Finance Committee - 06/17/2020 Page 4
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderwoman Kelly,
Alderman Laws, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 6
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Purchase of NPD Hazard Device Unit ScanX Digital X-Ray System (Value: $30,523) Department: 150
Police; Fund: Justice Assistance Grant $5,388 and General Fund $25,135
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AUTHORIZE THE
PURCHASE OF NPD HAZARD DEVICE UNIT SCANX DIGITAL XRAY SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF
$30,523 TO SCANNA MSC, INC. FUNDING THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 150 POLICE; FUND: JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE GRANT $25,235.00 AND GENERAL FUND $5,388.00, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Now | think Ms. Smith is here, maybe someone else from the PD just to explain this.
Captain Paulson
Good evening, Mayor. Captain Paulson of the Nashua Police Department, sitting in my office, alone, practicing
social distancing this evening.
Mayor Donchess
Thank you for joining us.
Captain Paulson
It’s a pleasure to be here, thank you. The purchase is to replace an aging and no longer supported digital x-
ray system. The model and proposal that you have before you is the current standard in the explosive industry
| should say. In our attempts to avoid any explosions going off that is the prescribed piece of equipment for us
to be able to carry out our mission. It’s sole source funded item and just as a point the funds are reversed
between the Justice Assistant Grant and the General Fund. Actually the Grant is going to pay the $25,135.00
and the Police Fund would be the $5,388.00 amount.
Mayor Donchess
Thank you for clarifying that. So if you find something that may be an explosive device you use this to
determine whether it is or not, | take it.
Captain Paulson
Correct, it is an x-ray source. It is a standard piece of equipment for any accredited bomb squad through the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and it is one of our primary tools for diagnosis.
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Klee.
