Nashua Finance Committee Meeting - February 5, 2026
Finance Committee Meeting - February 5, 2026
The Finance Committee of Nashua met on February 5, 2026 (recorded date; the meeting was held on the evening of February 4, 2026) to approve several contracts and expenditures. The meeting was chaired by Mayor Jim Donchess and included roll call, unanimous approvals of six communications, and the record of expenditures. No public comments were made.
Discussion Items
- Aerial Imagery Services: Alderman Sullivan moved to approve a six-year contract with Pictometry International Corp. for flight imagery services not to exceed $110,531.25 ($18,421.80 annually), funded through the GIS fund. Chief Information Officer Nick Miservich explained the service provides base maps for assessing and community development, with images owned by the city. Motion passed unanimously.
- Landfill Phase 4 Construction CQA: Motion to approve Amendment 1 with Sanborn Head & Associates for construction quality assurance services at the Phase 4 Stage 1 landfill, not to exceed $141,732, funded through the Solid Waste Fund. Solid Waste Superintendent Jeff LaFleur cited DES regulatory changes requiring extra liner and testing. Motion passed unanimously.
- PFAS Testing at Fire Training Center: Motion to approve a contract with Sanborn Head & Associates for engineering, hydrogeologic, and laboratory testing to delineate PFAS impacts from firefighting foam near Nashua Fire Training Center, not to exceed $236,800, funded through the Solid Waste Fund. LaFleur noted DES requested this for years and recent elevated PFOS levels required site characterization. Alderman Johnson asked about the delay; LaFleur explained the need to differentiate between landfill and training ground sources. Motion passed unanimously.
- Winter Road Salt Supplement: Motion to approve Change Order No. 1 with Eastern Mineral and Granite State Mineral for additional road salt not to exceed $150,000 (approximately 1,800 tons), funded through the Streets Department. Street Superintendent John Ibarra reported 17 snow events and a depleted salt barn. Alderman Sullivan clarified the total budget line would reach $690,000. Motion passed unanimously. The Chair noted snow removal operations budget (~$1.3 million) is exhausted, a $300,000 reserve will likely be spent, and further appropriations will be needed.
- Unleaded Fuel Contract: Motion to approve a contract for unleaded fuel (estimated 180,000 gallons annually) not to exceed $440,000 for FY27 (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), awarded to CNC Buckley. Motion passed unanimously.
- Diesel Fuel Contract: Motion to approve a contract for diesel fuel (estimated 130,000 gallons annually) not to exceed $3,400 for FY27, funded through the purchasing fund. Motion passed unanimously.
- Record of Expenditures: Motion to approve expenditures from January 16 to January 29, 2026, as compliant with city charter and ordinances. Motion passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- All six communications and the record of expenditures were approved unanimously.
- Additional snow removal funding is anticipated beyond the current budget and reserve.
Other Remarks
- Alderman Greg acknowledged a firefighter who returned home from the hospital and expressed gratitude to firefighters and Greater Nashua Mental Health.
- Alderwoman Clee reported on the inaugural Greeley Park Advisory Committee meeting, which focused on developing a master plan for the park, including possible changes to the wading pool.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 7:19 PM.
Meeting Transcript
All right. We're gonna call the meeting of the finance committee to order on February 4th, 2026. Uh Mr. Clerk, would you please call the roll? Yes, uh, Mayor Jim Donchus is here. Alderman uh Clee. Alderman at large Wilshare. Here Alderman at large Clemens Alderman at large Greg here. Alderman John Sullivan is here. And Alderman Smith. And we also have Alderman Paula Johnson, not a member of the committee, but attending. And also in attendance, we have Tim Cummings Administrative Services Director. Amy Girard, purchasing manager, Nick Meiservich, uh Chief Information Officer. And then on Zoom, we have Jeff LaFleur from Solid Waste. And John Ibarra, uh Street Superintendent. So we have one, two, three, four present, and one, two, three absent. All right. So the first item is public comment. This is the opportunity for any member of the public to comment on any of our agenda items, but I don't see any member of the public here, and no one is coming forward. So we'll move on to communications. Uh the first being from Amy Girard purchasing manager, Alderman Sullivan. Yes, I'd like to maybe make a motion to accept place on file and approve a six-year, multi-year contract for flight imagery services with uh Pictometry International Corp. In the amount not to exceed 110,531 dollars and twenty-five cents. That is $18,4218 annually, and funding will be through Department 134 GIS fund general fund slash uh 53 professional and technical services. Mr. Mysevitch. Thank you, Mayor Gonchas. Uh Nick Miservich, Chief Information Officer for the City of Nashua. I am here on behalf of the GIS department to present this item. This is for our flight services, the overhead flight that we uh have done uh every other year. We have it done on even years, and this will be a three project uh instance, and it they break it out, they break a project out into two-year intervals. So the flight happens on an even year, nothing happens on an odd year, and then again repeating that. And we do this so we can maintain a constant operating budget in the GIS fund. And the purpose of the flights is to pick up property that may not have been additional property that may not have been reported. Correct. Yes, assessing department uses this, uh community development uses this, because this is this these uh base maps attached to uh all of our GIS maps. And so they're for general use as well. Absolutely. Any uh questions, comments? Alderman Sullivan. Thank you. I had a few questions. Um you did answer the question about how often they refresh the aerial photography. Thank you. The images that are taken. Do we mean the city? Do we own those issues uh those images or do those go back to the company? No, we we own them. That we they they sent us, they send us the file with the information in it, and it is in our possession. Okay.
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