Board of Aldermen 11-09-2021 Page 23
basically losing out on two sick days which those sick days are worth money. So they're losing out on money, which | think
is unfair and unwise. And also curious if it has a sunset date or if that would ever be rescinded at some point once the
COVID pandemic had passed. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. So | would like to take this opportunity to invite the aldermen elect to join the Veterans Day Parade this Thursday
and Alderman Lopez could you give them the place to meet?
Alderman Lopez
Yes. So typically it kicks off at 11:11 in front of the ticket boxes at Holman Stadium. But for people who are coming out prior
| would recommend a half an hour earlier and they bring hand warmers.
President Wilshire
Thank you Alderman Lopez.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Klee
Thank you. | want to thank the poll workers and Clerk Lovering and Assistant Clerk Allison Waite. Everybody does a
phenomenal job. | can say Ward 3 there were some very ugly moments and the Moderator and the poll workers stood
strong and stayed there. Ward 3 had over 30% participation, voter participation rate, which was pretty amazing. We were
second to Ward 1. We can never beat Ward 1 which was, | think, 32% or a little higher than that.
I'd also like to say that I've been working with the United Way on a program called the “Thank You to Healthcare Heroes”
for the two hospitals. | have something that I've put up a flyer in the Nashua civic sounding board on my personal page as
well as on my aldermanic Facebook page. If you're interested in helping with that program, please contact me. | have my
home number and my cell phone number there. | would be interested in having as many participations. We're looking to
get 2,000 $10 gift cards. It’s a big leap but between the United Way, myself, and our community, | think we can do it. So
thank you.
Alderman Dowd
Yes. I'd also like to thank Miss Lovering, and Alison, and her whole staff to doing a great election again. Working with
them too, especially with the new school over Fairgrounds, to make sure that that works smoothly and it worked perfectly
so kudos.
And also for the poll workers. | don't think people realize how long those people are there - like 16 hours easily and they
don't get paid a lot. So they do it because they want to do it. It's getting harder and harder to find people as Ms. Lovering
I'm sure can tell you. | just want to at least the entire city, but definitely for Ward 2 | want to thank them for all of their
efforts. They did a great job.
And the other thing is that the finally we have the new bus loop opened up at Pennichuck for buses coming from Henri
Burque to the Pennichuck from having to go around cars to get into the school. Now they have a separate entrance and
that was paved today. It'll be striped tomorrow and the traffic should improve. It'll improve significantly next summer
when we finished the entire widening of the road but for now, it's a new improvement.
Alderman Caron
Thank you. I, too, would like to thank for ward workers. | Know how much more they put in and Sue and her staff work
very diligently to get it done. And no Sue, | will not be going back to work in the ward.
But on another matter that really has upset me very much. | do not go on social media. | find that people can say things
that are not true and get you angry and so it took me a week and a half to calm myself down. But | was told that there had
been some discussion on social media regarding the annual senior outing that the Parks and Recreation Department has
been facilitating for over 50 years. Unfortunately, the information on the post was not accurate.
