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Mayor Donchess
Whose?
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Wilshire.
Mayor Donchess
Alderman Wilshire?
Alderman Wilshire
Mayor, could we ask Ms. Brown to share the PowerPoint on the City’s website or someplace.
Ms. Brown
Yes.
Alderman Wilshire
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
No problem.
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES - None
RECORD OF EXPENDITURES
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Mayor Donchess
Alright. Well | would like to say before we get questions that Doria has done a really good job, has worked
very hard on this whole issue and has become one of the leaders in the State on Community Power. It is very
promising but has turned out to be more difficult and complicated than maybe we anticipated at the beginning.
OK. Questions/comments from members of the Committee or the Board? Alderwoman Klee.
Alderman Klee
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Ms. Brown
Correct.
Mayor Donchess
And until there were an aggregation plan and until the Board of Aldermen approves it, we could not embark on
Community Power until those steps were completed.
Ms. Brown
Yes and we both know according to RSA 53E we need to have a Public Hearing.
Mayor Donchess
And we would need to have a Public Hearing where we would take community input.
Ms. Brown
Yes.
Mayor Donchess
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But we will be able to act as an organization to advocate for ourselves in PUC rulemaking as well as start
talking to vendors about power supply and figuring out what the price for energy is really going to be which is
something we can’t do right now on our own.
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Mayor Donchess
OK why don’t you go ahead?
Ms. Brown
So here we are, can you guys see this screen before | start?
Mayor Donchess
Yes.
Ms. Brown
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Mayor Donchess
Thank you. Anyone else? Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
| just wanted to comment that | know that the Department of Public Health is looking forward to getting back in
their building and this was a long overdue project. So | am happy to support this and get them back in a space
that is healthy and clean and allows them to do their jobs which we know over the last year, it has been very
hard.
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Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development
Yes, good evening Mayor.
Mayor Donchess
Could you just cover it please?
Director Cummings
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Doria Brown, Energy Manager
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Mayor Donchess
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Mayor Donchess
