2026-09-24 - Board of Public Works

00:01Have they got us?

00:03>> Mhm.

00:04>> All right, we're going to call the uh

00:05meeting of the Board of Public Works to

00:06order on September 24th, 2024.

00:10Could you please call the roll?

00:12>> Commissioner Shea.

00:13>> Present.

00:14>> Commissioner London.

00:17Commissioner Espitia.

00:18>> Here.

00:20>> Mayor Dodge.

00:20>> Here.

00:21>> Alderman O'Brien.

00:22>> Present.

00:23>> Alderman Don.

00:26>> Um and um Alderman O'Brien is liaison.

00:30Um All right, so first item is uh the

00:33agenda.

00:34Um

00:35uh Commissioner Shea.

00:38>> I move to approve the agenda as

00:39submitted.

00:41>> All those in favor say I.

00:42>> I.

00:43>> Motion passes.

00:45Next is approving the minutes of the

00:47last meeting. Commissioner Espitia.

00:50>> Move to approve the minutes of the Board

00:52of Public Works meeting of August 27th,

00:542026.

00:55>> All those in favor say I.

00:57>> I.

00:58>> Motion passes.

00:59Public comment. Is there any member of

01:01the public who wants to address the

01:05Board of Public Works?

01:07I'll see anyone. Okay.

01:11Uh we do have the uh

01:13Greeley Park Advisory Committee. Do we

01:15have people from that?

01:16>> Yes.

01:18>> Oh, okay. Um

01:20we have a microphone over there.

01:41>> Do you want to start or do you want me

01:42to?

01:42>> If you'd like to.

01:43>> Okay, sure.

01:44>> Yeah, sure.

01:46>> Um

01:49>> All right, now she should probably move

01:51the mic closer to you so we get you get

01:54um you're on TV, so you know.

01:58>> That was

01:59just a little

02:06>> My name is Kathleen Lodi, and I am a

02:09member of the Greeley Park Advisory

02:12Commission.

02:14Fran Murphy here to my left is the

02:16chairperson, chairman.

02:19And we wanted to come before the

02:21Department of Public Works to

02:23tell you that this is a new commission.

02:27It started this year. We have begun

02:29meeting.

02:31And

02:32so this is really just an introductory

02:35uh

02:37meeting for us to tell you who we are

02:39and what we're doing.

02:41And all of you know

02:45a lot of the history about Greeley Park.

02:47So we've been digging into that a little

02:49bit more. Um

02:51the park is used by many people, not

02:54just Ward 3. I did an informal survey

02:56just the other day and walked through

02:59the park. And and there were people from

03:01other towns using the park, as you all

03:03know.

03:05You are truly the public servants, so

03:07in in taking care of all of our public

03:11facilities and our parks and

03:15this park has an amazing history. And

03:18and what we'd like to do as part of the

03:21commission is make sure that we preserve

03:24it for future generations. Part of that

03:27is going to be um

03:30working on a master plan.

03:32We'd also like to take the opportunity

03:35to start some marketing

03:38on social media about the park.

03:41When you start to dig into who Joseph

03:45Thornton Greeley was, why the park was

03:47given,

03:49there's a lot of fun facts there that

03:50people don't know about the park. So, we

03:53thought we would we would start a

03:55Facebook page for Greeley. Um one of the

03:58other [clears throat] people on the

03:59commission, Allison Gallopo, is going to

04:02work with me on that. And we thought

04:04we'd do some fun facts about the park

04:06because people are interested in it.

04:08It's It's one of our most historic

04:11uh

04:12pieces of land in in the in the city and

04:17we also want it to be able to

04:21inform the public of things that are

04:22going on in the park. So, So, it's not

04:25just left to Parks and Rec or DPW, that

04:29we can be a little bit of a a helping

04:32hand in that matter. For example, if

04:35there are people complaining about the

04:36size of the plots of of uh garden plots,

04:41perhaps the commission can make a

04:43recommendation.

04:45Um perhaps that can then be referred to,

04:47"Okay, well,

04:48uh yes, we understand you'd rather have

04:50a 40 by 60 piece of of land for your

04:53garden, but the commission has

04:54recommended XYZ, and we're going to take

04:58that under advisement, or we're going to

05:00put that um

05:02rule into place for the park." So, we

05:05want to be able to establish um a level

05:08of communication with DPW so that

05:11>> [clears throat]

05:11>> the commission knows when certain

05:13activities are planned in the park or or

05:17things that are going to be done, the

05:18schedule for redoing the pool, for

05:20instance.

05:21Um and we can get that word out on our

05:23social media.

05:25Uh

05:26one of the commission members I just

05:27mentioned, Allison, who will be working

05:29on Facebook,

05:30um

05:31she

05:33she has had um this obsession with the

05:36Stone House and the being the nicest

05:38bathrooms ever

05:41um for a long time. And And she would

05:43like to do a campaign, "Show us your

05:44prom pictures. Show us your wedding

05:46pictures." Things like that. So, maybe I

05:49don't know if it, you know, we'll do a

05:50throwback Thursday or a fun fact Friday,

05:53something like that. But, it's a

05:56fascinating

05:58parcel of land and and we need to take

06:00care of it for future generations and

06:03people sat around a table just like this

06:06in the same positions, you know, I think

06:08it was then called Parks Commission

06:10then.

