Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee

PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OCTOBER 14, 2010 A meeting of the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee was held on Thursday, October 10, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber. Chairman Ben Clemons presided. Members of the Committee present: Alderman Paul M. Chasse, Jr. Alderman Richard P. Flynn Members Not in Attendance: Alderman Kathy Vitale, Vice Chair Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Also in Attendance: Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane Chair Clemons As the mayor is not here, I would entertain a motion to suspend the rules to go out of order on the agenda. MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO GO OUT OF ORDER MOTION CARRIED UNFINISHED BUSINESS – ORDINANCES O-10-29 Endorser: Alderman Diane Sheehan PERMITTING AMPLIFIED SOUND IN GREELEY PARK WITH A DECIBEL LEVEL LIMITATION • Re-Referred to Committee - 9/15/10 MOTION BY ALDERMAN FLYNN TO TABLE O-10-29 MOTION CARRIED NEW BUSINESS - RESOLUTIONS R-10-60 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane Alderman-at-Large Mark S. Cookson Alderman Richard P. Flynn Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Kathy Vitale PROVIDING FOR A REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE MERIT PLAN • Also assigned to the Budget Review Committee; Tabled 10/4/10 Chair Clemons I intend to schedule a joint meeting with the Budget Review Committee hopefully sometime in November. The mayor also is working on a draft proposal, if you will, so it might be good to table this this evening unless there’s some discussion. Personnel – 10/14/10 Page 2 Alderman Deane When I had little e-mailing with you on trying to coordinate a date, am I going to be running the meeting or are you going to be running the meeting? How do you want to work that? Chair Clemons I’ll let you run the meeting that evening. Alderman Deane Okay. What I’ll do is I’ll contact the mayor’s office and see what the mayor’s timeline is for the proposals that she may have. In the meantime what I have is I have a copy of, I believe it was O-07-145, which is a 14-page resolution that we did all the work on. What I can do is I will forward it to everybody on the two committees. Then I’ll ask Sue to print out copies of it. This is the legislation that was approved. I probably won’t have her dump it in everybody ‘s packet until like a week prior so people don’t lose it or misplace it. It will give them some time to focus on it. The meeting will probably be sometime in mid-November. Chair Clemons Right. Alderman Deane We’ll work a date out and make sure that we can get the quorum of the two committees. Thank you. MOTION BY ALDERMAN FLYNN TO TABLE R-10-60 MOTION CARRIED NEW BUSINESS – ORDINANCES O-10-32 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly RELATIVE TO ALDERMANIC REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS Chair Clemons Alderman Pressly could not be here this evening. She did ask that we table this. MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO TABLE O-10-32 MOTION CARRIED Personnel – 10/14/10 Page 3 O-10-36 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Mark S. Cookson Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Richard LaRose Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman Jeffrey T. Cox Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Richard P. Flynn Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane ESTABLISHING A NASHUA ARTS COMMISSION Chair Clemons Alderman Cookson did say that he would not be able to attend this evening. He did ask we try to move this forward. Alderman Chasse I would like to make a motion to table. If Alderman Cookson is the prime endorser, I would prefer to have him down here in committee to discuss this versus having it at the full board. MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO TABLE MOTION CARRIED Chair Clemons We have a number of ordinances tabled in committee. I don’t think there’s any need to take those up. That brings us back to the regular order of business, which is interviews. Alderman Chasse Do we have to make that in a motion? Chair Clemons I don’t think so. I think we just go as reverse back. INTERVIEWS Conservation Commission Suzanne Harvey, Alternate (New Appointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2013 Personnel – 10/14/10 Page 4 Chair Clemons You’re the new appointment for the Conservation Commission, as an alternate. If you would like to take some time to introduce yourself and just tell a little bit about your background and why you would like to be on the commission. Suzanne Harvey, Nashua, Ward 2. For the last six years I’ve been a state representative from Ward 2. For the last four years, I’ve served as vice chair of the Science, Technology and Energy Committee in the House. I’m also a member of the Green Team since its inception, and like to think that I had something to do with it actually getting started. I was the chair of the first few energy fairs that the Green Team sponsored in Greeley Park. My interest in the environment is balanced with my interest