Board of Aldermen Page 12
June 28, 2016
epidemic going on in this city right now and the police department and the fire department have to battle it
every day. It’s great that the Mayor got the increases that he did so we can keep those people on the streets
but it’s not good enough for the person who doesn’t get help because there wasn’t enough staff because the
demand was too high. The same stressors are at the schools. These problems have increased over the last
few years and instead of responding to them we have simply said well, wnat was good enough five years ago
is good enough now and to me that’s not true.
Alderman Lopez
With regard to Alderman Moriarty’s point regarding state services and city services being comparable, we had
an opportunity to see the state police and the Nashua police department in a joint exercise a few months ago
after a car chase and | was much more impressed with how Nashua conducted itself. | think that speaks to
why you need competitive personnel who are well trained. | know that Nashua Fire Rescue is very respected
in this region as a training center. They do their job while battling extraordinary circumstances; an out of
control heroin epidemic and other factors and | think they have done a great job managing. | don’t disagree
that maybe we could use more officers on the ground and fire stations but with the budget we have right now
we reflected the most immediate need is making sure that the ones that we have are very efficient. | continue
to support the budget.
A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Deane, Alderman Dowd, 9
Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
Nay: Alderman Clemons, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Schoneman, 6
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-16-034 declared duly adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-16-011
Endorsers: Alderman Don LeBrun
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderman David Schoneman
Alderman Tom Lopez
ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR REDUCED TAXATION FOR CERTAIN CHARTERED
PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
e Tabled at Full Board Level — 5/10/16
