Special Board of Aldermen 07-06-2021 Page 4
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION — None
Chairman Caron
We will repeat is there anyone here who would like to speak in favor of sports betting within the chamber?
Okay. Anyone on Zoom? Okay seeing none.
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
Chairman Caron
Testimony in opposition of sports betting. Anyone within the chamber? Is there anyone on Zoom who would
like to speak in opposition? Okay seeing none.
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION — None
Chairman Caron closed the public hearing on Resolution R-21-151 Relative to Ballot Referendum
Concerning Sports Betting within the City of Nashua.
Alderwoman Lu
Excuse me Madam Chairman. | received a message that someone is having trouble with the password
getting in on Zoom.
Chairman Caron
They'll be able to speak during public comment. Okay. We will move on to legislation R-21-152 Proposing
and Amendment to the City Charter Relative to Adding Two Additional Members to the Board of Health.
R-21-152
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO ADDING TWO
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
President Wilshire
Can we ask the sponsor to give us a synopsis of why he’s putting this legislation in?
Chairman Caron
Oh | was going to ask that and if there was anyone from the Board of Health that wanted to speak on this.
Alderman Lopez.
Alderman Lopez
Yup so as we all know from the pandemic when there’s a major health crisis presenting itself to Nashua,
the Board of Health is the one that we turn to for health advice and best practices for managing it. They
also meet monthly to go over the operations of the Public Health Department — everything from City
Welfare, to grants coming in, to other outbreaks that don’t necessarily have as pronounced an impact on us
as a community but definitely impact individuals as a whole like Lyme Disease outbreaks, or Hepatitis
outbreaks, that kind of stuff.
