Board of Aldermen Page 14
June 14, 2016
in the city and being told to scram and get lost, it’s a public auction but we don’t want there, that’s
ridiculous. There’s an RSA 444:06 that the City Clerk...
President McCarthy
You have to wait until the second public comment period to speak on that.
Mr. Haas
Well in the meantime are you going to take a break or a recess, can you have my e-mail distributed to
the rest of the people?
President McCarthy
No we cannot.
Mr. Haas
Well that’s tampering with public records and that’s a crime. You guys are criminals.
President McCarthy
Sir, | will let you speak to the issue later on but | am not going to let you call this Board criminals.
Mr. Haas
Okay, thank you, | appreciate it.
Mr. Bradley Whitney, 38 Fifield Street
| own several properties and | am a landlord. | always use the same contractor and sometimes they are
busy so if you only give ten days then that can include six working days or eight working days depending
on when you get your ten day notice. It is 1 % time rate on Saturdays and double time on Sundays and
most of us cannot afford that. | would like you to take into consideration that it is pretty unreasonable
and very harmful to hard working people that may be ill. | don’t know what the length of time is for the
warning period, there’s no time that they give you thirty days or ten days warning period. It hasn’t been
explained so we are in the dark on that. | hired a contractor and he put in sumps that should have taken
six to nine months and it took 1 % and | had to get rid of him and get someone else. There are problems
and we try to solve them but | don’t think you are reasonable and you are looking out for your own
interests only and | don’t see any problem with an infestation fine or time period to get rid of bed bugs.
It’s a lot different than a broken window. This ordinance is a one shot that takes care of everybody but
you don’t have two different time periods for emergency/health or some minor detail. | think it should be
revised for that and | don’t think it’s fair to put it through and it’s being forced down our throats and we
don’t have any input and | didn’t think that was the way Nashua worked. Nashua is a wonderful town
and you guys are all great people but you are not really...this is being pushed through too fast for me
and we should feel that our voices are heard. Thank you.
Mr. Erik Bray, 3 Dover Street
| want to voice my support for this Bill but at the same time ask that you table it and further the
discussion. | am a property owner and not a landlord and | have struggled to comprehend the objection
to this ordinance. | think what is being triggered here emotionally by both the landlords in opposition and
property owners in favor of is that code enforcement clearly needs work and | think this is a great first
