Finance Committee — 08/18/2021 Page 4
Steve Buxton, Assistant Fire Chief
Good evening. Steve Buxton, Assistant Chief, Nashua Fire. The fourteen sets are to put protective clothing on
the backs of our recent hires. Those are to fill 14 positions that were created through retirement or departures
from the department at this point in time. The funding comes from our normal protective clothing budget line
and this is anormal process. The groupis alittle bit bigger because it is two years in the making due to
COVID. Usually we had between 7 and 10 employees that come and go throughoutthe year. So 14 is a little
bit larger number than normal.
Mayor Donchess
Thank you. Questions? Comments?
Alderman O’Brien
Mr. Mayor and to the Clerk, please excuse me it might be my hearing issues but when you gave the dollar
amount did you say $.40 and if not may | just to make sure when it gets transcribed the amount we're talking
about is $29,800.40. | don’t knowif you said the $.40. If you did, | apologize. It’s the hearing.
Mayor Donchess
If we can save $.40 we'll do it right Chief?
Steve Buxton, Assistant Fire Chief
Yes. | will muscle that through it you need me to.
Alderman O’Brien
’m worried about the 40. Every dollar counts.
Alderwoman Lu
| also have a hearing problem. | didn’t hear what account this is coming out of. Was it the general fund?
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Department 152 Fire Rescue and funds — 61110 protective clothing.
Alderwoman Lu
Okay. All right. So that would be the general fund, correct?
Mayor Donchess
Correct. It’s out of the fire budget but that’s vetted through city taxrevenue.
Alderwoman Lu
| just had another out of curiosity. How many retirees has the department had that are being filled?
Steve Buxton, Assistant Fire Chief
So these 14 were to fill vacancies in the suppression floors. Since we’ve filled that, we’ve had 4 members
