REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 6, 2022
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber and
via Zoom. The meeting link information can be found on the agenda.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Alex Comeau
Alderman Tyler Gouveia
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Members not in Attendance: Alderman Patricia Klee, Vice Chair
Also in Attendance: Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director
Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Jeffrey LaFleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
Daniel Hudson, City Engineer
PUBLIC COMMENT
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkley Street, Nashua.
I’m not certain | understand the format of the agenda so. These communications it’s not clear to me. Are you actually like
voting on these tonight or like approving them because they are not listed as like business? Okay so you'll be voting on
these. | just wanted to understand this Rescue Plan Act money for the $200,000 what we get for that, are we trying to go
after grant money, and what kind of strings get attached with that grant money, how much is available? It looks like it’s all
COVID related and I’m always concerned about what the hooks are in that.
I'd like to know for the road projects being done or we would interested in hearing for 14 miles of paving we’re doing. Is
this typical for what we do for paving each year and is that money - | think its bonded money and we’re feeding out of the
bond. I’m not even certain how it goes, but if we are taking money that’s already been bonded and spending it, | was just
trying to understand that.
And | want to just lay some caution on the assessing dashboard consulting services. I’m not certain what this is about or
what it’s going to give us, but I’m more concerned with getting the records online and getting the redactions done and the
digital component of the property record files brought up. | think that is going to cost a good bit of money, and people, and
services to do that, and | would like to see the priority go there rather than to this dashboard because | think it’s more
valuable to everyone especially with new numbers coming out. Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Okay, thank you. Anyone else from the public want to speak to the Committee? If not, we'll go to Item #1 which is a
communication. Now before we do the motion, Tim Cummings wanted to be here but could not be because of a family
thing so we could table this. The short explanation though is that we are getting $16 million. We want to make sure we
comply with the regulations and this would engage an expert to make sure we do that and don’t get money held back, but
there is no problem in holding that. No urgency with this so if you’d like to table it, we can wait for Mr. Cummings to come
back to the next meeting. So is it your pleasure to table it?
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: ARPA Funding Management Consultant in the amount not to exceed $200,000 funded from 53142 Consulting
Services/ARPA Grant Funds (Economic Development)