06:11Um and they debated the same things and

06:14back in the early 1900s after after

06:17Greeley passed and the land um was

06:20deeded to the city through the uh

06:23the stipulations of his will,

06:26there was a lot of issue getting money

06:28to do anything with that parcel. And it

06:31was it was a farm that was

06:34such a part of of the town's history,

06:37the trolley would go up there and stop

06:39at it, people would There was an old tea

06:41house next to it where there's now a

06:43couple million-dollar houses.

06:45Um

06:46so, the people used the park from the

06:48very beginning once there was a master

06:51plan in place. Now, there was some rumor

06:55that this the park was actually

06:57uh had something some connection to the

07:00Olmsted

07:01uh

07:02uh

07:03firm uh which was

07:05passed down to Olmsted's sons. I haven't

07:08found any evidence of that, but we are

07:10continuing to dig.

07:12Um

07:15It's ju-

07:17when you get even just a little bit west

07:19of here, there are parks that do not

07:21have this kind of history. So, that big

07:23giant boulder that's on the knoll that

07:26right now is surrounded by trees that

07:28nobody can see. Um when you go back

07:31through the

07:32through the issues of the Nashua

07:34Telegraph in the 1800s, the people were

07:37fascinated by it then.

07:39And they lugged this it There was one of

07:43the citizens who paid to get an 8-ton

07:46boulder and how they got it up that

07:48knoll

07:49with horses is amazing to me, but they

07:52wanted to mark where there's a burial

07:54ground. People have been fascinated with

07:55that for hundreds of years. So, they

07:58think that there are the last body was

08:00buried there in the early 1800s and

08:02there are people from the 16 and 1700s

08:04possibly buried there. Somewhere in the

08:07realm between 90 and 120 souls from what

08:10I've been able to dig up.

08:12So again, these are all amazing

08:14historical facts and they're kind of

08:15being hidden in the park. So,

08:18what the commission would like to do is

08:21be part of working on a master plan for

08:24the park so that we can preserve it so

08:26that

08:27if we need to

08:29plant some more trees or or

08:32or things need to be adjusted for safety

08:35purposes or you know, if you're on

08:38Manchester Street, you don't know unless

08:40you're probably in this room, you don't

08:42know that you can go from Manchester

08:43Street to the Merrimack River

08:46through the park.

08:47And we would just like to be part of

08:53the discussions with DPW about the park

08:56and

08:58part of the master planning with

09:00Director Sullivan.

09:02And you will start to see some of our

09:05social media campaign and anytime that

09:08we can partner with you on anything, we

09:10would like to do so.

09:12So, that is really just what I wanted to

09:13say today.

09:14>> Well, thank you very much for all your

09:16efforts. Back in going back to the

09:18beginning, you were talking about how

09:19many people do visit the park. We do

09:21have this Place or AI service which

09:25uses cell phone data to determine how

09:27many people have been in a particular

09:28area during a particular time.

09:31And we either reviewed Greeley for 20

09:34the calendar year 24 or 25. I can't

09:37remember which, but we can renew this.

09:40It was 90,000 visits.

09:43And you can determine

09:45um

09:46where the people came from.

09:48Uh And from Nashua, yeah, there were a

09:50lot from the you know, the 03064

09:52[clears throat]

09:53zip code or area zip code. You can tell

09:56from what zip code they come. But they

09:58were from all over Nashua and a lot of

10:00people from out of from out of out of

10:02Nashua, out of state as you've already

10:04said. So

10:05>> Mhm.

10:05>> Um you know, we can get that

10:08renewed very easily.

10:11Uh which I will you know, get take care

10:13of, but you know, you're right that many

10:15many people

10:17are visiting there every year. It

10:19compared with

10:21the same review showed 60,000 people at

10:24um

10:26at uh Mine Falls and 60,000 as well at

10:29uh Roby Park.

10:31>> Mhm.

10:31>> Um so obviously we're getting a lot of

10:34people at Greeley.

10:36>> And I think you can all agree each of

10:38our parks has has a different sort of

10:40personality, a different flavor.

10:43And Greeley Park it is for gathering.

10:47There are there are people that gather

10:48there for a multitude of reasons, family

10:51events every

10:53every day. Um

10:55senior citizens in their lawn chairs

10:57enjoying just a beautiful day out. It

11:00it's

11:02it's it's a different park than than

11:04anything else and and it's extremely

11:06historical. So we definitely want to

11:08make sure that the public

11:10um knows more about that history because

11:14I I am just an average person and the

11:16more I started digging into it, it was

11:18truly fascinating. Um and all the

11:21connections that the Greeley family has

11:24to Nashua in the area, the wars that

11:27they served in, the

11:29um companies that they they served on

11:33and ran are fascinating. So, I think

11:35other people will find that fascinating,

11:37too. And our hope is that with

11:40with that sort of marketing campaign,

11:43we will then be able to generate some

11:46public interest when it does come time

11:49to do a little bit of planning for the

11:50park and and keeping up some of the

11:53necessary work that needs to happen

11:55there.

11:56>> All right. Do the commissioners have any

11:59questions or comments

12:02Um first, thank you for your love for

12:04Greeley Park and and for

12:08watching over it and wanting to

12:09celebrate it and celebrating it.

12:12Um the uh

12:15there's absolutely a lot of fascinating

12:16history there. At at one point, I did

12:19some um lidar scans of the park just to

12:22see like what what was out there. And

12:24there's some old building foundations, I

12:26understand. And um and lots of

12:28fascinating little things.

12:30Um have you come across the they used to

12:34do like I want to say in like

12:3619 like the 19 teens, they used to do

12:39like like late night celebrations out

12:42there with like a bonfire and dancing

12:44and all sorts of things.

12:46Um

12:46very very fascinating stuff.

12:49Um and um

12:53and and it's it's a beautiful space.

12:55The the boulder is is very interesting,

12:58too. Do you have the names of the people

13:00that are are out there

13:02that have been

13:03>> So, when most of the people that were

13:05buried there, um

13:08uh were buried

13:09the records are probably

13:11with Dunstable. It wasn't Nashua then.

13:15Um but a man named Ira Harris, who

13:19worked at Indian Head Bank, um some of

13:22his ancestors were buried there. And I

13:25believe in the 19 teens, I want to say

13:27it was 1915 or so, he was the one that

13:31paid to have the boulder there

13:34to commemorate all of the souls that

13:36were buried there

13:38because they were some of the first

13:39settlers in

13:41in Nashua and what I read in the paper

13:44was that it was the first burial ground

13:47north of the Nashua River.

13:49Now,

13:51at the time that those people were

13:52buried there, they were the graves were

13:54only marked with with stones and uh

13:59uh that were not gravestones, just

14:01literal just rocks head and toe. And uh

14:07one of the military units used to have

14:10their drills at the park went back when

14:13it was Greeley Farm and at one point

14:16they were they were doing some they I

14:18don't know, they were camping there for

14:20a certain amount of time and they took

14:22all the stones and used them uh for

14:25their oven and their fire. So, so people

14:29got really upset that those graves were

14:31being

14:33um disturbed. There were tenant farmers

14:36before it became the park.

14:38Um so, so some of the bodies actually

14:40got tugged up. Um but most of them are

14:43buried on that knoll and beneath it.

14:46>> And and I I didn't know that that was

14:48the nature of the stone. It's not very

14:50clear based on the plaque that that's

14:52what it's there for.

14:53>> Right.

14:53>> And um

14:54if if

14:56you know, whe- whether it be a plaque um

14:58with names if those are available

15:01um or or some other signifier with with

15:04information for people to know about the

15:06history of that space, that would be

15:08really nice, too. That's that's

15:10>> We are definitely looking into that um

15:13and a lot of people on the commission

15:14have ties into the historical society

15:17uh and other um avenues to kind of get

15:20this data. So, we're working on that.

15:22And that's what we like to uh

15:24communicate through social media

15:26just to continue public interest in the

15:28park with the hope of of us having a

15:32plan

15:33for keeping it up for future

15:35generations.

15:36Um one quick other interesting fact I

15:39found out um

15:40there was a judge I I forgot his last

15:43name, Clyde something. And he at one

15:46point in the 19

15:5011

15:521911 to I think it was 1920 in that time

15:55frame. He talked about getting together

15:58with people in Hudson building a bridge

16:01from Greeley over to Hudson where they

16:03were going to build a horse track cuz

16:07they wanted to rival what was going

16:08being built down in Boston. And and it

16:11was the intention to have this whole big

16:13entertainment complex there. So,

16:17it's just interesting what over time

16:19people thought that they would want to

16:21do with the park and what it actually,

16:23you know, came to be. So, there were

16:26I I think other people will find that

16:27interesting. So,

16:28>> Yeah, I wonder if those those bridge

16:30pillars that are out there, I think

16:31those are kind of in line with Greeley.

16:33I'm not 100%. There's there's two old

16:35bridge pillars just south of the bridge

16:38across the Hudson. Um and it and it

16:41seems like they might be at about that

16:43point. But um

16:44I don't know. I don't want to get too

16:45far ahead of myself. But um I I always I

16:48I see those. I go out there on a boat

16:50sometimes with a friend. Um

16:52we live over by the the boat ramp and um

16:56I'm down there all the time just

16:58checking out the river and enjoying the

16:59woods and

17:01um but sometimes out on the water and I

17:04see those pillars and I wonder if if

17:05something pedestrian something someday

17:08might might be possible for that. But

17:11but anyway, that that's um

17:13way far down the road if if ever. But um

17:16but anyway, thank you

17:17Um for for what you're doing and thank

17:19you for coming to share with us today.

17:21>> Sure, I do well I want to also thank um

17:23Superintendent Conant and Director

17:25Photo. They've been part of our

17:27commission and um I just appreciate

17:30their involvement and

17:32and communication. So, we'd like to

17:33foster continued communication with

17:36Parks and Rec.

17:37and DPW. Thank you.

17:39>> Commissioner speak to you.

17:40>> I'm very excited about the post for

17:43uh

17:44the the bathroom because

17:46>> [laughter]

17:46>> yeah, the number of folks I've seen take

17:48photos there. I took my wedding

17:50invitation photos there with my wife.

17:51So, you know, it's a whole very

17:54>> Well, that's great. We would like to

17:54feature your photo.

17:56>> It's I mean it's great. It was during

17:57COVID, too. So, that was that was fun.

17:59Uh so, the park was really empty. Um but

18:02yeah, I um I think I've

18:05the number of the the amount of

18:07programming that's been done at that

18:10park, I think 100% you guys encapsulated

18:13it when you say that it is a meeting

18:15space.

18:17So, I very would love to see the idea of

18:20y'all being court having having it have

18:23a master plan and you know, making sure

18:25it continues to be fostered as a place

18:27where people can meet.

18:29>> Excellent. Thank you.

18:33>> All right. Well, thanks for coming in

18:34and updating us. If you need anything,

18:37you can always come back.

18:39>> Thank you very much.

18:40>> All right.

