Board of Aldermen 10-26-2021 Page 9
Alderman Caron
Yes, thank you. I'd like to echo Alderman Tencza’s remarks concerning voting. It is your right. If you're looking for
changes within any boards, commissions, or in this circle, this is the time for you to be heard. Whatever happens,
happens and we wish everyone good luck next Tuesday. Also please remember that people who are working the wards,
they are there at four and five o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock plus at night. So be kind to them. They're gonna
do the best they can under the circumstances that we have because of the protocols that are in place. So just be patient.
Always be patient. So | appreciate that and also Happy Halloween everyone. Get out there and carve your pumpkins.
Alderman Dowd
Yes, some good news. The middle school project is moving along very well. We have completed the acquisition of the
final piece of property. It's been registered and recorded. So we're good to go. The only thing we're waiting for now is
the final AOT approval from the State of New Hampshire and we will be starting the new middle school.
Fairgrounds has been completed and you will all be getting an invitation to the rededication ceremony which should be, |
believe, the first week of November but you'll get an invitation. That school turned out exceptionally well and they finally
get all of the new furniture. So it's been a good program.
Pennichuck Middle School is well underway. The south edition is moving along very well and is due to be ready in April
and the north addition barring all this rain and weather, we're hoping to pour the cement foundation. So that's going very
well. It will be completed at the end of next summer.
Also in that same area, the Pennichuck Water works their solar farm is underway and they're getting all the land ready
and also the power companies putting up several utility poles on the Pennichuck land. There's quite a bit of work that will
be happening there at the start right near the entrance of the school but that's all Pennichuck Water work’s project. So
thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else?
Alderman Klee
Thank you, Madam President. | just have two quick things. One is I'm looking forward to Halloween and praying that it
doesn't rain. It's one of my favorite times of the year. And this year it feels like it'd be a little bit more normal from last
year.
| wanted to echo what Alderman Jetty had said. | got two text messages. One from Alderman Schmidt who tried getting
off and coming back on as well to see if that helped and | think the same was with Alderman Laws. They were having a
hard time with the audio. It just kept kicking in and out. | wish your wife luck with your speech. It was very worth listening
to and my husband said that he'll just talk to your wife to get the highlights so. Thank you.
Alderman O'Brien
Thank you, Madam President. | just want to recognize the Mayor. | know we had amplification microphone issues during
his remarks by the Mayor but sitting next to you with my new hearing aids, you sounded pretty good to me. You muddle
through correctly.
|, too, did hear from one particular citizen that says a way of tracking people who leave the city but just to remind, it might
need to be explored. In this State, its employees at will so that means employees and employers can leave or stay with
not much and | don't know if we really can legally track them. But it needs to be investigated in to take a look unless
there's some other venue.
And then | also would like to recognize as what Alderman Tencza said — Justin Kates who was our Emergency
Preparedness Director. | had the pleasure as being the Deputy Fire Chief and working with him for several years. When |
first heard that he came on board when they told me his name was Justin Kates as Emergency Preparedness, | thought
making it up but he had the most perfect name for the position. But top of his name, he did an extremely fine job and the
citizens and Nashua were greatly served by him and us on the Fire Department. Really appreciated the work he did. So
we wish him best luck in his new endeavors.
