Agenda

From: Jay Leatherman
Srini Rangarajan and Jothi Srinivasan
James and Carolyn Russell
Matthew and Nicole Gilliam
Re: Development at Unit 8, Merrit Parkway, Nashua, New Hampshire

From: Carolyn Mortellaro
Re: In favor of R-21-202

From: John Chasse
Re: In opposition to bringing back the barriers

From: Gary Hendricks
Re: Not in favor of barriers

From: Linda Piche
Re: Not in favor of barriers on Main Street

From: Patricia Collins
Re: In support of R-21-202

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

(603) 589-3030

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Aldermen

FROM: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
DATE: December 10, 2021

SUBJ: Communications Received from the Public

Attached please find communications received from the public as follows:

From: Katherine LaChance
Re: Support for Resolutions R-21-202 and R-21-203

From: Ken Bateman
Re: Not in support of building 40+ houses on Baker property

Proposed Purchasing Ordinance Updates

§ 5-91Amendment to contracts.

For any contract previously approved by the Finance Committee, the Mayor shall inform the Finance
Committee within 10 business days of any amendment to the contract terms, scope of work, or sums
payable to the contractor, or if the contract was terminated. No contract may be amended as to its
scope of work or so as to increase sums payable to the contractor, without Finance Committee approval
for amendment amounts exceeding $25,000;

Proposed Purchasing Ordinance Updates

Proposed Change:
Change to add virtual bid openings*

Proposing to allow for virtual bid openings in addition to in person. This will allow for participation from
more vendors, stakeholders and interested parties with less effort than travelling to City Hall for an in
person.

F. The Manager shall not solicit a bid from a contractor who is in default on the payment of taxes,
licenses or other monies due the City.

Proposed Purchasing Ordinance Updates

Proposed Changes:
Increase threshold from $10,000 to $25,000

Proposing to increase the threshold for requirement of competitive bidding from $10K to 525K to align
with the threshold for Finance approval. For reference of comparison, the following are some other

municipal thresholds:
Concord $50K
Worcester MA S50K
Salem MA S35K
Manchester $25K
Exeter S25K
Salem NH $20K
Merrimack $10K
Londonderry $10K

The estimated maximum impact is:

Proposed Purchasing Ordinance Updates

§ 5-70Duties.

{7\)_Vendors' catalog file. Prepare, adopt and maintain a vendors’ catalog file. The cataloe file shall be
filed according to materials and shall contain descriptions of vendors' commodities, prices and

discounts:

Proposed Change:
Removal of requirement for a vendor catalog file

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REMINDERS &
ANNOUNCEMENTS

FLU SHOT CLINIC - OCTOBER 15TH

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on October 15th.

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UPCOMING HOLIDAYS
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Oct. 11
Veterans’ Day Nov. 11
Thanksgiving Day Nov. 25 & 26
Christmas Day (observed) Dec. 24

ANTHEM HSA UPDATE

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PURCHASING

NEWS FROM THE PRINT SHOP

The print shop is working to improve lead times, and the
best way we can achieve this is through planning.

We are hoping you can help us in the following ways:

© We have recently updated the print shop email from
“copy&print requests” to printshop@nashuanh.gov.
Please email all requests to this address.

GOT A FRIEND?

The City of Nashua has job
openings, and we are looking for
good people like our current
employees to join our team!

Share with your friends the
benefits of working for the City.
We have a great benefits package
including paid time off, health and
dental insurance coverage, paid
holidays, retirement plans --

just to name a few!

Our jobs are posted at:

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ADVANCEMENTS THE SAFETY ZONE

it's that time of year again! Parents and children across the country
are preparing to go back to school, and as part of our commitment
to overall safety, we'd would like to offer these simple safety tips:

« Beon the lookout for school zone signals and ALWAYS obey
the speed limits.