Finance Committee — 08/03/2022 Page 10
Great question. So | think when we looked at Alight, and we have gone out to bid for that through WBS our consultant,
we were really looking at what was most cost efficient to the city. We didn't at that time, understand that there would be
programming within our own existing city systems and that was unfortunate. So, you know, it added roughly another
$49,000 to a project that was quite unexpected. Having said that, the city would have had this problem no matter who we
chose as acontractor. In the long run, | think it's the cost savings that you're going to have from not having employees
enter 2,800 health applications and review them. Not only employees here but at the schools, at the Police Department.
We saw it this year the cost savings that you can get from really having online benefit enrollment.
Alderman Gouveia
Thank you.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Question to Director Kleiner through you. You kind of answered what | was going to ask there.
So | just want to clarify. So the addition of having to put adds, terms, changes, new hires, and all that stuff into our system
was nothing that the vendor said originally. We can do that no problem. It was the problem with the city stuff that caused
this to have the over - the extra money that we have to pay, right? Is that what I'm getting from what you're saying?
Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director
Yes, that's correct. So it's our city Lawson system that required the changes which would have been no matter what
vendor you used for any online benefits. Lawson is sometimes a little difficult to use and we have programmed it ina
certain way that works very well for the city but it doesn't always allow easy interface.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else?
MOTION CARRIED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
Mayor Donchess
This Resolution, we still are going to brief the Board of Public Works on this in a few days. So | suggest we not take this
off the table yet. Unless there's an objection, we'll go on to new business resolutions.
TABLED IN COMMITTEE
From: Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Re: Communication — Approval & Place on File a Contract Amendment for Professional Engineering Services related
to the Nashua Downtown Riverfront Implementation Project VHB, Inc. for Water Street Design Services
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS - None
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES - None
REGORD OF EXPENDITURES
MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORAN THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLIED WITH THE CITY CHARTER
AND ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE RECORD OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15, 20222
TO JULY 28, 2022
MOTION CARRIED
GENERAL DISCUSSION - None
