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Alderman Klee
Thank you again. | just wanted to make one more comment that | had forgotten about and that was
the ability for the mailing and being able to mail order tobacco products or vape products or so on.
And right now an 18 year old Nashua resident still has the ability to do that. Just like they had the
ability as we keep talking about going to another surrounding town. | just wanted to remind everybody
about that that even if they have to get in a car and drive somewhere, they can mail order it. And
these days it’s just really easy to just do it on your phone.
Alderman Gathright
| just wanted to say that I’m not sure about the Senator’s statement but she is in the Senate and the
people that sit here, we are in the House and we don’t always think the same way. So to make a
statement like that, personally | am offended with the statement.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Yes thank you. | find this whole discussion about what we are doing in Concord versus what we are
doing here very interesting especially in light of the fact that our neighbor State Vermont, the House
and Senate has passed legislation that they expect their Governor will sign. So once again, we are
going to find ourselves in New England as the hole in the doughnut. And those of you have been here
for awhile know | am referring to Rail. And when the State decided to do something we sitting around
this horseshoe thought was not in the best interest of Nashua and the residents of Nashua; we
decided to take action. And so once again, when Governor Scott signs the legislation in Vermont we
will again become the hole in the doughnut. And | think each of us has to say do we wait for Concord
and as Alderman Dowd was talking saying “we don’t know if Concord will ever pass it”. Alderman
O’Brien was nodding his head in agreement, we don’t know if Concord will ever pass it. So | guess we
have heard from everyone that they support it except for this and they support it except for that. Yet |
really believe Alderman Jette and Alderman Clemons with some conversations with folks have done a
great job of trying to put together something that will address the concerns of everyone around this
horseshoe. So | don’t know if there are some changes of wording some people would like to see and
they would like to make those amendments now and make those suggestions now or if we are just
going to vote on it. But again | guess my thought is if it doesn’t happen in Concord but we think it’s
good for Nashua, then that’s what we need to do. Because sitting around this horseshoe we are
sitting here representing the City of Nashua. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else?
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Move the question, roll call vote please.
President Wilshire
The motion before us is for final passage, no I’m sorry, is for the amendment of Ordinance 19-037.
Yea: Alderman Dowd, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Jette, 7
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman Teneza, Alderman Clemons
Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Klee,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Wilshire 6
MOTION CARRIED
