Board of Aldermen — 3/22/16 Page 9
Downtown Improvement Committee
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF SIMON
SARRIS, 23 AUBURN STREET, NASHUA, TO THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE FORA
TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 13, 2016
MOTION CARRIED
President McCarthy declared Simon Sarris duly appointed to the Downtown Improvement Committee for a
term to expire December 13, 2016.
Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-16-007
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Tom Lopez
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $40,000 FROM THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITY “FY2016 AND FY2017 CLIMATE AND HEALTH
ADAPTATION PLAN (CHAP)”
Given its fourth reading;
MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-007
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Wilshire
This was re-referred to the Human Affairs Committee and we invited Mr. Roche and folks from the Public
Health Department to address the committee. They did a really good job presenting what this grant was about.
In my opinion | think there is value to this. It’s not to cure climate change; it’s the effects that could happen as
a result of that. We talked about things like Lyme disease and heat stroke and if we can help anyone with this
grant | think it’s worth accepting. The Nashua Public Health Department was the only one eligible in the region
to apply for this grant and would be sub-contracted with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission to do that
work. | think it would benefit this city.
Alderman Siegel
| will note that the Board has an absent member and the last time we talked about this we had absentee
membership. However this turns out, | would ask that we all agree that we won't go through this
reconsideration. | do appreciate the effort that was made to explain this; however | have a slightly different
take from my colleague, Alderman Wilshire. | felt that while there were some justifications that were listed, in
fact, | viewed it somewhat as vote fishing in that we talked about Lyme disease, heat stroke; and remember
this is $20,000 per year and there wasn’t much focus on what actually it was, just hey, we think we could do
this or we think we could do that but the grant itself is defined as climate related issues. It’s a matter of
interpretation. | know they felt that they could spend the money however they felt like it and if that’s the way
we do things then okay. It wasn’t my understanding that was the right thing to do. With regard to us being the
representative, if | understand the mechanics by which we have to get the grant because we are the city but
interestingly enough the other towns in the Nashua region, there wasn’t a single one that ever came out to
advocate for this. Only Nashua is advocating for this and purportedly the rest of the region is supposed to
