2026-10-22 - Board of Public Works

01:06All right, calling the meeting of the

01:08Board of Public Works on Thursday,

01:10October 22nd, 2026 at

01:134:00 p.m.

01:14to order.

01:16Call the roll, please.

01:19>> Commissioner Lemon.

01:20>> Here.

01:21>> Commissioner Greg.

01:22>> Here.

01:23>> Commissioner Spezia.

01:24>> Here.

01:25>> And Commissioner Shea is not here yet

01:27and Mayor Donchess is out of the city.

01:30And we have Alderman O'Brien and

01:32Alderman Dunn.

01:36>> Um first thing I want to note is that we

01:38have a lot of things to cover. So,

01:40let's let's get to it. So,

01:43item two.

01:45Uh Commissioner Spezia.

01:47>> Move to approve the agenda submitted.

01:50>> All those in favor, say I.

01:51>> I.

01:53>> Motion passed.

01:55Item three. Commissioner Lemon.

01:57>> I move to approve the minutes of the

01:59Board of Public Works meeting of

02:01September 24th, 2026.

02:04Okay, all those in favor say I.

02:05>> I.

02:06>> I.

02:07>> Motion passes.

02:09Public comments, is there anybody from

02:10the public that would like to speak?

02:16Okay.

02:18Not seeing any public comments, so we

02:20should be good to move on.

02:23All right,

02:25item

02:26item A under five, Commissioner Spitia.

02:32>> Board of Alderman referral authorizing

02:34the SR 26062 authorizing the mayor and

02:39city treasurer to issue bonds not to

02:40exceed

02:42$2 million for various improvements at

02:44the solid waste department for Hills

02:46Landfill.

02:49>> Okay.

02:50Opening up to questions, nothing?

02:53All those in favor say I.

02:55>> I.

02:56>> I.

02:57Motion passes.

02:59Okay, first up is the wastewater

03:01department, Commissioner Lemon.

03:04You could read first motion.

03:06>> Sure, I move to approve the user

03:08warrants as presented.

03:11>> Okay, discussion.

03:13All those in favor say I.

03:14>> I.

03:14>> I.

03:15>> Motion passes.

03:17Motion B, Commissioner Spitia.

03:19>> Move to approve the contract with Hazen

03:21and Sawyer of Boston, Massachusetts in

03:23an amount not to exceed $108,871.66

03:28for a toxicity identification and

03:30reduction evaluation for the effluent at

03:33the wastewater treatment facility.

03:36Funding will be through Department 169,

03:37wastewater fund, wastewater activity

03:39inflow and infiltration.

03:42>> Thank you, Dave Boucher, wastewater

03:43superintendent.

03:46So, the wastewater facility is required

03:48to do whole effluent toxicity sampling

03:51periodically under our EPA issued

03:54permit. Uh

03:56because we've failed multiple times, uh

03:59the new permit that got issued to us

04:01this year requires us to do a uh

04:04uh toxicity identification and toxicity

04:06reduction analysis.

04:09Um

04:10what this does is it looks at uh our

04:12facility

04:14and it identifies what the toxicity

04:16what's causing the toxicity at the

04:18facility. It'll also help identify uh

04:22uh

04:23the corrective actions to reduce or

04:25eliminate that toxicity at the facility.

04:27Uh we'd like to use Hazen and Sawyer.

04:29They got a familiarity with the facility

04:31and they also have uh expertise in this

04:33field

04:35doing this kind of study.

04:37I'd be happy to answer any questions.

04:39>> Open up for questions.

04:42>> What happens if they can't figure out

04:44what is causing this problem? I mean, I

04:46understand that this is a requirement

04:48from the EPA, so I assume

04:50is there some kind of fall back if they

04:52can't figure it out or are we just going

04:54to assume that they will be able to

04:55figure out whatever this is?

04:56>> I'm assuming that they'll figure it out.

04:59Uh we have to do a lot of sampling in

05:00the facility and recreate that failure

05:03and I'm sure we'll be able to. Uh but

05:05with that, we we think it it may be

05:08within the facility, it might be on the

05:09outside of the facility that's causing

05:10it. That's what it's going to determine

05:12and then there'll be a corrective action

05:13plan to address it.

05:15>> Okay. Thank you.

05:19>> Yeah, my question would be if

05:21would this company also look at just

05:24like storm drains? Because I know in

05:26some areas of the city, they're still

05:29connected, you know. We have the two

05:31systems, so that also be looked at?

05:35>> Uh this study will look at inside the

05:37facility as what's causing it inside the

05:40facility. If it stems to the outside,

05:42then yes, we will be looking outside and

05:44doing samplings,

05:45uh looking at what might be entering

05:47catch basins if need be, but first we'll

05:50be looking at industries that could be,

05:52depending what it is.

05:54You know, if there's tiger industries,

05:55maybe not. So, right now we don't know

05:57what's causing it, so

05:59>> Okay.

05:59>> we don't know which direction to look.

06:01>> Yeah, cuz I was looking at maybe some

06:03industry may

06:05be still tied into our system or

06:07something. Right.

06:09>> Yeah.

06:09>> Okay.

06:12>> Um let the record show that uh

06:14Commissioner Shea um is here. So,

06:16Commissioner Shea, you have a question?

06:17>> Thank you. It Is this tied to the outlet

06:19um that we talked about at the last

06:22meeting where the water kind of bubbles

06:24up out of the um

06:27the the the from underneath to the river

06:30surface?

06:31>> Yeah, the testing that kind of initiated

06:33this whole study uh is our discharge

06:36limit.

06:38Uh which is the effluent just before it

06:39goes to the river.

06:41So, it's the testing that we do just

06:42prior to it going to the river is which

06:44is failing.

06:46>> [snorts]

06:46>> Appreciate you you working on this and

06:47getting it addressed.

06:48>> Thank you.

06:49>> Thank you.

06:50>> Okay.

06:51>> Any other questions?

06:53All those in favor say I.

06:55>> I.

06:56>> Motion passes.

06:58Um item C,

07:00uh you ready? Commissioner Shea?

07:01>> Yeah, item C. [clears throat]

07:02>> Yes.

07:04>> I move to approve the contract with

07:06Hazen and Sawyer of Boston, Mass. in the

07:08amount not to exceed $145,778.31

07:10[snorts]

07:14for the local limits evaluation at the

07:16wastewater treatment facility. Funding

07:18will be through Department 169

07:20wastewater fund wastewater activity

07:22[clears throat and snorts]

07:23inflow infiltration.

07:26>> David Boucher, wastewater

07:28superintendent.

07:29Uh the local limits are limits that are

07:31developed by the municipality for the

07:34industrial users.

07:36Uh this is designed to protect the

07:38wastewater facility from receiving

07:39anything it shouldn't. Uh mostly things

07:42like heavy metals, uh sulfates, things

07:44of that nature. So, we give them limits.

07:47Uh

07:48our new permit requires that we do

07:51uh an evaluation of these local limits.

07:53The last time it was done, full-blown

07:55study done was 1992.

07:58Uh so, we're due. We do check it

08:00annually to make sure that the numbers

08:01that we have our our our

08:04sufficient. Uh but, the new permit's

08:06requiring us to do this full-blown

08:08study.

08:09Uh again, this is uh something we'd like

08:11Hazen and Sawyer to do because they with

08:13their familiarity. And this also ties

08:16into some of the other

08:17studies we got going on.

08:20Okay. Any questions?

08:23All those in favor, say I.

08:25>> I.

08:26>> Motion passes. [clears throat]

08:28Item D, Commissioner Speight, you.

08:30>> Move to approve the contract with Hazen

08:32and Sawyer of Boston, Massachusetts in

08:33an amount not to exceed $270,626.25

08:38for a capacity analysis of the

08:40wastewater treatment facility. Funding

08:42will be through Department 169

08:43wastewater fund wastewater activity

08:45capacity analysis.

08:48>> David Boucher, wastewater

08:49superintendent. Uh so, we've been

08:51observing some changes in the

08:53characteristics of the wastewater, uh

08:55the water flowing into the wastewater

08:57facility. Uh the strength of it. Uh it's

09:00also affecting some of the process and

09:01it kind of goes back to some of our

09:04evaluations that we're doing.

09:06Uh [snorts] plus, we've seen growth in

09:07the city.

09:09Uh

09:10a lot more flow, changes in we're seeing

09:12uptake in ammonia, stuff like that. So,

09:14it's important that we do a a capacity

09:16analysis. This would take place

09:18uh inside the facility and may extend to

09:21the outside of the facility as well.

