Board of Aldermen 11-13-2018 Page 4
Since last Sunday night there have been a lot of accolades presented about Brian and deservedly so.
Brian was a very intelligent individual with a wealth of information that he could recall in an instant. If he
didn’t know the answer or wasn’t sure, he would immediately Google it on his phone and he was always
looking out for Nashua. Brian knew a great deal about construction, especially school construction,
everything on that subject that | know, | learned from him. We worked numerous school construction
projects from the Nashua High School some 16 years ago to 5 more recent elementary school projects
and now a new middle school project. As Chair of the Joint Special Building Committee | will work hard
to ensure this latest project meets or exceeds Brian’s expectations. We will strive to be under budget
and ahead of schedule while building schools that all of Nashua can be proud of.
One last point, Brian and | had hours of discussions regarding the Board of Aldermen. | know that
Brian was very proud of this current Board and he would want us to continue to work together to make
things happen and continue to make Nashua a fantastic place to live and work, to make the downtown
a vibrant place and a destination all will continue to want to come to. May you rest in peace Brian.
Alderman Lopez
| just wanted to comment on the election day, first of all | would like to thank City Clerk Piecuch
because | cannot believe how much work you put into both the preparation, the training and then the
execution and then you showed up the next day. | came in pretty early in the day just to see how things
were going and you were still working away, so that is much appreciated. | also wanted to thank all the
people who worked at the polls, who worked really long days, a really long day, all the people who
turned out to vote, there were a lot of people who were new voters registering, the flock of lawyers who
diligently attended every single step of the way. | think the Mayor has hit the nail on the head, with all of
these people involved in making sure this process is smooth and seamless, having the machines be the
problem was really frustrating. So | would definitely encourage, maybe as a City, we could advocate to
the Ballot Commission to give us something a little bit newer and more advanced than what sounded
like the Bat Computer from Adam West’s Batman.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Yes thank you. First of all, | Know things weren’t easy at Ward 8 so thank you for all of the work across
the City and also in dealing with the situations you were presented with in Ward 8. And just to add to
the Mayor's comments, | think all of us on Friday night heard many people coming through who were
neighbors, members of City Government or people who owned businesses in the City. The kind of
comment or phrase that summed up the feeling of those people that | interacted with and | know many
others did also was that we not only lost a great resource for information to move the City forward but
also someone who had a depth of knowledge in historical perspective. With so many of us not from the
City or new to this position, Brian was able to always bring that to the table to aid in the understanding
of what would be the best way to go forward. | think that is truly a loss for the City for all of us.
And then | guess Alderman Wilshire to you and Alderman O’Brien, | know this isn’t how you wanted to
be where you are sitting but | think all of us feel we have very capable leadership, so thank you. And
Alderman O’Brien and | used to e-mail and text at 1:00 in the morning, so beware.
Alderman Laws
| would like to congratulate you and Michael and let you know that | am very confident you are going to
do a great job and offer my support and help wherever you can use it. | would like to tell Patricia that
she is an amazing human being and the City wouldn’t be the same way without you and | am grateful
for it.
| would also like to just send a word of gratitude to all the people who have come forth and sent their
condolences for the loss of Brian; not to me personally as much as to the Board and to the City, he was
