Board of Aldermen 12-23-2019 Page 7
You know, beyond the wear and tear of the building, the health of the building and it is our most precious
students and the educators, it is important to move forward with the project and maybe put the existing site
to some use for affordable housing or workforce housing or emergency shelter. It was good education to
hear the contracts tonight for the cops, there is a lot of back and forth, I’m sure this has been a long
process and it is probably important to take a serious vote on that tonight. The front line people are very
important and there is a lot of competition to get Police; to get qualified cops. To have them not leave, like
the Deputy Chief just said. You may want to look into maybe, with the healthcare costs going up, you can
always try to maybe open existing contracts to try to talk about some increases if possible to employees, a
little bit to help with those costs, they are going around, it’s a nationwide thing. Just a few thoughts on that.
So again the school being important, | think it is vital and it’s been a long time coming and there has been a
lot of hard work at the School Board on that matter over the past year or couple of years. Good evening
and thank you.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Contract Extension of Essex Power Services Inc. Jackson Mills and Mine Falls Operations
and Maintenance Agreement
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AUTHORIZE THE
EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR THE JACSKSON MILLS AND MINE FALLS OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE WITH ESSEX POWER SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $404,605 PLUS
REVENUE SHARING BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Jette
Could we just have an explanation of what this is all about?
Mayor Donchess
The damns are managed by Essex Power which they run the day-to-day operations. We own the
damns we get income from the sale of power, but the damns still have to be operated. We
contract with Essex Power to do that and this is a contract extension of our current contract with
Essex Power.
Alderman Jette
Thank you.
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Ald. O’Brien, Ald. Gidge, Ald. Harriott-Gathright, Ald. Dowd
Ald. Klee, Ald. Laws, Ald. Lopez, Ald. Caron, Ald. Kelly,
Ald. Jette, Ald. Melizzi-Golja, Ald. Tencza, Ald. Schmidt, Ald. Clemons
Ald. Wilshire 15
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
PETITIONS - None
