Special Board of Aldermen 06-21-2021 Page 33
We had one a week and a half ago at 3:00 in the afternoon. We have what we have, we have the
insurance service rating, |SO Rating of Class II because of the force we have.
Yes, in a perfect world for us to hire more people and call that the relief factor that would be great if we
could do that. But it is just something | think at the end of the day where you look at what we are talking
here about pension costs. We are talking vacation, health care all these benefits, | don’t think it is cost
effective to do that.
Chairman Dowd
Is this a follow up to the same question?
Ms. McKinney It’s just a comment that perhaps | am from the small business world and | can guarantee
you, each and every one of you | can guarantee you that there is no small business that doesn’t look at a
budget and make decisions based on what they anticipate. They do not plan year after year to pay higher
costs overtime because they didn’t hire someone. It just doesn’t happen in small business, we’d go under
because we don’t have an endless resource of citizens picking up the tab. Maybe | am missing something
here, | get what the explanations are. But from a small business person’s perspective, it’s a bunch of
hooey.
Chairman Dowd
We are on the Fire Department Division.
Daniel Richardson 70 Berkeley Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Thank you. | want to draw your attention
to Wages & Salaries in particular Wages Full-Time. The 2021 Budget was $12,500,000.00 and the
proposed is $13,700,000.00. So | was looking at earlier the Page 9 again it shows a table for Fire
Department not just this is like the total amount going up by 4%. So! am looking at this Wages only going
up from $12.5 to $13.7. That looks almost like a 10% or greater increase in wages. Am | correct?
Mr. Griffin
Mr. Chairman | may be able to help with this question and this again explains why things can’t be,
percentage increases, but Mr. Richardson if you look at line 51900 last year. For comparative purposes |
would simply take that number.
Mr. Richardson | can’t find it.
Mr. Griffin
Are you on Page 150?
Mr. Richardson | am on Page 150.
Mr. Griffin
OK 150 below the subtotal of overtime as you approach fringe benefits there’s a 51900 Salary Adjustments
of $1.146 million in Fiscal ’21.
Mr. Richardson | see it.
Mr. Griffin
The reason why the Wages Full Time last year was $12.5 million is they were waiting for their Collective
Bargaining Agreement to be approved by the Board of Aldermen. That number 1.146 that was a
contingency for negotiation that | spoke of earlier, that number needs to be added to the $12.5.
