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candidates that spoke out here, | applaud them for volunteering to come out here and step forward and putting
themselves in this position to help assist our government during this time of need.
| just think that at the end of the day, this should be settled by the voters in a special election. | Know that the Charter
has been changed recently to reflect that and | hope in the future that we have a review of our Charter to see if we can
put unique situations like this back in the hands of the voters. | appreciate you allowing comments for this and thank
you for your continued support of our residents here in Nashua.
President Wilshire
Thank you.
Allison Dyer
Hi. Allison Dyer, 9 Squire Drive Nashua, New Hampshire. | just wanted to echo the sentiments of the previous
speaker, Mr. Gouthro and again say that | thought everyone did a wonderful job with their speeches this evening. |
would have to say | would love to see June Caron come back. | think she has been great for the City of Nashua in the
time that she was there and | think that she's contains a broad spectrum of views and | think that would be good for the
residents of Nashua again. So thank you again.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Is there anyone else wishing to give public comment on the Ward 7 nomination? Seeing none, okay, I'm
gonna close public comment. Right now I'm going to open up the floor for nominations
President of Board of Aldermen calls for nominations for Ward 7 vacancy
Alderman Dowd nominates June Caron
Alderman Dowd
The first thing we should all be thinking about is why are we here this evening? We're here to select the best
candidate to fill the Ward 7 slot. All the candidates are good, hardworking people, and it's no reflection against any of
them. I've Known a number of Aldermen in like 12 years serving on the Board of Aldermen and | have never seen an
Alderman that works as hard as Alderman Caron. She is in a number of things and works hard to support all the
people in her Ward. So many people in her Ward that | talked to that were shocked that she didn't run again. | think
it's probably a fair bet that if she had run this last term that she would have won since she’s been elected five previous
times.
Also, | think it's a good idea to have a diverse Board - new people and people with experience and knowledge
because the new people learning every day, and can hear what has happened in the past, and take that extensive
background into consideration. So | just think that we need that mix of experience. Certainly June Caron with 45
years working for the city, and 10 years on the Board of Aldermen, and all of the different things she's involved in -
Senior Center, going back to school, Lions Club number of things that | think that she presents the best person that
can represent the people in Ward 7 and | think that's why we're here this evening and | think that's the way we ought
to go.
Alderman Clemons nominates Tim Sennott
Alderman Clemons
| have known Tim for the last couple of years as a hard working Ward Moderator. Somebody who has a lot of interest
in local government, in politics particularly here in Nashua obviously. He cares a lot about his neighborhood and he's
involved in the goings on in his neighborhood. | think that he will offer a fresh perspective to this Board. | have
worked well with June in the past and | think that she would do a great job as well but | think we need to look to the
future and | think that Tim will offer us that path forward. So | hope that my colleagues will join me and support Tim
this evening.
President Wilshire
Any other nominations?
