The Nashua Finance Committee met on October 1, 2025, chaired by Mayor Dodgers, with all members present. The committee approved numerous purchases and contracts, including life safety equipment, wastewater infrastructure, police equipment, and a bomb squad vehicle. Public comment was not offered. The committee also accepted the record of expenditures and voted to enter non-public session under RSA 91A:3 II for emergency functions preparation.
No, Amy's gonna text him to get it. All right, we're gonna call the uh meeting of the finance committee to order on October 1st, 2025. Uh Mr. Clerk, would you please call the roll? Alderman Thibodeau? Here. Alderman Govea is here. Alderman Moran. Alderwoman Timmins. Alderman Clemens. Here. Alderman Clee. I'm here. Mayor Dodgers. Here. All right. We have public comment. Does any member of the public wish to speak on any of the agenda items? I don't believe there is anyone. Communications. First from Amy Girard, purchasing manager, Alderman Govea. In regard to self-contained breathing apparatus, SCBA equipment in the amount not to exceed 1,390,000 funded from Surf 71 equipment. Make a motion to accept play sum file and approve the purchase of 130 self-contained breathing apparatus, SCBA units, including all associated software and equipments through Fire Tech and Safety of New England Incorporated and Systems Definition in the amount not to exceed 1,390,000. Funding will be through Department 152 Fire Rescue Fund, Surf 71 equipment. Chief, you're here on this, right? Good evening, Steve Bucksteam, National Fire Chief. This is this evening. This is to replace our self-contained breathing apparatus. For those of you that might not be aware, those are our pieces of life safety equipment. Every firefighter wears one on the scene of a working fire incident. It's our breathing air when we go inside. This will be 130 units, 260 bottles. Each unit has a bottle and a backup bottle to go with it for when they expel the original uh air. Uh the software that they're speaking of in there uh is to coincide with some radio communication software that we have. Uh so we'll have the ability to monitor the members operating on the scene, uh, the level of air that they have within their uh self-contained breathing apparatus. Uh this is planned for in the surf schedule uh and is up for replacement. The units are uh coming out of warranty and starting to cost a significant amount of money to maintain at this point in time. All right, anybody all those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Opposed, motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Next item. Um a communication from Amy Girrard. Alderman Govea. In regard to purchase of hatch equipment in the amount not to exceed 34,496 and 40 cents, funded from WERF 81 capital outlay and improvement. I make a motion to accept play sum file and approve the purchase of hatch brand monitoring equipment from Hatch Company in the amount not to exceed 34,496 and 40 cents. Funding will be through Department 169 wastewater fund, WERF, 81 capital outlay and improvements. Mr. Boucher, thank you.