A Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber and via Zoom teleconference which meeting link can be found on the agenda and on the City’s website
calendar.
President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderman Jan Schmidt led in the Pledge to the Flag.
Let’s start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. If you are participating via Zoom, please state your presence,
reason for not attending the meeting in person, and whether there is anyone in the room with you during this meeting,
which is required under the Right-To-Know Law.
The roll call was taken with 11 members of the Board of Aldermen present and 1 participating via Zoom: Alderman
Michael B. O’Brien, Sr., Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly (arrived at 7:14 p.m. via Zoom),
Alderman Richard A. Dowd, Alderman June M. Caron, Alderman Benjamin Clemons, Alderman Thomas Lopez
(arrived at 7:04 p.m.), Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu, Alderman Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan
Schmidt, Alderman Brandon Laws (via Zoom), Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire.
Alderman Skip Cleaver was recorded absent.
President Wilshire
Alderman Cleaver did let me know that he was unable to join us this evening.
PRESENTATION
President Wilshire
Tonight we have a presentation. The Beautification Committee is going to give us an update on their
accomplishments and what they would like to work on in the future. So I'm going to recognize Carolyn Choate.
e Beautification Committee on their accomplishments and what they would like to work on in the future
Carolyn Choate
Thank you so much
President Wilshire
Good evening.
Carolyn Choate
Thank you. I'm going to start out a little bit differently tonight with my first slide that | want to thank my husband for
helping me with the PowerPoint this evening. If you'll see this slide, perhaps on the top here we all have one of those
relatives that we care so much about however you avoid visiting like the plague because well you don't really feel
comfortable going to their house, and you're thinking oh couldn't they just clean the place up a little bit, buy some new
furniture, maybe paint the walls, so that you would feel welcome and such - feel a little bit more comfortable. Because
golly, look what someone could do. Look at the bottom picture. That's kind of like what beautification could be like on a
grand scale for my relative that | love so much which is my dear city and are all our relative the City of Nashua.
So thank you for having me tonight. | am Carolyn Choate and | want to thank all of you here tonight - the current Board
of Aldermen for your support over the years that I've been the Chair. For those who are departing, | want to encourage
you to please nonetheless give us your support when you leave because after all even though your duties here may
decline, we still need you in Nashua. For those who are going to be new to the Board, | welcome this opportunity to
introduce you to what we do. Foremost I'd like to thank Mayor Donchess for giving me the opportunity to do what | love
most and that is become a beautification activist. | came to him in 2016 with a dream that he has let me see to fruition
and that was to impact the beautification, aesthetic nature of our city, both city properties, residential properties,
commercial properties in cooperation with city departments and not least of which was a mentor of all sorts and to many
of us Brian McCarthy God rest his soul and Steve Bolton who helped us to have a trust fund within the city giving us as
