R-22-021
RESOLUTION
CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO
THOUSAND AND THIRTY DOLLARS ($152,030) OF UNEXPENDED BOND
PROCEEDS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER TRUCK AND AERIAL
LADDER TRUCK PURCHASES TO INFRASTRUCURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
MUNICPAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the purpose of the
remaining unexpended bond proceeds of up to One Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand and Thirty
Dollars ($152,030), previously reserved and designated under Resolution R-20-008
(“Authorizing the Mayor and City Treasurer to issue bonds not to exceed the amount of one
million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the purchase of a new 2020 Pierce Arrow
XT red aerial ladder truck and the for the Fire Department’) and Resolution R-18-081
(“Authorizing the Mayor and City Treasurer to issue bonds not to exceed the amount of six
hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($660,000) to purchase of a new pumper truck for the Fire
Department”) is changed as follows:
The original purpose from R-20-008 and R-18-081 was for the purchase of two trucks for
the Fire Department. The purposes for which the funds were originally borrowed is complete
and there will be a remaining baiance of proceeds that is surplus.
The remaining funds will be used for upgrades and improvements to the municipal fire
alarm system. The useful life of the project is 40 years. The following is a brief explanation and
tasks for the project.
Nashua’s Municipal Fire Alarm System provides direct and immediate notification of fire
alarm system activations throughout the city. The Municipal Fire Alarm System is monitored by
the fire alarm operators 24.7/365. Currently the system contains 15 box circuits and six station
circuits. Circuit 15 provides monitoring for properties along the Amherst Street corridor
northerly to the Merrimack town line. The number of fire alarm boxes on Circuit 15 have grown
to exceed the recommended number on a single circuit. A new and distinct pathway across the
Nashua River (Broad Street Parkway) separate from previous circuits is available and would
provide additional circuits and redundancies to the system. Circuit 12 (Main Dunstable Road)
contains only one highway crossing with no spare or additional conductor and a pathway exists
crossing the highway that will allow for additional circuits and redundancies to be installed in
this project, including but not limited to the new middle school project.