18:44All right. We'll now go to uh

18:47Board of Alderman referrals.

18:49Um

18:50first being item A, Commissioner Shay.

18:53>> Uh I move to approve the borrowing of an

18:56additional $345,000

18:59from the clean clean water state

19:01revolving fund for the Fourth Hills

19:03Landfill

19:04uh PFAS leachate removal and destruction

19:08pilot test program.

19:10>> Any discussion?

19:13All those in favor of the motion say I.

19:15>> I.

19:16>> Motion passes.

19:17Item B, Commissioner Espitia.

19:21>> R26-59,

19:22authorizing the mayor and city treasurer

19:24to borrow an amount not to exceed $3

19:26million through the insurance issuance

19:28of bonds and or loan through the New

19:31Hampshire Department of

19:32Environmental Services State Revolving

19:35Loan Fund for the Wastewater Treatment

19:37Plant Phase 1 Upgrades Project.

19:41>> Discussion?

19:43All those in favor say I.

19:45>> I.

19:46>> Motion passes.

19:48Item C, Commissioner Shea.

19:50>> I move to refer authorizing the mayor

19:53and city treasurer to issue bonds not to

19:55exceed $4,275,000

20:00for the city's sewer infrastructure

20:02improvement and sewer and drain casting

20:05replacement programs.

20:09>> All those in favor of the motion say I.

20:12>> I.

20:12>> Motion passes.

20:14Item D, Commissioner

20:16Excuse me, Espitia.

20:18>> Authorizing the mayor and city treasurer

20:21to issue bonds not to exceed $2,550,000

20:27for

20:28various wastewater capital improvements.

20:33>> All those in favor say I.

20:34>> I.

20:35>> Motion passes.

20:37Item E, Commissioner Shea.

20:39>> I move to refer authorizing the mayor

20:41and city treasurer to issue bonds not to

20:44exceed $2,678,828

20:50for the purchase of solid waste capital

20:52equipment.

20:54>> All those in favor say I.

20:56>> I.

20:57>> Motion passes.

20:59Item F, Commissioner Espitia.

21:02>> Authorizing the mayor and city treasurer

21:04to issue bonds not to exceed $2,678,828

21:11for the purchase of solid waste capital

21:14equipment.

21:17All those in favor say I. I. I. Motion

21:20passes.

21:21Item G, Commissioner Shea.

21:27I move to refer authorizing the mayor

21:29and city treasurer to issue bonds not to

21:32exceed

21:33$5,000,000 for the repair and renovation

21:37of two public in-ground swimming pools.

21:44These are desperately needed, by the

21:46way.

21:48All right. All those in favor of the

21:50motion say I. I. I. Motion passes.

21:55Next item 8 H, Commissioner Speightia.

21:59Authorizing the mayor and city treasurer

22:01to issue bonds not to exceed $43,500,000

22:05for the design, construction, and

22:07equipping of a division of public works

22:09garage and fleet maintenance facility.

22:14All those in favor of the motion say I.

22:16I.

22:17Motion passes.

22:19Item I, Commissioner Shea.

22:21I move to refer changing the purpose of

22:24up to $3,183,200

22:29of unexpected bond proceeds from various

22:31division of public works capital

22:33projects to the division of public works

22:36garage and fleet maintenance facility

22:38project.

22:40All those in favor of the motion say I.

22:42I.

22:42Motion passes.

22:44All right, so now we go to the

22:45wastewater department.

22:48Item A,

22:50Commissioner Speightia.

22:52Move to approve the user warrants as

22:53presented.

22:56All those in favor say I. I. Motion

22:58passes.

22:59Item B, Commissioner Shea.

23:03I move to approve the work agreement

23:04with Eversource in an amount not to

23:07exceed 29 million 595

23:10>> 29,000

23:11>> Excuse me. Excuse me.

23:12>> Yeah, thank you.

23:13>> 29,000 $595.02

23:17for the replacement of city-owned

23:20electrical equipment on Eversource owned

23:22poles. Funding will be through

23:24Department 169 wastewater

23:26fund wastewater account classification

23:3081

23:31major capital outlay and improvements.

23:35>> David Bouchey, wastewater

23:36superintendent. Uh the wastewater

23:38facility had been experiencing some

23:40brownouts at the facility. Uh some

23:42during inclement weather.

23:44Uh sometimes not. And so we brought in

23:46Eversource to help us figure out what

23:48the issue was. Uh they did some testing.

23:51They brought in a line crew and

23:52determined it was the equipment

23:54that sits on the telephone poles within

23:56the wastewater plant uh that it was out

23:58of date.

23:59And so they're going to replace it with

24:00uh

24:01stuff that's

24:02more recent.

24:05>> Questions, anyone? Comments?

24:07All those in favor of the motion, say

24:09aye.

24:09>> Aye.

24:10>> Motion passes.

24:12Item C, Commissioner Speight.

24:14>> I move to approve the contract with

24:16Laredo

24:18Building Construction LLC of Plainville,

24:20Connecticut in an amount not to exceed

24:2211 million 692,041.56

24:26cents for the phase one upgrade project.

24:28Funding will be through Department 169

24:30wastewater fund bond activity phase one

24:33upgrade project pending bond approval.

24:36>> David Bouchey, wastewater

24:37superintendent. Uh so this is phase one

24:40of our 20-year facility plan.

