A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Monday, March 21, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the aldermanic
chamber as well as via Zoom teleconference.
President Lori Wilshire presided; Deputy Clerk Allison Waite recorded.
Prayer was offered by Deputy Clerk Allison Waite; Alderman John Cathey led in the Pledge to the Flag.
To join by Zoom — please refer to the agenda or the website for the meeting link and telephone number.
Let's start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. When each member states their presence, please indicate if
participating via Zoom state why you are not 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.
Deputy City Clerk Waite called the roll and asked them to state the reason he or she could not attend, confirmed that
they could hear the proceedings, and stated who was present with him or her.
The roll call was taken with 11 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman O’Brien,
Alderman Sullivan, Alderman Klee, Alderman Moran, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Kelly (arrived at 6:05),
Alderman Comeau, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Gouveia, Alderman Cathey, Alderman Thibeault, Alderman Wilshire.
Alderman Lopez, Alderman Jette, and Alderwoman Timmons were recorded absent.
President Wilshire to turn the meeting over to Chairman of Budget Review Committee Alderman Richard A. Dowd.
PUBLIC HEARING
R-22-016
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000) FOR FRANKLIN STREET SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
Alderwoman Kelly
Alderman O’Brien just for the record, reflect that | go here.
Alderman O’Brien
Okay. Thank you Alderman Kelly. Let the record show that Alderman Kelly has joined the group at 6:05.
Chairman Dowd
Okay, now what we have the presentation up, I’m going to introduce Mr. Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations,
Nashua School District, who will explain why we need this bond. Mr. Smith?
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
Thank you for having me. I’m in my 25' year as the Plant Director for the school system, so I’ve enjoyed my time
here. I’m looking forward to many more years to come, | hope. I’m also a resident of Nashua now. | moved here
about three years ago to the northern part of the city.
So Franklin Street as you'll find out, houses two programs - our alternative high school program and also the
preschool program. The high school program is an alternative program for youth that have trouble coping in a normal
high school environment. | guess that’s the best way to put that. They have been bounced around quite a bit. In my
years that I’ve been here, they started out at what used to the high school, now it’s the South High School. They
moved up over to the Boys and Girls Club, moved out to Amherst Street, up to Merrimack, which where it became the
Brentwood Program, back to Amherst Street at a different location. So we moved them around quite a bit. Costs
have been rising. We've for the most part, those have all been rental costs except when they were at the South High
School. So we're looking for a permanent home and hope to stop having to paying the rental costs.
At the same time, we’ve been wanting to centralize our preschool programs they are spread out across the District.
By centralizing, we can be more efficient not just one nurse that we need, one psychologist, just more efficient to do
so.
