REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JULY 10, 2019
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Also in Attendance: Kim Kleiner, Director, Administrative Services
John Griffin, CFO/Comptroller
Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Donchess
Please come forward and give your name and address into the microphone and then proceed. But you have a
communication? Brandon is going get that and pass it around. So we will accept those when we get the
communication. Is there enough for everyone?
Alderman Klee
It’s just for Shoshanna | think.
Mayor Donchess
Now just before you begin, just introduce yourself by name and address?
Gary Braun
My name is Gary Braun, 9 Monza Road in Nashua. | have lived here with my wife Nancy since 1991. | am
semi-retired; I’ve been a lawyer for almost 30 years. I’ve already provided the Aldermen generally with two
letters, one was dated May 17" 2019 and the second dated July 9, 2019. The first one went to all the
Aldermen; the second one just went to the members of the Committee. And | would like to add to those on the
record along with this written statement.
We've had cats living with us for almost of all the time we have resided in Nashua. In September 2017 one of
our neighbors used a live trap to trap one of our cats. The neighbor claimed that our cat was harassing a cat
living with the neighbor; it may be that the neighbor thought our cat was feral. We were informed that a high
ranking officer of the Nashua Police Department advised our neighbor to obtain the live trap from the Humane
Society of Greater Nashua. Our neighbor called the Police Department’s Animal Control Officer after catching
our cat in the live trap. The ACO took possession of my cat, that is he seized the cat, transported the cat to the
Humane Society and impounded her there pursuant to a form which was entitled “Nashua Municipal
Impoundment Claim Form For Police or ACO”. That document is attached to my letter dated May 17°.
