Finance Committee - 4/18/2018 Page 3
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Management (Value $92,694)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $92,694. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN
DEPARTMENT 177, PARKS AND RECREATION; GENERAL FUND ($3,305) AND TRUST FUND ($30,363);
AND DEPARTMENT 181, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GENERAL FUND ($36,679) AND GRANT FUND
($22,347)
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Is there any discussion on this?
Alderman Laws
Are we doing this every year?
Mayor Donchess
| think it’s every other year.
Alderman Laws
Every other year?
Mayor Donchess
Yes. Madeleine Mineau, I’m not sure if you have met her, but she is the river specialist, and she manages this
and there are a number of projects that have taken place in the past. The idea is to keep the river clear of
invasive species. There has been a very good job done on the water chestnuts, mostly through physical
pulling but then that opened the river up for this other species that has now come in. Milfoil is the name of it.
Alderman O’Brien
A question to you Mr. Mayor, do we get any help from the State with this particular problem such as the use of
perhaps maybe divers or something to do harvesting or anything like that?
Mayor Donchess
Well the contract is partially paid for by grant funds from the State of New Hampshire which is around
$22,000.00. Beyond that there is no particular help. This is really a chemical treatment, the physical pulling
was working with the water chestnuts, but that was being done by volunteers from the surface. This is an
herbicide. So we get that $22,000.00 but that’s it. Any other discussion?
Alderman Laws
So the chemical treatment — I’m just looking it over it right now. It’s not harmful to the indigenous species that
live there correct?
