Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 17
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-131, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Jette
And I'd like to speak to it.
President Wilshire
Alderman Jette.
Alderman Jette
So this is a regular contract that the Nashua Transit enters into with Nashua Community College, Rivier
University, the Town of Hudson, the PLUS Company and Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative,
whereby we provide transit services and they pay us money which provides revenue to operate the Nashua
Transit System and it also enables Nashua Transit to be eligible for Federal Funding because we are a
Regional Transit Service. So this was approved by the Budget Review Committee and | ask my fellow
Aldermen to support it.
President Wilshire
Thank you Alderman Jette. Discussion? Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
Just to add on to what Alderman Jette has brought up. Basically this offsets the expense of having public
transportation for taxpayers in Nashua by including a wider pool. It also uses the opportunity to engage people
who may not be as familiar with our bus system to incentivize using it. So students at Rivier for example, who
may not necessarily live in Nashua but be from other communities and be living on campus or that type of stuff.
This is their connection to Nashua. This is how they get to know Nashua, this is how they decide if they are
going to live here, it’s also how they spend money down here. So there’s a lot of value in this particular
program.
And then as Alderman Jette pointed out it also qualifies us for Federal money which is always a good return on
investment because in New Hampshire we pay out more than we get back from the Federal Government.
President Wilshire
Further discussion? Seeing none, the motion is for final passage of Resolution 21-131 by roll call. Would the
Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-131 declared duly adopted.
