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lease restore a small part of this contribution. There have been four floor fights in the past always very close. This time,
the Bill is for a 7 % percent reimbursement not 35%. That's only 7 % but still, that would be a couple of million dollars for
us. It would make begin to make good on the State's commitment. He can give you the details of a very back and forth
struggle, but it passed the House ultimately and now goes on to the Senate. A word of caution, it would have to pass the
Senate and it would have to be funded. So I’m sure Alderman O'Brien will be at all of those hearings but | want to thank
him and our legislative delegation for at least trying to do everything they can to help us with the property tax burden that
our hardworking taxpayers do bear here in Nashua. That concludes my remarks Madam President.
RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR
Alderman O’Brien
| just would like to say thank you Mr. Mayor for the kudos. | would really like to thank the Nashua delegation who is
behind me on this 100% and stepping up. | did get a lot of compliments from other people for both sides of the aisle.
Many of they do like what we do - work two jobs town selectman as well as being State Reps. They said points we
brought home were true. It is true property tax relief type of bill and let's Keep our fingers crossed. It will go to Finance,
and then to the Senate, and pass the Governor, and we'll be hopefully on our way. So let's keep our fingers crossed
again. Thank you.
RECOGNITION PERIOD — None
READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting of January
25, 2022 be accepted, placed on file, and the reading suspended.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS
From: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Re: Communications Received from the Public
From: Alderman Patricia Klee
Re: Nashua Arts Commission Liaison Report
From: Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Re: Proposal to Extend Outdoor Dining
There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communications and placed them on file.
Alderman Comeau
| have an objection to the communication from Director Cummings.
President Wilshire
Okay.
Alderman Comeau
Thank you. In in his outdoor dining proposal, what I’m objecting to is quote, “we waited for some time to see if interested
parties would offer anything as an alternative but to date, no alternative has arose.” Just from the volume of e-mails that
I've seen and that statement don't seem to jive with what statement he's making in that proposal. That is my objection to
that proposal.
President Wilshire
Okay.
Period for public comment relative to items expected to be acted upon this evening. Now, it's on the agenda. It's on the
agenda for a first reading only but the mask mandate will likely come before us this evening for a second reading. So |
