Board of Aldermen Page 26
September 27, 2016
Alderman Siegel
Roll call.
Alderman Schoneman
| would like to say that | support sending it back to committee. When | listen to Alderman Cookson read
the legislation that came out those years ago, frankly, that sounded so much more eloquent and beautiful
and encouraging about Nashua than this language that comes from WelcomingAmerica.org. | really
strongly recommend that we send it back to committee and come up with something that speaks for
Nashua itself and not something that is given to us by somebody on the outside who is giving it to us for
a reason for our endorsement. Something can happen in committee that | think could be better all
around.
President McCarthy
The legislation that Alderman Cookson was referring to was the adoption of the vision and mission
statements of the City of Nashua which have been in the ordinance books since then.
Alderman Schoneman
It sounded beautiful no matter what its source was and it still says the things that | think we want to say
for ourselves, we could reaffirm that.
Alderman Lopez
| appreciate that it sounded beautiful and | appreciate that the public taught Alderman Cookson so much
but | also think the public is very clearly signaling to us, most of it, that they are interested in this
particular wording in the resolution tonight.
President McCarthy
Is there any further discussion on the motion to re-refer?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Siegel, 7
Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun,
Alderman Moriarty
Nay: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Dowd, 8
Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman O’Brien,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
MOTION FAILED
President McCarthy
The motion now is to amend.
Alderman Siegel
So now we get to just have a committee meeting at the full Board level. So now would be the time |
suppose to raise some of my objections. So, how many of you know what a 990 is? It’s a tax return by a