24:42Uh it's to renovate and replace

24:45equipment at the wastewater plant uh

24:47through various parts of the plant. Uh

24:49part of the renovations are uh

24:52fixing concrete tanks, cracks in tanks,

24:55uh chlorine bulk storage tanks. We need

24:57some larger tanks at the facility uh, to

25:00hand because uh, we get deliveries in

25:02bulk and the tanks we have are too

25:04small.

25:06Uh, some renovations to our septic

25:07receiving area. We have some replacement

25:10work being done. We have six large

25:12process gates uh, that we have to

25:14provide bypass piping for uh, up to 50

25:17million gallons.

25:19Uh, so this requires a lot of work.

25:21And uh, we also have some two large flow

25:23meters that are on the ground have to be

25:25replaced and some storm water

25:27improvements as well.

25:28Uh, this went out to bid.

25:30Larreiro was the low bidder.

25:32Uh, so we checked their references. Uh,

25:34we even checked the references of the

25:35subcontractors they'll be using on site.

25:37We believe they're capable of doing the

25:39job.

25:41Happy to answer any questions.

25:44>> Commissioner Shea.

25:45>> If if I may, it's it's not uh,

25:48specifically about this. It's um, last

25:51month I had um,

25:52talked about boating

25:54um, down the river. There's kind of a

25:55spot where water bubbles up. Do you know

25:58that spot that I'm talking about?

26:00>> It's probably our discharge from the

26:01wastewater facility.

26:02>> so, yeah. Should should What what's the

26:04nature of that water? Should it have an

26:06odor at times? Um, what what's to be

26:09expected there?

26:11>> Uh, it shouldn't have an odor at times.

26:14Uh, there will be bubbles because of the

26:17the discharge of the outfall. We have to

26:19add air back into the process before it

26:21goes to the river because the last

26:23second to last process there is no air

26:25added and so we're required to meet

26:27those dissolved oxygen limits in our

26:30permit before it goes in. So, you will

26:31see bubbles.

26:33No odor.

26:33>> I I had a report of some odor from a

26:35constituent and and I don't know if it's

26:38just normal stuff or or um,

26:42or what because I you know,

26:44I don't know how old

26:46>> [laughter]

26:46>> Um, but but that might be

26:50good to check in on and and offer an

26:52update just to make sure whatever's

26:55coming out of there

26:56as it should be.

26:57>> yeah, I I recall listening to the last

26:59meeting. I think it's further upstream.

27:01>> Okay.

27:02>> Uh cuz I had uh

27:04assistant superintendent

27:05>> Yeah.

27:06>> here and yeah.

27:07>> the the like a pin for it and send it to

27:10you.

27:10>> Yeah, that'd be great.

27:11>> I think my description of it might have

27:14been a little off. Um it wasn't

27:17um like one of the CSO gates. It was um

27:20where the water kind of comes up and and

27:23the bubbly spot.

27:24>> All right, we can look at that.

27:25>> Okay, thank you.

27:27Um

27:28no no other questions.

27:31>> All those in favor of the motion say I.

27:32>> I.

27:34>> Item D, Commissioner Shea.

27:37>> I move to approve the contract with

27:38Wright-Pierce of Topsham, Maine in an

27:41amount not to exceed

27:44uh

27:45$1,361,000

27:48for construction administration services

27:51for the phase one upgrade project.

27:53Funding will be through department 169

27:55wastewater fund bond activity WWTF

28:00uh phase one upgrade project pending

28:04bond approval.

28:06>> David Boucher, wastewater

28:07superintendent. Uh Wright-Pierce have

28:09been working with us on this project.

28:11They did the preliminary designs.

28:13Uh they also helped us with the 20-year

28:15plan as well. But they did the final

28:17designs as well.

28:18Uh they also worked with the facility on

28:20our last large project which required

28:22bypass pumping. Uh so I feel they're

28:25suited to help us do the oversight of

28:27this project, the phase one project.

28:30Be happy to answer any questions.

28:33Anyone?

28:35All those in favor of the motion say I.

28:37>> I.

28:37>> Motion passes.

28:39>> Thank you.

28:40>> Thank you.

28:40>> Thank you.

28:41>> Thank you, Mr. Boucher. So now we're on

28:43to the engineering department. Um

28:47item A, uh Commissioner Speath.

28:50>> Move to approve the sewer service

28:52permits and fees as submitted.

28:54>> All those in favor say I.

28:56>> I.

28:56>> I.

28:56>> Motion passes.

28:59Item B, Commissioner Shea.

29:01>> I move I I move to approve a drain

29:04layers license for Valor Excavation LLC

29:07of Pelham, New Hampshire in accordance

29:09with Nashua City Code 255-19

29:13and authorize the division of public

29:15works to temporarily suspend the license

29:17if work is found to be unsatisfactory

29:20during an initial 6-month probationary

29:22period.

29:24>> Mr. Hudson.

29:25>> Uh

29:26so this [clears throat] is another drain

29:27layer application. Uh as as usual we

29:29approve it with a

29:31um probationary period. Uh Valor

29:34Excavation applied, references were

29:36checked. Um so we're recommending

29:37approval of this.

29:41>> All those in Well, is there any any

29:42questions? I

29:44All those in favor of the motion say I.

29:46>> I.

29:47>> Motion passes.

29:49Item C, Commissioner Speath.

29:51>> Move to consider the request from

29:52Liberty Utilities to modify the required

29:55moratorium restoration on North

29:57Northeastern Boulevard.

30:00>> Uh so Dan Hudson, city engineer. With us

30:02is uh representative Liberty to speak to

30:04this request.

