Board of Aldermen Page 21
September 27, 2016
President McCarthy
The motion that | accepted from you was to re-refer the legislation to committee.
Alderman Moriarty
Ultimately it doesn’t matter because we are going to end up going back, the idea is to get it back to the
committee so we can at least have the discussion on the new piece of legislation and have the
opportunity for a unanimous vote.
President McCarthy
The committee can take any number of actions once given back a piece of legislation. They can return
the same amendment that it recommended the first time, it can recommend a new amendment, it can
recommend the original passage or it could recommend indefinite postponement.
Alderman Moriarty
Okay, my goal is to simplify so I'll be specific here then. My motion by is to refer the current copy that is
being considered which is the amended version which Alderman Lopez...
President McCarthy
That motion would not be in order. What is before the Board that can be re-referred is the original
legislation.
Alderman Moriarty
Okay then in order to make a motion that is in order...
MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY TO RE-REFER R-16-068 TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Siegel
| do appreciate what my colleague; Alderman Moriarty is trying to do. We are trying to come to the best
resolution but unfortunately, the bouncing back and forth itself is a problem. | believe, as probably
Alderman Moriarty believes, that with the compromised solution | thought we were getting a unanimous
vote. | think a unanimous vote would be very useful. Again, | don’t like these types of legislation. | think
it's great when people do things and we recognize the people that do things but | don’t believe we should
be cheerleading ourselves this way but that’s my opinion but | would be happy to vote for this legislation in
compromise because that’s what we do. To go ping-ponging back and forth and having basically the
same type of discussion; | am not sure | am in favor of that. I'd like to get this resolved. | would be happy
to start reading off pieces of data that | have gathered about this but | don’t think it’s relevant. You know,
why | personally can’t stand this organization from what | found out about it. Well, | can’t stand is probably
a little harsh but | am not comfortable is probably more accurate.
Alderman Lopez
First | would like to point out that most of the resolution does actually congratulate organizations and
businesses and what’s been going on in Nashua and | would argue that most of the work has been done
by the communities that are represented here tonight. However, my understanding of the process that we
