Board of Aldermen — 3/22/16 Page 19
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Clemons
This is something that | actually had a request for. It came about from people that both work in the service
industry and people who patronize establishments. It came about in 2013 when the legislation was introduced
at the state house to allow cities and towns to do this. Although | wasn’t an alderman at the time, | agree with
it. | had a discussion with some of the aldermen, and it never came up. This time around, now that I’m on the
board, it’s one of the things | wanted to get done. | believe that we are at a disadvantage with our neighbors to
the south. There are folks in Nashua who will go to Tyngsboro. They will go to Lowell or other places in
Massachusetts and patronize those establishments because they stay open later. Some of the people that do
that do that because they like to go out at a later time. Some of them do it because they are getting off of their
shift of work and want to go out and have a drink, like the rest of us might want to do one night. The fact that
they have to drive to Tyngsboro when the state allows any city or town to adopt this, | don’t think is fair.
Furthermore, | think we’re doing the folks in our restaurants and in the service industry a disservice by not
allowing those establishments to stay open and compete with the places that are south of the border. It was
for those reasons that | brought this forward. | would ask that you not support indefinite postponement.
Alderman Siegel
| am going to recuse myself as | have a direct financial interest in the outcome of this as the CEO of a distilled
spirits company.
A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Dowd, 8
Alderman Caron, Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness,
Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty
Nay: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman O’Brien, 5
Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
MOTION CARRIED
Alderman Siegel abstained from voting.
Ordinance O-16-004 declared indefinitely postponed.
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-16-020
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEBT OF CLOCKTOWER HOUSING
ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Given its first reading; assigned to the FINANCE COMMITTEE by President McCarthy
R-16-021
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
FROM JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2018
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy
