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Attorney Bolton

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If we need more, I’m sure the Mayor could write us a check for it. | just want to make sure that this
$50,000.00; | guess | have a little anxiety that it’s not going to be enough, especially hearing all the things
that you were talking about.

Mayor Donchess

Well if we need more, we will have to come up with another place, for example, you know we haven't had a
tough winter. So there are various places where we probably would have money, that we could potentially
possibly use.

Alderman Klee

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President Wilshire

No, | suspended the rules for a second reading of O-22 this evening. That's the money that the Mayor had
asked for at the beginning of the meeting, the supplies for the Coronavirus and all the additional materials
that the City is going to need.

Alderman Lopez
OK | thought 23 was for that.

President Wilshire

That’s coming.

Alderman Lopez

Can | just object then so we vote?
President Wilshire

Can you object to what?

Alderman Lopez

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R-20-021
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
ESTABLISHING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDY COMMITTEE
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire

President Wilshire

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NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-20-018
Endorser:

Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman Tom Lopez

Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

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ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Klee

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unless there’s a need. I’m under the impression that’s a no, an overriding idea. But | don’t see a problem, |
mean, | do think it should be somewhere a little bit different in the code because | don’t understand how
putting it in with Legislative assistant makes it easy to reference. | looked, it’s 10.2 right, Section Five, 10.2
and that references legislative assistant | think. So | think 15 or 14 would make more sense. That's all.
Alderman Clemons

You’d have to talk to Corporation Counsel.

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| Know when | ran for Alderman and | told people | was running for Alderman, they looked at me quizzically,
not knowing exactly what that job was. The way | explained it was, “it’s really like being a member of a City
Council’. So | would support efforts to move us in that direction. | know that we can’t do it by ourselves, that
we have to get the Legislature to assist us in moving in that direction, but | would support that. But | will
also support this Ordinance.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

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The Board didn’t always look like this and there is a reason why my sign says Alderwoman. Because if
there’s a little girl in Nashua who wants to be on our Board, | want her to know that she can be. So it’s not
just a name change.

Alderman Lopez

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So it is passed into law, why they didn’t do the Board of Aldermen at the same time, | have no idea but we
can certainly do this. We can take care of this next year. So | see absolutely no problem with this, in
preparation for the change that we see coming. | will vote yes.

Alderman Dowd