09:23Uh so, this study is uh

09:26to identify existing and potential uh

09:28process constraints that we have inside

09:30the facility.

09:31Uh

09:32it'll also help us uh

09:35give us the ability to accommodate

09:36future projects and or projected flows

09:40coming to the facility with all the

09:42the

09:43new housing developments that are coming

09:45in. And if we have to build any new

09:47processes also, we can also add that to

09:50our future long-term plans at the

09:53facility. So, this would help us

09:55identify those things.

09:57And again, we'd like to have Hazen and

09:59Sawyer do this as this ties into the

10:03other two projects and we we do have

10:04some cost savings with that.

10:06>> [clears throat]

10:07>> With the sampling and some of the

10:09existing document

10:12that they have to review.

10:14Do you have any other questions?

10:17>> Yeah, I would just like to say maybe I I

10:19would be interested when this report

10:21comes and being chairman of

10:23infrastructure, we got new developments

10:26and I don't know if we can or can't, but

10:30maybe if it's going to cause us

10:31upgrading our existing system, maybe we

10:34can talk to developers and see if any

10:37con-

10:38contributions can be made

10:41for the

10:42upgrades, you know, so we'll have to see

10:45see what the report says.

10:48>> Makes sense.

10:53Any other?

10:56Hearing none?

10:57Okay. All those in favor? Oh.

11:00>> Have you seen any major I know obviously

11:03we're doing this pre uh

11:05proactively, but have you seen any

11:07major issues given like, you know,

11:09we had like that rainstorm that was that

11:11was a long rainstorm for like 3 days.

11:14Um and just like with the change of

11:15weather, like yeah, any any main issues

11:18and and the and the growing population

11:19of the city, like any real issues that

11:23I think could affect the the wastewater

11:25plant?

11:26>> Uh one of the things we do see and

11:30there is kind of I don't know if it's

11:31coincidence correlation is that uh we've

11:34seen a lot of population growth, a lot

11:35of housing growth and all that. Uh but

11:38we've been doing a lot of lining of the

11:39sewer pipes and and kind of eliminating

11:42a lot of the water that's coming in

11:43through broken pipes. So, it's kind of

11:45balancing out the flows, but we're

11:47starting to see an increase of ammonia

11:49>> Mhm.

11:49>> coming into the facility and that's you

11:52know, it's

11:53ammonia's natural coming from households

11:55and that.

11:56And so, uh

11:57it's more concentrated. It seems weird

12:00that the dilution coming in through

12:01cracks in pipes helps, but now that

12:03we're not seeing that uh we're just

12:05seeing more concentrated ammonia. So,

12:07that's kind of one of the things we're

12:08looking at as well.

12:10>> [clears throat]

12:12>> Okay.

12:13All those in favor say aye.

12:14>> Aye.

12:14>> Aye.

12:15>> Motion passes.

12:17>> Thank you.

12:18>> We have four motions done, 31 more.

12:22>> [laughter]

12:25>> Okay, so we're going to hear from Parks

12:26and Rec.

12:29Uh Commissioner Lennon, can you read

12:31motion 1?

12:32>> Yep. I move to approve the change order

12:34number one of the waiting pool contract

12:36to include the installation of equipment

12:39for a splash pad at Jeff Morin Park from

12:42Weston and Sampson of Wilmington, Mass

12:44in the amount of $217,600

12:49pending CDBG funds.

12:52>> Good evening. Uh Brian Cronin,

12:54Superintendent of the Parks Department.

12:56This is going to be to install the

12:58splash pad features we've already

13:00purchased um in Jeff Morin Park on the

13:03old park social.

13:05This is going to uh greatly enhance the

13:07park. We've also got plans that you've

13:09already approved uh playground

13:10installation here as well.

13:13Um

13:14we'd like to do the change order and

13:16work with Weston and Sampson because

13:17we're extremely impressed with them. Um

13:20I'd be happy to answer any questions on

13:21this if there are any.

13:23>> You want to talk about the um timing of

13:25when you work will be done?

13:26>> Yes, the Thank you, Director Photo. Uh

13:30Um the I'm pretty sure the CDBG funding

13:33won't be available until November,

13:35right? So, this is going to be a project

13:37that gets installed and completed in the

13:39spring. So, I do want to make everybody

13:41aware of that.

13:44>> Questions?

13:46All those in favor say aye.

13:47>> Aye.

13:49>> Thank you.

13:52>> Now, the Streets Department.

13:54>> [clears throat]

13:54>> Uh motion A, Commissioner Shea, please.

13:58>> I move to approve the purchase of winter

14:00road salt from Granite State Minerals of

14:02Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Eastern

14:04Minerals Incorporated of Chelsea,

14:06Massachusetts in the amount of $575,000.

14:10Funding will be through Department 161

14:12Streets Fund General Account

14:15Classification 61 Supplies and

14:18Materials.

14:21>> John Abar, Superintendent Streets.

14:23Can't believe we're back here already.

14:26But, it's that time of year.

14:29Uh we want to award this to Granite

14:31State and Eastern. Uh this is our winter

14:33road salt.

14:34And I'm happy to answer any questions.

14:38>> How much salt is this?

14:41>> For tonnage?

14:42>> Yeah.

14:43>> So,

14:44600 uh excuse me, 6,886

14:48ton.

14:53>> Does uh that

14:55fall within what you budgeted for the

14:56year?

14:57>> That is my budget for the year.

15:04>> Any other questions?

15:05>> Oh, sorry.

15:07We've seen a rise in cost in salt uh

15:09this year?

15:10>> It went up uh $3.71

15:13this year per ton.

15:15We were at $79.79 last year. We're at

15:18$83.50 this year.

15:22>> Wow, rough. That's crazy.

15:25>> All right.

15:26No more questions. All those in favor

15:28say I.

15:29>> I.

15:29>> I.

15:30>> Thank you all.

15:37>> [clears throat]

15:44>> Okay, so we have Sorry to interrupt. I

15:46wanted to do this a little bit earlier,

15:47but

15:48last

15:50month you approved Eric Menard as our

15:53recreation superintendent, and I just

15:55wanted to introduce you to him and have

15:57him maybe tell you a little bit about

15:59himself if that's okay. I know some of

16:00you know him. Commissioner Shea, you've

16:02had some interaction.

16:02>> Yeah.

16:03>> Not everybody has.

16:04>> Yep. Good Good to see you.

16:05>> Hi. Eric Menard, recreation

16:07superintendent.

16:08I've been with the city for about 3 and

16:091/2 years now. I'm recently promoted to

16:12this recreation superintendent position.

16:14Looking forward to continuing on our

16:17successful programs and our events in

16:18the community, as well as trying to grow

16:21some programs and events, reach

16:22different parts of the city as well,

16:24different groups.

16:26So I'm looking forward to the

16:27opportunity and working with all with

16:28you all.

16:30If anyone has any questions.

16:33>> Well, welcome to your new position.

16:34>> Thank you. I appreciate it.

16:37>> So far he's doing an awesome job, so I'm

16:39happy to report.

16:41>> Yeah, I do have one question.

16:42>> Yeah.

16:43>> How was the Is it the Boo Bash?

16:46>> Yeah, we had the Boo Bash event event

16:47this past Saturday.

16:49Um we We had the estimate probably

16:51around 3,000 to 3,500 people.

16:53>> Yeah.

16:53>> Um a little colder this year, but we

16:55still had very long lines, but very

16:58happy kids. So

16:58>> Yeah, we had a family commitment this

17:00year, but it looked very well attended,

17:02and so that's that's great.

17:03>> Yes, thank you very much.

17:04>> Yeah, good good work.

17:05>> Thank you.

17:08>> Thanks, Eric.

17:08>> Thank you.

17:08>> Thank you.

17:12>> All right.

17:14Fleet Department. Um

17:16item

17:19Item A, Commissioner Spezia.

17:22>> [clears throat]

17:24>> Move to approve the purchase of one 2026

17:26Kenworth T T280 service truck package

17:30for the purchase price of $256,373.

17:33Pricing for this purchase will be off a

17:36source well contract. Additionally,

17:38approve the purchase of a radio system

17:41and upfit equipment in an amount not to

17:43exceed $5,000. Funding will be through

17:45department 161 streets fund bond

17:48activity surf.

17:51>> Good afternoon, Michael Rush, fleet

17:52superintendent.

