Special Board of Aldermen 07-25-2022 Page 11
Alderman Moran
Thank you.
Tim Sennott
Thank you.
Alderman Moran
Thank you, Madam President.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Madam President. So want to know what the most important thing or | should say, what do you think is the
most important thing - well, most important issue in Nashua currently and something that you care about? So lining up,
right most important issue you care about the most?
Tim Sennott
Well, that's a good one. Most important issue | think facing Nashua is the most important issue that faces Nashua
every day and that's providing services that best serve our residences. | think that starts at the core of any municipality
- good schools, well supported police, well provided firefighters. We place a great deal of emphasis on the Fire
Department. My family, my wife's grandfather is a retired Fire Captain who built the house that’s three doors down from
ours. We all have that reminder every day but the services that we provide to the residents need to be first and
foremost. In doing so, we need to always approach issues that affect those departments whether it's fire, police,
streets, roads, schools with a mind for bolstering the folks that make those work whether it's our Department of Public
Works having the tools and the funding that they need to make our roads safe, keep our roads from damaging our
vehicles. We need to attract and retain the best teachers that we can. I've said in this chamber before that we cannot
expect to always kick the notion of attracting and retaining the best teachers down the road and expect to keep and
retain the best teachers. Teachers approach their careers just like any of us do. When I'm looking for a job in
accounting, I'm looking for I'm looking to get the most bang for my buck. Teachers the same way. We need to start
treating them like the smart and educated folks that they are if we want to keep them retain them here and see them
here for the long term. The best teachers that | had growing up, they've all moved away.
We need to support our Police Departments. We have in Nashua, | believe, a very adequate Police Department. |
know they've bolstered at the request of the residents in Ward 7 their presence significantly In Crown Hill at least over
the past few years. They're very responsive to even the silly, little pithy neighborhood concerns that we have
somebody speeding down my road. We can get an officer out within five minutes. That's the sort of community
oriented policing that | like. | just feel that bolstering those services that we have, putting them up, and continuing to
ensure that they thrive should be the most pressing thing for our city. Everything else can come on after.
Alderman Thibeault
That’s a lot of issues. Great, thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Thank you very much. We will take up nominations after we're done interviewing all four candidates.
Tim Sennott
Thank you all for your consideration.
President Wilshire
Thank you very much for yours.
e Bob Resch
114 East Glenwood Street
