Board of Aldermen 11-13-2018 Page 22
winners. We have had some amazing boxers come out of Nashua because of the coaching Frank has
provided them.
With the regard to Fire Commission it is always nice when something comes in under budget and we
can re-appropriate that money so thank you to them for their management of the Spit Brook Road
Station and congratulations to Kevin Burgess on his being appointed to the Board. Thank you.
Alderman Tencza
Thank you, Madam President, and | am happy to say and to Mr. Vice President, congratulations to both
of you. | think we are all looking forward to continuing the good work that we have started here in this
term of the Board of Aldermen. Thank you to Madam Clerk and her staff, all the election staff, it is a
marathon day with really little issue throughout the day. It is another testament to the City of Nashua.
And then finally | just wanted to send my condolences again to the McCarthy family. The thing | took
from the services is that Alderman McCarthy had a vision for the City and he was lucky enough in 25
years to see some of that vision coming to fruition with the High Schools, with the development of the
southwest quadrant of the City. | think we should all consider ourselves lucky that we get to attempt to
carry on some of that vision as well with the downtown and with the Performing Arts Center project that
he championed right from the beginning.
The other thing | took away from the service is that clearly he was an exceptional man because he has
an exceptional wife and an exceptional family. Anyone who was at the services knew what a
tremendous job his children did in capturing in really kind of capturing Brian’s personality and
everything that he stood for. My one concern for his son going forward is that apparently he takes
advice from Alderman Laws and no one knows where that will lead him but other than that | am sure
they will remember their dad and be well-served for the rest of their lives. Thanks.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you, Madam President. Election day was a rollercoaster for us. We were there in the dark, it
rained, it rained some more, people came by, a lot of people came by. Ward 1 again came in number
one. Next time | think we’ll do a challenge and see if some other Ward can try to beat us, you’re not
even close. But the other thing that happened during all of these people who were coming and going is
that many people stopped by and wanted to talk about Brian. Many, many people that | did not know
they walked up to me and said, “you know he was a wonderful man, he did this for the City or he did
that for the City’ and over and over again it was just astounding the number of people that he affected
in this City. Thank you Brian, we are going to miss you deeply.
President Wilshire
| would like to share your praise for the City Clerk and all our poll workers who worked so hard last
week and turned out a great election. | don’t know what more | can say or can be said about Brian
McCarthy that you haven’t all said already. Brian was a friend he was a mentor, | loved Brian for who
he was. He was a visionary, he brought this City to places where it may not have gone. The last thing |
really can say about Brian is he left this City a better place for having been here.
Committee announcements:
Alderman Dowd
The Joint Special on the 15"" was cancelled because on the 19" we are going to be assessing the
construction managers for the new middle school project. We have three people that put in bids for
construction manager. Then later in the month, | think it is the 28" and 29", we will be reviewing the
five architects that have put in bids for the new project. One of the last things that Brian did is to review
two documents that Sunday for me, going forward in this project. One is a Guide to Safer Schools