17:54So, we operate three service trucks in

17:56the fleet department to do road calls,

17:59emergency calls, make repairs up in top

18:02of the landfill equipment. So, our

18:04current trucks are all what I would

18:06consider light-duty service trucks.

18:10They have light

18:11I'd say light-duty cranes on them. So,

18:13sometimes we require to go out in the

18:15middle of a snowstorm and dismount a

18:17plow with those cranes.

18:19We're at maximum capacity with those

18:21cranes. This truck has a little bit

18:23larger of a crane and this truck would

18:25be considered a medium-duty service

18:26truck.

18:27We would be trading in two of our

18:29service trucks towards this purchase for

18:32the one medium-duty service truck.

18:34We're kind of running out of room in our

18:36current one.

18:37We would move that to the back line

18:39until we take delivery of our new

18:40service truck and then we would assess

18:42it again at that point.

18:44And this is also pending bond approval.

18:48Happy to answer any other questions you

18:49might have.

18:51>> Questions?

18:52>> [clears throat]

18:53>> Okay, all those in favor say I.

18:55>> I.

18:55>> I.

18:56>> Motion passes. Item B, Commissioner

18:59Lemon.

19:00>> I motion [clears throat] to approve the

19:01purchase of two 2027 Freightliner cab

19:05chassis with body and snow fighter

19:07package from Viking

19:10Chives of Williston, Vermont in the

19:12amount of $325,308

19:16each using Sourcewell contract pricing.

19:19Additionally, approve the purchase and

19:21installation of radio systems in an

19:23amount not to exceed [clears throat]

19:24$5,000 each. Funding will be through

19:27department 161 Street Fund Bond Activity

19:30Surf.

19:32>> Michael Rush, Fleet Superintendent. Um

19:35so, these are These would be replacing

19:37primary snow fighters at the Street

19:39Department's front-line trucks.

19:41Um these uh trucks 17059 and 17027

19:45would, once we took delivery,

19:47um would be moved to the back line and

19:49reassessed again at that time. Um the

19:51the lead time for these trucks being

19:53built is somewhere around 18 months, so

19:56they're still They're out there fairly

19:58far, so um the trucks that were They

20:01would be replacing will obviously go

20:03through a little bit more corrosion

20:05exposure

20:06um between the time that we took

20:07delivery and and now.

20:09Um happy to answer any questions you

20:11have about the Surf purchase.

20:15>> Any questions?

20:18>> All those in favor say I.

20:20>> I.

20:20>> Motion passes.

20:22>> [clears throat]

20:23>> Uh item B, Commissioner or I'm sorry, B.

20:25Item C, Commissioner Shea.

20:27>> I move to approve the purchase of one

20:292027 Ford F350 four-wheel pickup truck

20:32from Grappone Ford for the price of

20:35$97,376

20:38each. Pricing for this purchase will be

20:41off the New Hampshire state bid

20:42contract. Additionally, approve the

20:44purchase and installation of a radio

20:46system in an amount not to exceed $5,000

20:49[clears throat] each. Funding will be

20:51through department 161 Streets Fund Bond

20:54Activity Surf.

20:57>> Michael Rush, Fleet Superintendent.

21:00Uh this truck is used by Street

21:01Department foreman year-round. Uh it

21:03will be equipped with snow plow package

21:06um to go out and fight snow during

21:08during the winter.

21:09Um the current truck uh currently has

21:1255,000 mi. Um it does have heavy

21:15corrosion to the body. Uh the truck

21:17itself is in in decent shape, but the

21:19body that holds all the equipment is is

21:21not in very good shape. Um

21:24lead time for this is about 6 to 9

21:27months.

21:28Um so it would probably be utilized a

21:30little bit into the winter before we saw

21:32delivery of this truck um more towards

21:34the spring.

21:36Happy to answer any questions you have

21:38about the scheduled surf purchase.

21:41>> Alderman Dow

21:42>> So our new garage should add to the life

21:44of these vehicles that we're purchasing.

21:46>> I would certainly expect to uh get a

21:48little more life out of our equipment

21:50once it's all under cover.

21:52And obviously a truck wash would also

21:56help with that.

21:56>> there.

21:59Any other questions?

22:02All those in favor say I.

22:03>> I.

22:03>> I.

22:04>> Motion passes.

22:06Item D, Commissioner Speightia.

22:08>> Move to approve the purchase of one 300

22:11P tier John Deere excavator from United

22:14Construction and Forestry for a total

22:16[snorts] purchase price of 395,000

22:20uh dollars off a Source Well contract.

22:22Additionally, approve the purchase of

22:25the purchase and installation of a radio

22:26system in an amount not to exceed

22:28$5,000.

22:29Funding will be through Department 168

22:31solid waste fund bond trust activity

22:33surf.

22:35>> Michael Rush, fleet superintendent.

22:37Uh this purchase is to replace one of

22:38the excavators uh operated at the

22:40landfill here.

22:42Um the current excavator um is pretty

22:45high in in the engine hours at 5,980

22:48hours.

22:49Um we are going to keep this as a back

22:51line unit due to the phase four. Um so

22:53it'll help be able to move that around a

22:56little bit. Delivery time on the new one

22:58is is just under a year. Um the last

23:01excavator that we ordered did go over a

23:03year, so I I would expect it to be

23:05somewhere around that 12-to-14-month

23:07order.

23:08Um, it'll also, um, help cap

23:12the, um, the upper part of the landfill

23:14as well. So, having two units, um, up

23:17there working together will be helpful.

23:21Happy to answer any questions you have

23:23about this purchase.

23:25>> Questions?

23:27All those in favor, say I.

23:29>> I.

23:30>> Motion passes.

23:32Uh, item E, Commissioner Lennon.

23:34>> I move to approve the purchase of three

23:36Loadmaster rear load waste collection

23:38vehicles from Sanitary Equipment of

23:41Stoughton, Mass. in the amount of

23:43$361,629.37

23:48each off the Sourcewell contract.

23:51Additionally, approve the purchase and

23:52installation

23:54of a radio system in an amount not to

23:56exceed $5,000.

23:58Funding will be through Department 168,

24:00[clears throat]

24:01Solid Waste Fund Bond Activity Surf.

24:05>> Michael Rush, Fleet Superintendent. So,

24:07this will be replacing, uh, three of our

24:10rear loaders that we are currently use

24:11to pick up trash every day throughout

24:13the city. Um, they also used for fall

24:15clean up. Um, they're used year-round.

24:17Uh, the trucks that they will be

24:19replacing are showing signs of

24:21corrosion. Um, we've already had a weld

24:24on the bodies of these trucks actually a

24:25little bit, um, to keep some of the the

24:27trash inside.

24:29Uh, so, they're nearing end-of-life

24:31replacement. They are, um, powered by

24:33natural gas, um, which brings its own

24:36challenges, especially when you're

24:37talking about corrosion. We want to make

24:38sure that we keep the corrosion away

24:40from those gas lines.

24:41Um, so, these these units would be

24:43replacing those.

24:45Um, we're about 18 18 20 months to

24:48replace those.

24:50Um, and the chassis are like-for-like.

24:52It's the same chassis as we've been

24:53using. They're Freightliner chassis with

24:55CNG Cummins motors.

24:58Happy to answer any questions you have

24:59about surf purchases.

25:02>> Any questions?

25:05All those in favor say I.

25:06>> I.

25:07>> Motion passes.

25:09Uh item F, uh Commissioner Shea.

25:14>> I move to approve the purchase of two

25:162027

25:17Ford F-250 four-wheel drive pickup

25:20trucks with

25:21plow packages from Grappone Ford for the

25:24price of $63,505

25:27each.

25:28Pricing for this purchase will be off

25:30the New Hampshire state bid contract.

25:32Additionally, approve the purchase of

25:33radio systems and upfit equipment in an

25:37amount not to exceed $5,000 each.

25:40Funding will be through department 161

25:42streets fund trust activity surf.

25:47>> Michael Rush, fleet superintendent.

25:49These trucks will be replacing two Ford

25:51F-150 pickup trucks. They currently are

25:54not equipped with any type of snow

25:56equipment. Um so this would be an

25:58upgrade um for a plow package on those

26:00two units. Um they'll primarily be used

26:03by the fleet and street superintendents

26:06um and will play an active role in the

26:08winter as plow equipment as needed with

26:10other personnel.

26:12I'm happy to answer any questions you

26:14have about this purchase.

26:18>> It will So So these are going to be like

26:20additional units in the fleet?

26:23>> They're not additional. They're They're

26:25>> replacing Replacing ones that were less

26:26equipped.