30:07>> How you doing? Anthony Beaudoin, Liberty

30:08Utilities.

30:09Um we're looking to minimize the limits

30:12of the moratorium restoration on a

30:14stretch of North Eastern Boulevard.

30:16Uh I believe it was in 2024 they were

30:19six weeks in the area on one stretch

30:21we're doing curb-to-curb.

30:23This is a stretch on the west side of

30:25Murphy Drive. Represents about maybe 200

30:27ft of uh

30:29linear footage. There's two patches and

30:31a connection point due to a

30:33recent relay we just did. So I'm just

30:36uh in the past we've had a couple of

30:37times where we've just requested one

30:39lane instead of curb-to-curb. Uh I to

30:42minimize cost if possible. So

30:44I'm looking to just minimize that

30:46stretch to one lane about 150 ft of

30:48milling for moratorium restoration.

30:51>> And what what are you going to do there?

30:53>> Say that again.

30:54>> What are you going to do in that 150 ft

30:56>> In that 150 ft we've

30:58there's two patches that we've done the

31:01standard cutbacks I believe on but due

31:03to the fact that those were

31:05dug on the time when the street was on

31:08the moratorium we need to perform the

31:10moratorium 25 you know restoration 25 ft

31:13both directions. I'm just looking to

31:14mill one lane instead of curb to curb.

31:17So basically edge of road to center line

31:19of road.

31:21>> All right, any

31:22questions, discussion?

31:25>> Um yeah, engineer Hudson is this

31:27right fine?

31:28>> Yeah, this we're in favor of this. I

31:30mean what they're doing there there's a

31:31section where they're doing curb to curb

31:34and they're in some areas they're doing

31:36maybe more length than they would

31:37otherwise just so that we don't have

31:38individual patches curb to curb and then

31:40a gap between them. So they're kind of

31:42tying a bunch of spots together which is

31:44good.

31:45And they are these were just on one side

31:47of the road so it makes sense to in a

31:51fairly wide road like Northeastern

31:52Boulevard to just mill to the center

31:54line so we don't you know cut into a

31:56road that otherwise wasn't disturbed and

31:58and should should last.

31:59>> Okay.

32:00Thank you.

32:01>> You're welcome.

32:03>> All right, all those in favor of the

32:05excuse [clears throat] me all those in

32:06favor of the motion say I.

32:07>> I.

32:08>> Motion passes.

32:10>> Thank you very much.

32:10>> Thank you. Item D is an informational

32:13item regarding street opening permits.

32:17If there are no questions we will then

32:19move on to administration.

32:21And we're going to receive the

32:23director's report.

32:24>> Director's report.

32:27Ready mayor?

32:29>> Mhm.

32:32>> Okay. Can you make it into like the

32:34whole

32:36picture?

32:38Is it

32:45>> [clears throat]

32:48>> I think sorry.

32:55I

32:56we can go like this. We're good.

32:59As long as it flips there. All righty.

33:02Here we have CWS installing guardrail on

33:05Tinker Road on August 26th.

33:10Sunshine Paving replacing curb, ramps,

33:13and sidewalk and street department

33:14installing rectangular rapid flashing

33:16beacons at the Led Street Elementary on

33:18August 24th.

33:22RWC constructing curb and drainage as

33:24part of the 2026 sewer and drain project

33:27on Middle Dunstable Road and Liam Road

33:29on September 8th.

33:32Sunshine Paving

33:34installing drainage adjacent to the Led

33:36Street School on July 20th.

33:40Going on to the street department, the

33:41street department crew demolished the

33:43upper parking lot of the Roby Park due

33:45to its poor condition due to subsurface

33:49degradation, the lot was subsequently

33:51repaved as part of the improvements to

33:53Roby Park. Parking lot received new

33:55pavement striping completed by our

33:57traffic crew.

33:58>> I just want to interrupt you.

33:59>> Yes.

34:00>> To say thank you for that.

34:02So so for sledding

34:04it is it is

34:06we've been down there a couple times and

34:07have people get stuck and you got people

34:09pushing people in and out of the parking

34:10lot and um just to have that all tuned

34:13up is like

34:15that's great. So thank you.

34:16>> We're ready for a busy winter.

34:18>> Yeah.

34:21>> Uh the stage wall at Los Amigos

34:23exhibited significant deterioration and

34:26the failure involving both the brick

34:27face and the underlying concrete masonry

34:29block. The street department crew

34:31removed field masonry repaired

34:32underlying block wall, and reconstructed

34:36the brick face.

34:38On to Lund Road, an emergency repair was

34:40performed by the street department on a

34:41catch basin located in the middle of the

34:43intersection near Bishop Gurton High

34:45School. The crew identified a broken

34:48lateral connection that was affecting

34:50proper drainage and required immediate

34:52repair. The repair was completed to

34:53restore proper drainage and address the

34:55damaged infrastructure in the

34:57intersection.

34:59King Street

35:00Work was performed to address a sinkhole

35:02on King Street caused by the failure of

35:03an existing brick drainage structure.

35:05The failed structure was excavated and

35:07removed to allow for proper

35:09reconstruction. The street department

35:11completed the necessary excavation,

35:13structural repairs, and pipe replacement

35:14to restore the system to proper working

35:16condition.

35:18Glen Drive

35:20Repair work was performed to address a

35:21sinkhole at Glen Drive. During the

35:23investigation, the crew identified a

35:25broken pipe connection at the manhole

35:27that was contributing to the failure of

35:28the surrounding area. Several members of

35:30the street department completed repairs

35:32that corrected the drainage issue and

35:33restored the affected infrastructure to

35:35a safe and functional condition.

