Board of Aldermen Page 11
May 24, 2016
| just wanted to add a comment to Alderman Siegel’s excellent answer. There is no double-taxation. |
just want to be very clear on that too. Monies that were raised are still available to be spent. They are
spent within the budget as opposed to on the outside of the budget. If anything is done to make room in
the budget for more spending then that does become an additional tax. | fully agree that the taxpayers of
Nashua are a miser millionaire. That money is not floating around out there. It’s a very tight budget.
Alderman Clemons
We have millions of dollars set aside. We have a need, and we’re not spending the money.
Alderman Schoneman
We are spending the money. We are meeting the obligation. It's coming from the funds that have been
earmarked previously.
Alderman O’Brien
| would like to thank Alderman Siegel for his comments. | do agree with you that we did kick the can.
Unfortunately this problem is not going to go away. With the state, it’s a new biennium that’s coming up.
After people get elected in November, | really don’t see them putting any type of money at this particular
time back to alleviate this problem. By our inaction today, it’s going to prove out in the future, whether
we help the taxpayer or hurt the taxpayer. The end result if we are liable for $2 million next year, where
we could have made that $1.6 million if we voted to alieve the taxpayers a little bit of burden, we missed
that opportunity and we’re going to have to live with that. | thank Alderman Siegel for putting this. It was
well thought. It was an attempt to try to soften the blow of eventually what’s going to happen. We’re
going to be held liable for this debt. Thank you, sir, for having the foresight to come forward and try and
help to alleviate the pain that may come with this. Thank you.
Alderman Schoneman
Again, this legislation does not alleviate any sense of the responsibility that exists, whether it’s $2 million
next year from one fund, Fund A or Fund B; it’s still $2 million of taxpayer money. This would not have
shrunk that obligation in any way whatsoever and we cannot have that implication.
A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Cookson, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel, 11
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
Nay: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Dowd 3
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-16-015 declared duly indefinitely postponed.
