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Budget panel splits bundled spending resolution, approves multiple supplemental appropriations
Summary
The Nashua Board of Aldermen Budget Review Committee split a bundled supplemental appropriation (R‑26‑048) and voted line‑by‑line to recommend funding for several projects, including a $100,000 dental program and $672,299.87 for COVID‑era FEMA non‑reimbursable payroll costs.
Acting Chair Alderman Senate presided over a July 27 Budget Review Committee meeting where members agreed to split a bundled supplemental appropriation (R‑26‑048) and vote on each line item individually.
The panel voted unanimously to split the resolution and then recommended approval for several items: funding for the Ledge Street playground from miscellaneous revenue; a $100,000 appropriation for the Traveling Tooth Fairy dental program; $500,000 for upcoming city retirements; $40,000 for lead grant activity; two park rehabilitation trust fund transfers ($5,250 and $42,758.50); and $672,299.87 for FEMA public assistance/COVID non‑reimbursable payroll. The committee returned to the unamended resolution and recommended final passage by a 7–1 vote.
Alderman Johnson had sought to remove the Lehi Street playground and dental program from the package but then amended her motion to split the vote so each line would be decided separately. "If you move to split the question, you could just itemize each row, and you could take a vote on each row," Director Tim Cummings explained to the committee.
Committee roll calls were used for each item. The dental program carried on a recorded recommendation; the larger FEMA appropriation drew questions and one dissenting committee vote (Alderman Johnson).
Why it matters: splitting the bundled legislation gave members a direct say on each project and preserved the committee's ability to remove specific items without blocking the entire package. The committee's favorable recommendations move the items to the full Board of Aldermen for final action.
What's next: Each recommended appropriation will appear on the full Board of Aldermen agenda for final passage; administration staff and CFO Don Enright said they will provide additional documentation on the FEMA/COVID line before that meeting.
