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This change will do nothing if they want the product they can get it. Vape seems to be what | am hearing
from the crowd here and what | heard from the Committee in past hearings, the problem becomes vape.
We don’t sell vape, we don’t carry vape, we are stuck in with all other tobacco products and it is not fair.
Nashua needs to take a step down and stop the overreaching from this. Thank you.
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Apparently it looks like vape seems to be the problem but we become one of the unforeseen consequences
with this. Currently the legal age to purchase tobacco in the United States is 18 and New Hampshire and it
is 18. Today the City of Nashua is considering overstepping its boundaries as far as | am concerned in
trying to overstep the State and National Laws.
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products. You are also going to hear, and you’ve heard this argument about well you can go to Hudson,
you can go to Merrimack. You know, | understand that argument, be can also be the first, we are the
second largest City in the State and we can be the first of those two large cities to prohibit this and we can
be the first then to lead a movement to hopefully make this a State-Wide initiative. So | do hope that you
will consider supporting this legislation as it is written or as it might be amended. Thank you very much
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Joerel Nieves Hello everyone my name is Joerel Nieves, | am 18 | go Nashua South. | live at 9 Forge
Drive. | am going to leave all the big facts to them, they got all that. | am just here to say that this bill will
prevent our youth to you know make it harder for them to find ways to get it and that’s really all | had to say.
Enjoy the rest of the time.
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and North since September. There’s a large amount and the majority of the students in the High Schools
are under 18. But also a survey an academic survey that was administered showed that 61.5% of youth
who reported current use, get their devices from someone that is legal other than a parent. Thank you very
much for your time. As you can see | am very passionate about protecting our youth and hopefully this
important ordinance that Alderman Jette is proposing will pass. Thank you.
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PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS
EVENING
Vice President O’Brien
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A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.
Vice President Michael B. O’Brien, Sr. presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch; Alderman Ernest Jette led in the Pledge to the
Flag.
The roll call was taken with 11 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Wilshire,
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, and Alderman Gidge were recorded absent.
SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
APRIL 15, 2019
7:00 PM Aldermanic Chamber
PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER PRAYER
OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA D. PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN JUNE M. CARON
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARING
R-19-127
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS
NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,800,000) FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
(HVAC), AND WINDOW IMPROVEMENTS