in economic development, both for the state and for Nashua. Things like the technology park excites me. I hope it’s very successful. I think there’s a fine balance that people have to keep in mind between preserving land, obviously for not only us today, but for our kids and their kids and so forth, and also allowing smart development. We have a crowded city, but we also have a jewel in our city called Mine Falls Park. I consider it our jewel, and thank goodness people had the foresight to keep it as it is. I’ve been following a few things that the conservation commission is doing. For instance, the Terrell property. I think that’s really exciting. I also know that the commission often gets a lot of private people coming to them and saying I want to improve my home and it happens to be on wetlands or something that has to do with the commission. I think we really have to honor that as long as it’s a smart plan. So my interest is, number one, I have the time and interest to serve. I certainly have been doing that up in Concord. I just think this extension of dealing with the subject matter of the commission is a good balance to what my other interests are with renewable energy, the grid and so forth. Thank you very much. Chair Clemons I know that you are on the Green Team currently. Would you be staying on that and being an alternate on the Conservation Commission as well? Suzanne Harvey I don’t see a conflict, unless someone else does. I don’t see a conflict. With the Green Team, they meet on Thursdays, like 3:30 p.m. if I’m not in Concord. If I’m in Concord obviously I can’t make it. So I come when I can and also represent the state and bring information about what we’re doing up there that’s relevant. Chair Clemons I actually think it’s a good complement whereas you’re going on to the commission as an alternate member, I think that makes a lot of sense. Certainly you have a great record here in Nashua and also up at the State House. I think it’s a very good fit. Alderman Deane I don’t have any questions. You’re running for re-election again right? So we won’t know until sometime on the 2nd of November. It will probably be interesting to have an individual that’s sort of a conduit between the Conservation Commission and the legislation that’s going on up in Concord and what net effect it may have to the city. That’s kind of a positive impact to both the committees you serve one. The Conservation Commission is a very interesting group of people. They hear the pleas from a lot of folks. I wish you well. Personnel – 10/14/10 Page 5 Suzanne Harvey Thank you. Chair Clemons Mayor, would you like to say a few words? Mayor Lozeau Thank you. First my sincere apology, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee and Representative Harvey. As I told Representative Harvey today, I did have a ribbon-cutting. I thought I’d make it. I’m a little out of breath from running up the stairs. Anyway, I’m sure that you have had the opportunity to talk to Representative Havey… Chair Clemons Yes. Mayor Lozeau … and sees what she brings to the table. I’m thrilled that she was interested and willing to volunteer, and I know that she will be a perspective that’s valuable. Thank you. Chair Clemons I think we’re ready at this point, unless there’s anybody in the public that would like to comment this evening on anything? Then I think we’re ready to move for the appointment. Alderman Chasse Communications first? We didn’t do any of that. COMMUNICATIONS – None PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT – None APPLICATION TO LICENSE HAWKER'S, PEDDLER'S, ITINERANT VENDOR'S LICENSE - None APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR Business & Industrial Development Authority Carl Andrade (Re-Appointment) Term To Expire: September 13, 2013 10 Clydesdale Circle Nashua, NH 03062 Conservation Commission Suzanne Harvey, Alternate (New Appointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2013 8 Crawford Lane Nashua, NH 03063 Personnel – 10/14/10 Page 6 MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO RECOMMEND THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CARL ANDRADE TO THE BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF SUZANNE HARVEY AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION MOTION CARRIED UNFINISHED BUSINESS – RESOLUTIONS – None TABLED IN COMMITTEE O-10-19 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly RELATIVE TO RESUMES OF DIVISION DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS ON THE CITY OF NASHUA’S WEBSITE • Tabled 7/8/10 O-10-23 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly ESTABLISHING AN OMBUDSMAN FOR THE CITY OF NASHUA AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $60,000 FROM ACCOUNT 591-86005 “FY2011 GENERAL CONTINGENCY” INTO ACCOUNT 501-53 “MAYOR’S OFFICE – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES” • Also assigned to Budget Review Committee; Tabled 8/5/10 • Tabled 8/12/10 DISCUSSION POSSIBLE NON-PUBLIC SESSION ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO ADJOURN MOTION CARRIED The meeting was declared closed at 7:13 p.m. Alderman Paul Chasse Committee Clerk, Pro Tem