Board of Aldermen 04-13-2021 Page 7
President Wilshire
I’m sorry | didn’t see you, go ahead Ms. Ortolano.
Ms. Ortolano Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. Just commenting on the Communications for the Assessing
Office update. | am a proponent of allowing people access to the office with appointments the same day if
information is available. It was a walk-in office and | think that’s pretty helpful and | am also supportive of
appointments longer than 15 minutes if that time is available and these slots aren’t booked, there is openings
for people to have more than 15 minutes. | am disappointed in the Customer Service area because you took
away all the counterspace for people to come in there to set up their notebooks or do some research. If they
collected some property record files and they wanted to go through them there’s so much less counterspace
than there was in the old office that it is pretty disappointing that that’s been eliminated. Other Assessing
Offices | have been in maintain a lot of counterspace for people to be able to spread out a little bit and do some
research. So | wish we hadn't lost all that space. | am not certain where we are supposed to go if we did get a
manual or files to look at, you know? What are we supposed to do? Can you not go in and do that anymore.
Do you have to be booked into a conference room? It just seems really unfortunate that that was the layout
and | really had no idea that was the way it was going to work. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else wishing to give Public Comment? Seeing none — Communications requiring final approval.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Multi-Year Contract Award — Backup Internet Line
MOTION BY ALDERMAN LAWS TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR
BACKUP INTERNET LINE TO CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (CCI) IN THE AMOUNT OF
$12,635.64. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 120 TELECOM; FUND: 55109
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE: VOICE, BY ROLL CALL.
A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
PETITIONS - None
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
The following appointments by the Mayor were read into the record:
Cultural Connections Committee
Margaret Loret (reappointment) Term to Expire: February 1, 2024
4 Cimmarron Drive
Nashua, NH 03062
