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Fred Teeboom

I’m glad you brought that up. Not all of us and many of us are not enthused about the fact that we’re
not pushing full time kindergarten.

Mayor Donchess

Well there were people who weren't enthused when we went to half day kindergarten. To be in 21°
Century America to attract young families to be a community where jobs/employers want to locate,
you really need to have full day kindergarten.

Fred Teeboom

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Fred Teeboom

When you had these discussions is it discussion the school department affected the enrollment is
about 20 percent...the enrollment today in the schools is just about 20 percent below than it was in
the year 2000.

Mayor Donchess

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Director Budreau

| think it’s critical before | leave to let you know that this is the first time that the rates have increased
since July of 2013. If you were to take a look of the appropriation for the last several years, it’s been
relatively flat. So you really have to look at it it’s not a year to a year increase of $4 million but the
first increase in the appropriation since fiscal 2014.

Fred Teeboom

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Mayor Donchess

Well | think the first question was do we save money as a result of being self-insured and how much
might that be?

Fred Teeboom

Okay we can.

Director Budreau

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Fred Teeboom

Is it paid to be self-insured?

Mayor Donchess

Yes, definitely.

Fred Teeboom

Do you have the numbers on that?

Mayor Donchess

We can have Mr. Budreau who is the personnel person come up and discuss that but | think we
believe we saved millions of dollars as a result of being self-insured.

Fred Teeboom
I'd like to see it. I’ve never seen the percent.

Mayor Donchess

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Chairman Dowd

I’m going to call out the various departments. If you have a question concerning that particular
department, please come down to the microphone, state your name and address, and ask your
question.

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Fred Teeboom

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SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
PUBLIC HEARING
JUNE 6, 2017

A Public Hearing was conducted by the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. at
the Nashua High School North Auditorium, 8 Titan Way, Nashua, New Hampshire.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided: City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

The roll call was taken with 12 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman McGuinness,
Alderman Moriarty and Alderman Clemons were recorded absent.

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ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE JUNE 13, 2017 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Deane
Alderman Cookson, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron
Alderman Siegel, Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy 15
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED