Board of Aldermen 02-22-2022 Page 20
Alderman Jette
Thank you, Madam President. So | came here tonight with the full intention of opposing this but after hearing Dr. Storace
talk, I'm not gonna fall on my sword. If | understood him correctly, he said if we want to resend this, you know, he didn't
seem to be that much opposed to it. So as far as the motion to allow for a second reading, | will vote in favor of that and
plan on discussing it further.
President Wilshire
Okay, why don't we take up the motion for a second reading.
MOTION CARRIED
O-22-006
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman John Sullivan
Alderman Alex Comeau
Alderman Tyler Gouveia
Alderman John Cathey
RESCINDING THE FACE COVERING ORDINANCE PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Given its second reading,
Alderman Moran
Thank you so much, Madam President. First, yes, | want to echo...
President Wilshire
Did you want to make a motion or?
Alderman Moran
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Looking for want to talking about it.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-22-006, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTIONS
Alderman Moran
That's what | was trying to do. You can tell how passionate | am about this. So | want to echo my colleague’s statements
— Alderman Lopez regarding the Board of Health. | greatly appreciate and respect their decisions and the curves they've
taken their public citizens who've taken this voluntary role and they really have been under the microscope by the public in
some cases very, very harshly. | do appreciate Dr. Storace’s comments today about where we are with cases in the city
and we've dropped down to 87 was the number that was given. He's also quoted saying masks have accomplished their
goal and he did not have a firm stance on whether or not to continue the mask mandate.
| particularly brought this motion forward for a couple of reasons. Many of you know that | do work in the mental health
field. That's a very strong passion of mine and | believe wholeheartedly that we need to signal that the emergency phase
of the pandemic is over for the City of Nashua. We don't know what will come forward in the future with other variants, but
we have the option to act on that then. At this current juncture, we do not get numbers from any agency, the Board of
Health or the State, regarding how many people have committed suicide. How many people are in treatment for
depression because of the pandemic? How many people are seeking who will not leave their homes because they've
become agoraphobic and they have been bombarded with information from qualified information, misinformation, and
then just common sense information that they get from their peers that may not be well vetted. We, as a body, | believe
have the duty to signal that things are getting better. There are vaccines. There are antiviral medications. Soon children
or five will be able to get vaccinated. One of the main things that we can do is allow people to have a choice in whether or
not they're gonna wear a mask or not. | wholeheartedly believe in masks. | supported the last mandate. My father had
died of COVID. My mother will not take off a mask, but she also will not get vaccinated. She's made her choice. | can tell
