Finance Committee - 9/5/2018 Page 20
So for a price of $24,000.00 we can add a right turning lane and make a bunch of people’s lives easier. So that
is the point of this.
Alderman Laws
The flagger thing is the only thing because this is the second time we’ve increased the budget for the flaggers
in the last, | believe, month, month and a half. And it reminds me of so like the recycling, we worked out a
contract where there’s a maximum amount that we were willing to pay and we are probably going to stay under
that. But if recycling turns into you know $1,000.00 a pound for us, we don’t have to pay $1,000.00 a pound.
Is there any way you can work this out so we don’t have to keep going back and giving them money?
Ms. Gill
Yes we only pay for the invoices that are submitted to us. So it’s not like a blank check to the contractor. So if
on a street there are 2 flaggers used, we only pay for 2 flaggers. And the reason we are requesting more and
more flaggers, is because we are having a tough time getting Police detail on these streets. So we just have to
use flaggers. And we still have funds in uniformed officer’s line item. But we are ending us using more
flaggers than expected.
Alderman Laws
I’ve had a few people ask me where they would apply for this job. I’m not even kidding. Is there any way you
can, because it seems like a pretty good gig?
Ms. Gill
| think we pay $28.50 per hour for flagger to the company and then we don’t know what the company pays to
the flaggers. So | am sure they have to incorporate Workers’ Compensation, insurance and other items. But
I’m not sure, I’m not an expert on that.
Alderman Laws
Ok thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Although if you’ve got applications we can probably get them to the right place, alright?
Alderman Laws
Thank you Mayor.
Alderman Klee
In reference to the flaggers and the Police detail and so on, when | drove by a few of the sites | had seen that it
was Milford Police and not Nashua Police and one of the first things | did was to contact Chief Lavoie and say
why do we have Milford Police doing this and he said we don’t have enough bodies. And that’s why they were
using Milford Police and | have been hearing that Milford Police are kind of getting exhausted also. | can
understand the need for flaggers over Police details.
Ms. Gill
Yes right now in Nashua there is a lot of construction work going on, utilities are also upgrading their
infrastructure. So it’s the same pool we are fighting for.