26:27>> Yeah, we're replacing equipment that

26:28currently doesn't have plow equipment on

26:30it, which would typically either be for

26:33transporting instead of plowing. So it

26:35just kind of makes it more of a

26:36universal piece of equipment. It allows

26:38us to put more

26:39more plows on the street during winter

26:41operations.

26:42>> To what extent do we use outside um

26:45contractors for um

26:48>> I would have to have to defer that to

26:50the street superintendent.

26:52>> We We have We haven't been using

26:53contractors in quite a few years now.

26:55>> okay. Yeah, [clears throat] my my

26:57follow-up question would have been will

26:58this reduce the need for that, but but

27:00it sounds like it's more of a

27:02efficiency thing. It'll be We'll have

27:04more people on hand, more plows hitting

27:07the road and

27:07>> It gives us more available assets to

27:10pull from to make sure that our plowing

27:11operations go uninterrupted.

27:14>> Yeah.

27:14And you can clear that beautiful parking

27:16lot at Robie Park.

27:17Um good. Awesome. Thank you.

27:19>> You're welcome.

27:21>> Any other questions?

27:23All those in favor say aye.

27:25>> Aye.

27:25>> Aye.

27:26>> Motion passes.

27:28Item G, Commissioner Specht, you.

27:31>> Move to approve the purchase of one Wi-

27:34Wittke

27:35uh front loader waste collection vehicle

27:37from Sanitation Equipment of Stoughton,

27:40Mass.

27:41Stoughton, Mass. in the amount of

27:43$624,963.87

27:47pursuant to the Sourcewell contract. Uh

27:49funding will be through department 168

27:51solid waste fund bond activity, sir.

27:54>> Michael Rush, fleet superintendent.

27:57So this uh front load style um

28:00truck will be replacing our side loader

28:02that we use um throughout the city to

28:04pick up recyclables um and things like

28:07that. Um the side loaders are primarily

28:10only can use for trash and recyclables.

28:12Uh this truck is built a little

28:13differently.

28:14Um so it can actually

28:16kind of

28:17not fully replace an automated, but it

28:19can be used as an automated truck. It

28:21could be used in leaf collection. It

28:22could be used in recycling. So it's kind

28:24of a universal truck that'll help us

28:27you know, if we have maintenance down on

28:29some of the other trucks, this is a

28:31universal truck to be able to use that

28:32rather than just buy a side loader again

28:35that we can only use for certain things.

28:37So this kind of makes the fleet a little

28:38bit more universal

28:40uh so that we can operate more

28:41efficiently.

28:43Happy to answer any questions you have

28:44about this purchase.

28:46Any questions?

28:50>> I do have one on this.

28:52It's an expensive truck.

28:54>> It is. This the CNG kind of bumps the

28:57price up a little bit, too.

28:59>> And there's no there's no other way to

29:02acquire this or no other uh

29:05From a from a from a standpoint of going

29:07out there and seeing whether there

29:08better bids on it?

29:09>> They're they're all They're all going to

29:11be similar in price. We went with

29:14reliability and contract pricing,

29:17which I I believe is is the better deal.

29:21Especially with support. Um

29:23There a couple of companies that we have

29:26dealt with in the past where the support

29:27has not been that great. Um this company

29:30is is local to Massachusetts and they

29:33have some CNG technicians there, so they

29:35would be able to support the product

29:36just over the border.

29:37>> Okay.

29:38>> That that was another factor.

29:39>> Baked into this is the support contract

29:41of all the support that would happen

29:43over the course of how long?

29:45>> I'm sorry, what was that?

29:45>> What what is the the length of the

29:47support contract?

29:49>> Oh, it it's the life of the vehicle.

29:50>> of the vehicle. Okay.

29:51>> Yeah. Yeah, it comes with a good

29:52warranty package, but you know, if we

29:54need if we need them even after the

29:56warranty is up, they're going to be

29:58willing to help us with whatever we

29:59need.

30:02>> Any other questions?

30:04>> [clears throat]

30:05>> I would I would just would like to say I

30:06think this is a

30:08a kick up for a safety factor for our

30:11employees.

30:13>> Mhm.

30:13>> Unfortunately, I was working on the day

30:15we had an incident.

30:18You know, so a man couldn't get in and

30:20hit a lever.

30:22And uh

30:23fortunately, it resolved nicely.

30:26You know, but

30:28Do you remember that?

30:30No.

30:31>> No.

30:32Yeah.

30:33>> It's okay.

30:34>> I'm going through my own

30:34>> That doesn't mean That doesn't

30:35necessarily mean anything.

30:37>> I've done everything.

30:37>> Yeah.

30:38>> [laughter]

30:40>> Okay. All those in favor say I. I.

30:43Motion passes.

30:45Item H, Commissioner Levin.

30:47>> I motion to approve the purchase of one

30:502027 Ford F-250 four-wheel drive pickup

30:54truck with plow packages from Grappone

30:56Ford for the price of $65,481

31:00each. Pricing for this purchase will be

31:02off the New Hampshire state bidding

31:04contract. [clears throat]

31:05Additionally, approve the purchase of a

31:07radio system and outfit equipment in an

31:09amount not to exceed $5,000.

31:12Funding will be through department 168

31:14solid waste fund trust activity surf.

31:18>> Michael Rush, fleet superintendent. This

31:21pickup truck is primarily used by the

31:23solid waste foreman out on the road

31:25every day.

31:26>> [laughter]

31:27>> The current pickup truck is equipped

31:28with a lift gate to deliver totters and

31:31or pick up broken totters that may not

31:32have been able to be picked up and other

31:34things that are on the curb line.

31:36It is replacing

31:38>> [clears throat and cough]

31:39>> a 2020

31:40that is set up like for like

31:43and that truck once the new truck will

31:45take delivery that one will be used up

31:47to help out with the gas installs up in

31:50the landfills. There is a truck that

31:52requires a lift gate for all the piping

31:54and and stuff up there. So we're going

31:55to kind of retire it up there

31:57so that those folks can use it up there.

32:00Happy to answer any questions you have

32:02about the scheduled surf purchase.

32:04>> Any questions?

32:06>> Yeah, I just wanted to

32:08These are all on the surf calendar,

32:10correct?

32:11>> Correct, they're [snorts] all scheduled

32:12surf purchases, I guess.

32:13>> Okay. Cuz there's a lot of them, but you

32:16know.

32:17>> Scheduled.

32:19Okay.

32:20Good.

32:21Any other questions?

32:23All those in favor say I. I.

32:26Motion passes.

32:27Item I, Commissioner Shea.

32:30>> I move to approve the purchase of two

32:322027 Ford F-250 four-wheel drive pickup

32:36trucks with plow packages from Grappone

32:39Ford for the price of $60,975

32:43each.

32:45Pricing for this purchase will be off

32:47the New Hampshire state bid contract.

32:49Additionally, approve the purchase of

32:50radio systems and lighting outfit in an

32:53amount not to exceed $5,000.

32:56Funding will be through department 168

32:58solid waste fund trust activity surf.

33:03>> Michael Rush, fleet superintendent.

33:05So, this is replacing um one pickup

33:08truck and one adding an additional

33:10pickup truck. So, there's one truck that

33:12is not replacing any. It is an addition

33:14to the fleet. Um it's primarily used by

33:17the solid waste department and the solid

33:18waste superintendent.

33:21>> [clears throat]

33:21>> Um and it will be they both trucks will

33:23have come with a plow package and will

33:24be a part of winter operations.

33:27Um the current trucks are showing signs

33:30of corrosion to the undercarriage. Um

33:32so, those will be reevaluated once we

33:34take um

33:35delivery of the new equipment. Happy to

33:37answer any questions you have about the

33:39scheduled surf purchase.

33:40>> Any questions?

33:42So,

33:43if are are we adding three total plows

33:45to the fleet?

33:47>> Uh three plows, one additional truck.

33:51If you if you look at it that way, yeah.

33:53Cuz the other two were for street

33:54department. This is for solid waste. So,

33:56solid waste is adding an additional

33:58pickup truck.

33:59>> Great.

33:59>> Street department is adding two plows to

34:02existing pickup trucks.

34:03>> Good.

34:04Thank you.

34:07>> Any other questions?

34:08All those in favor say aye.

34:10>> Aye.

34:11>> Motion passes.

34:13>> All right. And now

34:15we go to the solid waste department.

34:24All right. Item A, Commissioner Spezza.

34:27>> Move to approve the creation of an

34:29additional solid waste assistant. The

34:31hourly wage for this position will be

34:33$28.26.

