ae THE CITY OF NASHUA -
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° Office of Economic Development :
TO: Board of Aldermen
FROM: Jim Donchess, Mayor & Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Date: September 15, 2021
RE: Notification of Emergency Expenditure for Masonry Work
This memo is being provided as a written finding to memorialize that unforeseen masonry work
needed to repair bricks and mortar along the side of the Public Health Building. The work
performed was absolutely necessary and warranted.
The Public Health building recently started to leak water. The original contract did not call for
any brick repointing and this masonry work is beyond the current scope of the contract with
Martini Northern. Needless to state you never want water leaking into a building, particularly a
building that just received a substantial renovation. It was deemed necessary to authorize the
work as outlined in the attached scope in an effort to avoid substantial financial loss.
Additionally, compounding the situation is the limited availability of Masons to perform this
work particularly on short notice. The group available had a very small window of time, in which
they could accomplish the work. Also, I would be remiss not to point out this year Nashua has
experienced an uptick in rain events including, but not limited to Hurricane Henri, which the
goal was to get the work done before these types of weather events caused any significant
damage. Needless to state, the work needed to be done expeditiously to resolve the matter.
229 Main Street, Suite 234 * Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 « Phone (603) 589-3106
