getting as many people on to health insurance as possible. Representative LeBrun didn’t mention House Bill
124, which was held over from last year. That I’m pleased to report came out of the Ways and Means committee
with a 22-1 on to passed as amended. That will be taken up on the first Wednesday in January.
President McCarthy
And that’s the reduction of aircraft registration?
Representative Jack
Yes, that’s the aircraft registration bill.
President McCarthy
Our lone success story from last term | think.
Alderman-Elect Laws
I’m considered Board of Alderman-Elect and I’m here to listen and hear what the state and the city has to say.
Representative Schmidt, Ward 1
I’m Representative Jan Schmidt from Ward 1 and my committee up in Concord is Labor. | have quite a few bills
in with my name on them, but! don’t think anything is going to impact the city itself, although | have looked
through most of the bills that have been flipped. There are some really interesting bills there that are going to
affect the city. I’d really like to work with everyone here to make sure that they don’t impact us in a bad manner.
Representative Mangipudi, Ward 8
I’m State Rep from Ward 8, Latha Mangipudi. My focus — I’m really excited to say that one of the first bills that |
ever introduced by myself passed. That was the Rotary license plate, and it’s a special kind of plate that has a
decal on it and Rotary District 7870 was the first one to get the decal approved. So it’s in law and it’s a special
plate. The state gets all the funding; the extra $15.00 that people have to pay to get that special license plate.
And they put the decal on it so it’s a specialty plate. So I’m happy about that. And my other focus has been local,
in terms of culture and art exchange. Last year, after the Sister City initiative passed, there were five people that
went from Nashua to Mysore, and there was a team that came from India on integrative medicine and yoga, and
the Indian government has shown a great deal of interest in starting a Center for Excellence here in Nashua,
which means the partnership — and I’m trying to figure out who is going to put the first dollar down. So I’m not
going anywhere. I’m going to stay here and work hard to make that happen. Especially the focus is on Heal the
Hurt for the pain management and substance use disorder population, to build resiliency and sustainable cost-
effective alternatives in building the mental health resiliency. Other same area is increasing your mental health
and well-being and resiliency in schools. I’ve been talking with Superintendents and also, again, Mysore Yoga
Center and NIMHNS (Nashua Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) are very interested in having a
collaborative work. This is in the works. So a lot of work, a lot of phone calls, a lot of driving around.
Alderman Wilshire
| chair the Human Affairs committee. | think my focus over the last 18 years on the board has been to work to
help the nonprofits in the city provide services to those at risk in our community. | also am the liaison to the
Police department. | like to make sure that our streets are safe and that we continue to support the needs of our
public service members — police, fire, especially with the opioid epidemic out there. Our community has really
stepped up and done some really great things.
President McCarthy
Brian McCarthy, the President of the board. | think a lot of my focus, at least, with respect to discussions with the
State, has been on the general financial well-being in the city and things like the retirement system, as well as
