No. 1: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

Council led the Public in the Pledge of Allegiance.

No. 2: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:

The Special Meeting of the Exeter Town Council was called to order at 7:01 p.m., on Monday, April 14, 2025, in Council Chambers, Exeter Clerk’s Office, 675 Ten Rod Road, Exeter, Rhode Island.

Roll Call: Daniel W. Patterson Yes

Raymond A. Morrissey Yes

Diane Bampton Allen Yes

Olivia DeFrancesco Yes

Calvin A. Ellis Yes

Also Present: Kenneth Sylvia, Esq., Town Solicitor

Lynn M. Hawkins, Town Clerk

Kenneth Findlay, Council Assistant

No. 3: EXECUTIVE SESSION:

MOTION made by Mr. Patterson to enter into Executive Session under RIGL 42-46-5(a)(2), to discuss Potential Litigation, Ongoing Trespassing and Nuissance on Town Property, Uncertified Portion of Estate Drive; seconded by Ms. DeFrancesco; and

voted unanimously in the affirmative.

Everyone in the room who had not retained counsel were asked to leave the room.

Council entered into Executive Session at 7:03 p.m., adjourned Executive Session

at 9:25 p.m., and reassembled in Open Session.

MOTION made by Ms. Allen to affirm all votes taken in and to seal the minutes of Executive Session; seconded by Mr. Morrissey; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

No. 4: ADJOURNMENT:

MOTION made by Mr. Patterson to adjourn the meeting; seconded by

Ms. Allen; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

The Special Meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynn M. Hawkins, CMC

Exeter Town Clerk

Approved: June 2, 2025