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that is from them. They think that number works. Depending on who you’re dealing with and the various
problems, the individual circumstances, you can work with that many people and have enough contact with
them to be effective. So they would be supervising this person and will, | think, realistically this pilot program
so that the person is not overextended. We could fund two or three or four, they could have 10 probably right
now, but we’re also dealing with some members of the public who are somewhat skeptical. Why are you doing
this? And we understand that this is a problem that affects the entire community, more than just those that are
involved with these drugs.
So it’s a way to make a reasonable expenditure, try to accomplish something in a short term, and expand the
effort as we go along. Could we? Yeah, you're right. If we did five, could they hire and probably get them all
busy within a couple of months? Probably. Probably 10, with 1,000 people coming through they could probably
do more than 10.
Alderman Caron
| agree. We could hire 100 people and it could work, but sometimes you have to do it slow so that you get it
right. And you have a company that handles this and certainly will not stress that person out. But | agree with
Alderman Wilshire; hopefully, if this is successful and it’s here and we do it in other towns, maybe the State will
step up and start giving more funding to these agencies, or even the communities, so that they can continue
this on a bigger scale. Because we weren't sure about the Safe Stations, and look at how well that has gone. |
think that if we work in conjunction with other agencies, | think that’s important. It gives them credibility, to both
the agency and the city as a whole, that we’re trying to reach out to our community as a whole, because
they're still part of our community. I’m all for it; I'll support it.
Mayor Donchess
One of the other people that appeared last night is a guy named Allen Irwing who grew up over here on
Pleasant Street. Typically, he’s got parents, family that are addicted to various things and a troubled
childhood. Eventually, he got involved in some kind of opioids and has been in recovery for a couple of years.
But he’s very devoted. He knows the city, he’s a product of Nashua, and as is Justin, launched his recovery
from Palm Street. | think the people are knowledgeable, dedicated, they know the community, they’re very
involved themselves in recovery coaching. They’ve worked with a lot of people, each one of them, but they are
more involved in trying to develop a larger network, doing recovery coach academies, managing all these
different facilities. They don’t have a person yet that they can just devote; this person is going to be a recovery
coach, so we help them expand in that fashion with this pilot, in a way that hopefully will demonstrate enough
success that we can attract more resources and help.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF
NASHUA TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH REVIVE RECOVERY, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF
$42,000
MOTION CARRIED
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES — None
RECORD OF EXPENDITURES
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLIED WITH THE CITY
CHARTER AND ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE RECORD OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD
NOVEMBER 10, 2017 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2017
MOTION CARRIED
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE ALDERMEN - None