34:35Funding will be through department 168

34:37solid waste fund solid waste account

34:39classification 51 salaries and wages.

34:43>> Jeff Lefler, superintendent solid waste.

34:45So, this is a a budgeted addition to the

34:48to my department to the department of

34:50solid waste. We We went through the

34:52budget process, got it accepted. This is

34:54to suffice

34:56DES regulations with the operating

34:58permit in the landfill

35:00to have people cleaning, picking up

35:02trash around the surrounding

35:04neighborhoods, cleaning the landfill,

35:06keeping the place looking nice. So,

35:08this position will be doing all of that

35:10and that was one of the

35:12additional trucks needed. So, that

35:13person would be able to help plow, keep

35:15the landfill opened and clean.

35:19>> Any questions?

35:21All those in favor say I.

35:23>> I.

35:23>> Motion passes.

35:25Item B, Commissioner Lemon.

35:27>> I move to approve change order number

35:29two with Core and Main not to exceed

35:32$10,000.

35:34Funding will be through department 168

35:36solid waste fund solid waste fund bond

35:41activity phase four construction.

35:45>> Jeff Lefler, superintendent solid waste.

35:47So, this was

35:49uh uh uh

35:51It actually came about when we were

35:52adding the waterline out back to the

35:54landfill for the

35:56for the landfill itself to help put out

35:58fires if there were any landfill fires

35:59or anything. We added some extra piping

36:02and two hydrants that are going to be

36:03out there so the the fire department can

36:06react faster if there's a landfill fire

36:08or yard waste fire out in our yard yard

36:10waste area.

36:13>> Any questions?

36:15All those in favor say I.

36:16>> I.

36:17>> Motion passes.

36:19Item C, Commissioner Shea.

36:21>> I move to approve a contract amendment

36:23for 3 and 1/2 additional years through

36:25June 30th, 2030 [snorts]

36:28with SCS Engineers of Reston, Virginia

36:31to continue providing a remote telemetry

36:33connectivity and monitoring for the

36:35landfill gas flare system in the revised

36:38amount of $38,320.

36:42$20,160

36:44is the amendment value.

36:46Funding will be through Department 168

36:48solid waste fund bond activity landfill

36:52gas system expansion.

36:55>> Jeff La Fleur, superintendent of solid

36:57waste. So, if you remember last or this

37:00past

37:01spring or late winter in February-ish,

37:04we installed a million-dollar flare to

37:06burn off any excess gas. Well, this will

37:08actually be able to go on the website,

37:11look at it, it'll send us alarms, we can

37:13do everything pretty much from our

37:15phones or our computers right in our

37:16office. So, it'll we can actually see

37:18exactly what's happening and what needs

37:20repairs or maintenance.

37:23>> Questions?

37:25>> All those in favor, say aye.

37:26>> Aye.

37:27>> Motion passes.

37:29Uh commission I'm sorry, Commissioner

37:31Spezia, item D.

37:32>> Move to approve an amendment with

37:34Sanborn, Head, and Associates of

37:37Bedford, New Hampshire in an amount not

37:38to exceed $57,500

37:42to provide engineering and

37:44laboratory testing to further define the

37:46extent of PFAS impacts in the area of

37:49Nashua Fire Training Center at the Four

37:51Hills Landfill. Funding will be through

37:53Department 168 solid waste fund bond

37:55activity phase three and four

37:57engineering.

37:58>> Jeff La Fleur, superintendent of solid

38:00waste. So, when we

38:01we did a

38:02uh area testing in the fire training

38:05grounds to see, you know, if there was

38:08PFAS in the area. We sort of knew that

38:11there would be some because of the

38:12testing that was being done at at the

38:14fire training grounds. So, this amount

38:16right here is going to do more testing

38:18and actually tell us exactly the uh the

38:20footprint of what needs to be removed

38:22and sent to the landfill. We want to

38:24have a good idea of exactly what needs

38:25to be moved and what's, you know,

38:28overly contaminated. Uh so, this 57,000

38:31includes the drill rig coming out doing,

38:33I think, 15 or 20 more spots, sample

38:35spots to delineate exactly what needs to

38:37be removed.

38:40>> Questions?

38:42All those in favor, say aye.

38:44>> Aye.

38:45>> Motion passes.

38:46>> Thank you.

38:48>> We now go to the engineering department.

38:55All right, Commissioner Lemoine, item A.

38:57>> I motion to approve the sewer service

38:59permits and fees as submitted.

39:03>> Any questions? All those in favor, say

39:05aye.

39:06>> Aye.

39:07>> Motion passes. Commissioner Shea, item

39:08B.

39:09>> I move to approve a drain layer's

39:11license for White Mountain Excavation,

39:14LLC of Candia, New Hampshire in

39:16accordance with Nashua City Code 255-19

39:20and authorize the Division of Public

39:22Works to temporarily suspend the license

39:25if work is found to be unsatisfactory

39:27during an initial 6-month probationary

39:30period.

39:34>> Uh good evening. Mark Sassorossi, Deputy

39:35City Engineer. This is seeking drain

39:37layer's approval for White Mountain

39:39Excavation. They submitted their

39:40application package. Uh staff checked

39:43all their references and will look into

39:44to proceed accordingly.

39:49>> Any questions?

39:52All those in favor, say aye.

39:53>> Aye.

39:54>> Motion passes. Item C, Commissioner

39:57Statia.

39:58>> Move to approve drain layer's license

39:59for D&S Excavating, LLC of Weare, New

40:03Hampshire in accordance with Nashua City

40:05Code 255-19

40:08and authorize the Division of Public

40:10Works to temporarily suspend the license

40:11if work is found to be unsatisfactory

40:13during an initial 6-month period,

40:156-month proba-

40:17period.

40:18>> Uh Mark Sauris, Deputy City Engineer.

40:20Much much like the last motion, this uh

40:22this contractor is also applying for a

40:24drain layers um license.

40:27Uh staff, we we checked the reference

40:28and and um

40:30look for look for their approval.

40:33>> Questions?

40:35All those in favor, say I.

40:36>> I.

40:37>> Motion passes.

40:39Item D, Commissioner Lemon.

40:41>> I move to approve the award of appraisal

40:43services for the Walnut Street Oval

40:46Intersection Project to Bergeron

40:49Commercial Appraisal of Portsmouth, New

40:51Hampshire in the amount not to succeed

40:53exceed $4,000.

40:56Funding will be through departments 160

40:59and admin engineering

41:01funds bond and grant activity Wall

41:04Street Oval.

41:06Walnut Street Oval.

41:08>> Good evening. Mark Sauris, Deputy City

41:09Engineer. This is the Walnut Street Oval

41:11Project. This project has been around

41:13for a little bit. It is in the final

41:15design phase. A part of that final

41:16design phase is the right-of-way phase.

41:19This project is um after design plans

41:21came out, it's it's going to impact 17

41:23properties. So, this is looking to hire

41:26Bergeron. He's a real estate

41:27professional to develop a fair market

41:30value for each of the properties so that

41:32we can pull a right-of-way right-of-way

41:33package together that um

41:36that works with with the state and the

41:37city and we can submit that and we can

41:39have access to uh to these properties.

41:41I'm happy to answer any questions.

41:44>> Questions?

41:47Okay, all those in favor, say I.

41:49>> I.

41:50>> I. Motion passes.

41:52Uh

41:53item E, Commissioner Shea.

41:55>> I move to approve the award of change

41:57order number two to the 2026 sewer and

42:00drain improvement project to RWC

42:02Enterprises of Nashua, New Hampshire in

42:05the amount not to exceed $172,350.

42:10Funding will be through 169 wastewater

42:12fund bond activity sewer rehab, sewer

42:16infrastructure improvements, CSO

42:18flooding, and storm water.

42:20>> Good evening, Mark Sonders, deputy city

42:21engineer. This is a

42:24change order with RWC Contracting. They

42:27They were the low bid back in spring.

42:29Thus far, they have completed a

42:32majority of their work. They have

42:33performed well. We're looking to extend

42:35their work. This work specifically is

42:37for some sewer replacement along

42:38Shadwell, as well as also drainage

42:40improvements along Coliseum. I'll

42:42happily answer any questions.

42:45>> Any questions?

42:47Seeing none, all those in favor say I.

42:49>> I.

42:50>> I.

42:50>> I.

42:50>> Motion passes.

42:52Item F, Commissioner Speece.

