Finance Committee - 05/19/2021 Page 20
to cook the piles enough where we could give us compost to the residents. There would be some many weed
seeds and there’s pesticides in that. We use anything that we do compost at the landfill for our side slopes at
the landfill.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you, I’m all set.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else? Madam Clerk, could you call the roll please?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Laws, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 7
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Recycling: Electronic Waste in the amount of $225,000 funded from accounts 55699 Other Contracted
Services
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND APPROVE A
THREE YEAR CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NASHUA AND NORTH COAST SERVICES, LLC, OF
CONCORD, NH, FOR THE PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL OF ELECTRONIC WASTE FROM THE
NASHUA RECYCLING CENTER AT AN ANNUAL COST NOT EXCEED $75,000 ($225,000 TOTAL
AMOUNT), PENDING APPROVAL OF THE FY22 OPERATING BUDGET. THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT
WILL BE JULY 1, 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 168
SOLID WASTE; FUND: SOLID WASTE; ACCOUNT CLASSIFICATION: 55 OTHER CONTRACTED
SERVICES, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Mr. LaFleur?
Mr. LaFleur
Thank you Mayor. This is a three-year contract, as it states, for our electronic waste recycling and our
fluorescent bulb recycling. We went out to bid; this is a new contractor for the City, North Coast Services. We
have never worked with them but there’s been nothing but good references from them and we did an analysis,
the Recycling Coordinator and myself and it shows that this company will be cheaper for the City to work with.
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you Mr. Mayor. Mr. LaFleur, just a quick question. | Know that recycling is becoming costly. While it is
