Board of Aldermen 06-11-2019 Page 12
President Wilshire
That’s an understatement.
Alderman Lopez
Neither do school counselors.
Alderwoman Kelly
To say the least.
President Wilshire
So the motion before us is to amend R-19-123 by replacing it with the proposed amendments made at the
Budget Committee by roll call. Further discussion? Would the Clerk please call the roll.
A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Klee, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Jette,
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman Tencza, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Clemons, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: Alderman Harriott-Gathright, 1
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-19-123 AS AMENDED BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Dowd
Now again, with the $65,000.00 added it is under 3%, yes a fraction under 3% but in a budget of a size
that we are talking about a small percentage is a lot of money. So it really in the Budget Committee just to
refresh for people that weren’t there, we had an amendment suggested by Alderman Clemons and |
actually applaud him for bringing that forward. It involved $113,000.00 for the Police Department and
$100,000.00 for the Fire Department | believe that amount. Believe me, it bothers me that we are not able
to come up with that funding and stay under 3%. It bothered me so much that the next day, again, | had
conversations with the new Chief of Police or soon-to-be new Police Chief and the Deputy and the Fire
Chief and the Deputy. While they would love to have that money, they understand, they fully understand
where we are at and can live with the budget as it stands in this amended budget. So to me, if they are
willing to live with it and understand why we need to try to reduce the tax impact to the taxpayers of the
City of Nashua, given the constraints that drove the budget to that level | am fine with recommending
approval.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you. | am going to make a motion to amend the budget by adding $113,000.00 to the bottom line of
the Police Department and $100,000.00 to the bottom line of the Fire Department and I’d like to speak to
that.
