City of Central Falls

City Council Meeting

Monday February 10, 2025

Second Floor Council Chambers

580 Broad Street,

Central Falls, RI 02863

6:00 p.m.

 

Agenda

Amended 02/07/2024

 

I.      Roll Call

 

II.    Pledge of Allegiance

 

III.   Public Comment

 

IV.   Approval of Records

a.   Meeting minutes from January 13, 2025, Council Meeting

b.   Meeting minutes from January 27, 2025, Special Council Meeting

 

V.     Executive Communications

a.   Department Financial Reports- January 2025

i.    City Clerk’s Office

ii.   Department of Public Works & Code Enforcement.

iii.  Fire Department

iv.  Police Department

v.   Finance

 

VI.   New Business

a.   Presentation by Erica Olobri, CBIZ CPAs, regarding audit results for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024

 

b.   City Council sitting as Board of License Commissioners

i.    Hearing and Consideration of Petition of License

Licenses Type	Business Name
Entertainment
Per Diem	Awareness Walk Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CDLS)
	69 Henry Street
	Central Falls, RI 02863
	Contact: Maria Helena Lopes

 

c.   Petition to the Central Falls City Council

i.    Log In Entertainment, 499 High St. Central Falls, RI 02863

D/B/A Limas Place, 499 High Street.

Owner: Jose Lima

Request: requesting extension on picking up license

 

d.   Election of Probate Judge Pursuant to Division 1, Article II of Chapter 14 “Courts” of the Central Falls Code of Ordinances

i.    Re-appointment of Bruce Sawyer

 

e.   Appointment to the Municipal Court Pursuant to Division 1, Article II of Chapter 14 “Courts” of the Central Falls Code of Ordinances

i.    Re-appointment of Robert J. McConnell Municipal (Housing) Court Judge

 

VII.  Schedule of Bills-Hearing and/or Consideration

a.   Resolution in Support of Pawtucket Central Falls Development (PCF Development) on their development plans for 532 Roosevelt Avenue, Central Falls, other properties and their submission to Rhode Island Housing for Low Income Housing-Tax Credits (Ferri by request)

 

b.   Resolution Supporting House Bill 5042 (Alzate) prohibiting Payday Lending in Rhode Island (Baena)

 

c.   Resolution Supporting House Bill 5225 (Alzate) creating the Protecting Spaces Act (Baena)

 

d.   A Resolution Designating the week of February 7 through February 14, 2025 as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week in Central Falls. (Baena)

 

e.   Resolution supporting the litigation brought by Attorney General Neronha challenging President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship (Rivas-Lugo by request)

 

f.    Appendix A, Zoning Ordinance, for the City of Central Falls, as updated and amended from time to time. -Second Reading (Ferri by request)

 

g.   An Ordinance Regarding Court Sessions of Municipal Court-Second Reading (Ferri by request)

 

h.   An Ordinance Requiring the Timeliness of Claims against the City-Second Reading (Ferri by request)

 

i.    An Ordinance prohibiting Rodeos in the City of Central Falls – Introduction (Ferri)

 

VIII. Hearing and/or Consideration of Claims

Name:	Address:
Cynthia Gillooley	10 Wake Robin Road
Pothole: estimated damage $720.04	Lincoln, RI 02865

 

IX.   Adjournment

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws § 42-46-4, the City Council reserves the right to convene in executive session on any of the aforementioned items for one or more of the purposes listed in Rhode Island General Laws § 42-46-5(1)-(10)

 

To view an electronic version of the agenda with supporting documentation, click on link: https://clerkshq.com/centralfalls-ri

 

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