On November 5, 2020, Mr. Cummings, Administrator Director for the City of Nashua, signed a contract with the Consultant Services Commercial LLC in reference to the Performing Arts Center construction. Mr. Cummings was representing the City of Nashua and would be the only person from the City of Nashua to receive updated information on the progress of the construction of the Performing Arts Center and costs with three other Mascoma Bank employees.
Mr. Cummings actually got a promotion from Economic Development Manager to Administrator Director during this time of non-compliance of a contract. Could it be because he hid the construction costs from Nashua taxpayers so well?
The contract stated that the consultant shall deliver all reports prepared hereunder via-email to Mr. Cummings. However, it now comes out that Mr. Cummings never received these reports and never requested them from the consultant even though Mr. Cummings knew that the Performing Arts Center cost would go up to over $30 million dollars. It appears that the city has no contract compliance policies on its books, and therefore, it is no big deal that Mr. Cummings did not follow up on this contract.
Mr. Cummings careless attitude shows that he is unfit for the job that the Nashua taxpayers are paying him for. The Nashua taxpayers are paying Mr. Cummings $153,000 per year for a job that he is not qualified to handle. Maybe Mayor Donchess needs to get a person who actually will do the job for the Nashua taxpayers. Nashua taxpayers deserve better. I, therefore, request that Mayor Donchess fire Mr. Cummings and get someone who actually cares about Nashua and is qualified to do the job for Nashua residents.
I would also request that Mayor Donchess get copies of the Consultant Services Commercial LLC material pertaining to the Performing Arts Center that was forwarded to Mascoma Bank. The Nashua taxpayers took out $21 million dollars in bonds and also guaranteed another $9.5 million dollar loan with Mascoma Bank for a total of $30.5 million dollars for the construction of the Performing Arts Center, and Nashua taxpayers have the right to see this information even though Mr. Cummings feels that taxpayers do not need to see this information.
Nashua taxpayers need someone who is looking out for taxpayers and actually doing the job that they are hired to do. Nashua residents should be able to hold city employees accountable for their actions and/or inactions.
