Board Of Aldermen

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
AGENDA

MAY 16, 2019
7:00 p.m.
PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN DAVID C. TENCZA

ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARING

R-19-123

NHS North Auditorium
8 Titan Way, Nashua

RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THE CITY OF NASHUA GENERAL, ENTERPRISE, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

Sequence in Which City Department Budgets will be Discussed:

City of Nashua

Planning Department rx e035803110
229 Main Street WEB www.nashuanh.gov

Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019

MEMORANDUM
Date: May 13, 2019
To: Ald. Dowd, Chair and Members of Budget Committee -
From: Scott LeClair, Chair of Planning Board and Board Members
RE: Support Request to Fund Master Plan Update in Proposed
FY 2020 City Budget

Recent Accolades

2018- Nashua Named one of the Safest Places to Retire in the Country

2018- Nashua Named one of the Best Run Cities in the Country

2018- Nashua Named the Best Place for Millennials in Hillsborough
County

2018- Nashua Named the Most Diverse Place to live in NH

2018- Nashua has some of the Least Amount of Crime in Mid-Sized
Cities

2017- Nashua- Manchester Area Named one of the Happiest Places in
the Country

2017- Nashua Named Safest City in the Country

Looking Forward

Continued Street and Sidewalks Improvements

¢ Lock and Whitney sidewalks and bike lanes

Riverfront Master Plan Implementation

° Lighting, riverwalks, cantilevered walkways

Rail Yard District and additional downtown
housing

Middle School Upgrade Project

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FY 2020 Budget Challenges

¢ Cost of City Provided Healthcare
- 11% Increase - $3.3 million to Operating Budget
- Resulting in a tax increase at or near 3%

¢ Police, Fire, DPW, School — 2.25% Target Increase
- All other Divisions - 1.75%

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Proposed FY 2020 Budget

¢ Proposed Operating Budget - $270.3 Million

— Increase Over FY 2019 Budget
¢ $4.2 increase w/o Healthcare Cost increase — 1.60%

¢ $3.3 Healthcare Cost increase
* Total increase - $7.5 million - 2.86%

— Revenues:
¢ Revenues continue to be budgeted conservatively
¢ Stable revenue from motor vehicle registrations
¢ Continued low interest rate environment
¢ Potential reduction in State aid funds

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FY 2020 Strategy

¢ Start Imagine Nashua 2040, first citywide master plan
in 20 years

¢ Increase of fire dispatchers offset by revenue in the
ambulance contract — budget neutral

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FY 2020 Strategy

30 miles of paving and 31 miles of cracked sealing to
improve the city infrastructure

Limit proposed tax increase

Maintain quality services

Fund an Energy Manager to Reduce Energy Costs
Fund a Grant Writer to Increase Grant Revenues

Increase ELL Teachers in the School District —
placement of $200,000 in Contingency Account

May 16, 2019

LAY e) MEAL
FY 2020 Proposed Budget
Presentation

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May 16, 2019

City of Nashua, NH

Special Board of Aldermen Public Hearing Page 10
The public hearing was declared adjourned at 7:39 p.m.

Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk