Board Of Aldermen

Representative Klee

Alderman Dowd

Alderman LeBrun
| have a bill in on that this year, Alderman Lopez. |’ll pass that on to you and let you take a look at it.
Alderman O’Brien

Alderman LeBrun

very difficult position to avoid raising the taxes. People see their taxes going up and they blame it on the city,
but | think a big part of the problem is the federal government is giving us less money and the state is giving us
less money. So you representatives, | hope that you will protect us as much as you can; | know you’re only a
small number of the 400 up there, but | hope that you watch out for us.

City Clerk Piecuch

I’m Patricia Piecuch, I’m the City Clerk.

trying to come up with ideas, plans, funding, grants, etc., to reduce the amount of warehousing of mental health
patients in our ER’s. The last time | got a figure, | think it was 57 throughout the state, and that’s 57 patients that
are living in our ER’s throughout the state. Concord has the most of them and they create these things called
“Yellow Pods” where they keep the patients in. It’s literally a small ER room for mental health patients, and they

issues around economic development, such as the aircraft registration fee change, which | think is very beneficial
to Nashua in particular. Beyond that, | spend a lot of time on planning issues and budget, etc.

Representative Lasky, Wards 3,4,6,7,8,9

getting as many people on to health insurance as possible. Representative LeBrun didn’t mention House Bill
124, which was held over from last year. That I’m pleased to report came out of the Ways and Means committee
with a 22-1 on to passed as amended. That will be taken up on the first Wednesday in January.

President McCarthy

And that’s the reduction of aircraft registration?

Representative Jack

Yes, that’s the aircraft registration bill.

President McCarthy

Our lone success story from last term | think.

Alderman-Elect Laws

[Unidentified Representative]

| sit on HHS. One piece of legislation, my Guardianship for Grandparents, the preference on that one. Because
we were first in the country to introduce it, I’m going to Nashville the beginning of December to introduce that
legislation as model legislation for the country.

Representative LeBrun, Ward 5

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Monday, November 20, 2017, at 7:10 p.m. in the
City Hall Auditorium.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch; Alderman Tom Lopez led in the Pledge
to the Flag.

The roll call was taken with 8 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Clemons, Alderman
Cookson, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel, Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness, Alderman Moriarty
were recorded absent.