Finance Committee — 08/04/2021 Page 19
it's locked. So somebody has to knock on it. So | was going to put up a sign with the phone number in case
somebody wants to call because one of the Clerk’s can see somebody at the door, but if she's handling a
customer, she can't just leave the customer to open up the door. So we need some kind of a switch or
something to maybe open up the door. | mean, it was something that was brought to my attention last week
and | haven't had a chance to talk to Kim about it but | did mention it to Jay | think today or yesterday.
Mayor Donchess
So that correction he's trying to make but | mean this building was built in the setup that you saw before was
built in the 1930s.
Now given a few some of the things that have happened, not some of the, a few of the things that, the many,
many things that have happened around the country, | can say that all cities are a lot more concerned about
security than they used to be. You know you've had shootings, and murders, and killings, people who come in
and, and yes, we'd all like to think that that would never happen here. You know, that Nashua is too, you
know, good a community for anything like that to happen, but it's happened in a lot of other communities that
never expected it. So you know, you can belittle that concern but having known mayors where those things did
happen. | can tell you that, you know, once it happens no one says oh my God there should never be a locked
door. So | think we've reached a reasonable compromise between making the areas of the building that are
designed to serve the public very accessible and yet other areas of the building were really there's no
customer service function involved available by appointment. So | think it's an appropriate balance and
obviously you said you disagree and okay but it is a disagreement but | think there's a reasonable rationale for
what's been done.
Alderwoman Lu
Okay. Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Any other general discussion? All right. Public comment. Is there any public comments from members of the
public?
Alderwoman Lu
Excuse me. Mayor Donchess | think | had brought something up also that we didn't finish with if | may.
Mayor Donchess
Please go ahead.
Alderwoman Lu
Thanks. So we've inserted this deduction for plexiglass barriers in here. If it weren't there, this would be voted
upon.
Mayor Donchess
You want it vote on? Do you want it vote on?
Alderwoman Lu
No. I'd like just some guidance on what is normally done and when the deduction for plexiglass came about.
