Finance Committee - 02/05/2020 Page 4
Ms. Brown
Alright, that’s a good question. There’s a couple things that will impact there. So first we are looking to enter
into a contract with a third party supply. Right now the City supplies with Constellation. If we picked
Constellation again, the contract terms probably would be the same. But if we contracted with a different third
party supply, then it would be a different contract. Yes they are all very similar.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Approval for Donation of a Surplus Pickup Truck from the Parks and Recreation Department to Grow
Nashua
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AUTHORIZE THE
APPROVAL FOR DONATION OF A SURPLUS PICKUP TRUCK (KELLEY BLUE BOOK VALUED
BETWEEN $5,500 AND $6,500) FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO GROW
NASHUA
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
And this is Nick Caggiano, Superintendent of Parks & Rec Department
Nick Caggiano, Superintendent Parks & Rec Department
Thank you. We were asked as a Division to see if we could locate a pickup truck that was in fair condition to
help out Nashua Grows, Grow Nashua. One of the items that | have on my CERF, this vehicle is going to be
replaced in July so it will kind of work out. So we talked about it and the Director asked me to put a Memo
together and work with Mr. Kooken to get the necessary paperwork to transfer this vehicle to the non-profit
Grow Nashua and help with collection organic material from residents and restaurants to compost it.
Mayor Donchess
So they have a composting program and they through that initiative of theirs, they do remove organic materials
from the waste stream. And they have come to the Board of Public Works and have talked at great lengths
about this program and the Board of Public Works suggested that when a vehicle became available such as
this, we would help them by giving them a pickup truck and help them to expand their collections. Try to get
more customers and restaurants, residential customers.
Alderwoman Kelly
I’m Sure you are surprised | want to talk about this one. Yeah just to expand a little bit on the conversation,
Grow Nashua came to Public Works Committee when we wanted to talk about composting the City and what
we could do to expand it. We had talked with the Department about what we could do with the City. We had
looked at Cambridge composing Citywide. And what we found out was that they still contract a third party to
take their compost. Right now our landfill cannot take that capacity. So Justin said | have this program in
place already, it is a pay program, the thing that | need most that would allow me to expand and help more
people in Nashua would be a truck. So in that conversation we all kind of agreed that would be a good first
step to help expanding composting in the City. So | would say that’s it is good we found him a truck and then
look forward to seeing the work he’ll do.