35:39And here we are preparing for snow

35:40operations.

35:42Um the fleet department has started

35:43preparing for all winter operations,

35:45which included getting plow trucks

35:46mounted, checking brine system

35:48operations, and calibration safety

35:50checks and greasing. Um the further

35:53picture to the right was rebuilding from

35:55axle on a tractor used for fall and

35:57winter cleanups.

36:00Tree work, the parks department cut back

36:02limbs that were hitting the CNG tank on

36:04top of the solid waste department trash

36:07trucks.

36:10Some infield renovations, parks

36:12department is currently renovating base

36:13field and softball infields. This

36:15involves edging around the entire skin

36:17and adding new infield material to make

36:19the playing surface as level. The

36:21department recently took shipment of the

36:23ABI infield machine, which has laser

36:26grading capabilities. The machine will

36:28really enhance the results we can

36:30achieve renovating the infields. The

36:32work started in the first week of

36:34September and will enhance the playing

36:35experience for players.

36:38Parks Department took part in some

36:40training on the new ABI infield machine.

36:45Parks Department fixed the bridge

36:46flooring in the mine falls near the mill

36:48pond.

36:51Recreation um hosted our Wheels and

36:54Wings, which was held at the National

36:55Airport field on Saturday, September

36:5719th from 10:00 to 2:00. Weather

37:00cooperated, they had a great day, great

37:02crowd. Nearly 3,000 of people attended

37:04this event. In addition to planes,

37:06trucks, cars, and helicopters, they

37:08collected donations for End 68 hours of

37:11hunger and had a few food trucks there

37:13for those that worked up a hunger with

37:15all the fun.

37:17Next big event is the Halloween Boo Bash

37:20on Saturday, October 17th at Greeley

37:22Park. Activities will include trick or

37:25treat, tractor hayride, haunted house,

37:27pumpkin decorating, meet and greet, and

37:29more.

37:32Biddy basketball registration is

37:33underway. It opened on September 1st.

37:35Registration for junior biddy and biddy

37:37levels end September 30th. Bantam level

37:40ends October 31st.

37:43The next big recreation trip trip will

37:46be the very popular New York City

37:47holiday trip on Saturday, December 12th.

37:4912th. The trip offers transportation for

37:52the opportunity spend the day in New

37:53York

37:54to see the holiday decorations, enjoy

37:56the museums and attractions, and also

37:58sample the great food options.

38:00Registration is now open on RecDesk for

38:02this trip and the cost is $95 per

38:05person.

38:07Wastewater, the loading dock deck at the

38:09wastewater treatment facility was

38:10sandblasted to remove dirt build up and

38:12old coating in preparation for applying

38:14a fresh coat of paint.

38:18Solid waste, um we have curbside

38:20collection of oversized items and

38:21appliances will be end be ending for the

38:23season. The last date to request a

38:25pickup will be Friday, October 16th, and

38:28the collection will be ending on Friday,

38:29October 23rd.

38:33Back to wastewater, catch basin number

38:351278 located at 27 Elm Street required

38:38cleaning. The catch basin has

38:42a hood installed and was plugged.

38:43Cleaning was necessary to restore proper

38:45storm drainage and help prevent flooding

38:48in the area.

38:50And the Four Hills Landfill will be

38:52closed on Monday, October 12th in

38:53observance of Columbus Day. Curbside

38:55collection will be delayed one day.

38:58Thank you.

39:02>> All right. Um any questions or anything

39:04for

39:07regarding the director's report?

39:09>> No, thank you, sir.

39:10>> I wanted to say thank you to the folks

39:13at Parks and Rec and everyone and

39:15honestly all of uh

39:18all of public works that put together

39:20Wings and Wheels. That is how I usually

39:23feel like my fall is coming is is that

39:26event. Um it is and I've heard that it's

39:29some people's Super Bowl.

39:30Um

39:31but I my child had had a blast. Uh we

39:34had friends who came over and they had a

39:36great time, too. It was well organized

39:38and I thought a lot of families were

39:40able to go and uh enjoy themselves. So I

39:44pre- I always appreciate the work that

39:46uh public works uh public works does

39:48um and especially the programming from

39:51um

39:51the Parks and Rec Department. So

39:53uh wanted to say shout-out to them cuz

39:56it was it was a it was a good time. Um

39:59and

40:01I think that's it. And that's that's

40:03what I've got so far.

40:06>> And I'd like to update

40:08>> Yeah, thank you so much. Um I'd like to

40:10update everybody on the progress of the

40:13the Holman Stadium Activation Committee.

40:16Um we're meeting again next Wednesday at

40:19Holman Stadium. Um, we had a a good trip

40:23out. Um, thank you to Superintendent

40:25Conan and everybody who came out. Uh,

40:27he's gone now, but everybody who came

40:28out um, to Holman. Um, I know he had an

40:32especially late day at Greeley Park uh,

40:35commission and then joined us out at the

40:37stadium. Um, but we got out there uh,

40:41with a projector uh, which was donated

40:43by Great American Downtown and to the

40:46uh, recreation department. And it's uh,

40:49projector that's been used to do

40:51building projections like at uh, the

40:54Holiday Stroll. And we went out and did

40:56a test on the the batter's eye uh, which

41:00is the big uh, open space at center

41:02field. And it it looks really good even

41:05on uh, the the dark green paint. Uh, so

41:09we're working with um,

41:11um,

41:12Parks and Recreation on getting a screen

41:15for that space. Um, to be able to do

41:18movie screenings. We were looking to

41:21maybe do a pilot one this fall, but I

41:23think at at this stage um, it's it's

41:26going to be in the spring time. Um, and

41:29we'll come back [clears throat]

41:30to to the the Board of Public Works to

41:33kind of update on that and um, if if

41:35necessary get approvals. Um, but it's it

41:39it it's going to look really good and

41:43um,

41:44so that's one piece and then at this

41:48month's meeting uh, we've progressively

41:50been discussing different ideas. Um,

41:54are you enthused about the idea of if we

41:56if we can figure out how to do it and be

41:59mindful of the turf um,

42:01of uh, skating rink? Maybe?

42:03>> I'm enthusiastic about anything you can

42:05do. Yes, I'm enthusiastic about that.

42:07Yes.

42:08>> Yeah, so so Lizette mentioned that you

42:09were talking about that um,

42:12uh, from economic development and, um,

42:14and and so we've been talking about that

42:16idea. And uh, possibly uh, concerts and

42:21and so we'll be working on

42:24uh,

42:25kind of breaking the group out into, uh,

42:28like subgroups to just go and and

42:30independently research and then bring it

42:32back. And then, uh, we'll bring it back

42:34here and continue the conversation. Uh,

42:37there's a lot of lot lot of opportunity,

42:39a lot of great baseball and and other

42:41things happening there.

42:43Uh, and we can we can do some more

42:45exciting stuff.

42:46>> Well, skating would be great.

42:48>> Yes.

42:49>> As far as the screen, uh, you should

42:51connect with uh, Liz Hannam because you

42:54I I don't know if you saw, um,

42:56that

42:57we, uh, showed the, um,

43:00>> Yes.

43:01>> the World Cup at the park there at, um,

43:03the Renaissance Park.

43:05It may be possible to buy a screen like

43:08that. Now, it's not cheap, but we could

43:10use some, um,

43:12some of the TIF funds, maybe some public

43:14works money.

43:15>> Yeah, so so for we looked at the

43:17dimensions of that and I I want to say

43:21that that screen is, um,

43:26I want to say

43:27it's it's something like 18 ft wide,

43:31which is, in terms of the scale of that

43:33space, really excellent for for doing

43:35movies and things in that space.

43:37For the stadium,

43:39um,

43:40that that may be

43:43a a good thing. Um,

43:46but the, um, the size of it, um, I want

43:51to say to purchase that one was like a

43:52hundred and uh, hundred and twenty,

43:55roughly. Um, but if we were to get one

43:58that would be comparable in size to what

44:00we can project, which I want to say is

44:0238 ft wide, it would be something like

44:06like 380,000.

44:07>> All right, so you you're looking at a

44:08bigger screen.

44:09>> Yeah,

44:09>> Yeah. and and but but I think

44:12our family went to the soccer game and

44:14that was that was very cool.

44:17And

44:18but yeah, and and there might be some

44:20some opportunities to use that at home

44:21and too, I don't know.

44:23>> All right, well, thank you for um

44:25doing all that.

44:26>> Yeah, thank you.

44:29>> All right, any other commissioner's

44:30comments?

44:35All right, well, if not, uh thank you

44:38and we will go on to um personnel.

44:42Item A, Commissioner Shea.

44:44>> I move by roll call that the board go

44:46into non-public session pursuant to RSA

44:5091-A

44:522B, the hiring of any person as a public

44:55>> But now, before we get to that, we've

44:57got the um items A and B.

45:00>> Oh, on the the agenda itself.

45:03Um so, I move to approve and unseal the

45:06non-public minutes for personnel from

45:08the Board of Public Works meeting of

45:10August 27th, 2026.

45:13>> All those in favor, say I.

45:16Uh motion passes. Uh item B,

45:18Commissioner Spitia.

45:20>> Move to accept the resignation of

45:22Michael Duby [clears throat] Jr., Parks,

45:24effective September 18th, 2026.

45:27>> All those in favor, say I.

45:29>> I.

45:29>> Motion passes.

45:31So, now we will go to the non-public

45:33session, Commissioner Shea.

45:35>> Do we have a non-public?

45:37>> Yeah, we do.

45:41So, it's

45:41>> Okay, good, good.

45:43Um all right, so I I move by roll call

45:46that the board go into non-public

45:48session pursuant to RSA 91-A 3-2B,

45:54the hiring of any person as a public

45:56employee.

45:59>> Um okay, we need a roll call. Please

46:01call the roll.

46:04>> Commissioner Shea?

46:06>> Yes.

46:11Yes.

46:13>> Yes.

46:14All right, so that motion passes and we

46:16are going to go into non-public session.

46:21>> I move by roll call to seal the minutes

46:23of the Board of Public Works personnel

46:25non-public meeting for September 24th,

46:282026 until such time as the majority of

46:31the board votes that the purpose of the

46:32confidentiality would no longer be

46:34served.

46:38>> All right.

46:39>> Commissioner Shea?

46:40>> Yes.

46:45Yes.

46:47>> Uh yes, and that motion passes.

46:51And now I believe adjournment is in

46:53order, Commissioner Shea.

46:55>> I move to adjourn.

46:56>> All those in favor say I.

46:58>> I.

46:59>> Motion passes and the meeting of the

47:01Board of Public Works is adjourned at

47:03uh 5:50 4:50 p.m.