Finance Committee - 09/16/2020 Page 9
Director Kleiner
Great question. So there is a room by the City Clerk’s Office in-between City Clerk and Finance. That will be
made into a break room. There is currently very limited break room space in City Hall. It would be impossible
for our City Hall departments to socially distance with the current break room space that we have. There is
one small room in Motor Vehicles that serves all Motor Vehicle Staff and all Tax Staff. That in itself is a small
room with a significant amount of employees. HR, City Clerk, Finance, my office, there’s no room for them to
go into except for the room that is in the basement area and that is handled by the staff in Assessing,
Purchasing, Accounts payable. So unfortunately for social distancing purposes you have to create another
break space.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Director Kleiner, just one more comment Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Director Kleiner, | appreciate that.
Every place I’ve worked, we’ve always had a break room and it was to allow people to get away from their
desks without necessarily leaving the confines of the building which tend to increase longer breaks than they
would have expected, because it’s hard to come and go and so on. So | truly appreciate that you are doing
this, maintaining social distancing. | don’t believe it is a waste or extravaganza expense. So thank you for
keeping that in mind when you were all developing this plan. Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else? Could the Clerk please call the roll?
Alderwoman Lu
I’m sorry Mr. Mayor, | thought of something else, if | could just ask.
Mayor Donchess
Yes.
Alderwoman Lu
Is it common or is it general practice at this point in time to install bullet proof protection? So | am concerned
about the cost of that.
Director Kleiner
So Mayor if | may. You know | was on a phone call today where someone that we were dealing with from
another City brought up a shooting that occurred in two different municipalities within New Hampshire. Is it
common these days? Yes, | would say it is common unfortunately and | find that unfortunate. But is our
responsibility to protect not only our employees, but our citizens at all times. You'll find this type of glass
installed in many different public areas, stores, banks, anything that has access to the public. So these days,
this is not unordinary and | do consider it a safety measure.
Alderwoman Lu
How expensive is it?
