Board of Aldermen — 9/26/17 Page 6
One of the other things we started doing is once we started learning there’s low level stuff and that surely
needs attention, and we will give it attention, but if we’re going to take things to Massachusetts, we need to
relay some of this information to them. We started doing that maybe a little bit more than we used to.
Specifically, information we gained we referred to task forces. As a lot of you know we have Nashua
detectives attached to some of these task forces. One case, in particular, that our officers took to Lawrence
resulted in almost one million dollars in cash, 750 grams of fentanyl, 21 grams of heroin, 15 kilos of marijuana
and a firearm found in one apartment in Lawrence. That would be our goal against this year, not just to do
what we did last year but to change it a little bit. Keep evolving as the drug world evolves. If we need to take
our information that we learn up here through our enforcement and bring it to a source city, we'd like to do that.
One of the things | would urge the Board to do is when the matter is discussed tonight is to grant us the power
to start this thing as soon as possible. As you know, Nashua has been awarded more money this year, and
we would like to start immediately. Unfortunately the grant money ran out in June. We've been doing our
normal work as we typically would and all of a sudden, slowly but surely, we’re not back to where we were
when we started, but slowly but surely, our investigations into some of this opioid substances are starting to
pick back up. We're running into people who can find it in Nashua, not in the amounts that maybe we saw
before last year or even years ago, but it is picking back up. What we don’t want to see from the police
department is to lose the little bit of foothold that we did gain when we know that the ability to use the money is
there. We would just like not to drag our feet or wait a month or two. We would like to start immediately if the
Board would be willing to help us with that, it would be greatly appreciated. That’s it. Thank you for your time.
I'd be happy to answer any questions should anyone have any. Thank you.
PETITIONS — None
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS — None
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
Budget Review Committee... ccccccccccccecccsteseeeeeeeeeeeeeststeeeeess 09/20/17
Alderman Cookson
As I’m reviewing the Budget Review Committee meeting minutes from the 20 of September, there is reference
to a communication by Mayor Donchess regarding the report on surplus and overlay, but there is no mention of
a communication with regard to what he just spoke about. Was it part of the meeting, and should it not be
included with the minutes?
President McCarthy
Is that included in the communication that is referenced?
Mayor Donchess
When we went to the budget committee, on the reverse side of the memo is this, which shows the use of the tax
rate, the reserves and all that. | just made a more complete presentation, but this tabulation went to the
committee on the back side.
President McCarthy
We'll make sure that a copy of that gets attached.
Alderman Cookson
Because the minutes that are there don’t have any attachments at all.
