Board of Aldermen — 1/26/16 Page 5
R-16-006
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $200,000 FROM DEPARTMENT 194 “CONTINGENCY”,
ACCOUNT #70100 “GENERAL CONTINGENCY” INTO VARIOUS ACCOUNTS FOR
RETIREMENT AND UTILITY COSTS
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES — None
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Carroll, 9 % Chandler Street
I’d like to talk about the environment. | was here last year. There was a chemical spill in November of
2013 and | reported it to four or five people but they didn’t do anything. I’ve been in the hospital six times
because of this in the last two years. | went to my mother’s again in 2015 and her chairs were
contaminated in her kitchen and | got an electric shock. There were three houses in Lowell that were
pretty bad with the airborne chemicals. | am going to go to the Lowell Board of Health and report it when
| find out where it is. | went to the Marblehead Board of Health in January because my mother’s clothes
at Christmas were really bad. | thought | was going into cardiac arrest; | doubled up in pain and had an
itchy contamination feeling. | saw the chemicals on my mother’s jacket; six pieces on her arm and six on
her back. | told her and she didn’t believe me because she couldn’t feel it. It is an allergy like the bed
bugs. Body lice is an allergy too and my whole family thinks I’m crazy over that. People have a right to
know what is in their skin. The environmental health lady in Nashua is keeping her mouth shut and that’s
not right. The President of the United States told us all about the Ebola Virus because he cares. It’s
winter now so we can’t see anything now but in April | want some help.
Mr. Bernie Cody, 22 Greenley Street
| have a question on R-15-001. What exactly are they going to improve downtown?
President McCarthy
We can’t really respond to questions during the public comment period but I’m sure Alderman Clemons
would be willing to respond during Remarks by Members of the Board.
Mr. Cody
When is the city going to start cleaning sidewalks when it snows? It’s not being done because on East
Hollis Street, they are not clean at all. People in electric wheelchairs have to ride on the street.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Wilshire
The Nashua Police Department has been notified by the U.S. Department of Justice that the drug
forfeiture funds that they have been receiving have been put on hold. Apparently it’s to balance the
federal budget. | reached out to the delegation; Ayotte, Shaheen and Kuster to see what information
they could give us because it’s big money for the Nashua Police Department. It funds their narcotics unit
and in a time when we are having such an opioid crisis. There were 350 deaths in New Hampshire last
year so it’s not a good time to cut money. If you are interested in this please feel free to reach out to
your delegation.
