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strengthen our tax base. | am excited about the opportunities to reimagine all these areas. You can view the entire
Imagine Nashua plan on the City website.
A GREENER NASHUA
We have ambitious green goals to make our contribution to combating global warming as much as we possibly can.
We are seeking to reduce the City’s carbon footprint 25 percent by 2025. The Board of Aldermen is committed to
these goals and we are well on the way to achieving them. We have reduced the energy consumption and carbon
emissions of our Public Works and Nashua Transit vehicles by 40 percent. We have incorporated solar arrays on the
Fairgrounds Middle School, the Dr. Crisp Elementary School, the Lake Street Fire Station, and the transit garage.
We are working with the Chief Kevin Rourke of the Nashua Police Department to purchase hybrid cruisers. We are
working to expand the number of charging stations for electric vehicles in our parking garages. We are working with
Dante Castellano and other students at Nashua South to provide hundreds of tree saplings to our residents. And with
the leadership of Energy Manager Doria Brown and Committee Chair Bob Blaisdell, we are working with Cheshire
County, Portsmouth, Lebanon, Dover, and Hanover to adopt community power which will enable us to increase the
proportion of green electric power supplied to Nashua residents.
Overall, there is much to be grateful for living in our great City. We are hopeful, looking towards a future that is safe,
healthy, and successful for all Nashuans and their families.
THANK YOU TO OUR CITY TEAM
Before | close, | want to thank our 2,800 City employees — our City team, including my small and hardworking staff for
giving your all in navigating the headwinds of the last two years. | greatly admire you and | am inspired by your
commitment to our city and our citizens. Always remember that your efforts are appreciated by me and many others.
Thank you all and God bless you in our fair city.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE FEBRUARY 15, 2022, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
BE ADJOURNED BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Sullivan, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman Jette, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Comeau,
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Cathey, Alderman Thibeault,
Alderwoman Timmons, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk
