Finance Committee - 02/05/2020 Page 8
Alderwoman Lu
Just a couple. Where does he do that, where is the composting done?
Mayor Donchess
| don’t know where he does it’ it’s not at the landfill.
Alderwoman Kelly
He has a third party vendor that he bring it to.
Mayor Donchess
Yes | think he brings it to someone and gives him soil or something.
Alderwoman Lu
And | just wanted to point out, | mean this is a little different than taking a vehicle and passing it on to another
Division of the City. This is taking a vehicle and giving it to a non-profit.
Alderwoman Kelly
| would say that a public-private partnership is not something new to the City and we use that, in my knowledge
of being on the Board, it’s stuff that has been done or precedence to work together especially in places where
there are doing it more effectively than we can do.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Purchase of Personal Protective Clothing/Equipment (Value: $48,988) Department: 152 Fire
Rescue; Fund: General
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AUTHORIZE THE
PURCHASE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING/EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,988 TO
BERGERON PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 152 FIRE RESCUE;
FUND: GENERAL
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
The Deputy is here to | think tell us briefly what this purpose is?
Steve Buxton, Nashua Fire Department
This is just basically in line with our line item that we replace our protective clothing; that would be the boots,
jacket and coat that firefighters wear every single day. We replace them; roughly on a 5 to 6 year window. We
are required by NFPA standards to replace them every 10 years for any interior structural firefighting. So this
is just in line with that purchase for the year.
Alderman O’Brien
Just to assist Chief Buxton but fire fighters today need two sets of gear. Can you explain with hazardous
conditions. We could have all the gear wiped out at one particular fire call.
