Board of Aldermen 2-25-2020 Page 19
| am very supportive of something like that and | have written this to the Administration; | have never
received a response. | know that it would require some DRA effort, but | think it’s worth talking about now
before this happens in 2 or 3 years, to see if there’s any way to reduce the burden of what might be coming
down the road on some of these properties and especially where the market is so high. Our equalization
ratio dropped to 88.8%, we are in the second year outside of a revaluation and we are already 12+% under
market value, you know? We need a correction badly, actually. And if there were to continue to five years,
the market itself will be pretty hard on these assessments and then you couple that with potential errors on
the property record cards. It could be a real slam to a lot of people and | just don’t want to see people hit
like that. So | hope there’s some creative thinking that happens in this horseshoe and in City Hall to
address it. Thank you.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Lopez
| just want to express my condolences to the family of Kristi Cunha, She worked for the Nashua School
District. She and | exchanged a lot of conversation about different ideas before we realized that she was
not in my Ward, so sorry June. But she was very interested in community events, she was very passionate
about doing research and being fair-minded to people. So | just wanted to extend my condolences.
And then | just also wanted to remind everybody that | will be going to Honduras next week so if there’s any
really important meetings, | can phone in, but probably won't.
President Wilshire
Thank you Alderman Lopez.
Committee announcements:
Alderman Caron
Yes thank you. Personnel meets on Monday March 2™ at 7:00 and | don’t know where we will be floating
around because | don’t have my paper; somewhere in City Hall.
Alderman Dowd
Yes tomorrow evening at 7:00 there’s a Special Board of Aldermen Public Hearing on R-20-012 followed by
a Special Budget Review Committee and then, | won't spoil your thunder for what follows, but they are all in
the City Hall Auditorium.
Alderman O’Brien
Yes and tomorrow night, saving the best for last, Infrastructure will be at 8:00 so you are welcome to chill
and hang out with the group, thank you.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE FEBRUARY 25, 2020, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk
