No.   1:   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

No.   2:   CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

No    4:   APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER

No.   5:   APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: 

Consent Agenda items 

are approved in one motion, unless removed by a Town Council Member.

A.     REYNOLDS CHARITABLE TRUST:  REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL:  None

B.     COMMUNICATIONS:  See Appendix A attached hereto and incorporated herein. 

         Those removed by a Council Member will be addressed under Agenda Item No. 11

         for referral or placement on a future agenda.

C.     BILLS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND ABATEMENTS:

         1.   BILL SHEET:   July 1, 2026 – July 31, 2026

         2.   TAX ASSESSOR’S ABATEMENTS: 

               Two Accounts:  $8,775.00 and $6,169.00

                (See Tax Assessor for details)

         3.   TAX COLLECTOR’S ABATEMENTS: None

         4.   TAX COLLECTOR’S REMITTANCES: None

No.   6:   VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS:

A.     VACANCIES:

 1.   PERSONNEL BOARD (5 MEMBERS NEEDED)

 2.   EXETER RURAL LAND PRESERVATION TRUST COMMITTEE

               MEMBERS (THREE NEEDED) (TO SERVE FOUR-YEAR TERM

               BEGINNING DATE OF APPOINTMENT)

         3.   BOARD OF TAX AND ASSESSMENT REVIEW ALTERNATE MEMBER

               (ONE NEEDED) (TO SERVE THREE-YEAR TERM BEGINNING DATE

               OF APPOINTMENT)         

         4.   REYNOLDS CHARITABLE TRUST COMMITTEE MEMBER

               (TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING APRIL 1, 2027)

         5.   PLANNING BOARD CLERK

         6.   TAX COLLECTOR CLERK

         7.   DEPUTY TREASURER

B.     RESIGNATIONS:  None

C.     APPOINTMENTS:  None

D.     EXPIRING TERMS:  None

No.   7:   PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

A.     PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE APPLICATION: MATT RICHARDSON, APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF TILTED BARN BREWERY, 1A HEMSLEY PLACE, EXETER, RHODE ISLAND, TO HOLD RAISE THE BARN FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2026, FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M., AT THE TILTED BARN LOCATION

No.   8:   PUBLIC COMMENT:

 Comments are not limited to items on this agenda.   

However, items not on this agenda will only be heard and not acted upon by the                       Town Council, unless they are of an emergency nature.  (3-minute time limit per

person; 15-minute maximum time allowed for this agenda item).

Section 42-46-6 of the Open Meetings Act and the Town Council By-Laws

prohibit the Town Council from deliberating, debating, or acting on previously

unposted matters during the Public Comment section of the agenda.

State law prohibits the Town Council from acting or voting upon any such

matter, except under emergency circumstances.  The Town Council may only,

if warranted, refer such matters to an appropriate committee, to another body

or official, or post the matter for consideration at a properly-noticed, future meeting.

Accordingly, because the Council is obliged not to respond, the immediate silence of

the Town Council Members relative to any matter raised by a speaker during Public

Comment may not be construed as any endorsement, confirmation, acquiescence in,

support of, or the taking of any position concerning, a matter raised by a member of

the public under Public Comment.

Public participants under Public Comment are also reminded that they must adhere

to the dictates of Sections 115.B, 117 (Manner of Address), 119 (Decorum), and 120

(Enforcement) of the Council By-Laws in addressing the Council during a public

meeting under Public Comment.

No.   9:   NEW BUSINESS:

A.     TOWN PLANNER:  REQUEST FOR APPROVAL:  PEER REVIEW:

         TEN ROD ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD

B.     REQUEST OF BEN HARDING:  USE OF REYNOLDS FIELD FOR GIRLS

         SOFTBALL LEAGUE

C.     TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER

         42, ARTICLE V: “VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED TOTAL

         DISABILITY TAX EXEMPTION”

D.     DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS:  AWARDING OF BID: ENGINEERING    

         DESIGN, CONSULTING, AND PLANNING FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

         (ON-CALL SERVICES)

E.     DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS:  AWARDING OF BID:

         2027/2028, 40K GVW, SIX-WHEEL DUMP TRUCK

F.     EXETER PUBLIC LIBRARY:  AWARDING OF BID:  PUBLIC RESTROOM

         UPGRADES

G.     TOWN SERGEANT:  REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION:

         DETAIL WORK FOR RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE

H.     COUNCIL MEEETING MICROPHONES

I.      BOARD OF CANVASSERS REPORT:  INTEGRITY OF EXETER’S

         ELECTIONS

J.      REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT:  SURETY BOND:  CISTERN,

         BARN VIEW ESTATES, 140 TEN ROD ROAD

K.     DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: TRANSFER STATION HAULING

         CONTRACT:

                                  a.  OPTION TO RENEW YEAR 4

                                  b.  FUEL INCREASES 8/1/26 AND YEAR 4      

L.     PLANNERS REPORT: RECENTLY PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE  

         ADMENDMENTS

M.    PLANNERS MEMO DATED 07/29/2026: RECOMMENDED APPROACH FOR 

         REVIEW OF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING

         ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS

N.     EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON

         COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO ENSURE A

         DELIBERATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, AND WELL-INFORMED PUBLIC

         PROCESS BEFORE THE CONSIDERATION OR POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF

         RELATED ZONING AMENDMENTS

O.     RESOLUTION NO. 2026-08:  2025 AFFORABLE HOUSING LAWS

No.   10:   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

A.     FUTURE TOWN HALL, 742 TEN ROD ROAD:  STATUS

B.     NEW ROAD AND TEN ROD ROAD INTERSECTION: 

         TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES:  SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

C.     DECEMBER COMMUNICATION NO.  6:  LETTER FROM NANCY ROTH: 

         REQUEST TO START A FOOD PANTRY FOR PETS IN EXETER 

No.   11:    COMMUNICATIONS: 

Consideration of those removed from Appendix A attached hereto and incorporated herein (see Agenda Item No. 5, Consent Agenda) for

No.   12:    EXECUTIVE SESSION: 

A.     RIGL 42-46-5(a)(1):  JOB PERFORMANCE: 

         1.     TOWN CLERK  

B.     RIGL 42-46-5(a)(2):  LITIGATION:

         1.     SCOTT LABOSSIERE v. TOWN OF EXETER:

                 a.   SCOTT LABOSSIERE v. EXETER ZONING BOARD 

                       OF REVIEW (WC-2026-0156)

                 b.   SCOTT LABOSSIERE v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2026-0200)

                 c.   SCOTT LABOSSIERE v. TOWN OF EXETER (1:26-cv-00261-MSM-PAS)

         2.     ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER: 

                 SUPERIOR COURT OF RHODE ISLAND:

                 a.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2019-0533)

                 b.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2020-0226)

                 c.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2020-0515)

                 d.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2023-0139)

                 e.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0136)

                 f.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0466)

                 g.  ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0562)

                 h.  ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2024-0638)

                 i.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (WC-2025-0419)

                 SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND:

                 a.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (SU-2024-0087-MP)

                 b.   ASA DAVIS v. TOWN OF EXETER (SU-2024-0010-MP)

No.   13:    ADJOURNMENT