Special Board of Aldermen 06-01-2021 Page 9
So | am very happy to hear that there’s additional monies though should we need to do that with the pending
clean-up of Mohawk Tannery.
Chairman Dowd
Five seconds.
Mr. Plamondon OK | am glad to hear that there is money for that. Other than that, | just want to say that both
these ideas moving the monies over and the dog park | think are excellent ideas and | commend you for
moving forward on this. And | thank you Mr. Chair and the rest of the Board.
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION
Chairman Dowd
Thank you for your comments. Is there anyone else that would to speak in favor of R-21-145? Seeing and
hearing no one, | will move to Testimony in Opposition. Is there anyone that would like to give Testimony in
Opposition? Name and address for the record.
Laura Colquhoun at 30 Greenwood Drive. It find it funny that the Mayor is asking the Board of Aldermen to
authorization a transfer of $325,000.00 in order to buy a dog park. Why did the City of Nashua’s Mayor and
Board of Aldermen not ask the Nashua taxpayers if they wanted another dog park? Just because the Mayor
found that not all the funds for the Broad Street Parkway were used and therefore he’s taking the money to buy
a dog park. However, has anybody on the Board considered that these funds should go against the outstanding
bond that is still open on the books for the Broad Street parkway? Nashua taxpayers are still on the hook for
the principal balance of $1,250,000.00 and interest balance of $214,844.00. That’s a total of $1,464,844.00
that the taxpayers still owe on this project.
Why not use the extra $325,000.00 and apply it against the open bond? This would help all Nashua taxpayers,
not just dog owners. If not against this bond, what applying it to against the $52 million in capital improvements
that the Mayor wants in the year 2022? The Nashua taxpayers are asking both the Mayor and the Board of
Aldermen to reconsider and apply this extra money to the original bond and / or future capital improvements.
Please do not think that | do not like dogs because | have 3. But | feel that these funds can help the Nashua
taxpayers much more. Thank you.
Chairman Dowd
Thank you. Anyone else in opposition.
Laurie Ortolano 41 Berkeley Street. | am a dog lover too but | think the timing on this isn’t right given the
Budget increase and what we have going on in the City. | think we’ve asked taxpayers to incur a lot of
increases in the last 2 years. And | think that this money as Ms. Colquhoun has said, could be used more
wisely for reducing bonds or reducing costs for the City. It was a very expensive purchase for the land. | ama
little disappointed we were unable to find land we already owned to do this project versus having to purchase a
piece. But | just feel like the timing isn’t right and we have this budget increase that’s probably going to push
4% this year and | think that we should have seen a Budget that was down, under, given where we have been
with City Hall and our operations and our services to citizens. So | am not in favor of it at this time, but | am a
great lover of dogs. Thank you.
Chairman Dowd
Thank you. Anyone else in opposition?
Jason Hale 10 Gettysburg Drive, Nashua. | am just echoing the comments from the previous two speakers. If
there are open items that we still owe money on, these monies should be appropriated for those things other