42:55>> Move to approve the award of a sewer and

42:57drain flow monitoring system contract to

43:00ADS LLC of Huntsville, Alabama in an

43:02amount of $25,000.

43:05Funding will be through department

43:06through 169 wastewater fund

43:09uh

43:10fund activity sewer rehab, sewer

43:13infrastructure improvements, CSO

43:15flooding, and storm water.

43:18>> Good evening, Mark Sonders, deputy city

43:19engineer. This This contract is for five

43:22flow monitoring devices. The devices

43:24will be put in manholes and they can

43:26monitor real-time flow, so we have a

43:27better understanding of our system.

43:30We'll work hand in glove with

43:31wastewater. I think Superintendent

43:33Boucher touched on this a little bit

43:34through his his items. This contract

43:38specifically will allow us to purchase

43:40the five units. They They come out. They

43:42show us how to install them. Everything

43:44can be done from above grade. There's no

43:46confined space entry. These can be moved

43:48around the city to get a better

43:50understanding of the system, and they

43:52support us on the on the website as well

43:54as in the field for for a couple years.

43:57I'll happily answer any questions on

43:58this.

44:00>> Questions?

44:03All those in favor say I.

44:05>> I.

44:05>> I.

44:06>> Motion passes.

44:09That brings us to

44:11G right? Thank you commissioner Lemon.

44:14>> I move to consider the hardship request

44:16from John and Cheryl Moran to excavate

44:20and install utilities in Brook Street.

44:24>> Good evening Mark deputy city engineer.

44:26This is a moratorium request for Brook

44:28Street. It was paved it was paved this

44:30year. I believe the

44:32the owner of the property is in

44:34attendance and I'll invite him to the

44:36podium to speak on on behalf of this

44:38request.

44:51>> Good evening. My name is John Moran.

44:54We're looking to

44:56be a break ground in the street to be

44:58able to put utilities in to be able to

45:00put in a house on that property.

45:03And we need approval in order to be able

45:04to do that. Right now they just paved it

45:07earlier this year.

45:08We're

45:10made aware of a moratorium for the for

45:13the utilities.

45:14For the paving in order to put the

45:16utilities in.

45:18So looking it's not being able to do

45:21that is causing a hardship for us not to

45:23be able to do anything with the

45:24property.

45:26So we're looking to be able to get

45:27approval to do to do that.

45:33>> What are you building?

45:34>> House.

45:35>> [laughter]

45:36>> Great we love houses.

45:38>> That's what I was hoping for.

45:39>> Yeah it's it's it's tough that it it

45:42didn't really come to your attention the

45:44paving or

45:46the timing of it. So

45:50you you

45:51>> The contractor agrees to make sure that

45:54the

45:55to follow all the all the rules as far

45:57as the

45:58the proper way to to you know put the

46:01asphalt back the way it was before. I

46:03guess his criteria as far as cutting and

46:05repaving,

46:07they agreed to do

46:08all that type of particular work with

46:11the curbing and or the pavement as well.

46:14>> Okay.

46:14>> Great.

46:15>> So.

46:15>> Yeah.

46:16Thank you.

46:17>> Thank you.

46:17>> Commissioner doubt?

46:19>> If this engineering do inspection of the

46:21final paving to make sure it complies?

46:24>> Absolutely.

46:26Um in order for them to cut into the

46:27street we issue a street opening permit

46:29and that permit will they open and they

46:30have to call one of our inspectors to go

46:32out there and we'll observe the the

46:33whole process start to finish.

46:40>> Okay. No other questions?

46:42Seeing none, all those in favor say I.

46:44>> I.

46:44>> I.

46:45>> Motion passes.

46:47>> Good luck with the ballot thing.

46:49>> Thank you.

46:50>> Good luck on house.

46:51>> All right.

46:53Uh item I, Commissioner Speath here.

46:56>> You skipped H.

46:57>> Oh, I'm kidding. Item H, Commissioner

47:00Shay.

47:01>> I

47:02I move to consider the hardship request

47:04from Greenman and Pederson Incorporated

47:07on behalf of National Parking Services

47:09to excavate and install utilities in

47:12Garden Street.

47:14>> Good evening, Mark Saunders, Deputy City

47:16Engineer. This is another moratorium

47:18request. This is on Garden Street. This

47:20is for the Elm Street Garage project. I

47:23have a representative representative

47:24from GPI who can touch a little more on

47:26the subject.

47:28>> Hi, good afternoon.

47:29>> John Perrins.

47:30>> Uh owner's project manager for the city

47:32with Greenman Peterson Incorporated.

47:35We're looking for

47:36uh again, moratorium request to be able

47:39to reroute some

47:41electricity basically. We're at

47:42Eversource's direction to power the

47:46building.

47:47Upon some of the excavation the

47:48discovery was made that there is a large

47:51concrete cast conduit in the street that

47:54wasn't exactly where it was supposed to

47:55be based on the original plan. So, we

47:57need to reroute that service and

48:00Eversource has a plan to do that and

48:02they're basically driving the bus. We're

48:04following their lead, but in order to do

48:06that, we need to go across Garden

48:07Street. So, we're requesting a waiver

48:09for the moratorium.

48:12>> Questions?

48:16Seeing none, let's

48:17All those in favor?

48:18>> Robert, a quick question. How How is

48:19that project coming along?

48:21>> Oh, it's It's going [clears throat]

48:23well. We're up against the weather.

48:25>> Yeah.

48:25>> Which is really what we're why we're

48:26here now.

48:27>> Yeah.

48:28>> Where

48:29thankfully, Eversource is able to

48:31expedite this and they can be scheduled

48:34within the first or second week of

48:35November. We'll be able to begin

48:36excavation for the foundation.

48:39Uh

48:40hopefully, toward the end of November

48:42and everything will be fine for the

48:44opening for the parking department

48:47later in the spring of next year. If we

48:50can get this done, at least.

48:52>> So.

48:53>> Sounds good.

48:54>> Thank you. That is all, thank you.

48:56>> Any other questions?

48:58Seeing none, all those in favor, say I.

49:00>> I.

49:00>> I.

49:01>> I.

49:01>> Motion passes.

49:03>> Thanks, guys.

49:04>> Thank you.

49:05>> Item I, Commissioner Spitia.

49:08>> Move to consider the hardship request

49:10from Pennichuck Water Works Inc. to

49:12excavate and install a water main in

49:14Patent Court.

49:16>> Mark Searles, Deputy City Engineer. Uh

49:18we have a representative from

49:19Pennichuck.

49:20Um Zach, if you want to want to come up.

49:22Uh this is the last uh moratorium

49:24request of the night. Uh this is this is

49:26for Patent Court and I'll let uh I'll

49:27let Zach touch on the uh specifics of

49:29the request.

49:31>> Good evening. Zach Saganor, I'm an

49:32engineer with Pennichuck Water Works.

49:34Um I'm also product manager for this the

49:36product that we're doing in the city

49:37right now for the galvanized water main

49:38replacements.

49:40Um upon further review of our

49:41distribution system, uh we found that

49:43Patent Court has a galvanized main.

49:45So, according to the state and federal

49:47uh

49:48letting copper rule mandate, we have to

49:51uh excavate Patent Court in order to

49:53install this wire main.

49:55However, Paton Court is up in moratorium

49:59this coming April. So,

50:01we were proposing for us to perform the

50:04work and we will

50:06install a final final permanent patch in

50:10Paton Court. However, we cannot meet the

50:13city of Nashua's paving ordinances for

50:16this year. So, we we're respectfully

50:19requesting permission to carry over the

50:22moratorium restriction till next year

50:24once the winter work directive is

50:26lifted.

50:29>> Questions?

50:32Okay, all those in favor say I.

50:34>> I.

50:36>> Motion passes.

50:38>> Thank you.

50:38>> Thank you.

50:40Uh, the next one is informational.

50:50>> Yeah, I think it's just informational.

50:51>> It's just informational.

50:53>> You're good there. Yeah.

50:54>> All right. So,

50:56we should have time for the director's

50:57report, right?

50:58>> We do.

50:59>> Okay.

50:59>> I think we do.

51:01Okay.

51:04So,

51:05we are very excited to announce

51:07that the grand opening of the Nashua

51:10West Rotary Disc Golf Park. And the

51:12grand opening will be November 19th at

51:1410:00 a.m.

51:15Formal invitation will be going out, but

51:17I want to let you all know. Hopefully,

51:19you can all be there cuz this is this is

51:21incredibly exciting.

51:23>> When you mentioned

51:23>> Uh, get our um

51:25designer will be there, Avery Jenkins

51:27and Simon Lizotte. Um,

51:30they are extremely famous disc golfers.

51:32If if you if you look them up online,

51:34you'll realize.

51:36So, it's pretty cool. They'll be there

51:38and

51:39along with a a lot of other people who

51:41who helped make this happen.

51:43Including Commissioner Shea who

51:45>> You know that scene the Titanic where

51:48>> [laughter]

51:48>> um

51:49she's like, "It's been 84 years." Yeah,

51:51it feels a lot like that.

51:53>> Yeah, it does.

51:54>> And and it's so exciting and and uh

51:56yeah, look looking forward to throwing

51:58the B.

51:59>> Yeah.

52:00>> So, thank you for for all your work.

52:01>> Yeah, really really we're super excited.

52:03>> Good.

52:04>> Um the street department uh crews,

52:07traffic crews, uh replaced a cabinet uh

52:09near Wellesley Road. Uh we're having a

52:12lot of problems with that intersection.

52:14Uh so, that has That has been fixed and

52:16I've had uh good reports that that is is

52:19working well again. So, it was The

52:21cabinet had been struck by lightning and

52:22we've had problems with ever since. So,

52:25So, anyway, that's that's been replaced.

52:29Um work was performed on a sinkhole on

52:32Watson Drive. Uh this was caused by a

52:34failure of an existing a brick drainage

52:37structure.

52:38And the street department completed the

52:40excavation, repairs, and pipe

52:42replacement to restore the system

52:46to proper working order. This is another

52:47emergency sinkhole

52:50uh that was identified uh as a broken

52:52clay pipe and it was re-

52:54it was removed and replaced with plastic

52:57piping.

53:00We continue to make progress on at Los

53:02Amigos Park.

53:04We The stage now is completed and we

53:08have a playground that is will be uh

53:10arriving soon. We're just now waiting

53:12for our community development is going

53:14to be placing some padding underneath

53:17for underneath the

53:19the playground and also filling the foam

53:21on top of the stage. And then we have a

53:23little bit of paving to do for the

53:25walkway after that's done and park will

53:28be open finally. So, that that park has

53:30been a long time coming.

53:31>> That's really good.

53:32>> That's really really exciting.

53:35We The parks department is renovating

53:38baseball and softball fields. We're

53:40doing that infields Oh, we're doing that

53:41ourselves which which saves the city uh

53:44a fair amount of money. This is Labine

53:46right now.

53:48And we also installed a brand new

53:50irrigation system. So, that'll be a huge

53:52improvement.

53:56The Parks Department also added some

53:58perennial plants

54:00uh to the side beds along Main Street.

54:07They've also been uh busy edging areas

54:09around the infield skin at Holman

54:11Stadium in prep for the new sod that

54:13will will arrive.

54:15>> Oh, it's soil. Okay. I think June and I

54:17were both like

54:17>> Yeah. What is that? That's showing the

54:20That's showing This is a I wish

54:21Superintendent Cronin was here because

54:23you can all

54:24only only a park superintendent would do

54:26this. But this this this is This is This

54:29is showing the root depth.

54:30>> Oh, that's great.

54:31>> So, he's very that he's very excited

54:33about the root depth. So, that's what

54:34he's showing.

54:34>> he should be proud.

54:35>> He should be proud. Holman has never

54:37looked better.

54:39He's done a tremendous job.

54:40>> Glad it wasn't a giraffe.

54:41>> No,

54:42>> [laughter]

54:42>> it's it's showing the root.

54:46Um we talked about blue bash a little

54:48earlier. Um

54:49Eric mentioned we had a we just had a

54:51great turnout.

54:53And I just wanted to thank Alderman

54:55Clee, a couple of members of the Greeley

54:57Park Advisory Committee, and high school

54:59volunteers who came out to help us with

55:01the event cuz it's having 3,000 to 3,500

55:04kids, that's a big event. Yeah. So.

55:07We We have over 700 kids registered for

55:10our 2026-2027

55:12Biddy Basketball season. Evaluations and

55:14drafts began this week, and the season

55:17begins officially in November. And our

55:19fall fall Babe Ruth softball program is

55:22wrapping up at the end of October.

55:24We have a couple of community trips

55:26planned for the end of this year. The

55:27first is the Boston Celtics trip, which

55:30is always very popular, on November 4th.

55:34And it is $110 per person, includes the

55:37ticket and game, and round trip coach

55:39bus transportation. The first 15 kids

55:42registered also get to participate in

55:44the anthem buddy experience where they

55:46go down on the court, stand in front of

55:48the players during the national anthem.

55:50Big deal.

55:51>> That's only for kids?

55:53>> [laughter]

55:55>> Yes, unfortunately. But, that's really

55:57cool.

55:57>> right?

55:58>> [laughter]

55:58>> Yeah.

55:59And the second is our holiday season

56:02annual holiday season trip to New York

56:04City on December 12th. That is $95 per

56:06person and includes round trip coach

56:09bus transportation.

56:14Our annual June Karen Senior Outing

56:16uh will be on November 1st at the

56:18Courtyard Marriott from 12:00 to 2:00.

56:21Tickets are, of course, free to natural

56:23residents who are 60 years of age and

56:25older, and those tickets sell out have

56:28already sold out. And um that's always a

56:31very popular event.

56:35Our 2026 Summer Fun has come has come to

56:39an end, and I just want to uh thank the

56:42sponsors because without them we

56:44couldn't offer the the type of

56:45programming that we do. And I if I can

56:47just give a quick shout out to Hazy Ice

56:50Cream, Triangle Credit Union, Johnson's

56:52Electric, Nashua Silver Knights, Harvey

56:54Construction, Warren's Landscaping,

56:57UltiPlay, Saint Mary's Bank, Continental

57:00Paving, Eaton & Berube,

57:02Jeanotte's Market, and Smith Plumbing &

57:04Heating.

57:05So, thank you very much.

57:08We have extended hours for soft yard

57:10waste.

57:11The landfill will be open from 8:00 to

57:124:00 on Saturdays in November, November

57:157th, 14th, 21st, and 28th.

57:19And residents can bring in their soft

57:21yard waste during that time.

57:26The Four Hills Landfill will be closed

57:28on Wednesday, November 11th in

57:29observance of Veterans Day, and curbside

57:33collection will be delayed by one day

57:34that the rest of that week.

57:38And then the other

57:40closure will be

57:42for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November

57:4526th. Thursday's routes will be picked

57:47up Friday and Friday's routes will be

57:50picked up on Saturday. So there will be

57:52trash pick up on Friday.

57:54So

57:55Thursday will be the only day that there

57:56will be no trash pick up Thanksgiving

57:57week.

57:59That's it. Any questions?

58:04Okay.

58:04>> Hearing none.

58:05All right, let's go to Commissioner's

58:07comments. Any comments anybody like to

58:09make?

58:11Commissioner Lemon?

58:12>> Um I have one which is that I drive

58:14frequently by Pennichuck and like I

58:18would say between 3 and 6 months ago it

58:20was an experience in extreme frustration

58:22cuz the light would just stop. You know,

58:24there would be nobody coming in the

58:26other direction and the red lights would

58:27go on. So it's fixed and I'm extremely

58:30appreciative cuz I'm on that road all

58:31the time cuz my kid goes to NCC.

58:34>> You're welcome.

58:34>> So

58:35it's really lovely to have that fixed.

58:41>> Commissioner Shaffer?

58:42>> Um we we had a

58:44constituent Oscar Velasquez reach out

58:47and Grant Morris as well. They're both

58:50avid boaters boatman I think is the the

58:52proper word. And

58:55and with the suggestion

58:57of adding a floating dock down at the

59:02boat ramp. Um and I just want to thank

59:07Superintendent Conan and um

59:10Superintendent Byers Superintendent

59:11Byers?

59:13>> No no she's not.

59:14She's communications administrator.

59:17Byers.

59:17>> Thank you to Lauren Byers for for also

59:19coming down and and um

59:22We we spoke with

59:25gentleman who

59:27works with the company that supplied

59:29some of the docking down at

59:33Sandy Pond, I believe, and down in

59:36Mine Falls up at the boathouse.

59:38>> Mhm.

59:39>> And

59:41kind of discussed what might be possible

59:43there. I don't know what the the

59:45timeline on on something like that might

59:47be

59:49in terms of coming before us. But it was

59:52fairly modest in the grand scheme of

59:55things

59:56somewhere in like the 15 to 20 thousand

59:58dollar range. And

1:00:01that that boat ramp gets a lot of use.

1:00:05You have a lot of boats that are are

1:00:08pulling up to the shore and kind of dry

1:00:10dry docking and pulling right up to the

1:00:12sand and and there's a good bit of stone

1:00:14down there. For fiberglass boats, it's

1:00:17not so great. And then you also have a

1:00:19lot of people going down to kayak. And

1:00:23and so having a dock that went in

1:00:26seasonally, which would be very doable,

1:00:29would be a great benefit to to

1:00:32recreation on the water in the city

1:00:34and having one of those

1:00:37kind of slide units that that is

1:00:39attached to the side for kayak launching

1:00:41would also be great. And improve safety

1:00:45in terms of people being able to

1:00:49board and and um

1:00:51get their boat in the water and all that

1:00:52stuff. So again, I don't know what the

1:00:54timeline for that might look like, but

1:00:56it's something that we discussed and and

1:00:57I appreciate staff taking the time to

1:00:59come down and look at it. Um we also

1:01:02have had another meeting of the the

1:01:05Holman Stadium Activation Advisory

1:01:07Committee. We are we kind of broke out

1:01:11into groups to discuss some of the

1:01:14different ideas for a period of time and

1:01:16then we're going to come back to the

1:01:17committee probably in February sometime.

1:01:20And we are looking at a good number of

1:01:23of

1:01:24different things.

1:01:26Um,

1:01:26some of the bigger ideas like concerts

1:01:29and things might be further down the

1:01:30line.

1:01:31Um, but in the nearer term, uh, we

1:01:34believe it's very much within the realm

1:01:35of possibility to,

1:01:37um, have more activation for community

1:01:39groups in in the space just for events

1:01:42like Wags and Whiskers, um,

1:01:44some some uh, movie screenings, doing

1:01:48some sort of like evening picnic on the

1:01:50field,

1:01:52um, projected on the the batter's eye

1:01:54for some films in in perhaps the spring

1:01:57and fall or short series in each, um, as

1:02:00well as the possibility of a, um, a

1:02:03carnival in the parking lot at at some

1:02:05point. Um, so those are some of the

1:02:08lower hanging fruit and we're going to

1:02:09keep working on some of the bigger ideas

1:02:11and uh, it's a great group, lot of

1:02:13enthusiasm and and um, June's been with

1:02:16us and appreciate that and

1:02:18>> But I didn't get the last meeting notice

1:02:19and that's the second time that I've

1:02:21never gotten the meeting notice. So I

1:02:22don't know who sends that out, but

1:02:24[clears throat]

1:02:24>> Not that I'm getting it.

1:02:25We'll make sure you get on there. Sorry

1:02:27about that.

1:02:28>> Excuse me?

1:02:28>> Uh, it usually goes to all the

1:02:29commissioners, but I'll make sure that

1:02:31>> Yeah, I'm just not getting them because

1:02:33the the last the last time it happened I

1:02:36was

1:02:36at the stadium and the meeting had been

1:02:38cancelled.

1:02:39Um, and then I didn't hear anything

1:02:41since then. So maybe I don't know why

1:02:44it's not coming to me.

1:02:45>> I'm so sorry.

1:02:46>> That's okay.

1:02:46>> We'll have to make sure you get those.

1:02:48Um, but but yeah, it's it's been it's

1:02:50been great. We've had a lot of great

1:02:51conversations and um, so appreciate

1:02:53everybody involved.

1:02:55That's all I've got.

1:02:56Yeah, thank you.

1:03:02>> Seeing no more comments. Okay.

1:03:05Um, so commission

1:03:06Oh, I'm sorry.

1:03:08>> Yeah, just a couple of things. I missed

1:03:09the last meeting. I was in Concord at a

1:03:12American Institute of Architects uh,

1:03:15meeting where

1:03:17>> [clears throat]

1:03:18>> Hariman, uh the our design architects

1:03:20and Harvey, the construction managers

1:03:22will receive the an outstanding award

1:03:25for the design of McCarthy Middle

1:03:27School.

1:03:28And uh it's a very prestigious award and

1:03:32um

1:03:33they were very happy to get it. Uh it

1:03:35was uh

1:03:36one of many awards given, but it was the

1:03:38most prestigious award for design of a

1:03:41school.

1:03:43Uh the other

1:03:44the uh

1:03:47What's the other thing I had uh

1:03:49Oh, as far as the traffic light at the

1:03:51Penetrick School,

1:03:53um I've had other constituents that had

1:03:56a problem with it. We were having a

1:03:57problem with the trip lines.

1:03:58>> Yeah.

1:03:58>> And the one thing that we're

1:04:01we're doing it, but also during school

1:04:03vacations

1:04:05and especially in the summer, it'll only

1:04:07be blinking.

1:04:09The light will be off entirely.

1:04:15>> All right. So, commissioner's comments,

1:04:17we will close it and we will go to

1:04:19personnel.

1:04:21Uh Commissioner Shea, item A.

1:04:31>> See, I move uh persuade

1:04:33Am I Am I Yeah. I I move to approve and

1:04:36unseal the non-public minutes of uh for

1:04:39personnel from the Board of Public Works

1:04:41meeting

1:04:42of September 24th, 2026.

1:04:45>> All those in favor, say I.

1:04:47>> I.

1:04:48>> Motion passes.

1:04:50Uh item B, Commissioner Spezzia.

1:04:52>> Move to accept the retirement of Paul

1:04:54Haskell, park foreman, effective October

1:04:5730th, 2026.

1:04:59>> Yeah, 5:30.

1:05:01>> Discussion? Questions?

1:05:03All those in favor, say I.

1:05:05>> I.

1:05:06>> Motion passes.

1:05:07>> I I just want to say something.

1:05:09>> Yes.

1:05:10>> Paul has been

1:05:12a gem

1:05:14um and just

1:05:15I've had a little bit of working with

1:05:17him with the downtown stuff and

1:05:19everything and so just um

1:05:21all all the best to him in his

1:05:23retirement. Yeah.

1:05:27>> Agreed.

1:05:30>> Uh did that did should we take a vote

1:05:32again or

1:05:33>> For

1:05:33>> Everybody said I.

1:05:34>> I think so.

1:05:35>> Okay, yeah. So that motion passes. Um

1:05:37item C

1:05:38uh Commissioner Lemon.

1:05:40>> I move to accept the resignation of Tim

1:05:42Gammon

1:05:44streets operator effective October 9th,

1:05:462026.

1:05:48>> Okay. Discussion? Questions?

1:05:51All those in favor say I.

1:05:53>> I.

1:05:55>> Motion passes. Okay.

1:05:59we can go into nonpublic session now to

1:06:01to see if we can read the

1:06:03>> I think um Commissioner Lemon has the uh

1:06:07>> Do you want to do it, Tim?

1:06:08>> Okay.

1:06:12I move by roll call that the board go

1:06:14into nonpublic session pursuant to RSA

1:06:1791-A:3,

1:06:192B, the hiring of any person as a public

1:06:22employee.

1:06:24>> Commissioner Shay.

1:06:26>> Yes.

1:06:27>> Commissioner Lemon.

1:06:28>> Yes.

1:06:28>> Commissioner McCreary.

1:06:29>> Yes.

1:06:30>> Commissioner Spada.

1:06:31>> Yes.

1:06:32>> All right. We are now in nonpublic

1:06:34session.

1:06:34>> You want to motion?

1:09:04>> Mhm.

1:10:59>> Mhm.

1:12:06>> minutes of the Board of Public Works

1:12:08personnel non-public meeting of October

1:12:1022nd, 2026 until such time as the

1:12:13majority of the board votes that the

1:12:15purpose of confidentiality would no

1:12:17longer be served.

1:12:19>> Commissioner Shay?

1:12:21>> Yes.

1:12:21>> Commissioner Lehman?

1:12:22>> Yes.

1:12:23>> Commissioner Bregy?

1:12:24>> Yes.

1:12:24>> Commissioner Medina?

1:12:25>> Yes.

1:12:29>> So, that concludes all of the business

1:12:31of this meeting.

1:12:33Uh does anybody want to make a motion to

1:12:34adjourn?

1:12:35>> Move to adjourn.

1:12:37>> All those in favor say I.

1:12:39>> I.

1:12:39>> I.

1:12:40>> Great. And the Board of Public Works on

1:12:42October 20

1:12:44October 22nd, 2026 comes to

1:12:48a conclusion at 5:10 p.m. Thank you,

1:12:51Thank you.

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