Finance Committee - 09/04/2019 Page 9
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Klee
Yes | just have one quick question. | always have one quick question. Did the expansion of the landfill gas
collection, | just recently had someone who told me that there always used to be a very bad gas smell and so
on coming from there and it doesn’t seem to be happening anymore. Is that what does this, so it keeps it from
killing the neighbors, sort to speak?
Mr. LaFleur
Exactly this system is what is drawing in the gas which is limiting our emissions going out into the atmosphere
around our area. That’s why | try to an expansion every year when it is needed. We do the trash and cells or
lifts. So after you reach so many lifts by permit we have to put in so much gas collection. Last year we didn’t
do any of this, it is FY19 funds that we are using right now. We didn’t have the amount of area that we
needed. We had enough well collection where we were; it seems to be working. Now that we are going up
another lift, we are putting in this gas collection now.
| will tell you though that within the next 2 or 3 months we will be coming back for another gas expansion. We
found a header, a 12 inch header that collects the main part of the gas, is starting to collapse. | am getting
bids right now to get that changed. Most likely it will SCS doing it for us, they are already on site. So | am just
trying to get the funding; as soon as the funding comes through for FY20 | will be doing that. But your
assessment on the odors being under control, this is something that we do every year. We are spending
$300,000.00, $350,000.00 a year just to keep our neighbors happy.
Alderman Klee
It is worth every penny, Ward 5 is not my Ward but I’m sure Alderman Jette appreciates it as do the neighbors.
And it bodes better for Nashua to keep that up, so thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — None
NEW BUSINESS — None
RECORD OF EXPENDITURES
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLIED WITH THE CITY
CHARTER AND ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE RECORD OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD
FROM AUGUST 2, 2019 TO AUGUST 15, 2019, AND FROM AUGUST 16, 2019 TO AUGUST 29, 2019
MOTION CARRIED
GENERAL DISCUSSION _- None
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE ALDERMEN
Alderman Klee
| was going to wait until the next Board of Aldermen to bring this up but it has nothing to do with the Finance
Committee. But for those that are listening | would like to address the cat mania issue as it was put in the
Telegraph. It pained me to say that somebody did something was very nice, sending a mailer to scare the
citizens that the City was going to come and capture your kitties and to harm them in some way.
