HAZARD
CONTROL GRANT, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
And | just want to speak it a little bit just to say that Director Schena was before us and we are very happy,
this is the largest grant that we have received in terms of lead paint. So that’s a plus for the City of Nashua
so thank you to her and her team.
President Wilshire
Thank you. So the motion is to accept and place on file? Discussion on that motion?
