Board of Aldermen 05-14-2019 Page 15
This is a very complex situation for which she would not necessarily have intimate knowledge from an
educational standpoint but was a very quick study and was instrumental in the things that we have
been able to do. | would also say that one of the things that has not been mentioned about her
resume is that she has experience in techniques of promoting thoughtful and not reactive change in
things Lean Six Sigma. You study a problem and you make sure that you do things not more of things,
but to do things better. This is something that will be a critical factor in bringing some clarity and
improvements in the Assessor’s Office and in these services.
As someone who also works with people who in general and repeatedly and over many years work 60,
80 and 100 hour work weeks, it’s not about the number of hours or the age, it’s about the person and
the passion. And | have not only received e-mails from Kim at all hours and on all days but I’ve
personally observed her to bring her passion to her work and she is tireless and | expect she would
apply that as well. | have the utmost of admiration for Mr. Teeboom and for my neighbor Mrs.
Ortolano, but after listening to the concerns about the culture of the Assessing Office, | feel even more
convinced that the correct thing to do is to put someone in there that will take a hard look at what is
needed and then make those recommendations and make those things happen. Thank you.
Joanne St. John Good evening, my name is Joanne St. John, | live at 25 Beauview Ave here in
Nashua. | have lived here since 1977. Throughout my many years in Nashua | have been a
community activist and | have met many, many wonderful people. One of the women that | have met
in the past 15 years was Kim Kleiner. | am going to try not to repeat all of the wonderful things that
have been said about this amazing woman who | admire and respect so very much. | just want to say
that | do trust the Mayor’s judgement; | trust the Board of Aldermen that they are going to do their
homework. | appreciate all that has been said, if there is anyone who is up to this challenge, | know
that it’s Kim Kleiner. | trust her judgement, her integrity is unbelievable. | don’t know how she gets
everything done. | just want to say that | think that she has a wonderful analytical mind, she’s a great
team player. She is always up for a challenge and whatever she does, she does, she puts her whole
heart into it and has been very successful on many things that | have worked on with her. Most
recently, in the recent past, | have worked with her on a Committee to form the Arlington Street
Community Center and once again she just delves right into it, she looks at every aspect, whether it is
finances, building codes, police, you know, whatever she needs to do, she gets it done. | just want to
say | hope that you will support her and | know that going forward as Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum said,
if she makes an assessment that there needs to be more help going into this, there is no one better to
listen to than Kim Kleiner. So thank you so much.
Ed Santamaria Good evening, Ed Santamaria, 15 Spit Brook Road, Vice President of Operations for
Two Guys Smoke Shop. | heard some interesting statistics tonight and the stunning numbers about
where kids get their vape products and their cigarettes, 65% from here and 35% from there. But for
me the most important number is that 100% of those kids have not been fined, penalized or charged. |
think we need to Police this in our high schools if we are worried about high school kids and not take
this out on the adults, the responsible adults over 18 in Nashua. All this does is hurt businesses in the
area and we should concentrate on enforcing the laws at that level where we need to enforce them, at
the high schools and under 18. Thank you.
Brandon Pierotti Good evening, Brandon Pierotti, 14 Lochmere Lane. | was invited her tonight by
Susan Lovering regarding my reappointment to the Nashua Conservation Commission. | was
appointed in 2015 to my term by Mayor Donnalee Lozeau and | hope to continue for another 3 year
term. | thank you Mayor Donchess for reappointing me. | hope to be sworn in tonight. If you confirm
the reappointment; I’d be happy to answer any questions you have for me. | have very much enjoyed
serving on the Commission and | hope to continue to. Thank you.
Adhvika_ Hi, hello my name is Adhvika_| live at 19 Preserve Drive in Londonderry. | have come here
today to represent the youth of New Hampshire in support of the Tobacco 21 Ordinance. So as
previously stated, many people have been stating economic effects of the ordinance. | completely
understand those. However, as I’ve looked up statistics when | was researching this past week,
