Finance Committee - 04/07/2021 Page 17
Alderwoman Kelly
Thanks. Mr. Hudson, | know last year when you did this there were a number of antique manholes that you
took out of French Hill. Do you anticipate having similar ones this year, | think you actually like auctioned them
off. | just thought they were really cool, they were the triangle ones.
Mr. Hudson
Yeah those are cool, and those are fairly unique to Nashua. Yeah | am sure we will have some of those, | do
not know if will auction them off or not. | Know we do stock some because there are other places where we
have an emergency situation and we have to replace one, we have some in stock. But yeah | am sure we will
have a stockpile of those this year.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thanks.
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Mr. Mayor and just for the sake of it, it is beyond French Hill that has those. My area, we are up in
the north end, they are kind of scattered throughout the north end, French Hill as well as other places. | really
just had more of a comment that with the last item as well as this item, it does state that the Board of Public
Works looked upon this favorably on 3/25/21, | just wanted to get that into the record that this had been vetted
through the Board of Public Works and didn’t just come here, poof — out of the air. The Division of Public
Works and Wastewater that brought it to us, it was vetted through the Board of Public Works before it came to
us. That was just more of a statement | want to make and it was the same for the previous one so that public
does realize that it goes through multiple facets before it comes to us. And thank you so much for what you are
doing Mr. Hudson.
Mr. Hudson
Thank you.
Alderwoman Lu
| have a question please?
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. Just looking at the letter from BPW, | just am asking for some guidance on whether this purchase
has been put out to bid or is required to be put out to bid?
Mr. Hudson
I'll start to address that, maybe Ms. Parkinson can answer if there’s any additional question. But it was bid out
in 2019 on competitive bidding and Concord Winwater was the low bidder. We change ordered it last year,
they held their pricing, so we change ordered it last year.
