Board of Aldermen 10-26-2021 Page 6
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A SIDEBAR (MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT) BETWEEN THE CITY OF
NASHUA BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS AND THE NASHUA FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION I.A.F.F. LOCAL
789 REGARDING MILITARY DUTY PAY
Given its first reading; Assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President Wilshire
R-21-181
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Thomas Lopez
AUTHORIZING PENNICHUCK CORPORATION AND PENNICHUCK EAST UTILITY, INC. TO ENTER INTO A LOAN
WITH COBANK, ACB
Given its first reading; Assigned to the PENNICHUCK WATER SPECIAL COMMITTEE by President Wilshire
NEW BUSINESS —- ORDINANCES
O-21-072
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING FREE HOLIDAY PARKING AT METERS IN ZONE III WHICH INCLUDES THE ELM STREET AND
HIGH STREET PARKING GARAGES FROM DECEMBER 6, 2021 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2022
Given its first reading; Assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. | want to thank the Board of Aldermen members who brought forth the Letter to the
Editor or the OP ad that was published in The Telegraph and Union Leader for the no vote for the Charter change for the
Police Commission. | think that was appreciated by many of us and it's helpful in providing further education to the
community.
Secondly, I'd like to address I'd like the Board of Aldermen to maybe take an interest in looking at employee turnover in the
city. | find found out that there is no tracking of turnover for employees in any of the departments and | think it's important to
know the health of your workforce and why they're going. We did have a letter read into the record a few meetings ago that
attributed turnover in some areas to a group of citizens being too, you know, harsh or direct and trying to understand what
was going on. | don't think that can really be validated and | think your process for exit interviewing needs to be reviewed
because | don't think the department head who the employees work for should be conducting the exit interview. | think it
should be done somewhere else. | can tell you, if you recall, when the Police Department investigated the Assessing office
and they interviewed staff. If you look at those interviews, there were three or four staff members that said and expressed in
those interviews that they didn't agree with the removal of a Chief and they felt that a Chief had to be brought back. But that
had not been raised at that point by the administration because | don't think they felt comfortable telling the boss who made
the decision to remove them to bring that individual back. So I'm not certain what free dialog you get and if people are
leaving or moving on to jobs that are staying in the field within their field, they may not freely talk about why they exited from
a city job. So | think it's important for us to understand that and to gather that information from all departments in the city and
