Board of Aldermen 08-09-2022 Page 28
Hi. This is unusual for me. | listen to a lot of the meetings. | do not participate.
President Wilshire
Can we get your name and address for the record?
Sara Gual
I’m sorry. Sara Gual, 122 Coliseum Avenue.
President Wilshire
Thank you.
Sara Gual
| have vision problems so | can't drive to the meetings. | just like to be able to see how the different Aldermen react, how
they participate, what their votes are, and this is going to now be taken away from me. | just! feel strongly that it's unfair
to someone like me who can't drive — at night | should say. | drive okay during the day but | can't drive at night. I'm very
sorry to see it disappear. It helps me determine who | want to vote for, among other things, and it gives me a better sense
of the community. I'm sorry to see it disappearing. I’d like to see it brought back and if necessary stop some people from
if they disobey the rules. Ban them, that's all. | guess that's all | have to say. I'm really sorry to see this happening.
Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you.
Tim Sennott
Oh yes. Tim Sennott, 62 Underhill Street Nashua. | just wanted to, | guess post mortem, the issue of the room a little bit.
| hope that the Board sees fit to revisit this in the future. | think it's a large opportunity to be lost for a lot of the folks in
Nashua, particularly previous speakers who have mentioned their own difficulties and get to City Hall.
| understand that there's a cost and it's a technology hindrance at play. | think this is more of an articulate issue than it
may have been giving credence for. | think more discussion than a single Board meeting is warranted. | think there are
opportunities in the city to address some of the shortcomings that we do have in navigating Zoom as a tool for folks to
access meetings at City Hall. But | would just like to reiterate my hope that this can be revisited sometime in the near
future. | think it's something that's very valuable that has come out of the pandemic and we can't say that about too many
things that have come out of the pandemic.
| mentioned earlier this evening my role as a Moderator. | wish, | wish that | had a tool like this. | mean we do have
absentee voting to an extent but | wish that we had something so widely accessible that could increase voter turnout when
we're conducting those elections. This is a tool that can greatly increase voter and constituent engagement.
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
One minute.
Tim Sennott
| just think it's a bit of a shame to see it go and | hope that in the future we can revisit that again. Thank you for
your time.
President Wilshire
Thank you.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Klee
