No.   1      CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:

The Special Meeting of the Exeter Town Council was called to order at 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday October 14, 2025, in Council Chambers, Exeter Town Clerk’s Office, 675 Ten Rod Road, Exeter, Rhode Island. 

Roll Call:                     Raymond A. Morrissey, Jr.             Present

                                    Diane Bampton Allen                       Present

                                    Olivia DeFrancesco                           Absent

                                    Calvin A. Ellis                                    Present

ALSO PRESENT:      Patricia L. Whitford, Deputy Clerk

No.   2      COUNCIL CANDIDATE TO FILL UNEXPECTED COUNCIL VACANCY

(PURSUANT TO SECTION 406 OF THE TOWN CHARTER, “IN THE  EVENT THAT

THE OFFICE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL BECOME VACANT FROM ANY CAUSE,

SUCH VACANCY SHALL  BE FILLED BY THE COUNCIL WITH THE CANDIDATE WHO

RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AMONG THE  UNSUCCESSFUL

CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST  TOWN ELECTION…THE NEW

MEMBER SHALL BE SWORN IN AT  THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

FOLLOWING HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT”)

MOTION made by Ms. Allen to appoint Jamie Schiffer, the next candidate among the unsuccessful candidates in the 2024 Election, per Section 406 of the Town Charter, to the vacancy on the Town Council; seconded by Mr. Morrissey; and voted unanimously in the affirmative  

No.   3      ADJOURNMENT:

MOTION made by Ms. Allen to adjourn at 5:02 p.m.; seconded by Mr. Morrissey; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

                                                                        Respectfully Submitted

                                                                        Patricia L. Whitford

                                                                        Deputy Clerk

Approved: