[Unidentified Representative]
| sit on HHS. One piece of legislation, my Guardianship for Grandparents, the preference on that one. Because
we were first in the country to introduce it, I’m going to Nashville the beginning of December to introduce that
legislation as model legislation for the country.
Representative LeBrun, Ward 5
| have 5 pieces of legislation I’ve filed that are pertinent to Nashua. The first one is based on the state building
code. | have one on exploitation of the elderly and disabled. Another one | have is enabling the Department of
Health and Human Services to enter into a contract with an Academy Society for Addiction Medicine. Also, |
have one on food service inspections; inspections of restaurants and food service purveyors. And the last one |
have is relative to pharmacy interns and vaccinations. In the past, | have had legislation passed to enable
pharmacies to give the pneumococcal vaccine, the Zoster vaccine and such, and this is just a continuation of
that.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| represent Ward 8. In terms of priorities for this city, | chair Planning and Economic Development, and certainly
feel both sides of that are important. On the Economic Development side, |’ve begun conversations during the
summer with the National Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) about looking at the economic impact of the
arts within the region covered by NRPC. That conversation is actually going to move forward next month with
members of the arts community here in Nashua. So we’re really trying to look at what exactly does the arts bring
to our community and what can we do to better position the Nashua region within the state, as well as any
supports that may be needed. Within Economic Development also, looking at what’s happening in the city and
looking at housing and workforce housing. Looking at people who are coming in and maybe entering our
community with college degrees but entering their profession at the beginning in a lower level job, and looking at
what they can afford to pay and what we have available for them in terms of rentals or even properties to
purchase, so they’re able to both live and work in the same community and stay here and grow their families. As
we look at trying to bring young families in, affordability of housing is one of the things we need to look at.
As a past School Board member, | am always interested in what’s going on to support families, birth through
adult, and looking at funding for our schools, and how they’re being supported.
Alderman Dowd
I’m the Alderman from Ward 2. As Chair of Budget, | have two things of concern: One is looking forward to the
kindergarten funding coming down from the state, and the other is I’d like to find out from the delegates if there
are any unexpected bills that we might get in the next budget season.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Some of you were at the meeting for the Ten Year Transportation Plan, and | think you heard us discuss the
pedestrian and vehicular traffic situation in South Nashua. So looking at funds there and what we can do to
assist with the congestion around Exit 1 (Spitbrook Road/Daniel Webster Highway). As many of you know, we
have a very high concentration of citizens who live in that area, as well as businesses that are developing there.
So we have concerns about both foot traffic and getting cars in and out of the area. So looking at where the Ten
Year Plan is going, we have one item on the plan that addresses the pedestrian issues, and the other item that
we spoke to that evening, which is not on the Plan but is a concern about getting traffic in and out of the property.
Representative Marty Jack, Ward 9
I’m Marty Jack from Ward 9. | sit on Public Works and Highways. The three main areas that | work on are
infrastructure (roads, bridges and rail), and | appreciate the alderman bringing up the item on the Ten Year Plan.
We'll be getting that shortly and I'll make sure | keep my eye on that. The other is public education. In the context
of where | sit on the committee, that primarily means making sure that the community colleges get money that
they need to start up programs. The community colleges are a wonderful bang for the buck in terms of getting
people educated, keeping them in the state, and getting them jobs. And then the third is healthcare. That means
